Bear Nation News

Greetings Butler Families,

We had another great week here at Butler. We had a wonderful turn out for the Scouts of America meeting. Our student government candidates are making signs and campaigning throughout grades 3-5. Elections will be held at the end of the month. We are excited to start this service initiative here at Butler. Remember that school pictures will take place this coming Wednesday. Students are required to wear uniforms for fall pictures. There will be another opportunity for students to dress up for pictures in the Spring.

Interested in joining our school’s PTA to help support our Butler Bears? Please use the link below to join no later than October 1st:

https://jointotem.com/ga/savannah/butler-es-pta

Don’t forget to return your child’s grade level compacts by Friday. Students that return the compacts will receive five bear bucks. The classes with the highest return will receive a popcorn or ice cream party.

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

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

Please make a note of the following for the week of September 21st:

• Monday, Sept 21:

• Student Government Campaign Continues (until Sept 25)

• Wednesday, Sept 23:

• School Picture Day (uniforms required)

• Friday, Sept 25:

• Dress Down for $1.00

• Grade level compacts are due

Looking Ahead:

• Sept 29: Student Gov’t Elections

• October 7: First Marking Period Ends

• October 8-12: No School

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.