Hey parents! Don't forget to request your FREE energy efficiency kit, and help our school win cash rewards. Go to MyEnergyKit.org, request your free kit, and be sure to credit Taylors Elementary School with your sign-up. Together our school can save 20,000 kWh of energy and meet the #MyEnergyKitChallenge! Remember that our school receives $250 for every 100 signups! (Even if you signed up last year, it will still counts towards our challenge when you sign up again.)
Parents, we need your help. Each week we have dozens of jackets and coats left at lost and found. If they have a name on the inside, we get the coat or jacket back to the right student. However, most of the time the coats and jackets have no name. Please help us by putting your child's name inside his or her coat.
Also, on the last Friday of each month, we will be donating unclaimed lost and found jackets, coats, hats, etc to a local charity.
Thank you for your help.
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Second and fifth grade students will be participating in Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) testing during the first two weeks of December. The testing will be completed in the areas of Reading and Math and the results will be shared with you. The results of these assessments will also be included in your child’s records. We appreciate your help to ensure that your student performs to the best of their ability.
Please make sure your child gets plenty of rest on the nights before the tests.
See that your child eats a nourishing breakfast on the mornings of the tests.
Make every effort to have your child in school and on time on testing days. (If your child has a doctor’s appointment on a testing day, please try to reschedule.)
Second and Fifth Grade MAP Testing Schedule:
December 3 - 5th Grade MAP Math
December 4 – 2nd Grade MAP Math
December 5 – 5th Grade MAP Reading
December 6 – 2nd Grade MAP Reading
December 9 – 12 – Make-up testing
2019-2020 Yearbooks will be on sale November 4 - December 16, 2019
Cost: $15
Order forms will be sent home in Thursday folders and available in the front office. Only a few extras are ordered for students who join Taylors after the preorder of yearbooks. Please order your yearbook if you plan on purchasing one.
Last day to order is December 16, 2019!
What is WATCH D.O.G.S.® (Dads Of Great Students)?
WATCH D.O.G.S. (Dads Of Great Students) is a family and community engagement educational initiative. Learn more about WATCH D.O.G.S. here.
What are the goals of a WATCH D.O.G.S. program?
1) To provide positive male role models for the students, demonstrating by their presence that education is important.
2) To provide extra sets of eyes and ears to enhance school security and reduce bullying.
Who are Watch D.O.G.S. ?
Watch D.O.G.S. are fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and other father-figures who volunteer for at least one day each year at an official WATCH D.O.G.S. school.
How can you become a WATCH D.O.G.?
1) Become a Level 2 volunteer. For information on how to complete this process,
2) After you are an approved Level 2 volunteer, contact Mrs. Merritt to schedule a date or dates to volunteer. You can call her at 864-355-7428 or email her at smmerritt@greenville.k12.sc.us.
To learn more about what a Topcat WATCH D.O.G does while at school and to fine out what our WATCH D.O.G.S. are saying about the program,
Registration for K5 and First Grade (for students who were not enrolled in a Greenville County K5 program) will be December 3rd through December 6th.
How important is attendance? Please view this infographic to see its impact.
