We know many Veterans are here at ESS and we would like to honor you!

Veterans- YOU ARE INVITED! Elizabeth Shelton School would like to honor YOU this upcoming Veterans Day.

If you have a family member (or you yourself) that is a Veteran, we would like to have the honor of their (your) attendance at a special event on Friday, November 8, 2024 from 9:30am - 10:30am.

Students and their Veteran will parade through the entire school starting outside by the fourth grade wing and going all the way through to the second grade wing while we give you our thanks!

After that you will be invited down to a classroom to participate in a question and answer session. If you have a favorite book to share, please bring that too

If you have a student in more than one classroom, we will assign you to one classroom only and the other student will join you.

Please submit the form below for any Veteran that is able to attend. Please fill out separate forms for separate Veterans if more than one will be attending from your family.

Please complete this form by November 1, 2024

*Due to the size limitations of our school, in compliance with the fire code, the invitation is limited to Veterans only

Current News-

It was so nice seeing all of you at Parent Conferences. Thank you for being part of your child's education.

We raised $800 for the Valley Goes Pink-thank you to everyone who participated and congrats to grade 2 for raising the most money overall! They earned extra recess

Thank you to Mrs Kilcoyne and Mrs Dudeff for organizing the Book Fair and to all the volunteers-we couldn't do it without you!

Have a great weekend--Mrs Weber

Old News-

Please remember if you are picking your child up early to let us know ahead of time so that the teacher knows and the students are prepared. If not, it may take some time to locate your child during lunch/recess and they may not be as quick as you need them to be.

if you have a change of custodial arrangements, no changes to IC or dismissal plans may be made without a copy of court documentation.

Please remind your student that if they have a cell phone they should NOT be using it during the school day and if you get a text from them, please call school instead of responding.

The school playground is closed to the public from 8:45-4:00. If you bring younger siblings, they cannot go on until after dismissal. Thank you for your assistance with this.

Please make sure all water bottles, lunchboxes and clothing items are labeled with your child's name. We have a large collection already

Dismissal changes MUST be communicated to the front office even if you send your child's teacher a Dojo message-you must email Mrs Roberto and Mrs Quinlan with the changes-thank you!

Please only send water or juice boxes in with your child-Starbucks, Dunkin, Prime and Monster energy drinks as well as sodas or seltzers should remain at home .

Important reminder that we are nut and peanut free school. We have students with severe allergies. Thank you for helping keep everyone safe!

Have a great weekend--Mrs Weber

• Tuesday October 29-Fire Safety Day
• Wednesday October 30-Book character day
• Thursday October 31-Black/Orange day-no costumes allowed

November

• Monday November 4 Picture Day-all students will have an individual and class photo taken
• Tuesday November 5-Election Day-No School
• Wednesday November 6-Hat Day
• Thursday November 7 & Friday November 8-VIsion Screening-Lions Club-all students will have their vision screened with the nurse
• Friday November 8- Veteran's Recognition-information above, Red/White/Blue Day
• Monday November 11-Red/White/Blue Day, Energy Academy Assembly-Grades 3&4
• Wednesday November 13-BOE Meeting, World Kindness Day, Red Cross Assembly-K--2 students
• Thursday November 14-PTO Meeting-6:00
• Monday November 18-Dance Assembly-all grades
• Friday November 22-Early Dismissal
• Monday November 25-JA in a Day
• Tuesday November 26- Early dismissal
• Wednesday November 27- Early dismissal day, Shelton Day-black and orange
• Thursday November 28-Sunday December 1-Thanksgiving Break

• Please be sure you have read and have familiarized yourself with all the rules/expectations at ESS-especially about morning arrival and afternoon dismissal https://www.smore.com/app/pages/preview/mh5j6

• Link to our school website which contains lots of information-http://elizabethshelton.sheltonpublicschools.org/home_page

Recyclables for Imagineering Time-there is a new initiative next year which students will be incorporating project based learning activities into their everyday schedule

Please consider rinsing out and saving the following items for students to use during Imagineering time:

• Clean plastic containers and/or lids (cool whip, yogurt, etc)

• Egg cartons

• Fruit containers

• Paper scraps (tissue paper, wrapping paper)

• Paper towel rolls

• Rolls of tape

• Twist ties

• Pipe cleaners

• Craft items (ribbon, paper scraps, stickers, foam shapes)

• Old gift bags

• Scraps of clean cloth/fabric

• Popsicle sticks

• Empty Tissue boxes

• Plastic water bottles

• Plastic bottle caps

• Toilet paper rolls

• Clean Take out containers & lids

• Cardboard boxes

• Fabric pieces

• Yarn/string

• Plastic cutlery

• Paper plates

• Drinking straws (various sizes/shapes)

• Plastic pipes/tubing

• Styrofoam/foam

• Plastic/paper cups

• Cable zip ties

• Pie tin pans

• Bubble wrap

• Packing peanuts

• Toothpicks/skewers

• Milk cartons, styrofoam/cardboard lunch trays & fruit cups (from the cafeteria)

• Gently used Legos, blocks, toys