Sallas Mahone Elementary

🍎Congratulations to Sallas Mahone's Crystal Apple Award recipients🍎 Mrs. Christie Umpleby, 2nd grade teacher, and Ms. Patricia Donaldson, classified staff member. These ladies have been recognized for going above and beyond to serve the needs of our students and staff here at SME! We are thankful for their continued dedication toward education and the community. Thank you to Horace Mann for providing our crystal apple to celebrate these wonderful individuals! #SMECapturetheCulture #SallasMaHOME #TeachersofSME

The May 2023 regular meeting of the Valdosta Board of Education will be held at the superintendent's office in the boardroom on Tuesday, May 9, at 7:00 pm. Click here to view the agenda (https://bit.ly/3MblpVa). VBOE meetings are streamed live via the VCS YouTube Channel. Subscribe to GoVCSCats on YouTube to stay up to date! Click here to bookmark the page (https://bit.ly/watchVBOELive).

Interested in playing middle school softball? Tryouts are Monday, May 8 - Wednesday, May 10 at the NMS Softball Field.

🍎Teacher Appreciation Week 2023🍎 This week we celebrate all of our wonderful educators at #SallasMaHOME! Be sure to let your teachers know how special they are and how much you appreciate them! 💐🎉Today we spotlight our Elective, Speech, and Media Center Teachers!🎉💐 WE ❤ YOU! #TeachersofSME #teacherappreciation #SMECapturetheCulture

🍎Teacher Appreciation Week 2023🍎 This week we celebrate all of our wonderful educators at #SallasMaHOME! Be sure to let your teachers know how special they are and how much you appreciate them! 💐🎉Today we spotlight our Fourth Grade, Fifth Grade, and PEC Team: Self-Contained and Student Support Teachers!🎉💐 WE ❤ YOU! #TeachersofSME #teacherappreciation #SMECapturetheCulture

🍎Teacher Appreciation Week 2023🍎 This week we celebrate all of our wonderful educators at #SallasMaHOME! Be sure to let your teachers know how special they are and how much you appreciate them! 💐🎉Today we spotlight our First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade and CATalyst Teachers!🎉💐 WE ❤ YOU! #TeachersofSME #teacherappreciation #SMECapturetheCulture

🍎Teacher Appreciation Week 2023🍎 This week we celebrate all of our wonderful educators at #SallasMaHOME! Be sure to let your teachers know how special they are and how much you appreciate them! 💐🎉Today we spotlight our Pre-K and Kindergarten Teachers and Paraeducators!🎉💐 WE ❤ YOU! #TeachersofSME #teacherappreciation #SMECapturetheCulture

Today our military children held their Purple Up Celebration! 💜🎉 The Month of the Military Child (#MOMC) celebrates these children who are faced with many challenges and unique experiences due to their parents' service. We love our SME military children! Thank you to our military families who serve our country and share their children with us at #SallasMaHOME! #SMECapturetheCulture #studentsofsme #PurpleUp

🍎Congratulations to Sallas Mahone's Crystal Apple Award recipients🍎 Mrs. Anne Moody, Art teacher, and Ms. Samantha Thomas, Paraprofessional staff in our media center. These ladies have been recognized for going above and beyond to serve the needs of our students and staff here at SME! We are thankful for their continued dedication toward education and the community. Thank you to Horace Mann for providing our crystal apple and gift cards to celebrate these wonderful individuals! #SMECapturetheCulture #SallasMaHOME #TeachersofSME

🍎Congratulations to Sallas Mahone's Crystal Apple Award recipients🍎 Mrs. Anne Moody, Art teacher, and Ms. Samantha Thomas, Paraprofessional staff in our media center. These ladies have been recognized for going above and beyond to serve the needs of our students and staff here at SME! We are thankful for their continued dedication toward education and the community. Thank you to Horace Mann for providing our crystal apple and gift cards to celebrate these wonderful individuals! #SMECapturetheCulture #SallasMaHOME #TeachersofSME

"No school can work well for children if parents and teachers do not act in partnership on behalf of the children's best interests."--Dorothy H. Cohen Parents, let's work together to prepare your child for GMAS! We will have a GMAS resource prep station for you in the media center TONIGHT, April 11th, 6:00 PM. Come grab some information and speak with one of our counselors on how you can help your child. There will be a PTO meeting following if you are able to stick around. Our PTO team would love your input and support! Want additional resources? Do not forget about our resource help page dedicated to GMAS on our school web site: https://www.gocats.org/o/sme/page/ga-milestones #SMECapturetheCulture #SMEParentPartners #SallasMaHOME

VMS Sideline Cheer Tryouts will be held April 17 - 20 from 3:30 - 5:30 pm in the gymnasium. All paperwork must be turned in to Coach Davis at VMS by 3:30 pm on April 12 to tryout. Click here for more info (http://bit.ly/3Zbt4pH).

April is The Month of the Military Child! This year, to help celebrate, we are providing our SME Families an opportunity to donate toward care packages. We will collect items March 27th-April 21st. The items collected will be shared with Moody Airforce Base to send to deployed family members. Please consider supporting this cause to support our military families! Here is a list to get some ideas of great items to send: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E1QJ510-5YiyCUGOll7mEI6ejaBGNrV6/view

We now have a page dedicated to supporting your needs in preparing our students for the upcoming Georgia Milestones! Please explore our Ga. Milestones Info. and Resource page located on our school website to boost confidence and encourage high achievement! https://www.gocats.org/o/sme/page/ga-milestones #SMECapturetheCulture #SMEParentPartners #SallasMaHOME

Monday, March 13 will be a teacher in-service day. Students, enjoy your day off!! See everyone back at school on Tuesday, March 14.

We're thrilled to announce the new app for Valdosta City Schools! It's everything VCS/Go Cats, in your pocket. Download for Android https://bit.ly/3ElvoUE Download for iPhone https://apple.co/3fHbkl9

No School for students, Monday, March 13, 2023. We will see everyone on Tuesday, March 14th! Have a safe weekend!

TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT! Come enjoy some family time with games and even a chance to win a free book! We hope to see you tonight from 5:30-6:30!

Help support our teachers and students by supporting our Valdosta City Schools Foundation, Inc.! VCSF funds are used for School/Classroom Grants and VCS Scholarships for VHS & VECA seniors. Ask your child's teacher how you can purchase tickets! Cash, checks made payable to VCS Foundation, or Venmo (@VCSFoundationInc) will be optional payments for tickets.

😻🖤💛SME's Family Game Night, Thursday, March 9th💛🖤😻 Come and attend our game night from 5:30-6:30 PM! Your family will receive a Bingo board at the door. You will then participate in as many games as possible! There will even be a Book Walk📖! Winners will be able to choose a book of their choice! Come, enjoy, and learn some fun and exciting activities that you can do at home with your child to increase their academic growth! #SMECapturetheCulture #SMEParentPartners #HearSMEROAR