The document provides information about Central Elementary School for the 2018-2019 school year. It outlines the school's motto of "Reaching New Heights-Soaring to Excellence" and vision to provide a safe, caring learning environment to meet students' needs. The mission is described as placing students first, using best practices, setting high expectations, supporting all students to reach their potential, and communicating with parents. Upcoming events and announcements are also listed, along with grade-specific information about curriculum, activities, and tips for helping students at home.

1. Welcome to
Central Elementary
School
Go Eagles!!!
2018-2019

2. School Motto
Reaching New Heights-Soaring to Excellence
School Vision
Our vision is for Central Elementary School to be a safe and
loving environment full of positive, caring teachers and staff
meeting the academic, physical, and emotional needs of each
child – whatever it takes.
School Mission
Our mission is to provide a learning environment which:
•Places the child first in all decisions made.
•Uses best practices and the latest technology.
•Sets high expectations for all staff, parents and students.
•Supports all students and helps them reach their individual
potential.
•Communicates and works as a team with parents and the
community to ensure each child’s success.

3. • April 11th: Skate Night
• April 12th: PTA Meeting after Rise & Shine
• April 18th: Freddy’s Fundraiser Night
PTA Dates

4. Announcements
•April 5 – Kindergarten
Registration
•April 16 – Progress Reports
•April 19 – No School
•April 22-26: ACT Aspire Testing

6. Kindergarten News
Reading- Our reading unit is getting to know characters by performing their books. Students will work
on performing their books like the characters they are reading about. Make sure you are reading 20
minutes a night and going over your sight words to push those reading levels up!!
Writing- Our unit in writing is crafting stories using all we know about narrative writing. We will
work on stretching out our true stories and making them longer with lots of details!
Math- Our unit in math will be how many noses? How many eyes? And Ten Frames and Teen
Numbers. Make sure you are working on recognizing numbers
1-20 and counting to 100!
Science/S.S. – Animals and Algorithms; Arkansas History
Dates to Remember:
April 5th- Kindergarten Registration for 2019-2020 students
April 16th- Progress Reports
April 19th-No School
April 23rd - Kindergarten Graduation Pictures
April 26th- Non-Nutritional Day!

7. What Are We Studying?
Reading: Nonfiction
Math: How Many Tens/Ones
Writing: Scientist Writing
Science: Animal Adaptations
Social Studies: AR History
Don’t forget to read 100 minutes every week and study your sight words! 
Some Ways You Can Help Your Child at Home
Reading: When your child gets stuck on a word, have them use their
strategies to help them fix it!
Math: Practice addition and subtraction problems.
Writing: Help your child write in complete sentences with a capital letter
and punctuation at the end.
Science/ Social Studies: Watch videos with your child about AR History and
animal adaptations.

9. April
3rd Grade Happenings
Reading
-We are working very
hard to prepare for
the ACT Aspire test.
We will also be starting
a new research unit.
Writing
-We are working
hard on our Personal
Narrative test prep.
We will begin our
research unit soon.
Math
-We are finishing up our
fractions unit and will
begin our next unit over
addition and
subtraction.
Science/
Social Studies
-We are learning all
about structures of
life, especially the
life cycle of a frog.
Ask your student
about our tadpoles!
Lauren.Branson@vbsd.us Lauren.Milton@vbsd.us
Alecia.Hesson@vbsd.us Destiney.Cherry@vbsd.us
Don’t Forget:
April 22-25
ACT Aspire
April 29
Field Trip

10. Reading:
We are finishing our reading unit on Historical Fiction and will be
moving on to our unit on reading test prep. We will be teaching your
child strategies to perform better on the ACT Aspire. Then, we
will move to our last unit on Nonfiction Authors!
Writing:
We will be learning new writing strategies to help your
child perform better on the ACT Aspire. Then we will
move to Informational Writing!
Math:
We are finishing our unit on Fractions and Decimals!!
We will start a unit on multiplication and division. Please
be working with your child on their multiplication facts!
We will be reviewing past math units to sharpen our
math skills!!
Project Lead the Way::
We are learning about force of motion and energy!
Students will be creating restraint systems!!

11. 5th Grade
April
Reading- Readers use
everything they know about
nonfiction reading and
research to learn all they can
about one aspect of Westward
Expansion.
Writing- Students will learn
the foundations of research
report writing. Students will
learn to use research skills to
deepen their knowledge of a
topic.
Math- Students are working on
developing an understanding of
decimals and the base-10 number
system. Students will represent
decimals on grids and number lines
and use their understanding of
decimals to compare, add, and
subtract.
Science-Mixtures and Solutions-
Students will have experiences with
mixtures, solutions of different
concentrations,and reactions
forming new substances. They will
also engage in engineering
experiences with separation of
materials.

12. Non-Nutritional Days
• September 25
• September 27
• October 31
• November 16
• December 21
• January 25
• February 14
• March 29
• April 26
• May 24 (Fun Day)

14. Lunch Times
5th: 10:40-11:05
4th: 11:50-12:15
3rd: 10:45-11:10
2nd: 11:15-11:40
1st: 11:20-11:45
Kdg: 11:55-12:20

15. Drop off and
Pick up
• Bus drop off and
pick up will be
located behind the
building on North
22nd Street.
• Car drop off and
pick up will now be
located in the front
of Central
Elementary School
on North 24th
Street.