Originally delivered on 9/5/2024 10:49 pm

SUBJECT: SCES PTA Post September 5, 2024 [corrected link]

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September 4-20, 2024

Important Upcoming Dates:

September 19Back to School Night, 6:30-8:00pm
September 27Early Release, 1:20pm
September 25
Deadline to Order New SCES Spirit Wear!
October 3No School
October 4Back to School Social (5:30-7:30pm)
October 9Walk to School Day


This newsletter is compiled by the Sligo Creek Elementary School (SCES) PTA. To ensure that you receive the PTA Post, please subscribe directly under your profile on the PTA website. Previous issues of the newsletter are available on the PTA website here: https://scespta.membershiptoolkit.com/pta-post-newsletter.

The PTA Welcomes You to Sligo Creek!

We hope your kiddos have had a wonderful start to the new school year! We're excited for a fun and fulfilling year ahead.

The PTA Board had a chance to welcome our Sligo Creek community back to school on Tuesday at our well attended PTA meeting that took place in the media center. Thank you to so many of you who attended both in person and on Zoom, and a special shout-out to a great Kindergarten representation for our first meeting! 

It was special to see so many of you from the SCES community support and join the PTA's kick-off meeting.  We look forward to seeing more of you in the coming weeks for fun PTA-planed activities. 

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Special Shout Outs! Big thanks to our PTA members in action. First, Ashely and a team of volunteers pulled off another successful Staff Welcome Back Breakfast at SCES!  Staff also came back to a stocked lounge - in a larger and nicer space - thanks to Claire and many of our families’ contributions!! Thanks for kicking off the year showing our Sligo staff how much we value them!  Jen, our website coordinator, has been hard at work updating the website with useful information, making it user friendly, and streamlining the membership process.  Finally, thank you to Tracy for launching our spirit wear with new items this year!



REGISTER TO JOIN THE PTA AND BECOME A MEMBER NOW!

Initial PTA Membership Drive from September 3-20

At the first PTA meeting on Tuesday, we kicked off our membership drive with a goal of getting 400 memberships this year! 

As of today, we’re at 130 members, with 50 joining in just the past 3 days! Let's keep going!!  

For those who have signed up by 9/20, we’ll raffle off a Panda Programming fall session and a few Starbucks gift cards! 

Your membership is an initial donation for all the events hosted by PTA volunteers throughout the year, it helps create community and enables you to be part of decision-making processes like the PTA budget, and take leadership roles to drive growth in our school community! 

How do I sign up?

For security purposes, registration has a few steps. Watch this new video for a step-by-step tutorial on how to register now!

NEW: Walk through video for renewing members.

JOIN THE PTA HERE!

If you already have a Membership Toolkit account with another organization, you can use the same log-in here.

Sign-up link: https://scespta.membershiptoolkit.com/whyregister

OR scan the QR Code for easy sign up!

Be a Room Parent this year!

Consider being a room parent for your child’s class at Sligo Creek!  More information coming soon and at Back to School night!  

Room parents help support communication between parents and teachers, organize a handful of fun activities throughout the year, and show additional appreciation to our teachers and staff!  

Megan O’connor will work with teachers to help each class solidify room parents! 

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Safety Reminders and Traffic Patterns for Arrival and Dismissal

We know everyone is eager to efficiently and safely get their kids to school. For safety and efficiency, the following protocols exist for arrival and dismissal: Map of Traffic Pattern and Car Rider Procedures

Car riders will wait inside on the grand staircase, staff will call students out when their car pulls up, please display the car tag so that our line runs smoothly. Please be sure to adhere to all posted parking signs on surrounding streets. 

New Safety Alert: Drivers Be Aware of walkers!  Please be mindful that many kids walk to school. Please obey the policies and laws that keep our children safe - keep to 20mph when approaching the car line, do not park on the crosswalk or near the stairs or anywhere that impedes walkers path or vision.  

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Walkers 

 At 3:50 p.m. (1:20 on early dismissal days), walkers will be dismissed through the exit door by the playground. 


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Buses

Typically routes are run in reverse in the afternoon.

New SCES Swag this year!

Let's get in the SALAMANDER SPIRIT with new gear this year! 

Order your SCES T-Shirt and NEW this year Sweatshirt and Tote Bag -click here!

**All Kindergartens will receive a SCES T-shirt, sponsored by the PTA.

Welcome Back Social on October 4th, 5:30-7:30

Another great SCES tradition is the Welcome Back Social! This PTA-hosted event will be on Friday, October 4th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the Sligo Creek playground. Teachers will also be celebrating the beginning of this school year with us.  Mark your calendars!

Little Scholars After-School Activities

We are happy to share the Little Scholars After-school enrichment information for the Fall!


To Register:www.littlescholarsllc.com/at/SCES/

Scholarships: If you or someone you know are in need of a scholarship,

please complete the scholarship form.

Please note, registration begins this Monday, Sept. 9. If you see on a paper flyer that registration began earlier, please ignore. The registration information on the website is correct. 

Dismissal Process: Between school dismissal and the Little Scholars start time of 4:15, the children will go from their class to the room that their activity takes place in. Little Scholars likes to allow enough time to get the children settled and take attendance without cutting into the activity time!

Pick-up is at the car circle at 5:15. More pick-up information will be given from Little Scholars about pick-up and attendance after registration.


If you have any requests for after school programs, please contact PTA Co-Presidents, Christine Reklaitis, president@scespta.org.

Check-out a description of what is offered this session in the flyer below!

Sligo Creek Strider Run Club- Fall season coaches needed!

We are gearing up for our fall session of Sligo Creek Striders run club. We had an amazing group of 80 kids join us last spring! We need your help to make it happen again!

We are currently recruiting coaches for grades 1-3. No running or coaching experience necessary!! 

Our 8 week session starts Monday September 9th and ends Monday October 28th with a run celebration. We meet every Monday from 3:50-5 pm at the SSIMS track.


The PTA-sponsored Sligo Creek Striders after-school run club: 

  • Introduces students to running as a lifelong form of exercise with a focus on participation and self improvement. 
  • Improves social emotional skills and provides opportunities to socialize and bond with other young runners.

The Sligo Creek Striders are gender and ability inclusive for grades 1-5. The kids run with friends every week and the season ends in a fun run celebration. 

We will send out a separate sign up for students to join the club in a couple of weeks but we need to make sure we have enough coaches. If you are interested or would like to know more, please email sligocreekstriders@gmail.com. Again no running or coaching experience necessary!

Stock the Staff Lounge

Thank you to all who already donated to help stock the staff lounge with snacks and drink, it means the world to our teachers and staff community. The staff appreciation committee will plan to continue to stock the staff lounge every Monday.

The easiest way to contribute is to order off our Amazon Wish List as items will be sent directly to Claire Darby's house. But if you don’t want to go the Amazon route, just reach out to Claire directly and we can figure out a time and place for you to drop off snacks.
Many thanks!

Claire Darby + Ashley Briefel co-chairs of the Staff Appreciation Committee

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