Swansboro Elementary
August 2018
Welcome Back To School
Meet the new additions to our Pirate family!
Second grade teachers- Alyse Mesko & Jasmine Yanich
Fourth grade teacher- Brooke Donnelly
Fifth grade teacher- Julie Snyder
Art teacher- Allison Jones
EC Lead teacher- April O'Brien
Social Worker-Emily Feagle
Nurse- Mollie Sammons
Teacher Assistants- Whitney Collard, Jessica Phillips, and Tawnda Gillette
* Complete staff list can be found on our website.
COMMUNICATION IS CRITICAL!!!
1. The teacher is always the first point of contact. If you cannot resolve an issue after meeting with the teacher, please schedule an appointment to meet with administration.
2. See our data manager (Lori Jones) to sign up for Parent Portal. This gives you up to date info on student attendance and assignements for (3rd-5th grade).
3. Pay attention to the weekly ALL CALL/EMAIL that is sent out every Sunday evening. If you don't want to listen to the message, no worries, the email contains the transcript. If you are not recieving the call and email, please let Lori Jones (lori.jones@onslow.k12.nc.us) know so that we can make sure your info. is up to date. This is the method that we will use to communicate with parents in the event of an emergency, so you need to make sure that you are recieving these calls.
4. Check out our school website: https://www.onslow.k12.nc.us/swansboroes
5. Check out our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/swansboroelementaryschool/
6. Remember, for safety reasons, we do not give out student information over the phone and all changes in transportation must be in writing from the parent/legal guardian.
7. If there are custody issues, we must have a copy of the current custody paperwork on file with a judge's signature. If not, both parents have equal access to the student and their educational records.
Our cafeteria has been transformed into a Pirate's Paradise! Thank you Hannah Siska, Jessica Disher, Amanda Criss, Tiffany Fuller, and Amanda and Chris Madden for the countless time and energy that you spent in our cafeteria this summer. It looks amazing!
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Thank you H&H LANDSCAPE for making our campus beautiful!!!
TRANSPORTATION
Car Riders-
· * Please make sure that you have your Orange Placard in the front passenger side windshield. If you do not have a placard, you will need to park in a designated parking space and come to the main office to sign the student out.
· * A copy of our procedures are printed on the back of the placard for you to reference as needed.
· * In the mornings, any lane will do (there are no grade specific lanes in the AM) just fill in all lanes. Also in the mornings, we will come to your car and open the door. Do not just drop students off.
· * In the afternoons, use the designated lane for the grade level of the youngest student. We will bring students to you. Please stay in your car.
· * Please do NOT block entrances/exits. Please allow all cars to exit before filing into the loading zone. Allowing others to exit will expediate our process.
· * Please wait for staff to dismiss the first car in each lane. Before moving, always scan to make sure that everyone is a safe distance from your vehicle.
· * Car riders are not dismissed until 3:05. There is no need to arrive excessively early. If so, you may be asked to come in and volunteer
· * Please be patient this first week or so; we will get more efficient with a little practice
· * All students need to have a bus tag to ride. They will receive these from their teacher. Please keep them on their bookbags.
· * Due to unforeseen circumstances, sometimes we have to make changes in bus numbers and routes. We ask that you are patient with us. If there are significant changes we will send an email/text via Blackboard. In emergency situations, a call will be sent out. Please check your messages/ email before calling back to the school.
* SBES does not determine bus routes, bus stops, or bus drivers. If you have any questions or concerns regarding these topics, please contact the Swansboro District Transportation Coordinator, Judy O'Donald at 910-326-4300.
* Please know that we work very hard to ensure that our students are safe; however, accidents sometimes happen. Please make sure that you have a plan in place with your child should they ever get off the bus and no one is at home.
* If there is ever an emergency situation and you cannot get through to our main office via phone, please email me ( page.highsmith@onslow.k12.nc.us) and Mrs. Wilsey (elizabeth.wilsey@onslow.k12.nc.us) with your emergency. Although we may be in meetings, we do not leave campus until all bus riders have been delivered.
* Don't forget to communicate with your child's teacher if there are ever changes in transportation routine. Changes must be in writing and I reccommend sending the teacher a message to verify that they recieved the note.
Thank you Cub Scouts Pack 3 for the beautiful picnic tables. They will be a great addition to our campus. Thanks to Brice Lester, Chris Raggio, Tim Brouhard, and Darryl and Bianca Sullivan for helping with this project!
Swansboro Elementary School
Email: page.highsmith@onslow.k12.nc.us
Website: https://www.onslow.k12.nc.us/swansboroes
Phone: (910) 326-1501