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Apison Elementary School
10433 E. Brainerd Road Apison, Tennessee 37302 Phone (423)236-4322 Fax (423)236-4000 School Hours: 8:45 AM - 3:45 PM Map of our school zoneDr. Deborah A. Scarbrough, Principal
Dates to Remember
Friday, May 9th All Library books due Checks will not be accepted after May 1st for payment to Food Services through the cafeteria.
Thanks for your support of the Book Fair. The profit from the Book Fair was $2,422.53. The funds from the Book Fair will be used for materials for the library
Thank you to Mr. Bob McKenzie of Frazier Partners, LLC, 6315 E. Brainerd Rd, Suite E, 37421
and
Dr. Dewayne McCamish, Drs. McCamish, Farrar, & Cooper, 4610 Brainerd Rd, Suite 3, 37411
for your generous donation to provide newspapers for our students. We appreciate you!
For unparalleled commitment, The Salvation Army gratefully presents the award of Warm Hands – Warm Hearts Partner to Apison Elementary School.
Your enthusiasm and selfless efforts were greatly appreciated.Award given by Salvation Army and WDEF News Channel 12.
Thanks to Mr. Mickey Bell, parent of Courtlyn Ison for the donation from Food Lion of footballs, soccer balls, and basketballs.
Please help us !!
Ways to help our school earn money/equipment:
- BI-LO Boosters
- Office Depot - when shopping @ Office Depot, please use our school ID # 70092145. Our school will receive credit equal to 5% of the qualifying purchases to use for free supplies.
- Shop at Target....Help our school
Target’s Take Charge of Education School Fundraising Program - Apison Elementary School just received a donation of $389.68 through the Take Charge of Education Program. Thanks to those of you who have contributed through this fundraising effort. Target donates up to 1% of purchases made using the REDcard to eligible K-12 schools designated by guests of Target. Thanks to the parents, teachers, and community members involved in this program. We appreciate your help.
- Eat at Wendy's on Tuesday night
- Box tops for Education Our school has earned $1,300.00 from this effort. Thank you!
Announcements:
PARENTS:
Apison wins BIG! Four of Apison 5th grade students competed Thursday night in the 4-H Clover Bowl Competition, held among area schools.
Serena Lowry, Taylor Mahoney, Justin Ford, and Armando Ramirez won 1st place in the competition and will compete in Knoxville on May 15th. We wish them the best of luck. GUNG HO APISON!
School speech contest helps student develop skills
5th grade recognition - click here for information
Dress code concerns:
Please refer to page 15-16 regarding dress code.Teacher and staff discretion will be used for any dress which is felt to be distracting and/or inappropriate for the learning environment. Parents may be called and students asked to change in this event. Parents are expected to monitor the attire of their child before arrival to school. No clothing with obscene writing, encouraging alcoholic beverages, drugs, or violence, or other messages or pictures which might be distracting to the learning environment is permitted.
Summer reading lists:
Congrats to Accelerated Readers!Accelerated Reader points
Welcome to Mrs. Colene Birchfield…..She will be serving as our music teacher for the remainder of the 2007-08 school year.
Young Southern Student Writers Contest - Check out these winners from Apison - the only winners in our area!!! Way to go Apison!!
Check out a new website: www.mathwire.com - it has standards based math activities for elementary students
Our state mandated achievement test TCAP will be administered from April 14 – 18 in Grades 1 – 5. It is necessary for all students to be present for testing during this time. Please put these dates on your calendar now to avoid conflicts.
Inclement weather Child Care info
Only $4.00 to join. Thank you to all the parents who have joined. As of 10/31/07, 35 % of the parents have joined, and 64% of the teachers.
Classes with 100%: Mrs. Peltz - K, Mrs. Chamberlain - K, Ms. Devaney - 1st, Ms. Sadre - 3rd, Ms. Tucker - 4th
Chattanooga News Free Press Articles: Contest winners: Please check out our Awards Page. Apison is so full of high achieving students, we had to dedicate a whole web page to award winners! Click here
Check out Brian Smith's blog on his visit to Apison www.wdef.com/blog/26
Teachers and Students, check out Study Island www.studyisland.com
It’s a PORTAPORTAL! Check out Apison’s PORTAPORTAL! It is a web based site that links our learning community to great educational web-sites. Just go to www.portaportal.com and sign in as a guest: Apison. This is another great way to continue our home-school connections and provide the best opportunities for our students, teachers, and families.
Check out this typing site: www.freetypinggame.net This site is being used in the Computer Lab.
2007 - 2008 Yearbook now on sale - Click here for order form
The Samaritan Center will be providing a selection of gently used books on the Hamilton County approved Accelerated Reader list. Please take advantage of this opportunity.
"No Child Left Behind" Act - What is it?
- New Parent Workshop link
- 2007-2008 School calendar
- Homework Hotline (209-7755) will be open from 4:00 - 7:00 P.M. Monday through Thursday. Teachers will be waiting to take calls from students K-8 who need help with homework.
- Wee Deliver!
- Check out the grade level pages! You may now contact your child's teacher through their Hamilton County email account. This is for your benefit. We want to give you another avenue of communication. Please use appropriately.
- Please be aware that at times, the email system is down for maintenance or repair and the delivery of email may be affected. If you do not get a response right away, be patient.
Accelerated Reader Book List 2007-08 Student and Parent Handbook
Dismissals: No child will be dismissed from the office after 3:15 PM. Regular dismissal procedures must be followed after that time. We encourage parents to allow their children to remain at school for the entire school day. Valuable lessons are missed when students leave early.
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