We're exciting to kick off our Healthy Kids Running Club! Please look for information in your student's Friday Folder this week. When your child logs 26.2 miles over the course of the school year, turn in the log sheet for a free T-shirt and become a member of the Marathon Club.
We are so happy to have our Reading Buddies back with us this school year! Currently, we have seven reading buddies from the community who visit us weekly to read with our students. We look forward to seeing them each week! 📚
Our K4 students had a great time at Muffins with Mom yesterday. 🥰
Our first graders kicked off their subtraction unit by playing a fun round of bowling! Students took turns knocking down the “pins”, modeling with a drawing, and writing a subtraction sentence. 🎳
Say cheese! 📷🧀 Tomorrow is picture day at Flat Rock! These pictures will be used for our yearbook. Proofs will be sent home for purchasing.
K5 concluded their unit on apples by sampling a variety of yummy apple treats and graphing their results! 🍎🥧 Mmmm, delicious!
What a fun way to practice vocabulary! 2nd graders took turns sorting their vocabulary words by parts of speech. Adjective, verb, or noun? 🤔🤍
Mrs. Loftis and Mrs. O'Barr's K5 students are working to beautify our school by planting broccoli and marigold seeds. 😍🥦🌼
Flashlight reading in Mrs. Johnson's class = a fantastically fun time! 🔦📚
Classroom Substitutes play a vital role in our success by stepping in to keep learning on track! Our classroom subs do a fantastic job supporting student growth when the teacher has to be away for a day. 💪📚
If you know someone interested in becoming a Classroom Substitute, please call us at 864-348-6196 or email Karen Gentry, Administrative Assistant, at gentryk@acsd3.org. ☎️👋📧
Kudos to Coach Johnson and Flat Rock Elementary School for being recognized for meeting the Students Health & Fitness Act requirements for weekly physical education/activity minutes during the 2023-2024 school year! 🏀👟
Dr. Ben Miedema, Education Associate for Physical Education & Health, paid a visit to Flat Rock on behalf of the South Carolina Department of Education's Office of Assessment and Standards.
While Coach Johnson was not able to be present at school, we are so proud of him and the Flat Rock team for exceeding healthy standards at school! 👏
We are excited to welcome our grandparents into the building on September 24th, 25th, and 26th. If you plan to attend, please make sure your order form and money are turned in by this Friday, September 13th.
Click the link provided to download a copy of the order form: https://bit.ly/4egszmn
Check out our August Math Fact Masters! ➕✖️ These students demonstrated excellence in fact fluency while in STEAM classes with Mrs. Miller. We are so proud of you!
Not pictured: Elijah J., Zayden M., Zyasia G.
Congratulations to our August Terrific Kids! We are so proud of how brightly you shine! 🌟 These students will be recognized in person at our 1st 9 Weeks Celebration on October 18th!
Terrific Kid Presentation: https://tinyurl.com/y892bnzj
Mrs. Gibson's third graders are busy practicing estimating sums! Using real world examples from Chick-fil-A just makes "cents!" 🍗🥤💵
Our 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students who accumulated enough behavior points for the month of August were rewarded with a Behavior Block Party! Thank you, Joy Comes, for providing our students with games, activities, snacks, and all around FUN! 🤩 You truly brought joy to Flat Rock! We are proud of our students. Keep up the fantastic behavior!
We had the BEST time and learned SO much from the Critter Keeper on Friday! 🐍🕷️🦎
Congratulations to our students who took their time and did their very best during the fall MAP Test window. 🎉 Keep up the excellent work so we can meet even more critters when we assess again in December. 🐢🦀
Hat Day vibes 🧢👒
We are "falling" into the month of September! 🍂🍎 Please note several important upcoming dates on our newsletter. A paper copy will be sent home today in Friday folders.
Link: https://bit.ly/473YQL0
Mrs. Blanton's 1st graders practiced addition strategies by making "friends of 10" pizzas! Yum! 🍕➕
