Eagle Email
September 18, 2018


Mark Your Calendar
UPCOMING DATES

09/19 (Wed) - Teacher Workday, NO SCHOOL

09/21 (Fri), 9:00 am - PTA Board Chair Breakfast

09/24 (Mon), 3:10 - SLT Meeting

( Re-scheduled ) 09/27 (Thurs), 6:15 - Curriculum Night

09/28 (Fri) - Mid-Quarter Progress Reports Sent Home

09/28 (Fri) - RRR Pledges Due

10/08 (Mon) - Eagle Dad's Volunteer Day

10/10 (Wed) - National Walk to School Day

10/11 (Thurs), 9:30 am - Prospective Parents Open House

10/12 (Fri) - Red Friday
Eagle Events
Get Your Tailgate On!
Mark your calendars and plan to join us for Friday Night Lights on October 19 , 5-7 pm at Selwyn Elementary School.

We will be tailgating before the Myers Park Homecoming game in the parking lot!

This family-friendly event will include the Myers Park cheerleaders and band, a DJ, Libretto’s pizza, raffle prizes and more. Look for raffle information and more details in your child's backpack and on social media soon!

Questions? Contact Auguste Olson , Katrina Moffett or Shelby Ott Please let us know if you have a donation for the raffle and silent auction.
Curriculum Night - New Date !
Selwyn Elementary School’s Curriculum Night has been re-scheduled to Thursday, September 27 starting at 6:15 PM . The parent-only evening will begin in the Multi-Purpose Room with a brief PTA meeting (6:15-6: 45PM) followed by two twenty-minute sessions of classroom visits (6:55-7:15PM; 7:25-7:45PM). During classroom visits, your student's teacher will cover class-specific rules, structure, curriculum, and more. 

Teacher Workday
Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 19 is a Teacher Workday and there will be no school for students.
Eagle News
Red Ribbon Reading
Your child should have brought home RRR materials last week .  Please check backpacks and if you did not receive materials, let us know. It’s time to help your children collect their pledges. Please return the collection envelope (with all sponsor checks enclosed) along with your child's reading chart to your child's teacher no later than  Friday, September 28 . If you have more than one child participating, please return all reading charts with your collection envelope to your oldest child’s teacher. 

A reminder that you or your family/friends may also make donations  online. In addition, if your employer participates in the  matching gift program, please read the corporate matching information sheet that came home with your child’s RRR materials and remember to enclose your company’s matching gift form.   

**Please remember even if you make your donation online, we still need the signed and completed collection envelope and reading chart!   

Questions? Please contact  Krissy Sternberg or  Jennifer Whitworth.
Here Comes the Bus
CMS families with children that ride a school bus can use a free bus tracking system ! Families can download the app and have access to real-time location of their child's bus on a map as well as scheduled and actual arrival times at their assigned stop and school.

Signing up is EASY! On your desktop computer, you can sign up here. You will need the district code ( 73877 ) and your student's ID number (located on any formal document from the school). For your smartphone or tablet, download the Here Comes the Bus app from the App Store or Google Play.

Once activated, you can customize or edit features, including how the app will communicate with you and the size of the notification radius around your bus stop.

More information is available on the CMS website .

Counselor Survey
The School Counseling Department would love your feedback! Please take a minute to complete a short survey . The information gathered from this survey will be used to identify ways to best meet the needs of our students and families.

Counselors provide classroom guidance lessons, individual/group counseling, parent consultation, and coordination of community resources for families in need. For more information on the School Counseling Department and information on contacting the counselors, please visit the Selwyn School Counselors Website.

Thank you in advance for your feedback and support! Jessica Webster (Grades 1, 2, and 5) & Jenny Baer (Grades K, 3, and 4).

Health & Wellness
September is “Fruits and Veggies More Matters” month!
More than 90% of adults and children do not get the recommended daily amount of fruits and vegetables. Here’s a good rule of thumb: try and make half your child’s plate (or lunchbox!) fruits and vegetables. Fresh is best, but frozen or canned fruits and vegetables count too! For more information check out the More Matters website .