Center Elementary School

Each month our school sends home a parent newsletter with parent engagement ideas that can be implemented at home to support your child in his/her academic growth. The September newsletter features a great article with suggestions on how to help you and your child establish routines and priorities that can jump-start a productive year of learning. This monthly newsletter can empower your family to help your child(ren) develop educational and social-emotional skills, as well as discipline and responsibility, so they can achieve school success! The newsletters are being sent home today with your child, but you can also read the online copy by clicking the links below: English Newsletter https://5il.co/1hf8u Spanish Newsletter https://5il.co/1hf8w We hope everyone has a wonderful school year of learning and achieving success!

Members of the Ware County Schools Police Department, in conjunction with both city and county agencies, will perform a training exercise on the campus of Williams Heights Elementary School on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. Travelers in the area may see safety officials "respond" to an alert at the school with lights and sirens, simulating the noise, possible traffic disruption, and other factors that might occur in a real emergency. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A PLANNED DRILL.

The Title I Parent Engagement Stakeholder Input Meeting will be Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 8:00 AM. Google Meet joining info - Video call link: https://meet.google.com/mbr-xenz-ovr Or dial: (US) +1 319-435-9202 PIN: 344 568 543# Please click the link below to view the PEP & DIP documents and provide feedback. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdis5DA- FUPSwVtZhuWvrH6l9u77Zlx5GiHYuUCXJWWWQYFOA/viewform

Here's our most up-to-date 2022-2023 calendar, approved at the May 2022 board meeting. Click Calendars and Menu under the main menu to access .pdf copies you can print.

Hello Parents, This is our final monthly newsletter for this school year! We encourage you to read each and every section of this month's edition to gain ideas that can be used over the summer to support your child! We hope that you have a great summer and keep our students' minds busy learning and growing! We don't want to lose the momentum we had during this school year! This newsletter will go home with students on Monday, May 9th on pink paper! You can read it online by clicking the links below: English https://5il.co/19xm7 Spanish https://5il.co/19xm8

The Summer Reading Program begins May 23 and goes through the summer ending on July 9th! You don't want to miss out on this opportunity. See the flyer for more information. A note is going home this week with students about this opportunity!

Center Elementary Title I Stakeholder Input Program Evaluation Meeting Who: Parents, Staff, Community Members When: May 4th, 2022 at 8:00 AM Where: School Cafeteria What: 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. An invitation flyer/reservation form was given to all students this week, but the flyer can be accessed in this post in the following languages: English, Spanish, Vietnamese, and Malayalam. Click here for Flyer: https://www.ware.k12.ga.us/o/center-elementary-school/browse/315429 We hope you join us as we plan for the next school year! Your feedback is very important to us!

Parents and Guardians, Please take a moment to read the Newsletter that will be sent home on Tuesday, March 29th with your child. Look for the salmon-colored paper in your child's folder. This month's newsletter features tips on how to provide practice to help your child master math fundamentals, how to boost your child's motivation to learn, and strategies to develop reading fluency. Additionally, if you have a student in fifth grade, you can read how to make the move up to middle school easier. It is good to begin talking about this transition now since the end of this school year is drawing closer. You can also access the newsletters in English and Spanish by clicking the links below: English https://5il.co/17a9r Spanish https://5il.co/17a9s

Y-Time is Canceled This Afternoon: Due to inclement weather, Y -Time is canceled this afternoon. If your child attends Y-Time at Center Elem., please make arrangements to pick up your child by or before 2:15 PM. Students will not be transported by bus to the YMCA. They will need to be picked up at the school. Thank you in advance for your cooperation in this matter.

GMAS Parent Meeting Tonight at 6:00 PM (Google Meeting-Live) Hello Parents, This is a friendly reminder that we have parent training for anyone interested in learning more about the upcoming Georgia Milestones Assessment (GMAS) in April. The meeting begins at 6:00 PM, and you can join us for this Live Virtual Meeting by clicking the link below or dialing the number under the link using the PIN code provided. March 10th at 6 PM meet.google.com/kjd-cnkn-jng Meeting ID meet.google.com/kjd-cnkn-jng Phone Numbers (‪US‬)‪+1 904-900-0465‬ PIN: ‪900 171 529#‬ This meeting will be recorded and shared on our Livingtree platform tomorrow if you miss the meeting tonight. PS: If you preregistered for this meeting, your child has all of the documents that will be discussed in the Live Meeting. Please ask your child to give you the packet of information.

Reminder - Friday, March 11, 2022 is a Staff Professional Learning Day. Students do not have school that day.

