Marvin B. Smith Elementary School

🌟Job seekers, mark your calendars - our 2024 Job Fair is one month away! We are hiring for many positions, both certified and classified. Come find your next opportunity with us! Please share with anyone you know who may be interested. 📍 Highland Elementary ⏰ 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM 🗓️ April 13th, 2024 #StudentCenteredFutureFocused

We are thrilled to congratulate our 2024 Classified Employees of the Year! 🌟These dedicated staff members take on diverse and critical roles that provide vital support for the education of our students. We deeply appreciate their hard work. Congratulations!

✨ Kindergarten Enrollment links in English and Spanish are now on our website! We have instructions, videos, a checklist, and other resources. If your child will turn 5 before August 31, 2024, they are eligible to enroll in ABSS Kindergarten for the 2024-2025 academic year. https://www.abss.k12.nc.us/o/abss/page/kindergarten-program ✅ Want to register in person? Come out to our Registration Fair on March 9th at Holly Hill Mall, 9 AM to Noon. Staff will be available to answer all your questions!

We are proud to announce the 2024 ABSS Teachers of the Year! 🌟 These exceptional teachers are making a real difference in their students' lives. They care deeply about their students’ growth and success every day. Whether helping a struggling learner find their confidence, making lessons fun through imaginative activities, or supporting students through life's challenges, their student-first commitment is worthy of praise. Please join us in celebrating them! 👏

Our annual Read-A-Thon starts February 21st and runs through March 6! This is a great opportunity to encourage your child to spend more time reading. Register your student, then you can log their reading minutes each day and they can win prizes! 📚📖💯 Once your register your student, you can share the fundraiser with friends and family through emails, text message, and social media. The more sponsors they get, the more prizes they get! We'll also have certificates and prizes for the students to read the most minutes, as well as the biggest fundraisers. Students who have registered for the Read-A-Thon are allowed to wear pajamas to school on Friday!! 🥳

Thanks to Tanger Outlets, Mebane for awarding more TangerKids grants to our schools today! 🙌 👏 Congratulations to Karen Nofsinger of E.M. Yoder Elementary for receiving a $390.66 TangerKids grant from Tanger Outlets Mebane for Flexible Seating. She wants to provide wobble chairs as flexible seating options for pre-K students to help increase focus and sensory input. 👏 Congratulations to Carley White of Marvin B. Smith Elementary for receiving a $400 TangerKids grant for Ceramics Exploration, collected by Principal Brian Williams and VP Leslie Ray. She aims to purchase clay, glazes and bring in guest ceramic artists to expose all students to ceramics and empower them to create their own pieces. 👏 Congratulations to Meghan Ealy of Marvin B. Smith Elementary for receiving an $800 TangerKids grant for Sensory Needs equipment. She seeks funding for equipment to address sensory needs of students including wobble stools, adaptive seating and proprioceptive input tools. 👏 And congratulations to Elizabeth Estes of R. Homer Andrews Elementary for receiving a $920 TangerKids grant for Lego Brick Math kits. She is requesting funding to purchase LEGO Brick Math kits to teach math concepts in an engaging, hands-on way to elementary students.

We are thrilled to announce that Smith Elementary 🐝 has been recognized as a National Capturing Kids' Hearts School! Out of approximately 400 applicants in last year's CKH challenge, Smith was selected as one of just 4 winners. They received a special visit from Sparky the Dog and their CKH trainer Lynn, along with other CKH trainers, to celebrate this exciting honor. Implementing positive, relationship-building strategies through Capturing Kids' Hearts has made a tremendous difference at Smith Elementary. Congratulations! 🎉

Our PTO is hosting the Winter Dance for all 3rd - 5th graders on Friday, February 9th, from 2:30 - 4:00pm. Tell those kids to to get ready to dance, snack, grab a photo and maybe throw a pie in their teacher's face! Permission slips are being sent home with the students. The slip and $5 cash must be returned to the school on the mornings of 2/5 or 2/7. No slips, nor money will be accepted on the day of the dance.

Monday and Tuesday, January 22nd and 23rd, are teacher workdays. There is no school for students. Have a great weekend!

