Sterchi Elementary
We Are Better TOGETHER!
Week of January 18-22, 2021
No School on Monday
There is no school for students, teachers, or staff on Monday, January 18, to recognize and celebrate the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.
Enjoy this book about Martin Luther King, Jr. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zWPY33KlKqT5I_VRw7AJKju-U7WccsE1/view?usp=sharing
Happy New Year 2021!
What brings you JOY?
What are your hopes and goals for 2021?
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 18-22:
- THANK YOU to everyone - students, parents, extended family & friends, teachers, and staff for working together to help this recent RED week of remote learning go well for our students. THANK YOU for your flexibility, patience, and GRACE! We really are BETTER TOGETHER!
- Parent survey - please see the link to the survey below. We value your thoughts and feedback on how we can make students' and families' experiences at Sterchi as enriching, positive, and safe as possible. THANK YOU for taking a few moments to complete the survey. The survey will close on Tuesday, January 19.
- Twin Day is rescheduled (again) for Friday, January 22 (from January 15).
- Monday, January 18, is a school holiday to recognize Martin Luther King, Jr.
- If you have not done so already, please complete and return the information for how your student should go home in the event that school is dismissed early due to weather.
- The virtual Book Fair will kick off on next week and run through February 1. Students will bring home flyers with more information on Tuesday, January 19. Our teachers will be creating wish lists, if you are interested in supporting your child's classroom. Link: https://efairs.follettbookfairs.com/guest/home?classCode=ZY58E
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 18 - February 1 - Virtual Book Fair
January 18 - No school, MLK Jr. holiday
January 22 - Twin Day (rescheduled from 1/15)
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 - Valentines Day
February 15 - In-service Day, No school for students
March 15-19 - Spring Break
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/
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.
- 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