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PES Parent Newsletter

May 2025

PES ParentNewsletterMay 2025

PES is a school of hope, happiness, and high expectations for all! PES is a school of hope, happiness, and high expectations for all!

General Information General Information

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  • I cannot believe that we are entering the last month of the 2024-2025 school year. This has been an amazing year and I feel so blessed to be the Principal here!
  • Congratulations to Brinley Whitmire and Isabella Foster for being finalists for the District Salad Recipe Competition. These students will have their salads served at Pickens Elementary on May 7th and May 14th!
  • Our K5-2nd grade students show tremendous academic growth on the iReady assessment they recently took! I'm so proud of all of their hard work and am very thankful for the teachers and assistants in these classrooms!
  • Our Hope Club will be featured in the upcoming SDPC Monday Minute, highlighting all of the wonderful things this group does! Thank you to Mrs. Hobart, Mrs. Sickels, and Mrs. Castillo for leading this group.
  • We have a lot of great events coming up this month. Please see below for the dates and times.

State Testing State Testing

3rd-5th Grade students will participate in SC Ready testing:

  • April 28 - 3rd Grade SC Ready Reading Part A
  • April 29 - 3rd Grade SC Ready Reading Part B
  • May 1 - 3rd Grade SC Ready Writing
  • May 5 - 4th-5th Grade SC Ready Reading Part A
  • May 6 - 4th-5th Grade SC Ready Reading Part B
  • May 8 - 4th-5th Grade SC Ready Writing
  • May 13 - 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade SC Ready Math
  • May 15 - 4th Grade SC Ready Science


Testing will begin at 8:30am each morning. It is important that your child be at school on time and well rested to do their best on these assessments.


Parent Friendly PLDs for SC READY Grade 3 Math

Parent Friendly PLDs for SC READY Grade 4 Math

Parent Friendly PLDs for SC READY Grade 5 Math

Student Medication Student Medication

If your student has medication that is administered by our school nurse, it needs to be picked up the week of May 19-23. Parents are welcome to come by the nurse's office after the Awards Ceremony for each grade level on May 19th to sign out student medication. If you have any questions please e-mail our school nurse at brookenewman1@pickens.k12.sc.us.

PES Chorus Concert PES Chorus Concert

5th Grade Clapout and Awards Day 5th Grade Clapout and Awards Day

1st-4th Grade Awards Day 1st-4th Grade Awards Day

K5 Awards Day K5 Awards Day

K4 Celebration K4 Celebration

Pickens Middle School Cheer Tryouts Pickens Middle School Cheer Tryouts

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YMCA Summer Camp YMCA Summer Camp

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YAMS Summer Camp YAMS Summer Camp

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SAFY Summer Program SAFY Summer Program

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Check out the calendars below for great events for your family to enjoy! Check out the calendars below for great events for your family to enjoy!

The Children's Museum Calendar
Kids Play and Cafe Events
Pickens County Library Calendar
The Dream Center Events

Upcoming Events Upcoming Events

April

28 - 3rd Grade SC Ready Reading Part A 8:30am

29 - 3rd Grade SC Ready Reading Part B 8:30am


May

1 - 3rd Grade SC Ready Writing 8:30am; Chorus Concert 6pm

2 - Pickens High School Graduate Clapout 8:10am

5 - 4th/5th Grade SC Ready Reading Part A 8:30am

6 - 4th/5th Grade SC Ready Reading Part B 8:30am

7 - 1st Grade Field Trip to Roper Mountain

8 - 4th/5th Grade SC Ready Writing 8:30am

13 - 3rd-5th SC Ready Math 8:30am

15 - 4th Grade SC Ready Science 8:30am

16 - 5th Grade Clapout 9:00am; 5th Grade Awards Day 10am @ PHS

19 - 1st-4th Grade Awards Day

20 - K5 Awards Day 10am @ PHS

21 - K4 Awards Day 9am in the Cafeteria

23 - Last Day of School; Report Cards Go Home

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Pickens Elementary School

Email: shannonlawton@pickens.k12.sc.us
Website: pes.pickens.k12.sc.us
Location: 567 Hampton Avenue, Pickens, SC, USA
Phone: 864-397-2300
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pickenselementary

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