Abner Creek Academy
Learning with Love and Laughter
A Message From The Administration Team
As we kick off a new season, we’re excited to embrace all the opportunities that fall will bring. From learning and growth in the classroom to our upcoming special events—like the Veterans Day program—we have much to look forward to and celebrate.
Thank you for your ongoing support and partnership. We look forward to another incredible month together with you and your children!
Important Dates - See below for specific details
- Nov 4th&5th - No School for Students
- Nov 7- Creations Field Trip
- Nov 8- Hearing, Vision, and Dental Screenings for K5, 1st, 3rd, and 5th
- Nov 11- Veterans Day Program at 9am
- Nov 13- Interim Reports for 3rd-5th
- Nov 14- Make Up Pictures
- Nov 14- 5th Grade Field Trip to Roper Mountain
- Nov 15- PTO Krispy Kreme Box Sale
- Nov 22- Student Council Pinning Ceremony 8am
- Nov 25- D5 Honors Chorus Field Trip
- Nov 26- 3rd Grade STEM Education Day @ Wofford
- Nov 27-29 Thanksgiving Holidays/No School
Field Trips
We have several field trips this month! Please make sure your child wears his/her field trip shirt on the day of their trip. This is the blue t-shirt that says Future World Changer that PTO provided during our Boosterthon. Only approved chaperones may join students on the trip and this should be arranged with the teacher ahead of time. Chaperones may not bring siblings or other children on the trip. We would like to thank our PTO, and all of you that have supported PTO fundraising, for providing these shirts as well as for giving $1000 to each grade to reduce field trip costs for all students. This deduction has been applied to the yearly total for trips and we are so grateful for their partnership!
New in the Cafeteria: A La Carte Options
Starting November 12th, the cafeteria will have A La Carte items (such as cookies, brownies, Goldfish, Cheez-Its, etc) available for purchase during student lunch times. We will only do this on Tuesdays. Students will not be able to charge a debt to their accounts for a la carte items. They may bring in cash or you can put money on their account using their student # on https://login.myschoolbucks.com/users/register/getsignup.action?login_hint=&clientID=schoolbucks. This is completely optional and students must have cash or money on their accounts to participate. If they leave the money in the classroom one Tuesday, they can wait until the next Tuesday to purchase an item. This will not take the place of a meal; it is just an option for an added treat.
Save the Date: Academic Showcases
Each grade level will host an event to showcase their learning for parents this school year. Below are the dates for each grade. Specific times and details will be provided by classroom teachers as we get closer to the date.
December 10th- 1st Grade (Morgan, Emory, Chapman) *Academic showcase will follow the The Littlest Christmas Tree Performance
December 11th- 1st Grade (Blackwell, Grube, Amill) *Academic showcase will follow the The Littlest Christmas Tree Performance
December 17th- 4th Grade
January 17th- Kindergarten
February 18th or 19th - 2nd Grade
March 4th- 3rd Grade
March 19th- 5th Grade
ACA IS EXCELLENT!
We are so proud of our ACA staff and students for achieving an EXCELLENT rating on the SC School Report Card for the 3rd year in a row! This is quite an accomplishment and we celebrate all of our Gators that made this happen!
Find out more at screportcards.com
Coming Soon: iLead
We are so excited to announce that we will be starting a new program to support our magnet focus of communication and leadership. Each month we will be learning a new leadership trait. We will include the month's trait in our newsletter so that you can talk about it at home too! We will begin talking about choices in December so stay tuned for more information next month!
Mrs. Morrissey's Class
Mrs. Morrissey's class has been learning about the internal structures of the human body. We've been studying the skeletal system. We sketched our hands and drew the bones in our hand, wrist, and arm. We used oil to make our drawings look like an x-ray of our arm. Take a look at our drawings hanging up outside the library.
Mrs. West's Class
Students made a robotic finger. This showed how joints, tendons, and muscles work together as systems.
Important Reminders from Nurse Leigh
Please do NOT send your child to school if they have or have had:
1. Fever more than 100.4 degrees within the last 24 hours (must be fever free without medication)
2. Vomiting or diarrhea within the last 24 hours
3. Continuous coughing not relieved with cough medicine
District 5 School district does not allow ANY school personnel, including the nurse, to give ANY medication without a District Medical Form signed by the parent and a doctor. This includes ALL over the counter medications, even cough drops. These forms are available in the health room.
As the cold and flu season approaches, we would greatly appreciate your assistance in preventing the spread of illnesses in our school. Please help us teach your children good health habits to protect themselves as well as others:
1. Plenty of rest and good nutrition.
2. Do not share utensils, water bottles, containers or clothing
3. Keep hydrated by drinking healthy fluids
4. When coughing or sneezing, cover the nose and mouth by coughing or sneezing into a tissue or elbow.
5. Practice frequent handwashing or hand sanitizer use. This is one of the best ways to prevent the spread of germs!!! Have them sing Happy Birthday while they wash to show them how long this should take.
If you are called to pick your student up due to illness, please have a plan in place to be at the school within 30 mins. If you have a change in phone number, please contact the school ASAP with all changes so we are able to contact you in a timely manner.
Thank you in advance for working with us to keep your children healthy, safe, and in school.
