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Thursday, January 30th - PBIS Celebration (Glow Party!)

Friday, January 31st - eLearning packets due

Monday, February 3rd- 100th Day of School

Monday, February 3rd-7th- National School Counseling Week (see below)

Monday, February 17th- President's Day - No School

Tuesday, February 18th- Teacher Workday - No School

Tuesday, February 25th- 3rd quarter Interims emailed home.

2024-2025 Student Calendar

2024-2025 Calendario de Estudiantes

We hope your family has stayed safe and warm throughout this unexpected snowy weather we experienced! Thank you for your patience and flexibility as we tried to provide updates regarding these eLearning days.

In an effort to make everything as manageable as possible, we are going to try to collect all eLearning student packets by Friday, January 31st. Please communicate with your child's teacher if this timeline presents an obstacle for your family.

We look forward to returning to school Monday, January 27th. In the meantime, we hope you all stay safe and warm!

The Kids Heart Challenge is scheduled to begin at Socastee Elementary on Wednesday, January 15th and it is going to be a blast! But, we need your help to reach 50% of our students registered online.

Here’s how you can make a difference:

Download the AHA Schools app for iPhone or Android to search for our school or Click Here and sign your student up. Then you can customize and share a video to send to family and friends where they can learn Hands-Only CPR and warning signs of a stroke and ask for donations!

1. Already signed up? Thank you! Now, take it further:
2. Make a personal donation to support the cause.
3. Send a quick message to friends and family to rally their support!
4. Not Signed up yet? There’s still time to join the excitement! Simply:
5. Click Here to sign up online and be part of the action.
6. Complete Finn’s Mission together with your family to learn life-saving skills and become a lifesaver.

Click HERE to discover more about SES Counselor Classroom for additional resources.

Click HERE for more resources form the counselors library.

Welcome Back, we hope that you are excited to continue classroom guidance lessons. We will continue to focus on Conflict Resolution and soon will begin Erin's Law lessons. We look forward to continuing to learn and grow with you!

Just a few reminders regarding our morning car rider drop-off:

1. Our drop-off line is shortest at 7:10am. If you arrive at 7:25am, there is a very good chance your child will be tardy. We have one of the shortest drop-off lines in Horry County, but the closer you arrive to 7:30am, the longer the line may get.

2. Please remember to be courteous and allow cars to merge in the drop-off line. Due to the added security stations in the morning, we do not have a staff member able to stand outside at the merge. We ask that parents set a great example for their children and let each other merge one at a time.

3. Any parents that must park in the staff parking lot should not be entering where it says "Do Not Enter." We have addressed this issue with our staff and are asking parents to follow the signs as well.

As you know, we CELEBRATE our students' B-E-S-T behavior here at Socastee Elementary! We are looking for volunteers for this month's PBIS Celebration - a GLOW PARTY! This event is a FAVE for our kiddos, but it is a LOT of work, so we thank you in advance for helping us if you can!

In addition, for our January Teacher/Staff Treat, we would like to provide our teachers and staff with a BAKED POTATO BAR! We know that SES couldn't be the AWESOME place it is without the dedication and hard work of so many talented individuals.

Please click here to sign up to send in donations for the baked potato bar. If you are an approved HCS volunteer, we would love to have you sign up for helping us at the glow party, too!

You may have heard your child come home talking about PBIS, PBIS celebrations, and doing his/her B.E.S.T. Well, PBIS is our school-wide positive behavior system. PBIS stands for Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports. Each month, students have the opportunity to earn digital points for doing their B.E.S.T. (Be Kind, Effort, Self-Control, Teamwork). Ask your child...they should be able to show you how we do it at SES!

At the end of the month, students have the opportunity to "go shopping" with their points in our digital store. Prizes range in point values and students can save their points each month to purchase something BIG! Also, students that continually do their B.E.S.T. each month have the opportunity to participate in our PBIS celebrations at the end of each month. No discipline referrals and no missing work equal BIG FUN! This month's celebration will be bouncy houses!