Parents and Guardians, Please take a moment to read the newsletter that will be sent home on Monday, March 7th with your child. Look for the light green paper in your child's folder. This month's newsletter features tips on how to encourage your child to read, how to instill the courage to try new things and learn from the results, and how to make your home a haven from life's stresses. Additionally, be sure to read about investigating the weather with your child! So many easy strategies that you can try at home. Remember, your children enjoy the simple things as long as they are spending time with you including talking, laughing, singing, reading, and learning together. These activities are so simple to implement into your week. You can also access the newsletters in English and Spanish by clicking the links below: ​English https://5il.co/14x4l Spanish https://5il.co/14x4m

Don't forget the Informational Virtual Meeting to be held Tuesday, March 1 from 5:00 - 6:00 PM at https://meet.google.com/gur-ftpt-xj for students in grades 5 - 11 who are interested in auditioning for Golden Gator Band Auxiliaries 2022 football season. It's not too late to sign up!

Two Late Buses Friday Afternoon 2-25-22 Alert: This message is to alert parents who have students who ride the bus home in the afternoon. There are two buses that are running late. They just left the school in the last few minutes. Your students should be delivered home safely very soon. We hope you have a safe and relaxing weekend!

Calling All Parents: Would you like to learn more about how to support your 3rd, 4th, or 5th-grade student as he or she prepares for the upcoming Georgia Milestones Assessment in the Spring? The targeted audience is parents of 3rd, 4th, 5th Graders, but all parents are welcome to join us! Parents will learn how to support their child with strategies that can be used at home and learn more about the following: An Overview of GMAS GMAS Testing Schedule Parent’s Guide to understanding the GMAS Report How to prepare students for upcoming tests (online practice test) Test Taking Tips & Answers to Frequently Asked Questions Assessment Guides for Grades 3, 4, & 5 -provided to parents who return the completed registration form below We will have a Google Live Meeting on March 10, 2022, at 6:00 PM. You will use this meeting link to join us: meet.google.com/kjd-cnkn-jng Meeting ID meet.google.com/kjd-cnkn-jng Phone Numbers (‪US‬)‪+1 904-900-0465‬ PIN: ‪900 171 529#‬ IMPORTANT! If you choose to participate, please complete the reservation form at the bottom of the flyer that will be going home with your child this week. This will allow you to reserve your copy of the assessment guide and other materials that will be discussed in the training. We will send those materials home with your child the day before the meeting so you will be able to follow along on our presentation if you complete the reservation form. Turn the reservation form into your child's teacher.

Don't forget: Friday, Feb. 18th - Professional Learning Day for Staff (students do not attend school) Monday, Feb. 21st - Presidents Day Holiday for all students and staff

Reminder: February 18 - 21, 2022 is a long weekend for students!

Parents and Stakeholders, It is the time of year when we reach out to our parents, guardians, and stakeholders to gain feedback/input as we begin planning for the 2022-2023 school year. This survey is one of the most important surveys that we extend to our school community. We will analyze the information gathered in this survey and use it to guide us as we plan for the upcoming school year. The survey is now open and will remain open for about three weeks. All feedback is anonymous. In order to collect feedback from you, we need you to take this survey only once for your child or children. Simply choose the school(s) that your child(ren) attends once you access the survey link. Our goal is to collect input from a minimum of 125 parents and stakeholders. If you have more than one child in the Ware County School District, you only need to do this survey once. Thank you in advance for your participation in this survey! Susan Tison Instructional Coach Family Engagement Coordinator Please click on the links to access the survey. English version https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SJSSWNB Spanish version https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/P7YHQRT Vietnamese survey link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/T2RWQ2L

Parents, Please take a moment to read the newsletter coming home today with your child. Look for the pink paper in your child's folder. This month's newsletter features tips on math strategies you can use at home, how to plan for students taking responsibility for their homework, how to improve cooperation and behavior, and how to help your child organize his or her thoughts before writing. There is also a section on how to use a report card effectively. You will not want to skip this section since progress reports are being sent home tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb. 9th. Additionally, be sure to read about notable figures who are being celebrated in February! English: https://5il.co/14x4j Spanish: https://5il.co/14x4k Mrs. Lydia Boggs Parent Engagement Coordinator

The Parent Institute monthly newsletter will be sent home today with your child. Topics of interest this month are tips on how to ask questions that will help your child practice a variety of thinking skills, emphasize the power of reading, and how to set goals with your students for the remainder of the school year! We hope you enjoy the tips featured in January's edition of the 'Helping Children Learn' newsletter! English: https://5il.co/13qxs Spanish: https://5il.co/13qxt Please reach out to us if you need more information on Parent Engagement by contacting Ms. Lydia Boggs, Family Engagement Coordinator. Center Elementary School 2114 Dorothy Street Waycross, GA 31501 (912) 287-2366 lydia.boggs@ware.k12.ga.us