Eagle Wings

Greetings Eagle Families,

We have had a wonderful first week of school! It has been exciting to welcome students back and watch them begin building a positive classroom community. Throughout the week, students focused on learning and practicing school and classroom rules, routines, and procedures. Our Eagles have also spent time getting to know one another through classroom discussions, activities and opportunities to make new friends.

This week our Eagles will continue to work hard to understand expectations for the classroom, hallways, cafeteria, and other areas of the school. Establishing these routines now helps create a safe, respectful, and productive learning environment for everyone. I know our students will connect with classmates, show kindness, and developing new friendships as week #2 begins.

Please take a moment to read this newsletter in its entirety for important information to make the beginning of the school year a success for everyone!

Yours in partnership,

Ms. Crawford

August:

19th-PTO General Meeting/Room Parent Meeting 5-6pm (Media Center)

27th-STEM Night with Innovation Academy 5-7pm

31st-Lunch Visitors & Volunteers begin

Due to the population growth of the Alpharetta area, more & more drivers are using Mayfield Road as a means to get to their morning destination. Please take note of the "No left turn from 7:10-7:40am" signs that are now located at the main and bus rider entrances. By helping to adhere to this, the flow of traffic can continue while ensuring that our students who arrive by car are in their class by 7:40am.

Beginning this school year, morning carpool will end at 7:35 am. Ending at this time allows for students to walk to their class and be in their seat by 7:40am, which is the start of our instructional day. If you are arriving after 7:35 am, you will be directed to park and walk your child to the front door. If the bell rings during this time, you will need to sign you child in on our Checkmate system which is located outside the front doors.

*Please note, we have several families with students who participate in our Autism classes and use our main carpool drop off area after 7:35am. This is to help ease their transitions and limit distractions.

We have new carpool tags this year. Each family should have received 2 in their red folder during Meet & Greet. Please ensure that these are visible during afternoon dismissal. For questions or tags, please reach out to Jenna Silverman, AP (silvermanj@fultonschools.org).

All schedules and teacher assignments are tentative and may change until after the 10th day of school as that is when teacher allotments will be finalized based on student enrollment at that time. We are not accepting requests for teacher changes until after the 10th day of school and change requests will be accepted based on the instructional needs of the student.

Please take a moment to review information in our AES Family Handbook. In coming weeks, we will highlight pertinent information you need to know about.

Students will be receiving the FCS Code of Conduct in their folders. Please review the FCS Code of Conduct. Parents/guardians must complete the Student Code of Conduct acknowledgment in Infinite Campus by August 31st.

2026-2027CodeofConduct-ENGLISH.pdf

2026-2027CodeofConduct_SPA.pdf

In accordance with the Rights under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, (FERPA), students under 18 years of age objecting to the release of their information should complete the attached form and email it to the Assistant Principal in order to place their objection in writing.

If you do not wish to have your child's information shared in items such as yearbook, etc., please click here and email form to the Assistant Principal, Jenna Silverman (silvermanj@fultonschools.org), no later than August 31st.

At our school, we are committed to creating a safe, positive, and productive learning environment for all students. To support this goal, we teach and reinforce our school-wide behavior expectations through SOAR:

• Safe
• Ownership
• Attentive
• Respectful

Throughout the school day, students are expected to demonstrate these behaviors in classrooms, hallways, the cafeteria, playground, buses, and all other school settings.

What is a SOAR Reminder?

When a student does not meet one of our SOAR expectations, a staff member will provide a SOAR Reminder. A SOAR Reminder serves as an opportunity for the student to reflect on their choices, understand the expected behavior, and make positive adjustments moving forward.

Our behavior system is designed to give students multiple opportunities to correct their behavior before administrative intervention becomes necessary.

• 1st, 2nd, and 3rd behavior infractions: Student receives a SOAR Reminder.
• 4th behavior infraction: Student receives an office referral/write-up, which is submitted to the Assistant Principal for review and follow-up.

This process allows teachers and staff to address minor behaviors consistently while providing students with opportunities to improve and demonstrate our SOAR expectations.

We ask that parents/guardians review the SOAR reminder, sign the form, and return it to the homeroom teacher. See below for what the form entails:

How Families Can Help

We encourage families to discuss SOAR expectations at home and reinforce the importance of being:

• Safe in actions and choices
• Taking Ownership of behavior and learning
• Being Attentive and ready to learn
• Showing Respect to peers, staff, and school property

Thank you for your partnership and support as we continue to foster a positive school culture where every student can SOAR!

Beginning this week, student will be able to purchases snacks daily as well as ice cream on Wednesdays and Fridays. Students will need to have money on their account in order to purchase these items. Please reach out to Lawanda Blyther, Cafeteria Manager, with any questions (blyther@fultonschools.org).

Screening for the Gifted Program takes place twice a year for Fulton County Schools, and every student is screened every year. Automatic Screening takes place in August- September. Parents will be notified before any testing begins. Students referred for testing will be tested during the Fall semester. All parents will be notified of eligibility by December. The Classroom Screening will take place for a two-week period from January – February. Students Identified for testing will be tested January-March. All parents will be notified of eligibility by the end of the school year. For more information please read the documents below:

​Notification_Screening_Referral_Gifted_Students_2026-27_Accessible.pdf​

​Notificacion_Seleccion_Referencia_Estudiantes_Superdotados_2026-27_Accesible.pdf​

You can also visit the following website for more information: FCS TAG Department Website

If you have further questions, please reach out to our TAG teachers, Kellie Cleveland (clevelandk@fultonschools.org) and Lindsey Messina (messinal@fultonschools.org).

Are there any medical conditions or concerns that we should know about?

Please contact:

Tamera Shellington

Cluster Nurse for AES

shellingtont@fultonschools.org

Please consider joining the PTO--they provide incredible resources and support to our students, staff, and community. For more information, click here: Alpharetta Elementary School PTO - Home

Fulton County Schools is excited to introduce SchoolCash Online—a convenient and secure way for families to pay for school-related fees. With this new system, you can easily pay for items such as field trips, classroom activities, parking permits, yearbooks, and more—all from the comfort of home.

SchoolCash Online helps reduce the need for cash and checks in our schools while giving families a safe and simple way to make payments using a credit card, debit card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay.

Getting Started

Beginning July 1, 2026, please be on the lookout for a registration email from:

"KEV Group at noreply@stagingschoolcashonline.com."

The subject line will read: “Fulton County Schools shared a student with you.”

For step-by-step registration instructions, please visit the SchoolCash Online webpage at https://fultonschools.schoolcashonline.com/.

Learn more about SchoolCash Online on the FCS district website at www.fultonschools.org/schoolcash.

Please take a moment to read Fulton County's Device Handbook.

FCS 26-27 Student Device One-to-One Handbook- English

Families will need to complete the Device Use Agreement.

As you prepare for the first day of school, please note that there have been some changes to bus routes. If you haven't already, we encourage you to check Here Comes the Bus for updated information on your student's bus route to ensure a smooth start to the year.