Sanford Pride Elementary School

Hello Pride Families - The October SPE PTA meeting is tonight, October 8th, at 5:30 in the SPE Library. Please consider joining us to see how you can support our PTA. The SPE Flu clinic is scheduled for October 15th. If interested, the online form must be submitted one week prior to the clinic date, which is today. The link is included below. https://www.sanford.org/o/pride-school/article/1795964

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Hello SPE Families, Bus #15 is running about 20 minutes behind this afternoon.

Grade 2 News- October 7, 2024 The students in second grade have been busy learning all the routines of their new classrooms and having fun making new friends and connections! They’ve been working hard reviewing lots of grade 1 concepts and skills in the new literacy program each day. The program is split into two major areas of focus- Skills and Knowledge. In skills, we are learning about grammar and punctuation while writing, phonics skills and “tricky words.” In addition, we’ve begun reading The Cat Bandit- the story tells of a clever cat and the ways he gets food. This week we began working with spelling words as well. The spelling words are based on previous lessons. In Knowledge, our first unit was all about Fairy Tales. We read Beauty and the Beast and The Magic Fish among others. The children learned about the characteristics of fairy tales and did lots of fun activities that focused on comparing and contrasting stories and studying new vocabulary as well. We are now learning about Tall Tales. Our next unit will be about Early Asian Civilizations.. In math, we recently completed a unit on place value. The children learned about how the digits in the 3 digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens and ones. They read and wrote numbers in standard, word and expanded form. They also learned how to decompose 3 digit numbers in various ways. Our next unit of study will be working with patterns in numbers, odds and evens and patterns in solving addition and subtraction.

Hello Pride Families - Please see the link to this week's SPE Weekly Roar. Translated Versions (English, Arabic, French, Khmer, Portuguese & Spanish) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rQv_0e4Jxv2nLXcdDYIN6K4U5OzZYvcM?usp=sharing

Today on Custodial Appreciation Day, we celebrate our amazing Sanford School Department custodial, maintenance, and grounds team! 🎉 Their summer accomplishments include: Deep cleaning all schools Installing new doors at Sanford Middle School Adding climate control to Sanford Pride Elementary’s Library Playground upgrades at Margaret Chase Smith Elementary Improved entry heating at Carl J. Lamb Elementary Sound improvements at Sanford High School Taking on additional hours of sports field maintenance Despite challenges and last-minute changes, their flexibility and hard work ensured our schools are clean, safe, and improved for the new year! Want to learn more about our team's incredible efforts? Check out our full article here: https://www.sanford.org/article/1774459

Hello SPE families, Please review the following reminders. Picture retakes will be on Wednesday, October 2nd. Attendance poster contest, accepting entries until Friday, October 4th. Please send in your State Economically Disadvantaged Funds form. This form will provide information needed by the Maine Dept of Education to determine Sanford School’s eligibility status for State Economically Disadvantaged funds available under the Essential Programs & Services Funding Act. Data in this form is not for school lunch purposes, only to determine economic disadvantaged status for allocation of funds. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vWuCsjTOqMphR5vhe5sBQSxq6_iqNVPI8xTzhf89Pxo/edit?usp=sharing

Hello Pride Families - Please see the link to this week's SPE Weekly Roar. Translated Versions (English, Arabic, French, Khmer, Portuguese & Spanish) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11JuJ147d2YSrEf1wjgAMGFXApYfXOwBM?usp=sharing

Hello SPE families, Please review the following reminders. Picture retakes will be on Wednesday, October 2nd. Attendance poster contest, accepting entries until Friday, October 4th. Please send in your State Economically Disadvantaged Funds form. This form will provide information needed by the Maine Dept of Education to determine Sanford School’s eligibility status for State Economically Disadvantaged funds available under the Essential Programs & Services Funding Act. Data in this form is not for school lunch purposes, only to determine economic disadvantaged status for allocation of funds. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vWuCsjTOqMphR5vhe5sBQSxq6_iqNVPI8xTzhf89Pxo/edit?usp=sharing

