Soaring Eagle News
Stephen Decatur Elementary November 1, 2019
Our Week at Stephen
The Principal's Message
Greetings Eagle Families,
We ended the week with Success Time! It's always fun to celebrate the hard work of our students. We recognized perfect attendance, citizenship, most improved, excellent readers, and peer mediators.Students received brag tags for these achievements. They are collecting a necklace full!
Next week our students in grades 3-6 will be taking a new assessment called Airways. They will be tested in English/language arts and math. This assessment is similar to the state assessment, ILearn, given in the spring. It allows our students to get experience with the format, technology, and types of questions they will be asked. The data will help teachers prepare lessons based on students' needs.
Our students have the opportunity to support the community. We will be holding a canned food drive to support the Goodwin Center. We will begin the drive on Monday and run it through Thanksgiving week. Please see the flyer below for details.
Our Veterans Program is next Friday at 9:00 A.M. Please invite the special veterans in your life. Send their names to your child's teacher to have them included.
We have some exciting things coming up in the next few weeks. Please see below
The week of the 4th
Monday: Major Saver Fundraiser continues, Volleyball Clinic 2:30-5:00
Tuesday: Sixth Grade to Imax Theater, Extended Day
Wednesday: Clubs
Thursday: Popcorn Sale, Extended Day
Friday: Veterans Day program at 9:00, SROs eat with 3rd grade, Spirit Wear Sale ends. See below for ordering.
Smencil sales each Monday through Thursday
We work everyday to teach children that our goal is to be better today than we were yesterday, and better tomorrow than we are today. We are Decatur Proud to have this opportunity to serve your family.
Go Eagles!
Mrs. Jennifer Pearson
Transportation Changes
"For safety reasons, if your child’s dismissal routine will be changed, you must send a note in with them that morning. Your child either rides his or her assigned bus or becomes a car rider/walker. The following are two examples of an acceptable dismissal change:
• Your child normally rides the bus, but today he/she will be picked up by car.
• Your child normally walks home, but today he/she will be riding the bus.
This policy is to ensure that students are sent to the appropriate areas at the end of the day. We have had multiple calls daily with changes. These changes cannot happen unless written notice is turned in, in the morning. Thank you for your prompt attention to this and your help keeping our students safe.
Outdoor Recess
As the weather is becoming colder and colder, please ensure students are dressed to go outside. See the district's guidelines below.
Weather permitting, all children will go outdoors for recess. If the temperature (including the wind chill factor) is below 20 degrees, students may not go outside for recess. If a Heat Advisory is announced, students may not go outside for recess.
From the Nurse's Office
Resources
Popcorn Sales
NOTE: Popcorn this week will be sold on Thursday due to our Veteran's Day Program on Friday.
Stephen Decatur Spirit Wear
Giving Back to the Community
Veterans Day Program
Community Opportunities
4-H Genealogy Project
Julie Ferguson, Decatur Township 4-H Director, is offering a unique opportunity to all Decatur Township students (although this is a 4-H project, you do not have to be a 4-H member to participate). On November 16, from 10-11:30, students are invited to the Decatur Township Library to learn about researching their genealogy. A person with several years of experience in genealogy will teach the students how to use Ancestry.com and will donate paperwork, notebooks, and materials to help the students begin research on their genealogy. Students are asked to bring their own tablet, but four laptop computers will be available to use/share for those without a tablet. Students below grade 3 should have a parent/guardian to help navigate the websites. Questions may be directed to Julie Ferguson at jaferg98@yahoo.com.
Parent Resources
PTO
CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS
To increase our volunteer base, a new incentive program has been established.
When a volunteer opportunity is posted on “Signup.com”, approved volunteers will receive an email with a link to sign up for the event.
Once you have signed up to help and then attend the event your child(ren) will receive $ 25.00 in Eagle Bucks.
Any parent who wants to volunteer and has not submitted a volunteer form, here is the link to complete a form:
Thanks for all you do for Stephen Decatur Elementary!
No Hassle Fundraiser
Inclement Weather Information
Fall 2019 Lunch Menu
Family Events
2019-2020 District Calendar
MISSION
We are student invested, community connected. We prioritize student learning, safety, and customer service.
VISION
We are a model campus characterized by an environment that is: Calm, Safe, Positive, Purposeful, AND FUN! Students, families, and staff will be invested through respectful relationships and a thirst for learning.
Stephen Decatur Elementary
Assistant Principal: Jay Lovell
Lead Teacher: Wendy Grant
Nurse: Brea Middleton-Keen
CIS Coordinators: Matt Ernst and Laverna Tracy
Email: jpearson@decaturproud.org
Website: http://www.decaturproud.org/stephen-decatur
Location: 3425 Foltz Street, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Phone: 317-241-0183
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StephenDecaturElementary/
Twitter: @SD_Eagles