East Side News
April 2023
Contact Us
East Side Office - 405-258-1872
Lisa Almand, Principal
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Look What's Been Going On at East Side
Fun Run Success!
Thank you so much to our students and their families for the incredible fundraising efforts! We met our goal and we will be putting that to good use this summer and fall! Thank you East Side Family
Coke Rewards!
We collect bottle tops from all Coca-Cola products and turn them in for money for our school. Bring your donations anytime!!
Spring Weather
Temps are unpredictable. We are not expecting anymore freezing temps, it is still very chilly during morning recess. Please send a jacket with your student each day!
Let's Improve Attendance in 2023!
We are working hard at improving attendance!! Please make sure students are here and on time every day for learning!
What's Happening?!?
April/May 2023
April 3 - 2nd grade field trip
April 6 - 1st grade field trip
April 7 - No School
April 21 - Pop and Popcorn
April 27 - PK field trip
April 28 - No School
May 4 - Rise and Shine @2:15pm
May 5 - No school
May 8-9 - 2nd grade talent show
May 11 - Last Day of School
ONE SCHOOL, ONE BOOK!!
Each month, East Side students and families will enjoy the same book! It will be posted here and we will talk about it in class as well! Reading aloud to your child is the single greatest activity you can do to improve their reading skills! Life is better with BOOKS!!!
Arrival and Dismissal at East Side
Arrival
- Students should not arrive before 7:40am. Doors will not open until 7:40am and students are tardy at 8:05am. Thank you for getting to school on time!
- If your child arrives after 8:05am, please make sure they have eaten. Breakfast is not guaranteed for students arriving late.
- Parents may park in the parking lot and walk students across the street OR parents can stay in their car and drop students off in the drop-off line. Students MUST exit the passenger side of the car and be able to do so without assistance. Also, please have students ready to exit the car quickly. We will try to unload 6 cars at a time if possible. Please do not have your child wait until you pull all the way forward as this really slows down the drop-off line.
Dismissal
- Parents MUST park in the parking lot and walk across the street to use the walk-up door. Do not park on the street as this is the bus lane.
- Please make sure your sign is visible in the car line and keep it up all the way through the line. All teachers on duty will look for that sign to ensure students get into the correct vehicles.
Amazing things happening at EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY!!!
Echo!!!
Echo is our FUNdations master. This friend teaches us so much about reading!
Geodes!!!
East Side Teacher's TOOLBOX!!!
Science of Reading
Our teachers are trained in the Science of Reading through the LETRS program. East Side teachers are equipped with the knowledge of current research and strategies to effectively teach reading to all students. https://sde.ok.gov/scienceofreading
Oklahoma Academic Standards
Oklahoma Academic Standards serve as expectations for what students should know and be able to do by the end of the school year and are written by Oklahomans for Oklahoma. https://sde.ok.gov/oklahoma-academic-standards
The Heggerty program will be used for Phonological Awareness!
Heggerty is an awesome program for young readers and helps them understand words and sounds!
FUNdations will be used for Phonics, Spelling, Handwriting, and more!
FUNdations is a multi-sensory, systematic program teaching phonics to students PreK and up!
Into Reading is our newly adopted reading curriculum!
Into Reading will provide students with engaging reading opportunities to maximize their comprehension of literature!
NEW!! We have added Geodes decodable readers to classroom libraries!!!
Saxon Math
East Side will continue to use Saxon Math to teach students fundamental math readiness skills!
ClassDojo
Make sure have joined ClassDojo through your child's teacher. Schoolwide messages are also sent this way!!
Infinite Campus
https://chandlerok.infinitecampus.org/campus/chandler.jsp Provides families with real-time access to grades, schedules, attendance and more!!