Swansboro Elementary
March 6, 2022
Congratulations to our Battle of the Books team for winning 1st place in the district competition!
Congratulations for being selected to have your artwork hung in the airport!
Jamison Trees, Kindergarten
Damian Aguilar, Kindergarten
Evan Esemann, Kindergarten
Evelynn Wauters, Kindergarten
Yurianna Albarran Arellano, Kindergarten
Shaun Evans, 1st Grade
Luke Kujawski, Kindergarten
Pirates Argh Better Together!
Congratulations to our Battle of the Books team. They won FIRST place in our district Battle of the Books competition. Also we had several students' artwork selected to to be displayed in the Albert J Ellis airport. Congratulations to the following budding artists Jamison Trees, Damian Aguilar, Evan Esemann, Evelynn Wauters, Yurianna Albarran Arellano, Shaun Evans, and Luke Kujawski. If your child did not get to redeem the money on their eWallet at the book fair last week, you can shop online on our book fair website www.bookfairs.scholastic.com until March 13 and it will still count towards our SBES Book Fair. After March 13, you can redeem your eWallet funds online at Scholastic anytime. Thank you to all our volunteers that made our book fair such a huge success and thank you to Mrs. Lynch for coordinating a wonderful Read Across America week. This week is School Social Worker Week, so be sure to let Ms. Ali Kiser know just how much we appreciate her. This Tuesday night is our Papa John's spirit night which means a portion of all sales go back to SBES. Sounds like a great reason to order out from Papa John's Tuesday night. On Wednesday we will have our monthly Strategic Planning meeting at 3:45pm in the media center. OnThursday, March 10th, during the students regular enrichment time, our friends from Dancing Drum (www.dancingdrum.com) will be coming to our school to hold a School-Wide Drum Day! During this in-school field trip, every student, will have the opportunity to play drums! They will experience the thrill of making music together with their classmates (and maybe even some staff members) as they move through 6 different instrument sections. This is the 4th time Mr. Steve has visited Swansboro Elementary! We are excited to have him back and are going to have blast learning about drumming music! The cost is $3.00 per student. Please login to School Cash Online https://onslow.schoolcashonline.com/ to pay for this in-school field trip. Don't forget that all school fees, field trip fees and permission slips, spirit wear, etc. can be accessed through School Cash Online.The link is in the Smore newsletter or you can access it through clicking on the shopping cart on our school's website. On Friday we will have Spring Pictures. The photographer suggests that you choose colors that compliment your child and stick with solid colors or small, simple patterns. The background will be a beach scene. Our cafeteria manager would like to remind parents that milk is 50 cents; however, school meals (which include a milk) continue to be free for all students. If you still want to buy only a milk, the best way to do this is to put money on your child's account at https://www.k12paymentcenter.com/. As a reminder, please continue to report all positive Covid cases to Nurse Mollie at mollie.sammons@onslow.k12.nc.us. With recent updates, only positive students and students that are symptomatic are excluded from school. Masks are no longer required on buses. Thank you for your continued support of our school!
Lunch and breakfast is currently FREE for all students!
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COMMUNICATION IS CRITICAL for your child's success:
1. The teacher is always the first point of contact. If you cannot resolve an issue after meeting with the teacher, please schedule an appointment to meet with administration.
2. See our data manager (Lori Jones) to sign up for Parent Portal. This gives you up to date info on student attendance and assignments for (3rd-5th grade).
3. Pay attention to the weekly ALL CALL and EMAIL that is sent out every Sunday evening. If you don't want to listen to the message, no worries, the email contains the transcript as well as important links and cute pictures of our students:) If you are not receiving the call and email, please let Lori Jones (lori.jones@onslow.k12.nc.us) know so that we can make sure your info. is up to date. This is the method that we will use to communicate with parents in the event of an emergency, so you need to make sure that you are receiving these calls.
