Welcome to 5th Grade!
September:
2nd - No school (Teacher Professional Development)
5th - Labor Day Holiday -- No School
12th- Back to School Night -- 4:30-6:30 (come and go)
23rd - Fall Picture Day and Tiger Treat
26th - 30th - Book Fair
30th - 20's Dress Up Day - Centennial Celebration
October:
1st - Centennial Celebration
10th - 14th Fall Break -- No School
17th - 2nd Nine Weeks Starts
27th - Fall Carnival 5:00 - 8:00
November:
2nd - Class Pictures and Retakes
3rd - Fund Run
8th - Election Day - No School
18th - Author Visit
21st - 25th -- Thanksgiving Break -- No School
December:
9th - Fire Drill @ 7:40
Tiger Treat
15th - Faculty Play - evening
16th - Class Holiday Parties
20th - End of the 2nd Nine Weeks
21st - 30th -- Winter Break -- No School
January:
2nd - 4th -- Winter Break -- No School
5th - 6th - Teacher PD
9th - Students Return
3rd Nine Weeks begins
13th - D.A.R.E. Graduation
16th - Martin Luther King Jr. Day -- No School
February:
17th - 20th - President’s Day-- No School
March:
3rd - Tiger Treat
10th - End of the Third Nine Weeks
13th - 17th - Spring Break -- No School
20th - Beginning of the Fourth Nine Weeks
27th - 31st - Teacher Appreciation Week
April:
6th - Spring Pictures
17th - 21st - PTA Auction Week
21st - PTA Auction Party
26th, 27th, 28th - LEAP Testing
May:
1st, 2nd - LEAP Testing
5th - Tiger Treat
10th - Fifth Grade Play
11th - Fifth Grade Play
12th - Field Day
15th - Fifth Grade Celebration Day
16th - Class Parties
17th - Fifth Grade Graduation
We are so excited to have you in our classes this year!
Mrs. Allen: ddallen@caddoschools.org
Mrs. Briscoe: labriscoe@caddoschools.org
Mrs. Greer: jlgreer@caddoschools.org
Mrs. Hodgson: khodgson@caddoschools.org
Mrs. Kreamer: mckreamer@caddoschools.org
Grading Policy:
If student was present in class on the date assigned, OR absent without a doctor’s excuse:
-Work must be turned in by the due date
-25% for 1-5 school days late
-50% for 6-10 school days late
grade of 0 if greater than 10 school days late.
If student was absent with a doctor’s excuse on the date assigned:
Students will be allowed 1 extra school day for each school day they were absent and excused.
Example: Absent and excused Monday and Tuesday, work is due on Thursday.
-25% for 1-5 school days late after the extended due date.
-50% for 6-10 school days late after the extended due date.
grade of 0 if greater than 10 days late after the extended due date.
School News:
Fifth grade is a fast-paced, special, and FUN year for South Highlands students!
School start time: 7:25 a.m..
Fifth grade students will need to bring their own headphones/earbuds and water bottle each day. We do not allow zipper binders in 5th grade, backpacks are preferred.
Fifth grade classes always appreciate donations of water bottles or individually wrapped, nut-free snacks! Donations will be shared among the donating child’s homeroom class.