Eagle Wings
Week of December 15th
Principal's Message
It was a great week to be an Eagle! Last week I was able to see students in our TAG classes work through productive struggles as they built towers out of pipe cleaners. I also saw 2nd grade students learning about the Wright Brothers and text detail. Some of our families came out to enjoy an evening of fun in the gym with Ms. Morris competing in cosmic bowling and students in our AU & ID classes showed off their bowling skills during Special Olympics bowling.
This week we'll enjoy celebrating the end of the semester and our hard work with holiday parties and our 1st annual Day of Play.
Please take a moment to watch this month's "Top 3 Things" video.
Yours in partnership,
Ms. Crawford
Reminders about Book Care
One of the fundamental lessons in the library is book care and responsibility. Recently, books have been returned damaged by water, juice, or other means. Please help your child practice care by putting books in a safe material (reusable bags, plastic bags, etc.) and keep books safe from mealtime. Please note that it is school and district policy to pay for lost or damaged books. Contact Ms. Falkenberg (falkenberga1@fultonschools.org) with questions or concerns.
Alpharetta Police Department Sub-Station at AES
As some of you know, we have recently partnered with the City of Alpharetta to house a sub-station here at AES. Now Alpharetta PD can come into our building, work in a dedicated space and get to see our Eagles in action. This opportunity has been made possible by Alpharetta PD's community officer, Savannah Morton. If you have any questions, you can reach out to her directly at: smorton@alpharetta.ga.gov
Lunch Visitors
In order to ensure safety across all areas of our school, we are now asking the following:
If visitor is here to have lunch with student:
- Visitor will show ID at the camera outside. Once let in- Front Office will greet the visitor and ask who they are here to have lunch with.
- Front office will look the student up on Infinite Campus
- If the name of the visitor is not listed on the Infinite Campus contact list, the primary contact will need to be called to get permission for the visitor to eat lunch.
- If the visitor is approved, they will need to sign in like normal and then sign back out.
Request for Remote Days
Students can substitute up to 5 absences per semester (a max of 10 per year) with a remote learning day by meeting the remote learning participation benchmarks listed in FCS policy. This would result in the student being counted as present for the day(s) they participate remotely.
- To be marked present, work must be submitted within 2 days of absence.
- Students may not use a remote learning day on a test day.
- Parent/guardian or student must notify teacher in advance to the start of the instructional day to utilize the participation benchmark rule.
- Schools will make their best effort to provide instruction given early notice.
- For security reasons, students who are out of the country may not participate in remote learning.
Please reach out to your child's teacher directly to start this process. You can click here for more information.
Morning Carpool & Arrival
A few important reminders about morning arrival:
- No left turn is allowed onto Mayfield between 7:10 and 7:40 a.m. Please adhere to the posted signs and traffic laws.
- Carpool ends at 7:35 a.m. If you arrive after 7:35 a.m., you will have to park and walk your child in the front door. If the bell rings during this time, you'll need to sign your child in on the Checkmate system outside the front door.
Reach out to our cafeteria manager, Ms. Blyther (blyther@fultonschools.org) with any questions.
PTO Newsletter
PTO now has their own newsletter. Be sure to click on the link and read all about the great things PTO does to help AES!
