MONDAY – Chicken Tender-strips w/whole grain mini roll OR “2 Fers” mini burgers

TUESDAY – WG Individual Pizza Round OR Tyson oven-fried drumstick w/roll

WEDNESDAY – Nachos w/cheese (& Meat) OR WG PB & Jamwich

THURSDAY – WG Quesadilla Cheese Pizza wedge OR WG PB & Jamwich

FRIDAY – Tyson Popcorn Chicken w/mini roll OR Oven-baked breaded Mozzarella sticks

There is also a vegetarian choice everyday as well as a salad or sandwich

Wildcat Breakfast served each day from 7:10 – 7:40

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APRIL 29

BATTLE OF THE BOOKS COMPETITION (3rd)

APRIL 30

BATTLE OF THE BOOKS COMPETITION (4/5)

APRIL 30

BLOOM UP ART NIGHT 5:30 - 7:00 (GYM)

MAY 3

DEADLINE FOR LEARNING BRIDGE CAMP

MAY 14

2nd & 3rd GRADE FIELD DAY 8:30 – 10:30

MAY 14

4th & 5th GRADE FIELD DAY 11:40 – 1:40

MAY 15

K & 1 GRADE FIELD DAY 8:30 – 10:30

MAY 16

SPRING FLING (rescheduled date)

Big Creek Elementary 1994 Peachtree Parkway Cumming, GA 30041

MILESTONES TESTING OFFICE PROCEDURES

Due to testing next week….we discourage any check-outs

(unless it is due to illness) for students in grades 3 – 5. If

you DO check-in your student on a testing day – they will

be asked to stay up in the office until there is a break in

testing or testing is complete. There will be no students

allowed in or out of our testing rooms, during active test

taking. IF you have a student in grades K – 2 you may check

them out or in, but will also experience a delay. Every

student will need to be escorted to and from the classroom

by a staff member due to testing.

Thank you for your cooperation during our testing days

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… for Saturday, May 16 from 10a-2p. If you have sent in money

– it will be applied to the NEW date. If you are not able to

come, please send an email bigcreekelementarypta@gmail.com

for a refund. The sign up genius has been updated to include a

cakewalk! We will be sending out a detailed list of

activities/games in the next week. Ticket sales are extended

now through May 15! If you are interested in setting up a

booth to sell a product or service, please contact us! Due to

the rescheduled date – we will no longer be having our musical

performance. We do hope you can come out and join the

fun. There will be inflatables, hot-air balloon rides, games,

train rides, food vendors and so much more!

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4dadab2fa4fb6-

volunteer

GEORGIA MILESTONES GRADES 3 – 5

*We will be testing on the following dates from about 7:50am-

12:00pm. We ask that if you have already scheduled

appointments, to please try to reschedule so students are present

for testing. We also ask that students arrive on time each day

with a good night’s rest and a nutritious breakfast, and refrain

from early check-outs. *We will also not be allowing any

volunteers or visitors (including lunch) on testing days so that we

can provide a safe, secure, and quiet testing environment. We

also ask that students not bring their technology/devices to

school during these testing days.

APRIL 27th

MAKE-UPS

APRIL 28th

SCIENCE

APRIL 29th

SOCIAL STUDIES

APRIL 30th & MAY 1st

MAKE-UPS

Dear Parents,

In early May we will be beginning some preliminary work on next year’s class lists. We use a wide variety of

sources to create class lists including a variety of data, teacher input, and parent thoughts. If you have thoughts

that you would like to share, please email them to sblack@forsyth.k12.ga.us and place the student name and the

rising grade level in the subject line.

For instance: Lily Black 3rd

grade for 15-16

It is helpful if your remarks are succinct, (one paragraph or two) and do not contain any teacher or student names

since we do not honor friend coupling requests, named teacher requests, or sibling requests. Descriptions of

learning environment attributes and personality attributes on the part of your child are what serve this purpose

best.

You may certainly share if you have twins, if you would like them in the same class. If we don’t get a letter

around twins, we typically place them in different classes.

The deadline for receiving this input via email only, please do not send in hard copies, at the school is May 8th

.

Thank you!

Your Principal and Partner,

Sherri

CAR RIDER NOTES:

With the spring weather – now would be a perfect time to have your

children start riding the bus in the mornings! We have so many AM car

riders and, with the volume, many of our students are arriving after the bell

– making them tardy. With Milestone testing approaching - it is critical to

have your child here on time and ready to begin their day at 7:40am. The

best way to ensure that is to have them ride the bus or to be in car rider

line by 7:15am.

Also, you should NEVER let your child walk in the parking lot by

themselves. Either drop them at the curb or park and walk them to the

crosswalk. For safety reasons, these are the only options.

