IOWA Assessments for 3rd and 5th Graders
The testing dates for Iowa Assessments is from September 18, 2017 through September 29, 2017. Third (3rd) and Fifth (5th) grade students will take the Iowa Assessments™. Please mark your calendars so students arrive each day, on time ready for the assessment.
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Help for Houston Dollar Donation Drive!
Sponsored by Abbotts Hill Student Council
With the recent devastation in Texas due to Hurricane Harvey, Student Council wanted to find a way to help. Our former Fulton County Deputy Superintendent, Dr. Scott Muri, leads Spring Branch Independent School District in Houston as the Superintendent. Many in his school district are suffering. Abbotts Hill will be collecting donations that will go directly to the SBI School District for aide and recovery. Please help us support families who have lost so much by bringing in single dollar bills. We could raise over $700 if each student just brought $1! Our “Dollar Donation Drive” will take place from September 19 through September 29. Thank you for your support.
Technology Fair Information
ATTENTION THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH GRADERS- ARE YOU SOMEONE WHO LOVES TECHNOLOGY? HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW AND SHOWCASE YOUR SKILLS. IT'S TIME TO REGISTER FOR THE TECHNOLOGY FAIR!
Click on the links to learn more and to register! Registration and Parent Consent forms are due back to Mrs. Dickinson in the Learning Commons by Monday, October 16th.
Digital Citizenship
All Abbotts Hill Jaguars (K-5) have participated in Digital Citizenship Lessons in the Learning Commons and 4CIT Studio since returning to school in August. The use of devices and online sites is a part of daily life now and it is critical to teach students how to be safe, responsible and wise users of technology tools, online resources, and websites.
There are wonderful resources for parents on the Common Sense Media website. Please click the link below to learn more and stay tuned for information about parent meetings that are coming up this Fall to provide valuable information to help parents and families navigate through the digital world with their children!
For lots of useful Digital Citizenship information from Common Sense Media, click here!
Start Saving Those Box Tops!
The Fall Box Tops collection will be September 5th-29th! Please make sure that any Box Tops submitted have not expired. Box Tops bundled in groups of 50 earn bonus points for our classroom. Please bundle Bonus Box Tops separately. Top collecting classes will earn a prize! We can also earn eBoxTops online by shopping online at stores thru the Box Tops Marketplace, playing games, and entering promotions. Sign up to support Abbotts Hill at http://www.btfe.com/.
Questions? Contact Wendy Christerson: wchristerson@gmail.com.
FUN RUN fundraiser is back on October 26th! Funds raised will go toward the purchase of additional technology to support your students personalized learning, classroom and enrichment mini-grants, and 10% goes directly to the classrooms.
Reflection Program
PTA REFLECTIONS 2017-2018
Theme: Within Reach
The Reflections Arts Recognition Program is a national arts recognition and achievement program for students. Since 1969, over 10 million students across the nation have taken part in this popular PTA program. The Reflections program is designed to enhance quality arts education. Students Pre- K -12th grades explore and prepare original individual forms of artwork using this year’s theme: “Within Reach.” Students may submit works in any of six arts areas: Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Musical Composition, Photography and Visual Arts. The deadline for submissions is September 29th
Carpool Safety Reminder
Please help us with Morning Carpool Dropoff
Please pull forward to the "Stop" sign.
- Start unloading students from the red "Stop" sign to the yellow sign. Do not unload after the yellow sign for safety.
- Unload from the right side (passenger side) of the car only.
- Remember the carpool line is a "drop & go" line.
- If it is necessary for the adult to exit the car, or if the child has several items to carry, please park and walk with your child, using the crosswalk.
- All children must be accompanied by an adult.
- Please do not form a second carpool line in the parking lot.
- Do not attempt to pass cars dropping off children in the carpool line.
- Drive slowly and use caution when on the school grounds.
- Our students' safety is our #1 priority.
The safest way for students to arrive to school is via the school bus.
Clinic News
Welcome back! So excited to see all of these happy faces. Just a reminder – If your student has a medical condition that would require emergency medication be kept at school, please make sure you have provided that medication with completed forms to the clinic ASAP. All prescription medication requires a PHYSICIAN’S signature.
ALL medications (prescription & over the counter) must be supplied by the Guardian and in the original container from the store or pharmacy. We do not stock Advil, Tylenol, or even cough drops. Forms can be found electronically under Student Health Services on Fulton County Schools website www.fultonschools.org or by contacting me at vaccaro@fultonschools.org.
I am looking forward to helping keep all of our students safe & healthy this school year!
Andie Vaccaro
Clinic Assistant
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Welcome to the 2017-2018 school year! We are again utilizing an electronic delivery of our 2017-2018 Student Code of Conduct & Discipline Handbook to parents who have an email address on file with their school. This electronic delivery process involves completion of two simple steps, 1) Reviewing the Student Code of Conduct and 2) Completing and submitting the Acknowledgement of Electronic Receipt. Instructions are below:
Please review and save the updated 2017-2018 Student Code of Conduct & Discipline Handbook at http://www.fultonschools.org/en/divisions/acd/supportserv/Pages/StudentDiscipline.aspx
Please click the link below to review and submit the required Acknowledgement of Electronic Receipt Form. After review of the Acknowledgement of Electronic Receipt, please complete the electronic form and submit it.
· English Handbook: https://www3.fultonschools.org/codeconduct
· Spanish Handbook: https://www3.fultonschools.org/codeconduct/home/indexspa
It is important that you review and discuss the Code of Conduct with your child(ren). Teachers will also review the Code of Conduct with students at the beginning of the school year.
(It will always be located on the right side of this websites main page.)
We encourage you to acknowledge receipt of these materials electronically, however, a limited number of hardcopies of the Receipt form and the Code of Conduct & Handbook will be available either at your school.
Parent Volunteer Registration must be completed for all of our classroom volunteers To keep in compliance with State Law and best practices, for the 2017-2018 school year, we will require that all persons interested in volunteering in the Fulton County School District to re-register/register (even if a person has completed an application in the past) by completing the new online volunteer registration/application process. It is very important that volunteers enter their full legal name as it appears on their government issued ID (please do not use nicknames or “goes by” names on the application). All applicants must wait 24 hours after applying for application processing and approval. We love our volunteers! Please take a minute to complete this mandatory registration.
Parent Volunteer Registration
College and Career Ready
Performance Index
(CCRPI)
CCRPI stands for College and Career Ready Performance Index. There are a number of performance indicators for our school to meet these goals. For more information go to http:// CCRPI.gadoe.org
This year we are asking for parent volunteers of various careers to come in and talk about their college and career experience on the morning news. Sign-up will be available online. Just click on the link below to fill out the form.
Career Presentation on Morning Announcements.
We will start the morning news segments at the end of October. There will be a script provided to out-line your college and career information. If you have any questions about signing up, please con-tact Rhonda Johnson at JohnsonRS@fultonschools.org.
CCRPI Team