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Please email attendance.elliott@dodea.edu with any communication regarding your child's attendance or changes in arrival or dismissal. This will help to ensure that the front office receives and can respond to your message in a timely manner. Thank you for your cooperation.
Your voice matters! Complete the Spring Communication and Engagement Survey by May 16th to help us understand how we’re doing. Your feedback greatly impacts our growth and allows us to better support all members of our Elliott Family.
Are you curious about how we use your feedback? Here are just some of the changes we have made in the past couple of years based directly feedback you have given us in our biannual survey:
- Created an official Instagram page to engage with more families through their preferred platform
- Send notifications and information in multiple ways (Everbridge Text Messages, Email, Facebook, Instagram, take home folders)
- Implementation of Grade Level Newsletters with include learning standards and targets
- Added a feedback and questions button to the school newsletter, Facebook page, and website
- Coffee with the Principal opportunities for casual conversations with school admin
Plus, completing the survey will help our students to earn these rewards:
Parent participation goals and Rewards
50% Participation: Popsicle Party
75% Participation: Extra Recess
90% Participation: Dance Party!
Click the survey link or scan the QR code in the flyer to let your voice be heard!
The kickoff to Elliott Elementary's Month of the Military Child celebration was a blast... literally!
Our Egrets had the opportunity to meet with our Military Family Life Counselor, Mr. Jake, to discuss the unique challenges that military children face and explore healthy ways to manage stress. During this engaging session, students worked in small teams to transform ordinary soda bottles into vibrant purple rocket ships.
Once their creations were ready to launch, the classes went outside where Mr. Jake explained the effects of bottling up stress and demonstrated this concept by adding a mixture of baking soda and vinegar to the bottles. Just like when our students bottle up their stress, it didn't take long for the rockets to explode, creating a spectacular mess!
On April 9th, students, teachers, and parents from around the world proudly wore their best purple shirts to honor our incredible military children. These remarkable students face unique challenges such as frequent moves, changing schools, and having deployed parents. Yet, no matter where they go, our military children continue to bloom where they are planted.
Why purple? Well, purple has been the symbolic color for military children from all service branches since the Month of the Military Child was established in 1986. This color was chosen because it represents the blend of all military branch colors, signifying unity and support for our resilient military kids.
One of the most highly anticipated parts of our annual Month of the Military Child Celebration at Elliott Elementary School is the obstacle course. To complete the course, students in each class must work together to navigate multiple obstacles with the fastest time to earn the coveted grade level trophy! Throughout the challenge Mr. Jake talks about the different teams that we are all members of here at school or within our families. He also discusses how important it is be able to rely on your team when you need them and to be a supportive member of a team when others need you.
While we are thankful for our military children every single day, we love having a whole month set aside each year to shower them with love and fun opportunities that are all about celebrating them. If you haven't already, be sure to join us in showing your support and appreciation for these amazing kids.
Fun with Measurement in First Grade
In first grade we’re excited to begin Unit 12 of Reveal Math, which focuses on essential life skill—Measurement and Data! In this unit, your first grader will learn how to compare, measure, and organize information in fun and meaningful ways.
What Your Child Is Learning:
· Compare the lengths and heights of different objects (using words like longer, shorter, taller).
· Measure using nonstandard units (like paper clips, cubes, or hands).
· Tell and write time to the hour and half hour using analog and digital clocks.
· Organize data into picture graphs and bar graphs.
· Ask and answer questions about data (like “Which is the most?” or “How many more?”).
How You Can Support at Home:
· Practice Telling Time: Ask your child to read clocks at home—“What time is it now?”
· Measure With Everyday Items: Use spoons, books, or toys to compare lengths. For example, “How many spoons long is your shoe?”
· Make Simple Graphs: Sort items like fruit, toys, or socks and make a quick tally chart or bar graph together.
· Ask Questions About Data: Talk about information from charts on cereal boxes, calendars, or even weather apps!
Why It Matters:
Measurement and data skills help children make sense of the world—understanding time, length, and information in ways that are useful in everyday life and other subjects like science.
Thank you for being such an important part of your child’s learning journey. Together, we can make math both meaningful and fun!
Can you believe that it is almost time for our beloved books to find their way back to their homes on the shelves of the library for the summer?
The last day for students, parents, and teachers to check out books is Friday, May 2nd. All student and parent books are due to be returned to the library by Monday, May 5th.
Hello from Art!
All grade levels worked on weaving projects this past month with varied materials to develop skills and understanding. It's a great way to improve fine motor skills and hand eye coordination. It strengthens muscles in hands and fingers due to the precise movements required as well as hands and eyes working together to weave.
Kindergarten students explored the basics of weaving through a fun and creative paper weaving project titled "Snakes in the Grass," where they practiced over-under patterns with their created patterned snakes.
First graders built on these skills by completing paper weavings and then adding textile strips to introduce texture and variety.
Second graders took their weaving to the next level, working on cardboard looms to create 6"x2.5" yarn weavings. These pieces could be transformed into bracelets, chokers, wall hangings, or anything their imaginations dreamed up!
Weaving is always a hit in the art room!
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