Great news! Pre-kindergarten applications for the 2024-2025 school year are now available! For information, locations, and application links, please visit our website: https://www.abss.k12.nc.us/o/abss/page/pre-kindergarten

Save the Date! 🗓️ Join us for a fun and informative evening at the last Family University of the year, January 29th at Cummings High School! 🌟 A light dinner will be provided at no cost to families before you choose from many useful sessions on topics like registering for high school courses, career and technical education opportunities, and elementary reading and math strategies. Several sessions will also be available in Spanish (Algunas sesiones también estarán disponibles en español.) Childcare will be available for children from Pre-K to 5th grade, so the whole family can participate. The Family University is a great chance to get helpful information while connecting with other families and teachers. We hope to see you there - don't miss this valuable opportunity to support your student's growth and education!

Winter Spirit Week

Good evening Smith families. This is Brian Williams with the weekly notes. We are experiencing an increasing number of tardies in the morning. Please make sure to drop your student off prior to the 7:50 tardy bell. We are administering the NC Check-Ins next week to 3rd, 4th and 5th graders. Check-Ins are important because the results give us valuable information regarding student progress in reading , math and 5th grade science. Please encourage your student to give their best effort on their Check-Ins. Thank you and have a good evening.

These runners may have worked up an appetite! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Students from all grades at Smith Elementary partnered with Walter M. Williams High School athletes for a fun morning of walking, running, and playing games outside at the annual Turkey Trot! We're thankful to Mr. Maness and staff for organizing and manning such an enjoyable event, to the families who came out to cheer on our runners, and to all the students who participated with such enthusiasm. 🦃🍁 #StudentCenteredFutureFocused

Good evening Smith families. This is Brian Williams with the weekly notes. Our PTO Fun Run fundraiser was a great success! Our goal was $10,000 and we raised over $14,000 to purchase new Media Center furniture. Thank you to everyone who participated in gathering donations. The Thanksgiving holiday starts on Wednesday, November 22nd and students will return on Monday, November 27th. Our PTO is sponsoring a dine out night at Go Burrito in downtown Burlington on Tuesday, November 28th. Here's your chance to enjoy some good food and support our school. Thank you and have a good evening.

Marvin B. Smith Elementary Families, Our Seabee Fun Run kicked off today! This year, our school is raising funds for Media Center furniture. Our goal is to raise $10,000, and, if you’d like to, we are inviting YOU to help! Here’s how you can support Marvin B. Smith Elementary: 1. Register on mybooster.com tonight. It’s so easy! 2. Share about our fundraiser with your family and friends using the SHARE BUTTON on mybooster.com. 3. Give a donation, if you are able. Thank you for supporting our school! We can’t wait for the Seabee Fun Run happening on 11/17/2023!

Come join our staff for Curriculum Night on Wednesday, October 25. Each teacher will lead two sessions, 5:30 pm and 6:00 pm, to allow families with children in multiple grade levels to attend each grade level. There will be a separate Kindergarten and 1st grade Dual Language session at 5:00 pm. There is also a 5th grade parent meeting at 6:30 pm to share information about the 5th Grade Sound to Sea field trip. We hope to see you there!

Spooky Spirit Week! 10/30 - 11/3 Monday - Grade Level Color Day: PreK Orange Kindergarten Black 1st Orange 2nd Black 3rd Orange 4th Black 5th Orange Tuesday - Halloween Costume Day Wednesday - Spooky Hair Day Thursday - Double Trouble Twin Day Friday - Fall Flannel Day

Good evening Smith families. This is Brian Williams with information about some upcoming PTO events. Our PTO is hosting a community event on Monday, October 9th, at Roll-A-Bout skating rink from 6:00-8:00pm. Please join us for a night of skating and fun visiting with your Smith friends!We have a Dine Out Night on Thursday, October 12th, at It's All Good Southern Kitchen. Eat at It's All Good and a portion of your bill we go to our PTO to support our school.Thank you and have a good evening!

Picture Day is Tuesday, October 3rd.! Students may bring in completed order forms or parents can order pictures online. Please see our website for more information.