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Greetings Lion Cub Families,

We are so excited to see everyone tomorrow as we return well-rested and recharged, ready to keep learning, leading, and letting our knowledge shine as we show what we know! We have a very busy week with our Quarter 3 awards assemblies, Clubs, 2nd grade field trip, and showing our appreciation to our Teacher Assistants. This week is Autism Awareness Week! To celebrate, acknowledge, and support our neurodivergent Lion Cub Leaders, we will have a Spirit Week. Check out the details below!

This year our Spring Break fell on National Assistant Principals' Week and School Librarian Appreciation Day but we can continue to celebrate and show appreciation to our School Librarian, Mrs. Lynch, and Mrs. Hamilton, Assistant Principal, as we return this week.

Lastly, prior to Spring Break, we had many amazing opportunities to learn about "Careers in Our Community" led by Mrs. Tricomi, School Counselor. Check out the amazing video below recapping all of our fantastic moments and opportunities from that week!

Let's get excited for our 29th week of learning, leading, and loving it!

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This week is Autism Awareness Week!

April 8th-19th- Q3 Parent/Teacher Conference Window: Please reach out to your child's teacher if you would like a conference

Monday, April 8, 2024

-Welcome back from Spring Break!

Magnificent Mind Monday: Hat Day

Kick off the week by celebrating our neurological differences. Wear a hat to celebrate magnificent minds!

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Neurodiversity Tuesday: Wear Rainbow Or Tie-Dye

No two people are the same. We are all a little different. Wear rainbow or tie-dye to celebrate the beauty of the diverse spectrum of the human mind.

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

-Teacher Assistant Appreciation Day: let's show our Teacher Assistants how much we appreciate and value them!

-Report Cards are available on PowerSchool

What’s your Passion Wednesday?

Wear something you’re passionate about. Many autistic people have an intense focus on their interests and hobbies. Dress to show something that you love!!

Thursday, April 11, 2024

-Club Day

-Quarter 3 Awards Assemblies: K-2- 8:30-9:30, 3-5 9:30-10:30

Thankful Thursday

Love and acceptance go a long way. Wear RED or HEARTS to show your love, acceptance and appreciation of autistic individuals.

Friday, April 12, 2024

-2nd Grade Field Trip

Sensory Friendly Friday

Sometimes autism comes with sensory sensitivities. Lights, sounds, touch and even taste can be overwhelming. Be comfy and sensory friendly in your favorite pajamas or sweat pants!!

Looking Ahead:

-April 15th-26th- Naglieri General Abilities Test for 2nd Graders

-April 15th- 19th- National Volunteer Recognition Week, Spring Fling School Musical 5:30 pm

-April 19th- Field Day

-April 22nd- 4th/5th Grade Junior Achievement, Earth Day/Campus Beautification Day

-April 24th- 3rd Grade Field Trip, National Administrative Professionals' Day, Elementary Battle of the Books Competition

-April 25th- Level Up Night/Kindergarten Open House/PTO Interest Meeting 4:00-6:30

-April 26th- 1st Grade Field Trip

-April 29th- May 3rd- NC Check-Ins testing for grades 3rd-5th

-May 1st- School Principals' Day

-May 3rd- School Lunch Hero Day

The upcoming partial solar eclipse on Monday, April 8th will be observable during the afternoon. All schools will operate on a normal dismissal schedule, therefore students may still be at school during peak times.

Looking directly at the eclipsed sun can cause permanent eye damage and vision loss. Students should not view the eclipse without proper protective eye-wear certified for safe solar viewing. The only safe methods are through approved safety glasses or pinhole projectors. Regular sunglasses or binoculars are unsafe. If students are at home, ensure they use protection or indirect viewing. Even briefly looking at the eclipsed sun risks irreversible eye damage.

Student safety is our top priority during this event. Though schedule changes cannot be accommodated, please reinforce eclipse eye safety practices with your children. Refer to https://bit.ly/eclipsefaq for more guidance.

We need volunteers! If you are interested in volunteering to cover lunches or help out in our school we would love to have you. If you are interested, please reach out to Ms. Mendoza at karina_mendoza@abss.k12.nc.us or Mrs. Hamilton at bethany_hamilton@abss.k12.nc.us

Please ensure you have completed the required background check. We appreciate your support!

Background Check: https://securevolunteer.com/alamance-burlington.../home

Reminders:

• School begins at 7:50 a.m. for ALL students Pre-K-5. If you arrive after 7:50, you must park in the Pre-K parking lot and walk in with your students to sign them in before they can go to class.
• Breakfast will stop being served at 9:00 am.
• If you need to change your child's afternoon transportation, please call the front office at (336) 578-0177 before 2:00 p.m. Teachers cannot check and respond to messages and emails throughout the day when they are teaching. Please do not expect an immediate response from your child's teacher during instructional hours. Office hours for teachers begin after 3:00 p.m.
• Families may come to eat lunch with your students. Please reach out to your child's teacher 24 hours in advance to let them know you are coming so they can plan for seating. Remember: NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR DRINK MAY BE BROUGHT IN. Upon arrival, please sign in at the front office and get a visitor's tag.
• Just a quick safety reminder: If you are signing your students out early (before 2:20 p.m.), you must go inside the front office and check them out. If you arrive early, after 2:20 p.m., to sign your child out, you must wait until the dismissal announcements are made at 2:25 p.m. We appreciate your cooperation with this matter!

K-5 Lion Cub Families, did you know that you can sign up to receive notifications when your children earn House Points? All you have to do is download the free Ron Clark House Points App and sign up with the letter that was sent home with your student before break. This will allow you to see every time your child has been recognized for something positive!

