May / June Newsletter

We have so many fun things happening at the end of the school year! The teachers and SKSA have fun activities planned as we complete the school year. Please consider volunteering for the Sandy Knoll Activity Day on June 10th. There is a sign up for volunteers on the SKSA Facebook page.

We will be continuing our Spring assessments through the month of May. Your classroom teacher will update you on assessment dates. At the end of May, we will once again have grade level meetings to discuss all of our assessment data and plan for the instructional/curriculum adjustments and goals that we will be working on in the fall. This data is so important to determine how we start our year and changes we need to make as a team to positively impact student achievement in our building.

Along with planning for the fall, the staff will also be meeting as grade level teams to determine our classroom rosters for next school year. Many of you will be interested in requesting teachers for the 2025-26 school year. Our teachers spend a significant amount of time creating groupings, based on their understanding of your children as students. With a great deal of discussion, we look at many factors and try to balance classrooms to the best of our abilities. While requests have been accepted in the past, please note that MAPS elementary schools will not be accepting classroom teacher requests any longer. Should you have something specific that we would not be aware of as a staff that you feel I need to be aware of as we plan for balancing and organizing next year's classes, please reach out to me via email and I will send a form for you to fill out. The form is only for additional information about your child to help with planning if needed, not a teacher request. I will need this form returned to me by Tuesday, May 20th. Thank you!

May 1st: Welcome May!

May 5th - 8th: Young Authors

May 5th -9th: Teacher Appreciation Week (Thank you teachers for all you do!!)

May 5th: 4th/5th Grade Track Practice 4:00 - 5:00 pm

May 7th: Lego Club 3:50 - 5:00 pm

4th/5th Grade Track Practice 4:00 - 5:00 pm

May 11th: Happy Mother's Day!

May 12th: 4th/5th Grade Track Practice 4:00 - 5:00 pm

May 13th : SKSA Meeting @ 6:30 pm Library

May 14th-16th: 5th Grade Bay Cliff Trip!!

May 14th: Lego Club 3:50 - 5:00 pm

4th Grade Track Practice 4:00 - 5:00 pm (5th Grade is at Bay Cliff)

May 15th: Popcorn Day!

May 19th: 4th/5th Grade Track Practice 4:00 - 5:00 pm

May 20th: 4th/5th Grade track Practice @ MSHS track 4:10 - 5:00 pm

May 21st: Lego Club 3:50 - 5:00 pm

4th/5th Grade Track Practice 4:00 - 5:00 pm

May 22nd: Sandy Knoll Spring Concert

May 26th: NO SCHOOL! Memorial Day!

May 28th: 4th/5th Grade Track Practice 4:00 - 5:00 pm

Lego Club 3:50 - 5:00 pm

May 29th: Smiles on Wheels (all day)

May 30th: MSHS Graduation @ MSHS Football Field 6:00 pm

June 2nd: 4th/5th Grade Track Practice 4:00 - 5:00 pm

June 3rd: Elementary Track Meet 2:30 pm Start Time

June 4th: Last SK Track Practice - End of Season Party 4:00 - 5:00 pm

June 10th: Sandy Knoll Activity Day!

June 12th: Last Day of School! Early Release @ 12:00 pm

The Sandy Knoll students are working hard to prepare for their Spring Concert. The students have been involved in choosing some of their songs. The theme of the program is all things spring and patriotic. The students also have speaking parts to narrate the program. The art classes are decorating beautiful, colorful spring flowers to brighten the gym for the program. I am sharing the link again for the program: https://secure.smore.com/n/ydkmt. We hope to see you there!

Just a reminder to download the new MAPS App for all school information. You will be able to access information for all schools in one place. Please join our new Facebook page for Sandy Knoll Elementary School. The previous Facebook page is closed down.

The Devos Art Exhibition will run from May 5th-24th. The reception night will be on May 22nd from 5:00-7:00 pm. All are welcome! Mrs. Wagner will notify those that have artwork in the show by sending notes home after she sets up the exhibition this weekend. We are very proud to have artwork from our SK students displayed in the exhibition.