Sallas Mahone Elementary

📢Last chance to order the 2023-2024 Yearbook🏫 Purchase you copy online or by order sheet for $35! For online orders, please visit buytheyearbook.pictavo.com and enter our School ID# 2280526-2401. Online sales will close soon❗ Or, you may send in your order sheet and money with your child to turn into your child's teacher.

📰The Sallas MaHOME Post--April 2024📰 SME's monthly school-wide newsletter for April is now available to view on our SME Webpage (https://www.gocats.org/o/sme/page/swnewsletter), VCS App, SME's Facebook page, SME's Instagram page, or parent email and text! Georgia Milestones testing information included in this issue. All parents, students, staff, and community partners, read to discover and stay informed of the wonderful happenings throughout our school building! Still not connected to our VCS App? Be sure to join by using the link below to stay up to date and in communication with your child's teachers! Download for Android https://bit.ly/3ElvoUE Download for iPhone https://apple.co/3fHbkl9 We would love to have you a part of our communication platform to stay connected! #SMECapturetheCulture #SallasMaHOME #SMEParentsRock #bettertogether

🥼Congratulations to Sallas Mahone's Science Fair Winners and Honorable Mentions!🥼 Out of the 34 projects our volunteer judges were able to narrow down our winners to the following: 🥇1st Place-Millie Wolfe, 4th Grade 🥈2nd Place-Tirth Patel, 5th Grade 🥉3rd Place-Ty Ezzell, 4th Grade 🏆Honorable mentions: Ava Cannister, Madison Winterstein, Anna Cannister, Juliana Stubbs, Matthew Mullis, Drake Rohrback, Corbett Harless, Orazio Strealy, Kannon Howell, Rhett Welch, Ansley Bennett, and Zariah Weatherspoon. These individuals will be proceeding to our district level competition in May! We cannot thank all of our participants one final time! We are so proud of the 47 fourth and fifth graders that willingly chose to participate in this event! We cannot wait to see what wonderful experiements you create next year! #SMECapturetheCulture #studentsofsme #The3VWay

🍎Congratulations to Sallas Mahone's Crystal Apple Award recipients🍎 Ms. Jerica White, 5th grade teacher, and Ms. Samantha Fletcher, Paraprofessional staff. 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 Peak Performance Accounting Consultants and Horace Mann for providing our gifts to celebrate these wonderful individuals! #SMECapturetheCulture #SallasMaHOME #TeachersofSME

Parents of girls interested in middle school volleyball, mark your calendars for Monday, March 25, 2024 at 6:00 pm There will be an interest meeting held in the VMS Cafeteria where Coach Bryan Deal will discuss the sport, answer any questions and go over the volleyball tryout process. If you need more information, contact bryan.deal@gocats.org.

Sallas Mahone attended the Tome Society Student Conference last Tuesday and they had a blast! 📚 Out of 53 teams, Sallas Mahone came in second place🥈....whoo hoo! We are extremely proud of our students. There were over 1600 students in attendance. Students were also able to meet four of their seven authors, take pictures with them and learn more about the writing process. We are looking forward to next year's conference!🏆

📢🍪Cookie Dough Pick-Up will be TOMORROW, Wed., March 13th, 3:30-5:30 PM📢 THANK YOU to all of our families who sold items to support SME! You can pull up to the bus loading area (beside the awning) or park in the large parking lot beside the gym. Then, you will walk inside the gym to pick up your order. You may use the gym's side door to enter.

Join us for a great time of fun, food and giveaways!! Contact your student's teacher for more information. Saturday, March 9, 2024 from 10:00 am until 12:00 pm at Valdosta Middle School.

💻Parents/Guardians of our students who will be participating in the Ga. Milestones Assessment (GMAS-3rd, 4th, and 5th graders), we have resources for you! 🎉 Head over to our Sallas Mahone Website (https://www.gocats.org/o/sme/page/ga-milestones) and explore and dig into the online resources that will assist you in further supporting your child to prepare for this end of grade (EOG) test! We thank you for your continued support and encouragement for your child/children to do their best!💯 #bettertogether #ParentsofSME

