English Village Family Edition

A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRINCIPALS:

Greetings, everyone!

Welcome to or welcome back to English Village Elementary School! We are so excited to see all of you and get started with the 2024-25 school year! This year promises to be an amazing year! We have been diligently preparing for the upcoming school year and can't wait to have students back in the building.

We hope that your Summer has been a good one filled with fun and relaxation, and time with family and friends. We have had a good Summer and have enjoyed some of those same things along with the slower pace.

Please remember that we will have our Meet and Greets during the afternoon of Tuesday, September 3 as noted in the Welcome Back packet that you received. We hope that you can join us! We greatly value the home/school partnership and look forward to our work with you to provide the best education possible for your children. Please take time to make sure that you stay connected with your child's teacher as well as our school in general. There will be lots of opportunities to do so!

Here's to a successful school year filled with lots of learning and growth! Thank you for your involvement and care, be well, and have a great day!

Sincerely,

Jason Lewis

Rosa Bellone

School Improvement Plan Information

School Improvement Plan Information:

Our school is required to create a School Improvement Plan (SIP). The SIP is a document that is created to focus our work that we do at school and move us to continually improve instruction. There are three required goals for our SIP. The first goal is an Academic Achievement Goal. Our focus this year will be on Math, specifically Math Word Problem solving. Our staff will hone in on providing instruction and support that helps students to improve these skills as well as all related skills that are required to solve Math Word Problems. Your support of this goal at home would be greatly appreciated! Please consider taking time to read with your children and work on Math Word Problems with them at home. You may contact your child's teacher for suggestions and resources. Thank you for your partnership!

9/3/24: Meet and Greet and Ice Cream Social 12-3pm

9/4/24: First Day of School

9/9/24: PTA Fundraiser Starts

9/18/24: PTA Meeting at 6:30pm

9/30/24: PTA Fundraiser Ends

10/9/24: Open House - Time TBD

10/11/24: Superintendent Day No School Prek-12

10/14/24: Columbus/Indigenous People Day No School Prek-12

English Village Breaking News

Important Arrival and Dismissal Information

Drop Off/Pick-Up Reminders 2024-2025

Morning Drop-Off

Arrival is from 8:40am - 8:50am

-Pull as far as possible in the lane closest to the sidewalk/school in the car circle (east circle)

-Wait in line or in your car until 8:40am when the cafeteria doors are opened for arrival by EV Staff.

-Walk your child up to the door and drop them off there.

**Please note that only students are allowed to enter our school through the cafeteria entrance. Absolutely no family members or any other adults will be allowed to enter there due to safety precautions.

-Promptly return to your car and pull ahead/exit so that other families are able to drop their children off in a timely manner.

Afternoon Pick-up

Dismissal is from 3:15pm - 3:25pm

- Pull into our car loop and get into line

-Pull up as far as possible in the lane that is open and closest to the sidewalk/building

-Make sure to have your picture ID ready to show a staff member

-The use of the Pikmykid app is highly recommended and will help the process to go more smoothly for all.

-You will be checked in by a staff member.

**Students will be put in line to be dismissed in the order that parents arrive.

-Do not exit your car at any time to retrieve your child. Your child will be brought to your car by an EV staff member in the order that you arrive.

-Do not approach the cafeteria door to retrieve your child as he/she will be brought to you at your car.

-Do not leave your car unattended in the car loop

-Once your child is in the car please pull ahead and exit the car loop when directed by the EV Staff.

Pikmykid Info

The Pikmykid app is used during car rider dismissal. Please follow the directions below to download and utilize the application.

Important Reminder from our Attendance Team

A Note from our Nurse Sue McCarthy

Please keep a change of clothes in your child's backpack in case of accidents or spills. We would appreciate it if you could wash any borrowed clothes and have your students return them to the nurse's office so that others can borrow them.

Community School Information

Stacey Remillard

Community Schools Site Coordinator

This is my third year as the Community School’s Site Coordinator at English Village Elementary School. It has been wonderful meeting and building relationships with our parents, students and staff! I have two students within the school district and have lived in Greece for over 20 years. I have worked with Greece Central School District for three years and am looking forward to continuing my journey to provide our school community with more opportunities for support and resources within our community. Our team looks forward to partnering with our families and if there is anything I can help with please feel free to email me stacey.remillard@greececsd.org or contact our Community Schools line at 585-966-3858.

Katy Cooper

Parent Engagement and Support Coordinator

English Village and Lakeshore Elementary

I am ecstatic to return for the 3rd year as Parent Coordinator. This year I am looking forward to bringing more fun events to our English Village families. I myself am an English Village Alumni and have 2 children that attend Greece. My son’s attend English Village and Lakeshore. As a parent, I understand many perspectives and look forward to collaborating with your family. I look forward to partnering with families to serve the English Village and Lakeshore Communities. Please contact me at Katy.Cooper@greececsd.org