Sweeny Parent Newsletter

"We are committed to empowering our students and school community to see their full potential and use their gifts for the collective good of the school."

February 24, 2017

Welcome Sweeny Families

Dear Sweeny Families,

February has been a fabulous month for Sweeny Leaders. This month we officially deployed 18 student leadership teams. This was very exciting for us because it meant that every student is now serving on a leadership team outside of their classroom. The students thoroughly enjoyed their time with their multi-grade level leadership teams. We can't wait to see the outcomes of each leader!

Additionally, we kicked off seven enrichment clubs for students in grades 3-5. These clubs meet every Tuesday. In order to attend, students must have character and academic excellence. Additionally, each student must have met our building attendance goal. Each team is already accomplishing so much and we can't wait to share their work with you. We have almost 200 students participating in enrichment clubs.

The Best Is Yet to Come~

Dr. Engelhart and Mr. Lockmiller

BSIP Update and Celebrations

Our learners have been working very hard during third quarter. We are very proud of students' successes on third quarter math and reading assessments. 75% of students met or exceeded math standards overall. 75% of students met or exceeded reading standards overall as well. All grades are in the middle of completing their final writing unit for the quarter. As we move through the year, writing expectations for all students increase in the various genres of writing. Last, our year to date attendance is 96.19% which is .08 below our goal. Way to go Sweeny Tigers! We are so proud of your hard work!

Duct Tape Mr. Lockmiller!

PTO will be hosting a fundraiser on March 31st to help raise money for a Sweeny beautification event. Bring in $1 to Project Sweeny on March 31st to tape Mr. Lockmiller to the wall during lunch that day!

On April 6, Sweeny Elementary will have Kindergarten Screening. Kindergarten screening will be held for those children who reside in the Republic School District that will be 5 on or before July 31st.

Screening appointment times are from 8:45 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Please call Miss Leah or Miss Kristi in the office to schedule an appointment.

Please allow 90 minutes to complete the screening. During your child's screening appointment, parents will complete the Kindergarten enrollment paperwork. Please bring the following items:

Child's birth certificate and immunization record
Current proof of residency (utility bill: water, gas, electric; rental agreement, or real estate contract)
Parent picture identification
List of your child's doctors with phone numbers
Emergency contacts with phone numbers

Save the Date

We'd love to have every Sweeny family stop by and see all the hard work of each of our students and listen to music performances from our kindergarten, first, and second graders!

April 20, 2017 at 5:30 p.m.

Sweeny Mathletes

Congratulations to all of our students who competed in the math competition! We are so proud of you!

We wish the best of luck to Cameron Allan, Micah Rogers, Shantanna Hardison, Samuel Howell, Brady Purcell, and Landon Haynes. They will be competing at regionals!! Good luck Tigers!

Souper Bowl Food Drive Results

Thank you to everyone that was able to donate to our canned food drive to support People Helping People! Here is a breakdown on the number of cans each grade level brought in! Congrats to 5th grade who won the competition!

Kindergarten - 128 cans

1st Grade - 95 cans

2nd Grade 73 cans

3rd Grade 100 cans

4th Grade - 76 cans

5th Grade - 161 cans

Total = 633 cans!