Tate Elementary School

Join us for engaging literacy activities with your students and learn how to support literacy at home. Students in K - 6th will receive free books and the media center will be open for 7th and 8th grade students. Thursday March 5th at Pickens Junior High, Drop in from 5:30 - 7:30. All students must be accompanied by an adult. For questions, please reach out to Anita Walker at 706-253-1700 or anitawalker@pickenscountyschools.org.

Monday, March 2nd: It’s Read Across America Week! Read a new book or the first chapter of a new book. Write 3 questions you would like answered as you continue reading.

Sunday, March 1st: Set a goal. Write down how many pages or minutes you’ll read each day and pick a favorite book to start. Sign up for a beanstack account and participate in challenges with our local library.

Good Morning Tate Families,

Our book fair begins Friday, March 6th and ends on Friday, March 12th. The attached flyer has your child's book fair schedule as well as the QR code to set up your online eWallet account.

We look forward to sharing the love of books and reading as we celebrate Read Across America.

Congratulations to our February Teacher and Staff Member of the month!

Check out our February Rock Stars, aka Student of the Month.

Kindergarten - Willa Little
First Grade - Cora Humphrey
Second Grade - Aaliyah Messer
Third Grade - Reid Branham
Fourth Grade - Ashlynn Parker

We are so very proud of you and we hope you continue to be amazing!

Read Across America Day!

Please save the date for this very important PTO Meeting.

Read Across America

Mrs. Lyon's class enjoyed playing boomwhackers in music class.

Join us for engaging literacy activities with your students and learn how to support literacy at home. Students in K - 6th will receive free books and the media center will be open for 7th and 8th grade students. Thursday March 5th at Pickens Junior High, Drop in from 5:30 - 7:30. All students must be accompanied by an adult. For questions, please reach out to Anita Walker at 706-253-1700 or anitawalker@pickenscountyschools.org.

Trucks and Tools, Friday February 13th, was a huge success. We couldn't have pulled this off without the help of our volunteers, PTO, and staff. Thank you all for your dedication to our students.

Congratulations to our Tate Elementary Georgia Young Authors writing competition grade level winners.

Kindergarten - Stevie Abdalla
First Grade - Charlie Fitts
Second Grade - Jimmy Thompson
Third Grade - Amelia Cash
Fourth Grade - Henley Childers

No school February 16th - February 20th.

First grade students playing reading battleship to practice our spelling pattern for the week in small group.

Mrs. Poag's class enjoyed ice skating on paper plates in the auditorium while learning about Skaters' Waltz in music class.

Mark your calendars!

The School Advisory Council, a team of parents, staff, and community members, meet regularly to help plan, review, and evaluate the Title I program, ensuring federal funds are used effectively to improve student academic achievement. They will be meeting on Thursday, February 12th. If you would like to be a part of this we would love to have you.

Happy Counselor Day to Mrs Lorey, our multitasking Ninja.

"School counselor because awesome multitasking ninja isn't a real job title."