EVE's Weekly Highlights

Students and staff had a great time celebrating the 100th day of school. We were so excited to see our students dressed up like 100 year old's and wearing their shirts with 100 items. Thank you parents for helping make it a great day and for getting your students here over the last 100 days so they can grow and achieve. Check out some of our captured moments from that day!

February marks the beginning of Black History Month and the students at EVE started out the month by wearing shirts from historically black colleges and universities, as well as wearing colors to represent black Greek organizations. I was very happy to get a photo opportunity with students that wore pink and green in honor of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. of which I am a proud member! 😊 We will have designated dress out days this month and there will be trivia , guest speakers, and more to commemorate this month.

February 5th-9th: National School Counseling Week (We love Ms. Gorman & Mrs. Knight)

February 5th: Valentine grams go on sale for $1 each.

February 6th: Staff Meeting (No Ignite for students)

February 8th: Met Deputy Appreciation Day

February 9th: 90s Hip Hop Day/Cash for Casual (Students can dress in attire from the 90s)

February 9th: Lunar New Year Activity is due!

February 9th: Interim Reports sent home

We want to make this day special for our Mets Deputies! Our students can’t wait to meet you!

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We appreciate your support and flexibility during the inclement weather in January. In order to meet the Arkansas Department of Education’s required number of in-person student days, we will be making the following updates to the 2023-24 school calendar:

• February 19, 2024 will now be an IN-PERSON school day for students. This was previously a virtual learning day, but we will transition to an in-person instructional day for all students.

• Wednesday, May 29, 2024 will be the Last Day for Students. Previously, the last day for students was Wednesday, May 22nd, but we have added May 23, May 24, May 28, and May 29 to make up for our days missed due to inclement weather. All eStem Schools & Offices will be closed on Monday, May 27 for Memorial Day.

In addition to these changes, we will also make the following changes due to the Eclipse on April 8, 2024.

• Monday, April 8, 2024, we will NOT have school for students. This will be a virtual professional development day for faculty and staff.

• Friday, April 12, 2024 will now be an IN-PERSON school day for students. This was previously a staff professional development day, but we will transition to an in-person instructional day to accommodate for the eclipse.

We also wanted to share with you the approved 2024-25 school calendar.

We are running into an issue with students deciding that they do not like the school lunch that is provided for the day. They are then choosing not to eat in the cafeteria and instead go to the nurse's office to ask for snacks. We are not able to provide those snacks to your students as an alternative to eating their lunch. Please review the attached menus with your children and discuss their lunch choices. If they do not like the option for the day, please send them with a lunch from home. The snacks in the nurse's office are for emergency situations only. If your child does this, they will be told no.

✏️ Let’s celebrate Black History Month together by writing about it! Turn entries into the office or email rachel.tucker@estemschools.org

✏️ Winners get a blue ribbon, prize bag, and a chance to share their work during morning announcements.

✏️ Deadline: Friday, February 23rd.

Morning announcements are now being streamed through Class Dojo live! Our announcement team has been doing a fabulous job! Now parents are able to see our announcement as well. You can check out our daily school announcements on school story in Class Dojo. Haven't signed up yet? Reach out to your child's teacher for sign up information and the chance to communicate with your child's teacher(s) at any time.

Dear eStem Families,

We wanted to take a moment to reiterate our focus this year of reaching Every Student, Every Day and to emphasize the importance of regular student attendance for your child’s success.

To help illustrate the importance of our students coming to school each day, please see the graphic below that shows just how much instruction is missed when students are absent, even just 1 day every 2 weeks can add up quickly and result in a lot of missed instruction!

We understand that sometimes unforeseen circumstances may lead to absences. In these cases, please communicate with the school and provide the necessary documentation. However, we are asking that you prioritize your child’s attendance whenever possible. eStem’s attendance policy can be found in our student handbooks, and we’ve included a quick link HERE. Students are only allotted 10 absences per year, and we have many students who have exceeded this number in the first semester. Exceeding these 10 absences could result in loss of credit or retention. If you have questions about the number of days your child has missed, you can access this information through HAC or email your child’s school registrar for additional help.

Let’s work together to ensure that your child receives the best possible education, and their school attendance is a vital piece to their achievement. We appreciate your help and commitment to making your child’s attendance a top priority!

If you have an address, email, or phone number change, please email those changes to our registrar, Mrs. Ginny Parker, at Ginny.Parker@estemschools.org. This helps us make sure our records are up to date and so we can provide you with pertinent information.

Please follow us on Instagram @eastvillagek6 where we share important information, upcoming events, stream our various student celebrations, and so much more. There is also a link in our bio that you can click on to access our school website, pay for cash for casual, myschoolbucks, and meal fees. You can also tag us in your posts and stories so that we can share them with our EVEK6 community!