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home of the Bull Pups!
Celebrate Black History Month
PENNIES FOR PATIENTS fund raising campaign for the SC Leukemia and Lymphoma Society will begin on Monday, Feb. 6. For the next three weeks, we will be taking money donations that will go to benefit this organization. This organization is dedicated to finding a cure for blood cancers. We are also doing this to honor our local school hero, Debra Baker, our school nurse. Thanks for your help as we work for this effort. CONTACT: Beverly Gilliland, 355-1006.
STANDARD CODE OF DRESS FOR STUDENTS – a proposal for a standard code of dress was reviewed and discussed with the School Improvement Council on Friday, February 3. On Tuesday, February 7 parents (in Tuesday Folders) will receive a draft of the standard code of dress proposal for review and feedback. CONTACT: Debra Johnson, 355-1110.
Attention, Grandparents! Come to a Special Lunch & Learn in Your Honor! On Thurs. Feb. 9 at 10AM, please join us as we host special speaker, Lynn Hooper, who will be addressing the grandparents of our Armstrong students about the joys and challenges of raising grandchildren. You won't want to miss this opportunity to learn and fellowship with other Armstrong grandparents! There will be a door prize drawing and lunch will be served. Please RSVP no later than Fri. Feb 3. Call Ms. Suzanne Henry at 355-1113 for more information.
2012-13 Course Catalogs for the middle schools our school feeds:
Calling All Heart Heroes YOUR child can be a Heart Hero and help children with special hearts by participating in Jump Rope For Heart ! Jump Rope For Heart is a fun experience where children have fun jumping rope, learning about their hearts and how to keep them healthy, all while raising life-saving donations for the American Heart Association. Collection envelopes are due back the week of February 17th. The week of February 20-24th each class will celebrate their hard work during their own PE class. Visit www.heart.org/jump to search for our school and sign up under our school team. Visit http://tshirtcontest.heart.org/ to sign up for the Jump Rope for Heart t-shirt contest. For more information or if you have questions contact Rita Erwin at 355-1155.
When to keep your child home or send him or her to school: You are required to keep your child home if he or she: • Has a fever of 100 degrees or higher
• Has been vomiting Consider keeping your child home if he
or she: • Has symptoms that prevent him or her from participating in school, such as: •Excessive tiredness
or lack of appetite •Productive coughing, sneezing • Headache, body aches, earache • Sore throat* Please click here for more information!Espanol
The mission
of Armstrong Elementary School is to prepare productive
citizens in a democratic society by promoting a desire
for lifelong learning, a mastery of basic academic
skills, multicultural awareness, character education,
and creative critical thinking skills in cooperation
with the home and community.