August 6, 2021
MRS. JOHNSON'S NOTES
Dear Parents,

It is so great to be back to school. We had a wonderful first week! Students are so excited to be back and are doing an amazing job! We look forward to having our fourth and fifth grade students in the building on Monday. A big thank you to the parents for being patient with the car rider line and with the buses. Please give us another week to get on a more consistent schedule.

Attention Car Rider Parents: The car rider line is moving very slowly. We currently have over 200 car riders. You can help move the line more quickly by making sure your child knows their car rider number and can put their own seatbelt on. Please practice this over the weekend. We ask that parents always remain in the car. In addition, in the morning, when your car pulls to a stop, the children can open their own door to get out of the car. When all the cars stop on the building side, the entire line of students should exit the cars. Parents are also blocking the entrance to Rivermist. Please leave a space for people in the neighbor to get out.

Attention Digital Students: Beginning Monday, lunch pick-up will be in the front office from 11:00 – 12:30. In addition, each digital student has a bag of supplies that are needed for digital instruction. Please stop by the front office to collect your child’s materials. Digital students can also reserve books from the media center and pick them up in the office. Books need to be put on hold by Wednesday and picked up on Friday.

Race Ms. Johnson to One Million Words: The million-word competition is back again. Students read books and take the AR test. The AR program records how many words are in each book. We have monthly competitions for each grade level. Please encourage your students to read every day.

Calendar Reminders: Please mark your calendars for curriculum nights on August 17 (K-2) and August 19 (3-5). This is a very important meeting. To limit the number of parents in the building at one time, we ask that only one parent from each class attend this meeting. Children should not attend the meeting.
Have a great weekend!
PTA NEWS AND EVENTS
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Welcome back Broncos!

All of the back to school photos from our Kindergarten through 3rd grade families have been awesome, we can’t wait to see the 4th and 5th grade families show their photos on Monday!

While we are getting back into the swing of school, take a moment to sign up and join PTA! 
With your membership, each year we are able to put on teacher appreciation celebrations, dances, holiday shop, cultural events, red ribbon week and more for our students! 
Membership is $6 per year, or you can purchase a membership package for $24. The membership package includes 4 memberships, member hub website information 2 dance tickets, 4 free $5 game cards for Stars and Strikes, a coupon for a free scoop of custard at Culver’s and Roll it Up Ice Cream coupons 

Our school is blessed to be surrounded by a community with wonderful and involved families, if you’re interested in volunteering, we would ❤️LOVE❤️ to have you! Reach out to any EC board member or message us on our Facebook page!

Our first general PTA meeting of the school year will be held during your student’s curriculum night later this month. During the meeting you will have an opportunity to review the proposed budget for this school year. If you would like to review it, we have attached it here for you. 

Our Spiritwear store closes TONIGHT! We will NOT have inventory available for purchase once the online store closes, so DON’T MISS OUT! Shirts are $15 and will be delivered directly to your child’s homeroom teacher. Spiritwear can be purchased in Maroon, Gold, Grey or White. https://stores.inksoft.com/rd_head_elementary_sp_21_22/shop/home?fbclid=IwAR1MGGlhXGWWirEP27ljnQ8qcpPfYZTfV6s9x5flY_zXYB5THV6or3nX8_8


AROUND SCHOOL
From the Media Center:

A new Million Word Club Challenge has just begun!  

CONGRATULATIONS  TO STUDENTS WHO MADE THE 2020-2021 QUARTER MILLION, HALF MILLION AND MILLION WORD CLUBS! Together, we read over 100,000,000 words!!!
THE NEW CHALLENGE HAS BEGUN! 1st-5th graders are enrolled, and kindergarten will be enrolled as soon as they reach a level f. Students can take AR tests at school and at home by using this link.  https://global-zone05.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/310783  Please bookmark it on your computer. The login is the student number and password is mustangs.

Most books are AR, but you can check by going to ARbookfind.com If the book title comes up, we have the test. You can search by title or author.  

Let’s see if we can beat 110,000,000 words this year!
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LOOKING A"HEAD"
8/9 - Fourth and Fifth Grade students return to in-person learning.
8/17 - Curriculum Night - Grades K-2 6:30 PM
8/19 - Curriculum Night - Grades 3-5
1801 Hewatt Road,
Lilburn, GA 30047
(770) 972-8050