Sycamore Creek Newsletter
December 3
Building Information
Dr. RacQuelle Major-Holland, Assistant Principal
Ms. Ann Williams, Guidance
Email: Nikki_Arnold@Plsd.us
Website: pickerington.k12.oh.us
Location: 500 Sycamore Creek Street, Pickerington, OH, USA
Phone: 614-834-6200
Facebook: facebook.com/supersycamore
Twitter: @supersycamore
Winter Weather
RECESS:
It is the schools policy to send students outside for recess if the weather permits. This will include temperatures 25 degrees or above (wind chill included). Please keep this in mind when dressing your student for the day and sending them to school. Coats, hats, gloves, scarves, appropriate footwear....layers!!!
Important Dates:
*NO PTO Meeting in December
Now to December 13 - Annual Toy Drive - Collection boxes are located in front of the SCE Media Center - See details on flyer below
December 3 - PTO sponsored Stuff the Fridge for Staff
December 3 through December 17 - Cold Weather Coat Drive - See details on flyer below
December 5 through December 20 - 12 Days of Christmas Countdown - See flyer below for what to wear to celebrate each day
December 5 - 2 Hour Late Start for Staff Professional Development
December 11 - PTO Family Restaurant Night at Chipotle - Please present flier or show on your device
December 21 - No School, All Students - Teacher Record Day
December 24 through January 4 - No School - Winter Break
School Fees
There are three available payment options:
1. Go to https://pickeringtonoh.infinitecampus.org/campus/portal/pickerington.jsp and pay outstanding fees online with a credit card or e-check.
2. Mail payments to Pickerington Schools, Treasurer's Office, 90 N. East Street, Pickerington, Ohio 43147.
3. Stop by District Office or your student's school office during normal business hours and pay in person with cash, check or credit card. Please keep in mind if paying with cash at a school office, exact cash is needed.
All checks or money orders should be made payable to Pickerington Local Schools. To ensure proper posting, please reference your student's name and ID number. Cash payments cannot be accepted by mail.
If you have questions regarding fees, please contact your child's school or call the Treasurer's Office at (614) 833-2110.
Fee amounts are as follows:
Kindergarten = $19.00
First Grade = $17.00
Second Grade = $17.50
Third and Fourth Grade = $22.00
Do you like to sing and have fun with your friends?
Students will have the chance to work with Dr. Amy Chivington from Otterbein University. Dr. Chivington has worked with youth choirs all around the world and is excited to work with our students.
Keep an eye out for registration information coming in January!
District Offering Every-1-Connected Program
Through the Every-1-Connected program, the district will offer a limited number of free wireless hotspot devices to students who have limited or no internet access at home. Students can borrow the devices from their building media center.
This program is open to Pickerington School students who are fully enrolled in one of the 15 district buildings. Priority will be given to students on the free/reduced lunch list and who have little to no household internet access.
Every-1-Connected gives students with the greatest need the opportunity to borrow a free hotspot device for two week periods during the school year. These devices hook up to district iPads and Chromebooks and allow free access to the internet.
There is no cost to students to borrow the hotspots, which were funded by the district and through a grant from T-Mobile.
The devices use internet content filtering and student browsing history is recorded. While only one device may be borrowed per household, the hotspots can be signed out repeatedly throughout the year, based on availability.
For students to participate in the program, parents must complete a form (available from the school and on the district website). The form indicates that parents will assume financial responsibility for the equipment if it is damaged due to intentional reckless, willful, wanton or malicious conduct. The devices are covered under the district's existing Technology Protection Plan, which is already available to families to cover district-provided Chromebooks and tablets.
Complete information about the program, including instructions for requesting a hotspot, are available using the following link found on the PLSD Website:
https://www.pickerington.k12.oh.us/instructional-technology/