Swallow Union Weekly Update Week of October 3rd, 2022
Thank you to our amazing PTO and staff for a very successful Color Fun Run this past Friday evening! What a wonderful event to bring our families and students together while raising money for the PTO. It was truly a joy to watch all the students having a great time playing, running, dancing, coloring kindness stones and having some treats. It was also super fun to watch our teachers chasing down some students with chalk paint! Such a nice kickoff to the school year!
Important Dates:
October 7th - 1/2 day Early Release - dismissal at 12:15 pm
October 10th - No School - Indigenous Peoples' Day
October 11th - No School - Staff Development Day
October 18th - Picture Day
October 21st - 1/2 day Early Release - dismissal at 12:15 pm
October 28th - 1/2 day Early Release - dismissal at 12:15 pm
School Name: Swallow Union Elementary School
Picture Day Date: Tuesday, October 18
Picture Day ID: EVTF7G38N
Lifetouch photography is coming to Swallow Union on Tuesday, October 18th, 2022 for picture day! Information has been sent home as a reminder to mark your calendars. Order forms will be sent home closer to picture day which will provide ordering information and the school ID code. Lifetouch provides the option to order ahead of time online or the traditional way of filling out the order form, include payment and have your child return that form on picture day.
Message from our PTO
Spirit Wear
Monster Mash
Message from our Health Office
The Hearing and Vision Screeners will be here at Swallow Union the weeks of October 16th and October 23rd. This is a state mandated program. Students in Kindergarten through 3rd grade will have hearing and vision testing; students in 4th grade will have vision testing. If a child does not pass the screening, parents will receive a referral for follow up with their health care provider. If you do not want your child to participate in this program, please notify the nurse using the form attached below by October 7th.
Early Literacy Night!
Thursday, October 20, 2022
7:00 PM
Please join us to learn more about how our whole community works together with our youngest students on emergent and early literacy skills. Those important skills, such as phonemic awareness, letter/sound knowledge, concepts of print, and oral language knowledge build the foundation that is needed to be a successful reader and writer beyond the early years. We will share how we work with learners at school in these areas. We will also share some ideas for how to make literacy a part of your daily life at home. You will get a chance to hear from Amanda Densmore, the PreK-8 ELA Supervisor, as well as literacy specialists from both Swallow Union and Florence Roche. We look forward to seeing you!
Anyone is welcome to join us, but our focus will be literacy instruction in K-2. Interested PreK families are encouraged to join as well.
Lost and Found
We have so many missing sweatshirts and jackets waiting to be found! Please take a peek or ask your child(ren) to come and look for any missing articles of clothing and water bottles! We are making every effort to find the owners and if you can write your child(rens) names on the items we can ensure they are found!
Message from out PTO:
Feed the Tiger Fundraiser
There’s still time to Feed the Tiger! We are so close to meeting our fundraising goal ($10,630 at last count!). Please consider donating, if you haven’t already. No amount is too small; your contribution helps us hit our target!
Spirit Wear
Don’t forget to order your Spirit Wear by this Friday, October 7. Orders will be distributed by the end of October. 10% of all proceeds come back to the PTO.
https://redbrickclothing.com/rbcmall/stores/store/407
Monster Mash
Please save the date for the return of our annual Monster Mash Halloween Dance on Friday, October 28. Details will be coming soon.
Thank you to all our families who came out for our Back to School Color Run last Friday. It was wonderful to see everyone.