The Raven Report

Monday, July 29th: Open House

• 6th Grade Open House: 4:45-5:45
• 7th and 8th Grade: 5:30-6:15

August 1st: 1st day of School

• School begins @ 7:40
• Drop off between 7:10-7:35
• Drop off and pick procedures listed below

Georgia law requires that all 7th grade students are up-to-date on immunizations prior to the beginning of the school year. Please ensure that your child receives the required vaccinations before returning to school in August. Contact Nurse Jamie with any questions.

jamie.vanderark@sccpss.com

Students must have the Sports Physical and Athletic Packet on file with Coach Winter Frost-Roundtree, our Athletic Director, prior to participating in tryouts. Sports physicals are valid for one calendar year.

The SCCPSS athletics packets may be found at this link.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C2bDY-R6g-R3bNo7JWvN2ooVwnIlU3vu/view

Starting at the beginning of Quarter 1, the attendance team will email out attendance letters when your child has been absent for 3 or more days. Letters will not be sent if days are excused absences. These letters will include the dates of the absences and request parent or doctor excuses. Examples of the letters have been included below.

3 Day Attendance Letter

5 Day Attendance Letter

Free and Reduced Lunch Application/Meal Prices/Menus

https://www.sccpss.com/district/operations/snp

Please use the link below to sign-up for SchoolCash Online

https://sccpss.schoolcashonline.com/

Use the link below to view uniform guidelines:

Please see the student handbook for more details:

Our goal is to create an environment that enhances learning and minimizes distractions. To support this, we will ensure that personal technology devices are not present in the learning space during school hours. We strongly encourage parents NOT to send students to school with cell phones, personal devices of any kind, and/or Smart Watches. Bluetooth earbuds are not permitted. Personal devices brought to school will be collected and stored until the end of the school day.

The STEM Academy @ Bartlett is a 1-to-1 iPad school. Each student is expected to bring a fully charged school issued iPad to school daily. Students will use their iPad daily in multiple classes. Only wired headphones are allowed at school.

We are thrilled to announce the release of our newly revised 2024-2025 Student Handbook! This comprehensive guide is designed to provide students and parents with all the essential information needed for a successful and enriching school year at The STEM Academy @ Bartlett.

Students and parents are expected to adhere to the guidelines in the student handbook. These guidelines have been put in place to protect the learning environment and provide a safe, structured school for all. Many adjustments were made based on feedback from parents, students, staff, and the community to ensure we are providing the best, safest, and most equitable learning experience for everyone. Some areas with major revisions are listed below:

New: Technology Guidelines/Cell Phone Policy (pages 14-15)

New: Dress Code/Student Uniforms/Non-uniform and Spirit Wear Days (page 21)

Appendix I: Cafeteria Meals/Outside Food Guidelines/Celebrations (page 24)

Appendix II: Uniform Violation Guidelines and Next Steps (page 25)

We believe these updates will further enhance the learning experience and help us maintain a positive and productive school community.

Click the link below to view all information regarding STEM ipads.

Please click on "School Supply List" to access this year's supply list.

Morning drop off is 7:10 am -7:40 am. The earliest drop off time is 7:10 am. There will not be adult supervision available prior to 7:10 am. School begins promptly at 7:40 am. Students are expected to have eaten breakfast (if they chose to eat breakfast at school), be in their classrooms and ready to engage in learning by 7:40 am.

Dismissal of 6th grade, 8th grade, and carpool begins at 2:35 pm. Dismissal of 7th grade students begins at 2:45. All students will need to be picked up by 3:10 pm.

We ask that you please be patient and follow the directions of staff members and campus police to ensure car rider drop off and pick up are safe for everyone.

To assist with traffic flow, we have developed a color code system to designate car riders by grade level. Parents will be able to pick up their assigned color card at open house in the cafeteria. We ask that parents write their child's first and last name on the color card to display in your windshield during morning drop off and afternoon pick up.

6th Grade (Green)

7th Grade students whose team is on C-wing (Yellow)

7th Grade students whose team is on D-wing (Pink and Purple)

8th Grade (Blue)

Carpools (White)

Click on the link below for morning drop off and afternoon pick up directions for your color code.

Every parent/guardian should monitor his/her child's grades at least once a week. Parents can have direct access to each teacher's gradebook. Grades will begin posting after the 10th day of school and will be updated at least once per week. Student report cards will be viewable only online at the end of each quarter via Power School Parent Access.

If you had access last year at any SCCPSS school, your login information and access code remain the same. If you have never had access before, please use this link for accessing the Request for a PowerSchool Parent Access account.

Students should have access so they may monitor their own grades as well.

Important Reminder: Students may never bring medication of any type to school - no aspirin, Motrin, vitamins, prescriptions, inhalers, epi-pens, sunscreen, over-the-counter products, etc. All medication and over-the-counter products must be signed in with Nurse Jamie by a parent or guardian. A blank authorization form has been provided below.

jamie.vanderark@sccpss.com

With proper physician orders, inhalers and epi-pens may be issued to students by Nurse Jamie to carry on campus.

Join the STEM Academy PTSA today.

Visit: https://jointotem.com/ga/savannah/stem-academy-ptsa

School website: https://spwww.sccpss.com/schools/stem/Pages/default.aspx

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