State Bridge Crossing Elementary Bobcats

Bridgette Marques, Principal 5530 State Bridge Road, Johns Creek, GA 30022 Lindsay Kyle, Assistant Principal 470-254-3850 phone, 470-254-3856 fax

www.statebridgecrossing.com

September 13, 2019

Issue 3

Principal’s News

SBCE Family, Please join me in congratulating Mr. Mangan, Ms. Wendy and Dr. G who were recognized by the school board members this week. The magnificent three applied on behalf of SBCE to be recognized by the Georgia Department of Education and the Georgia Department of Public Health for the school’s participation in activities that improve student wellness. SBCE was awarded the highest tier of recognition – The Platinum Level. The Georgia Shape Honor Roll Award recognizes elementary, middle and high schools for their dedication to creating a healthy school environment and a culture of wellness for staff, students and community. Congratulations to our PE department.

Mark your

calendars!

Have a wonderful weekend

Bobcat Family!

Bridgette M. Marques

Upcoming Events Assistant Principal – Ms. Kyle

C CST – Ms. Gruber

School News

Follow what’s happening at SBCE:

@SBCEprincipal (Ms. Marques)

@lindsaymkyle (Ms. Kyle)

@grubersgotclass (Ms. Gruber)

#SBCEBobcats

September

16-20 Book Fair – Media Center

17 PTA Meeting – 11:30a.m.

17 Storybook Extravaganza – 6:00p.m.

18 SGC – 7:00a.m.

19 Spirit Night @ Xtremehopp 4:00-9:00p.m.

20 All Pro Dad -6:45a.m. – Cafeteria

20 PTA Teacher Breakfast

23 EIP Parent Meet & Greet – 7:45a.m.

24 VIP Folders Go Home

25 Georgia Walk to School Day

25-27 5th Grade Field Trip

October

3 Fall Individual Pictures

4 Hearing/Vision Screenings

6 SBCE Fall Festival – 2:00p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

8 EIP Reading Parent Meet and Greet – 7:45a.m.

10 Professional Development Day- No school for students

11 Teacher workday – No school for students

14 Columbus Day – No school

16 SGC Meeting – 7:00a.m.

17 Report cards go home

19-20 Johns Creek Art Festival

21-Nov. 1 Iowa Assessment – Grades 3 & 5

21 Cub Scouts – 6:30p.m.

22 VIP Folders go home

31 Storybook Parade – 8:00a.m.

Online Resource and Textbook Access

All digital textbooks and web-based resources are accessible

through Fulton County’s LaunchPad. For step by step

directions to access these resources, click here. Please note

that students will not be able to access iRead (K-2 early

literacy) or iReady (K-5 math, 3-5 reading) until they have

completed the initial screeners for these programs while at

school.

5th Grade Blue Ridge Trip

Our 5th grade trip to the Blue Ridge Outdoor Education

Center is on the horizon! We know our 5th graders will be

excellent representatives of State Bridge Crossing and our

community. Now is a great time to review behavior

expectations for our visit. Just like at school, all Bobcats are

expected to be respectful, responsible, and ready to learn at

all times. Be on the lookout for final trip details at the end of

next week!

PBIS

PBIS is excited to get Tier II underway!! Tier II is an

additional layer of support for those children who are

identified as needing this extra intervention. If your student

qualifies for our Tier II W.I.N. program, we will reach out

with more information!

We are continuing to remind our students of the expectations

in and out of the classroom. Thank you for continuing to

remind your student(s) that they should be ready to learn and

following directions from the moment they arrive at school!

Iowa Assessment

Students in grades 3 and 5 will participate in the Iowa

Assessment during the window of October 21st through

November 1st. We are still working to complete the grade-

specific schedule and will share that soon.

If you have a student in grades 3 or 5, thank you for

providing your child a healthy breakfast and helping him

arrive to school on time (by 7:40am). Testing will begin

promptly at 8:00am each morning.

More details coming soon!

SBCE Family Handbook

Please click here to review the family handbook. Thank you

for taking the opportunity to read this document.

School News (continued)

Mark Your Calendar

Book Fair

September 16th thru September 20th

Storybook Extravaganza

Tuesday, September 17th

6:30 PM to 7:30 PM

The Book Fair will be open from 6-8 PM

Check out our Book Fair homepage:

https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/sbcebookfairinfo

Clinic Needs

The clinic would appreciate boys/girls shorts & leggings in

all sizes. As always, thank you for your continued support!

All Pro Dad

Our exciting first meeting for this year will be held on

Friday, September 20th at 6:45a.m. in the cafeteria. We look

forward to seeing everyone there.

Science Olympiad

Science Olympiad Applications for students in grades 3 thru

5 will be coming soon. Applications will be announced via

upcoming Bobcat Tales, BNN, and Teacher Newsletters.

