12/3 Mid-Year Assessments Begin

12/3 Santa Shop Opens

12/11 Mid-Year Assessments End

12/12 Christmas Lunch (Grades 1,3,&5)

12/13 Kindergarten Christmas Sing-Along

12/13 Santa Shop Closes

12/14 Canned Food Drive Ends

12/17 Paw Pride Celebration

12/19 Perfect Attendance Celebration

12/20 PBIS Movie Day/Christmas Sing-Along

12/20 Early Release

12/21-

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Christmas Break

UPCOMING EVENTS

Donna Solomon - Principal Bill Epps - Assistant Principal

Rebekah Griffis - Editor

Telephone Number:(912) 287-2325

Week of 12-03-2018 ~ Issue 16

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Insurance & Tax Service

Dental Care Associates

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Ganas Pecans Georgia Farm

Bureau Georgia Power

Guy’s Automotive Horace Mann

Insurance McDonald’s of

Waycross Miller Tire Co. Moores Farms

Pizza Inn

Precision Images Republic Services

Satilla REMC Southeast Health

District Southern Chiropra

ctors, LLC Southern Forest

World The Body Shop of

Waycross Tractor Supply

Co. Unison

Behavioral Health Services United

Community Bank ValuTeachers

Vincent Gardens WCBOE

Maintenance Dept.

Woodard Pools 1831 Garden

Center

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Ruskin Jaguars are Ready, Respectful, and

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Character Education Word of the Week

USEFUL, USABLE, AND REQUIRED DUTY TO OTHERS

Students in 1st through 5th grade will take the Mid-Term Benchmarks beginning this week. The benchmark will help determine what your child has learned and retained up to this point in the school year. The teachers will use the data from these assessments to form small group instruction opportunities during the school hours and after school tutoring groups that will begin in January 2019. To help your child be successful on these assessments, we need your help. First, encourage your child to take their time and do their best. They also need to be well rested. Testing will begin promptly at 8am so please make sure your child arrives at school with enough time to eat breakfast if they do not eat at home.

NEHS is collecting canned goods and nonperishable food items to

donate to the Salvation Army. The class that brings the most will win a Pizza Party! Students have until

December 14th to bring items.

Students with Perfect Attendance for the First

Semester will be entered in a drawing to win a bike. There will be one boy winner and one girl

winner. The drawing will be held on December 19th. This contest is sponsored by ValuTeachers. Make

certain to be at school every day to be entered in this drawing!

Christmas Sing-Along Please make plans to sing with our

Kindergarten students as they sing Christmas songs on Thursday, December 13th at 5pm. The Santa Shop will also be open this night!

Monday, Dec. 3rd—Friday, Dec. 13th

The Holiday Gift Shop at school is now open for business! Students are looking forward to picking out the perfect gift to

surprise their loved ones with. An envelope was sent home to help them decide who they want to

buy gifts for and how much they should spend.

December 14th

Lunch Christmas

December 12th Grades 1,3, and 5

An informational flyer will be sent home this week.