August 31-Sept 4, 2026

It is hard to believe we are already wrapping up our third week of school! Our Yellow Jackets are settling into their routines, building relationships, and continuing to learn what it means to show the Heart of a Yellow Jacket each day.

This week, our students are also completing their ATLAS screeners. These beginning-of-the-year assessments give our teachers valuable information about where each student is academically and help us determine how we can best support, challenge, and grow every learner. We are proud of our students for working hard and showing us what they know!

As we continue through these first weeks, we are spending lots of time teaching, practicing, and reinforcing our Heart of the Yellow Jacket expectations throughout every area of our school. Just like academics, positive behaviors and routines take practice, and we are already seeing so much growth! Together, we are helping our students learn and grow.

You Belong Here!

Tamara Strawn, Ed.S.

August

24th-Sept. 4th-ATLAS Screeners

September

4th-Flu Clinic Paperwork due back

7th-No School

15th-1:45 Dismissal; 6-12th Parent Teacher Conferences

17th-1:45 Dismissal; K-5th Parent Teacher Conferences

17th-25th-Book Fair

18th-No School

24th-GRAND Night (See below for sign-up)

25th-Book Character Parade (Sign-up to watch here)

29th-School Picture Day (See below for information)

30th-FLU Clinic (More information to come)

October

26-30th-Red Ribbon Week

Friday Night Football Game Themes:

Sept 25th- Homecoming (Blue & Gold) vs West Memphis

October 9th- Camo Night vs Benton

October 16th- PINK OUT vs Searcy- Approved by Coach Treadway, ANY student who wears pink AND has a badge will get in FREE!!!

October 30th- Halloween Theme & Senior Night vs Sylvan Hills

• Want to eat lunch with your child? We have a limited number of seats, so you are required to call the office to reserve a specific date and spot, 501.888.4262. We will start this on Sept. 8th.

• Please try and send all lunch and snacks with your student in the morning rather than bring to the office for us to deliver.

• You MUST have your student car tag in order to pick up your child. (Handbook-pg.68)

• You can purchase ONE additional car tag in the office for $1.00.

• Parents must stay in their vehicle in the carline. We have staff to assist students. When stopped, students should open their car door and have all items ready to get out in the morning. If you have a child safety lock on your door, please ask for help opening the door.

• When staff start to close the morning gate at 8am, we will not re-open it. You must check your student in the front office after 8am. We will start counting tardies on the 2nd week of school-Aug. 17th.

• For the morning carline, students should be ready to get out of the vehicle at every orange cone.

• For the afternoon carline, we encourage you to work on your child buckling themselves. If they cannot, please pull up to the front parking lot after they get into your vehicle to buckle them. This helps our carline work more efficiently.

• If at all possible, please have your student's car seat on the passenger side. It is safer for staff and students if all students enter and exit the vehicle from the passenger side.

• Students at EEE show the HEART of the YellowJacket
• Honest, Effort, Accountable, Respect, Teamwork
• Students can earn Jacket Bucks & spend them at our Jacket Buck Store
• Behavior Bash after each 9 weeks. Criteria to go: No MAJOR Behavior Referrals and 80% on class behavior log for that 9 weeks.
• POSITIVE Office Referrals=Phone call home, celebrated on grade-level "Caught Being Kind "Wall, celebrated at CKH Monthly Meeting.

Each month, students will be learning grounding techniques, simple strategies that calm the mind and body during moments of stress, worry, frustration, and big emotions.

Grounding helps children slow down, focus on the present moment, and feel more in control before solving problems or talking through difficult situations.

During the month of August, students will learn and practice Bubble Breathing.

When children practice these skills regularly, not just when they are upset, they become more confident in managing their emotions.

The “th” in thumb is unvoiced (voiceless).

• thumb → /θ/ → unvoiced
• this → /ð/ → voiced

Quick test: Put your fingers on your throat.

• Say thumb — no vibration.
• Say this — you should feel vibration.

Both sounds use the same mouth position—tongue gently between the teeth—but the voiced /ð/ turns the vocal cords on.

ROYO – Read On Your Own

We encourage all students to continue using the ROYO program at home to help strengthen and maintain their reading skills! Students can log in through their Google account just like they do at school.

If you need your child’s login information, please contact the office at 501-888-4264 or email:

Coach Strawn – tamarastrawn@sheridanschools.org
Joy Sharp – joysharp@sheridanschools.org

Keep reading and keep growing!

What Is ROYO?

ROYO (Read On Your Own) is an AI-powered literacy platform for elementary and middle school students. ROYO generates personalized decodable books aligned to Science of Reading principles, phonics scope and sequence, sight words, individual teacher classroom instruction, and each student’s reading ability, language needs, and interests.

Please feel free to contact East End Elementary administration for any reason. We are here to partner with you to ensure safety and success for your child. You may call the office at 501.888.4264 or by the emails listed below. Thank you for choosing to share your child with EEE!

Tamara Strawn, Principal

tamarastrawn@sheridanschools.org

Alan Braden, Assistant Principal

alanbraden@sheridanschools.org

Christy Whitley

christywhitley@sheridanschools.org