The Principal's Desk At Sycamore

October 31, 2022

Principal's Message

Happy Fall, Sycamore families!

We had an amazing time at our PTA fall festival. It was a fun filled night with face painting, pumpkins, balloon art, and plenty of games and slides. A special thank you to our PTA and staff volunteers who made the event a success.

I hope everyone plans to join us at our cluster International Night this Thursday at Lanier Middle School (6 pm). This is a special event where we will celebrate the diversity of our cluster. Each school will be represented. Please join us!

Finally, as we enter the last two months before Winter Break, we will continue to focus on teaching and learning at Sycamore Elementary. Our staff participated in full planning days to prepare for the upcoming weeks. They have also participated in peer observations, learning from each other and the great work happening in our classrooms. We continue to work collaboratively to provide high levels of instruction to our wonderful students.

Thank you for your continued support!

Warmly,

Dr. Scarborough

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Important Dates

11/01- Chick-fila-A Spirit Night (Moore Road)
11/02- PTA General Membership Meeting, 6:30 PM
11/03- Lanier Cluster International Night
11/06-Daylight Savings Ends-Fall Back 1 Hour
11/08- Digital Learning Day
11/08- Read-a-Thon Story Walk (Downtown Sugar Hill)
11/21- 11/25- Thanksgiving Break

Chick-fil-A Spirit Night

PTA

Please join us for the second PTA meeting of the 2022-2023 school year

When: Wednesday, November 2nd at 6:30 pm

Where: Sycamore Elementary School Cafeteria

Meeting Agenda:

PTA Intro
- New leadership
Fall Festival Overview
Calendar of Events
Volunteer Opportunities
Budget - Voting
Treasurer's Report
Q&A

*minutes will be taken and sent out by the secretary

Southeastern Fundraiser Order Pickup

Location: Cafeteria

Tuesday, November 1st 4-5pm

Wednesday, November 2nd 4-630pm

Please email any questions to sycamoreptagwinnett@gmail.com .

Lanier Cluster International Night

Read-a-Thon

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Events In Gwinnett

COVID-19 Surveillance Testing

Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) is continuing its efforts to keep everyone in our schools and students and staff safe by making COVID-19 Surveillance Testing available to students and staff. In January of 2022, the district began piloting g in the Norcross Cluster. GCPS has since then expanded the program, offering this testing opportunity to students and staff in the Archer, Berkmar, Collins Hill, Dacula, Duluth, Grayson, Lanier, Norcross, and South Gwinnett clusters.

The GCPS COVID surveillance testing program is currently only available to students and staff members in the Archer, Berkmar, Collins Hill, Dacula, Duluth, Grayson, Lanier, Norcross, and South Gwinnett clusters. If you are a current student or employee in one of these clusters and are interested in participating in this pilot, click the link below.

If you signed up for the program last year, you would not need to complete the sign-up again.

Surveillance testing involves regular testing for the presence of COVID-19 in individuals in the school setting who do not have symptoms. Surveillance testing will allow GCPS to test, receive test results (within 24 hours), and notify individuals of a clinically significant reading. By participating, students and staff members can help to minimize the spread of the virus within our schools, which benefits us all.

Although participation in surveillance testing is not required for students or staff members, it is strongly encouraged. Participation will contribute to the success of this mitigation strategy and our schools’ ability to limit the spread of COVID and keep students learning in person.

Learn more about COVID testing by reviewing our frequently asked questions, located on the right side of this web page.

Link to sign up a student(s): Student Sign Up

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Parent Center

Parents,

Please contact the parent center at (678) 745-2008 or (678) 765- 4861. We are here to help you with Parent Portal, MyPaymentsplus, Free and Reduced meal applications, parent resources to use at home, teacher communications, and volunteering opportunities.

We also have adult English classes every Wednesday from 9:00 am to 10:00 am.

Thank you,

Ms. Mantilla and Ms. Castro

We Welcome New Business Partners

Are you interested in partnering with our school as a business partner? Please let us know your interest so that we can support your business as you partner with our school. Call us at 678-714-5770. Thank you!