Our Student Lighthouse Team had the opportunity to visit the "Sowing Seeds of the Future" sculpture today. Thanks to Marty Greeble for hosting us!
We have a lot going on next week!
Say “hello” to two-way messaging and classroom announcements in the Macon County Schools app! With the addition of Rooms, our district app keeps getting better. Parents/guardians check your email with instructions to sign up and access new features.
Say "hello" to two-way messaging in the Macon County Schools app! The app now offers announcements & parent-teacher chat. Look for your invitation to begin using this feature in our app tomorrow, May 2.
Download for Android https://bit.ly/3CyB4tu
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Say “hello” to two-way messaging in the Macon County Schools app! The same district app now offers class streams, announcements, and parent-teacher chat. Look for your personalized invitation later this week.
Download for Android https://bit.ly/3CyB4tu
Download for iPhone https://apple.co/3TkKZso
Come out and support our Theater Arts club in Willy Wonka Kids! Admission is $1 for adults, kids under 18 free. Concessions will be for sale.
Grad Walk will be on Monday. All graduating seniors visit and have the opportunity to walk the halls of their elementary schools for one last time! We are very excited about celebrating them!
If your student has a special senior feel free to make a poster or sign for your child to hold. We would also love to see students dressed in the school colors! Our high schools are red or navy blue.
Mrs. Shepherd's first grade class will have a great opportunity to learn about the life cycle of chickens thanks to Tractor Supply. Thank you so much for your donation of an incubator!
Please support our PTO with these fundraisers. We appreciate you!
Some of our choir students were able to participate in the 1st ever Macon All-County Choir. Working with all of the elementary schools and MVI in Macon County, Iotla Valley was represented well and the kids sang amazing. We are so proud of our students!
There is a competition for the MCS Art Show Advertisement. These students won for our school, and their designs will be sent on to the county level competition.
Kindergarten- Abby
1st- Michael
2nd- Phoebe
3rd- Piper
Book Fair officially opens next Monday. However, it will be open this THURSDAY, March 7th, during literacy night. Come shop with your student from 6-7!
We are so excited to celebrate Read Across America next week!
Our school has been doing a food drive, and that ended today. Tim Hogsed, the director of CareNet said that the total weight of the food drive donations were a whopping 3,320 lbs! Thank you so much to everyone that donated!
Our kids have had many great opportunities, and learned so much during Black History Month. Onesia Cleveland visited our 3rd and 4th grade students. She came dressed as Sojourner Truth, and performed Truth's "Ain't I a Woman". Students also had the opportunity to learn traditional African dances from guests Sarah Shepherd and Gabby Wang. In art students have learned about Nick Cave's work. They created Soundsuit Dancers and tribal masks. Music class gave students an opportunity to learn about and listen to many African American musicians.
The third and fourth grade classes have had a chance to work on coding the past few weeks. During library classes they have been using the Sphero robots working through coding lessons.
We are delighted to have all the parents, guardians, and grandparents attending data day tomorrow to support the work your student(s) have accomplished this year. This is a gentle reminder that our teachers have planned a wonderful day of instruction, and we ask that your student(s) remain in school for the remainder of the day after the morning visit to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Grade classes. We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow.
We have kicked off our Book Blast Fundraiser! We held a drawing today for an iPad. Here is our lucky winner!
Our PTO is planning a great event during the evening of December 12th. There is a family gingerbread house contest. You must use a pre-purchased kit. There are some great prizes! We hope your family will join in!
We hope to see you at our Veterans' Day program on Thursday!