Hello Pride Families - This is a reminder to send in your State Economically Disadvantaged Funds form. We need to have these forms returned to SPE as soon as possible. This form will provide information needed by the Maine Department of Education to determine Sanford School Department's eligibility status for State Economically Disadvantaged funds available under the Essential Programs & Services Funding Act. Data in this form is not for school lunch purposes; it is only to determine economically disadvantaged status for allocation of state education funds. Thank you. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eWPWgKRQ2eoqVFhJk6ACZdj3TyYiYN-B/view?usp=sharing Also, tomorrow is the final day of the 1st Place Spiritwear Beginning of the Year Sale! Every Friday is Spartan Pride Day. Take advantage of the 30% off sale and purchase a T-shirt or sweatshirt to share your pride. Sanford Pride receives 10% of all purchases, which is allocated to the student activities fund. https://1stplace.sale/109049

Hello Pride Families - Please see the link to this week's SPE Weekly Roar. Translated (English, Arabic, French, Khmer, Portuguese, Spanish) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12wBP8MRr5QZnJUU5bRkz_pdrxzhVRYCl?usp=sharing

Hello SPE Families, We're doing a poster making contest about attendance! Why do you come to SCHOOL? Why does ATTENDANCE matter? Prizes for each grade level. All posters will be displayed in school or on the website. Each student will be provided with a poster contest flyer and card stock. Please remember to put your student’s name along with the teacher’s name on the backside of their poster. Accepting entries until October 4th!

Dear SPE families, This is a reminder to send in your State Economically Disadvantaged Funds form , we need to have these forms returned to SPE by September 20th, thank you! This form will provide information needed by the Maine Department of Education to determine Sanford School Department‘s eligibility status for State Economically Disadvantaged funds available under the Essential Programs & Services Funding Act. Data in this form is not for school lunch purposes, only to determine economic disadvantaged status for allocation of State education funds**. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vWuCsjTOqMphR5vhe5sBQSxq6_iqNVPI8xTzhf89Pxo/edit?usp=sharing

Dear Parents/Families – I am writing to share that we had a lockdown drill today. One of the purposes for the lockdown was for students to practice what to do if they were in a different space other than their classrooms such as the cafeteria or outside on the playground. All students did an excellent job during this practice. Sincerely, Susan Inman, Principal

Employee Spotlight! Meet: Gwynne Tounge, Pre-K Teacher at Sanford Pride Elementary How long have you been working in the Sanford School Department? This is my 7th year. What's your favorite part about working in Sanford? I love being involved and giving back to the wonderful community of Sanford where my kids and I live. What's your favorite TV show or movie? Currently - The Chosen If you could describe yourself in three words, what would they be? Positive, loving, hardworking If you could visit any place in the world, where would it be? Europe Iced coffee or hot coffee? Iced coffee Lake or Ocean? Ocean Sunrise or Sunset? Sunrise Facebook or Instagram? Instagram

Hello Pride Families - Please see the link to this week's SPE Weekly Roar. Translated Versions English, Arabic, French, Khmer, Portuguese & Spanish https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vPJIJ9-WO5P67TXR58X-kctiwb1zNqs4?usp=sharing

Dear SPE families, This is a reminder to send in your State Economically Disadvantaged Funds form , we need to have these forms returned to SPE by September 20th, thank you! This form will provide information needed by the Maine Department of Education to determine Sanford School Department‘s eligibility status for State Economically Disadvantaged funds available under the Essential Programs & Services Funding Act. Data in this form is not for school lunch purposes, only to determine economic disadvantaged status for allocation of State education funds**. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vWuCsjTOqMphR5vhe5sBQSxq6_iqNVPI8xTzhf89Pxo/edit?usp=sharing

Hello Pride Families - This is a reminder that today, September 11th is an Early Release Day. Students will be dismissed at 2:00 p.m. On early release days, office dismissals end at 1:30 pm. Thank you.

Hello Pride Families - This is a reminder that the September SPE PTA meeting is tonight, 9/10, at 5:30 p.m. in the SPE library. We hope you can join us.

Hello Pride Families - Please see the links to this week's SPE Weekly Roar. English https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J2dOtPxCUPAN5MgRS3MXtz9K5w1Yi63P/view?usp=sharing Arabic https://drive.google.com/file/d/15BHVv3BCXvVx2RqnZmAlm9bnqemXrFW8/view?usp=sharing French https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YD9k0al3hx-hxvBm04HgPmnF507wZrCJ/view?usp=sharing Portuguese https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RJXrUbW6IOi8McnUsSzR9nfNixp0w-xZ/view?usp=sharing Spanish https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Oybh43mP0TpaKmVYF7eHbN0UQhT_v7LM/view?usp=sharing