Elementary School

Today is an Early Release day for our students. Pre-K car riders will be ready for pick up at 11:30. All car and bus riders will be released at 11:40. We hope that everyone has a safe and enjoyable fall break on Monday October 12 and Tuesday October 13.

We will be hosting a "pink out day" to support breast cancer awareness month tomorrow. We invite all students that would like to participate to wear pink tomorrow.

Tomorrow, Friday October 9, is an Early Release day for our students. Pre-K car riders will be ready for pick up at 11:30 tomorrow morning. We hope that everyone has a safe and enjoyable fall break on Monday October 12 and Tuesday October 13.

A big thank you to Mr. Louis Salters of International Paper for the copy paper donation. This will help our schools, teachers, and students tremendously. We appreciate Mrs. Mailhot reaching out to Mr. Salters and securing the donation. This paper will be put to good use!

SCE will have picture retakes on Monday October 19. Virtual School students can also get their picture taken on Monday October 19 at the Board of Education from 8:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.

Mini Cheer Camp Participant Reminder: No camp tomorrow! Please be at the middle school football game by 5:00 pm wearing your camp T-shirt. They will be called to the field just before halftime to perform. Admission to the game is $5. Camp participants get in free if wearing T-shirt! 🐾

Students in Mrs. Yarbrough's and Mrs. Mailhot's classes learned the truth about chocolate and vanilla. They read an informal piece and learned about the cacao tree and vanilla plant. Students then started a comparison writing to tell the likes and differences the two flavors had. They finished up their learning by enjoying some homemade ice cream!

Car rider parents, thank you for your patience this week as we have pushed back our opening time to 7:38 in order to accommodate for the change in our breakfast schedule. We would like to remind everyone that the safest and most efficient way to drop students off is to go through the car rider line and not try to break in line by going through the athletic complex. This causes more congestion, disrupts the flow of the line, and creates an unsafe situation for everyone. Thank you for helping us get our students in the building safely.

Day 1 of Mini Cheer Camp was a success! Snack time may have been the favorite part! 😋 Camp will resume Monday, continue Tuesday, and the girls will cheer at the middle school game on Wednesday! Thanks for allowing your girls to participate! 🐾

School Access Points - Access points are located at Union Hill Church, Ebenezer Baptist, American Legion, Pecan Village, old John Lewis school, Shady Grove Apts, and the School Board Office. These access points provide filtered internet access for student school work. The Wi-Fi connections display as SchoolBusInternetXXXX where XXXX is the unique identifier for the access point. The password for each access point is accessXXXX, where XXXX is the same last 4 digits as you see in the Wi-Fi connection. There are limited data restrictions on each access point for each month. It is imperative to conduct only school related tasks while using school access points. We truly appreciate the community partners that have allowed us to locate the Wi-Fi Rangers on their property. Remember to be responsible and practice social distancing at these locations. We will keep you updated when more sites are added.

Don’t forget, picture day will be Monday!

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We look forward to the return of our middle school students tomorrow Sept 8th and high school students on Sept 14th. We encourage masks be worn within each building. Students who have fever or display any other symptoms of illness should not attend classes. For a safe return, students must be fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medications. Anyone awaiting Covid test results should not return until results are returned. Thank you for your continued support.

This week, our class learned reading and language skills and strategies by completing activities with Chapter 1 of Charlotte’s Web. The first 2 pictures are from today; we did a science experiment to show how our character felt at a certain point in the chapter (emotions & self control).

Attention parents, now that we have all had some time to get back into the swing of things, we will be returning to our normal arrival schedule of 8:15 on Tuesday September 8th. Please have students here by 8:15 so that we can have our daily schedule as normal as possible. Thanks for your help.

A BIG thank you to Pastor Joel Smith and all the fine folks at Ellaville Baptist Church for providing doughnuts and juice for us this morning! It brought a lot of smiles to a lot of faces.

We are looking forward to the return of our elementary school students Monday, and middle and high school students on the following dates. Pre-K through grade 5 will resume in-person instruction beginning Monday, August 31st. Grades 6 – 8 will return Sept 8. In-person instruction for high school students will begin on Sept 14. We encourage masks be worn within each building. Students who have fever or display any other symptoms of illness should not attend classes. For a safe return, students must be fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medications. Anyone awaiting Covid tests results should not return until results are returned. Thank you for your support and patience. Know that the teachers and staff of Schley County Schools are as anxious as you to get everyone back in school!

School Access Points - Update There is an available access point located in the parking lot between our two schools. Select the Wi-Fi that displays as Schley_Outdoor with password Hopeful2020. Wi-Fi is available from 7:00am to 8:00pm. Remember to be responsible and practice social distancing at all locations.

School Access Points At this time there are access points located at Union Hill Church, Ebenezer Baptist, American Legion, Pecan Village and the School Board Office. These access points provide filtered internet access for student school work. The Wi-Fi connections display as SchoolBusInternetXXXX where XXXX is the unique identifier for the access point. The password for each access point is accessXXXX, where XXXX is the same last 4 digits as you see in the Wi-Fi connection. There are limited data restrictions on each access point for each month. It is imperative to conduct only school related tasks while using school access points. We truly appreciate the community partners that have allowed us to locate the Wi-Fi Rangers on their property. Remember to be responsible and practice social distancing at these locations. We will keep you updated when more sites are added.

Dear Parents, In light of the recent closure of our schools, and because many of you have requested an opportunity to reconsider online learning, we are re-opening registration for our virtual program, Edgenuity. If you choose this option for your child(ren), you must commit to this program for nine weeks for elementary students and the entire first semester for middle and high school students. Our bus drivers will also be providing hot spots for Wi-Fi connections in remote areas during school hours August 13-25. We will begin posting those locations in order for students to have access points. Passwords will be emailed directly to student accounts. If you need further help with this please message wildcathelp@schleyk12.org or call 229-937-2405. Hotspots at each school and the Board of Education are available now. An application for virtual learning can be found on the district and school websites or by following this link: https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/851390/Virtual_Learning_Program_Application__extended_.pdf The deadline for returning these applications is August 19, 2020, at 4:00 p.m. You may begin turning those applications in today, and each day, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at the Board of Education, or you may email them to wildcathelp@schleyk12.org.