East Side Elementary

Beau is so excited to start Kindergarten at East Side! We want to see our kiddos and how excited they are so comment them below! Give a shout out to their teachers as well! It is going to be a great year! Or maybe you want to comment a picture of how excited you as a parent are to have school starting back! AND we want to see pictures of both our on-site and virtual kids! We love our baby Panthers!

Coach Malone and Nurse Nichole will be providing Live Facebook Tours of our campus on Monday, August 17! Get excited!

Second grade says THANK YOU, BODCAW!

Virtually Meet Your Teacher! Videos will be posted to TEACHER PAGES by tomorrow morning, Friday, August 14, 2020!

Kindergarten says THANK YOU, BODCAW!

Thank you, Bodcaw! We are excited about the donation of pencils for all of our K-2nd grade students!

Congratulations, Mrs. Parker! She won the door prizes from the South Central Coop! We had a great virtual training with Gerry Brooks!

Today's Helpful Tips are all about lunch! While we are happy to assist our students with anything they need help with, there are some ways you can make their lives easier at school! We did not create the graphic below BUT it is super helpful information for parents! Extra tip! Ziplock bags are easy for kids to open. If they struggle to open lunch items like Lunchables and Cheez Its, you can send them in Ziplock bags instead!

​Second Grade Teacher Favorite Quote: “Trust the Timing of your life.” Years in Education: 2nd Year Teaching Hobbies Include: Traveling and Shopping Favorite Movie: The Notebook Favorite Book: Anything Romance If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? Italy What are you most excited about for the school year? Meeting my new students and starting a new journey with them. Favorite thing about Magnolia Schools: Everyone is always so eager to help when someone is in need. Something that might surprise us about you! I own an online clothing boutique. We hit gold when we found this teacher and are so proud she is a part of our Panther family!

Virtual Student Announcements! Information packets were put in the mail today! If you don't receive them by Friday, August 14, 2020, please call the East Side Office! There will be a mandatory parent meeting for virtual students on Thursday, August 20, 2020. Kindergarten - 9:00am 1st Grade - 10:30am 2nd - 1:30pm Location: Cafeteria in the former 3rd grade building. Please note the following: The packet you will receive in the mail will include multiple forms that need to be filled out entirely before attending the meeting. Student devices will be issued upon receiving that packet of forms at the mandatory parent meeting. In order to maintain social distancing guidelines, only one parent per student will be allowed to attend the meeting. Students and additional family members will need to stay in the car or at home. They will not be meeting their teachers at this meeting. Any and all questions you may have about virtual will be answered at this meeting! We are excited to offer alternative education options for our Panthers! It is going to be a great year!

ON SITE Student Announcement!!! Your student should receive their teacher letter by the end of the week. They were mailed today! If you haven't received them by Friday, please give our office a call!

Today is all about busting myths! Is my child's teacher even excited?! ? YES, these teachers can't wait to see our kiddos! Children are the entire reason we do what we do and when they are absent from school, we aren't complete! Will students be confined to their classroom all day long?!? No, they will not! They will leave the classroom for lunch and recess! At this time, art, music, and computer class will be done in the classrooms. Coach Malone will be conducting PE outside, weather permitting, as much as possible. There won't be enough cleaning supplies and hand sanitizers to go around?!? Again, that is incorrect! District administration has been stocking up on PPE, cleaners, and sanitizers all summer! Sanitizing stations have been placed at all building entrances and dispensers are available to all classrooms. Students won't be allowed to leave their classrooms for lunch?!? That simply isn't true. To encourage social distancing, kindergarten will have two lunch blocks where they eat in the kindergarten cafeteria. 1st - 2nd grades will keep one lunch period but use both the kindergarten lunchroom and the lunchroom in what used to be the third grade building. Classrooms will be bare and uninviting?!? Not even close! It is true that we are simplifying classrooms as much as we can. We have removed non-essential furniture and equipment but students will still be greeted with brightly decorated and inviting classrooms! We are ready to adapt and adjust at a moments notice in order to provide a safe and fun school experience for all of our students! We will continue to be as transparent and honest with you as we can! Are there any other myths we need to bust?!?

Happening now!

East Side (kindergarten-2nd grade) Mask Update! 8-7-2020 Even though we won’t be requiring our students to wear masks, we will be providing up to 3 cloth masks for each student at our campus! A huge thank you to our district leadership who made this possible!

Staff Spotlight Alert Kristie Wood - East Side Secretary Years in Education: 1 year 😊 Hobbies: Meal prepping, budgeting and fishing! Favorite Movie: The Santa Clause with Tim Allen Favorite Book: I love trilogies and books about Dystopia! If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? Alaska! I have always wanted to see the Northern Lights! Community Involvement: I am an active member at Calvary Baptist Church, Magnolia Junior Charity League Provisional, Circle of Friends, and a member & encourager at Ultimate Fitness 24/7! What are you most excited about for the school year? Seeing all the kiddos! Favorite thing about Magnolia Schools: Its like a big extended family! Something we would be surprised to learn: My specialty when I nursed was Wound Care and I LOVED it! Help us in congratulating Mrs. Wood on her 1 year anniversary at East Side! She is a ray of sunshine to all of those around her!

Please see the link below for updated information regarding this year’s Magnolia Schools Virtual learning option. The enrollment deadline has been extended until August 9th at midnight. **Note** If you have already applied for the Magnolia Schools virtual option, please do not sign up again. We simply are extending the deadline after posting updates information. https://www.magnoliaschools.net/o/msd/page/district-re-entry-plan All items with updates are as follows: Virtual Options Revised and Updated 2020-2021 School Calendar Updated MMS Arrival-Dismissal/Breakfast-Lunch Updated Eastside Arrival-Dismissal/Breakfast-Lunch Updated

Please join us in watching Mrs. Coburn as she as honored at the Governor's mansion for receiving Teacher of the Year for our COOP! This is the ceremony where they will be announcing the top 4 finalists! We can cheer her on in the comments section of the Facebook Live that you can find on the Arkansas Department of Education's page this Friday, July 31 at 11:00am. GO PANTHERS!!!!

Check out the fabulous Mrs. Graham! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qHlXjlCh_U4&feature=youtu.be

There have been some additions and updates to the re-entry plan added on the Magnolia School District website and Campus-specific sites. They include: ACDA Guidelines Added AAA Guidelines Added Face Coverings Guidelines Added MSD Blended Learning FAQs Removed/Replaced by Blended Learning Guidelines Virtual Option FAQs Added T-Chart Comparing Blended Learning/Virtual Option Added General FAQs Added MSD Health & Safety Guidelines Updated MSD Transportation Health & Safety Guidelines Updated Walker Pre-K Arrival-Dismissal Updated Walker Pre-K Breakfast-Lunch Updated Deleting browser history/cookies may be required if Updated documents won’t load. The magnolia schools website address can be easily viewed by clicking this link: www.magnoliaschools.net Thank you!

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