October 25, 2024

Happy Friday Bobcats! Even though it was a short week, it was quite eventful. As you know, students and staff completed our first SRP (Lock Down)  drill for the year. A special thank you to our SRO's, Officer Goodman and Officer Brice for participating in the event. Please be sure to check out the important information below regarding our upcoming events and calendar items!

SRP Drill:  This week your student may have the experience of going through one of our Standard Response Protocol Drills.  This is designed to help ensure that our staff and students are aware of the appropriate actions/steps to keep them safe in the event of an emergency at our school.  Prior to the drill occurring, you will receive communication via our Sapphire Portal and once the drill is completed you will also receive notification.  As your students are participating in this drill, please understand that access to the school may be limited and will return to normal at the completion of the drill.  

Report Cards:

We are excited to inform you about an important change coming to our report cards starting this school year. In an effort to provide more meaningful feedback on your child’s progress, we are transitioning to narrative report cards.

What is a narrative report card?

Unlike traditional report cards that primarily rely on letter grades, a narrative report card provides a personalized summary of your child’s learning experience. This format allows us to share specific observations about your child’s strengths, areas for growth, and overall development in key academic and social-emotional areas.

Why are we making this change?

We believe that narrative report cards offer several key benefits:

• Consistency - The same score ranges for K-6; below grade level expectation, meets grade level expectation, or exceeds grade level expectation. 

• Communication -  Simplified language to better explain your child’s progress, whether your child is meeting, exceeding, or working towards those expectations.

• Personalized feedback - Each child’s learning journey is unique. The narrative format allows teachers to address your child’s specific needs, challenges, and successes.

We hope that you will find this new format valuable in understanding your child’s progress. Our goal is to strengthen the partnership between home and school, ensuring we are working together to support your child’s success.

Your child’s report card will come home with them on Friday, November 1, and will also be live in your Sapphire portal on the same date.

Halloween Candy/Treats:  Just a friendly reminder that outside food and drink should not be brought into the school to share with other children.  

Nut Free School:  All of our k-6 buildings are designated as nut free schools.  Just a reminder, please do not bring peanuts, tree-nuts or products made with peanuts or Tree-Nuts into the school.  

Conferences: 

We are looking forward to our intermediate fall conferences which  are soon approaching. Please use the link included below to sign up for conference with your student’s teacher(s).  The dates and times for conferences are also listed below for your convenience.     

• Wednesday, November 6th 

  • 1:00-3:40

  • 5:00-7:00

• Thursday, November 7th

  • 1:00-3:40

  • 5:00-7:00

• HERE is the link for SBI conferences.

Unified Arts Quarterly News:

• Check out what's happening in Ms. Cook's Art classes this year!  Information and pictures will be added to her website at the end of each marking period so make sure you stop by. SBI 2024-2025 Artful Happenings

• Music Newsletter  Link HERE

• PE Newsletter Link  HERE 

PTO News:

• Tuesday, October 29th: SMENCIL Tuesday!!!  

  • Halloween Smencils are in -$1.00/ea.

  • Mechanical Smencils are also available -$2.00/ea.

Upcoming Events:

• Fall Fest- Sign-up Here- (Fall Fest Flyer Here)-  Friday, November 1st, (8:45am-12:30pm). Volunteers are needed for each grade,
  
  

• APEX Color Run- (Thursday, November 14th) Look for the sign-up next week! We need volunteers to count laps as the kids run, throw color, and to cheer on the kids! The run will be in the Triplex Field.

2024/2025 Year Book (Treering):

• Treering has extended its 10% off deal through October! (Purchase your yearbook here) now before it goes back to full price! You can find the flyer for the yearbook HERE. For any questions, please email the PTO at shallowbrookpto@gmail.com.
  
  

• If your child is a 6th grader, you can upload a baby picture to commemorate your child's milestone of moving up to middle school! The link to upload baby pictures will be on the main order page. Please let us know if you are having problems uploading or finding where to upload. We can help you out!

All student yearbooks have an option to customize 2 pages. You do not have to do this, but you can if you wish. This gives you a chance to make sure your child's picture gets into the yearbook, and you can include pictures from vacations taken throughout the year. These pages can be customized at any time up to April 9th, so there is plenty of time to get these done. If you have any questions, please email us! We are looking forward to creating this year's yearbook!

Reminders:

RedRibbon Week- October 28-November 1st.  Please see the flyer for details.

Red Ribbon Week is an alcohol, tobacco, smoking, and other drug and violence prevention awareness campaign observed annually in October in the United States. It began as a tribute to fallen DEA special agent Enrique "Kiki" Camerena in 1985. Red Ribbon Week is the nation's lar

gest and longest-running drug awareness and prevention program.

Calendar:

• Monday, Oct 28-Day 3

  • EDUCATION IS KEY-Wear Red

• Tuesday, Oct  29-Day 4

  • LEI OFF DRUGS- wear a lei, Hawaiian shirt, or bright colors

• Wednesday, Oct 30- Day 5

  • I TUNE OUT DRUGS- Wear a shirt representing music to express healthy ways to spend your time.

• Thursday, Oct 31- Day 6

  • LIVE BOBCAT PROUD AND DRUG-FREE - wear orange and black 

             Friday, Nov 1-Day 1

• LET’S SOCK IT TO DRUGS-wear crazy socks 

• Report Cards will be distributed to bring home and can also be found in the Parent Portal on Sapphire

• Monday, Nov 4- Day 2

• Tuesday, Nov 5- Day 3

• Wednesday, Nov 6-Day 4

  • Early Dismissal

  • Family Engagement Conferences

• Thursday, Nov 7-Day 5

  • Early Dismissal

  • Family Engagement Conferences

• Friday, Nov 8-Day 6

Have a great weekend!  Reach out if there are any questions!

Mrs. Stover, SBI Principal

Mr. Middleton, SBI & SFI Assistant