The Sylvan Sunday Swoop

Soaring UP to Our Unlimited Potential

Welcome to the 2024-2025 School Year!

Greetings Sylvan Blue Jay Family!

Can you believe it? We are almost a month away from the first day of school! We are so excited for our Blue Jay students to return to our building. This year, together, we will soar UP to our unlimited potential using all of our wonderful skills, abilities, and strategies that we already have in our learning toolbox!

Our weekly newsletter, "The Sylvan Sunday Swoop", will go out to our Blue Jay families every Sunday afternoon to inform everyone of the great things happening in our school community. In the coming weeks' before school starts our weekly communication will include all of the information families need to prepare their Blue Jay students for a successful return to campus. If you have any questions, please reach out to the front office.

Let's get excited for a phenomenal year of learning, leadership, and collaboration as we soar UP to our Unlimited Potential!

#BlueJaysSoarUP

#SylvanisourHappyNest

💙 Welcome to The Nest! 💙

We would like to recognize a few of our newest Blue Jays that will be joining us for the 24-25 school year!

Lauren Fox, School Social Worker

Hello Sylvan Community! My name is Mrs. Fox and I am excited to be joining the Sylvan family as your new school social worker. I joined ABSS last fall as the school social worker at Highland Elementary. This year I will server both Highland and Sylvan. I come with 12 years of experience as a school social worker, serving both elementary and middle schools in guilford county schools prior to joining ABSS last fall.

Michelle Reel, Instructional Assistant

After years of being a Blue Jay parent, I'm excited to be a part of Sylvan Elementary as an Instructional Assistant. I look forward to being a part of such a kind and caring staff.

Kate Gunther, Art Teacher

I am excited to be teaching art at Sylvan/Pleasant Grove after 2 years of teaching art at Turrentine Middle School. I am a Long Island Native and for 20 years prior to teaching I was a hairstylist and business owner. I graduated summa cum laude from North Carolina Central University in 2017 with a degree in Studio Art. I have also studied natural cosmetic formulation and I create my own hair, skincare, and apothecary products in my home lab. I enjoy painting, sculpting, ceramics, diy home improvement, caring for feral cats, and I live on coffee.

📝School Supply Lists📝

Click the links below to access the supply list for each grade level.

📅Important Dates📅

Thursday, August 8, 2024

Join us for our Campus Clean-Up Day from 9-12!

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Come out and meet your principals, Mrs. Hamilton and Mr. Moore, from 4-6! We will be out at the picnic tables.

Thursday, August 22, 2024

Join us for Meet the Teacher for 1st-5th Grade Students from 4-6!

Monday, August 26, 2024

We will see you for the first day of school!

Kindergarten Information

Kindergarten Meet the Teacher will be Wednesday, August 28, 2024 from 4-6.

💡 Reminders 💡

Reminders:

School begins at 7:50 a.m. for ALL students Pre-K-5. If you arrive after 7:50, you must park and walk in with your students to sign them in before they can go to class.
School ends at 2:35 p.m.
If you are signing your students out early (before 2:15 p.m.), you must go inside the front office and check them out. If you arrive early, but after 2:15 p.m., to sign your child out, you must wait until the dismissal announcements are made at 2:35 p.m. We appreciate your cooperation with this matter!
Breakfast will stop being served at 9:00 am.
If you need to change your child's afternoon transportation, please call the front office at (336) 376-3350 before 2:00 p.m. Teachers cannot check and respond to messages and emails throughout the day when they are teaching. Please do not expect an immediate response from your child's teacher during instructional hours. Office hours for teachers begin after 3:00 p.m.
Families may come to eat lunch with your students. Please reach out to your child's teacher 24 hours in advance to let them know you are coming so they can plan for seating. Remember: NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR DRINK MAY BE BROUGHT IN. Upon arrival, please sign in at the front office and get a visitor's tag.

Community Assistance Resources

Backpack Giveaway

On Saturday, August 10th from 10am to 1pm we are giving away Free Backpacks full of school supplies to every child in attendance. We believe that every child should have the opportunity to start the school year with new school supplies and our goal is to help provide this for them. Parents can register at eastsidebaptist.net/backpacks

We also will have Efland Fire Department and Mebane Police Department on site for the children to meet and greet. Inflatables for the kids to play on and a Free Hot Dog lunch for the families.