Bear Nation News

Greetings Butler Families,

It was another great week at Butler Elementary. Students were engaged and learning. On Friday, there was a wide-spread internet outage but our staff pivoted and high level instruction continued. Our phones were also affected by the outage, if you attempted to call the school. We are hopeful the issue will be resolved and we will be back in business Monday morning. Students in grades 1, 3 and 5 received hearing screenings on Friday. We also honored our custodians on National Custodian Appreciation day. Be sure to check out the October calendar for important information about what is coming up this month.

As a reminder, there is no school Thursday and Friday this week and also Monday next week. Be sure to plan accordingly. Due to the short week, there is no dress down or team day this week.

We are excited to announce that Butler Elementary’s Trunk or Treat is coming up on Friday, October 23rd, from 6:00–7:30 PM! To help make this event a huge success, we are asking our Butler families and staff for candy donations!

From October 1st–October 22nd send candy donations with your child or to your child’s teacher.

The class that donates the MOST CANDY will earn a DRESS-DOWN DAY!

Grade Level Newsletters are updated every Monday afternoon. Be sure to check the link below:

https://sites.google.com/sccpss.com/butlerelementaryweekataglance/home

In case you missed it, Butler is now offering two different spirit wear designs. The cost for these shirts are $10 and come in youth and adult sizes. Check out SchoolCash Online or the flier sent home with students for more information.

Please make a note of the following for the week of October 5th:

• October 5-9:

• Georgia PreK Week

• Monday, Oct 5:

• Student Government Elections

• Wednesday, Oct 7:

• Kona Ice: PrePay here: https://customer.kona-ice.com/#/K111X5447799, The front office will not be able to accept cash for Kona Ice after 10:00 AM

• Code Quest Day (Gifted Department)

• Kindergarten Field Trip: Fire Station

• Thursday, Oct 8:

• Teacher Work Day: NO SCHOOL for Students

• Friday, Oct 9:

• NO SCHOOL (Fall Break)

• Monday, Oct 12:

• NO SCHOOL (Fall Break)

Looking Ahead:

• All-Pro Dads: Oct 14

• School Council: Oct 14

• Beta Club Induction: Oct 15

• Hispanic Heritage Night: Oct 15

• Report Cards Issued: Oct 16

With the understanding that student behavior is influenced by the way students are dressed and that no student should dress in a manner that is disruptive or has an adverse effect on school activities, the following mandatory uniform standards have been developed. Students are expected to dress in the school uniform during the school day, on field trips, and during school-related activities.

Please make note below:

• Students may wear any Butler Bear spirit shirt with uniform bottoms (as an alternative uniform shirt) daily. Spirits shirts will be sold throughout the year.
• Students may wear black uniform pants or skirts as a part of the uniform.
• School-sponsored hoodies will be permitted to wear.

Non-Uniform Days:

• Butler will now hold two dress down days per month. SCCPSS is promoting a cashless system. To comply, Butler will offer an opportunity for parents to make a one time payment of $10.50 for all scheduled dress down days during the year using school cash. Please use the link below to access the flyer for more details:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vZIGjox3rylHDa5gHwg5NdnQ3erociPv/view?usp=sharing

Please be patient during carpool! The first week or two, the carpool line moves slowly until the students learn the new routine.

Please use the link below to review the Arrival and Dismissal procedures.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dKNBUGTdoGtuZ9qnr-ZD69FD0-eLEHyX/view?usp=sharing

Parents will be allowed to walk students to their classrooms on August 3rd- August 5th. Please note that all visitors and students will be screened when entering the building. Please bear with us during this process in order to accommodate the potentially high volume of traffic during the first few days of school.

Additional information to make note includes:

When visiting the school at any point, all guest will be screened. Please be sure to bring your ids and to leave lighters, vapes, pocket knives, etc. outside.