Pomaria-Garmany Post
April/May Newsletter
Important Dates:
May 10th: PK-2nd Muffins for Moms
May 11th: 3rd-5th Muffins for Moms
May 10th: District Art Show @ 5:30 p.m. (Selected student recieved an invitation)
May 10th-11th: Archery Team travels to Kentucky for Nationals
May 12th: LMES WildCat Run (Running Club members will participate)
May 24th: S.I.C. Meeting @ 7:15 a.m.
May 24th: PK Celebration @ 1:30 p.m.
May 25th: Kindergarten Graduation @ 8:30 a.m.
May 25th: 2nd Grade Author's Tea @ 1:30 p.m.
May 28th: Dance-A-Thon sponsored by PGE Student Council
May 29th: Field Day @ PGE
May 30th: 1st- 4th Grade Awards Day
- 1st & 2nd @ 8:30
- 3rd & 4th @ 9:45
May 31st and June 1st: Half Days for students (Dismissal at 11 a.m.)
District Writing Winners
We honored the students above at the Newberry County School District Writer's Celebration last week. Next time you are in the main office of the school, look for the anthology of their writing pieces. We have a copy on the side table.
Kindergarten: Dillon Wicker and Anna Cohen
First Grade: Thomas Boozer, DeAngelo Booker, Cassidy Carter
Second Grade: Olivia Stuck, Hailyn Elsenhimer, Hayden Phillips
Third Grade: Madison Ringer, Jenna Senn, Ashleigh Bunce
Fourth Grade: Kursten Long, Levi Wessinger, Tessa Taylor
Fifth Grade: Nora Cutler, Kylie Ringer, Braley Brown
TOY & SSOTY
Congratulations to our 2018-19 Teacher of the Year – Mrs. Courtney Cooper
Congratulations to our 2018-19 Support Staff Person of the Year – Mrs. Wanda Livingston
We are so proud of these two ladies and know they will continue to make PGE proud!
April Reading Goals
Congratulations to the following classes for meeting their April Reading Goals!
Mrs. Surrett - PCD
Mrs. Branham - Kindergarten
Mrs. Carter - Kindergarten
Mrs. Bedenbaugh - First Grade
Ms. Jacobs - First Grade
Mrs. Mills - First Grade
Ms. Gallman - Second Grade
Mrs. Stuck - Second Grade
Mrs. Whitesides - Second Grade
Mrs. Simpson - Third Grade
Mrs. Tarver - Third Grade
Mrs. Russell - Fourth Grade
Mrs. Thompson - Fifth Grade
Continue to read with your child nightly! Reading is like excercise for the brain! Dr. Suess says, "The more you read the more things you know! The more that you learn, the more places you'll go! READ! READ! READ! May reading logs will be turned in on Friday, May 25!
District Art Show Winners
This year, 10 students from each school will have their artwork showcased at the District Art Show, May 10th from 5:30-7pm at the Newberry Arts Center (1200 Main St, Newberry, SC). An invitation is coming home with the winners.
Congratulations to the following outstanding artists:
Kira Faulkner– K
Raegan Lindler - 1
Amari Price– 2
Makenzy Shealy – 2
Hailey Geer– 3
Keoni McFall – 3
Tommie Leigh Bedenbaugh – 4
Tessa Taylor- 4
Ashley Contreras– 5
Brayden Brooks– 5
Archery Travels to Kentucky
We would like to wish our PGE Archery Team GOOD LUCK as the shoot at Nationals. Team members are Braley Brown, Cole Graham, Mickell Jones, Jacob Brown, Caleb Black, Keith Chapman, Carlos Hernandez, Kylie Ringer, Hayden Sanders, Brysen Horne, Kimberlyn Cardenas, Justin Aguilar Velazquez, Abigail Perez, Ester Perez, Levi Wessinger, Carter Vinson, Tessa Taylor, Horryanna Reeder, Paul Nelson, Caden Harr, Addison Anderson, and Katie Gallman. Coached by Joey Long.
