Email: dupreet@usd231.com
Website: https://www.usd231.com/o/sunflower
Location: 775 North Center Street, Gardner, KS, USA
Phone: 913-856-3700
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sunflower-Elementary-2134875270174250/
Twitter: @SEEagles231
November 15: Early Release Day 1:55pm
November 17: 2nd Grade Field Trip
PTO Spirit Stick Sales 8:00-8:20am
PTO Fall Carnival 5:00-8:00pm
November 20-24: No School
November 27: Christmas in the Park 7:00pm
November 28: Kindergarten Field Trip
November 29: Early Release Day 1:55pm
November 30: 3rd Grade Goodies, Games, & GRANDS Event
3rd Grade Musical 7:00pm
December 1: PTO Family Movie/Game Night
December 4: PTO Dine Out Fundraiser at Papa Johns
December 5: Site Council Meeting 6:00pm
PTO Meeting 7:00pm
December 6: Early Release Day 1:55pm
December 8: 3rd & 4th Grade Spelling Bee at 1:30pm
December 14: Polar Express Day & Winter Class Parties
December 15- January 3: Winter Break
January 4: Classes Resume
All grades K-4 will have their own dedicated Goodies, Games, and G.R.A.N.D.s event. Our next event is scheduled for our third graders on November 30th. Your help is needed to make this experience a memorable one for our third grade students and their guests. If your schedule permits, please sign up for one of the following volunteer opportunities. https://signup.com/go/rfdZijS
Fall Carnival- Friday, November 17th 5-8pm
Carnival Ticket Pre-order Form
Turn this form in to the Sunflower office to order your tickets! If you'd like to pay online, click this link and it will take you directly to the Fall Carnival tab on our website. Scroll to the bottom, use the drop down menu to select the ticket package you want, push add to cart, then pay through PayPal. **You will need to open this link in a web browser if you're using your phone**
Sign up online to be a role model at Sunflower! We promise you'll have the best day ever!
If you would like to order an official Watch D.O.G.S or Eagle M.O.M.S t-shirt, please fill out this form. Send cash or check to the Sunflower office. All shirts are $20.
Share Your Travels
Have you recently taken an amazing trip or have lived somewhere other than the Midwest? We would like to highlight the location on our new segments during announcements...World Wide Wednesday! Reach out to Mrs. Rains (rainsj@usd231.com) or Mr. Prall (prallg@usd231.com) with photos and we will do the rest.
Watch this video for our latest example. Share Your Travels Video
Hello, Sunflower Families!
We are introducing a change to how we are handling Sunflower’s Got Talent this school year. There will be two in-person talent shows on Wednesday, December 13th, and Thursday, May 16th. More information about those talent shows will be available at a later date. Video talents have been very popular in the past, so we will be introducing a new weekly segment to our morning announcements: Talent Tuesday! Rather than two opportunities per year to submit a video talent, students will be able to send in videos throughout the school year to be premiered on Talent Tuesdays. We are requesting the length of the videos be no more than a minute to keep the announcements at a reasonable length. Additionally, parents are asked to review any content or media within the videos to ensure that they are school appropriate. Videos deemed inappropriate will not be premiered and families with rejected submissions will be informed as to the reason why. All videos can be sent to Mr. Prall at prallg@usd231.com. Any questions regarding Sunflower’s Got Talent, or Talent Tuesdays can be directed to Mr. Prall as well. I am excited to share this new opportunity with our students and I look forward to all of the amazing talents we will get to experience this school year!
Mr. Prall
IF YOUR STUDENT...
...HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE due to illness, appointment, funeral or family emergency, please email the attendance line SEattendance@usd231.com as soon as possible. If we haven't heard from parents by 9:00 am, we will call to check on your child. You can also call in student absences to the absentee line at 913-856-3749.
...WILL BE LATE TO SCHOOL, please let our office know ahead of time (if possible). When your student arrives at school, they will need to stop by the office first, and the secretaries will give them a hall pass.
...WILL BE ABSENT BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING OUT OF TOWN, this is considered an UNEXCUSED absence, unless preapproved by Dr. Jones. Please do not just tell the teacher! Please request approval in writing by emailing Dr. Jones at jonesja@usd231.com.
...NEEDS TO LEAVE SCHOOL EARLY, you can call to let us know you are on your way, but students will not be called out of class UNTIL a parent is present to sign them out. Please plan ahead for appointments, as we would like to minimize missed class time. You will need to come into the office to sign your student out. You won't be able to park outside and call us to send your student out to you.
...HAS DIFFERENT DISMISSAL INSTRUCTIONS, please call the office as soon as possible. If change of dismissal instructions are received after 3:00 pm, we can do our best to relay the message to your student.
AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST...
If you notify your student's teacher of an absence, please also let the office know. Everybody's lives are crazy and busy...everybody's human...everybody can forget to forward an email on to the appropriate person. So, if you send an email to your student's teacher about an absence, please "cc" Terra (dupreet@usd231.com) and Janet (mcconvillej@usd231.com). That way, at least one of us gets the email and gets it taken care of right away. Thank you!!
The Sunflower Site Council will be meeting at 6 pm in the library on the following dates:
September 5, 2023, December 5, 2023, February 6, 2024, April 9, 2024
All meetings are open to the public.
Kansas schools are required to establish site councils composed of the principal, teachers and other school personnel, parents, business representatives, and other community groups.
Site councils have a responsibility to provide advice and counsel in the following areas: evaluating district and school performance goals and objectives, determining methods to meet those goals and objectives, and other areas as requested by the board of education.
Remember, the work of the site council is advisory only;
it makes recommendations, not decisions.
We invite everyone to join the Sunflower PTO Facebook page. By searching "Gardner Sunflower PTO" under Pages, you will be able to join the group and receive updated PTO information.
