Good evening Sloan Creek Parents,

It has been such a wonderful week and I definitely have been enjoying the cooler temps.  

We also had our first Creek Life Assembly on Monday. Our students competed in a challenge with our staff and I have to report that our students lost (they were not happy). We also showed our students a video about a program we will be participating in on December 15th. Please view the video here. We are so excited for the opportunity to package meals for those in need. 

As a gentle reminder, tomorrow is Leopard Friday. All Sloan Creek students will dismiss by 11:45 am. Bus students and walkers will dismiss to go to their busses at 11:40 and car riders will begin dismissal at 11:45. We hope to see several of you at the high school for Leopard Friday. If you are new to Lovejoy, please take special note of the flyer in this newsletter. It is a great community event, and I know my own kiddos are looking forward to going.

Please see our wonderful pictures below. I am including a lot of pictures from last Friday through this week as we had so much fun to capture. I am also including pictures from the band concert a few weeks back. 

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Lovejoy Proud,

Courtney Halpin

Principal

469-742-8400

Band Concert

We enjoyed grilling hot dogs for staff last Friday.  

The students raised $264 this week for Breast Cancer Awareness.  One week to go.  We are hoping to reach our goal of $1000.

October

21- SCIS Early Release, 11:45 AM

21- Pajama Day 

21- Leopard Friday

24-28- Red Ribbon Week-See below for dress up days! 

28- Chadwick and Kimbrough Homeroom Service Team Volunteers

31- Student book character dress up day

31- Halloween 

November

6- Daylight Savings Time- Fall Back 1 Hour 

7- Student Holiday, No School

8- Student Holiday- No School

11- Veterans Day 

11- Coffee with the principals, Mrs. Halpin and Mr. Jamar, 8:00 AM- 8:40 AM, SCIS Cafeteria 

14- SCIS PTO Member Meeting, 10:00 AM- 10:45 AM, SCIS Cafeteria

15- November Birthday Donuts during Leopard Time 

18- Chaney, Kuneman, Darnell, Alotaibi Homeroom Service Team

21-25- No School, Thanksgiving Break 

Tomorrow, Friday October 21, is an early release day. SCIS schedule is as follows.

1 7:40 - 8:25

2 8:28 - 9:08

3 9:11 - 9:51

4 9:54 - 10:34

5 10:37 - 11:17

Lunch-11:17 - 11:45-Students can either bring a lunch from home or purchase a sack lunch from the cafeteria. 

We will not have Leopard Time due to the shortened schedule.

All 5th grade students will receive the required state hearing/vision screenings during their PE class on October 24, 27, 28. If a student requires corrective eyewear or hearing aids, please make sure they bring them to school on these days.  

We are pleased to announce the 8th season of the Lovejoy ISD Children’s Choir. "LCC" is designed to serve the needs of our district’s 4th, 5th and 6th grade students who are committed to a musically exceptional experience. Please read all of the details on this incredible experience here. Please reach out to Mrs. Orozco ( veronica_orozco@lovejoyisd.net) if you have any questions.

We are so excited to announce our 5th Graderswill be traveling to Sky Ranch for 5th Grade camp this year! Camp will be Wednesday, February 8, 2023 to Friday, February 10, 2023. The cost of camp is $265.00 per person. We will be offering 2 payment options this year. You can pay in full with 1 payment or do 2 payments of $132.50 due on November 18, 2022 and December 15, 2022. Payment links will be sent soon. 

Character Trait- Caring 

 We will be focusing on a Character Trait each 9 weeks during our guidance lessons and our Monday Classroom Conversations. The first nine weeks we focused on responsibility, accountability for one’s actions and dependability. This second 9 weeks we will be focusing on Caring. We will discuss how characteristics of caring impacts personal relationships. Each student will evaluate his/her own personal attitudes and mindsets about self and others. We will discuss how feelings, decision making, and personal behaviors can influence relationships with others, and explain and identify examples of how a person can demonstrate empathy through kindness, charity, generosity, and courtesy.

Continuing with the discussion at home will help students identify ways that they can show concern and empathy for others. Thank you for partnering with us!

Red Ribbon Week

October 24- October 28

October is National Principals Month

Please take a moment to send a note written by you or your child to Mrs. Halpin to let her know how much we appreciate her at SCIS. Her leadership has had such a impact on our students.

Lovejoy Letter Campaign

It’s that time of year again to celebrate our amazing teachers and staff with our Lovejoy Letter Writing Campaign! Many of you are familiar with this beloved tradition, but for those of you who are not, it is the time of year when current and past students and parents write appreciation letters for each of our teachers and staff members across the district.

The letters do not have to be elaborate or lengthy. The goal is just for people to write a note of thanks to show gratitude to their teachers, the staff and administration in our district. It is an opportunity for us to take the time to let each person who makes a difference for us throughout the school day know how much we value them.

Over the next two weeks we will be accepting note card donations. You can drop them off in the donation bin in the front office of SCIS. Please sign up to donate using the link below.

Note Card Donation Sign up

Starting October 31, you can drop off you letters to the donation bin in the SCIS front office.

Please clearly label the envelope with the staff/teacher’s name and LLC (Lovejoy Letter Campaign) and return the letter to the box located in the designated area at your school no later than Friday November 11th.

The letter writing campaign has become such a meaningful tradition in our district. We really appreciate your time and effort to help us tell our teachers and staff thank you for all that they do! 

Spirit Wear - New Spirit Wear

The NEW Spiritwear is up and ready for purchase! Come shop and mark some loved ones off of that holiday list! All proceeds will be helping provide programming and enrichment for your students! Thank you for your support! 

Spirit Wear Ordering

SCIS PTO Leopard Drive 

Sloan Creek is SO CLOSE to hitting their Leopard drive goal! Remember...every dollar donated to the SCIS Leopard Drive will stay at Sloan Creek  Please click here to donate. 

JOIN and DONATE

We would love for you to sign up to be apart of the Sloan Creek PTO. The $8 membership dues go towards programs that benefit each student. Please sign up your students and spouses or join as a family. Your membership allows you to have access to our online directory and volunteer opportunities.

There is also an opportunity for you do donate to our Leopard Drive. This is different than your donation to Foundation for Lovejoy Schools. Those donations benefit the district as a whole. Our Leopard Drive stays at Sloan Creek to help put on programs like See you at the Creek, Kool off with Kona, teacher appreciation and many more.

Please click on the link below to become a member and donate.

Join and Donate Here.

VOLUNTEERS

If you are still interested in Volunteering at SCIS. Please fill out the interest form below and you will be contacted as needs arrive. 

Volunteer Interest Form

Next Membership Meeting will be at 10:00 in the SCIS Cafeteria on November 14.

Thank you

Kim Rollins 

SCIS PTO President 2022-23

https://ptoscis.membershiptoolkit.com/Our_PTO

It’s that time of year again to celebrate our amazing teachers and staff with our Lovejoy Letter Writing Campaign! Many of you are familiar with this beloved tradition, but for those of you who are not, it is the time of year when current and past students and parents write appreciation letters for each of our teachers and staff members across the district.

The letters do not have to be elaborate or lengthy. The goal is just for people to write a note of thanks to show gratitude to their teachers, the staff and administration in our district. It is an opportunity for us to take the time to let each person who makes a difference for us throughout the school day know how much we value them.

Please clearly label the envelope with the staff/teacher’s name and LLC (Lovejoy Letter Campaign) and return the letter to the box located in the designated area at your school no later than Friday November 11th.

The letter writing campaign has become such a meaningful tradition in our district. We really appreciate your time and effort to help us tell our teachers and staff thank you for all that they do!