Happy Fall Panthers,

The month of September has been amazing. The month of October will even be better. It is Attendance Awareness Month. It is so important that students attend school EVERY DAY to develop the skills they need. We are at about 91% attendance and always are shooting for 95%. Please have your students at school every day. Students fall behind quickly when absent or tardy.

Celebrate ATTENDANCE with us through participating in Spirit Week this week and let's boost our attendance all week! SPIRIT WEEK: September 30-October 5th.

October 2nd is Picture Day! We are so excited to see you Dress Your Best and show who you are this Wednesday for the 24-25 school year!

Students will preview the book fair this week! There will be daily opportunities for students to purchase at the scholastic book fair this week and next week

It will also be open to families for Parent Teacher Conferences from 4:00-7:15 PM on October 7th and 8th.

All funds are scholastic dollars that are used for the library and school materials throughout the building.

We are excited to see you next week for conferences on Monday or Tuesday. Please make sure you schedule a time with your students teacher.

The Book Fair will also be open to families. Please stop by and support our school!

Join Us for our annual MONSTER MASH - GLOW BASH from 5:00-7:00 PM on October 25th! Where activities will be done in the "DARK!" Let's Glow Panthers!

At the end of October comes Halloween, but not every class does the same thing. Here is some basic information.

Costumes

Students are welcome to wear costumes to school if they choose. Costumes must be:

• School appropriate costumes

• No face covering or full face makeup

• No weapons or blood

Parties

Parties will occur, per teacher discretion, for no more than one hour during the school day.

Visitors, volunteers, activities and treats are per teacher.

NOTE: Any visitors must sign in through our RAPTOR system. Volunteers must have a completed and approved background check!

Please look for your classroom newsletters for further guidance and RSVP to support quick Raptor entry.

Our school wide called PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention Supports) system, recognizes students using common language to show our Panther P.R.I.D.E. values in all spaces. Our P.R.I.D.E. values are:

Prepared - being ready for what’s next in all spaces

Respect - Caring and thoughtful words and actions toward others in all spaces

Integrity - doing what is right when no one is looking

Dedicated - Persevere and not give up when things are hard

Excellence - Doing your best at all times

Students earn Panther Paw tickets for demonstrating PRIDE behavior throughout the school. Then students can shop in their classroom store and at our large Paw-Mart School store.

We are half way through our World's Finest Chocolate Fundraiser. Keep up the selling!! We are thrilled to to have this event that supports student resources, projects, our PBIS system, recess equipment, activities/field trips, as well as supplies and trainings and celebrations for our certified staff to enhance our student learning experiences.

UPCOMING PTO EVENTS :

October 10th

-PTO Meeting

October 25th

-Monster Mash Glow Bash 5:00 PM -7:00PM

-CANDY DONATIONS NEEDED

-VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

-Keep an eye out for more details coming soon!

November 21st:
-PTO Meeting

December 19th

-PTO Meeting

The start of a school year is wonderful. Students should show off their smile at our Fall Picture Day! Its is so fun to see how much students grow throughout the year and K-6.

VISITORS:

All visitors need to use the front entrance only for entry, ring the bell and present a photo ID and scanned through our school safe RAPTOR system! If at any point you are coming in the front entrance of the school building please do not hold the door for the person behind you as we need to screen each person individually before allowing access to the building. If there is someone behind you feel free to say: "The office will need to buzz you in as a safety precaution."

END OF DAY:

We kindly ask that if you need to pick up your student(s) from school early, please arrive before 3:00 PM. After 3:00 PM, our staff is focused on ensuring a safe and organized dismissal process. Your cooperation in adhering to this request would greatly support our efforts in maintaining a secure environment for all students. The front office is often busy and not always fully staffed at this time. We are not able to guarantee calling your student down in a timely manner.

Arrival and Dismissal HUG and GO:

• Please only use the main driveline when dropping students off or picking students up at the front driveline.

• PLEASE Do Not enter the school parking lot to drop students off or pick up students!

• Please keep students in the car until you make it to thefront of the school with our staff where we can support the front 3-4 cards for safety reasons. We prefer students to exit their car on the closest sidewalk side.

• Parents should drop off students and continue to drive. No parking is allowed in the hug and go lane.

• Parents please do not exit your car.

• Parents please avoid crossing through the driveline without our front driveline attendant for safety reasons.

• If you need to park please use the parent parking lot!

During the Day:

• If you are visiting during you MUST park in the Visitor spaces or parent parking lot.
• Do Not Park in the driveline/Firelane - this pathway must be open at all times
• Adults must check in with the Raptor system at the front office for entry into the building