It has been an exciting first week. We were all looking forward to having the students back and they made the classrooms and halls come alive as we started a new school year. We have many new faces in the school this year and our seasoned students reacted as we thought they would by welcoming them to the Ellis Family. We look forward to seeing more of you next week at the Orientation/ Back to School Night. Please watch for the notice coming home to remind you.
Some of you are signing up for online messages. It does make our school a little "greener" and helps to ensure that you get messages that are located at the bottom of a book bag or dropped along the way home.
As we get going we would also like to remind you about how important attendance
is! It has a significant impact on student achievement and even being a few minutes late may make the difference as to how a student understands a lesson. You can help to make the day better by having your child to school regularly and on time.
We have some exciting projects we are working on this year. The Fifth and Sixth Grade are looking at implementing a Robotics program providing we can come up with the funds. It is extracurricular and business usually helps to support it. The students are involved in problem solving and math related concepts while collaborating as a team. If you know of a business that would be interested in helping, please contact us.
New technology has been placed in some of our classrooms. This technology allows for creative and innovative ways to provide instruction and to involve students in the learning process. Come in and take a look at it.
All of the teachers are hard at work maximizing learning for all students. If you have time to volunteer we would love to have you in the school.
See you on Thursday night at the Back to School event.
