Email: dupreet@usd231.com
Website: https://www.usd231.com/o/sunflower
Location: 775 North Center Street, Gardner, KS, USA
Phone: 913-856-3700
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sunflower-Elementary-2134875270174250/
Twitter: @SEEagles231
December 1: PTO Family Movie Night "The Grinch"
December 4: PTO Dine Out Fundraiser at Papa Johns
December 5: Site Council Meeting 6:00pm
PTO Meeting 7:00pm
December 6: Early Release Day 1:55pm
December 8: 3rd & 4th Grade Spelling Bee at 1:30pm
December 14: Polar Express Day & Winter Class Parties
December 15- January 3: Winter Break
January 4: Classes Resume
ALL ABOARD! The annual Sunflower Polar Express Tradition is soon returning! We need your help to make it a smooth train ride while pulling out all the stops!
On the sign up, you will find spots where you can sign up to come volunteer to take the "Hot Chocolate Cart" to a classroom (sign up is by grade level and not by specific classroom, but feel free to stop by and see your child even if you end up taking a cart to another classroom at that grade level)
We also have spots for ingredient donations. Please note, we are asking for MULTIPLE of each items so make sure you sign up correctly based on need and how many you are graciously willing to donate.
PLEASE SEND IN DONATIONS BY WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 5th!
Click this link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E44A8AD2FA75-46495004-sunflower#/
This semester's presentation of Sunflower's Got Talent will take place "live" during grade-level specials time on Wednesday, December 13th for Kdg through 4th grades.
Sign-ups are currently being accepted by completing the Google Form linked below. A parent signature is required to signify the talent to be displayed has been observed and deemed appropriate for school (including ALL lyrics).
Sign up online to be a role model at Sunflower! We promise you'll have the best day ever!
If you would like to order an official Watch D.O.G.S or Eagle M.O.M.S t-shirt, please fill out this form. Send cash or check to the Sunflower office. All shirts are $20.
Share Your Travels
Have you recently taken an amazing trip or have lived somewhere other than the Midwest? We would like to highlight the location on our new segments during announcements...World Wide Wednesday! Reach out to Mrs. Rains (rainsj@usd231.com) or Mr. Prall (prallg@usd231.com) with photos and we will do the rest.
Watch this video for our latest example. Share Your Travels Video
IF YOUR STUDENT...
...HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE due to illness, appointment, funeral or family emergency, please email the attendance line SEattendance@usd231.com as soon as possible. If we haven't heard from parents by 9:00 am, we will call to check on your child. You can also call in student absences to the absentee line at 913-856-3749.
...WILL BE LATE TO SCHOOL, please let our office know ahead of time (if possible). When your student arrives at school, they will need to stop by the office first, and the secretaries will give them a hall pass.
...WILL BE ABSENT BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING OUT OF TOWN, this is considered an UNEXCUSED absence, unless preapproved by Dr. Jones. Please do not just tell the teacher! Please request approval in writing by emailing Dr. Jones at jonesja@usd231.com.
...NEEDS TO LEAVE SCHOOL EARLY, you can call to let us know you are on your way, but students will not be called out of class UNTIL a parent is present to sign them out. Please plan ahead for appointments, as we would like to minimize missed class time. You will need to come into the office to sign your student out. You won't be able to park outside and call us to send your student out to you.
...HAS DIFFERENT DISMISSAL INSTRUCTIONS, please call the office as soon as possible. If change of dismissal instructions are received after 3:00 pm, we can do our best to relay the message to your student.
AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST...
If you notify your student's teacher of an absence, please also let the office know. Everybody's lives are crazy and busy...everybody's human...everybody can forget to forward an email on to the appropriate person. So, if you send an email to your student's teacher about an absence, please "cc" Terra (dupreet@usd231.com) and Janet (mcconvillej@usd231.com). That way, at least one of us gets the email and gets it taken care of right away. Thank you!!
The Sunflower Site Council will be meeting at 6 pm in the library on the following dates:
September 5, 2023, December 5, 2023, February 6, 2024, April 9, 2024
All meetings are open to the public.
Kansas schools are required to establish site councils composed of the principal, teachers and other school personnel, parents, business representatives, and other community groups.
Site councils have a responsibility to provide advice and counsel in the following areas: evaluating district and school performance goals and objectives, determining methods to meet those goals and objectives, and other areas as requested by the board of education.
Remember, the work of the site council is advisory only;
it makes recommendations, not decisions.
We invite everyone to join the Sunflower PTO Facebook page. By searching "Gardner Sunflower PTO" under Pages, you will be able to join the group and receive updated PTO information.