📰The Sallas MaHOME Post--March 2024📰 SME's monthly school-wide newsletter for March is now available to view on our SME Webpage (https://www.gocats.org/o/sme/page/swnewsletter), VCS App, SME's Facebook page, SME's Instagram page, or parent email or text! All parents, students, staff, and community partners, read to discover and stay informed of the wonderful happenings throughout our school building! Still not connected to our VCS App? Be sure to join by using the link below to stay up to date and in communication with your child's teachers! Download for Android https://bit.ly/3ElvoUE Download for iPhone https://apple.co/3fHbkl9 We would love to have you a part of our communication platform to stay connected! #SMECapturetheCulture #SallasMaHOME #SMEParentsRock #bettertogether

Are you ready to help us celebrate reading?!🎉 We will celebrate Read Across America🌎 next week, Monday-Friday, March 4th-8th, by dressing up! Each day is designated to express how wild we are about reading! SME is wild about reading because words are everywhere, reading trains your brain, books brighten our world, and reading can make your dreams come true! Use the flyer to see your dress up days. If your child does not participate in dress up days, they must wear school code uniforms. #HearSMEROAR #SMEWildAboutReading

📚The Spring Book Fair is coming!📚 Sallas Mahone's book fair will be open this Saturday, March 2nd from 10 AM-12 PM. The book fair will then be open the entire week, Monday-Friday, March 4th-8th during school hours. Please come and shop with your child on Saturday or allow your child to shop during the week!

📢Parents of our 3rd, 4th, and 5th Graders!📢 We hope to see you tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb. 27th at 12:30 PM in the Media Center for our GMAS Lunch N' Learn!😋🏫 Come discover how, together, we can help your child/children prepare for the upcoming GMAS in April and May! Bring your lunch or enjoy a provided sandwich🥪 and discover some valuable insight and resources. We hope to see you here!🖤💛

🎉PBIS Pizza and Play Celebration!🍕 Who's ready to enjoy some extra play time and delicious pizza? Be sure to earn your 150 points by Thursday, March 14th! Students participating will receive extra play time outside from their normal routine and pizza! That means normal recess and elective AND THEN MORE PLAY TIME! Participating dates/grades: Wed., Mar. 20th/Pre-K & Kinder.; Thurs., Mar. 21st/1st & 2nd; Fri., Mar. 22nd/3rd-5th *Students must be eligible to attend.* Let's #HearSMEROAR! Keep earning those points by being Responsible, On-task, Aware of self and others, and Respectful! #SallasMaHOME #studentsofsme

❄Winter Break-Mon., Feb. 19th-Tues., Feb. 20th-NO SCHOOL❄ We look forward to seeing your children return on Wed., Feb. 21st! Also, leading up to our Black History Program on Friday, Feb. 23rd, students may choose to dress up (following appropriate dress code) in lieu of wearing their uniform. Note: If your child does not participate in the dress up days, your child must wear their dress code uniform.

📕The 2023-2024 School Yearbook is on sale now! Pre-order your yearbook before or on Friday, March 1st for only $30! You may choose to order online or with order form. Order forms will come home today, Wed., Feb. 14th! For online orders, please visit buytheyearbook.pictavo.comand and enter our School ID# 713644. Be sure to place your order today! Orders placed after March 1st will be $35 and while supplies last!

📢Calling all 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Parents!📢 We cordially invite you to join us on Tuesday, Feb. 27th, 12:30 PM in the Media Center for our GMAS Lunch N' Learn!😋🏫 This will be a time to gather information and resources on how you can help your child/children prepare for the upcoming GMAS in April and May! Bring your lunch or enjoy a provided sandwich🥪 and discover some valuable insight and resources. We hope you can come join us!

🌹A friendly reminder about upcoming celebrations.🌹 Read attached image for brief details.

🎉This week we celebrate Mrs. Tracy Cannister and Mrs. Megan Welch, SME's School Counselors!🎉 These ladies make a tremendous impact in helping students achieve school success while supporting families and staff! We are grateful for the endless encouragement that they provide for Sallas Mahone!

🔬🧪Calling all 4th and 5th grade scientists!🧪🔬 This Thursday, February 8th, our CATalyst teachers will hold an interest meeting during the 4th and 5th grade scheduled elective times. Students interested in participating in SME's Science Fair 2024 will come to Room 4 to learn more! We will share the expectations of the projects, along with other pertinent information. If they decide to proceed with the process, these students will come home with more information for you and your child to read over, sign, and return. We encourage all of our 4th and 5th graders to come learn how they can enhance and expand their learning beyond the classroom! Parents, we ask you to promote and encourage this wonderful opportunity for your child! You will also be a part of this process, so please be on the lookout for more information.