The Compass

School will not be in session on:

• Monday, Dec 23 - Jan 3, 2025 - Winter Break

To provide additional support to our families, we want to share the timeline for information regarding the new schools and student assignment.

The board has recently approved the student assignment plan. You can find more information on the Student Assignment website.

Timeline:

• Dec. 4 - Specific message to all families that are eligible for a stability transfer will be sent by WCPSS

• Dec. 4-18 - Stability Transfer process dates

We will continue to update this timeline and provide information from WCPSS Office of Student Assignment.

Some of our community members has asked for the PTA to host this soft sale of GoPlaySave Books. This is being done for those families who are interested in purchasing a book. A more formal sale will not be held this year as this is simply being provided as a courtesy to our community.

If you are interested, please feel free to order a book at http://goplaysavetriangle.com/c8cfdf0fe

Students will be taking NC Check-Ins on the following dates:

• Dec 10 - 5th Grade Math
• Dec 16 - 5th Grade Science
• Jan 14 - 3rd Grade Math
• Jan 22 - 4th Grade Math

For Field Trips and other school related payments, please use School Cash Online which is the WCPSS preferred method of payment.

https://wcpss.schoolcashonline.com/

This week, our school community will focus on the Other People Mindset of Supporting Others When They Struggle. This means when other people are struggling, we do our best to help them out.

Supporting other people when they struggle is a critical part of being human. There are many different approaches to helping people who are struggling. These can include listening while they describe an event and their feelings about it, taking action to help people in need, or simply being there and sitting together in silence. Everyone faces tough days and needs support, and this support leads to a chain of prosocial behavior that makes us feel good about ourselves and our group.

To practice and encourage this Other People Mindset at home, please visit The Positivity Project’s mobile-friendly P2 for Families (available in English and Spanish), where you will watch a video together and discuss a quote and three questions. Below are links to this week’s P2 for Families lessons. Click on the grade level that best meets your child’s needs.

Pre-K–K

Grades 1–2

Grades 3–5

Grades 6–8

Grades 9–12

Check out our school's Buccaneer Gear: https://bceshs.itemorder.com/shop/home/

Our PTA has worked with a vender to ensure this link is open ALL YEAR!

Please only select ONE time period per family. This allows two families an option each day to have lunch with their children.

We are excited to offer the opportunity for parents and visitors to have lunch with students once again. However, in order to ensure safety, manage space limitations, and to ensure the process is successful we must maintain guidelines and expectations for logistics. Please read the expectations and logistics on the sign up.

We have been working this summer to update the Buckhorn Creek Parent/Student Handbook for the 2023-2024 School year. Please feel free to begin reviewing this document for information about our school.

2024-2025 Buckhorn Creek Parent/Student Handbook

December

• Dec 16 - Chorus Concert - 6pm
• Dec 17 - PTA Cultural Arts Assembly - Dancing Drums
• Dec 21-Jan 2 - Winter Break

January

• Jan 6 - School resumes

Email: dsimons@wcpss.net
Website: www.wcpss.net/BuckhornCreekES
Location: 5651 Honeycutt Road, Holly Springs, NC, USA
Phone: (919) 694-8970
Twitter: @BuckhornCreekES