Important News

As a school, we are focusing on building a restorative culture. During the first grading period, all staff implemented the 5 Questions when responding to challenging student behavior. These questions may be helpful to parents in discussing your child’s behavior in school or at home. Please see the questions below: What happened? What were you thinking of at the time…

Are you interested in joining the SFES School Improvement Team (SIT)? This team will meet three times this school year to review school-wide data and suggest/monitor strategies to make SFES even better. Please send Dr. Smith an email at Joy_Smith@hcpss.org if you are interested in joining this year. The first meeting will take place on November 29 at 3:00 p.m…

The first quarter of the school year has gone by quickly and it has been an exciting and productive time. Our students are into the second marking period. Parents are meeting with their child’s teacher during parent conferences next week and, the Thanksgiving holiday is less than a week away! As I reflect on the many things for which I…

Due to inclement weather today and into Friday morning, the Turkey Trot will be moved to Tuesday, November 27. The running schedule, by grade: 9:05 - 10:05 -- 4th grade 10:05 - 11:05 -- 5th grade 11:05 - 12:05 -- 3rd grade 12:05 - 1:05 -- Kindergarten/PreK [BREAK] 1:30 - 2:30 -- 2nd grade 2:30 - 3:15 -- 1st grade…

The November PTA meeting is scheduled for tonight. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Media Center. Hope to see you there!

It's time to celebrate our students! Today 1st quarter report cards will be coming home with your child(ren). Each quarter we want to recognize their efforts in school and will be hold a pep rally and award ceremony for each grade. Each classroom teacher selected four students to receive the PAW Award. Two PAW Awards are given to students who…

Students in Grade 3 and Grade 5 will be taking the CogAT in December. The Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) is an assessment that measures learned reasoning abilities that have been developed through both in school and out-of-school experiences. CogAT is a nationally norm-referenced ability measure that provides feedback on student performance as compared to students across the country. Please mark…

Unfortunately, it looks like rain is in the forecast for the end of this week. Since the students run on the back fields (grass) for the Turkey Trot, the fields may be drenched and become extremely muddy. Safety is a top priority and wet, muddy conditions will not be ideal for running. IF we need to postpone, we will send…

Parent-Teacher Conferences Parent/Teacher Conferences offer a wonderful opportunity to learn more about your child’s educational progress and to partner with the school. The upcoming November conferences will be held with your child’s ELA teacher. The dates will be November 19-21. The conference sign up window will be open from November 9 until November 18, at 5:00 pm. Please call the…

Thank you to everyone who made it out to the Chick-fil-A on Dobbins Road on November 5 to support our first restaurant night fundraising event. The next SFES restaurant night is on December 11 at Chipotle (6181 Old Dobbin Lane) Hope to see you there! SFES School Improvement Team (SIT): Are you interested in joining the SFES School Improvement Team…