Sebasticook Valley Elementary School

This message is for SVES parents/guardians that have students that ride on bus N2, this bus is running 15-20 minutes late for some of the students that ride this bus.

Message from RSU 19 SVES Dismissal Procedure Letter from Superintendent Mike Hammer Letter: https://5il.co/zjq0

There will be no school for SVES students tomorrow, Wednesday, September 8th due to staff shortages. This is for Sebasticook Valley Elementary students only.

Students at SVES riding the bus will be arriving at their stops this afternoon 20 minutes later than usual. Loading buses the first few days often takes longer than is typical to make sure all students are on the correct buses. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to call the school at 368-4592.

Due to the current high transmission rates of COVID, SVES will be having a modified Open House event tomorrow, August 31 from 5:30-6:30. Starting at 5:30, staff from SVES will be available to meet and greet parents and students outside. Teachers will be holding up signs indicating the grade level they teach and their names to make them easier to find. PK parents are welcome to meet teachers by the PK playground. Staff members will be available to help point you in the right direction. We recommend wearing masks to this event. Masked students will be invited to go on a tour of their classroom following the meet and greet. Parents will be provided with the typical Open House paperwork to complete outside on clipboards, or in your vehicle while students take a tour inside. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call the school at 368-4592.

SVES would like to request that parents/guardians contact the school today if you have any changes since last school year to your child(ren)'s pick up or drop off locations for this 2021/2022 school year. The number to the school is 207-368-4592.

SVES would like to remind parents that today is an early release day. Students being picked up will be dismissed around 11:00. We ask that parents picking up your child arrive around 10:50. We will be having a 4th grade graduation ceremony today, so any parent arriving prior to 10:50 will need to park in the lower parking lot if there are no available spaces in the normal parent pick up line. . The early bus will leave the school today around 10:45 and regular bus students will be dismissed at 11:30. If you are attending the fourth grade graduation ceremony today, you can park at the curb in front of the school or in the lower parking lot. We ask that parents wait to enter the school until 8:45 for the event. You must wear a mask to attend the event and each student may only have two adults attend. If you have any questions or need the link to the event, please feel free to call SVES at 368-4592.

SVES will be collecting hotspots and devices from remote learners on Monday, June 14 from 7:30AM-3:00PM; Tuesday, June 15 from 12:30-3:00PM; Wednesday, June 16 from 7:30-12:00 or 2:00-5:00PM. If your child has a device from SVES, please return it to the main office during one of these time frames. If you have any questions, please contact us at 368-4592.

SVES recorded a PK-4 spring concert last week and the recording is now available in multiple places. If you receive our Wildcat Weekly newsletter, it has been sent to that email address. If not, it is available here or on our SVES page on the district website at www.rsu19.org. You can also use this link: https://vimeo.com/560507357

SVES would like to send out a reminder that tomorrow is field day. In-person learners should come to school with sunscreen and bug spray already applied. Please have your child wear sneakers and bring a water bottle to school with them. Remote learners will have field day activities available in their PE google classroom to try out at home. All family members should be aware that our last school day on June 15th is a half day of school. Students that are being picked up will be dismissed at 11:00. Our bus students will be leaving the school between 11:30-11:45. If you have any questions, please feel free to call the school at 368-4592.

Thank you to our parents and family members of SVES for making our pick-up procedures in the afternoon run so smoothly. As the weather gets nicer, we know that it is tempting to get out of your vehicles to wait in the sunshine for your child during afternoon pick up time. We would like to request that you please remain in your vehicles while in the parent pick-up car line so you are prepared to pull ahead if the staff outside directs you to do so. If you are the parent of a PK or K child and need to get out of your vehicle to assist your child into a booster seat, or with buckling, please wait until you see your child exiting the school to do so. Thank you again for your help in continuing to make afternoon student pick-up time run so smoothly.

This is a message for family members of students that attend SVES. We want to thank you for all that you are doing this year to help keep our school open and safe for students. We would like your help continuing to make morning drop off as safe as possible. Please remember to drive slowly through the drop off area in the morning and to pull all the way up the walkway area when you drop off, so other parents can pull in behind. Please try to have your student(s) exit the vehicle on the passenger side, as it is closest to the walkway. We would also like to remind parents to continue to monitor your child(ren) each morning and keep them home if they are not feeling well. If you are unsure if your child(ren) is feeling well enough to come to school, we ask you to err on the cautious side and keep them home. Thank you for your help keeping our school safe for all students.

Lifetouch will be at SVES next week to do spring pictures. Remote learners can come on Wednesday, April 7 to have pictures taken. PK/K are scheduled from 8-9am, grades 1-2 are scheduled from 9-10am and grades 3-4 are scheduled from 10-11am. Families can order online at mylifetouch.com using the picture ID code EVTFP4JTB. If you have more than one remote learner that attends SVES, you can bring them all in one time block. In-person learners will be having spring pictures taken on Thursday, April 8 in the morning. Please call the school at 368-4592 with any questions.

This is just reminder that if your child needs to bring home his/her chromebook to be able to participate in the SVES virtual STEAM Night tomorrow, March 25 from 5-7 pm, the request form must be sent to school tomorrow with your child.

This is just a reminder that this week at SVES we have PK registration on March 24 by appointment only. We are also very excited to be hosting our virtual STEAM night this week on Thursday, March 25 from 5-7pm. The link for the virtual STEAM event can be found on the Sebasticook page of our district website at www.rsu19.org. The link to the event will be posted on Thursday prior to the start of the event. If you need your child's chromebook to be sent home in order for him/her to participate in the event, please fill out and return the request form that was sent home. Please contact the school at 368-4592 if you have any questions.

Today is the first day of the Online Scholastic Book Fair for SVES. Students are bringing home a flier tonight so anyone interested in ordering is able to do so. You can place an order by going to scholastic.com/fair and searching for our school. The online book fair for our school is open from January 25-February 7.

This is an important message from RSU 19 1/16/2021 Notification Letter from Superintendent Mike Hammer Letter: https://5il.co/ooal

Important Message from RSU 19 1/5/2021 Notification Letter from Superintendent Mike Hammer Letter: https://5il.co/ob94

Tonight is the night! SVES is having our virtual Literacy Night from 5-7pm! There will be three grand prize drawings and lots of other prizes given away for students that participate with their family. Don't forget to complete the exit ticket for a chance to win these great prizes! You can access the link to participate in literacy night on the SVES page of our district website at www.rsu19.org, or on our remote learning page, or on student's homeroom or reading Google Classrooms. We hope you are able to take some time to participate in some fun games and activities with you SVES student tonight.

Now that the winter season is here, SVES would like to remind families of the morning parent drop off procedures. If you are dropping off a PK student, please park in a regular parking space and walk your student up to the cafeteria door. We would request that PK parents not park along the curb where other students are being dropped off. For all other K-4 students being dropped off, please pull up along the curb as far as you are able. Please avoid dropping off your child at the corner where the orange cones are placed. Thank you so much for your continued support and cooperation this year.