Sunset Express
May 31, 2024
Sunset Lake Elementary, PreK-5th Grade Building
At Sunset Lake, We are Lifelong Learners and Lifelong Leaders.
Principal Amie McCaw
Email: amccaw@vicksburgschools.org
Website: Vicksburgcommunityschools.org
Location: 201 N Boulevard St, Vicksburg, MI, United States
Phone: (269)321-1500
Twitter: @TLIMPrincipal
End of Year Edition
Hello Sunset Lake Families,
What a great year it has been!
We want to thank you for all of your support and help you have provided this school year.
We know partnering with our families is critical to ensuring that we reach each child and we meet the needs of the whole child.
To wrap up our year we have had many celebrations and events.Several pictures try to capture the fun shared below.
Thank You Sunset Lake families for a great year!
SUMMER CHALLENGE!!
Next week Ms. Lewis and myself will be visiting the grade level teams to share out our awesome Summer Challenge program for this year. We have 3 different initiaitives that we are excited to share with our students and we hope you take full advantage of them.
#1 Village of Vicksburg Library Adventure Program
#2 Reading and Math Minute Challenge
#3 Summer District Wide Book Club with the book Stella Diaz Never Gives Up
I have included in this SMORE the Summer Challenge letter. Please take the time to review it and be ready on June 10th to pump up the energy for Summer Learning!!
Have a wonderful weekend and a great summer!
I will be sending out occasional Summer Challenge videos this summer to keep the motivation of learning going, so keep an eye out.
Thank you, Sunset Lake!
Yours in Learning,
Amie McCaw
Sunset Lake Elementary Principal
IMPORTANT DATES
June 3, 2024 - 2nd Grade field trip to Binder Park Zoo
June 6, 2024 - 5th Grade Graduation at 1:30pm - at the PAC
June 7, 2024 - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL - Half Day for Students; 12:15 Dismissal
Thank you to our AMAZING Sponsors for our Fun Run
Summer Challenge Letter for Families
Read to Them
End of Year FUN at Sunset Lake!
KIndergarten End of Year Celebration
Hampster Ball Races
3-5 Field Day at VCS Track
May/June Lunch Menu
Summer Camps
These warm days have us dreaming of summer!
Our summer camps have opened for registration on our website!
Register here today: https://www.vicksburgschools.org/pub/news/posts/11385
More could be added soon, so keep checking back.
VEA Scholarship Opportunity
Summer camps often provide valuable educational and enrichment opportunities for students to develop social skills, build confidence, and foster independence. Scholarships are offered by the VEA at this link to enable student participation in curricular and related activities (classes, camps, art experiences, etc.) throughout the summer.
Soccer Camps & Clinics
If you have a child who is interested in soccer, there are lots of summer opportunities with various groups to take a part in! Here are just a few!
#1: Goalkeeper camp at Kingdom - $150 - Basic and Intermediate
Goalkeeper Skills Camps | Soccer Goalie Camps (kicsports.net)
#2: Portage Soccer Club Summer Training - $40 or $75
Summer Training Series — PORTAGE SOCCER CLUB
#3: Vicksburg Soccer Camp at VHS Stadium - $40
2024 Summer Camp Registration - Apr 11, 2024 (vicksburgschools.org)
#4: TKO - Variety of options:
Schedule – TKO Camps (tkopremiercamps.org)
#5: DBSS Skills Camp
Big Read Machine - Summer Schedule
If your child turns 5 years old by September 1, 2024 they are eligible for Kindergarten for the 2024-2025 school year.
Registration is now open!
To begin the registration process, please fill out the form found here: https://www.vicksburgschools.org/pub/news/posts/11409
What you need to have BEFORE the first day of school.
Click the PDF link below for detailed information about what you need for entering Kindergarten.
Summer Opportunity for Incoming 6th Graders
Middle School Boys Soccer Info
VMS Boys Soccer
Fall 2024 6th-8th Grade
If you are interested in playing, please
fill out the following Google form.
This will not commit you to the team at this point,
only keep you in the loop for further information.
Practices: Start mid-late August (2-3 per week)
Try-outs: First week of September
Games: 12 games (6 home and 6 away). All games
played on weekdays, with start times anywhere from
4:30 to 6:30. As this is a club sport, you are
responsible for transportation to away games.
Cost: Around $50 (subject to change based on number of players)
Physical: Must have physical dated AFTER 4/15/24
to play for the 24-25 school year. More information to
come on how to upload these required physicals to
Any questions, please email: kirsten.m.shaw@gmail.com
Save the Date - Bus Carnival August 15
First Day Shoe Fund
Mobile Food Distribution
Vaccine Clinic
Updated Covid Policy
The updated Respiratory Virus Guidance recommends people with respiratory virus symptoms that are not better explained by another cause stay home and away from others until at least 24 hours after both resolution of fever AND overall symptoms are getting better. This recommendation addresses the period of greatest infectiousness and highest viral load for most people, which is typically in the first few days of illness and when symptoms, including fever, are worst. This is similar to longstanding recommendations for other respiratory illnesses, including influenza.
MET - Michigan Education Trust
Michigan Education Trust (MET) is Michigan's 529 prepaid tuition savings program, allows parents, grandparents, businesses, and others to pre-purchase a child's future college tuition.
Find out more by clicking on the link below.
Social Media Safety Tips for Kids
Free & Reduced Meal Application
Free Lunch Information for Families:
Vicksburg Community Schools is excited to offer free breakfast and lunch to all students for the 2023-2024 school year!
No action is needed for the free breakfast and lunch this year. However, if students would like to purchase à la carte items they will be able to do so as long as they have money in their food service account. Log into your Family Portal to check and add to your balance. https://vicksburg.familyportal.cloud/
Even though meals will be provided for free, it's important for families to continue sharing household income information in order for our schools to receive full access to federal and state funding for educational programs that our students are entitled to. Free and reduced meal applications are used to determine funding for several VCS programs. Every application that is not submitted means lost educational programs and resources for our students.
Please log into your Family Portal and click on the “apply for benefits” button to start an application. The simple application can help make sure VCS gets the support we need.
7 Habits of Happy Kids
Drop Off and Pick-Up Directions
Click on the link for the 2023-24 Drop Off and Pick Up Directions.