The Bulldog Bulletin
Skyland Elementary School
The Importance of Math Practice at Home!
Top Websites to use for Math Facts Practice
Best Math Apps
Upcoming Grade Level Field Trips
First -
Second -
Third -
Fourth - Columbia State House and Museum, February 12th
Fifth - Washington, D.C. May 18-21
Skyland Singers - Aladdin at the Peace Center
First Grade Performance
Tuesday, Dec 17, 2019, 09:00 AM
Skyland Elementary School, South Carolina 14, Greer, SC, USA
PTA Meeting and Skyland Singers Concert
Monday, Dec 9, 2019, 06:30 PM
Skyland Elementary School, South Carolina 14, Greer, SC, USA
Skyland Holiday Shoppes
Thursday, Dec 12, 2019, 06:00 PM
Skyland Elementary School, South Carolina 14, Greer, SC, USA
Skyland Calendar of Events
9 - PTA Meeting and Skyland Singers Concert
11-12 - Don't forget to send in a dessert for our teachers luncheon!
12 - Skyland Staff Holiday Luncheon (Room Parent Lunch coverage for teachers)
16 - 19 - PTA Santa Shop
17 - First Grade Performance
20 - Class Parties (See classroom newsletters for specific times)
20 - Have a wonderful Christmas Break and a Happy New Year!
January
6 - Welcome back to school!
7 - Beta Club Meeting 2:30 - 3:30
20 - MLK Day, No School
29 - K4 Half Day
31 - SIC Meeting
Grade Level News
K4
K5
1st Grade
First Graders are finishing up a unit about the sun, moon, and stars. Everyone has enjoyed keeping a moon log and watching the phases of the moon. We are beginning Christmas Around the World where students will be "traveling" to different countries learning about different cultures and holiday traditions.
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
Fifth grade students recently worked with Ms. Williams from the IT Department. They went on a virtual field trip to Ellis Island where they saw the Statue of Liberty, toured the different rooms inside the immigration station, and got an up-close view of a tenement house in China Town.
Another group of students working with Ms. Williams made posters of their study of folklore. They worked with partners to create videos in Flipgrid, sharing the information they had learned.
Fifth graders have also been experimenting with mixtures and solutions. We have enjoyed learning about things such as saturation, concentration, solutes, and solvents through our many hands-on experiments.
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Guidance
Celebrating MLK Day with your Child
Congratulations to our November Perfect Attendance Winner!
Perfect Attendance Parent Drawing
Did you know?
· Research shows that missing 10 percent of the school year, or about 18 days in most school districts, negatively affects a student’s academic performance. That’s just two days a month and that’s known as chronic absences.
· Being late to school or picked up early for 15 minutes can add up to the equivalent of missing 8 days over the course of the school year.
· When a child misses one day, it takes them two days to catch up with what they missed.
· When students improve their attendance rates, they improve their academic prospects and chances for graduating.
Skyland Elementary wants to motivate our families to help us improve our school-wide attendance!
Each month, all parents of children with perfect attendance (no tardies, early dismissals, or absences) will be entered into a drawing to win a $20 Spinx gift card and two Spinx car wash coupons valued at $40! Winners will be announced monthly on Facebook and parents of the winning students will be contacted directly!
Thank you to Spinx for sponsoring Skyland’s Perfect Attendance Parent Drawing!
Our next drawing will take place during the month of January!
Staff Birthdays!
December
3 - Mr. Garret, AP
14 - Mrs. Pinckney, K4
14 - Mrs. Coggins, Special Education
16 - Mrs. Huff, 5th grade
January
2 - Mrs. Spearman, K5
8 - Mrs. Gilbert, 2nd grade
22 - Mrs. Huckabee, Art
26 - Mrs. Wilkerson, Challenge
28 - Mrs. Paddock, K5