The Compass

As a reminder, there is NO SCHOOL on the following days:

• Wednesday, January 24 - Teacher Work Day

January 25th - 5:00-7:00pm

All grade levels, K-5, will be showing their amazing EL work. Museum experience to see students displayed work.

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Grand-Persons are invited to join their favorite Buccaneers for lunch! You are invited to have lunch during their scheduled lunch time in the cafeteria. This can be a time to enjoy your new book from the book fair while you eat with your Buccaneer!

We kindly request that younger children not attend and limit to 2 Grand-Persons per student. Please list the names of the Grand-Persons on the slip below. You may bring your lunch or purchase in the cafeteria.

Adult Lunch (a la Carte Price): Entree $2.75 All sides $.75 each and milk $.75

Student Lunch $3.25

Menu for Feb 6th- Shredded Soft Chicken Tacos or Vanilla Yogurt Parfait with black beans and diced peaches or apple slices

*Please note: menu selection is subject to change due to availability

Invitations will be sent home in Tuesday Folders on January 23rd. Please complete the RSVP form and return it to your child's teacher by January 30th.

Book Fair will be here next week!

If you would like to donate to kids in our school that can’t afford to shop the Book Fair, you can by rounding up to the whole dollar with your purchases. When you round up, you are donating towards a fund that is distributed to these students to shop the Book Fair. You can always donate more than just rounding up.

If you can’t make the Book Fair and/or want to donate form home, you can donate to our school eWallet for these students with the link below.

https://shop.scholastic.com/ewallet/fund?lang=en_US&walletId=fa8a932e-ea13-4464-be5e-0264906d60cd

Make sure to create an eWallet and share with family and friends, so your student can shop with electronic funds at the Book Fair, so you don’t have to worry about lost cash, checks, or change. https://www.scholastic.com/bf/buckhorncreekelemschool2

We can use your help! Help work the Book Fair using the link below. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E4EADAD2FA6F58-46987039-buckhorn

Happy Reading!

This week our school community will be focusing on the character strength of Social Intelligence. Social intelligence means you are aware of other people’s thoughts and feelings. You understand why they do things.

Social intelligence refers to a person’s ability to understand and manage interpersonal relationships. It is distinct from a person’s IQ or “book smarts.” It includes an individual’s ability to understand, and act on, the feelings, thoughts, and behaviors of other people. This type of intelligence can take place “in the moment” of face-to-face conversations but also appears during times of deliberate thinking. It involves emotional intelligence and self-awareness.

Social intelligence helps individuals build relationships -- and is important to numerous aspects of a person’s life. It allows an individual to form friendships and alliances. And it assists a person against being taken advantage of. People with social intelligence can “read” other people’s faces and know what motivates them. Social intelligence builds over time and as a person ages. In this sense, it is similar to the character strength of perspective.

To practice and encourage the character strength of social intelligence with your child, please visit the Positivity Project’s P2 for Families (password: P2), where together you will watch a video, read a quote, and talk about the answers to three questions.

Have a wonderful week!

We encourage all parents to complete volunteer registration!!

The new Volunteer Registration Process is now open! Please take a moment and complete the registration process. You may begin the registration process today!

You must be registered as a volunteer if you are planning to support any of the below activities.

• Tutor (in person or online)
• Field trip chaperone
• Helping with the front office
• Activity/club sponsor
• Room parent
• Field day worker
• Regular/recurring readers for classrooms
• PTA members assisting in volunteer activities

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.

2023-2024 Buckhorn Creek Parent/Student Handbook

January

• Jan 24 - No School - Teacher Work Day
• Jan 25 - Quarter 2 Learning Celebration
• Jan 29 - PTA Spirit Night @ Texas Road House

February

• Feb 2 - Book Fair Begins
• Feb 6 - Grand-Persons' Day
• Feb 6 - Report Cards sent home
• Feb 8 - Book Fair Family Night
• Feb 19 - No School - Presidents' Day
• Feb 21 - Spring Picture Day

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