Eagle Family Weekly News

Our Champions are MADE: Motivated, Achievement-Focused, Determined, Exceptional.

We look forward to a truly remarkable year, our 25th Anniversary of winning for kids at East Lake!

Friendly Reminders:

• Morning Drop-Off time is 7:10 a.m. Students may not be left prior to that time and all students and parents should remain in their vehicles until that time.
• Parents may choose to park their cars in front parking spaces and walk their student to the front exterior doors only. Students may not be dropped off anywhere other than on the front curb (using right lane only) and, when opened, the Bus Lane.
• Vehicles should not pass cars or buses that are unloading children.
• School starts at 7:35 a.m. To avoid being counted as tardy, students should be inside their classroom at this time.

SOAR Behavior

In order to promote a safe, supportive, and secure learning environment, we believe our students should SOAR: Safe, On-Task, Accountable, and Respectful. Our students have lots of opportunities to be recognized for positive behavior choices within each of these domains. We do weekly Eagle Feather drawings for prizes. Students also earn entry into our Behavior Celebration days that occur every 9 weeks. We also recognize behaviors randomly with various prizes and recognition.

What happens when students do not make positive choices?

• For minor classroom disruptions that occur repeatedly during a school day, we have a 5 Step Behavior Plan that offers opportunities to conference with teacher, practice appropriate choices, and reflect on actions and consider how those choices impact others. The final step of the plan involves parent notification by sending a copy of the Citation form home. If a student receives more than one citation within that 9-week period, they lose the opportunity to attend the Behavior Celebration.
• For behavior violations that are aligned to our HCS Code of Conduct, a behavior referral is submitted to Ms. Flowers, Ms. Southern, and Ms. Varian. If this referral is processed, the consequence is issued (based on guidance from the Code of Conduct), and the student is not permitted to attend the behavior celebration.

What can parents do to help?

• Please be aware of school expectations (the behavior matrix is listed below) and encourage your child to make good choices.
• Please reiterate the importance of being Safe, On-Task, Accountable, and Respectful as they make choices at home and school.

Stay Connected:

• Please make sure to get connected to your classroom Class Dojo account.
• Our teachers include all types of valuable information in their weekly newsletters for families. You can find information about what your child will be learning over the next week, testing dates, schedules, etc. Be sure to check it out!
  
• If you haven't checked out Henry Connects, look at the QR code below. This is a great tool developed to connect families with learning between home and school.

• You can also follow our Social Media accounts to keep up with the fun throughout the year.
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eastlakehcs
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eastlake_hcs/
• X (formerly known as Twitter): https://x.com/eastlake_hcs

Let's make this a great week, East Lake!
Dana Flowers

Principal

It's been a great week at East Lake. Here area few snapshots of our students in the building.

Please note: We will be completing our MAP makeup sessions this week. Please be sure your child comes to school each day with a fully charged Chromebook.

Monday:

• The fall gifted testing season begins! Parents, you will be notified if your child will be tested for gifted this year.
• Board of Education Meeting: 7 p.m.

Tuesday:

• Happy Birthday to our favorite School Resource Officer! East Lake loves you, Officer Ramsey!

Wednesday:

• Fall Picture Day (individual photos only; class picture date is September 25)

Thursday:

• PTO Kona Ice Pre-Order Forms are DUE
• PTO Memberships are DUE to be considered for classroom prize selection

Friday:

• Family Night Friday! Please send pictures of your game nights, football fun, or otherwise for a chance to be featured in an upcoming edition of the Eagle Family Weekly News. Email dana.flowers@henry.k12.ga.us

We greatly appreciate all who are willing to help. You can volunteer by clicking here.

This is a HUGE event for our school! We appreciate PTO for helping coordinate some volunteers that will partner with our school as we plan a great event for all. You can volunteer by clicking here.

• We recognize two parties per year in our classrooms. Outside of those school-planned events, parents may not bring outside food to share with students who are not their own.
• For birthday celebrations, parents may choose to send in Goody Bags for each classmate (without any food or candy within) for teachers to distribute. This allows all students to participate regardless of food allergy, etc.
• Neither teachers nor students are permitted to delivery birthday (or any other) invitations to students in the class.

• Student cell phones (and other digital devices, including AirPods and smart watches) are to be turned off and left in student backpacks for the duration of the school day, which includes transportation on the school bus.

Each year, there are adjustments made to the HCS Code of Conduct. This is the guide used to determine consequences for behavior violations, and can be a helpful reference tool for conversations with school staff and with families.

1. No lunch visitors will be permitted until August 29th. This allows us an opportunity to establish and practice lunch routines and procedures with all students.
2. To maximize opportunities for peer interaction and to ensure all guests have a pleasant lunch experience, it is preferred that students have no more than one lunch visit per week.
3. Parents may not bring outside food to share with students who are not their own. This policy includes birthday celebrations and lunch visits. Unless requested by a teacher, parents may not bring goody bags with snacks inside for students.
4. Food delivery orders (Uber, GrubHub, etc.) will not be accepted for students/parents.
5. Visitors are only permitted to report to the Eagle Café for the duration of lunch. Lunch Visitors are not permitted to travel with the class once their lunch period has ended. Lunch visits are not an opportunity for any parent/teacher conference.

· August 1st – August 2nd: Parents may walk their students to class on these days only. Please park your car in a parking space and enter through the main entrance in front of the building.

· Beginning August 5th: Parents may park their vehicle in a parking space in the front of the school and walk their student(s) to the exterior front doors only.