CLX Buzz: 9/13/18
The Claxton Elementary Community Newsletter
What's the Buzz?
- Coming Soon at Claxton
- ATTENTION: Volunteer Background Checks and Training Needed
- After School Arts Registration Still Open for Many of Our Confirmed Classes
- Join CLXLeaders for a Good Cause--Eblen Charities' Walk, Run, or Roll!
- Parent Room Reps Still Needed
- Back-to-School Dance on Sept 20 - Volunteers Needed
- Info about Spirit Night @ Salvage Station Thurs, Sept 20!
- Author Visit with Grace Lin
- ...and Another Awesome Author Visit for 4th Grade!
- CLX on Social Media
- Quick Links
- Thanks to Our Sponsors!
Coming Soon at Claxton....
Thursday Folders Sent Home--Check your Claxton backpacks! - Thurs, Sept 13
Mon/Tues/Wed ASA Fall Classes Begin - Sept 17, 18, and 19
Back to School Dance (3rd-5th Grades) - Thurs, Sept 20 3-4pm
Spirit Night @ Salvage Station - Thurs, Sept 20 5:30-7:30pm
1st Grade AMOS Field Trip - Fri, Sept 21
Fun Run Pep Rally - Mon, Sept 24
Thurs ASA Classes Begin (except Bricks4Kidz) - Sept 27
PTO Meeting - Tues, Oct 2
Thurs Bricks4Kidz ASA Class Begins - Oct 4
Fun Run, Memorial Stadium - Thurs, Oct 4
Claxton Chat/Coffee with the Principal - Tues, Oct 11
Fall Carnival - Fri, Oct 26 5:30-8:30pm
Here is a link to a list of the official ACS Calendars, including the upcoming 2018-2019 school calendar.
Hoping to Volunteer in the Classroom or as a Field Trip Chaperone This Year?
Also, if you haven't already done so, you'll need to attend a Level II volunteer training with Asheville City Schools before you can volunteer at Claxton. The training is a one-time requirement (not needed each year) and this year's schedule is set so go ahead and make plans to attend one of these brief (~20 min) trainings. Please see below for the schedule. All trainings are held in the Board Room at the Central Office of Asheville City Schools at 85 Mountain Street. No registration is required to attend the training.
ACS Volunteer Training Schedule for 2018-2019
Wednesday, September 26, 2018, at 12:00 PM
Tuesday, October 9, 2018, at 5:30 PM
Wednesday, October 10, 2018, at 12:00 PM
Wednesday, November 7, 2018, at 12:00 PM
Wednesday, December 5, 2018, at 12:00 PM
Wednesday, January 9, 2019, at 12:00 PM
Wednesday, February 6, 2019, at 12:00 PM
Tuesday, February 12, 2019, at 5:30 PM
Wednesday, March 6, 2019, at 12:00 PM
Wednesday, April 10, 2019, at 12:00 PM
Wednesday, May 8, 2019, at 12:00 PM
Wednesday, May 15, 2019, at 12:00 PM
If you have any questions about volunteer requirements for Claxton and Asheville City Schools, please contact clxVOLS@gmail.com.
Registration Still Open for Many Awesome Fall ASA Classes!
Join CLXLeaders for a Good Cause--Eblen Charities' Walk, Run, or Roll!!!
Claxton is putting a team together for Eblen Charities 18th Annual Walk, Run or Roll event taking place Saturday October 13th at 9:00 am. All funds raised help Eblen Charities to keep helping out more than 125,000 local families with medical care and supplies, travel assistance, dental and prescription care, funding assistance for food, rent, heat and other emergency aid. We value Eblen's services to families and want to get together a team of amazing CLXLeaders who will WALK with us and raise money for Eblen. Want to join? Register here by finding team name CLXLeaders on Eblen's website.
Parent Room Reps Still Needed!
Room Reps are still needed in several of our Claxton classrooms, so please consider taking on this role for your student’s class! The intended role of the Room Rep is to help distribute important information via email to all class families regarding class and PTO events. For example, sign-up sheets for volunteers at the Fun Run or Fall Carnival will be sent out through Room Reps. We want every family to be informed about events and allowed the opportunity to volunteer at Claxton. The Room Rep also collaborates with the classroom teacher regarding class needs, which may include extra supplies, snacks, or volunteers for class events.
Room reps are still needed for the following classes:
2nd: Kickert
3rd: Conti and Seimer
5th: Autrey
Are you interested in being a room rep this year? If so, please contact Amanda Pattanayak at alsevigny@aol.com or at (617) 953-0855 as soon as possible.
Back-to-School Dance
Author Visit with Grace Lin
GRACE LIN IS COMING TO CLAXTON!! This author visit on Monday September 17th at 9 am is an enormous honor for Claxton Elementary School. Grace is a Newbery Honor winning author and illustrator of picture books, early chapter books and chapter books. Her most well-known books are Where The Mountain Meets the Moon and The Year of the Dog and she is touring to promote her new picture book, Big Mooncake for Little Star, which I will be reading to all K-2 classes. An author study on Grace Lin had already been in the works for later in the school year (in an arts collaboration with Ms. Olson and Ms. Rigsby!) so to have her be able to visit us is just the most exciting news. Watch for book order forms in Thursday folders if you would like to order an autographed copy of one of her books for your child. A big thanks to Malaprops Bookstore and Cafe for this opportunity!
WAIT--THERE'S MORE! Another Author Visit for 4th Graders!
WAIT - THERE’S MORE!!!
Also exciting is that our 4th graders get to meet with Sheila Turnage, author of the Mo and Dale Mystery series including Three Times Lucky. Sheila is also a Newbery Honor winner!! Some of our 4th graders had read this in a book club last year and loved it! This author visit will take place in the back of the media center on Tuesday September 18th at 9:30. A big thanks to Malaprops Bookstore and Cafe for this opportunity!
CLX on Social Media
Claxton Elementary School
Email: miriam.scott@acsemail.net
Website: claxtonparents.com
Location: 241 Merrimon Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801, United States
Phone: (828) 350-6500