Due to a recall of all products manufactured by Blue Bell Creameries, we have pulled all of their ice cream products from our freezers and will discontinue sales for the rest of this school year. You or your child will be receiving a refund for ice creams ordered for this past week. Should you have further questions regarding the recall, please contact Blue Bell Creameries directly.

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Forsyth County Food Services will no longer allow Negative charges to

student accounts effective May 1st 2015. To ensure your child can

continue to enjoy school meals or to clear your student’s account of

any negative balances, please send a payment, (cash or check) to the

school, or visit www.mypaymentsplus.com, to make a payment

online.

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Adi Eshel

Rohan Banerjee

Ryanne Balthaser

Matias Zakowicz

Sahishnu Gadde

Anna Lavoie

Kyle German

Saahil Gaonkar

Reynolds Cutchin

Sherlene Ledesma

Jensen Otwell

Likhitha Uppala

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Current 5th

grade girls who love to play softball and are interested in

joining the South Forsyth softball team…

This team will consist of rising 6th

through 8th

graders. Any current

5th

graders interested in trying out for the SF Feeder Team, please visit the

South Forsyth Softball webpage to sign up and find important dates

and documents needed to tryout.

We need you to help make our Art Night a success on April 30th.

Thank you to those of you who have already volunteered, but we are

still in need of a few more volunteers. If you are interested, The

Bloom-Up Art night will be on April 30th from 5:30-7:00pm. Please

either email ashultzaberger@forsyth.k12.ga.us or go the

Sign-Up Genius at

www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0E4FA9AB28AA8-bloom

Artists of the Month

Congratulations to Kayleigh Appenfelder in Ms. Upchurch’s class and Aditya Rotte in Mrs. Guthrie’s class!

Family Promise is a program that helps children who do not have a permanent place to live. Their families may have been forced to

move in with friends or relatives, or they may be living in a motel or a tent. These children do not have a home of their own, and may

not even have a bed of their own. Our goal is to help these homeless children and their families find a home of their own.

You can help by showing people how a homeless child might feel. We are looking for a picture that would show how a child might

feel if he or she did not have his or her own home. The winning entry will be used as the artwork on donation boxes in local

businesses that help to support Family Promise.

One child drew this picture to show how she would feel.

Show us how you would feel!

Create an entry about how you would feel if you were homeless.

Please create your art on standard copy/printer paper. (8 ½” X 11”). You may use crayons, marker, colored pencils, oil pastels.

Turn in your entries to your art teacher by April 29th

.

Make sure to write your first and last name, homeroom teacher, grade and school on the back of your entry.

We will pick the best entry and announce the winner by May 4th

. The top winner will receive a $25.00 gift certificate for Bruster’s Ice

Cream. However, 10 Honorable Mentions will also be chosen and awarded a $10 gift card for Bruster’s.

Art Contest

The Learning Bridge

Everyone entering

Kindergarten

through 6th grade.

Monday – Friday

7am – 6pm

May 26-July 30

Big Creek Elementary

Gym, Cafeteria, Playground,

Computer Lab

$50 Registration fee per family

$135 – Full Week

$95 – 3 Day Week

4 week minimum

(Prices are per child, per week. Field trips are

included.)

Field Trips include:

Cumming Aquatic Center, Fernbank , Gold Panning and Lots more!!

Summer Camp 2015 Enrollment Form

Registration is limited and will be processed on a first come, first served basis.Contact: Sheila Lanier @ 404-661-1925 or learningbridge@comcast.net

Complete the enrollment form below and mail your enrollment form and check made payable to The Learning Bridge, PO Box 956 Cumming, GA 30028. One Registration Per Family ($50 Registration Fee Per Family.)

T-Shirt Sizes: YS YM YL AS AM

Child 1: Name:____________________________ Grade 2014-2015:_____ School:____________________

Child 2: Name:____________________________ Grade 2014-2015:_____ School:____________________

Child 3: Name:____________________________ Grade 2014-2015:_____ School:____________________

Home Address:_____________________________________________ City:_______________________ Zip:______________

Mother/Guardian Name:______________________________ Day #:__________________ Alt. Day #:________________

Father/Guardian Name: ______________________________ Day #:__________________ Alt. Day #:________________

Email Address:__________________________________________________________________

Program Type: Full Time - $135 3 Days - $95

Parent/Guardian Signature: ______________________________ Date:________________

Summer Camp @ Big Creek

Deadline: May 3, 2014

WHAT:Crafts, Game Stations, Water Play,

Cooking Projects, Reading clubs

Organized Games, STEM activities

B.L. MULLINAX

NURSERY

BIG CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PARTNERS IN EDUCATION