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March 21st #BuildingABetterGriffin #WholeChild
Sterling Celebrates International SEL Day
International SEL (Social Emotional Learning) day is this Friday, March 26th. We hope all of our students and families will join us in participating in SEL BINGO this week to celebrate this important day.
Get your SEL BINGO card HERE. Put a X in the box for every SEL activity you complete this week. If you get BINGO by getting 5 in a row (vertical, horizontal, or diagonal) turn your card into the SEL BINGO box in the main hallway for a chance to win a prize.
Cards should be turned in by International SEL day, which is Friday, March 26th. (Virtual students can email their completed cards to Charlotte Dyal - cdyal@greenville.k12.sc.us)
#SterlingSchoolWeGotThis #BuildingABetterGriffin #WholeChild
What's Ahead...
This Week...
- March 23rd: SEL Lunch & Learn; 12:00-1:00pm - See below & CLICK HERE for details
- March 25th: SEL Lunch & Learn; 12:00-1:00pm - See below & CLICK HERE for details
- March 26th: Submit SEL BINGO card
- March 26th: Virtual Watercolor Painting Night: See below or CLICK HERE for details
Looking Ahead...
- April 1st: Quarter 3 Report Cards
- April 5th-April 9th: Spring Break
Congrats to Sierra!
Congratulations to 8th grader, Sierra Kremenliev, who was recently selected to participate in the “Rising Stars Piccolo Spoleto 2021” performance! She was chosen for her beautiful cello submission. We are so proud of her! #BuildingABetterGriffin #WholeChild
In its 13th year, Rising Stars Piccolo Spoleto provides artistically talented youth of the US Southeast (SC NC, FA, TN, AL, MS, and FL) with a high profile performance venue that recognizes their exceptional artistic talent.
The programs are presented during the 2021 Spoleto USA/Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina, being held from May 28th through June 13th.
Spring is Here! #WholeChild Moment
At Sterling, inquiry-based learning is a frequently utilized strategy to inspire student learning and engagement. For 21 days, first graders in Miss Lunsford’s class have tracked the growth and development of chick embryos in the incubator. The class even saw egg movement and heard peeping before hatch day. This week, students got to watch them hatch! (Check out the video to hear the students' response! ) Sixteen chicks will be guests in the classroom as students provide for their needs and name them. Students have enjoyed reading to their new feathery friends. Going forward, students will use observation and writing skills to regularly document and measure the chicks’ growth in their science journals! #WholeChild
SEL Parent Lunch & Learn Series
Friday, March 26th is International SEL (Social Emotional Learning) day! During the week leading up to this day, the School Counseling department will be hosting lunch and learn events for parents focused on SEL. We will be bringing in community partners and experts in SEL to present valuable information on how parents can support the social and emotional needs of their children. CLICK HERE for more detailed information and the ZOOM link to join these events. #WholeChild
Virtual Watercolor Painting Night
Making Your Own Minicomics with Sarah Murdaugh
In this one-day workshop at Greenville Center for Creative Arts, CTC graduate, Sarah Murdaugh will instruct students in creating an eight-page mini-comic that can be photocopied and shared or traded with others. The workshop will cover designing a character, telling a three-act story, and using comic conventions such as thumb-nailing, text bubbles, and lettering. Students will also learn inking techniques in order to ink their final comic before making copies to distribute however they would like. Supplies will be provided. The workshop will be held Saturday, April 24th from 10am to 2pm for students ages 10 to 18. For registration and other course listings, see the Greenville Center for Creative Arts’ class page here: https://www.artcentergreenville.org/fullclasslisting/
Sterling School K4-2nd Grade Virtual Career Day (More Still Needed)
We are looking for individuals who are willing to make a 5-8 minute video about your career.
Videos should include: Age-appropriate, interesting, fun facts about your career and any tools or visuals to help us understand your career
Send your videos or questions to: Chameka Duncan (ckduncan@greenville.k12.sc.us)
Need Ideas? Feel free to answer these questions in your videos:
- What kind of education/training/certification does your job require?
- Do you work with other people or by yourself?
- Do you have to travel for your job?
- Do you work indoors or outdoors?
- Why did you choose this job?
- How many years have you had this job?
- Describe your typical day.
- What is the most satisfying or exciting thing about your job?
- What are some things that you don’t like about your job?
- What is your schedule/hours like?
Elementary Yearbook
Don't forget to order your child an Elementary Sterling Yearbook (K4-5) before it is too late! Yearbooks are on sale now for only $25. Please use the following link to order one today!!
CTC Student Newspaper: Latest Edition
Extra, Extra, Read All About It! The latest edition of the CTC Student Newspaper, our school's student newspaper, is out! (CLICK HERE!)
A student newspaper teaches and reinforces a lot of skills that will benefit students today and tomorrow. Students who participate in a student newspaper learn a lot of workplace skills such as management, meeting deadlines, and communicating with others. School newspapers also enforce a need for teamwork.
Safety First, Efficiency Second
- NO TEXTING while moving in the carline. Hands-Free only.
- Students are to Unload and Load all along the covered walkway. NOT in the visitor parking area or left lane. (Remember, our students have to walk to class, walk to lunch, walk to recess..... and they are capable of walking a few yards to get into the school.)
- Students should exit and enter cars from the passenger side right of the vehicle.
- The tardy bell rings and the instructional day begins at 7:45am.
2021 A.R.M.E.S. Nomination Information
It is once again almost time to begin nominating rising 3rd - 8th graders for the GCS ARMES (Art Reaching Middle and Elementary Students) program. These students are identified as Artistic Gifted and Talented and served through an after school program at the Fine Arts Center.
- WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT AREAS? Strings, Art, Dance, Creative Writing and Drama. Students may be nominated and audition for as many areas as they have interest but once accepted into the program, can only participate in one area per year. A separate nomination form for each discipline is required.
- WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Rising 3rd – 8th graders for the 2021 - 2022 school year.
- HOW DOES THE PROCESS WORK? Anyone can nominate a student, including teachers, parents, other adults, or self. Go to http://www.armesprogram.com and click on the link, “ARMES NOMINATION” and complete the online nomination.
Nominations will be open from February 1, 2021 through April 1, 2021. Information will be shared with your related arts teachers, guidance departments and through district social media.
ICYMI: In Case You Missed It
SC Art Education Association Youth Art Month Winner
Congratulations to 8th grader, Rosie Clark, for her entry “ Origins” into the Youth Art Month SCAEA Visual Art Show. She placed 1st place for Middle School in the Southeast division. Rosie’s entry was also one of her pieces for her Art 1 show where she explored the theme of “Unity through Portraiture”. #BuildingABetterGriffin
Thank YOU, Parents: Teacher Appreciation Week 2021
Many thanks to everyone who took the time last week to appreciate our wonderful faculty and staff. The treats and kind words were much appreciated. Specifically, we thank our school's PTA in spearheading last week's festivities.
To almost this date exactly one year ago (March 16th to be precise), educators at Sterling creatively and innovatively met the challenges faced by the COVID-19 pandemic. As we've seen over the last year, to successfully meet our students' needs requires a progressive and responsive #WholeChild approach. As a result of our teachers' hard work and focus, not only have our students experienced continued success, we are a stronger, more united school community! As our school's principal, I could not be more proud. #SterlingSchoolWeGotThis!
Sterling School
Email: jpatterson@greenville.k12.sc.us
Website: www.greenville.k12.sc.us/sterling
Location: Sterling School, John McCarroll Way, Greenville, SC, United States
Phone: 864-355-4480
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