Schedule Notes
All students will be dismissed at 11:30 on Friday, February 12. This half day will be a furlough day for our teachers.
Monday, February 15 will be a weather make-up day. Assuming that we do not miss school due to weather, this will be a day off for teachers and students.
Muffins for Moms
We invite all our Moms to join us on Friday, Feb. 12 from 7:15-7:45 in the cafeteria for muffins, juice, and coffee.
Hearts for Haiti
Beginning Tuesday, Feb. 16 through Friday, Feb. 26 we will be selling hearts for $1. The money raised will be donated to the relief fund for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
Candy Grams
The Chorus Kids of Camden Elementary will be taking Candy Gram orders until Thursday Feb. 10, 2010. Each Candy Gram cost 50 cents and will be delivered at the school on Thursday, Feb 11, in time for Valentine’s Day. Send a special message to an extra-special person!
We will be using the money for music purchase, t shirts, donations and future performing field trips.
Thank you!
Geography Club News
Our school Geography Bee was held Wednesday, January 13th. We are so proud of the following contestants:
Julia Keen, Ryann Buckelew, Mac Lindsay, Heather Woolard, Andrew Boyles, Caroline Woolard, Devin Beckley, Kyle Patrick Cassidy, Joe DeLoach, Gus Allen, Nicholas Butler, John Cantey, Dalton Elders, Will Farmer, Chris Butler, Spencer Hann, and Will Cobb
Finalist included Julia Keen, Andrew Boyles, Will Cobb, Nicholas Butler, and Spencer Hann.
Our school winner is Devin Beckley. Our runner-up was Andrew Boyles, and 3rd place was Spencer Hann. Devin will now take the School Winner Bee and compete for the top 100 to qualify for the State Bee.
Golf Tournament
Tee Time is coming soon!
The fourth annual Camden Elementary School Golf Tournament will be Thursday, March 18 at the Camden Country Club. Entry fee will be $300 per team. Hole sponsorships will be $100 each, tee time will be 1:00pm, and lunch will be provided.
Let’s dust off those clubs and come support our school!
Breakfast Book Club
The February Breakfast Book Club will read Skunkdog by Emily Jenkins and illustrated by Pierre Pratt. The Book will be available on Feb. 1 unless it is delayed in shipping. Our celebration will be Friday, Feb. 26.
Come join the fun and read with us!
Congratulations, SIC!
The Camden Elementary School Improvement Council has been recognized as one of eleven to be awarded the SC State SIC award.
This award is named in honor of former Governor Dick Riley and his wife Tunky. The SIC will find out in late February if they reached the semi-finals. The state winner will be announced in March. We are proud of our SIC and wish them luck in the competition!
It's Time for the Book Fair!!
Our Spring Book Fair will be held the first week of March. Flyers will be sent home closer to that time. Our theme will be “Book Fair Diner: All You Can Read!” Check out our web page at bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/cesca or simply click on the link on our school website.
We are still working on our AR Goals! With half (50%) of our school year finished, many students have indeed reached 50% of their yearly goal. In fact, 4th grade classes have over 60 students who have reached this half-year goal!!! Great job, and congratulations to all students for doing a super job reading.
Attention Parents of 3rd Graders
Arts Arising, Kershaw County’s Program for Artistically Gifted and Talented Students in the 3rd grade, will be held this summer. Nominations are now being taken for students in the areas of music, visual art, movement and/or theater. If you have a 3rd grader that you would like to nominate for this program, please stop by the office and fill out a nomination form or email Mrs. McDonald at aregina.mcdonald@kcsdschools.net or Mrs. Wallace at Martha.wallace@kcsdschools.net.
Tardies
I have been very lenient on tardies due to the cold weather. We will be making parents sign students in who are tardy. Please remember your student is tardy at 7:30.
Click here to find out what is happening at the Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County!
AR
The Accelerated Reader program is up and students are reading good books and taking quizzes! Students in 2nd-5th grade took the STAR reading test and were given year-end goals based on the results. Each student should have brought home a note listing year-end goal and the average book level that they should quiz on. Some student scores may have been updated due to the most recent STAR test given. Students were told about any new goals for AR, and they were taught how they could access their goals, points and percentage scores on the computers at school. First grade students should get 15 points by the end of the year, and kindergarten students should read a book-a-night (at least 5 days/week) and turn in reading logs at the end of each month.