At times, students may struggle with making the B.E.S.T. choice regarding their behavior and our behavior learning specialist Amy Orr works closely with students and teachers to ensure that all our students have the opportunity to experience success. Through our PBIS program, Ms. Orr utilizes strategies such as:

We LOVE to have volunteers come and help in our school! If you are interested in volunteering at SES, you must register and be an approved Horry County School volunteer before you are able to come in to help. You can register here, and once approved, please reach out to Amy Orr, Behavior Intervention Specialist/PBIS Coach, by email at aorr@horrycountyschools.net or call her at the school at 843-650-2606.

Our entire school is carpeted and we are working very hard to ensure that these carpets remain clean and unstained. Students are only permitted to bring water into school. Outside drinks such as soda, juice, iced coffees, etc. will not be allowed in the building. When filling containers from home, please only put water in them. Thank you!

At Socastee Elementary, your child’s safety is our top priority. In order to ensure that all of our staff and students comfortably know what to do during an emergency, we practice a variety of safety drills. Additionally, our school has a safety team that reviews the efficiency of our drills.

Drills that we practice throughout the year include:

Fire Drill- Fire drills are conducted monthly. Students practice evacuating the building quickly and safely. Each classroom has a designated evacuation location. Since we have a two story building, additional safety procedures are created for students or staff who need support going down stairs during a fire drill.

Tornado Drill- When a tornado warning is put in place for our school, students and staff are relocated to the interior of our first floor until the warning is lifted. This is practiced during a statewide drill in March, as well as throughout the year.

Earthquake Drill- The “Great Shakeout” drill is practiced every October. Students and staff practice these three steps: drop, cover, and hold on until the shaking stops.

Secure Drill- Secure is called when there is something potentially dangerous outside of the building. Students and staff are brought into the building and exterior doors remain locked.

Lockdown Drill- A Lockdown is called when there is something potentially dangerous inside of the building. Students and staff are trained to enter or remain in a room that can be locked, and maintain silence.

Reunification Drill- In the event of an emergency that does not allow us to dismiss normally, our staff practices where we would go to keep our students safe and how we would ensure that they were reunified with an approved adult. Please be sure that your child’s emergency contacts are updated in PowerSchool. Students can only be released to guardians and emergency contacts.

Unfortunately, due to our growing student enrollment, we will be unable to accommodate lunch visitors this year. There will be special events and days throughout the school year for parents to come eat lunch with their children. These days will be announced ahead of time so you have time to make arrangements. We appreciate your understanding.

Monthly Lunch Menu

Our cafeteria staff is working to create a healthy menu for Monday and Tuesday! The menu for Wednesday through Friday will be the same menu as this week that we missed.

Horry County School provides parent resources that benefit you and your child. Please click the links below for more information and parenting tips.

Parents Make the Difference(Elementary)--English(January)

Parents Make the Difference(Elementary)--Spanish (January)

Parents Make the Difference(Early Childhood)--English(January)

Parents Make the Difference(Early Childhood)--Spanish(January)

Doors open in the morning at 7:00am and students have the option of eating breakfast in the cafeteria or waiting in the gym. At 7:20am, the bell will ring and students will be escorted to their classrooms by their teachers. The final bell, signifying the start of the school day, rings at 7:30am. Students that arrive after 7:30am will be marked tardy and will not be able to eat breakfast.

Dismissal begins at 2:30pm daily for bus riders and car riders. If you must pick your child up before 2:30 dismissal, please do so by 1:45. SES office hours are 7:00am - 4:00pm.

We will not be permitting outside treats for student birthdays in the building. Your child's birthday is acknowledged on our school-wide morning news show so the whole school can wish him/her a "happy birthday." Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Our SES Mission: SES students will become caring, productive citizens and lifelong learners.

Our SES Vision: At SES all children will be loved, valued, challenged and supported so they can reach their full potential.

Email: sschubiger@horrycountyschools.net
Website: https://www.horrycountyschools.net/Socastee_Elementary
Location: 4223 Socastee Boulevard, Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
Phone: 843-650-2606
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hcssocasteeelementaryschool