Center Elementary Art Club and Art Department are having a t-shirt fundraiser to help purchase art supplies, art club t-shirts for club members, and offset membership dues. Purchase your "Ware" a Mask and a Smile T-Shirt by completing this form and returning it to the school by April 1st. Traditional students will bring home a flyer today for the sale. Click here for cost and more details: https://5il.co/qw7y
Center PTO continues to sell "Slice the Price" Dominos cards. The sale continues through 3-31-21. "Slice the Price" = $10 each. To date, we have sold 25 cards and raised $125 of our $3,000 goal. Help us this week to sell more for our school! https://slicethepricecard.com/35482
Attention: If you have a digital student, please come by and pick up your child's report card, Lifetouch picture orders, work packets (kindergarten students), Title I Stakeholder Meeting invitation flyer, and any other materials that your child's teacher may have left in the front office for you.
You may come to pick these up today until 1:30 PM this afternoon.
Thank you!
Center PTO continues to sell "Slice the Price" Dominos cards. Order forms went home this week. The sale will continue through 3-31-21. "Slice the Price" cards are $10 each. To date, we have sold 23 cards and raised $115 of our $3,000 goal. Help us over the weekend to sell more for our school! Click here for more details: https://slicethepricecard.com/35482
Attention parents of bus riders: The bus students will release at 10:45. We will send another text when the buses leave the campus so you know when to expect your student(s).
Important Announcement.
We have received updated information regarding the impact of the storm system moving across our area today; hail, wind gusts up to 60mph, and possible tornadic activity is most likely to occur during the timeframe our buses will be transporting students home. State law prevents school buses from operating when winds are in excess of 30mph. All Ware County Schools will be observing Early Release today. DAFFODIL and Elementary Schools will release at 10:30 am, Middle Schools will release at 11:00 am, and the High School will release at 11:30 am. All after-school events are canceled today. We understand the inconvenience of making this decision at this time, but the safety of our students and staff is our primary focus. We appreciate the cooperation and understanding of all our families and staff during weather-related events. Thank you.
Attention Center Parents,
Due to a possibility of strong storms this afternoon, we will be canceling our After School Tutoring Program. This is a change for 4th and 5th graders.
Again, After School Tutoring has been canceled for today, 3/18/2021. If you have any questions, please call 912-287-2366.
Center Elementary announces the Title I Stakeholder Input Program Evaluation Meeting! The meeting will take place via a live video meeting using a Google Meets link on March 30, 2021, at 6:00 PM.
The purpose of this meeting is to ask for your assistance in planning our family engagement activities and determine what training our staff will need to promote good school-family partnerships. This meeting will also allow you to share ideas for revisions to our School-Parent Compacts and Parent Engagement Plan and determine how best to spend our family engagement funds. The Google Meeting link can be found on the flyer.
Traditional students received a flyer today, and you can also see the flyer by clicking on these links:
English: https://5il.co/qo7d
Spanish: https://5il.co/qo7c
Vietnamese: https://5il.co/qo7j
Slice the Price Card Details:
-You're taking orders for the Slice the Price Card.
-It is good to buy a large pizza, get a large pizza FREE!
-The card sells for $10.00.
-If the card is used just one time, your customers save more than the cost of the card!
-The card can be used as many times as your customers would like until Friday, December 31, 2021.
-The Slice the Price Card is valid for delivery or carryout!
-The best part is that it can be used for multiple purchases.
Examples:
-Buy 2 large pizzas, get 2 large pizzas for FREE!
-Buy 11 large pizzas, get 11 large pizzas for FREE!
-Buy X large pizzas, get X large pizzas for FREE!!!!
