The mission of Hampton County School District 2 is to provide a rigorous, personalized environment of academic excellence that prepares Each child, Each Day and in Every classroom to be college/career and citizen ready with no excuses.

HAMPTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 2

GATOR HAPPENINGS NEWSLETTER

May 20, 2019

Julia Lee, Principal

We have some wonderful activities planned for the Remainder of the School Year. Our students will be fully engaged with a variety of fun learning activities. Our goal is to keep learning fun as we embark upon these last few weeks of school.

Face Mask Creation – for theatre play

“Someone Special Book” – Students will contribute a page about another student represented by drawings and positive adjectives.

Superhero Class Competition will include but not limited to -Spelling Bee, Sight Word Bee, Math Facts, Fluency, Reader’s Theater, just to name few.

Club Game Day – Checkers, Connect Four, Uno, Multiplication Bingo, etc.

May 21, 2019 SIC Meeting @ 6:00 pm

May 27, 2019 No School (Memorial Day)

May 28, 2019 Pre-Kindergarten Promotional Ceremony @ 9:00 am (Award’s Day Included)

May 29, 2019 Kindergarten Promotional Ceremony @ 9:00 am (Award’s Day Included)

May 30, 2019 Award’s Program @ 9:00 am (For 1st - 4th Only!)

May 31, 2019 Field Day

June 3, 2019 5th Grade Promotional Ceremony @ 9:00 am (Award’s Day Included)

June 4, 2019 Last Day of School Early Dismissal @ 11:30 am Dress Down Day

June 5, 2019 Professional Development

June 6, 2019 Faculty Fun Day – Teamwork Thursday

June 7, 2019 Report Card Mailed Home

Zamarion Greene spacing out!

Timothy Fergurson spacing out!

Jaylen Brooks showing his muscle!

Malachi Solomon bubble up!

Estill Middle School – Shronda Taylor, Interim Principal

Summer reading is critical for students to retain knowledge and skills learned in the previous school year. We are encouraging our students to read in an effort to strengthen their reading skills. Just like exercising keeps muscles in shape, reading keeps the brain in shape. If you don’t exercise, you can lose muscle, and if you don’t read, you will lose literacy skills. Research has shown that children who don’t read over the summer lose at least two months of

reading development. This is often referred to as “the summer slide” or “summer learning loss.” On the other hand, students who do read over the summer may gain a month of proficiency in reading. Reading over the summer is not a suggestion to keep kids busy; it’s a critical requirement to help students stay on track for their entire educational career and beyond. Below are few resources for summer reading:

- ESTILL PUBLIC LIBRARY – The library is open Monday through Thursday from 10 am – 5:30 pm and Friday from 10 am – 5 pm.

- BOOK GIVE AWAY – Every day until the end of the year, students can choose books to keep and read during the summer.

- STUDY ISLAND SUMMER CHALLENGE – Students will be able to log in during the summer to complete math and reading assignments.

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Superintendent’s Student of the Month

Tanesha O’Banner

6th Grade

4th Nine Week Exams May 21-25, 2019

STAR 360 Retake

Dates

8th Grade - Friday, May 24, 2019

6th Grade- Tuesday, May 28, 2019

7th Grade – Wednesday, May 29, 2019

PTA Sponsored

Spring Fling

Friday, May 24, 2019

6 p.m. -9 p.m.

$10 Entrance Fee

Memorial Day-

No School for

Students

Monday, May 27, 2019

PTA and SIC

Meeting

(final meetings for

the year)

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

8th Grade Carowinds

Field Trip

Friday, May 31, 2019

4th Nine Weeks

Awards Program

Friday, May 31, 2019 - 9 a.m.

6th and 7th Grades only

8th Grade

Promotional

Ceremony

Monday, June 3, 2019 - 7 p.m.

Last Day of School

for Students

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Estill High School – Synetria Hawkins, Principal

On Thursday, May 15, 2019, we celebrated

the academic success of our students at our

Annual G.R.A.M.M.I.E.S Academic Banquet.

Students were awarded in areas of EOC Math,

English, Biology, and U.S. History. Students

also received awards for WIN Ready Career

Assessment, all subject areas, Principal’s List

and Honor Roll, Algebra Nation Challenge,

and STAR 360. We were able to recognize

130 students at the banquet.

Makenzy Williams

Charlotte Johnson

Christopher Hopkins

May 20-24, 2019 EOC Testing

May 22, 2019 CATE Banquet 7:00 p.m.

May 23, 2019 Senior Breakfast 8:45 a.m.

May 26, 2019 Senior Baccalaureate 4:00 p.m.

May 30, 2019 Graduation 6:30 p.m.

Congratulations

to all students that

received awards at

the academic banquet.