MISSION & VISION
Mission:
Our mission at Pomaria-Garmany Elementary School is to foster an environment where our staff, students, parents, and community members work together to cultivate an atomosphere that promotes leadership, world class skills, and life and career charactericitcs to be college and/or career ready.
Vision:
Learn Today and Lead Tomorrow
Pre-K Celebration
Our “Sweet” Awards Celebration will be on Thursday, May 24th @ 1:30pm. After the awards in the multi-purpose room, students and family members are invited to stop by the classroom for photos and light refreshments.
Kindergarten Graduation
Kindergarten graduation is on May 25th at 8:30am. Students need to be at school at regular time so they can eat breakfast and get ready for graduation. There will be a small reception following the program.
5th Grade Graduation
5th Grade Graduation is on May 31st at 9 a.m. in the PGE multpurpose room. Students are asked to arrive on school as they would on a regular school day.
Attire: Students usually prefer to wear dress clothes under their gowns for pictures with family and friends after graduation. Boys are asked to wear dress pants & dress shoes. Girls are reminded that dresses must meet school dress code.
From Nurse Maggie
All medications in the health room need to be picked up by Friday, June 1st at noon. Any medications left in the health room after noon on Friday, June 1st will be disposed of.
Little Libraries are coming to Pomaria
PGE is so excited to announce that the school is partnering with Pomaria’s Boy Scout Troop 76 to build, organize and start 5 Lending Libraries for the Pomaria Community!!! These lending libraries will be stocked with books for all elementary reading levels and ages of students to enjoy this summer! Students are welcome to visit any of these libraries to choose a book and can return the book to ANY of the lending libraries once they are finished with the book. Locations of these 5 lending libraries will be announced SOON!
A special thanks for all of the book donations for this special program. Our recent BOGO book fair raised $540.00 that was put into new books for the lending libraries as well! Your support for this new project for our community is SO greatly appreciated!
Field Day!!
PGE Field Day: May 29th (8:30- 11:00)
Please wear dress code appropriate clothing for games outside. No dresses or skirts. Don't forget your tennis shoes!
If you would like to volunteer to help run a station for field day please call the school office. You will need an approved background check.
Snack will be available for students to purchase.
5th graders celebrate their MAP Math growth with an ice cream sundae party!
Fourth Grade ROCKS Reading MAP!
Fourth Grade recently held an awards ceremony for achievement on the MAP Reading assessment.
The first picture (red award): Top 5 Students from each 4th grade homeroom with the biggest growth from the start of the year to the end of the year.
The second picture (blue award): Students that met or beat the District Goal of 206.
The third picture (blue award): Students that met or beat their computer projected goal.
The fourth picture (blue award): Students that met or beat their personal goal.
The fifth picture (orange award): Havan Brown had the biggest growth of 40 points from the beginning to the end of the year. Tommie Leigh Bedenbaugh had the overall highest Spring MAP Reading score of 226.
The last picture (orange award): These students had the top 3 highest scores in their homerooms.
4th Grade ROCKS Math MAP!
Fourth grade recently held an awards ceremony to celebrate achievement on the MAP Math Assessment.
First picture: Students that met/beat the computer projected score.
Second picture: Students that met/beat the MAP Math District goal of 214.
Third picture: Top 5 students in each homeroom with the biggest growth from Fall 2017.
Fourth picture: Havan Brown, biggest growth of 34 points this year. Levi Wessinger, top MAP Math score of 227.
Fifth picture: Top 3 highest score from each homeroom.
Sixth picture: Students that met/beat their personal goal.
