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Dear Red Devil Families,

Our adventure is officially underway! 🗺️✨

What a wonderful start to the school year it has been! Our hallways are once again filled with smiling faces, busy classrooms, new friendships, and lots of learning. Our theme this year, “Adventure Awaits,” is already coming to life as our students begin their journey into a brand-new school year!

Today, we are excited to welcome our second half of Kindergarten, and on Tuesday, all of our Kindergarten students will join our 1st–4th grade students for a full day of learning, exploring, and growing together. Then, on September 8th, we will welcome our littlest learners—our Preschoolers! 💕 We can't wait to have every member of our St. Clairsville Elementary family together!

📅 A Few Important Dates

Please mark these dates on your calendar:

• September 4 – 🎉 Fun Run Kickoff!
• September 7 – No School – Labor Day
• September 8 – 🧸 Preschool Begins
• September 11 – 🍎 No School – Professional Development Day for Staff

One of the biggest adventures of our school year is just around the corner! Our Fun Run officially kicks off on September 4th, and we are so excited to get moving!

Students will be bringing home a Fun Run lanyard with important information about the fundraiser and how families can participate. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year, and the funds raised directly support our students and school experiences.

As we set out on this adventure together, I will keep families updated through emails and text messages with important information, reminders, and updates along the way.

We are so excited to see where this year's adventure takes us! Thank you for partnering with us, cheering on our students, and helping make every moment matter.

Adventure Awaits, and we are so glad you're on this journey with us! 🧭💙📚

Yours in Education,

Ms. Amber Galloway
Principal, St. Clairsville Elementary

We are SO excited to announce that our Boosterthon Fun Run kicks off on September 4th! Our students will be getting ready to move, have fun, and help support St. Clairsville Elementary! 💙💛

This is more than just a fundraiser—it’s an opportunity for our students to build school spirit, teamwork, perseverance, and healthy habits while working toward an exciting goal for our school.

📅 Kickoff: September 4th
🏃 Fun Run: September 17th

Be watching for more information coming home with your child about how to register, participate, and help your student reach their goals!

Let's get ready to RUN, HAVE FUN, and MAKE A DIFFERENCE! 🏃‍♀️💨🎉

We are excited to offer breakfast in our cafeteria each morning! Students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, will receive breakfast for free. Those that are self-pay, can receive breakfast for $2.00.

Students arriving by bus will be welcomed into the building as they arrive and will have time to enjoy breakfast before heading to homeroom.

For students who arrive by car or walk to school, please plan to have your child on campus by 8:25 a.m. This will allow enough time to get breakfast, enjoy their meal, and make it to homeroom ready to start the day.

We want every student to begin their morning feeling welcomed, nourished, and ready to learn! 💗

Thank you for helping us make mornings a smooth and positive start for everyone!

We are incredibly fortunate to have a team of Teacher Tutors who go above and beyond every single day to support our students and teachers! Please join me in celebrating Miss Kaitlyn Hart, serving both Kindergarten and 4th grade; Mrs. Miranda Wesley, 1st grade; Mrs. Mykenzie Hardy, 2nd grade; and Miss Rachel Francis, 3rd grade.

Our Teacher Tutors provide targeted small-group intervention in Orton-Gillingham, reading comprehension, and math skill reinforcement, helping students build confidence while strengthening the skills they need to be successful. But their impact reaches far beyond intervention! They are active, valued members of their grade-level teams, collaborating with teachers and helping to ensure that every student gets the support they need.

And if you happen to walk into our school and see one of them teaching for the day, don't be surprised! Our certified Teacher Tutors are also willing to jump in and substitute when a teacher is absent, helping keep our classrooms running smoothly and supporting our students wherever they are needed.

These four ladies are truly all-in for kids. They bring compassion, flexibility, expertise, and a whole lot of heart to their work each day. They fill an incredibly important role in our school, and the difference they make is seen in both the growth of our students and the support they provide to our teachers.

Miss Hart, Mrs. Wesley, Mrs. Hardy, and Miss Francis...thank you for being the kind of educators who never hesitate to step in, pitch in, and pour into our students. We are so lucky to have you! 💕🌟

As we begin a new school year, we want to share a quick reminder regarding school fees, as noted in our handbook.

School fees are the responsibility of the parent/guardian and help support the educational experiences provided to our students throughout the year.

💕 Fee Waivers

We also want to make sure families are aware that financial assistance may be available. If you are currently receiving Aid to Dependent Children (ADC) or Ohio's Disability Assistance Program, your child may be eligible for a waiver of fees associated with participation in a course of study.

If you believe your family may qualify for a fee waiver, please contact the school office. We are happy to help you through the process and want to ensure that financial circumstances never create a barrier to your child's participation in school.

Please make every effort to keep your child's school fees current. Any unpaid charges or fees remaining at the end of the school year may result in report cards being withheld until the outstanding balance is resolved, in accordance with district policy.

If you have any questions about school fees, payments, or fee waivers, please don't hesitate to call our school office. We are always happy to answer questions, clarify information, or help point you in the right direction. We understand that every family's circumstances are different, and we are here to help in any way we can.

