East Elementary School
"Expecting Excellence Every Day"
Coming Events
Dec. 4th - Boys B-Ball Game @ PES-I @ 4:30
Dec. 6th - Boys B-Ball Game @ Yorktown @ 5:30
Dec. 6th - 2nd Grade Music Program @ 6:00
Dec. 11th - Boys B-Ball Game vs. Fall Creek Intermediate @ 5:00
Dec. 13th - Boys B-Ball Game vs. MRE @ 4:30
Dec. 14th - Parents Night Out
Dec. 17th - Dec. 21st - My Holiday Fair
Dec. 20th - Christmas in the Cabin
Dec. 20th - Boys B-Ball Games @ Frankton @ 5:30
Dec. 21st - End of 2nd Grading Period
Dec. 24th - Jan. 4th - Winter Break
All Pro Dads on Dec. 7th has been canceled.
Second grade and EES Choir students present "A Happy Holiday Checklist" on Thursday, December 6th at 6pm in the EES gym. Doors open at 5:30pm. Come celebrate the season with music for all the things on our lists that make the holidays merry and bright! Opportunities available for supporting the arts at East, including choir "Snowman Soup" fundraiser and our ongoing program donation box for our supplementary sound equipment technology upgrade efforts. Happy Holidays from the music department!
Lost and Found will be in the entryway starting Dec. 7th and will be there until Dec. 21st. Anything that is not picked up will be donated to a local charity.
My Holiday Fair Santa Shop is coming
Dec. 17th- Dec. 21st. Your student will go during their special area library time.
We need volunteers to help run the Santa Shop. If you are interested please email cgriffin@smcsc.com or there is a sign-up sheet in the office. Thank you for making this possible for our students!
The Junior Beta Club participated in the Samaritan's Purse Charity and filled 13 shoeboxes to be delivered to children in need across the world
We are having career day at East Elementary on March 8th. We are looking for speakers! If you or anyone you know would be interested in being a guest speaker please complete the attached form. We would like to have our guest speaker list finalized by January 7th. For more information on Career Day click here.
The Art To Remember deadline is Dec. 31st
Get your orders in before the deadline!
When: Friday, December 14th from 3:30-5:30pm
Cost: $ 5.00 per student include Christmas themed crafts, Bingo, popcorn, cookies and fun!
This event is for the first 125 students.
Flyers will be coming home soon!
November Readers of the Month
Athena Atkinson, Rylee Bannon, Lilie Bledsoe, Madeleine Bolander, Megan Bruce, Jarrett Burk, Macie Coble, Zoie Easterday, Lucas Ellis, Maci Hancock, Colton Henry, Nathan Hollendonner, Matthew Kennedy, Xavier Kirkwood, Wyatt Krieg, Braydon Larimore, Paige Lawyer, Ellie McKenney, Kylie McKinster, Allysen Meyers, Daisy Motsinger, Aidan Patrick, Harper Pederson, Isabella Ritchey, Preston Shipbaugh, Cole Shreves, Ashlynn SIler, Troy Thorsen, Byron Vores, Isaiah Watson
Reminder to Bundle Up
Outside playtime is a very important part of the elementary school program. All students are expected to play outside during the recess when the temperature, corrected for wind chills, exceeds 20 degrees Fahrenheit and health permits. Remember warm coats, hats, scarves & gloves should be worn to school and to recess during these winter months.
Last Call for Science Fair
Grades 3-6
Who is interested in exploring, thinking and presenting thoughts, solutions, and ideas about science? If you are that individual than the East Elementary Science Fair is for you!!
Please email Mrs. Hart at rhart@smcsc.com
Kids Connection
On delay days Kids' Connection will still open on time for those students enrolled in the program. If school goes from a delay to a closure the program will close also. We will close 2 hours after the closure is called. If we have to go from a delay to closing it will try to be called by 7:30.
Lunch Visitor Procedures
- Lunch visitors arriving before the beginning of the lunches will be asked to wait in the office or the lobby until the start time and then meet their student at the cafeteria.
- If visitors are planning to stay for multiple lunches and there is a gap between start times, please return to the office or lobby and wait until the next lunch begins before returning to the cafeteria.
- Any outside food should be brought for your student only. Please do not bring in extra food to share with other students.
- To protect student rights, cell phones are prohibited from being used to video or photograph students.
- A designated table for lunch visitors may be setup. Visitors and their student only may be asked to sit at this table.
Community News
ADk's 33rd Santa Breakfast
Saturday Dec. 1st 2018
Pendleton Heights Middle School Cafeteria
7450 S. 300 W.
8-11 AM
Come hungry for a pancake breakfast!!
Transportation Changes
Please write a note to the teacher & bus driver if there are any changes to your student's dismissal plans. If there is an emergency change, please phone the office by 2:30. Please do not leave a voicemail about transportation changes. We can not guarantee we will have time to listen to the message before dismissal.
Wanted School Bus Drivers
Driving a school bus is a part-time job, requiring up to 2.75 hours in the AM and up to 2.75 hours in the PM. The school corporation provides support and paid training to help candidates meet the requirements for becoming a certified school bus driver. Substitute bus drivers are especially needed, with the possibility of qualified persons to obtain a regular route within the corporation. Current substitute bus driver rate is $17.90 per hour. Requirements: Must hold, or be willing to obtain, a Class B Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), a Passenger Endorsement, a “S” Endorsement (school bus), and an air brake endorsement.
Please contact Candy Stewart for more information.
South Madison Community School Corporation
203 S Heritage Way
Pendleton, IN 46064
765.778.2152 Ext. 1016
Important Policies and Procedures
- It is important that students be at school every day and on time. If your student will be late or will not be at school, please call the office by 9:00 a.m. at 765.779.4445 x3100. If you have not called in, the attendance dialer service will call you to inform you that your student is not at school and that we have not heard from you. To avoid a call, please call your student in.
- If your student arrives after the 8:30 bell or if you need to pick up your student early, please come into the office to sign him or her in or out. Photo ID is required to sign out a student. Only those people listed on the students’ Parent Portal will be allowed to pick up the student.
- Missed Calls from East Elementary: We understand your concern, but if you have a missed call from East, please do not call the office back as we will not know who called you. If Nurse Day calls due to an illness, she will leave a voicemail.
Arrival—8:10 a.m.
Bus rider students will be dismissed from the busses at 8:10 to enter the building.
Stay-in-Car students will be dropped off at the front doors at 8:10.
Dismissal—3:25 p.m.
Bus rider students will be dismissed to the buses at 3:25
Stay-in-Car students will be dismissed at the front doors at 3:25.
- Breakfast is served each morning from 8:10 a.m.—8:25 a.m. for those students who have pre-paid or have free/reduced lunch status.
- Lunch visitors are always welcome starting September 4th.
Student Lunch Hours
Kindergarten: 10:25
1st Grade: 10:45
2nd Grade: 11:00
3rd Grade: 11:15
4th Grade: 11:40
5th Grade: 12:10
6th Grade: 12:40
All About East
Assistant Principal - Mr. Brandon DeHart (bdehart@smcsc.com)
Email: khobbs@smcsc.com
Website: www.smcsc.com
Location: 893 E US 36 Pendleton, IN 46064
Phone: 765-779-4445