Baker Elementary Weekly Update
Week of March 13th-17th
WEEK AT A GLANCE
Monday- 3/13
- Full Day
- Moana Practice till 5:00: Full Cast
- PTO Meeting 5:30 Baker Cafeteria
Tuesday -3/14
- Full Day
- Full Day
- Moana Jr. Practice till 5:00: Full Cast
Thursday- 3/16
- Full Day
- Moana Jr. Practice till 5:00: Full Cast
Friday- 3/17
- Full Day
- Report Cards go home
- Spring Book Fair Starts
MARK YOUR CALENDAR UPCOMING DATES
March 2023
- 3/9-end of 3rd nine weeks
- 3/13 PTO Meeting
- 3/17- Issue report cards
- 3/21- Parent Teacher Conferences 4-7pm
- 3/30- Professional Development (no school for students)
- 3/31- Spring Break
April 2023
- 4/1-4/7 Spring Break
- 4/10-4/28 TN Ready testing window (more info will come home as we get closer)
- 4/21 & 4/22 Moana Musical Performance
May 2023
- 5/22-Last day of school (Full day)
PARENT CORNER
Announcements:
PTO Meeting Monday night at 5:30.
If you can't make in person, try joining virtually. Here is a link: Click here to join the meeting
Moana Jr. Musical:
Parents, Moana Jr. practice will be weekly on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Mr. Dasher sent home a practice schedule via Remind. Any questions reach out to Mr. Dasher at sdasher@mauryk12.org
The Well Outreach Food Pantry Jetpack Program:
The JETPACK Program is a free food program providing nutritious, non-perishable food to students each weekend during the school year. Each student who participates in the JETPACK program will receive a drawstring bag of food each Friday containing basics for breakfast and lunch for the weekend. Information collected on the registration form and the names of children participating are kept confidential between The Well Outreach and the school. The food is provided at no cost to the child.
Visit www.springhillwell.org or call (615) 932-9355
You can register for JETPACKS here.
Outside Food: Parents, please help us out! Students are not allowed to bring outside food into the cafeteria (McDonalds, Hardees, Taco Bell etc.). If you get breakfast at one of these places, please make sure it is consumed before you come into the cafeteria. If you are visiting for lunch and bring in outside food, we will make a space available for you to eat, but breakfast we do not have enough people to help supervise. Thank you for your help.
Parents of 3rd Grade Students: Parents, please see here for VERY IMPORTANT information regarding a new law pertaining to 3rd grade retention! Please pay special attention to #2 in the document, affecting ALL 3rd grade students in the State of Tennessee this year. We will be sending home paper copies with all 3rd grade students. There is also information regarding the new grading scale for 3-12 grades.
Car Rider Tags:
Please make sure your car rider tag is visible in car rider line so that we can see it in order to call the number. If you do not have a tag, you will be asked to park and go to the front door to sign your child out. Please make sure you have your photo ID.
Computer/Device Agreements:
Parents, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade . Computer device agreements have been sent home. We need these returned ASAP with the deposit for the exact amount of $30. If you write a check, please make check out to Baker Elementary.
Bus Routes:
Need help finding what bus your child will ride and what time pick up and drop off is?
1. Please go here to look up your street address. Remember, only students who live in the Baker School Zone can ride a bus.
2. Once you have your street address, go here to see where bus will pick up and drop off.
Dress Code:
Please make sure students are coming to school in dress code. Thank you for your help.
Lunch with your child:
Parents, you are welcome to eat lunch with your child. There are a couple of things we ask:- Please bring your photo ID as you will have to check in at the office.
- Please keep cell phones put away while in the lunchroom.
- Please only eat lunch with your son/daughter.