The Sylvan Sunday Swoop

Greetings Sylvan Blue Jay Families!

As we move into Week 23, we want to thank you for your patience and flexibility during the recent snow days and delays. We know that changes in schedules can disrupt routines for our students and families, and we appreciate your continued partnership.

This week, our focus is on getting students back into strong learning habits and rebuilding the momentum that helps them grow. Even with the interruptions, our goal remains the same: to support every student in taking ownership of their learning, engaging fully in the classroom, and giving their best effort each day.

At school, teachers are re-establishing expectations, reinforcing routines, and providing the support students need to get back on track. At home, small conversations about effort, responsibility, and focus make a big difference—especially after time away from school.

Quarter 3 Reminders:

• To Pre-Order your Yearbook, click this link:
  https://strawbridge.fotomerchanthv.com/search/YB32981
• Students cannot be signed out after 2:00pm to ensure a safe dismissal.
• Please be mindful of the Sylvan Parent Communication Flow Chart on page 5 on the Student Handbook. Teachers and Staff cannot address concerns if they do not know about them first.

💕This year we are celebrating KINDNESS week! We would love for your support at home promoting acts of kindness. A board is coming home in weekly folders. As you catch kindness please mark the tic tac toe board. Once the board is full please send it back for student recognition. Thank you for partnering with us to promote kindness!

🚀Together, we are helping our Blue Jays continue to Build Greatness, even when the weather tries to slow us down. Thank you for your ongoing support, your encouragement of your child, and your partnership with our staff. We are looking forward to a strong and productive week ahead.

💙💛 Blue Jays are Building Greatness—every day, in every way!

With appreciation,
Mrs. Hamilton
Principal, Sylvan Elementary
Building Greatness—Every Student, Every Day

#HeartsandMindsTogether

#BlueJaysBuildGreatness

We are still in need of participants for our school career fair. If you are interested in speaking with our students or know of someone who might be, please fill out the google form linked here.

We are looking for volunteers to help us provide duty free lunch for our teachers. If you are interested in supporting our teachers and staff with this, please click here to sign up.

Get ready to show your school pride! Our brand-new Spirit Wear Store is officially open! New items will be added each month—perfect for students, parents, and even proud grandparents. Best of all, every purchase supports Sylvan Elementary School programs. Let's wear our Blue Jay pride and spread the spirit—on campus and in the community!

Click Here To Shop Our Store

⭐SYLVAN ELEMENTARY FRIENDS⭐

I am excited to announce we have partnered with Sylvan to offer you guys a merch shop! It went live today!

A portion of all sales is donated back to the school! More designs are coming soon!

Check it out here & order yours!

💻https://thelilybarnboutique.com/collect.../sylvan-elementary

• What is Kindness?
  

  Kindness is the ability and willingness to express care and compassion for others. Kindness is a choice to use our time, talent, and resources to better the lives of others and the world through genuine acts of love, compassion, generosity, and service.

  
  

  Why focus on Kindness?

  • Kindness boosts positive emotions. Acts of kindness create neural pathways that enhance feelings of well-being and the natural flow of feel-good endorphins and neurotransmitters.
  • Kindness is self-replicating. When we perform an act of kindness, it is likely to encourage others to act in a similar way.
  • Kindness reduces stress and anxiety. Kindness promotes positive relationships with other people. Anything that helps you to build bonds with other people helps decrease anxiety.

  
  

  Kindness in Action:

  • Celebrate small things. Start each day with Good Things as a class. Publicly and privately affirm kind and thoughtful actions and attitudes.
  • Create opportunities for students to affirm each other regularly. Once a week, dedicate time for students to write notes of affirmation to classmates and school staff members.
  • Model Kindness. Be mindful of body language, tone, and mindset. Kindness is learned by example!

• PTA Meeting @ 6pm

• Regular School Day
• 100th Day of School!

February 16th-20th- KINDNESS WEEK

February 19th- Harper Belles Coffee Truck on campus 7-9 am

February 21st- PTA Family Dance 2-4 pm

March 2nd-6th- Read Across America Week, School Social Worker Week

Our next PTA Meeting will be Tuesday, February 10th at 6:00pm!

