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W E L C O M E TO T H E 2 0 1 6 - 2 0 1 7 SCHOOL YEAR

Dates to Remember  September 5

EMPOWER. COMPETE. SU CCEED

Labor Day—no school! 

S E PT E M B E R , 2 016 VO LU M E 2 , IS S U E 1

September 15th Hispanic Heritage Month Begins Open House 3-6 Interim Reports Issued

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September 26th Scholastic Book Fair Begins

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September 29th Student of the Month Luncheon

WELCOME NEW STUDENTS AND FACULTY

Coming in October….. Literacy Carnival

We would like to give a warm welcome to ALL our new students and new faculty members for the 2016-2017 school year. We are excited to have you all join our K8 family. Our new staff members are…...

OPEN HOUSE September 15th

3-6 P.M.

Dr. Melissa Peeples, Assistant Principal Joyce Thompson, Self-Contained Dorene Howard, Third Grade

Students in Grades 3-8 ... Don’t forget to charge your Chrome Books every night!

From the Media Center: “Start Your Engines” and get ready for a great year of reading at SMK8! Win the race to reach your reading goal each nine weeks with lots of great reading! We can’t wait to celebrate all of you that read to the finish line and achieve your AR goals!

Vanetta Tyler, Third Grade Audrey Patterson, Fourth Grade Cassandra Murdough, Fifth Grade Kathura Ellis, Cafeteria Vernetter Coulter, Cafeteria

Mark Your Calendar… SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR

Calhoun County B-Team 2016

GRAND EVENT

The Calhoun County B-Team is excited about the upcoming season. This year’s head coach is Coach Clyde Johnson, The Athletic Director is Coach Keith Scott. Come out and see a game. Game time is 6 pm.

September 28th

SEPT. 14 HKT (Away)

OCT. 6 ALLENDALE (HOMECOMING)

SEPT. 21 HOLLY HILL (Home)

OCT. 12 HOWARD (HOME)

SEPT. 28 BOWMAN (Away)

OCT. 27 EDISTO (HOME)

Sept. 26th-Oct. 30th

Information Coming !

Grade Level News….. PreK and KINDERGARTEN We are off and racing into an exciting year! Our Pre-K and Kindergarteners have done a great job adjusting to school procedures and routines. We are learning new letters each week!

First Grade The first grade has been busy learning and demonstrating classroom and school rules. They have been enjoying the Social Studies Unit on "All About Me" and "The Five Senses". They have just completed their "All About Me" projects and are eager to share. Way to go First Grade!

5th Grade Team Calling All Super Heroes…. Our fifth grade super heroes have started the year off with super focus and super effort. We thank parents for the super work you have done in ensuring that our students come with all their needed supplies and ready to learn each day. As our year has taken off, we want to say farewell to our Super Teacher Mrs. M. Green. Our students did a writing this year on characteristics of a super teacher and in my opinion they were speaking of our own Mrs. M. Green. We wish her the best in an opportunity for advancement in the field of education that has become available for her. Don’t panic, we have reloaded our super hero squad with Mrs. C. Murdough who brings a wealth of super hero talent and experience. We welcome Mrs. C. Murdough to the St. Matthews K-8 family and the Super Hero Squad. P.S. Super Teacher writing by our students will be on display at Open House on Sept 15. We look forward to seeing everyone there! A Message from our Sixth Grade Team…..

Welcome Back From 2nd Grade

Dear Families, We have opened our doors and hearts to your child and welWe are very excited to begin the 2016-2017 school year at St. come you all back to for another great year! Together we will Matthews K-8 School. Teaching your child is a tremendous create a year of excellence for your student. We are looking responsibility and we will do our best to ensure that each stu- forward to a productive partnership with you to ensure your dent has a safe and motivating learning experience in this up- child can achieve their highest potential. As partners, we coming year. However we cannot do this without the help of share the responsibility for our children’s success. We ask our parents as partners in the learning process. We believe that you guide and support your child’s learning by ensuring that parent-teacher relationships are necessary for maximum that he/she: school success. Throughout the year we will communicate 1) Attends school daily and arrives on time, ready for the through the school website, notes, telephone calls, emails, day’s learning experience report cards and parent teacher conferences. We encourage 2) Completes all homework assignments given by teachers you to contact the teacher if you have any questions. 3) Reads daily to develop a love for reading and to improve literacy skills Third Grade 4) Shares school experiences with you so that you are aware of his/her school life Third grade is off to a great start this 5) Informs you if he/she needs additional support in any area year and excited for a fun year of learnor subject ing. We have been discussing place value, habi6) Knows that you expect him/her to succeed in school through hard work. tats, close reading, nouns, and regions of South Thanks for partnering with us for a great year of education Carolina! Third Grade Rocks!!! and we look forward to seeing you all at Open House!

FOURTH GRADE NEWS READING: We are off and reading! Mrs. Patterson has challenged all fourth graders to read 8 or more books every month! SCIENCE: Students will begin working on science experiments September 9th. A science project will be given to students each nine weeks. Social Studies: We are loving learning all about Native Americans and will complete a project at the end of the unit. Project information will be coming home.

Seventh and Eighth Grade Welcome Back! 7th: We are off to a great start and working on Literary Genre Projects! 8th: We are currently working on a classroom novel project “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry”. Please be aware of required reading for both grades. We look forward to seeing you all at Open House to discuss your child’s progress.