A cute reminder that there will be no school for students on Monday, October 9th and Tuesday, October 10th of next week. The 9th is a planned holiday and the 10th is a Teacher-In-Service day.
October Lunch Menu
Second Graders at Pickens Elementary will be taking the CogAT/IOWA Assessments during the week of October 16th-20th. Please put these dates on your calendar. We encourage all of these students to be on time each day and to refrain from early dismissals if possible. If you would like to learn more about these assessments you can find all the information on the SC Dept. of Education website.
https://ed.sc.gov/tests/elementary/gifted-and-talented-program-grade-2/
Important Parent Meeting planned for those wishing to participate in the YAMS program. All forms need to be turned in by this Friday, September 15th. You will be receiving an invitation to which meeting to go to. All are encouraged to attend! If you are hoping to play your own instrument, please bring it with you to the meeting to be approved by an instructor.
It's the most wonderful time of the year! No! Not Christmas silly! Book fair week! Along with Grandparent's Breakfast it will be a lot of fun!
Due to picture day being Friday we will be celebrating Dot Day on Thursday, September 14th.
International Dot Day, a global celebration of creativity, courage and collaboration, began when teacher Terry Shay introduced his classroom to Peter H. Reynolds’ book The Dot on September 15, 2009.
Some activities are planned throughout the week by different teachers. We encourage everyone to wear dots on Thursday. Wear one or wear a lot!
We are excited to welcome our youngest readers and their families to PES for another year of preschool story time! This month we hope you will celebrate the beginning of Autumn with us as we read about How Apples grow and engage in a variety of apple activities.
Sign up with the QR! Space is limited!
Open House is Thursday! Come see what your student has been doing and join in on the mouse hunt! We will also be having another volunteer training starting at 5:30.
September is Attendance Awareness Month. We hope our families enjoy their long weekend! After the holiday let us all make a commitment to attend unless sick.
#AttendanceAwarenessMonth
Pickens Elementary
September Lunch Menu
A reminder that there is no school for students Monday and Tuesday of next week. Monday being a holiday and Tuesday is a Teacher in Service Day. Here is the district calendar to keep you updated .https://www.pickens.k12.sc.us/page/spdc-calendars
Calling all parents and grandparents! This Friday we have having another Volunteer Training!
It's that time of year to link your Ingles Advantage Card to your favorite school! This helps our school buy needed equipment! Pickens Elementary appreciates the support from our parents and community!
https://www.inglestoolsforschools.com/find.asp
Come visit your child's class and see all of the wonderful work they are doing. You can participate in our Mouse Scavenger Hunt to learn about different areas of the school. Volunteer training will be held at 5:30pm this evening.
Check out our August Parent Newsletter!
https://www.smore.com/yzkjc
Today we received our Cognia Accreditation for 50 years of Excellence!
To register for the Good News Club and find out what it's all about check out the website! https://cefgreenville.com/online-registration
For School name make sure you choose Pickens (Tuesday).
August lunch menu. A reminder that breakfast and lunch is free this year. If your child wants to buy extras or a' la carte items you will need to add funds on their account through myschoolbucks.com
Just a reminder for our afternoon traffice dismissal. Pickens Elementary uses Driveline to help with dismissal. All people picking up students in the car line each afternoon are required to have a car tag displayed in their front windshield before students will be released from class. If a car does not have a car tag displayed, the person will be asked to park and come in and show ID before the student is dismissed.
Dismissal will begin shortly after 2:20pm each day. All traffic should enter the car loop on S. Lewis Street at the intersection of Jefferson Street (Please see the picture below).
Once you turn left onto Monroe Street, you will be divided into two lines according to the car tag number. Numbers from 300-500 will be on the left hand side. All other numbers will be in the right hand lane closest to the school. Please remain in your lane so the appropriate staff member can put in your car tag number.
Students should enter their car from the passenger side. If a student needs to be buckled, please pull forward after your line moves and pull out of the way of traffic to buckle your child. Please do not get out of your car while you are in the car line.
All cars will exit the school property by turning right onto Hampton Street.
We will be offering Volunteer Training during Meet the Teacher! To volunteer at school and chaperone field trips you must take this first. Get it done before you need it!