Energy Bus Principle #5 - Transform Negativity Certificate Winners
Mrs. Cooper - Braylin Nicholas
Ms. Edwards - Jayla Tribble
Ms. Jacobs and Mrs. Ashmore - Ramses Cervantes
Ms. Livingston - Brayden Brooks
Mr. Winningham - Nevaeh Buddie Mayes
Mrs. Thompson - Matthew Radford
Mrs. Pitts - Jada Gallman
Mrs. Bedenbaugh - Conner Black
Mrs. Carter - Ryan Cannon
Mrs. Boozer - JiKeveas Gallman
Mrs. Vinson - Cassidy Carter
Mrs. Chapman - Angel Gallman
Mrs. Mills - Abby Paschal
Mrs. Surrett - Jacob Poston
Ms. Gallman - Tyson Cutter Debow (absent)
Mrs. Branham - Leland Sease
Mrs. Simpson - Sara Leitzsey
Ms. Russell - Adrian Williams
Ms. Tarver - Eithan Perry
Mrs. Davis - Angelly Rojas Lara
Coach Long - Michael Boyd
Mrs. Brown - Christy Milstead
Mrs. Stuck - Haley Lugo Moore
Mrs. Whitesides - Virginia Shepherd
Energy Bus Principle #6- Love Your Passengers Certificate Winners
Our PGE Teachers have selected students that exemplify Principle #6 "Love Your Passengers." We formally recognized these students on our school morning news show. The students are below.
Mrs. Edwards - Jennifer Farias
Mrs. Davis - John Paul Ornelas Rodriguez
Mrs. Cooper - Nathaniel Crawford
Mrs. Pitts - Tyler Rowe
Mrs. Bedenbaugh - Devan Bedenbaugh
Mrs. Whitesides - Hayden Phillips
Mrs. Ashmore - Eleanor Kitchens
Ms. Jacobs - Shanelle Wilcox
Mrs. Boozer - Carter Vinson
Mrs. Mills - Brooks Gallman
Mrs. Carter - Wyatt Shirey
Ms. Tarver - Rodney Garcia
Mrs. Stuck - Derly Samoyoa Flores
Mrs. Simpson - Will Smith
Ms. Livingston - Mary Grace Bryant
Mrs. Branham - Kiralyn Faulkner
Mrs. Chapman - Nora Cutler
Ms. Russell - Marcus Turner
Mr. Winningham - Paul Nelson
Mrs. Thompson - Ava Shelton (absent)
Mrs. Livingston - Sara Leitzsey
Mrs. Brown - Hailey Geer
Ms. Gallman - Katy Nelson
Mrs. Vinson - Thomas Boozer
Coach Long - Easton Millstead
PGE Student Council Sponsors a Dance-A-Thon
Date: May 28th
BoxTops
Clipping Box Tops is an easy way to help earn cash for our school. Each one is worth 10¢ for our school! Just look for the pink Box Tops on hundreds of products. All you have to do is clip them and send them to school.
This school year, we earned $274.00 for our school from Box Tops. Great job, everyone!
Continue clipping box tops over the summer months! We never stop collecting Box tops at PGE.
For more information on Box Tops, including a list of participating products, go to BTFE.com. Be sure to sign up as a member (it’s free!) so you can check out our school’s earnings details and get access to coupons and bonus offers.
Thanks for supporting the Box Tops for Education Program and PGE!
Test Taking Tips
Preparing for the Test
Test Anxiety
Students may experience anxiety about tests and may experience heightened anxiety before a testing situation. A certain degree of test anxiety is normal and may help students prepare more effectively, work more efficiently, and remain focused during testing. Too much anxiety, however, can negatively affect performance. The following strategies may assist students and parents in reducing test anxiety.
The night before:
· Help children resolve immediate arguments before going to bed.
· Mention the test to show you’re interested, but don’t dwell on it.
· Help your child get to bed on time. Research shows that being well-rested helps students do better.
· Keep your routine as normal as possible. Upsetting natural routines may make children feel insecure.
· Plan ahead to avoid conflicts on the morning of the test.
The morning of the test:
· Get up early to avoid rushing. Be sure to have your child at school on time.
· Have your child eat a good breakfast but not a heavy one.
· Have your child dress in something comfortable.
· Be positive about the test. Acknowledge that tests can be hard and that they’re designed so that no one will know all of the answers. Explain that doing your best is what counts. The important thing is to make your child comfortable and confident about the test.
After the test:
· Explain that performance on a test is not a condition for you to love your child. You love your child just for the person he or she is.
· Talk to your child about his or her feelings about the test, making sure you acknowledge their efforts.
· Discuss what was easy and what was hard; discuss what your child learned from the test.