Queens Creek Elementary School

• December 18: End of the Grading Period
  
• December 19-January 4: No School (Winter Break)
• January 5: Students return to school
• January 5-29: iReady Math & Reading Diagnostic Window.
  
• January 11-15: 5th Earth Sciences Benchmark Window
• January 18: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday - No School
• January 21: Sweeter Things Spirit Night

Flashlight Scavenger Hunt
Take advantage of the early winter sunset with flashlight indoor scavenger hunt when the sun goes down. Turn off your lights to make it extra dark. See who can find the most things that begin with the letter “a” (or another letter), or go on a shape hunt to see who can find the most circles, squares, etc. The answers will be illuminating.

CLICK HERE to access the December Choice Board. It has loads of activities for learning, reading, coding, creating and singing.

Seven of our fifth graders prepared a performance that was supposed to take place at Swansboro High on Dec. 5. The performance was canceled, but Dr. Bazzy recorded the students during their last practice at QCE. Here is the link to their four songs. It's not a big ol' performance with costumes and choreography and all that, just a little something to get you in the holiday spirit. Enjoy!

Click here to learn more about the QCE Relay for Life Team.

• What is Relay for Life?
• How does it help with cancer research and treatments?
• How do I donate?
• How can I help?

Below you will find two resources. The first is a link to a PowerPoint presentation. It is a requirement that we share this information with the parents. The second is a link to a survey that allows us to document that we have shared the Title 1 information with you and allow you to give us feedback on how we are doing. Please take a moment and share with us.

It is very important that car rider parents to not entered the shared campus of Swansboro High School and Queens Creek Elementary School before 2:45. Our line quickly backs up and begins to interfere with High School dismissal. Because of this, cars that arrive prior to 2:45 will be asked to leave campus and return after 2:45. Thank you for your understanding.

If you received a letter from the nurse, please turn in the paperwork requested to avoid exclusion from school.

In accordance to NC Department of Health and Human Services, OCS has updated the daily screening questions to include members of the household. If your child's situation warrants an affirmative response to any of these questions, the staff of QCE are required to follow the plan outlined in the Flow Chart below.

1. Do you know if you have been around anyone diagnosed with COVID-19?
2. Since you were last at school, have you had a fever, chills, had trouble breathing, been coughing, or lost your sense of taste or smell?
3. Since you were last at school, has anyone in your household developed a fever, chills, had trouble breathing, been coughing, or lost your sense of taste or smell?
4. Have you been diagnosed with COVID-19?

COVID-19 Screening Flow Chart

Student chargers can easily get mixed up between siblings and friends. At the beginning of the school year all chargers were checked out labeled with the student's name.

Please review with your child/children the importance of this tape.

1. It identifies their charger as belonging to them.
2. If they do not turn in their charger at the end of the school year, it is a $17.00 replacement cost.
3. The tape should be covering the QR code. The QR code can get worn off over time and if it can't be scanned, I can't be sure that it is their charger.

PLASTIC:

- Five plastic bottles (PET) recycled provides enough fiber to create one square feet of carpet or enough fiber fill to fill one ski jacket.

- Americans throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour.

- Recycling one ton of plastic bottles saves the equivalent energy usage of a two person household for one year.

(Source: https://www.recycleacrossamerica.org/recycling-facts)

*PLEASE make sure to recycle your plastic bottles!!

The QCE Kindergarten Team is collecting dried up markers to donate to Crayola as part of the Crayola ColorCycle program. Crayola repurposes old markers and converts them into energy and wax compounds, recycling every part of the marker no matter the assembly or type of plastic. The markers do not have to be Crayola brand, the program accepts any and all markers. If you or your students have any markers that dry up, instead of throwing them away, please consider donating them to a kindergarten teacher to contribute to the ColorCycle program. Thank you!

Email: michelle.staley@onslow.k12.nc.us
Website: www.onslow.k12.nc.us/queenscreekes
Location: 159 Queens Creek Road, Swansboro, NC, USA
Phone: (910)326-5115
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QCEgators

Parents, you can now pay all fees online. Please click the button below to set up your account. It is fast and secure.

Car Rider Parents, Please continue to display the yellow window card until your child enters your car. The best place to display the yellow card is over the passenger side visor. This will assist the staff to quickly load the students into the cars safely.

All afternoon transportation changes will happen within the School Dismissal Manager system. This eliminates the need for notes that don't always reach the teachers or emails to the front office that might not be seen until after dismissal. All changes need to happen before 2:00pm. At 2:15pm each teacher is sent an email with a list of all his/her students and how each one is getting home.

If you still have not claimed your account, please email either the jill.yager@onslow.k12.nc.us or michelle.staley@onslow.k12.nc.us and they will assist you.