9.6.2026 Family Newsletter

September 6, 2026

Happy Sunday Gator Families! As a reminder, there is no school tomorrow. We will see everyone on Tuesday! This past week, all grade levels have been working hard on getting their beginning of the year assessments (benchmarks) completed and 3rd grade students did a great job taking their BOG.

This week, our 25-26 school report data was released from the state. Our staff is BEYOND thrilled with how our Gators performed! Not only did we meet growth overall, we met growth in EVERY domain. (We were one of two elementary schools in Onslow County to accomplish this!) I can't find where that has ever been done in QCE history!! We are probably most proud of our Math growth, going from -3.00 (Not Met) in 24-25, to 0.74 (Met) in 25-26. This is HUGE!

Our staff is excited to go into the 26-27 school year and continue the amazing things we have put in place and watch more magic happen! We have the best staff and students in OCS!

Starting this week, we are going to ask that car riders open their own doors and exit the vehicles. We will still have adults out there, but we are working on getting our car rider done in the amount of time allotted. Please have students ready with seatbelts unbuckled, book bags on and anything else in hand. We truly appreciate your assistance with this.

*Dismissal changes: Please update those in SDM by 2:00pm. That is when our report is ran and teachers get the email. There was a lot of changes happening via Dojo at the end of the days this week, but teachers are not checking Dojo during instructional time, and therefor they may not see it.

*Dojo: Teachers and parents will communicate through this and administration will only post information on there. Admin does not receive notification for messages like teachers do. We ask that if you need to speak with administration, to please contact the front office or send an email. We appreciate your help with this as we do not want to miss any communication from parents.

News from Nurse Wade

Welcome back!

Communication is so important and I want you to be in the know when your child has a medical issue at school. Most medical issues are very minor and I use Dojo as a keep you updated. Please check your phone setting to accept notifications from Dojo so we can reach out to you quickly.

Kindergarten Parents and New to Queens Creek Parents:

Please get those Immunization Records and North Carolina Health Assessments back to the school nurse. These are state requirements that are due by Tuesday, September 22 to avoid school exclusion. Reminder letters will go home starting next week. If you have any questions or need guidance, please reach out to Nurse Wade.