News from the Castle

We had a tremendous year at the Castle and our team is very proud of the work your students put in. They have learned and grown significantly and I know they will continue to while they are at the Castle! We hope you all have an amazing summer and get some well deserved rest!

Please see info. below for different district camps and events this summer!

To register for the Northwestern Cheer Camp they would need to click the link: https://gofan.co/event/1519989?schoolId=SC1738&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYNYVRBBrq1HbURW-k7bi-Mhd5NyQr4pzUa0iLZ_-eGAgWExZ5KUfBtULY_aem_AYRcCyfuqI7Xce652K7FYQe9WZj3ayXQhf2rCjNIJotXcJqqCgsTeMS1snofX39cuYzhXbEQh15LeZtTlotXeapm

To register for RHHS Cheer Camp, please register here: https://gofan.co/event/1476302?schoolId=SC2017

Winthrop Volleyball Camps - https://www.rock-hill.k12.sc.us/Page/11717

Student Registration Information - Returning Student Verification opening is to parents Monday, May 6th and parents will need to upload a current Proof Of Residence.

EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION

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Sincerely,

Aaron Clark

Principal

Mt. Gallant Elementary

Parents, as we kickoff summer, please remember the importance of reading with your children over the break. Just 10-20 minutes a day can mitigate the academic loss that we often see when students start back in the fall. The York County Library and MGES have teamed up for the summer reading program. The minutes you read with them count for both at the same time! You can also use that time for the Pizza Hut Book It program. That's a win-win-win!

Hi Knights Families!

Here is the link to purchase yearbooks!:

https://www.treering.com/purchase?PassCode=1016442732394233

If your students yearbook has loose pages or binding issues please reach out to TreeRing directly at 1-877-755-8733 to file a claim. Unless you have already been in contact with our yearbook team about your child’s book, you will need to file your own claim. We are extending our deepest apologies over this issue and know how frustrating this has been. We appreciate your support this year and if you have any questions please reach out to us at MGESPTA@Gmail.com

Have a wonderful summer!!

MGES PTA

Enjoy the summer!

Have a great summer!

Enjoy Summer!

School Phone: 803-981-1360

School Webpage: https://www.rock-hill.k12.sc.us/Domain/16

Twitter: @MtGallantElem

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Rock Hill Schools is excited to announce a new partnership with the Boys and Girls Clubs of The Crescent Region. For the upcoming school year, we are partnering with The Boys & Girls Clubs to bring you the Challenger BE GREAT Academy. The BE GREAT Academy has been selected as the best after school care program for 11 years in a row in the Midlands, and we are thrilled to bring this high-quality program to Rock Hill. BE GREAT Academy will be staffed by our current Challenger staff whom you have come to trust and love!

BE GREAT Academy (BGA) is a national program which brings opportunities and best practices that local programs can’t often provide. BGA has successful partnerships with over 95 local schools in South Carolina that benefit from their proven practices and results.

Challenger Be Great Academy will be housed in every elementary school and keep the same hours that parents have become accustomed to with our current Challenger Program.

To find out more about the BE GREAT Academy and to register for the fall, please visit www.begreatacademy.org and click on the “Register/Login” tab on the far right. Boys & Girls Club has agreed to waive the registration fee for parents who sign up before June 1st. If you have questions, please contact:

Tanisha M. Brown

Member Service Representative

803-231-3300 (Main)

803-760-0537 (Cell)

tbrown@crescent.begreatclubs.org

Ice cream- Ice cream money is to be turned in on Friday. We cannot accept money before Friday. (Note: this a change from last year.) A gentle reminder that we cannot make change at the school for ice cream (district finance policy). Only send in a $1 if you would like your child to participate in Ice Cream Fridays

Car Rider Safety

• Dismissal starts at 2:10PM.
• We are wrapping up around 2:30-2:35PM each day, please be sure you arrive by 2:45PM at the lastest to pick up your student. Encouraging them to listen during dismissal will help speed up the process too.
• Have students exit the vehicle on the same side of the car as the Safety Patrol. Do not allow students to exit vehicles in between the car lines
• Please don't change lanes. If you turn left out of the drive way, please be in the left lane, if you turn right, please be in the right lane.
• Please watch the STOP sign. We have had several instances where vehicles have run the sign.
• Please be "Phone free" when we start loading students. Also, leaving the yellow car tag in the window until your child is in the car helps us get the student to the right car as you pull up.

Doors open at 7:00AM, no earlier. Arrival is 7:00AM-7:45AM. After 7:45AM, parents MUST walk their student in to sign in.

Dismissal is 2:10PM. Please pick up by 2:45PM at the latest.

Early checkout deadline is 1:45PM.

CAR RIDERS - There has been some confusion about car riders. If your student is going home a different way or with a different adult/person we must have a WRITTEN NOTE with PARENT SIGNATURE in the office each day by 1:45PM. In addition, the person picking up the child must have the YELLOW CARD for the child. The receiving parent must also provide the note confirming the change in transportation.

We cannot allow a child to get into a car with someone else without BOTH of these items.

BUS RIDERS - If your child is usually a bus rider and is going to be a car rider, we must have a WRITTEN NOTE in the office by 1:45 pm for each day and the person picking up your child must have the YELLOW CARD for the child.

We cannot allow the child to get into a car with someone without BOTH of these items.

The lunch visitor schedule is below:

Monday- Kindergarten, McMahon (5th)

Tuesday- First Grade, May (5th)

Wednesday - 2nd Grade, Gaulden (5th)

Thursday- 3rd Grade, Ghent (5th)

Friday- 4th Grade, Powers (5th)