The Feathered Flyer Update

Good Afternoon Students and Families,

Please be sure to read below for some updated procedures we are implementing starting tomorrow at Edgecomb Eddy School. Please understand that we want volunteers, parents and community members in our school while also ensuring to the best of our ability the safety, security, and efficiency in how our building operates, daily. Please read below for more information.

Teachers look forward to seeing their students' smiling faces and I look forward to meeting students and families tomorrow. Please be sure to get a good nights rest tonight in order to be ready for tomorrow.

Enjoy this beautiful evening and savor the end of Summer.

• Due to budgetary constraints, our Social Worker, Mrs. Gray, will be present Monday - Wednesday
• Our School Counselor, Mr. Upham will be available Wednesday - Friday

Maizey is a new addition to the 5th grade classroom. She is a Corn Snake. Maizey has a beautiful new home, that does have a lid on the tank. We have been introducing ourselves to her this week. She is a bit shy but seems to be adjusting to her new surroundings nicely. In fact, she just had a delicious meal of rat (yes, it was deceased). 😆

1. Please be sure your student has a waterbottle and that it is filled with water for Tuesday, September 2nd.
2. Please be sure to complete all paperwork by September 8th
3. For students in Pre Kindergarten and Kindergarten, please pack a change of clothes that will be kept here at EES. For students in grades 1 -6, it is strongly suggested that they also come with a change of clothes that can be kept here at EES.

Dropping Your Student Off

• If you are driving and not parking, please be sure to say your goodbyes well before the flag pole, to keep the flow of traffic moving.
• If you are walking your student to the entrance, please be sure to park your vehicle away from the flagpole. Please say your goodbyes by the bell tower. Parents will not be allowed to walk their students to their classrooms. A staff member will be present to walk students into the building and to their classrooms.
• Please do not drive into the Bus Only section of the driveway.

Picking Up Student(s)

• Please wait for your student either in your car or by the flagpole. Please do not come into the building to pick you student up, unless it is for an early dismissal.

We have very limited space here at EES, the space that we do have, is full. Therefore if we need clothing, we will send out a mass communication with specific sizes.

Through out the year, we will be conducting 10 fire drills, a couple of lockdown drills and an evacuation drill. These are required drills. I know it is easier said than perhaps felt by you as parents, but please try and not panic. Please let the school run their drills. Please do not call the school. After the drill is complete, and students are back in the building, I, Ms. Mewa, or Mo, our administrative assistant guru will send out a mass communication, letting you know that a drill was conducted today.

We are having our first, announced, no alarm, fire drill tomorrow.

If there was ever an incident in which parents needed to be notified and communicated with, the school will reach out to you as quickly as we can.

Thank you for your understanding.

We would like to thank you ahead of time for dropping snacks and other goodies off for our school and classrooms. This year, we are asking that if you are dropping off snacks or other goods for classrooms, to please label the classroom the supplies are to go to and leave it in the lobby. For securing the safety of the building, we are asking that parents and community members no longer walk to classrooms to drop items off but rather to leave items in the lobby. Parents and community will have a chance to talk to their students teachers and visit the classrooms during the Open House on September 24th from 5 -6.

Parents and guardians are always able to set up an appointment to meet with their child's teachers to talk more about their child's' learning and any concerns you may have.

September Meeting Link

https://us05web.zoom.us/j/84304239620?pwd=7yCifUs8SYPHPplbieYuOfHcyIQ3hf.1

October - June PTC Meetings are on the 1st Tuesday of the Month

Rest of the year, recurring "the first Tuesday" link:

https://us05web.zoom.us/j/83691121029?pwd=KwaHLz42uOXf3U02XB8VcaV1YvRD0D.1

We would like to bring LCTV to Edgecomb Elementary School. Please see below a clip from June of what South Bristol students and LCTV are doing together. This is a great opportunity for our students, but comes at a cost. Please consider making a donation to Edgecomb Eddy School to help fund this opportunity.