Tomorrow will be the PTA's last Spirit Night of the year. Dine at Red Robin at White Oak to support our school. You can dine all day, but you must take the flyer or mention the fundraiser.
Welcome back, Explorers! SGA is excited to host Student Appreciation Week! See the flyer for details.
Good evening, Explorer families! I hope you have enjoyed the weekend. This week we will come together to showcase our learning this year. Grades 3-5 students will take the Reading and Math EOGs, and our full school will support them with our EOG spirit week. Please listen closely for details:
On Monday, our students will Rock the Test! Please wear musician or music inspired clothing.
On Tuesday, we will have Hats Off to Success with a school-wide hat day.
On Wednesday, we will support our students with a school-wide "prep rally!" Please wear your Explorer Experience team shirts.
On Thursday, we will Sock it to the Test by wearing crazy socks with Crocs! Students will take the Reading EOG.
On Friday, we will Be a Smarty Pants! Wear pajama or colorful pants!
On the days of EOGs, we need students at school by 8:55am. Late students will not be permitted to enter testing sessions once they begin. We encourage everyone to eat a hearty breakfast or get one for free from our school cafeteria.
We also will not able to dismiss students from testing sessions, which will run until 12:30pm.
On the days of testing, k-2 students will eat lunch in the classrooms, so we will not be able to accommodate families to come and eat lunch on those days. Thank you for understanding.
We are so excited to show everyone just how hard our Explorers have worked this year! Thank you for your support in these efforts!
More info will be sent on Sunday! See details for an EOG Spirit Week for all grades beginning on Monday!
Good evening, families! This is a reminder that tomorrow, Thursday, May 16th, the Student Government is hosting our Explorer Talent Show in the school's cafeteria. Please note--the time of the talent show is 5:30pm. I gave the wrong time in my Friday message. The show will begin at 5:30pm. Tickets are $2 and will be sold at the door as a fundraiser for the student government. See you tomorrow!
Tonight at 7pm, our PTA will host a meet and greet to connect individuals for volunteer efforts. If you are looking for ways to connect to the school community, join the PTA at Boba Beans Bistro tonight at 7pm.
Happy Friday, Explorer Families! Thank you to all of the families who came out to support at the student-led conferences today. We hope you enjoyed talking with your child about their learning. Also, a huge shout out to our PTA for helping to serve our lunch today for teachers. This helped to end our teacher appreciation week on a high note.
Coming up next week, we will have our Excursion Field Trips. Each grade level has set criteria for how the students earn this trip, but it is the high reward offered through our school-wide positive behavior intervention system. Reach out to your child's teacher with any questions.
On Tuesday, be sure to attend our school's spirit night at the Hwy 70 Smithfield Chicken and BBQ from 5:30-7:30. You will need to provide the flyer when you order.
Also, please be sure to come out to our school's talent show on Thursday evening at 6pm. Tickets are $2 and can be purchased at the door as a fundraiser for our Student Government Association.
Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers. We hope you are loved and pampered this weekend.
Good evening, Explorer Families!
This is just a reminder that tomorrow our students will host you for student-led conferences. Students will be available any time between the grade level's allotted time frame. We will not be able to permit you to classrooms early. The times are:
Kinder: 12-1pm
1st: 12:30-1:30pm
2nd: 10-11am
3rd: 1-2pm
4th: 2-3pm
5th: 1-2pm
Students are excited to share their learning with you.
Tomorrow is also our final day of Teacher and Staff Appreciation. We will be finishing our Explorers Eras Tour with Bejeweled day! You most likely will see our staff in sequins and shimmery attire. This is all part of our staff Grammy Awards. Please have your student join in with their formal attire if they would like for them to participate.
We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow!
A reminder for our rising Kindergarten event tomorrow at 5pm. If you have a student who turns 5 before August 31, join us for a fun event!
Our community is sponsoring a contest. Show our teachers some love!
A message for 5th graders attending Clayton Middle School: CMS band registration meeting will be Thursday, May 9 in the CMS cafeteria. We will have a representative from Edwards Music there to offer instrument rental contracts. Flyers went home with students today during the performance.
Happy Friday, Explorer families! Thank you to all of you who came out on Saturday for our Explorer 5k fundraiser! We were able to raise over $9500 for improvements to our school stage. What an amazing showing from our community! https://drive.google.com/file/d/18z6QtdH-ciyH8JERnSp8E9pwtAa5jEax/view
This week Explorers will have a quiet week. We will remain focused as we finish out our final weeks of learning this year.
