Parent Summersill Scoop
November 18, 2023
Makeup Picture Day for Staff and Students
Tuesday, November 21 is Makeup School Picture Day
Upcoming Events
November
11/20-21 Thanksgiving Voucher Drawing (Dinner from Mike's Farm for 5)
11/21 Last day to complete the Parent Fall Survey
11/21 Makeup Fall Pictures
11/22 Teacher Workday
11/23-24 Thanksgiving Break/No School
11/28 Kindergarten County Field Trip
11/30 First Grade Field Trip
11/30 Strategic Planning Meeting at 3:45pm in the Media Center
December
12/1 Fire Drill
12/1 Student of the Month for November
12/1 Resource Fair
12/2 Community Holiday Chorus Event at Jacksonville high
12/7 Second Grading Period Interim Reports go home
12/7 PreK Parent Committee Meeting Celebration of Learning
12/7 PTO Meeting at 3:45PM in the Media Center
12/15 Christmas Chorus Concert 12/15 at 6:30PM
12/18-1/1 Christmas Break
1/2 Teacher Workday
We are so thankful for our staff, students and parents. We hope that you will take the time to thank your child's teacher and your child for working hard this past nine weeks.
Parents please complete the Fall Parent Survey. This will help guide us for a successful school year. The deadline to complete this survey is Tuesday. https://eprovesurveys.advanc-ed.org/surveys/#/action/238513/3801
PTO is selling raffle tickets for $5 for a voucher to win a free cooked Thanksgiving meal for a party of five from Mike's Farm. They will be selling tickets in front of the office Monday and Tuesday mornings. There will be a staff winner and a student winner on Tuesday.
Our third through fifth grade students just completed their SchoolNet and NC Checkins for reading, math and science. Scores will be sent home soon, so please take the time to look over them with your child.
We will have Parent Volunteer Trainings on November 21 and 29 at 8:00 and 12:00. If another date and time works better for you, please call the front office to schedule your training.
Congratulations to Ms. Savitt's class and Ms. Dawson's class for winning the Red Ribbon Week Poster Contest and a Pizza Party!
We are still in need of sponsors for our children at Christmas for our Summersill Elementary Angel Tree. Please reach out to our social worker, Sarah Welchel if you are interested in donating.
Congratulations to Ms. Sisseck's class for winning the Cici's Pizza Party! The school night fundraiser raised $405.24 and our school earned $81.05.
The character trait for November is Caring and Habits of Mind is Applying Past Knowledge and Thinking Flexibly
Wednesday, November 22 is a Teacher Workday. There will be no school for students. Thursday, November 23 and Friday November 24 there will be no school for staff or students. We hope that you will enjoy spending time with your family and friends over the Thanksgiving break.
Please read the S'more newsletter attached or go on our school web page or Facebook to learn more about school events.
My colleagues and I wish you and your family a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!
Ms. Savitt's class won the Red Ribbon Week Poster Contest for K-2
Ms. Dawson's class won the Red Ribbon Week Poster Contest for 3-5
Fourth and Fifth Grade Chorus
The Lion King Cast
Chorus
Robotics Club
Safety Patrol
Battle of the Books
Science Olympiad
Attendance Matters!!!
Summersill's Angel Tree
School Fees
School Meals
Lunch is $2.50
If you need to apply for free or reduced meals, please complete this online application or fill one out at orientation.
You can pay for your child's meals by going to https://www.k12paymentcenter.com/
Looking for Before/After School Care?
Please fill out the car rider link if you are planning to drop off and/or pick up your child.
New Onslow County Policy:
For the safety of our students, no vehicles are to be on campus more that 30 minutes prior to dismissal. Dismissal starts at 3:15; therefore, cars should not be parked for dismissal prior to 2:45. Please drive slowly when arriving on campus. There will be five orange cones placed for each car to stop, so students can be let out by a staff member. You will pull forward and a staff member will load your child. Staff members will not buckle your child in their seat; however, they will open the car door for them.
Edulog's Bus Transportation
If you have questions regarding buses (bus number, bus stop location, pickup/drop off time) please use the Edulog Parent App on your Smartphone. You will need your child's Powerschool number in order to set up an account and access the bus information. Your child's teacher will have your child's Powerschool number at Orientation.
Want to Keep on Top of Student's Grades and Attendance?
Do You Know of Families That Need to Register Their Child For School?
https://www.onslow.k12.nc.us/Page/1935
Please have the following:
Birth Certificate
Updated Immunization Records
Photo ID of Legal Parent/Guardian
Proof of Residency (Electric or Water Bill)
Meal Benefit Applications
Apply online at www.lunchapplication.com or visit the OCS website for more information and printable applications.
Breakfast $1.25
Lunch $2.50
School Hours for 2023-2024 (K-5)
School Hours for 2023-2024 (PreK)
Pick up - Cars can not be parked in the car line prior to 2:45pm
Summersill's Student Handbook
Please read through the student handbook with your child.
Parent Involvement Opportunities
* Parent Teacher Organization: This group meets in person and sends in special treats for staff throughout the year
* Parent Volunteer: Parents have to be volunteered trained each year and fingerprinted at the district office every five years
* Room Parent: Assists the teacher with various things for the classroom
* Strategic Planning Team: School stakeholders (parents, teachers, administration) work together to improve the school
Please call the school if you are interested in being a part of any of these opportunities.