The Raven Report

May 13th - 17th: 8th Grade Week

May 15th: 8th Grade Bridging

May 17th: LYP Day!

May 20th: 6th and 7th Grade Awards

May 22nd: Last Day of School!

All STEM devices and library materials are due back on Wednesday, May 15th. Please bring all STEM iPads, iPad cases, Chromebooks, Chromebook chargers and books back to turn in. All devices not returned by Wednesday, May 15th will be locked. Thank you!

Please help us spread the word! We have a few seats remaining in 6th and 8th grade for the 24-25 school year. Please see attached flyer for additional information.

We need your help to complete the short following survey below if your child will NOT be attending STEM next year! We are making every effort to plan accordingly for the 2024-2025 school year. Please contact rachel.newsome@sccpss.com with any additional questions.

https://forms.office.com/r/LuZG5v4hCG

Registration for Summer First Tee Savannah Golf Camps and Classes is open. You can register on the First Tee Savannah website at: https://firsttee.my.site.com/parentRegistration/s/?language=en_US&website=www.firstteesavannah.org

First Tee Savannah Mission:

Building Game Changers: Empowering kids and teens by instilling life-enhancing values through the game of golf. Help us fulfill our mission and impact the lives of more young people.

Raven Nation, we need your help to make our LYP end of year carnival a success! Please visit https://tinyurl.com/LYPCarnivalHELP2324 to sign up to help with donations of lawn games, tailgating tents, and coolers. Thank you so much for your assistance!

On May 22, 2024 during the grade level apps period, a Pokémon VGC tournament will be held in D2.

Requirements:

1. You must have and bring your own Nintendo Switch to play.

2. If you come to D2 you must participate in the tournament.

3. Sign up via the QR code located outside the door of D2 by May14th.

NOTE:

There will only be 20 spots per grade level. Homeroom teachers will receive an email on May 17th notifying them of who is eligible to participate in the tournament. A list of students will also be posted by the door of D2 between 6th and 7th block on May 17th. Students who wish to view the list at this time must receive permission from their teacher first.

Georgia law requires that all 7th grade students are up-to-date on immunizations prior to the beginning of the school year. Please ensure that your child receives the required vaccinations before returning to school in August. Contact Nurse Marcy with any questions.

All medications must be picked up by a parent or guardian by 2:00, May 22nd. Any remaining medication will be disposed per district policy.

Students must have the Sports Physical and Athletic Packet on file with Coach Winter Frost-Roundtree, our Athletic Director, prior to participating in tryouts. Sports physicals are valid for one calendar year.

The SCCPSS athletics packets may be found at this link.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C2bDY-R6g-R3bNo7JWvN2ooVwnIlU3vu/view

Starting at the beginning of Quarter 2, the attendance team will email out attendance letters when your child has been absent for 3 or more days. Letters will not be sent if days are excused absences. These letters will include the dates of the absences and request parent or doctor excuses. Examples of the letters have been included below.

3 Day Attendance Letter

5 Day Attendance Letter

Breakfast is provided at no cost to students and is served from 7:10-7:35.

Free/reduced Lunch Applications & Lunch Costs:

https://www.sccpss.com/operations/sfn/Pages/Meal-Prices.aspx

Lunch Payments - MySchoolBucks:

https://www.sccpss.com/operations/sfn/Pages/Meal-Payments.aspx

Use the link below to view uniform guidelines:

https://www.sccpss.com/schools/stem/Documents/School%20Uniform%20Policy%20rev.pdf

We want our students to be focused and ready to learn each day. Cell phones can cause significant distractions to the learning environment. Cell phones need to remain in the student’s pocket, purse, or book bag at all times. Students are not allowed to have their cell phones out at any time during the school day without permission from a teacher or an administrator.

Morning drop off is 7:10 am -7:40 am. The earliest drop off time is 7:10 am. There will not be adult supervision available prior to 7:10 am. School begins promptly at 7:40 am. Students are expected to have eaten breakfast (if they chose to eat breakfast at school), be in their classrooms and ready to engage in learning by 7:40 am.

Dismissal begins at 2:35 pm. Students will need to be picked up by 3:10 pm.

We ask that you please be patient and follow the directions of staff members and campus police to ensure car rider drop off and pick up are safe for everyone.

To assist with traffic flow, we have developed a color code system to designate car riders by grade level. Parents will be able to pick up their assigned color card at open house in the cafeteria. We ask that parents write their child's first and last name on the color card to display in your windshield during morning drop off and afternoon pick up.

6th Grade (Green)

7th Grade students whose team is on C-wing (Yellow)

7th Grade students whose team is on D-wing (Red)

8th Grade (Blue)

Carpools (White)

Click on the link below for morning drop off and afternoon pick up directions for your color code.

Every parent/guardian should monitor his/her child's grades at least once a week. Parents can have direct access to each teacher's gradebook. Grades will begin posting after the 10th day of school and will be updated at least once per week. Student report cards will be viewable only online at the end of each quarter via Power School Parent Access.

If you had access last year at any SCCPSS school, your login information and access code remain the same. If you have never had access before, please use this link for accessing the Request for a PowerSchool Parent Access account: https://spwww.sccpss.com/dad/sis/Pages/Parent-Access.aspx

Students should have access so they may monitor their own grades as well.

Important Reminder: Students may never bring medication of any type to school - no aspirin, Motrin, vitamins, prescriptions, inhalers, epi-pens, sunscreen, over-the-counter products, etc. All medication and over-the-counter products must be signed in with Nurse Mitchell by a parent or guardian.

With proper physician orders, inhalers and epi-pens may be issued to students by Nurse Mitchell to carry on campus. Please have your child's physician sign the form from this link.

https://spwww.sccpss.com/District%20Public%20Forms/Authorization%20for%20Self%20Administration.pdf

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Visit: https://jointotem.com/ga/savannah/stem-academy-ptsa

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