The Weekly Update #6 9/5

Labor Day weekend is here. Parents and staff alike have worked hard to meet the needs of our students and this weekend we get to slow down and take break. I want to wish a happy Labor Day to everyone out there. The work you do each day is important and makes our community better!

• Clubs with available space are still listed in Schoolpay for sign up if you are still looking for a club experience for your child.
• You must have your car rider hang tag in order to pick your student up after clubs. Please reach out to Kerrie Williams if you need a hang tag. You'll need to come in the building to verify your ID if you do not have your hang tag.
• Brian Jordan of the Braves will be kicking of his reading initiative with our Sharon Elementary students on the 7th. See more details below
• Each year, Sharon Elementary partners with Safe Routes for Walk to School Day. Our first Walk to School Day is Thursday, September 14th. See more details below
• Check out the graphic below to stay in the know about dress updates dates in September.
• If you child is home from school, they can still watch the Live Morning News! Have them log into Classlink and stay connected by clicking the "Sharon Morning News" button.

Previous Info:

• Clubs will begin the week of September 4th. to ensure a full 6 weeks. Click here for club offerings and info.
• Students will receive a SOAR (Safely, Orderly And Respectfully) bus program presentation from the Forsyth Transportation department on September 8th.

• All ice cream birthday orders must be placed in SchoolPay no later than 4pm on the Thursday before the week you would like to celebrate the birthday.
• We will start distributing individual Ice Cream in the cafeteria during the week of September 5th every Wednesday and Friday.

• Lunch visits with students will begin the week of September 4th. Please click the table of contents or scroll for more details.
• Past newsletters are archived on our school website and can be found here
  

• Whether you are from Europe, Asia, Africa, New England, the Mid West, the West Coast, or the South. We would love to share your culture with our students and staff! Please fill out this form to give us some info about your culture to share on our live morning news during the "Where in the World segment."
• Check out the archived "Where in the World" segments here.

• Please check your child's MyPaymentsPlus account to ensure that they have sufficient lunch funds for the week.

• Here is your September Castle Herald Newsletter!
  

September

• 8-SOAR Bus Program
• 11-Patriot Day Celebration (wear red, white, or blue)
• 13-PTO Board Meeting: Tower
• 14-Walk to School Day
• 15-National Tackle Kid's Cancer Day (Wear yellow)
• 19- PTO Spirit Night at Los Hermanos
• 19 - Picture Day

Click to see our School Calendar for more dates throughout the year!

Forsyth County has partnered with The Brian Jordan Foundation this school year. The foundation is dedicated and determined to help children through literacy awareness. The goal of the literacy program is to inform children and their parents about the importance of reading and how it can affect the world in which they live.

Brian Jordan of the Atlanta Braves has committed to visiting each elementary school four times this school year. At this time, the county has chosen grades 1st and 2nd to participate in the program. On September 7th, Brian Jordan will be here to kick off the event.

We are excited to accommodate parents wanting to each lunch with their children! In an attempt to extend greater flexibility to parents, no sign up is required to eat lunch with your child. For safety you must check in at the front desk and all guests must show a license or passport to gain entry and wear their visitor badge for the duration of their visit. Parents and students will be able to eat at the tables behind the rear stairwell as well as the adjacent Multipurpose Room for overflow seating when it's not in use for classroom transformations. To make sure we have enough seating, we ask that you limit your visits to no more than once per week so that there is room for all. For safety and to protect the integrity of instructional time in classes, please do not leave the designated eating areas during your visit and do not drop by to visit any classrooms as all classroom visits must be arranged prior with the teacher. Finally, please bring your child back to the cafe before the end of their lunch for teacher pick up. We can't wait to see you!

Family Portraits in the DIGS

• We're excited to welcome NM Photography back to the DIGS! Fall Family Portraits will be offered 9/15 - 9/17. Sign-up will be coming out shortly, but save the date!

• NM Photography donates all session fees to Sharon Elementary PTO. For your $40 session fee you receive a 10 minute family session, a viewing gallery, and one (1) digital image of your choice. Additional images available for purchase from NM Photography

Volunteer Role Spotlight: DIGS COMMITTEE

• Would you like to get back to nature and take home fresh eggs? Then this is the volunteer role for you!
• Asking for parent/family volunteers to feed the chickens and do light gardening throughout the school year (weeding & pruning as needed) on Mondays or Wednesdays-mornings or afternoons. Whether you can volunteer one day or many, we need you! Starting Sept 6th through May 22, 2024
• CLICK HERE to learn more about this and other opportunities, or CLICK HERE to get more info about volunteering.

• Let's Connect....on Facebook! Updates, reminders, pictures, and more. Never miss a to-do! CLICK HERE to view our page.
  

• Volunteer Role Spotlight: YEARBOOK COMMITTEE! -Do you take pictures of your kids? Could you do that at a school event and upload them to a website? Then this is the volunteer role for you!
  

• CLICK HERE to learn more about this and other opportunities, or CLICK HERE to get more info about volunteering.

Important PTO Dates

• September 19th - Spirit Night at Los Hermanos
• THANK YOU Legacy Donors!

A very special, sincere, exuberant THANK YOU to our Legacy Donor Families this year! We are so grateful for your generous support of our goals for Sharon.