For questions regarding Science Olympiad please visit our

website:

https://sbcescienceolympiad.weebly.com/events.html

PTA News

Save the Date

The annual Fall Festival is Sunday, October 6th from 2p.m.-5p.m. on the back field. You don’t want to miss the fun with your

family and friends. We’ll have raffle baskets, inflatables, crafts, a cake walk, a photo booth, games, a farmer’s market and

more. Tickets are on sale now via the Membership Toolkit website. Admission will be $8 per person and children 3 and under

are free.

In order to purchase your tickets, you must be registered in Membership Toolkit. If you are not already registered in Membership

Toolkit, please go to https://sbcepta.membershiptoolkit.com/home and create an account. You will need to confirm your

family’s information and then you will have access to the online store where you will purchase your admission tickets and raffle

tickets.

For those PTA Members, don't forget the great perks you receive because of your generous donation.

• Platinum PTA Members will receive a reserved parking space, a family pass to this event along with 15 tickets towards

raffle baskets

• Gold PTA Members will receive two (2) tickets for entry and 10 tickets towards raffle baskets

• Sliver PTA Members will receive 5 tickets towards raffle baskets

Member perks will go home with your oldest child the week before the festival.

We look forward to seeing you at the Fall Festival!

Science Force

We are excited to begin Science Force labs for this year. All activities will be in the first classroom on the right side of the

4th/5th hallway directly across from the STEM lab. Ms. Huber, the STEM lab teacher, will act as the lab leader and parents will

assist while the students are in the lab as well as help with setting up and taking down the lab.

Please register to volunteer at www.statebridgecrossing.com as soon as you sign up. Make sure you give yourself two business

days to ensure that your information is received at the school. Please be careful to use the name on your driver’s license when

you register. Siblings are not allowed in the lab for safety reasons.

Fourth and fifth grade parents need to verify the letter identifying their child's specials group prior to signing up. All students

should know their letter and the correct group that corresponds to the day of the week that they normally attend the STEM

special. Full lab information will be sent to parents who volunteer. Thank you so much for volunteering! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0849AEA728A4F58-science3

Vision/Hearing Screening

The vision/hearing screenings are scheduled for October 4th. If you are interested in volunteering, please email Jill Francis at

jillfrancis10@gmail.com.

PTA News (continued)

Spirit Night

SBCE’s Spirit Night at Xtreme Hopp is next Thursday, September 19th and tickets are on sale now. Use the SBCE spirit

selection and be sure you have a waiver on file. The Bolt cafe has a fantastic menu, so enjoy a meal after you jump.

http://xtremehopp.com

All Pro Dad

SBCE’s first All Pro Dad breakfast meeting will be held on Friday, September 20th in the cafeteria. We’ll be unpacking the

topic of Self-Control. Self-control is about learning to pause before you react to something or someone. We can make choices

sometimes when we are sad or angry, but those choices are not always the best. Please make it a point to be at our first meeting.

The meetings are free and, as always, donuts, raffle prizes, and plenty of encouragement will be planned for that morning.

Sign-up at: https://allprodadsday.com/chapters/3023/chapter_meetings/32531

Teacher Breakfast

The 4th and 5th grade sponsored teacher breakfast will be held on Friday, September 20th. A sign up has gone out to the 4th

and 5th grade families. If you have not received it and would like to make a donation, please email sbce_pta@outlook.com.

PTA Meeting

Our next PTA meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 17th at 11:30a.m. If you are unable to attend, you will find the

minutes on our website at sbcepta.org by the end of the week.

PTA News (continued)

Membership Toolkit

Stay up to date on all the PTA news by creating an account on https://sbcepta.membershiptoolkit.com/home This will

ensure you are receiving PTA emails regarding events, volunteer opportunities, our messaging board and access to our store

where you can purchase event tickets and PTA memberships.

Ways to Help

Sign up for Amazon smile

Sign up for Publix partners for education

Sign up for Box tops for education.

Thank you for supporting the PTA!

If you have not already done so, please follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

https://www.facebook.com/sbcepta and https://twitter.com/

SBCE Annual Fall Book Fair

The SBCE book fair begins next week, September 16th - 20th. If you would like to volunteer, please click here to sign up.

Volunteers will receive 10% off their purchase.

Check out e-wallet (only amount student spends is taken from your account) and online purchasing (books ship to your home)

at https://www.scholastic.com/bf/sbcebookfairinfo.

Please be sure you have taken the online mandatory volunteer training at least 48 hours prior to your volunteer shift. If you

have taken the training after June of last year you should not have to take it again until June 2020. Please click here if you

need to take the training.

Please check the schedule below to see when your student and teacher will be at the bookstore.

PTA News (continued)

Community News

Community News (continued)

Business Partners

Kid Chess

Artech Roofing & Construction

Cloudland Coffee Company

Great Harvest Bread Company

Chick-fil-A

Ivy Bridge Academy

Amazon

Kroger

Lifetouch

SAM Singapore Math

Mathnasium of Johns Creek