BEARCAT FAMILY WEEKLY UPDATE

Tuesday, September 1st

SIT (School Improvement Team) Meeting 3:15pm in PLT Conference Room

Wednesday, September 2nd

Iready Reading Diagnostic Assessment for All Students

Thursday, September 3rd

Iready Math Disagnostic Assessment for All Students

Monday, September 7st

No School due to Labor Day!

Wednesday, September 16th

Home Football Game at Elise vs West Pine Middle School

Friday, September 18th

Flexible Learning Day

Friday, September 25th

Club Friday

Teachers have distributed Title 1 Parent, Student, School Compact Form for students to take home and get signed. Please have these signed and returned by Friday, Sept 4. Below are online versions to print off just in case:

Click here for form to print

Drop Off-7:30AM-7:50AM

Please do not allow students to get out of the car before this time. Our staff do not report to school until 7:30am, and therefore it is a safety issue.

Start Time:7:50AM

Students will be considered tardy after 7:50AM. Make sure to check students in at the office if arriving after this time.

Pick Up-3:05PM

If you have appointments or need to pick your child up, then please make sure you do so before 2:30PM. We will not allow any early dismissals from 2:30-3:05PM.

Need Transportation?

As a reminder, any returning student who rode a bus at the end of the 2025-26 school year, will automatically be rolled over as a bus rider for 2026-27.

If your student did NOT ride a bus during the 2025-26 school year, but you would like to request bus transportation for the 2026-27 school year, please contact our Data Manager, Maranda Britt, to submit an online bus transportation request form. Please note that the transportation department has informed us that students whose requests are submitted from this point forward will not have a bus assigned by the first week of school..

Bus Quest App

The BusQuest app is a convenient tool for parents/guardians to track their child's school bus. It provides real-time GPS tracking, allowing you to see the bus location, get notifications when it's approaching your stop, and receive alerts about any delays or changes to the route. There is an english and spanish of how to get Bus Quest App Above.

We are now at 87% connected on Class Dojo! Nice job families, let's continue to work to 100%!

Class Dojo is our main communication method with teachers and families. You should have received a link via email and a form to sign up via your homeroom teacher’s classroom code.

Here is the link to join Elise: https://www.classdojo.com/ul/p/addKid?target=school&schoolID=5580884a6f0c41f11aa7f6b9

Enrollment

Our Student Information System, Infinite Campus, allows parents/guardians to view student grades, pay fees, update contact information, and more. We encourage you to follow the instructions below to create your parent portal account. If you encounter any difficulties, devices and assistance will be available at school sites.

Click here for the Parent Portal cheat sheet.

Call the front office and ask to talk to Maranda Britt if you need help getting signed up.

As we begin the school year, please review the dress code within the MCS Parent/Student Handbook & Code of Conduct linked here:

MCS Parent/Student Handbook & Code of Conduct

Remember:

No hats (unless your child pays to wear hats on Friday!)

No crop tops or bellies showing.

Shorts must be arm lengths.

No spaghetti straps.

Shirts must cover the whole chest.

In order for our School Nurse or trained staff to administer medication during the school day, parents/guardians must go through the process of signing it in. The link provided gives more detailed information about medicine administrations. Do not send any medication to school with your child at anytime. Please email Mary Beaman-Thornton (mthornton@ncmcs.org) if you have additional questions.

Back to School Nurse Mary's Newsletter:

English Version

Spanish Version

Elise Middle School has been identified as a CEP school for the 2026-27 school year. This means all students will receive free breakfast and lunch (please see information below). If your child will be eating breakfast at school, please ensure that that have enough time to be in class by the 7:50am start time.

The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) is a meal service option that allows the nation’s highest schools and districts in need to provide breakfast and lunch at no cost to all enrolled students without the need for household applications.

This week tryouts for cross country (North Moore High School, softball (Westmoore Elementary), and tennis (Westmoore Elementary) will take place Monday through Thursday. Students must have a physical and their required information uploaded into DragonFly in order to participate in tryouts. Dr. Stewart and Ms. Nordgren will upload the physicals for students who have them already on file with their school. Additionally, Dr. Stewart and Ms. Nordgren will confirm students have all the required information in DragonFly prior to being allowed to board the Colts Practice Shuttle.

The shuttle will pick up students at their school and take them to the school their sport is assigned to practice. Parents must pick up their student from the sport's practice location. If you have any questions regarding the tryout process please contact cnordgren@ncmcs.org or hstewart@ncmcs.org. You can also reach out to your child’s school. If you were unable to join us for the Colts information meeting last week, please see the attached parent meeting slides and agenda.

• Cross country will take place at North Moore High School from 3:15-4:15pm. Athletes are asked to remember to bring a water bottle.

• Tennis and Softball will take place at Westmoore Elementary from 3:00pm-5:00pm.

• Football practice will continue this week rain or shine Monday through Friday from 3:00-5:30 at Elise Middle. Students in 7th and 8th grade can still join the team. Please see Ms. Nordgren or Dr. Stewart if you are interested.

Moore County Schools will also be implementing a clear bag policy for all sporting events. Please review the MCS Clear Bag Policy.

If you have any questions regarding Colts Athletics, please do not hesitate to reach out to the assistant principal at your students school. We look forward to a successful fall sports season! Go Colts!

Did you know that on July 4, 2026 we celebrated America’s 250th birthday? This school

year, we will be highlighting 250 Years of Independence with weekly announcements

through 2026 as we celebrate the Semiquincentennial (se-mē-quinn-sen-ten-ē-el) of

American Independence.

We celebrate America’s independence on July 4th, but many of the 56 delegates who

voted for independence didn't actually sign the Declaration of Independence until August

2nd, 1776.

Our person of focus this week is John Hancock of Massachusetts. As the President of the

Continental Congress, he was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence, and his

signature is the largest and boldest!

It is said he signed it so large that King George III wouldn't need his glasses to read it.

That bold signature was a monumental act of defiance, making him a traitor to the British

Crown.

John Hancock was willing to stand up in support of his country. This week, think about

what you are willing to stand up for.

We’ll be back next week with another Declaration Spotlight to celebrate America’s 250th

birthday.

In addition to our weekly update and the school's website, you can keep up with what our Bearcats are doing by visiting our social media page.

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Email: crodriguez@ncmcs.org

Website: https://elms.ncmcs.org/

180 W. Elm Street, Robbins, NC 28372

Phone: (910) 948-2421

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elisebearcats