Thank you for taking care of these fees and, most importantly, for your continued partnership and support of our school and our students! 💕📚

❤️ SETTLING INTO A NEW SCHOOL YEAR! ❤️

We hope all of our St. Clairsville Elementary kiddos are settling into their classrooms, getting to know their teachers, reconnecting with friends, and finding their new school-year routines! ✏️📚🍎

Now that the first-day excitement is behind us and everyone is (hopefully! 😄) starting to get back into the swing of things, we wanted to send out a friendly reminder:

⭐ DON’T FORGET TO JOIN THE PTA!

The St. Clairsville Elementary PTA is kicking off our THIRD year, and we are so excited about everything we have planned for 2026–2027! ❤️🤍🩶

Our PTA works throughout the year to support our students, teachers, staff, and school community, and we’d LOVE to have you be part of it!

Annual PTA membership is just $5 per person and must be renewed each school year.

Sign up here:
👉 https://forms.gle/LhjBaovHNG2r1VmGA

$5 Membership Payment:
💵Cash/Check in envelope marked PTA to Elementary Office
💵Venmo: @StClairsville-ElementaryPTA

📱 PTA MEMBERS — JOIN US ON BAND!

Once you become an active PTA member, be sure to join our PTA BAND group, which can be accessed through the BAND app or from your computer.

👉 https://band.us/n/a2acb7e65bS34

BAND will be our main communication hub for members this year and is the best way to stay “in the know” on all things PTA! You’ll find:

• Volunteer opportunities & sign-ups
• PTA meeting information & previous meeting minutes
• Upcoming events and activities
• PTA news, reminders & announcements
• Ways to help—big or small!
• A place to ask questions, share ideas & connect with other members

❤️ And remember: Joining the PTA does NOT mean you have to volunteer for everything!

Maybe you can help once. Maybe you can help often. Maybe you have a great idea to share. Or maybe your schedule is packed and your $5 membership is simply your way of supporting our mission. Every single one of those things matters, and there is a place for YOU in our PTA! 🫶

We have a busy and exciting start to the school year ahead, and we can’t wait to see what YEAR THREE brings!

Here’s to happy kiddos, smooth morning routines ☕️😆, a wonderful school year, and another year of working TOGETHER for St. Clairsville Elementary! ❤️🤍🩶

🏃‍♀️❤️ ST. CLAIRSVILLE RED DEVIL FUN RUN IS ALMOST HERE! ❤️🏃‍♂️

Get ready, St. Clairsville Elementary! Our biggest fundraiser of the year—the St. Clairsville Red Devil Fun Run—is back! 🎉

This year, we’re teaming up with Boosterthon with a school-wide goal of raising $30,000 to help support field trips and additional student and teacher needs throughout the school year. And if we reach our goal, we’re planning an exciting NEW addition to our lower playground near the shelter! 🛝❤️

📅 MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

🎉 Fundraiser Kickoff: September 4
👟 FUN RUN: September 17
🌧️ Rain Date: September 18

📣 REGISTRATION IS OPEN NOW!

Families can get a head start by registering their student at MyBooster.com TODAY! Registration is FREE and is the first step toward participating in all the fun incentives we have planned.

Once registered, families can easily share their student’s fundraising page with friends and family near and far to help us work toward our $30,000 goal!

🐺 Students earn their wolf ears with their first donation, and registered families will also have the opportunity to qualify for some exciting incentives—including a chance to head to Great Wolf Lodge!

🌎 MORE THAN JUST A FUNDRAISER!

Throughout the program, students will participate in Boosterthon’s Global Kitchen Club character program, where they’ll explore cultures from around the world while learning valuable traits like patience, generosity, creativity, reliability, and adaptability. ❤️

Whether you register, donate, share your student’s page with family and friends, or volunteer, every bit of participation helps!

We had an incredible Fun Run last year, and we can’t wait to make this year’s event even BIGGER! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️❤️

REGISTER NOW ➡️ MyBooster.com

Let’s come together, reach that $30,000 GOAL, and make this an unforgettable experience for our kiddos!

❤️🤍🩶 LET’S GO, RED DEVILS! 🩶🤍❤️

September 1 - Music Makers mandatory meeting in the cafeteria, 6pm

September 4 - Fun Run Kick-off

September 7 - No School - Labor Day

September 8 - First day for preschool

September 11 - No School - PD Day for Staff

September 17 - Fun Run Event Date - all students will receive a t-shirt to wear this day

September 28 - DLS Innovations Photo Day - Preschool, Kindergarten and 4th Grade

September 29 - DLS Innovations Photo Day - 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grades

You are officially the lucky winner of our PTA Back-to-School Basket! 🛍️📚✏️

You’ve got yourself a basket packed with all kinds of goodies to kick off the school year in style—because apparently, the PTA decided you needed a little extra help getting back-to-school ready! 😂

We hope you enjoy all of the goodies and that they make the start of this school year just a little sweeter!💕🍎✨

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