Smithville Elementary

SISD is exploring the possibility of offering extended care for students who do not qualify for ACE for the 2024-2025 school year. The program would follow the ACE calendar for days of operation. Programming would run from dismissal to 5:30 p.m. Students can be picked up, dismissed with walkers or ride the after school bus home. There is no penalty for attendance or early pick ups in paid programming. Please fill out this survey by March 1st with your interest: https://bit.ly/3uFuHTC

This is a reminder that Monday, February 19th, is a staff and student holiday in honor of President's Day. We will see everyone back on Tuesday, February 20th.

We will be hosting a family engagement "Lunch & Learn" at noon on Thursday, February 22nd via Zoom. See the flyer for more details and a link to join the session! We hope to see you there! https://5il.co/2euml

Please click the link to view important dismissal reminders from Smithville Elementary. https://bit.ly/3SDbSbK

Congratulation to the "Tiger Team"! This group of SES students competed in their first ever Destination Imagination (DI) contest this weekend and placed 1st! They will be advancing to the State DI Competition in Arlington, TX! We are so proud of them!

Just a reminder that the SES Spring Book Fair is this week. Please see the attached schedule for shopping days.

WE LOVE OUR COUNSELORS! This week was National School Counseling Week, so the campuses showed some extra love to these ladies for working hard to make our lives better every day! Raven Behrens - Brown Primary & Elementary Cory Williams - Elementary Jennifer Edwards - Junior High Reena Reese - High School Cari Ulrich - High School #nationalschoolcounselingweek #weloveourcounselors #TigerPride

Weather permitting, Ms. Foster will have Smencils in the circle drive tomorrow morning!

Congratulations to the students who participated in our Elementary Science Fair! And thanks to the volunteers who came out to judge for us! 1st Place Ribbon: Sullivan Brantley Carter Case Frankie Goetzman Ben Metcalf Callie Meuth Emma Saunders 2nd Place Ribbon: Brier Cox Eli Cox Brianna Hajek Layton Vicencio Marissa Winegarner 3rd Place Ribbon: Erwin Gomez Willy Thomas Jake Tiner Jacob Vinklarek These students will have an opportunity to participate in the Austin Regional Science Fair at the end of this month. Good luck, students!

THE BOOK FAIR IS COMING! Smithville Elementary will be hosting a Spring Book Fair next week, February 12-16! They will be open every day during regular school hours, and until 4:30pm on Valentine's Day and 4pm on Friday (16th). Use this link to preview the book fair, or to set up your E-Wallet for your student! https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/smithvilleelementaryschool2

Several of our students had the opportunity to participate in ESC Region 13's "Thank You Notes" project and tell why they are thankful for the teachers at SISD! It was a really great experience, and they did such a great job. You can watch the finished product here: https://bit.ly/495XAXV Thanks to Region 13 for creating this for SISD! We love our teachers!

Kindness Week is almost here! Please join us in celebrating Kindness Week by participating in some fun dress-up days. Please see the information on the attached flyers.

Please see the attached flyers for information regarding the upcoming 3rd-grade parent engagement event. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bBPQoT13zRylYoPhchBYiFmfL7bQSzQe/view?usp=sharing

Ms. Foster will be selling smelly pencils, pens, stickers, and keychains in the morning. See you all in the circle drive!

Please join us on Friday, February 2nd, as 1st grade celebrates the 100th Day of School! See the flyer for additional details.

Ms. Foster will be in the circle drive selling smelly pencils, pens, stickers, and key chains in the morning. See you there.

Board Meeting Highlights: - Pledge Leaders from SES - Character Education Speakers - Tiger Award Winners - Outstanding Students of the Nine Weeks #TigerPride

We enjoyed celebrating growth again at Smithville Elementary with another Growth Parade! Students were celebrated for hitting academic and/or behavioral milestones and were able to parade through the halls while being cheered on by their families and peers! Way to go! #TigerPride

Due to continued rainfall, and for the safety of our students and staff traveling home, Smithville ISD is canceling ALL after school activities for Wednesday, January 24th. This includes the ACE Afterschool Program. We will be monitoring the weather and will send out messages if there are other changes. Thank you.

For the safety of all students and staff traveling to school, and due to the flash floods in our area, Smithville ISD will delay start time for Wednesday, January 24th by two hours. The bell schedules will be as follows: BP - 9:55am SES - 9:45am JH - 9:55am SHS - 9:55am All buses will pick up two hours later as well. Thank you, and please be safe.