Ice cream Social- You're Invited!

You're Invited!!!

Parent Appreciation Ice cream Social

@ PRE in the Multi-Purpose Room

Monday, April 29th

@5:30 - 6:30 PM

Come on out and enjoy a cool, sweet treat from our PTO.

Quarterly Recognition Ceremonies

Please mark your calendars and plan to attend Polo Road's April 23, Quarterly Recognition Ceremony.  This event will be held in the school's multi-purpose room for all students in Child Development through 5th grade.  The Quarterly Recognition Ceremonies provide an opportunity to celebrate individual students, teachers, and classes for going above and beyond expectations in various areas.  Students will be recognized for honors such as perfect attendance, honor roll, academic growth and progress, and for demonstrating character traits of focus.  Parents are invited to attend this event.  All ceremonies will be held on Tuesday, April 23, and the times for the various grade-levels are listed below:

2nd & 3rd Grades:  8:30am - 9:15am

CD - 1st Grade:  9:30am - 10:15am

4th & 5th Grades:  10:30am - 11:15am

Autism Awareness Week

The week we return from Spring Break, we will be kicking off Autism Awareness Week at PRE!

Below is a list of activities planned for the week...

Light It Up Blue! - All students are encouraged to wear blue throughout the week Monday - Friday. If a student is spotted wearing blue, he or she just might receive a small treat or be featured on the school's news show. All teachers will also have a blue light bulb in use in their classrooms.  

Buddy Up Inclusion Activities: Classes will pair up to participate in 10-15 minute activities designed to be all inclusive.  These activities are intended to serve as the perfect opportunity to teach tolerance and demonstrate behavior that is welcoming of all.  

Activities include:

• Monday-Buddy up and read
• Tuesday-Buddy up and play a game
• Wednesday-Buddy up and make a craft
• Thursday-Buddy up and parachute
• Friday-Buddy up and have a dance party

We look forward to all Explorers participating in some way and encourage families to ask students to share thoughts and/or lessons learned from the week's planned activities.

Fundraiser Pick-up

Polo Road Elementary will have the Cookie Dough Fundraiser pickup Thursday, April 25.  Families can pick up all orders in the cafeteria from 2:00pm - 6:00pm on this day.  This will be the ONLY DAY FOR PICKUP.  Unfortunately, we do not have access to a freezer that will accommodate storing orders not picked up on this day at this time.  So please make arrangements to have someone come in your place, if you are unable to pick up your order Thursday, April 25.

Early Dismissal

Students will be dismissed at 11:30am on Friday, April 12, and all Richland Two schools will be closed April 15 - April 19.  The Afternoon Explorers after school care program will be open on the scheduled half day (April 12) for all enrolled students.  If there is an expected change in your child's transportation home tomorrow, please let your child's homeroom teacher know immediately.

Field Day T-shirts

Tomorrow is the last day to order your child a Field Day T-shirt!  The cost is $10 for youth sizes, $12 for adult sizes, and $14 for extended sizes.  This year's field day will be held on Friday, May 24.  Order forms were sent home last week, but additional forms are being sent home with students today.  Orders can also be placed online by clicking on this link.  It is not necessary to return a hard copy of the order form if you place an online order.

Field Day T-Shirts

Orders are currently being accepted for the newly designed Field Day 2019 t-shirts.  The cost is $10 for youth sizes, $12 for adult sizes, and $14 for extended sizes.  This year's field day will be held on Friday, May 24.  However, the due date for ordering a t-shirt is Friday, April 12.  Order forms were sent home earlier this week, but additional forms can be downloaded from the link above.  Orders can also be placed online by clicking on this link.  It is not necessary to return a hard copy of the order form if you place an online order. 

 

Spring Break

All Richland Two schools and offices will be closed for Spring Break:

April 15 - April 19

Bows & Bow Ties Dance

Polo Road is hosting its first Bows & Bow Ties School Dance and we hope to see you there!  The theme for this event is "Let Your Dreams Take Flight" and the night promises to be one you won't want to miss.  So that we can plan accordingly, families must prepay to attend.  All registration forms and funds are due next Thursday, April 11.  The cost is $10 for one student and adult; with an additional $1 for each additional student living in the same household.  Families may also have one additional adult to attend for $5 more.  RSVP forms were sent home last week and one can be downloaded from the link above.  

MAP Testing

The spring administration of MAP testing has begun.  Students in grades 2-5 began taking their Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) tests this week.  The MAP assessment is a an adaptive computerized achievement test that is given for reading and mathematics.  MAP is also a norm-referenced measure of student growth over time.  Prior to administering the spring test, teachers discussed with students how they performed on the fall test and shared with them their individualized growth goals for the spring administration.  All students were armed with the knowledge they have gained thus far this year and many have already accomplished their goals.  MAP testing will continue through April 12.  Ask your child to share with you information regarding his reading and math goals.  If you are wondering what you can do on your end, be sure your child gets a good night's rest, eats a healthy breakfast, and arrives to school on time with a positive attitude ready to demonstrate only his or her personal best.  Then celebrate growth and let your child know that you are proud of their efforts.  Official score reports for MAP will be sent home later in the year.    

Spring Pictures

Students will be taking their spring pictures Wednesday, April 10.  No money is to be sent in at this time.  Picture packages will be sent home with all students for preview purposes.  From there, parents are to select which portraits they would like to purchase and send in the money for those pictures kept or return the entire package without making a purchase.  

Report Cards

Students in kindergarten - 5th grade will be bringing home their 3rd quarter report cards today.  Please take a moment this weekend to review with your child the grades earned and comments reflected on his or her report card.  Don't forget to celebrate any areas of growth.  From there, set some academic and/or social goals for the remaining 4th quarter.  Encourage your child to finish strong by simply doing his or her personal best in all areas.  You may keep the actual report card, but please sign and return to your child's homeroom teacher the report card jacket on Monday.

Camp Discovery

This week members of our Girls of Leadership and Distinction (G.O.L.D.) and Kind Intelligent Noble Gentlemen Students (K.I.N.G.S.) mentoring programs participated in a field study to Camp Discovery.  While there, the students were able to hike along a nature trail and engage in several team-building activities.  The students had a great time and they represented Polo Road like the young lady leaders and gentlemen we are nurturing and teaching them to be.  We are therefore #PoloProud!