We need donations for our Family Dance!

All students at Sylvan Elementary have the option to receive free Breakfast and Lunch. Click here to see the full menus.

Mini Corndogs

Toasted Cheese

Pinto Beans

Juicy Juice Box

Milk

Chicken Pie w/Biscuit

Pizza

Mashed Potatoes

Green Beans

Milk

Popcorn Chicken

Pizza (until it runs out)

Mini Corn Dogs (until it runs out)

French Fries

Cooked Seasoned Carrots

Milk

Beef Nachos

Brunch for Lunch

Potato Tots

Juicy Juice Box

Milk

Breaded Cheese Sticks

Chicken Sandwich

Curly Fries

Broccoli

Icy Fruit Juice

Milk

Liberty Association of Churches Food Pantry

329-B West Bowman Avenue

Liberty, NC 336-622-8312

Enrollment is open for our 25-26 Afterschool Program. Please click the link below to register!

ENROLLMENT FORM

Payment Link:

http://osp.osmsinc.com/abs

All applicants must complete the online application/enrollment form.

Morning Hours - 6:30am - 7:30am $35 per month

Afternoon Hours - 2:30pm - 5:30pm $207 per month

Both Morning and Afternoon - $230 per month

Part-time (or up to 10 visits per month) $115 per month

Reminders:

• School begins at 7:50 a.m. for ALL students Pre-K-5. If you arrive after 7:50, you must park and walk in with your students to sign them in before they can go to class.
• School ends at 2:35 p.m.
• If you are signing your students out early (before 2:00 p.m.), you must go inside the front office and check them out. If you arrive early, but after 2:00 p.m., to sign your child out, you must wait until the dismissal announcements are made at 2:00 p.m. We appreciate your cooperation with this matter!
• If you need to change your child's afternoon transportation, please complete the Google Form linked here by 1:00 pm. Teachers cannot check and respond to messages and emails throughout the day when they are teaching. Please do not expect an immediate response from your child's teacher during instructional hours. Office hours for teachers begin after 3:00 p.m.
• Families may come to eat lunch with your students. Please reach out to your child's teacher 24 hours in advance to let them know you are coming so they can plan for seating. Remember: NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR DRINK MAY BE BROUGHT IN (in advertised packaging). Upon arrival, please sign in at the front office and get a visitor's tag.
• During the afternoon dismissal, all parents/guardians picking up in the car rider line, must have their student's assigned yellow number card visible on the dash or in the window. If you do not have a car rider tag, you will need to park in the overflow lot across the street and come in with your ID to get your student. This is a safety precaution to ensure that ALL students are going home with someone who has permission to pick them up. No passing is allowed in the car rider line. The safety of our Blue Jays is a priority.
• Please note: Traffic turning left into the car rider line cannot block the oncoming traffic on Sylvan Rd. per the Highway Patrol. Please utilize the overflow parking circle to turn around so that you can turn right into the car rider line drop-off.

We no longer accept transportation changes via phone, email or Class Dojo. All transportation changes must be communicated on the google form linked here. You can also scan the QR code to access the form. Keep in mind that if you child is riding home with another child, this change must be communicated by BOTH parents/guardians. All transportation changes must be communicated on this form no later than 1:00 pm.

Families, please use the linked form OR scan the QR code to indicate the preferred name for your student. For instance, if your student is named Daniel and you prefer for them to be called Danny, indicate that on the linked form. This is in accordance with North Carolina State Law (S.L. 2023-106; Senate Bill 49) Section 115C-76.45.(5). If you completed this last year, you do not need to do it again.

If you need to submit a note or doctor's note for your student's absence, please use the form linked here. Please note, per board policy, notes must be submitted within 2 school days of the absences. Sylvan will not accept notes after 7 days (1 week).

Click the attachment below to access the 25-26 Sylvan Student-Parent Handbook

Please know that we take every incident reported seriously and we investigate to the fullest extent possible. Sylvan does not tolerate inappropriate behaviors of any kind. We are also including the link to the District’s Code of Conduct here. While each of you are familiar with our school handbooks, we wanted to make sure you had access to the District’s Code of Conduct that guides our decisions with consequences. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our administrative team.