Charles L. Smith

Fine Arts Academy

NEWSLETTER May 2019

Inspiring, Creating, Achieving...Smith Fine Arts Academy...Explorers of Today, Leaders of Tomorrow

OFFICE HOURS

Monday—Friday

8:00 am—4:15 pm

Telephone: 765-342-8488

Fax: 765-349-5255

SCHOOL HOURS

ARRIVAL

Doors Open: 8:30 am

School Begins: 8:40 am

DISMISSAL

Daycare/Car Riders/Bus Riders: 3:35 pm

Walkers will be released after all buses and car riders have departed (3:45—3:50 pm)

OFFICE STAFF

PRINCIPAL Mr. Kyle Stout Extension 1510

SECRETARY Mrs. Karen Fleener

Extension 1511

www.msdofmartinsville.org/

charles-l-smith-fine-arts-academy/

@thechuckelem

FOURTH GRADE HONOR NIGHT We will honor our fourth grade students on Wednesday evening, May 22nd. The

awards program will begin at 6:00 p.m. We hope you can join us as we celebrate and

honor these students as they prepare to move on to intermediate school.

CALENDAR

Apr. 22-May 17 ILEARN for Gr. 3 & 4

May 1 PTO Meeting

May 6-10 Teacher Appreciation

May 10 WRE Program

May 13-20 BOGO Book Fair

May 17 Potential Snow Day

May 21 4th Gr. Class Trip

May 22 4th Gr. Honor Night

May 23 All Pro Dad’s

May 24 AR Prize Giveaway

May 27 Memorial Day (No School)

May 28 ILEARN Celebration

May 29 K-3 Honor Programs

May 29 Talent Show

May 30 Superstar’s Day

May 30 Final Student Day

May 30 Report Cards

June 1 MHS Graduation

June 10 Office Closed for Summer

July 22 Office Reopens

Aug. 8 First Day of School

The Smith F.A.A. (Fine Arts Acade-my) Event Calendar can be found at:

www.msdofmartinsville.org/charles-l-smith-fine-arts-academy/calendar/.

ILEARN DATES

April 22-May 3 ILEARN: Fourth Grade

May 6-May 16 ILEARN: Third Grade

Good attendance is very important.

Please avoid scheduling appoint-

ments on testing days.

LUNCH SCHEDULE

PreK 11:10-11:40

Kdg. 11:15-11:45

3rd Gr. 11:30-12:00

4th Gr. 11:55-12:25

1st Gr. 12:30-1:00

2nd Gr. 12:55-1:25

PTO NEWS

The last PTO Meeting will be

Wednesday, May 1st.

If you are interested in volunteering

for Superstar’s Day or Teacher Ap-

preciation Week please leave your

contact information in the front

office.

The PTO would like to remind par-

ents that we will be celebrating

Teacher Appreciation Week May 6-

10. This is the perfect time to thank

teachers for all they do.

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CHARACTER LIFELINE

Smith Fine Arts Academy promotes positive character building by high-lighting Character Lifelines each month. The students below were chosen by their teachers for show-ing patience this month. Students were showing patience and under-standing towards their classwork and others.

Congratulations to the following students: Lincoln Harris, Elizabeth Wells, Xavier Blair, Peyton Chas-tain, Wyatt Gamble, Ryleigh Price, Corey Lache, Brie Hayden, Madalynn Hansen, Tyler Malone, Aryanna Woolbright, Carra Mont-gomery, Kyndalynne Toms, Bradee Thacker, Jewel Stillman, and Au-brey Lancaster.

TITLE I

Federal funding has been made

available through school-wide Title

I services to Smith Fine Arts Acade-

my for the purpose of providing

students with extra support in

reading/language arts. This extra

support is available for all students

at Smith Fine Arts Academy. Class-

room teachers, Title I teachers, and

instructional aides will provide as-

sistance in reading/language arts

and math through small-group and

individualized instruction as chil-

dren demonstrate need for sup-

port. Please contact your child’s

teacher about support services

your child may receive.

K-3 HONOR

PROGRAMS

Our second semester Honor Pro-

grams will be held on Wednesday,

May 29th. The program for Kinder-

garten & 1st grade students will

begin at 10:00 a.m., and the program

for 2nd and 3rd grade students will

begin at 10:45 a.m.

Family and friends are welcome to

attend, provided they have passed a

background check this school year.

SUPERSTAR’S DAY

Superstar’s Day will be Thursday,

May 30th. Students should come

to school dressed for a day of fun

and physical activity. Students will

be served sack lunches on this day.

Parent volunteers are needed.

Please contact the school if you

would like to help.

Remember the sunscreen!

SPRING FUNDRAISER

Thank you to all of the students,

staff, and parents who made this

fundraiser a success! Congratula-

tions to our grade-level top sellers:

David Shortridge, Tucker Carroll,

Logan Forler, Elias Phillips, Addy

O’Neal, and John Atkins. Our over-

all top seller was Tucker Carroll.

Congratulations!

BOGO BOOK FAIR

The Buy One Get One Free Scholastic

Book Fair will be May 13-May 20.

Students will be able to purchase

books in the library throughout the

week. The book fair will be open for

all students everyday from 8:30 to

9:15 a.m. daily. Students will also

have the opportunity to shop during

library/computer lab time.

The last week for students to check

out books will be the week of May 6-

10th. Wednesday, May 22nd will be

the last day for AR tests to count for

the school-wide prize giveaway. Stu-

dents must have read and passed 20

books to qualify for the givea-

way. All library books must be re-

turned to the library by Thursday,

May 23rd!

TALENT SHOW

Wednesday, May 29 at 1:30:

Come and enjoy a variety of enter-

taining acts at this year’s talent

show. Kindergarten—2nd grade stu-

dents will perform collaborative acts

directed by their teachers, and many

of our 3rd and 4th graders will per-

form individual or small-group acts.

Monday, May 10 is the deadline for

talent show entries. Dress rehearsal

for participating 3rd and 4th graders

will be held Tuesday, May 28th.

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TRANSFER REQUESTS

Transfer applications are now availa-

ble online.

If your student lives outside of Smith’s

district, and he/she will be in Kinder-

garten-4th grade next year, please

visit msdofmartinsville.org.

Click on Enroll >> Transfers

If your student lives within the MSD of Martinsville, but outside of Smith’s district, please select and submit “Transfer between Elementary Schools”.

If your student lives outside of the MSD of Martinsville school district, please select and submit “Out of District Transfer”.

Please note:

A SEPARATE application is re-quired for EACH child.

Space will be allocated on a first-come basis and is restricted to class-size limitations.

Approval is determined by central administration.

Transportation to and from school must be provided by the parent/guardian.

A new application must be sub-mitted for each school year.

Please contact the office if you have

any questions.

KROGER COMMUNITY

REWARDS

Thank you to all of our families who are

participating in this free and easy way

to earn money for our school! Our par-

ticipation continues to grow each quar-

ter. If you haven’t yet signed up, or

would like more information, please

visit kroger.com.