Tuesday, November 8- Art Show- 5:00- SLC- 2nd Grade Hallway

Tuesday, November 8- PTO Meeting- 6:00- Lunchroom

Wednesday, November 9- Club Day (A Rotation)

Thursday, November 10- Career Day/Technology Fair

Friday, November 11- Veteran's Day Parade and Program- 5th Grade/Seminole Singers

Monday, November 14- APTT Night #2- Math- K-2nd (6:00-6:30)- 3rd-5th (6:30-7:00)

Thursday, November 17- Club Day (B Rotation)

Thursday, November 17- PreK Thanksgiving Feast- 11:00 AM- PreK Parent Resource Room

Friday, November 18- Trim the Tree/ Santa Pictures

Monday, November 21-Friday, November 25- Thanksgiving Break

Tuesday, November 29- PreK Fall Pictures and Fall Picture Retakes

Thursday, December 1- Club Day (A Rotation)

SCES will host a Fall Art Show on Tuesday, November 8th at 5:00 PM. Mrs. Jacea Youmans, our school art teacher, will present works of art completed at school from all our students. We will have many of the exhibits set up in the Student Learning Center, but also in the main second grade hallway. Volunteers and school staff will be present to direct you around the school. Immediately following the Art Show, the PTO will conduct a quarterly meeting at 6:00 PM in the school lunchroom to inform parents of school functions and to recognize school superlatives. Parking for both events will be behind the school around the lunchroom. We hope to see you there.

SCES will host a Career Day/Technology Fair on Thursday, November 10 in the SCES Gym. Students in Kindergarten through 5th Grade will have an opportunity to explore different careers that use technology and participate with some cool technology apps, games and tools. Be sure to ask your students about this amazing day.

The Seminole Singers and 5th Grade will participate in the Veteran's Day Parade and Program in downtown Donalsonville. The 5th Grade Students will participate in the parade beginning at 9:45 at the corner of 2nd Street and Hwy 91. The parade will end at the Seminole County Courthouse where the program will begin around 10:00 am. The Seminole Singers will perform a few songs throughout the program. All 5th Grade students should wear blue jeans or skirts, a red, white or blue shirt and comfortable shoes. Seminole Singers will wear their green Seminole Singers shirt.

SCES will be collecting gift bags from November 8 through December 2 that will be used in our school Christmas Store. Each grade level will have a collection box in the hallway and students may drop off bags at any time. The grade level that collects the most bags will have a pizza party.

As you probably already know, SCSD has moved all enrollment packets to digital format through an app called Final Forms. Parents must have a viable email address/account in order to receive an email to set up an account with the Final Forms app. We are currently missing many enrollment packets for students at SCES. Our administrative team is currently in the process of contacting parents who are missing forms for their student's enrollment packet. Please contact the school asap if you need help with this process or to complete this packet.

Our second Academic Parent Teacher Team Night is scheduled for November 14. Our teachers and administrators will focus on your student's math classes, math student data, and take home math resources on this night. Progress Reports for the 2nd 9 weeks will also be distributed this night. Kindergarten, 1st Grade and 2nd Grade Parents will meet with their teachers in their rooms from 6:00 until 6:30 pm. 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, and 5th Grade parents will meet with their teachers in their rooms from 6:30 until 7:00 pm. The class with the most overall parent participation this night will be rewarded with a dance party at school.

Please contact Mrs. Paige Miller by phone at 229-524-5235 or through email at paige.miller@seminole.k12.ga.us if you do not have access to your student's parent portal. Parent portal ensures that you have access to all of your students' school information, including attendance, grades, and discipline. Parents may also have direct communication with your student's teacher by connecting with Class DOJO. Teachers will send invites to active email addresses or cell phone numbers to join each class. Lastly, all parents should download the free mobile app that is available on android or apple devices. Once downloaded, the school app will inform you of any school-wide events or changes that may take place. If you need help with any of these communication sources, please contact the school at 229-524-5235.

Students at SCES will have the opportunity to take a class picture with Santa and decorate our school Christmas Tree on November 18. Students will create their own personal ornament during school in the next couple of weeks.

Parents and Guardians,
Our students will be taking the Georgia Health Survey in the upcoming weeks to provide valuable feedback regarding the culture, climate, and safety at SCES. Because you are valuable stakeholders in our school system, we would appreciate your feedback as well. This survey is completely voluntary and anonymous.

Please visit this link to complete the questionnaire. It should take no more than a few minutes of your time.

https://gshs.gadoe.org/Pages/Parent.aspx

SCES is on the lookout for responsible adults to volunteer for daily and special activities at the school. Anyone interested in being a volunteer at SCES, please call us at 229-524-5235 or email Mrs. Laura Croom, Mrs. Paige Miller, or Mr. Truette Johnson.

Each month on the Parent Newsletter, SCES will have a parent resource section that will provide parents with useful resources that will aid in preparing your students for the challenges of school. We will update this section each month with new resources. Please call us at 229-524-5235 or email Mrs. Laura Croom, Mrs. Paige Miller, or Mr. Truette Johnson for any additional resources you may need.

GaDOE wants to spread the word about the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), administered by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which provides families affordable access to internet services. The program is a long-term funding source not associated with pandemic relief funds. ACP assists eligible households in paying for home internet access by providing a credit of up to $30 per month toward internet service. Additionally, ACP provides a voucher of up to $100 per eligible household toward a one-time purchase of a desktop computer, laptop, or tablet.

Estimates indicate more than one million Georgia families qualify for ACP, but only half have applied. Income and enrollment in specified government programs, including the student free and reduced lunch program, determine eligibility for ACP.

The biggest hurdle to participation is the enrollment process which requires individual households to apply, and many may have trust and access concerns. Schools and districts are in the best position to help eligible families submit the online ACP application because they are trusted. However, your schools may not have sufficient staff to fulfill the outreach effort. To help, GaDOE has contracted with CTC Technology & Energy (CTC) to promote ACP enrollment for students and their families. CTC will assist districts with coordinating and executing an outreach effort, including reaching out to parents individually if requested. This service is free to all districts that want to take advantage of it. CTC will be reaching out to you over the next few weeks to see what services you would like them to provide to your district.

For more information about the services offered by CTC, please see the attached flyer and visit the Georgia Student Connect website at https://gastudentconnect.org/.

Ice cream will be sold each Thursday throughout the school year. Students will also be able to purchase slushies in the lunchroom all other days of the week. Both can be purchased for $1.