Irmo Elementary Family Updates
#HeartoftheHive #BetterTogether May 3-7
A Note From Your Principal
Dear IES Families,
Good evening! We are closing out the end of April and excited to move into May. Reports cards were sent home and mailed out to FIVE students on Monday. We are so proud of our student's hard work and dedication to learning. We are pumped up to participate in our 2021 Field Day this week. Please contact your child's teacher if you are unsure which day your child has field day. You will want to ensure they are dressed for a fun and active field day experience and send them with a water bottle. We have also planned an exciting, and competitive, field day for our FIVE students. It may include competing against our administrative team (hint, hint!). This week we also honor a very important part of the hive...our teachers and staff. Please join me in celebrating your child's teacher this week for Teacher Appreciation. We are #BetterTogether!
Shannon Fincannon
Principal
#HeartoftheHive
#BetterTogether
Important Dates
5/1 Principal's Day-We love our admin team!
5/3-5/7 Field Day/Yearbook Distribution (specific grade levels assigned each day)
5/3-5/7 Teacher (and staff) Appreciation Week
5/7-Spring picture online payments due OR unpurchased pictures must be returned by this date
5/7 School Lunch Hero Day-We love our cafeteria team!
5/7 Form for Talent Show Closes (linked on this newsletter)
Upcoming State Assessments
SC READY ELA May 20-21 (FIVE students)
SC READY Math May 25 (Face to Face students)
SC READY Math May 26 (FIVE students)
4th grade ONLY
SC PASS June 2 (Face to Face students)
SC PASS June 3 (FIVE students)
If you have any questions about SC Ready/ SC Pass testing please reach out to Kristen Hill at kdhill@lexrich5.org or (803)476-4212.
Address Change for Irmo Elementary
Irmo Elementary School
7401 Dustin Johnson Drive
Irmo, SC 29063
IES TALENT SHOW: Interest Form
Attention all 5th Grade Parents!!!!
This year IES is hosting our annual talent show virtually. Each year the 5th grade class gets to close out the show with a group performance. We want to be able to include all 5th grade students for this special opportunity. The amazing 5th grade teachers will coordinate everything needed for this, but we need your permission. With this talent show being virtual we will be sharing it out with our school and community. If you would like for your child to participate please grant us consent below. The video performance will be shared on Friday, June 4th.
We Need Your Parent Input! #ThisMatters #BetterTogether
Please take a moment to help honor what is going well and to grow the heart of the hive!
To access the Parent Opinion Survey click on this link:
https://ed.sc.gov/surveys/parent-survey/
The seven-digit school ID for Irmo Elementary is 3205043
FIVE Virtual Weekly Update:
Hello IES FIVE family,
Thank you all for your help and support this past week in helping us carry out MAP testing. We thoroughly enjoy seeing the continued academic growth of our students. Our staff and teachers are also excited to continue to plan effective and engaging lessons for the success of all of our FIVE students. As we move into May, it is also necessary to look at our month ahead as we come up on state testing. All students in Grades 3-5 will be asked to take the SC Ready tests. 4th Grade will also take the Science portion of the SC PASS test. Please see the below information for the dates of these tests. ALL students in Grades 3-5 are asked to come in-person for this secure testing. No virtual option is permitted for these assessments. Please feel free to reach out to me if you have questions about these tests. Finally, this upcoming week is Teacher Appreciation Week. We are incredibly thankful for all of our FIVE teachers for their hard work, dedication, innovation, and their persistence this school year. This year has been a different year, and our FIVE teachers are some of the best teachers I have every had the opportunity to work with. We are proud of all they have accomplished and done for our students.
Sincerely,
Jason Bebber
FIVE Contact
803-476-4213
SC READY/ SC PASS Testing
FIVE Dates of Interest: For FIVE students only!!!
- May 13th- Early Release day @ 11:40
- May 20th- SC READY Language Arts (Grades 3-5, FIVE in-building testing)
- May 21st- SC READY Reading (Grades 3-5, FIVE in-building testing)
- May 26th- SC READY Math (Grades 3-5, FIVE in-building testing)
- June 3rd- SC PASS Science (Grade 4 only, FIVE in-building testing)
FIVE Celebrations
- Send pictures and celebrations to FIVE@lexrich5.org or jbebber@lexrich5.org to be included in the weekly parent/FIVE newsletter and in our school highlights on social media.
- Feel free to share pictures on social media using the hashtag #FIVEinLexRich5 and #HeartoftheHive