Important News

Have you heard of Faith in the Flakes? “Faith in the Flakes” is a term that Justin Berk, local celebrity meteorologist (justinweather.com), uses when predicting snow storms in our area. The PTA is conducting a shirt fundraiser throughout November, selling the “Faith in the Flakes” T-shirts specifically made for our school. Then, in December, Justin Berk will give our school…

Parents! This year’s main fundraiser is the Atholton Elementary Fun Run! It’s a 9-day program that kicks off with a Pep Rally on 11/06/17. Families will then gather pledges for every lap your student runs (30-35 laps), and we’ll celebrate at the Fun Run on 11/15/17. With our big goal of raising $15,000 for additional computers for our students to…

The window to sign up for AES Parent Teacher Conferences is now closed. If you want to schedule a conference, please contact Tammy Lloyd in the AES Front Office. Teaching staff members have the choice of working evening hours on November 20 and 21. Those staff members will not be available for conferences on November 22. Conferences will start at…

Every child’s safety is important to us and we need your help. It remains our highest priority to ensure that students are dropped off and picked up daily in a safe and organized manner. We are reminding everyone to follow the pick-up and drop-off procedures. Failure to do so creates chaos, and unsafe conditions for our students, parents, and staff…

AES Team Turkey Trot -- Monday November, 20th! We need volunteers to make this a successful event! Please sign up to help today! Grades K-2 will have 15 minutes and Grades 3-5 will have 20 minutes to earn as many laps as they can towards their team total! Students will walk, jog, or run as many laps as they can…

November 16th Please join us for an opportunity to enjoy a spaghetti dinner as well as having a chance to meet other AES families. Cost for this event is $6 a person, children 3 years & younger are free! Reservations are required since seating is limited. Flyers for this event are going home in the 10/27 Friday Folder. Please return…

Howdy ya’ll! It’s time to saddle up for our Wild West Book Fair! Volunteers Wanted http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0b45aba62ea3f49-vounteers The PTA is hosting our annual Fall Book Fair beginning November 13 th through 21 st, 2017. We are looking forward to getting your kids excited about reading, and raising some money for our school in the process. We’ll be open each day after…

Halloween Parade and Party Tuesday, October 31st The Halloween Parade is Tuesday, October 31st starting at 2:45pm. As children begin the process of choosing a costume, please remind them that they will not be able to bring any toy weapons to school and that gory/bloody make-up should be saved for parties/trick or treating outside of school. Students should bring their…

Thursday, November 2nd from 6-8pm Do you know how much fun math can be? We want to help families and students discover a love of math. All children MUST have a caregiver with them. STEM + Families is meant to engage families together in fun STEM experiences. Join us and enjoy a night of interactive math games with your child…

Dear Parents/Guardians of AES, The Related Arts team is organizing the Fall Festival celebration for students on Thursday, November 9th. Each grade level will participate in a variety of activities during their grade’s designated Related Arts time on the 9th. We will need many parent volunteers to help at each station collecting tickets, distributing prizes, and overseeing the activities. There…