PTA meeting will be Monday, March 18, 2024, at 4 P.M. in the school library. Hope you all can attend!
The Flora Masonic Lodge's County Reading Contest is underway. North Clay is in the lead with 4.62 books read per student! Clay City is on their heals with 3.17 books. Flora has read 1.5 books per child.
Two weeks left! The winning school will get to have a party at the end!
Ryan Scott
WM Flora Masonic Lodge #204
Check out the spirit wear shop. https://www.spiritshop.com/school/illinois/clay-city/clay-city-elementary-school
St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital in conjunction with the Andrew Gobczynski Big Heart Foundation (AGBHF) is providing a free EKG and blood pressure screening for high school athletes on Saturday, April 6th. This painless and harmless test is intended to screen for possible undiagnosed heart problems, which in the heat of competition could injure your child. Please note it is not a complete cardiac work up and is only a screening. We’ll have an RN perform an electrocardiogram (EKG) and blood pressure. These EKGs will be read by a pediatric cardiologist from SIU who specializes in cardiac care for those under the age of 18.
This free service is being offered to high school-aged sophomores (and junior/senior athletes who have not already participated). Although detecting an abnormality is rare; some could be quite significant and require treatment. I encourage you to allow your child to participate in this valuable program. If you have any questions about this screening, please feel free to contact me at school.
Please note that the program requires this packet of paperwork to be fully completed and signed. Completed and signed packets must be returned to the Athletic Director by Friday, March 29th for participation in the April 6th screening.
This year, we’ll additionally need to have contact with the parent/guardian for them to give verbal consent for the athlete to participate in this screening. Registration colleagues from St. Anthony’s will call the parent/guardian to obtain this consent and they’ll schedule and pre-register the athlete at that time. Those calls will occur between April 1st and April 5th. If parents can call in during that time to give consent that would be helpful. The number to call is 217-347-6760 between 7:30 am and 2:30 pm.
You will be notified ONLY if an abnormality is identified. If anything is detected, an RN will be contacting the parent/guardian and will contact/send a copy of this tracing to your primary care provider as well. Please note that the EKG will be a part of the athlete’s electronic medical record. That way it can be referenced if needed at any time in the future.
Wear Orange or Yellow on Friday for Dr. Seuss Week.
Mr. Brummer’s biology class performed a DNA extraction lab today. They made an extraction buffer from water, dish soap, and salt that was used to extract the DNA from strawberries. Strawberries are octoploids, meaning they have 8 copies of each of their chromosomes, making them ideal for DNA extraction.
The home volleyball game next Monday (March 11) has been cancelled.
Drama Club's "Capes and Crowns" program on Saturday, March 9 has been cancelled due to lack of interest.
Please take the 5 essentials survey. Not enough parents have responded for our school to receive a report. Please take this time to let your voice be heard. The survey will be open until March 29.
http://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/
Mr. Wattles Driver Ed class had a lesson in safety from Clay County Farm Bureau. Thank you to everyone who helped teach our students important life lessons.
Don't forget to visit family literacy night this evening. The dinosaurs are coming! Location high school gym.
Art can really brighten a hallway! Mrs. Hoffman and her student library aides have been hard at work displaying art created by our students in the Cedarhurst Art Program. If you visit tonight for the volleyball game or literacy program, take a moment to enjoy these masterpieces.
Wacky Hair Tomorrow
Tutoring Cancelled for March 5 (T) and March 7 (TH) , we will have tutoring on Wednesday March 6.
Dress Up Days for Dr. Seuss Week (K-5)
March 4-8
Wear Your Favorite Hat Tomorrow
Dress Up Days for Dr. Seuss Week (K-5)
March 4-8
Monday: Wear Your Favorite Hat
Tuesday: Wear Green
Wednesday: Wacky Hair
Thursday: Silly Socks
Friday: Orange or Yellow
Clay City's $5.00 Usborne Book Fair ends today! For an expanded selection visit www.bookslady.com. Click on Ginger Robins at top Click on Clay City BookFair Thank you for supporting our students.
Penny Wars Results
Kindergarten Wins Pizza!
Over $800 raised!
Thank you Clay City Community and PBIS Team for making this happen.
Dear Parents
IAR testing is approaching. These results are very important for our students, school, and community.
You might wonder what you can possibly do to help prepare your child for these “tests” with the “new math.” Fear not! We have identified a deficit for nearly every grade level in basic math fact fluency and memorization.
Even in today’s modern world math fact mastery matters and speed counts. Don’t let anyone fool you, calculators and phones are not the answer. Students need to know the basics before they can build higher level skills.
We need your help!
Parents and grandparents can
Practice math facts in the car or while waiting in line
Talk about fractions when cooking
Play math games like Uno and Yahtzee as a family
Make up multiplication games with a deck of cards
Practice old fashioned flash cards
Play math games online (please monitor this carefully)
Utilize school apps like IXL (https://www.ixl.com/signin/claycity) and Reflex https://apps.explorelearning.com/account/reflex/login/student at home and bring the power of educational technology to empower your student.
Keep encouraging your students to try their best!
Attention Clay City Parents: Thanks to a generous donation from the Clay City Banking Company, each child in the district will receive a pair of glasses to protect their eyes during the solar eclipse in April. Kimberley Cook and Brenda Dasch delivered the glasses today! Thank you Clay City Banking Co.
