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Announcements

Lunch Menu

May 21  - May 25

School Supplies for 2018-19

Order your 2018-2019 School Supplies now!  Skip the lines and have your child’s school supplies waiting for them at Sara Collins in August.

 It is as simple as 1-2-3.  Click the link below, enter 29607, then Sara Collins Elementary and order. Orders must be placed by June 30th!  These are teacher approved supply lists for next school year. Please remember to order for your child’s 2018-2019 grade level.  

Click here to order grade level supplies.

To see a list of supplies by grade level, visit the supplies list page here on our website.

Job Fair
Greenville County Schools is hiring building services employees and more! 
Check out the job fair on May 22 from 5 - 7 pm at Duncan Chapel Elementary School, 210 Duncan Chapel Road, Greenville,  SC 29617.
For more information call the INFOline 355-3200. Visit the GCS website, www.greenville.k12.sc.us.

Appreciation in Action
Roles were reversed at Sara Collins Elementary where students took time to prepare and serve Food and Nutrition Services (FANS) staff lunch. Special needs students went on a field trip to purchase items and spent the morning preparing a meal that they served to thank the FANS staff for their service to the school. Check out the video!

Greenville Journal Partnership
Greenville Journal Partnership - We are excited to announce a new partnership with The Greenville Journal to showcase our award-winning students, staff, and schools in a way that’s never been done before! The Journal has created a Greenville County Schools section on their website where parents and other community members can watch videos, view photos, link to our website and Facebook page, and find information on special topics such as the Strategic Education Plan. Our first e-publication of Class Acts has been posted here. Future Class Acts editions will be posted in April and June. The Graduation Edition and Teachers of the Year editions will be printed and distributed through The Journal, copies will be delivered to schools, and the information will be posted on this page. Please share this link on your school’s homepage so parents may see their award-winning students and staff.

The Amazing Shake

The Amazing Shake is a competition that allowed our 5th grade students the opportunity to demonstrate manners, self-discipline, respect, and professional conduct. This was our first time planning such an event, and we were excited to have members of the community partner with us. The competition was completed in four rounds. For more details and a slide show, check out this link!

Middle and High School Course Catalogues
To plan for middle school registration, click to link to all middle and high school course catalogs.

Medications at School

 Important information regarding medication administration at school can be found here!

Car Line Reminders

Please note these important reminders for the car lines. THANK YOU!

 Students should arrive NO LATER THAN 7:55 in order to be in their seats, ready for instruction at 8:00.  
If your child arrives after 8am, you must walk your child in to the front office to be signed in.  

  Please make sure to pay close attention at the corner of Parkins Mill Road and Windmont as you are rounding the corner to go to back carpool.  Dozens of children cross at that intersection and need to get safely across the road.  Do not block the cross walk while waiting in line.  

 For the safety of all, please refrain from using cell phones in the car line. 

YMCA After School Program

Sara Collins has partnered with the YMCA for an after school program. Check their website, YMCA After School Care for more information. We are listed under the Caine Halter YMCA as an on-school site.

Sara Collins PTA Website

Check out our Sara Collins PTA's new website! Our volunteers have worked hard to create a tool to keep you up-to-date and informed about PTA activities and the many ways they support our school. The Sara Collins PTA has won many awards for many years for their high level of involvement and support for the students, families, and staff at Sara Collins. It is a tradition of excellence that started with Sara Collins, a parent volunteer for whom our school is named.

Scout's Rock

Scout's Rock is the large painted rock in front of the school at the corner of Parkins Mill Rd. and Betty Spencer Drive.
Scout’s Rock is a great way to send a special message and show your school spirit or tell someone "Happy Birthday!"
• Reservations are required
• Dates are available on a first come, first served basis. No businesses, please.
• Cost is $10 for one day (3pm-3pm)

To make a reservation, click this sign-up link.

For details on painting the rock, click here for information. 

2017-18 Teacher of the Year

We are pleased to announce Mrs. Patti Renwick as the Sara Collins 2017-18 Teacher of the Year! Mrs. Renwick was selected by her peers to represent our school as an exemplary teacher. She currently teaches Kindergarten at Sara Collins. Hundreds of students have had a wonderful beginning to their school years in Mrs. Renwick's classroom.

Patti was born in Oakland, California. Her father was enlisted the Navy, and she moved many times with her family to places with a naval base such as Guam, Naples Italy, Virginia, and Charleston. She graduated from Lander College in Greenwood, South Carolina where she earned her BS in early childhood and elementary education in 1987. She married Doug, her high school sweetheart, and they moved to Toccoa, Georgia where she taught second grade at Big A Elementary in 1989. From 1991-1997 Patti taught first and second grade at Pleasant View Primary in Laurens County. She was teacher of the year at Pleasant View Primary for the 1993-1994 school year. Patti became a teacher in Greenville County in 1998 where she worked one year as a first grade teacher at Tryon Street Elementary in Greer. She transferred to Sara Collins Elementary in 1999 where she has taught kindergarten for the past 18 years. When she isn’t teaching, Patti and her husband love to attend sporting events at Clemson University. Her main reason to visit Clemson is to see her youngest daughter Lindsay who will be a senior. She also loves going to Charlotte, NC to visit her daughter, Elizabeth and son-in-law, Jake.
 

School Visitor and Volunteer Guidelines
Greenville County Schools (GCS), in an effort to ensure the safety of all of our students, is implementing additional security checks for school volunteers. Effective immediately, all volunteers must submit an application to the school and receive clearance from the district before interacting with children in the school or chaperoning any school field trip. Volunteers are now identified by two different categories: Level I or Level II. Please click here to review the details and find applications on the GCS website.

Learn English Online for Free! Aprende Inglés online, gratis !
A new program available to parents who would like to learn English and become more involved in their child’s academic achievement. The program is free to parents and is on a first come first served basis. Rosetta Stone® Community Solution for K-12 is a program available to the parents of our English Language Learners. This program provides the parents of our English Language Learners an opportunity to learn and develop their English Language skills. It enables parents to increase their engagement in their child’s school and contribute to improving their child’s educational achievement. The online lessons from Rosetta Stone® Community Solution for K-12 allow parents to use this program at home, work, on their phone, or anywhere they have access to the internet.

If you would like to have access to this program, please contact your child’s ESOL teacher. The ESOL teacher will be able to provide you with a code to access the program and share general log-in instructions. Click for more information.