Valdosta City Schools will be closed for Winter Break on Monday, February 13. Staff returns for an in-service day on Tuesday, February 14, however students remain on break. Students return to school on Wednesday, February 15. Enjoy the long weekend!

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Valdosta City Schools has an immediate need for full-time and substitute bus drivers. Read more here (http://bit.ly/3YqOOhB).

WINTER BREAK
School will be out February 13th and 14th.
Have a safe extended weekend!

Come out to support the 2023 Kicks for Cats Basketball Challenge at S.L. Mason on February 16 at 6pm. Admission is $3.


🍎Congratulations to Sallas Mahone's Crystal Apple Award recipients🍎
Ms. Della Hannan, PEC teacher, and Ms. Kim McClain, PEC Paraprofessional staff.
These ladies have been recognized for serving the needs of our students and staff here at SME! We are thankful for their continued dedication toward education and our community.
Thank you to Horace Mann for providing our crystal apple and gift cards to celebrate these wonderful individuals!
#SMECapturetheCulture #TeachersofSME


We want to hear from you!
Thank you in advance for taking a few moments to complete this parent survey. You may find the link on our homepage: https://www.gocats.org/o/sme (Top corner or under the Parents section in the menu on our webpage.)
Or follow this link: https://gshs.gadoe.org/parents
#SMECapturetheCulture #SallasMaHOME #SMEParentPartners #SMEParentsaretheBest

The Georgia Parent Survey was developed to measure parent perceptions of school climate at your child’s school. Your opinion is very important to us. Your survey responses are confidential and will be combined with the survey responses of other parents at your child’s school to identify areas in need of improvement. It should only take ten or fifteen minutes to complete the survey.
Click here to begin the survey - https://gshs.gadoe.org/parents
Thank you for your time and participation.

Congratulations to Sallas Mahone's Continuous Acts of Kindness through Teamwork (CATS) Award recipient, Mrs. Amanda Batts!🏅🐾
Mrs. Batts is a wonderful and caring paraeducator in one of our kindergarten classrooms. We are so thankful to have her here at #SallasMaHOME!
Mrs. Batts will represent Sallas Mahone and will be nominated for our district level Employee of the Year.
#SMECapturetheCulture

The search committee wants to hear from stakeholders, what do you want to see in our next superintendent?
Click here to take the short survey - http://bit.ly/3RiTdAE
Survey available through February 17, 2023.

Due to inclement weather, all after school activities for VCS have been canceled today, Wednesday, January 25, 2023.

Due to inclement weather, after-school program has been canceled for today, January 25th. Students will be dismissing with their regular mode of transportation this afternoon.
If you child is a car rider, please be ready at your car door with an umbrella to help dismiss your child(ren) safely. If your child(ren) is a bus rider, if possible, please be ready to at their bus stop for a safe pick up.
Thank you SME Families for helping keep our children safe!

🎉Congratulations to our young authors whose writings were chosen as one of the place winners for their classrooms! 🎉
We are so proud of their hard work! Head over to our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/sallasmahone/) to view these winners!
The first place winners will advance to the grade level place winners! We cannot wait to name our grade level winners soon!
#SMECapturetheCulture #youngwriters #HearSMEROAR #SallasMaHOME

We are ready to spotlight our young writers this coming Thursday!🎉
Plan to be here to peruse the hard work that our students and teachers have put into their writings!
Our writing fair winners will also be acclaimed.
"If you don't see the book you want on the shelf, write it."
-Beverly Cleary, "Ramona"
#SMECapturetheCulture #youngwriters

🍎Congratulations to Sallas Mahone's Crystal Apple Award recipients🍎
Ms. Gail Benjamin, second grade teacher, and Mrs. Amanda Batts, Paraprofessional staff.
These ladies have been recognized for serving the needs of our students and staff here at SME! We are thankful for their continued dedication toward education and our community.
Thank you to Horace Mann for providing our crystal apple and gift cards to celebrate these wonderful individuals!
#SMECapturetheCulture #TeachersofSME


Become a master gardener and volunteer with any of our VCS school gardens!

SME is celebrating our young writers!🎉
Come join us on Thursday, January 19th, 5:30-6:30 PM.
Our writing fair winners will also be acclaimed!
"If you don't see the book you want on the shelf, write it."
-Beverly Cleary, "Ramona"
#SMECapturetheCulture #youngwriters

We want to hear from you!
Thank you in advance for taking a few moments to complete this parent survey. You may find the link on our homepage: https://www.gocats.org/o/sme
(Top corner or under the Parents section in the menu on our webpage.)
Or follow this link: https://gshs.gadoe.org/parents
#SMECapturetheCulture #SallasMaHOME #SMEParentPartners #SMEParentsaretheBest

Reminder parents❗️
In observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, Monday, January 16th, we will have no school.
Enjoy an extra day weekend!

👟🏀Kicks for Cats!🏀👟
We are proud to announce SME's participation for this wonderful cause!
The shoes collected will be divided amongst our team members of SME and then other VCS elementary schools. The goal is to distribute 100 pairs of shoes!
Be sure to mark the date to come cheer on our SME team!!📣

