Sterchi Elementary
We Are Better TOGETHER!
Week of January 25-29, 2021
Great Kindness Challenge
Are You Connected?
Are you receiving emails and phone calls from Sterchi Elementary and KCS?
Please help us connect with you by keeping your contact information updated with your child's teacher and the office!
Stay healthy and safe!
*Wash your hands often and thoroughly.
*Social distance
*Stay home when you are sick.
Sterchi Together-ism for JANUARY:
TEAMWORK matters!
The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.
News for the week of January 25-29:
- THANK YOU for the Lunch Train Love lunches for our teachers and staff this week!
- The virtual Book Fair will run through Monday, February 1. Students brought home flyers with more information this past week. Our teachers have created wish lists, if you are interested in supporting your child's classroom. Link: https://efairs.follettbookfairs.com/guest/home?classCode=ZY58E
- Please remember that every child in our school receives FREE breakfast and lunch each day. Students must arrive to school and be in the cafeteria for breakfast between 7:10am and 7:35am.
- Our school day starts promptly at 7:45am each morning. Students should be inside the building and in their classrooms by this time each morning, ready to start the learning for the day.
Virtual Book Fair - January 18-February 1
Books will delivered to school and Mrs. Whitehead will distribute them to students 10-12 days after the end of the book fair.
Mark your calendar!
January 25-29 - PBIS store - Students spend the Dojo points they have earned
- Virtual book fair continues
February 1 - last day for virtual book fair
February 5 - End of 3rd 4 1/2 weeks
February 8-12 - Great Kindness Challenge
February 9 - 100th day of school
February 12 - Midterms go home
February 14 - Happy Valentines Day!
February 15 - In-service Day, No school for students
February 16 - KCS transfer window closes at 4pm
March 12 - End of 3rd 9 weeks
March 15-19 - Spring Break
March 26 - Report cards go home
April 2 - Good Friday, No School
April 4 - Happy Easter!
April 5 - In-Service Day, No school for students
April 9 - Superhero Day
April 23 - End of 4th 4 1/2 weeks
April 30 - Midterms go home
May 9 - Happy Mothers Day!
May 25 - Students' last day - 1/2 day - 11:15am dismissal
May 26 - Last day for teachers and staff
Summer office hours:
June 4 - July 9
Wednesdays, 9am-12noon
Chromebook & Remote Learning REMINDERS
- It is so important that students take very good care of their Chromebooks. Please avoid dropping the device, closing it with pencils inside, cracking the case and screen, spilling food and liquids on the screen and keyboard, and other actions that can damage the device.
- Please help your student remember to charge the Chromebook each and every night.
- Do not log off or turn the Chromebook off when you are done using it. Just close the lid. Our younger students have trouble logging into the Chromebooks on their own, and this is very time consuming for teachers to do every morning for an entire class.
- Communicate, communicate, communicate. Teachers will communicate daily class schedules and plans for remote learning days with students and parents via email, Remind, Canvas, and SeeSaw. If students are having issues connecting to class, understanding what to do, or have questions, please communicate with the teacher.
- Friendly reminder - When your child is online, his/her classmates and teachers can see and hear everything that is going on in view of the camera on the device. Please be aware of what others can see and hear in view of your child's Chromebook camera.
News from the PTA
Follow us on Facebook at Sterchi Elementary School PTA
President: Annie Goodwin
Vice-president: Danielle Quintanar
Secretary: Jodi Pendergrass
Treasurer: Paige Hackler
Check This Out!
- Little People, BIG DREAMS books: https://littlepeoplebigdreams.com/
- Be Kind to Everyone: https://bekindtoeveryone.com/
- Action for Happiness: https://www.actionforhappiness.org/
- Great Kindness Challenge: https://thegreatkindnesschallenge.com/
Inclement Weather Days
1 hour delay
- Buses run 1 hour later.
- School doors open at 8:10am.
- A quick breakfast is served from 8:10-8:35am (cereal & milk).
- School starts at 8:45am.
2 hour delay
- Buses run 2 hours later.
- School doors open at 9:10am.
- Breakfast is served from 9:10-9:35am.
- School starts at 9:45am.
In the event that school is dismissed early due to inclement weather, please tune into the local television and radio stations, and look for phone, text, and email alerts from KCS.
- Please do not call the school office - we get our information the same way you do - phone, text, email, internet, etc.
- Please do not start texting, calling, or emailing your child's teacher. He/she is trying to get an entire class of children ready to go home safely.
- We will send students home the way that was indicated on the form that parents just completed.
- If your child attends daycare, please check with your provider. Some daycares do not pick up at the schools on days that we are dismissed early for weather.
Get CONNECTED!
Sterchi Elementary School
Email: lynn.white@knoxschools.org
Website: www.knoxschools.org/sterchies
Location: 900 Oaklett Drive, Knoxville, TN. 37912
Phone: (865)689-1470
Facebook: www.facebook.com/SterchiElementarySchoolPTA
Twitter: @SterchiElem