MIDWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
THE GALLOPING GAZETTE
Jan Fickling, Principal; Christy M. Graham, Assistant Principal;
LaQuana Aldridge, Assistant Principal
Phone (803) 821-0300 Fax (803) 821-0303
180 Midway Road
Lexington, SC 29072
Midway Elementary School Website
School Hours: 7:40 a.m.-2:25 p.m.
Office Hours: M-F 7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
MIDWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VISION
The vision of Midway Elementary School is for students to become self-directed, life-long learners who are responsible thinkers, collaborative workers, and productive citizens for the 21st century.
MIDWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MISSION
The mission of Midway Elementary School is to create a safe and nurturing learning environment, in collaboration with our community, which fosters the total development of every child.
May 19, 2017
Mustangs, Today has been a blast!! I have thoroughly enjoyed playing with our kids as we participated in our Boosterthon Fun Run. Wow! This takes a lot of energy! Thank you for supporting our school and for sharing your sweet children with us. Truly another awesome day!
Our Fun Run has been a huge success as well as the pledges!!! We are just a few hundred dollars below our goal of $24,000 so we get a bonus weekend for accepting pledges. Please contact those friends and family members that you did not have time to reach. We are so close! Way to go, Mustangs!!!
Please remember our wonderful opportunities and calendar changes:
May 22-25 Final Box Tops for Education Drive (Keep saving these!)
Tuesday, May 23 -- Volunteer Appreciation Treats (Learning Commons)
-- 9:15 Kindergarten Program (cafeteria)
Thursday, May 25 -- 8:30 5th Grade Promotion and Reception
-- Afternoon/Kindergarten End of Year Celebrations
Friday, May 26 -- Spirit Wear Day and Chick-fil-a Biscuit Sale
-- End of Blowfish Reading Program
-- Afternoon/1st-5th End of Year Celebrations
Monday, May 29 -- Memorial Day/NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, May 30 -- Half day with dismissal at 11:00 a.m.
(only breakfast served)
Wednesday, May 31 -- Last Day for Students/Dismissal at 11:00 a.m.
(only breakfast served)
-- Report Cards Go Home
Next week will be busy and filled with memory making activities, events, and learning! Have a wonderful weekend!
Jan Fickling, Principal of Midway Elementary
End of year Reminders:
*Cafeteria: There will be no lunch served on the last two half days of school, breakfast will be served. All student breakfast/lunch accounts must be paid in full or Report Cards will be held. Any remaining money on student meal accounts will be rolled over for use for the 2017-2018 year and will follow the student to any Lexington One District School.
*Health Room: Please pick up all medication from the health room by the last day of school, May 31st by 11:00 am. Medicine cannot be sent home with your child. Any medication not picked up by 11:00 on last day will be destroyed.
*Learning Commons: All library books must be returned by May 19th. Report Cards will be held for any books not returned.
*Office: Turn in payment and unwanted Strawbridge Studios photos to the office.
Relay For Life
Friday May 19th at 6:00 pm at Lexington High School
Luminaries are lit at 10:00 pm
The Mustang Fun Run
Families,
Thank you all so much for supporting this year’s Boosterthon. If you haven’t registered your student yet, you can do so this weekend on funrun.com by searching for our school or using our school’s registration code: 474-163. This weekend we have a special challenge where students can receive an additional reward when you get pledges. You can learn more on funrun.com. Thank you again for supporting our school!!
Fun Run Challenge! Mrs. Fickling duct taped to the flag pole!!
Selfies with Mrs. Graham and Mrs. Fickling
All alone on the flag pole! What a sport for Funrun!
Bye Bye Principal Fickling....
3rd Grade SC Day Celebration
5th Grade Parents and Guardians
Attached are the flyers for camps at MGMS and LMS to support our rising 6th graders. I know these are wonderful opportunities for our students and hope that they are able to join their friends in preparing for their new journey in middle school!
Learning Commons
Artist of the Month of May
Artist of the Month
May Artists of the Month are being honored in the front display case. Check out the artwork created by these talented young students. Congratulations to the following Artists of the Month:
Grade K: Katherine Crowson
Grade One: Yichen Wang
Grade Two: Anthony Zou
Grade Three: Grace Morgan
Grade Four: Eunwoo Choi
Grade Five: Jack Dunning
Brock Godfrey works on John James Audubon bird project in art class
Prepackaged school supplies for next school year now available to order online or by order form
You may order online at www.schooltoolbox.com through June 23rd or by order form payable to Midway PTO and your student's supplies will be available to pick up on MES class assignment day, August 10th. Your student came home with an order form specific to next year's grade level last week. We have more order forms available in the school front lobby for pickup. Each box sold=one child fed through the Feed my Starving Children program.
Educational Podcasts for Students
A podcast is like a radio show with episodes. It usually is audio-only, although video podcasts do exist. A podcast can be only a few minutes long or may last more than an hour. They can be regularly scheduled or when the creator desires. Listeners can subscribe to podcasts, so new episodes are delivered to them when a podcast is aired. We hope students will explore available podcasts and listen to them on a desktop or laptop computer, tablet, or smart phone.
We Googled to find lists of some of the most popular educational podcasts and are highlighting a few that we found on multiple lists.
2. But Why?
A podcast for Curious Kids
On "But Why?" podcasts kids ask questions and are given answers. Does you child have a question? You can record it on a smart phone including your child's first name, age, and town and send the recording to questions@butwhykids.org.
3. Tumble Science
4. Short & Curly
5. Story Nory:
Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!
Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!
By Emily Black, Media Specialist and Brenda Maxwell, Long-term Digital Learning Coach Substitute
Summer Camps 2017
Mrs. Mixon's Literacy Blog
http://mixedupinbooks.blogspot.com/
Here is the latest blog on literacy. Goldilocks and the just right books -- what do is it mean to read a "just right" book?
Melissa Mixon, Literacy Coach
(803)821-0290 mhmixon@lexington1.net
Twitter @Mrs_M_Mixon