News From the Nest
Evansdale Weekly Newsletter - March 31st Edition
There is No School April 3-7th ... Have a Happy & Relaxing Spring Break
A Letter from the Principal
Dear Families, Staff, and Stakeholders,
I want to thank the entire Evansdale community for your support with our STEM initiative. I want to also thank the Evansdale staff and students for their hard work in preparation and during our STEM review last week. We are so excited that we have been STEM certified through AdvancED. Within the next several days, we will receive a detailed report regarding our STEM evaluation visit from our AdvancED Review Team as well as official AdvancED certification materials and logos. The Evansdale STEM team will use the recommendations from the AdvancED report and set goals for the upcoming school year. We look forward to building stronger partnerships to provide our students real world connections and integrating more inquiry-based learning practices throughout the curriculum.
For more information about STEM Certification, please refer to the AdvancED website.
http://www.advanc-ed.org/services/stem-certification
Sincerely,
Luci Chattman
Principal
Evansdale Elementary School
678-874-2702
It's Time to Prepare for Georgia Milestones
Attention Parents of 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Students,
We are quickly approaching this school year's Georgia Milestones (GAM) testing window. You should have received a flyer
in last week's courier. If you did not, please see the attached for more information.
English Version - http://filecabinet3.eschoolview.com/A0E659DF-260A-4470-8A64-28B3F9BCB1DD/EnglishGAMParentLetter2017.pdf
Spanish Version - http://filecabinet3.eschoolview.com/A0E659DF-260A-4470-8A64-28B3F9BCB1DD/SpanishGAMParent%20Letter.pdf
Additionally, if you have Internet access, please allow your child to answer some practice questions using the following
website: http://gaexperienceonline.com/
Follow these steps:
1) Click Test Practice
2) Click Online Training Tools under End of Grade- Spring Main
3) Click EOG Test Practice
4) Click Standard Online Tools
5) Click Grades 3-5
6) You will then be given a User Name and Password to login
A Word of Thanks from the Evansdale Foundation...
The Evansdale Foundation would like to thank the whole community for its support during the PowerUP spring fundraiser. Thank you especially to our DONORS (we’ve raised $10,000 and counting for technology), to the teachers for joining us in the fun celebration party, to the EvansDads band for literally rocking the house, and to our STEM leadership, committee, and Ms. Chattman for their intensive efforts to get STEM Certified this spring.
And with deep gratitude for your generosity and devotion to the school, we would like to thank our Legacy iPad donors – 22 of 26 iPads have been sponsored by Evansdale family and friends below. Please email gtuggey@yahoo.com if you would like to PowerUP your investment to an iPad – iPads will be labeled with family sponsors this summer, and the kids will enjoy seeing who provided the iPads they are using.
Allen
Bitsko
Broussard
Collins
Creel
Fasula
Grier
Helenbrook
Kleinhenz
Laney
McGaugheys
Patterson
Queen
Robinson
Staskiewicz
Sullivan
Tuggey
Vanags
Vinter
Witcher, and
Honoring the 2nd Grade Team, from 2nd Grade Parents
DCSD Art Star Hall of Fame Inductee
Congratulations to 4th grader Sienna Foerst for becoming a DCSD Art Star Hall of Fame winner for next school year! She was one of the ten students chosen out of region 2. Her artwork will be hung up in the county office for 2017-2018 school year!
Rachel Petrucelli
Art Teacher
Evansdale Elementary
It's Almost Swimsuit Season...
Donations Needed
Eagles Soar into Honors Orchestra
IXL Winners
Congratulations to the following classes that lead the grade level in IXL practice during the last three weeks, March 6-March 26.
IXL Top Classes For Math
PreK and K, Mitchell
1st grade, Datta
2nd grade, Stratford
3rd grade, Lamothe
4th grade, Anderson
5th grade, Umukoro
IXL Top Classes For ELA
PreK and K, Beckstein
1st grade, Finley
2nd grade, Craddock
3rd grade, Perry
4th grade, Rainey
5th grade, Umukoro
Encourage your students to check the IXL bulletin board to see the Honor Roll students in each grade level.
Melissa Bachman
Academic Coach
Evansdale Elementary School
French National Honor Society Induction Ceremony
Congratulations to the New Members of the French National Honor Society!!
French National Honor Society Induction Ceremony
Important Dates to Remember .....
APRIL
04/03-04/07 SPRING BREAK, NO SCHOOL
04/11 PreK Registration, 9-11:00 a.m.
04/11 School Council Meeting, 5 p.m.
04/11 PTA Board Meeting, 6:30 p.m.
04/13 Kindergarten Field Trip, Zoo Atlanta
04/18 Georgia Milestones Testing Begins, 3rd-5th Grade
04/20 PTA Art and Music Night, 6:30 p.m.
04/28 13.5 Week Progress Reports Issued
MAY
05/01 3rd Grade Trees Atlanta Visit
05/05 Olympic Day
05/06 Evansdale 5K Fun Run/Walk, 7:30 a.m.
05/09 Kindergarten Registration, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
05/11 PTA Paint and Pasta, 6 p.m.
05/16 APTT Night, K-2nd, 5:30 p.m.
05/18 APTT Night, 3rd-5th, 5:30 p.m.
05/19 PreK Celebration, 8:30 a.m.
05/19 Kindergarten Celebration, 12:30 p.m.
05/23 Honors Day (Everyone except 5th Grade)
05/23 5th Grade Celebration
05/24 End of Year Class Parties, 1 p.m.
05/25 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL