Nike Scout News May 2022

May 2, 2022

As the final days for this year draw to a close, I would like to acknowledge the efforts made by so very many of our students, staff and parents at Nike Elementary School community during the course of this year. The extraordinary commitment made by all our staff, academic and support staff alike, means that we can continue to succeed and flourish as a learning community.

As the end of the year is upon us, please be sure to check our monthly calendar and District website for important end of year updates. It will be a busy final month and we want to make sure you are kept up to date on everything that will be taking place. We will have a third trimester celebration on Friday, May 20th and Field Day on Monday, May 23rd. Fourth grade send off/celebration day will be Tuesday, May 24th. Pre-K's promotion and kindergarten promotion will be Wednesday, May 25th. More information with be shared with the classes when the events get closer. May 25th is a half day and students will be dismissed at 1:10. Summer vacation officially starts on Thursday, May 26th for students! We have already commenced planning for the new academic year and we look forward to seeing everyone on the first day of school, which is set for August 23rd.

Finally, I wish all our Nike families all the very best for the summer holidays and look forward to welcoming you all back, relaxed and refreshed for what promises to be an enjoyable and productive year.

Your Partner in Education,

Jessica Tollison

Nike Principal

The Coins for the Community helped the Franklin County Humane Society, which was the highlight in last month's newsletter. Coins for the Community also helped fun the Little Free Food Pantry. Thank you to the Hunter family for building and delivering our Little Free Food Pantry to Nike Elementary. A thank you to our maintenance department for installing our Little Free Food Pantry. We are in the process of painting it, but the weather has not cooperated lately. The quote, which will be on the door of the pantry will say "Take what you need, leave what you can".

Nike Elementary School received a check from Pizza Hut for $367.60, which was 20% percent of the proceeds from April 6th. Thank you so much to all of the families who ordered and ate pizza that night. The donation will go directly back to the students and we will have a fun end of third trimester celebration by having a bounce house and blow up obstacle course for students to enjoy on May 20th! Thank you again for you generous support of Nike Elementary School.

The top two classes enjoyed a pizza party from Pizza Hut! Mrs. Harris's first grade class was first place and Ms. Katrina's Pre-K class came in second, but was within dollars of Ms. Harris's class, so they enjoyed a pizza party also!

We have had a great turn out for STEAM Club. We are on our fourth and last week of STEAM Club. We will have STEAM Club next year also.

Summer Discovery is approaching quickly! Summer Discovery gives our students the opportunity to do lots of fun activities and often involves spending more time outside in the summer sun! Please be sure to apply sunscreen to your kiddos before arriving at Summer Discovery. You may send sunscreen with your child but they will have to apply it themselves. We do not provide sunscreen.

If your child has medication or an inhaler in the nurse's office, and they are NOT attending Summer Discovery, those will need to be picked up by the last day of school.

Pre-K and Kindergarten will have a song(s) for graduation on the last day of school. Students in Second, Third and Fourth Grades need to continue reviewing their music vocabulary words for the quiz the third week of May. Study guides were sent home in January and can also be found on our Google Classroom pages.

The fourth graders recently painted ceiling tiles for the art room. They learned how to collaborate, how different kinds of paint work, and how to care for their projects. They were awesome artists to work with!

Third graders discuss printmaking and symmetry while painting.

Wow! The end of the year is always SO busy! ALL library books will be due back to the library on May 9th. I will be sending home several overdue notices of books that are late. If a book is lost or damaged, then it will need to be paid for so your child can check out next year.

We are working on several fun activities as we end the year up. Fourth grade has been working on their four season WeVideo project. Third grade will be doing a Breakout Box. Second grade will be writing and mailing friendly letters to family and friends. PreK, Kindergarten and first grade are learning about butterflies and doing some butterfly activities.

At the end of the year, some information will be going home about summer reading opportunities. We will be doing a summer reading program at Nike to encourage students to read. There will also be summer reading opportunities through the public library.

The school year is starting to wind down and along with that intramurals are as well. The last day of hockey intramurals will be Friday May 6th.

Please be making sure your student is bringing tennis shoes on their PE days to allow them to be more comfortable while running and playing.

Be on the lookout for Field Day info. Information will be sent out in the coming weeks, there will be a parent sign up sheet for those who would like to come and help out with one of our stations.

Congratulations to the following students who make the second trimester Honor Roll.

Thank you to all who came to the Rummage Sale, rented a spot and stopped by the Silent Auction table. We made a little over $200. With all the money we raised at Pie in the Face, PTO purchased a $50 gift card for each teacher for Teacher Appreciation week. We are looking into bigger items to purchase for the school in the coming year. Also, PTO is providing desserts on Friday of Teacher Appreciation week. Sign up on our Signup Genius link if you are interested in donating cookies, brownies or cupcakes. We greatly appreciation any donations.

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Our May meeting will be at El Agave on May 17 @ 6:30. We will be discussing events for the next school year. We hope to see you there.

Nike Elementary School is hosting a blood drive THIS Wednesday, May 4th. If you are able to donate blood, the information to register by clicking THIS link.

We would like to shower our staff with support. THANK YOU to everyone who signed up to bring in items for Teacher Appreciation Week. HERE is the link to the Sign Up Genius.

If you would like to give a gift to your child's teacher, we do have a list of their favorite items.

STAFF FAVORITES LIST

You can find a list of their favorite items as well as their Amazon Wish List below.

STAFF AMAZON WISH LIST

To help cover the cost of our third trimester celebration which includes a bounce house, blow up obstacle course, and snow cones, we are having a Dine to Donate on May 17th from 4-9 p.m. PTO is also moving their meeting to El Agave. It will start at 6:30 p.m. We hope you can join us!

May 3rd-6th & May 10th-12th- 3rd & 4th grade MAP testing

May 4th- Nike Blood Drive 2-6 pm

May 13th- MAP Celebration for 3rd and 4th grade

May 14th- Girls on the Run at Forest Park

April 17th- PTO Meeting @ 6:30 @ El Agave, Dine to donate @ El Agave from 4-9 p.m.

May 20th- End of Third Trimester Celebration

May 23rd- School wide Field Day

May 24th- 4th grade celebration

May 25th- Pre-K graduation @ 9 a.m. & kindergarten graduation @ 10 a.m.

May 25- Last day of School

Nike Elementary School Principal

Email: jtollison@mvr3.k12.mo.us
Website: https://www.mvr3.k12.mo.us/o/nike
Location: 2264 Hwy Ap, Catawissa, MO 63015
Phone: (636) 271-1444