Upon arrival, please enter the front doors. You will have several stations to gather information:

1. Pay $7 registration fee (for all 5K-5th grade students) and ensure we have all correct residency and student information.

2.See the nurse for any questions or concerns you have.

3. Visit our PTO table and sign up to volunteer, complete a SLED check and pay $26 background check.

4. Visit the library to complete the online Free and Reduced lunch forms.

5. Visit your child's classroom to meet their teacher and get important information.

6. Visit our cafeteria to paint some kindness stones to go in the rock garden we are creating and complete an "All About Me!" page to let us know about your amazing kid!

7. Buy an Icee from the Carolina Gourmet Snowball truck and visit Mayo Drive In for $1 hot dog night!!! Both items support small, local businesses AND give back to the students at MES!

Reminder:

Five Year Old Kindergarten programs throughout the district will begin school on a staggered start basis during the week of August 15-19, 2022. Children will attend “their first and second days” according to the first letter of their last name. Students with A - L last names will attend school on Monday, August 15, 2022 and Wednesday, August 17, 2022, while students with M - Z last names will attend school on Tuesday, August 16, 2022 and Thursday, August 18, 2022. All kindergarten students will attend together on Friday, August 19, 2022.

Parents may walk students to the door of their classrooms on August 15 and 16. If you wish to walk your student in, please park in the parking lot and cross at our cross walk so everyone is safe!

On August 17 we will have "Independence Day" as students show off their skills in walking to their classrooms independently!

All staff will be assisting students the first week so that everyone gets to their correct location. Thank you for your support as we help all of our MES Falcons to fly!

(4K parents may walk their students in on the Monday/Tuesday the following week when they begin!)

When completing InfoSnap parents indicated how their child would get to and from school. After August 10th, there is a 48 hour delay in providing bus transportation services. If you have questions regarding bus transportation, contact the school office at 864-461-2622.

The bus information number line is 864-342-2046 to learn about any bus delays. If you need to request bus transportation or have a change in your pick up/drop off address, you can complete a form here.

If parents have to make changes to their child’s transportation on August 11th at the Meet the Teachers those changes will not take place until August 17th.

Once school begins, all changes must be in writing--either by handwritten note or email. For the safety of students, we do not accept changes over the phone.

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/aDow2AXitTUAUg3R8

What is i-Ready?

i-Ready is an online program that will help us determine your child’s strengths and areas for growth, personalize their learning, and monitor their progress throughout the school year. i-Ready allows us to meet your child where they are and provides us with data to inform instruction.

The i-Ready Diagnostic is a test that we give to students in the fall, winter, and spring. The purpose of this test is to determine how to best support their learning. All students in 5K-5th grade will take the fall iReady diagnostics on August 23 (Reading) and August 25 (Math). These will be taken in their classrooms on their iPads.

What can I do to help?

To help prepare your child for the i-Ready Diagnostic, encourage them to:

-Get a good night’s sleep and eat a full breakfast the day of the assessment.

-Try their best on each question and try not to rush.

-Try not to worry about questions which they do not know the answers

-Use paper and pencil to show your work for math questions.

What happens next?

It is important that your child do their best because The i-Ready Diagnostic will provide results that help your child's teacher to identify your child’s strengths and determine next steps for instruction.

Teachers will also administer a reading benchmark assessment within the first few weeks of school to determine your child's reading level. Once their reading level is established, the teacher will use that data to determine which reading strategies your child will benefit most from in order to move them forward.