Griffins Connect
Week of May 15th #ReImagine #WholeChild
Recent Sterling School Highlights!
Sterling Recognized @ All-Star Reading Challenge
Orchestra Receives First Place, Best in Class, & the Esprit de Corps Award @ Carowinds' Music in the Parks
7/8 Grade Band Receives Superior Rating; 6 Grade Band Receives Excellent Rating on their 1st Official Competition @ Carowinds' Festival of Music
Sterling School Volunteer Breakfast 2022
On Wednesday, June 1st @ 8:30am, our school will host a breakfast to recognize our many volunteers. If you have given of your time to our school and students this year, we'd like to say THANK YOU! This includes PTA, SIC, mentors, tutors, classroom parents, and all other volunteers. If you can attend, please RSVP by Friday, May 27th: https://forms.gle/B5AwjJHFVKBbuCDE6
What's Ahead...
May 17: SC Ready Math
May 19: SC Ready Science (4th & 6th only)
May 19: Popsicles on the Playground (for incoming 3rd grade CTC only); 3:15-4:15pm
May 20: SC Ready ELA Field Test
May 20: 8th Grade Dance, 6:45-9:00pm - No parents allowed :-)
May 21: Relay for Life Event @ Eastside High School (info below)
Next Week...
May 23: Field Day (Grades 2nd & 3rd @ 8:30-10:30am)
May 23: Field Day (Grades 4 & 5 @ 12:00-2:00pm)
May 24: Field Day (5K-1 @ 8:30-10:30am)
May 24: Alg. 2/Geo. Exam (MS)
May 25: Alg. EOC (MS)
May 26: SC Ready ELA Field Test (6-8 only)
May 26: Celebrate The Class of 2022; 6:30pm
May 27: 2022 School Climate Parent Survey Closes (info below)
Last Week...
May 31: 8th Grade Class Trip to Charlotte
May 31: Field Day (Grades 6th & 7th @ 8:30-11:00am)
May 31: 5th Grade Sterling Awards Day; 9:00am
May 31: Sterling/CTC 5th Grade Day
June 1: Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast; 8:30-9:30am (info below)
June 1: Last Day to RSVP for Griffin Walk Clap Out (info below)
June 2: Half Day for Students, Elem Dismissal @ 11:45, Middle Dismissal @ 12:00
June 3: Half Day for Students, Elem Dismissal @ 11:45, Middle Dismissal @ 12:00
June 3: Griffin Walk Clap Out & Car Parade; 11:00am (info below)
Sterling/CTC Orchestra Achieves GOLD!
8th Grade Dance: Volunteers Needed
Parents - Our students have missed many events over the last several years and we would like to give our 8th graders an unforgettable night to remember. The PTA has been planning and preparing for months for the 8th grade dance, but we need your help. CLICK HERE for a list where you can contribute by purchasing items or volunteering your time. (We particularly need volunteers to setup and tear down!) Students and parents can drop off items to the front office starting, tomorrow Monday, May 16th. We're excited for an amazing event and we appreciate your help! Thank you ~ Sterling PTA
SC Ready Testing Continues This Week!
End-of-year state testing starts Tuesday. Our students and teachers have worked hard, preparing for this important assessment. Parents, please help your children prepare for test days by ensuring the following:
- Arrive on time (be at school by 7:45am)
- If at all possible, do not schedule appointments
- Get plenty of sleep the night before
- Eat breakfast
- Bring necessary school supplies such as pencils and paper.
- Learn more about SC Ready and SC PASS.
SC Ready/PASS Testing Schedule
3rd - 8th Grade In-Person Students:
- May 17 Math
- May 19 Science (4th and 6th Grade Only)
- May 20 Field Test (ELA; 3rd-5th Grade)
- May 26 Field Test (ELA; 6th-8th Grade)
3rd - 5th Grade Virtual Students:
- April 21 Field Test
- May 11 ELA Day 1 (3rd Grade Only)
- May 12 ELA Day 2 (3rd Grade Only)
- May 17 ELA Day 1 (4th and 5th Grade only)
- May 18 ELA Day 2 (4th and 5th Grade only)
- May 25 Science 1 (4th Grade only)
- May 24 Math
EOC Testing Schedule
- May 25 Algebra 1
2022 Relay for Life
Relay for Life is an annual fundraising walk designed to celebrate cancer survivors and caregivers, remember those who have passed away, and raise money for cancer research and programs through the American Cancer Society. This year's event will be on Saturday May 21, at Eastside High School from 6:00-10:00pm. We invite our Sterling family and community to join us at this fun and meaningful event!
Each year, Sterling/CTC has a Relay for Life Team made up of mostly students with Mrs. Henry serving as Team Captain. Friends and families of students are also encouraged to join our team. If you or a family member is a Cancer Survivor, you may sign up for our team without the commitment of fundraising and are invited to enjoy a complimentary dinner at this year's event.
Please consider joining our team or making a donation. Additionally, you may dedicate a Luminaria to a lost loved one, someone currently battling, or anyone who's overcome cancer. Luminarias are $10/each and can be decorated in Honor or Memory of your loved one. Please contact Mrs. Henry for additional details on how to purchase and personalize Luminarias.
This year's Sterling/CTC Relay for Life Team dedicates their efforts in memory of Jane Stelling, beloved teacher and friend.
2022 Parent's School Climate Survey
The 2022 Parent’s School Climate Survey Link (formerly known as the Parent Report Card Opinion Surveys) is available on the Home Dashboard of the Parent Backpack. Parent responses from the survey are reported on district and/or school report cards. We encourage all parents across all grade levels of our school to participate. Thank you in advance for your time and feedback! We appreciate our families and consider it a tremendous honor to partner! The parent survey window is open now through May 27, 2022.
Calling All Graduates: Griffin Walk 2022
As students leave Sterling School, they participate in a Griffin Walk. If you have a child who is a former student of Sterling School and graduating from H.S. this year, or know of someone you can pass this on to, we would appreciate your help in rounding up our former Griffins to participate once again.
Griffin Walk 2022 will take place Friday, June 3rd @ 11:00am. We invite all high school graduates who attended Sterling School to join us! Any participating graduate should RSVP and bring their cap, gown, and other graduation regalia, or wear their college t-shirt. We ask any of our special guests to sign-in our main office by 10:45am. Having our former students participate in this tradition serves to inspire our younger "Griffins" to remain focused in their own academic journey. Please submit this form by Wednesday, June 1st.
RSVP HERE: https://forms.gle/BnHwErFcJc7zzZoz6
22-23 After School Program Registration Now Open
Band Achieves Outstanding Performance Award
Students Shine at Orchestra Solo & Ensemble
The Latest Buzz...
Check out the latest on the Sterling Beehive Project! CLICK HERE to view a NEW video featuring the bee package pickup and the initial installation of the Sterling Beehive in their temporary home at the home of April Boyer. The video is about 15 minutes long and includes new updates for the timeline of getting the bees to the school.
Additionally, here is the latest Inside Buzz newsletter. If you want to subscribe to this monthly newsletter put out by The Bee Cause Project, you are invited to CLICK HERE!
CTC Student Newspaper! (From the Editors)
- The Editors
Sterling School
Email: jpatterson@greenville.k12.sc.us
Website: www.greenville.k12.sc.us/sterling
Location: Sterling School, John McCarroll Way, Greenville, SC, United States
Phone: 864-355-4480
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theSterlingSchool
Twitter: @SterlingSchool