4. Check out our school website: https://www.onslow.k12.nc.us/swansboroes
5. Check out our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/swansboroelementaryschool/
6. Remember, for safety reasons, we do not give out student information over the phone and all changes in transportation must be done through School Dismissal Manager.
7. If there are custody issues, we must have a copy of the current custody paperwork on file with a judge's signature. If not, both parents have equal access to the student and their educational records.
8. If you have concerns regarding bus routes, stops, schedules and drivers, please direct those concerns to our transportation coordinator Judy O'Donald at 326-1436. SBES does not have direct communication with the buses; therefore, this must go through the transportation dept. Please remember if you would like to stay up to date with bus changes and delays, please download the Edulog Parent Portal App. More info can be found here:https://www.onslow.k12.nc.us/Page/1266.
Send in your used sneakers and we will get paid to recycle them! Collection bin in lobby. Sneakers only-condition does not matter.
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2021-2022 SBES Spirit Nights
Papa Johns- 2nd Tuesday of every month 4-8
9/14, 10/12, 11/9, 12/14, 1/11, 2/8, 3/8, 4/12, 5/10
Pizza Hut- 4th Tuesday of every month 4-8 (need to say you are with SBES)
9/28, 10/26, 11/23, 12/28, 1/25, 2/22, 3/22, 4/26, 5/24
Sweeter things- 3rd Friday of every month 3-7pm (need to say you are with SBES)
9/17, 10/15, 11/19, 12/17, 1/21, 2/18, 3/18, 4/15, 5/20
Calendar Items 2021-2022
March 6-12-School Social Worker Week
March 8 -Papa John's Spirit Night
March 9- Strategic planning, 3:45-4:45
March 11-Spring Pictures
March 15-4th Music and Art Show
March 17- Fourth Grade Field Trip- North Carolina Symphony
March 18-Career Day
March 18- Early Release Professional Development Training
March 21- Teacher Workday
March 22-Multiplication Bee (3rd Grade), 6pm @BCE
March 23-Spelling Bee (Elementary) @ PWE
March 25-End of grading period
March 29-Geography Bee (Elementary), 6pm @ STE
April-Month of the Military Child
April 4-8 Lock down drill this week
April 1-Report cards
April 2- SBHS Prom
April 5-5th Music and Art Show
April 5- Board of Education Meeting, 6:00pm
April 7-MATHCOUNTS (Elementary), @ CEEM
April 7- Quality Council & System Involvement Team, 4:00-5:15 @ RSC
April 11-15-Spring Break- No school for students
April 18-Workday
April 22-Chess (Grades 2-3)
April 25-Chess (Grades 4-5)
April 26-Special Board of Education Meeting (Budget), 6:00pm
April 28-Kinder cap and gown pics
April 29 -Global Field Day
May 2-8-SBHS Spring Musical
May 3- Board of Education Meeting, 6:00pm
May 3-National Teacher Appreciation Day
May 5-Interim Reports
May 11- Strategic planning, 3:45-4:45
May 13-14-Dreamers Club
May 26- EOGs (ELA 3, SCI 5)
May 30-Holiday
May 31 -End of grading period
June 1- EOGs (ELA 4-5, RTA 3)
June 3- EOGs (MATH 3-5)
June 4- SBHS Class of 2022 Parade
June 5-SBHS Baccalaureate Service
June 7-Last day for students (Kinder & 5th grade ceremonies)
June 10-SBHS Graduation
**** Fire drills occur 1 per month, lock down drills occur 4 times per year, tornado drill occurs once in March.
**** All lost and found items are donated on the first of each month. Please label your child's items (first and last name), so that they do not become donations.
Swansboro Elementary
Email: page.highsmith@onslow.k12.nc.us
Website: https://www.onslow.k12.nc.us/swansboroes
Location: 118 School Road, Swansboro NC
Phone: 910-326-1501
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/swansboroelementaryschool
Twitter: @SBESPirates