Center Elementary School has kicked off our Leukemia Society "Pennies for Patients" Fundraising Campaign "Every Hero Needs a Squad". Please send in any loose change that you have to help with our Pennies for Patients campaign, no amount is too small, all money is sent to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society for the cure and care of children with Leukemia, Lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, and Myeloma. Our school goal is $1000.00. We would love to surpass this goal if possible. The three classes to turn in the most money will win rewards. Our school link can be found here: https://events.lls.org/pages/sav/Center-Elementary-School-Waycross-2021
Sandra Frye Center Elementary Media Specialist Textbook Manager 912-287-2364 Media Office Phone
Announcement from Center PTO: Beginning 3-17-21 until the end of the month, PTO is hosting a fundraiser by selling "Slice the Price" Dominoes cards. Order forms with more details will be going home on Wednesday, March 17th. The cost of the "Slice the Price" card is $10 each. Click here for more details:
https://slicethepricecard.com/35482
Center yearbooks are now on sale! Flyers are coming home today with students about how to purchase a yearbook for your child. There are two options for purchasing yearbooks this year.
1. You may buy a yearbook online by going to the link ybpay.lifetouch.com using code 13945421.
2. The second option is to send in money using the envelope at the end of the student flyer. Please send cash/check with your student in the Lifetouch envelope back to school.
Yearbooks are $20 until April 30th.
Any date after May 1st, the price goes up to $25.
If you have any questions please contact Brianna Pappy by calling the school or emailing bpappy@ware.k12.ga.us!
Thank you in advance,
Brianna Pappy
Yearbook Coordinator
bpappy@ware.k12.ga.us
912-287-2366
Ware County Families, Spring Break begins three weeks from today! This year, our Spring Break runs longer than one week, so we want to ensure families are reminded of that change and have plenty of time to make any childcare arrangements needed. Spring Break for students will be Thursday, April 1 - Friday, April 9. April 1 is a Professional Learning Day for Staff Members, so their break begins Friday, April 2. All students and staff members will return to school Monday, April 12.
School will not be in session for traditional or digital students on March 12th. Only staff members will report. Thank you!
This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for payment and editing of the fifth-grade yearbook dedication pages is March 12th. If you have further questions or need help, please contact Brianna Pappy by calling the school or emailing bpappy@ware.k12.ga.us
Parents and Stakeholders,
The Parent Input Survey is open through the end of the month. We would love to hear from you! As you know this survey guides us in writing our School Improvement Plan for the upcoming year. If you have not taken the survey yet, please take a few minutes to do so.
At last count, we had 72 parents who submitted their survey! Thank you in advance for this! All feedback is anonymous.
Please click on the links to access the survey.
Survey in English: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FY22WCSDParent
Survey in Spanish: https://es.surveymonkey.com/r/ParentSurveyFY22Spanish
Thank you in advance for your participation in this survey!
Hello Parents,
Another month has passed by, and we are sharing the March edition of the Home & School Connection newsletter with you to highlight topics to address your interests based on your input. We collect input from you through our surveys and hope that you will be sure to share your feedback through the parent survey that will remain open through the end of this month. Another reminder for the survey will be shared today.
We hope you take the time to read it in full, but again, we have added stars to a few sections that we think you will find interesting and helpful to support your student at home.
English: https://5il.co/q6u7
Spanish: https://5il.co/q6u6
Have a great month of March!
Attention Fifth Grade Parents: You don't want to miss out on this opportunity to celebrate your fifth grader this year!
Flyers regarding dedication pages for fifth grade students were sent home today. Please remember the deadline for payment and editing is March 12th. If you have further questions or need help, please contact Brianna Pappy by calling the school or emailing bpappy@ware.k12.ga.us
Read Across America Celebration Reminder
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Reminder: Read Across America Celebration starts tomorrow for the week of March 1st-5th!
Monday – Wear Wacky Socks and Read across America Shirt (if you purchased)
Tuesday – Wear Dr. Seuss Hat (help us celebrate Theodore Geisel’s birthday)
Wednesday – Read “Oh the Places you will go!” Dress up to show what you would like to be when you grow up.
Thursday – Read about your favorite athlete. Wear something to represent your favorite sport or sports team.
Friday - Read about a different culture, wear something to represent your family culture or hometown.
We hope you will join in the fun by reading and dressing up this week!
Join Us As We Read Across America Next Week!
