The Principal's Desk At Sycamore ES
January 8, 2017
Happy New Year and Thank you!
Parents,
Happy New Year! Thank you for a very smooth early dismissal on Friday. I was very proud of how well our parent/guardian community trusted our communication efforts and followed suit with making sure that all children were picked up on time and able to meet an adult at the bus stop and/or at home. We received many requests for our Remind app which was great! I encourage you to make sure that your neighbors and friends add this app to their phones as well, to ensure that possible emergencies and schedule changes, are communicated quickly and efficiently.
As of today, with the temperature being higher, we anticipate a normal school day tomorrow. Continue to stay posted to our local news shows, Remind App, Twitter, Facebook pages (GCPS and Sycamore) and GCPS and Sycamore websites.
Remind Text Messages:
To receive remind text messages send a text to 81010 with the message "@sesparents" or follow the remind link from our website http://sycamorees.org/home.htm
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/sycamorees
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/sycamorees
Sycamore Website:
Academically Speaking...
K-5 Awards Days:
We are excited to begin our 2nd semester of teaching and learning. Teachers have completed report cards and they will be handed out to students on Friday, January 13th. Please be aware of future K-5 awards days that give us an opportunity to recognize our students for all of their hard work for the 1st semester. Teachers will send home invitations with students to communicate whether your child will receive an award. The dates are as follows: (K,2,4 at 9:15 AM on respective days; 3,1,5 at 10:00 AM on respective days)January 23rd-2nd and 3rd grade
January 24th-Kindergarten and 1st
January 25th-4th and 5th grade
Georgia Milestones-Grades 3-5:
In April, all Georgia students in grades 3-5 will engage in a yearly test that helps schools monitor grade level learning and growth toward state standards. This test this year, will entirely be taken online as opposed to paper and pencil. Students will partake in a test related to language arts, math, science and social studies. We have continued to implement practical strategies with our students all year and will continue to embed practice into the normal curriculum so that it is engaging, rigorous and supportive. This test is a promotion requirement and more information will be offered throughout the school year. Please join us in February during conferences where we will offer four sessions that will give you more information about how this important test works.
January 17th-STEAM Night:
We are excited to hold our annual STEAM NIght on January 17th at 5:30 PM. Students are encouraged to hand in their Science projects by Tuesday, January 10th.
“STEAM Safari” Event (for January 17, 2017)
Science Night begins at 5:30 pm with Animal Adventure ticket sales and events beginning with a welcome in the cafeteria at 6:00pm. Each session will last 30 minutes and 5 minutes is allowed for rotation. The only session that requires tickets, is our Animal Adventures. All other sessions are open to attendees until the room fills. Attendees should be encouraged to travel between sessions during the scheduled rotations. No greater than 25 Animal Adventure tickets per rotation can be sold to meet Animal Room limitations. All other locations will be choice attendance within the scheduled rotation.
Sycamore Elementary School
Please go to the links below for essential updates and exciting news!
Email: crystal_cooper_thompson@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
Website: http://sycamorees.org
Location: 5695 Sycamore Road, Sugar Hill, GA, United States
Phone: (678) 714-5770
Facebook: facebook.com/sycamorees
Twitter: @sycamorees