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Inside the Pride Lower School News - Volume 119

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Keeping you plugged into the exciting things happening at the Lower School

Published March 6, 2022

Volume 119

 

Sherry Randolph - Early Learning & Lower School Principal

 
 
 

The Principal’s Piece: A Note From Mrs. Randolph

We had such fun celebrating Read Across America Week. Just a reminder to turn in your child’s completed reading log on Monday, March 7th to their classroom teacher. A special prize will be given to the classes who read the most amount of minutes in their grade level!

St. Patrick’s Day Dress Down

On Thursday, March 17, students may wear green with jeans to celebrate the day!

Last Week in Chapel

We had a great time in Chapel as we continued our series on Jonah. Our students learned that even when we make a mistake, God still has a plan for us. We had a friendly competition of boys vs. girls on answering some whale trivia. As you can imagine, the boys were very excited to win that game! 

Main Idea: Even though you fail, God still has plans for you.

Whatchagaddaknow: Even If You Fail, God Still Has A Plan!

Reminder: IOWA Testing Date Change

To help provide our teachers with additional instructional time and our students more exposure to their grade level content, we are moving our standardized testing week to May 2-6. More specific information will be provided soon. We are exploring the option of being able to complete our testing online as well.

Elementary Clubs

Our students love participating in after school clubs! 

Signups will be available within the first few weeks of this semester.  Please watch for communications regarding specific club dates and registration links in the Fine Arts and Athletics sections of the Inside the Pride newsletter as they become available. 

If you have any questions, please email the club sponsor listed below or Lisa Railey (lisa.railey@tcslions.org) who oversees all of our elementary clubs. 

Tuesdays:

  • Art Club - 1st -5th grades

Wednesdays:

  • Drama Club - 3rd-5th grades

  • Running Club - 1st-3rd grades 

Thursdays:

  • Chess Club 1st-5th

  • Running Club - 4th-5th grades

Blackbaud: Classroom Updates & Information

To stay informed of what’s happening in your child’s classroom, please login into Blackbaud weekly. You will be able to see information such as weekly classroom announcements, upcoming events, weekly academic focus, grades, attendance, etc. This is the key to staying informed and will replace the hardcopy newsletter sent home in the past. I encourage you to login each week. We are excited for this new format! Information will be updated each Sunday at 5pm.

 Accessing your child's class information weekly:

  • Login to your Blackbaud account and select your child's name under "Children". 

  • Find your child's homeroom class under the "Progress" tab by scrolling down to where classes are listed.

  • After selecting the homeroom class, you will see the teacher's main class page where you will locate upcoming dates, class reminders and news. 

  • Select the "Topics" tab to see specific information for each individual subject. Within each subject folder, you will see a plan for the week and upcoming projects and test information. 

  • The "Topics" pages update each Sunday evening at 5pm and will remain current until the following Sunday evening.