Family Connection letters have been sent home with every student that explain how to join the app so you can celebrate your students accomplishments daily!

• Students whose families connect to the House Points App will receive 5 pts!
• Homerooms with 100% of their class that have a family connection on the RCA House Points App will receive a popcorn party and 5 extra points for each member of their class!
• The House with 100% of their members that have family connections on the RCA House Points App will receive and additional 25 points for the entire House!

Let's take a look at what our students will be learning this week!

Reading:

With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic.

Math:

Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0 to 20, with 0 representing a count of no objects.

Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones by:

• Using objects or drawings.

• Recording each composition or decomposition by a drawing or expression.

• Understanding that these numbers are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.

Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes, and describe the relative positions of objects using positional terms.

Correctly name squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres regardless of their orientations or overall size.

Identify squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres as two-dimensional or three-dimensional.

Science:

Compare different types of the same animal (i.e. different types of dogs, different types of cats, etc.) to determine individual differences within a particular type of animal.

Reading:

Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.

Sight Words: I'm, page, live, own, back, give

Math:Represent and solve addition and subtraction word problems, within 20, with unknowns, by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem, when solving:

• Add to/Take from-Change Unknown
• Put together/Take Apart-Addend Unknown
• Compare-Difference Unknown

Science:

Give examples of how the needs of different plants and animals can be met by their environments in North Carolina or different places throughout the world.

Reading:

Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate an understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.

Math:

Add up to three two digit numbers using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.

Social Studies:

Explain how scarcity affects economic decisions

Science:

Identify ways in which many plants and animals closely resemble their parents in observed appearance and ways they are different.

Reading:

Math:

Reason with two-dimensional shapes and their attributes.

• Investigate, describe, and reason about composing triangles and quadrilaterals and decomposing quadrilaterals.

• Recognize and draw examples and non-examples of types of quadrilaterals including rhombuses, rectangles, squares, parallelograms, and trapezoids.

Science:

Remember the function of the following plant structures as it relates to the survival of plants in their environments:

Reading:

Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.

Math:

Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understandings of operations on whole numbers.

Understand and justify decompositions of fractions with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 100.

• Understand addition and subtraction of fractions as joining and separating parts referring to the same whole.

• Decompose a fraction into a sum of unit fractions and a sum of fractions with the same denominator in more than one way using area models, length models, and equations.

• Add and subtract fractions, including mixed numbers with like denominators, by replacing each mixed number with an equivalent fraction, and/or by using properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction.

• Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions, including mixed numbers by writing equations from a visual representation of the problem.

Social Studies:

Explain the ways in which revolution, reform, and resistance have shaped North Carolina.

Reading:

Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.

Math:

Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers

Compute and solve real-world problems with multi-digit whole numbers and decimal numbers

• Add and subtract decimals to thousandths using models, drawings or strategies based on place value.

• Multiply decimals with a product to thousandths using models, drawings, or strategies based on place value.

• Divide a whole number by a decimal and divide a decimal by a whole number, using repeated subtraction or area models. Decimals should be limited to hundredths.

• Use estimation strategies to assess reasonableness of answers.

Science:

Compare the major systems of the human body (digestive, respiratory, circulatory, muscular, skeletal, and cardiovascular) in terms of their functions necessary for life.

What it is

We find our voice when we combine our talents, passions, and conscience in a way that meets a need in the world. And once we find our voice, we can help others find theirs.

Check out this short video below of students in another Leader In Me school explaining what it means to "Find Your Voice"!

In first place is House Empatia with 21276 points! The points leader for House Empatia is Owen T., in first grade with 486 points!

Our Student Support Services Team is here to support our families. Please reach out to them if you have any needs of concerns.

The CityGate Dream Center in Burlington (1423 N Church St, Burlington, NC 27217) will have a Give Away activity on April 13th from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to provide free Meals, Toys, Clothes, Furniture and More.

Purpose: Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was tasked to develop and maintain the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) – a federal program that offers eligible households a discount on their monthly internet bill and a one-time discount off the purchase of a laptop, desktop or tablet computer. Since launching in December 2021, the ACP has helped over 22 million eligible households gain access to online internet service, allowing subscribers to take advantage of educational and career building resources, telehealth services and more. However, the of $14.2 billion Congress initially appropriated for the ACP is approaching depletion. Without additional funding, the Commission must begin a wind-down process for the ACP.

For more information, click this link.

Flu and cold season are here. It is important that we all do our best to stay healthy by washing our hands, covering our cough, and staying home when sick.

Students should stay home if

• If the student has any of the following symptoms they should stay home:

• Fever (temperature of 99.6 degrees Fahrenheit or higher),

• Diarrhea or vomiting

• Constant cough and sore throat

A student who has a fever of 99.6 or above or any student that has thrown up will be sent home. Therefore, you will need to come for him/her immediately when the school contacts you. It is extremely important that you provide your child’s teacher with several emergency contact numbers so that someone can be reached if your child gets sick or injured. We cannot allow students with these symptoms to ride home on the bus or daycare vans.

• Students need to be fever-free for 24 hours before returning to school.
• Anyone throwing up at night or in the morning should not attend school.

Every U.S. household may place an order to receive four free COVID-⁠19 rapid tests delivered directly to your home.

Order Free At-Home Tests

Need help placing an order for your at-⁠home tests?
Call 1-800-232-0233 (TTY 1-888-720-7489).

The U.S. government will continue to make COVID-⁠19 tests available to uninsured individuals and underserved communities through existing outreach programs. Please contact a HRSA health center, Test to Treat site, or ICATT location near you to learn how to access low- or no-cost COVID-⁠19 tests provided by the federal government.

For more information, click the link.

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