If you have a rising Kindergarten student for next year, don't forget to get them registered. We will have our rising Kindergarten SPARK night on May 9th. We also will host student-led conferences for all grades on May 10th. Your child's teacher will provide you with specific times.
Have a great weekend!
Spirit Night TONIGHT at Hwy 55! Get some dinner or dessert to support our school!
Our Student Government is planning a talent show! We are looking for participants from students and families! Register today!
JCPS is looking for Reading Buddy volunteers to help our students this summer! We need parents, grandparents, community members, and high school students to join our Summer Reading Camp participants during morning arrival.
Volunteers will listen to and encourage students as they develop their reading skills. No experience is required, but you will need to register and be a volunteer with JCPS before you begin.
To sign up:
Complete the Reading Buddy Volunteer Form by visiting: https://bit.ly/JCPSbuddy
Register to Volunteer with JCPS by visiting https://myvolunteer.com/jcps/volunteer/login
Thank you and have a great evening!
Please see information about this week's rising 6th grade night at Riverwood Middle.
Happy Friday, Explorer families! This week our Explorers jumped right back into the swing of things. We had a wonderful Career Day today, so thank you to all of the families who supported this event in some way. We appreciate all of our community support.
This week we have several events happening. First, please be sure you have registered your child on the 5k fundraising site. This does not mean they have to run the race--this is simply a way to share the race information and to solicit fundraising donations from family or friends. Students can qualify for prizes simply by getting registered. Look for information on a lime green paper from the PTA about the details of the fundraising. The PTA newsletter is linked in the email.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZSLBpQcgyiF6SdLe-P_ayHdQilvMscax/view
On Monday, report cards for Quarter 3 will come home. On Wednesday and Thursday of this week, students in grades 3-5 will take their final MVP assessment for the year. We are looking forward to seeing all of the progress students have made on their grade level skills. On Friday, 5th grade students will take their MVP Science assessment. On Saturday, be sure to come out to the school to celebrate the 5k event. There are activities for runners, non-runners, and kids, so you won't want to miss this fun event.
If you have a rising Kindergarten student for next year, be sure to go to the JCPS website to get them enrolled for next year. We will begin emailing information about our rising SPARK event on May 9th.
Please also mark your calendars for our student-led conferences on May 10th. Students will meet with you to discuss their data, classwork, and progress this school year.
Kinder: 12-1pm
1st: 12:30-1:30pm
2nd: 10-11am
3rd: 1-2pm
4th: 2-3pm
5th: 1-2pm
Keep filling in those reading logs! This month, we reached over 369,000 minutes. Our 3rd graders and 4th graders are super close to reading the most minutes of all of our students! Keep on reading!
Have a wonderful weekend!
This rain won't dampen our plans for a great Field Day tomorrow! We have fun day of indoor activities planned for a great day of excitement! Don't forget the grade level shirts!
Good Evening, 5th Grade families! Tomorrow, our 5th grade students will attend their Carolina Studies field trip to the beach. Students attending the field trip must be present at school no later than 6am. The buses will pull off campus by 6:15am. All teachers will attend the field trip. Therefore, if your 5th grader is not going on the field trip, they will not be able to participate in typical classroom activities for the day. Please call the school or email me if you have any questions regarding your child's attendance for the day.
The students and staff will return to the school at 5:30pm. You will pick up your child in the bus parking lot loop. Please follow your child's teacher on Rooms as they will update their return time on the app.
We look forward to a great field trip for our 5th graders. Thank you for your support.
Happy Friday, Explorer Families. We had a wonderful time this week celebrating our goal getter students and our golden ticket achievers. Thank you for encouraging your students to work hard in the classroom. We love celebrating them and helping to create a love of learning.
This week you do not want to miss our Drama Club's production of The Reluctant Dragon at the Clayton Center on Thursday and Friday evening. Visit the Clayton Center's webpage for tickets to the event. This is not an event to miss.
We are still looking for runners and sponsor's for the PTA's 5K event on April 20th.
Visit the PTA's newsletter for more information. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cIkv8zccGkv4myYFi9NbqID8KtYn3gLw/view?usp=sharing
Also, we have put together our school's important dates for the rest of the year, so you are able to mark your calendars for events you do not want to miss.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1E9q1a0icb4QvHZrqVTCGGZJe5LlOozTMUQT7nEUQODk/edit?usp=sharing
Have a great weekend!