The Week of March 13th

Weekly Newsletter

Spring Pictures

**Students are allowed to dress up for Spring Pictures on Monday, March 13th. Envelopes for class pictures were sent home with students last week. Class pictures are $10 and money is due on Monday.

Field Day T-shirts

Green Field Day T-shirt order forms were sent home last week. An extra copy of the order form went home with all students on Friday, whether they'd brought back the green forms or not. Both the  t-shirt order forms and money are due this week. Our class color is Athletic Heather Gray.

Athletic Heather Gray

GMAS Testing

3rd grade students will begin taking the Math and Language Arts portions of the GMAS test beginning on April 3rd. Please make sure that your student is well rested, hydrated, and nourished. Studies show that these three things can drastically impact a child's performance on tests. 

Monday          4/3                  ELA sect. 1-2      Grade 3^rd-8^th       

Tuesday         4/4                   ELA sect. 3         Grade 3^rd-8^th        

Wednesday    4/5                   Math                 Grade 3^rd-8^th       

Thursday       4/6                   Makeups 

KISS A PIG

Students are invited to bring in $2 on Thursday to raise money for Diabetes prevention and awareness. $1 to dress in GREEN and $1 to attend the KISS A PIG Dance which will be located in the Multipurpose Room and will take place during Explorations. If your student would not like to attend they will go to their regularly scheduled Exploration. There will be St. Patrick's Day Accessories for sale as well. 

Savannah Derby Devils

The Savannah Derby Devils came to Charles Ellis to promote healthy eating on Wednesday. The students were excited to meet the Derby Devils and watch them perform stunts in the Multipurpose Room. 

LEGO CHALLENGE 

Some of our students participated in the Lego Challenge to help raise money for Wyatt Rath. Nearly $1,000 was raised by Ms. Olivia and the Lego Club!

  

Dates to Remember:

3/13: Spring Pictures
3/15: Kindergarten Orientation
3/16: Dress Down Day - $1 – Green It Up and $1 for Kiss a Pig Dance
3/17 – 24: Spring Break

3/27 Return from Spring Break

4/3 GMAS Testing Begins

4/13 Field Day (Tentative Date)

Upcoming HEALTHY snack weeks for 23 students: 

Some suggestions for snack are: precut fruit (apples, grapes, bananas cut in half, oranges, etc.), precut vegetables with hummus for dipping, cheese and crackers, granola bars or chewies, trail mix, applesauce, hummus and crackers, yogurt or Gogurt, graham crackers…  The purpose of snack is to provide a nutritious energy booster when the students need it.  Please keep in mind the nutritional value when choosing a snack.  

3/13      Nico

3/27      Wyatt

4/3        Alex

4/10      Britt