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SCHOOL CLOSED MONDAY, APRIL 1 – FRIDAY, APRIL 5 - SPRING BREAK
Artist Day Thank you so much to all the wonderful artist and PTO for an amazing Artist Day! The students had a blast. An extra special thank you to Deepa Krishan and Paiker Sayed for helping to organize this event. If you would like to read a little more about what artist the students saw today, please click here.
Strong4Life – Thank you! The Children’s Health Care of Atlanta Strong4Life team was here Thursday, 3/21, to promote healthy habits. They joined our students in the morning during their PE time and also assisted in serving lunch. We appreciate their support in challenging our students to:
Drink more water
Make half your plate veggies and fruit
Limit screen time
Be active
Annual Sharks Have Heart Family Walk A special thank you to everyone who attended the Sharks Have Heart, Heart Walk last Saturday. Due to your generosity, we are able to donate $1,316 to the American Heart Association in honor of Coach Cooper!
Aladdin Musical We want to thank all of the wonderful performers and volunteers who worked so hard on this fabulous performance. This was Ms. Petty’s first musical performance at Shakerag and we truly appreciate all of her hard work and dedication. What an amazing show!
Thank you PTO and Club Scouts Pack 1000! With the help of our PTO and Cub Scouts Pack 1000, the garden bed in our courtyard was repaired. Thank you Alex Bohorquez and Kavitha Naidu for heading up this project.
Spruced up white tops ready for the new playgrounds We would like to thank Cal Hendricks, a former shark, for selecting Shakerag as the foundation for his Eagle Scout project. Cal and his team of volunteers repaired all of the fencing in the back of the school and gave it a fresh coat of paint. He also spent several days pressure washing our white top areas and brought the basketball lines and four square boxes back to life with fresh paint. We are so grateful for the time and effort he took to give back to our school.
State of the School Address – Save the Date ALL PARENTS are invited to attend our annual State of the School Address on Wednesday, April 10 at 8:30 a.m. in our Media
Center. Our Principal, Ms. Lemerond, will be celebrating our successes, discussing the CCRPI results, and answering parent questions. Ms. Nusnbaum, Mr. Perrine and Ms. Jones will also be sharing some social emotional updates. Coffee and light refreshments will be served courtesy of our PTO. Please RSVP by clicking here. Hope to see you there!
GA Milestones Our 3rd through 5th grade students will get to show what they know in April (3rd and 5th grade) and May (4th grade) on the Georgia Milestones. For more information about the Georgia Milestones, visit our state testing website by clicking here. We will be in “testing mode” throughout our building from 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. each day during the testing window and will not be accepting volunteers during that time. The specials schedule will also be modified depending on the testing day. Thank you for your support and flexibility. If you have any questions, please contact our testing coordinator, Erin Nusnbaum at [email protected]. Below you will find the Milestones testing schedule.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
April 1-5 – Spring Break
April 8-12 – No testing
April 15
Grades 3 & 5 EOG ELA Sec. 1
April 16
Grades 3 & 5 EOG ELA Sec. 2
April 17
Grades 3 & 5 EOG ELA Sec. 3
April 18
Grades 3 & 5 EOG Math Sec. 1
April 19
Grades 3 & 5 EOG Math Sec. 2
April 22
Grade 5 EOG Science
April 23
Grade 5 EOG Social Studies
April 24 April 25 April 26
April 29- May 3 – No testing
May 6
Grade 4 EOG ELA Sec. 1
May 7
Grade 4 EOG ELA Sec. 2
May 8
Grade 4 EOG ELA Sec. 3
May 9
Grade 4 EOG Math Sec. 1
May 10
Grade 4 EOG Math Sec. 2
Principal’s Newsletter • March 29, 2019
SHAKERAG ELEMENTARY Celebrating Learning. Inspiring Leaders.
Christine Lemerond, Principal
Erin Nusnbaum, Assistant Principal
This is our 3rd installment of our Milestones Practice Challenge for 3rd-5th grade students and parents! This week we are looking at the English Language Arts (ELA) section (click here for 3rd, here for 4th, here for 5th). Additionally, all parents can take a sample test (this is different from the above tests) as these are not grade specific. Click here, select Test Practice, EOG Online Tools Training, EOG Test Practice, Standard Online Tools and login with the information provided.
Café News Effective May 10, NO CHARGES WILL BE ALLOWED FOR BREAKFAST AND LUNCH! If your student does not have enough
money in their account, they will be served an alternative lunch item instead of choosing something from the menu. Remember that lunch costs $2.45 and Breakfast costs $1.10. If your student has a balance due on their meal account at the end of the school year, they will not receive a report card. Funds may be added by sending in cash or a check with your student, or you
can visit www.mypaymentsplus.com and add funds to your account. You can also see the history of your student’s purchases. If your student still has funds on their lunch card at the end of the school year, those funds will transfer to the next school year.
All birthday celebration requests for treats during lunch in the cafeteria must be submitted by FRIDAY, MAY 10. Any forms for
treats submitted after that date will not be honored. We will be able to fulfill requests for birthday celebrations until Tuesday, May 21.
Great News…. New Playgrounds coming real SOON! Last summer we were supposed to receive new playgrounds, however the project had to be delayed. They are ready to move forward and would like to begin demolition and installation April 1. Over Spring Break, construction teams will be on campus to fence off “work areas” and begin demolition of the old playgrounds and installation of the new ones. Exits will still be available at the back of the building with access to the fields via the sidewalks. Recess will be held on the field following Spring Break through the end of the school year to allow for install and time for the new grass to root. It will be super enticing to play on the new playgrounds, or run on the new grass. We are asking that everyone stay off the equipment and grass to give it time to root, so that it can grow to be healthy and green. We truly appreciate everyone’s help with this so our new playground areas
will be beautiful and ready to go in August.
PTO Volunteeers Your Shakerag PTO needs YOU! The PTO is currently recruiting volunteers for the 2019-2020 board and we sure would hate for
you to miss out on the ability to serve your awesome school, community and our amazing teachers and kids! We have needs of varying levels from Co-President to VP roles to many chair positions as well, whatever your interest level may be, we are confident we can find the perfect fit for you. Please email us at [email protected] with your interest and/or any questions you may have and we’ll be happy to discuss with you. We look forward to hearing from you and having you be a part of the Shakerag PTO fun!
Summer STEM/Robotics Camp Our summer camp registration is now open! If your child(ren) has a love for science and enjoys constructing various models using LEGO® pieces and/or loves to program their models and bring them to life, they will love our STEM/Robotics camp. We are having our annual Summer STEM/Robotics Camp for grades K – 5th. Each week will be a blend of robotics and STEM related activities. Our camp will be limited to 30 students per week. The theme of camp this year is “A Trip to Outer Space”. Campers will be launching rockets, programming robots, and so much more. For more information, please visit our ASL website.
Procedures for Visiting & Volunteering
For the 2018-2019 school year, all volunteers must complete the registration process again. The registration process can be found on the FCS District Website under Community/Partners & Volunteers or click here. Applicants should be prepared to
spend about 10-15 minutes for the training and application process. In accordance with State Law, all volunteers must be current with the Child Abuse Reporting Protocol Training before being allowed to volunteer in our schools. It is very important that volunteers enter their full legal name as it appears on their government issued ID.
School Governance We invite you to visit our School Governance Council (SGC) website, which can be accessed by clicking here or via our school website (click here) under the ‘ABOUT’ drop-down menu. Our latest Strategic Plan as well as other relevant SGC information is posted to this site for your convenience. Our next SGC meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 9 at 7:15 a.m.
Enjoy your Spring Break!
Christine Lemerond
Principal
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