Clay Hill Elementary

Kindergarten through third grade Glow Dance parents! Sales are now CLOSED for tomorrow's dance. Make the experience a success by remembering the following tips! First, your child's car-rider pickup tag is coming home TODAY! Be sure to retrieve it from the backpack. You MUST have your purple car tag (or regular tag) to pick up a child, or you will have to show identification AND be listed on the child's contact list in Synergy! No exceptions, as our kids' safety comes first. Car-rider pickup will be through the bus loop at 4:00 pm. Please remain in your car and pull through the loop, and your child will be brought to you. Don't forget we will have extra pizza and glow items for sale during tomorrow's dance. We're going to have a great time!

This Wednesday, September 17th, is a half day. Please send in all pizza money no later than tomorrow, Monday, September 15th.

This year's September VOLUNTARY STEAM Family Project will be going home in today's Tuesday folders. This month's challenge is: What can you do with an unsharpened pencil? To participate in this home challenge, you will need to create something (anything) using an unsharpened pencil! Completed projects can be turned into the Media Center by Tuesday, September 30th.

STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math, and these projects are a terrific way to connect critical higher level thinking processes between school and home. Projects vary to promote inductive (inventive) thinking skills that will result in a wide variety of end product designs, to deductive thinking skills that instruct students to create similar products using their choice of designs and materials. As students construct their creations, they are encouraged to plan, test, and improve designs to the best of their ability.

Project instructions are simple and require nothing more than items around your home, such as paper goods, materials from nature, and basic crafting supplies. Your child is permitted to design and construct their project on his or her own, or with the assistance of family members. If you choose to assist your child with his or her creation, here are some guided questions that will help stimulate higher level STEAM thinking:

*What can your project be used for? What purpose does it serve?
*What problem could your project solve?
*How can you test your project to see how it works?
*How can you improve your project to make it better?

I hope you and your child will enjoy constructing STEAM family projects together this year. Completed projects will be displayed in the library and on the school Facebook page. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

We are excited about our upcoming book fair that will be held at our school on September 8th-17th!  The book fair is an optional event that fosters an excitement around literacy and allows students to purchase books for their enjoyment. There is an opportunity for parents to preview the book fair contents online at https://preview.scholasticbookfairs.com/k6-custom/fa1.

In addition, we will be hosting a family night where parents and guardians can bring their child(ren) to review, select, and purchase books. Our school will hold this event during Open House on September 11th at 4:30 - 7:00 PM.  We hope to see you there!

Hey Bulldogs! The September 7 edition of the Bulldog BARK! Parent Newsletter is here with updates for the busy week ahead. Check it out!

https://claycountysdfl.edurooms.com/engage/clay-hill-elementary/newsletters/bulldog-bark-parent-newsletter-september-7-2025