8/9/2021

Happy Monday! We have several updates today on our “Parent Monday Minute”.

1. Kindergarten and PreK have started this week which means our traffic flow is increasing. We would suggest trying to arrive between 7:30 and 7:45 so you child can make it to class before announcements start at 7:50. Please remember to have your child’s belongings ready when you pull in front of the school. We encourage your student to be ready to unbuckle, unlock, and hop out of the car.
2. Parent Pickup – you will need a hanging car tag. Please keep this hanging until your child is in the car. Also, please remind your child wait until the staff members says its time before moving to the car.
3. Kindergarten and PreK open house on Tuesday night will be in-person in the café. We host their open house differently compared to the other grade levels because families had one-on-one meetings with families last week.
4. We are attaching two documents to this weeks Monday Minute email: Parent Night presentation and Run Lil Loco flyer.
5. Boohoo Breakfast, hosted by PTO, will take place on Wednesday at 8:45 on the front picnic tables. We hope you join us.
6. We will be practicing our fire drill procedures school wide on Friday.

If you missed any part of the Monday Minute please check your email, our Facebook page, or website for those details.

Thank you,

Mrs. Baessler

8/16/2021

Happy Monday! We have several updates today on our “Parent Monday Minute”.

1. We need grocery bags for our Friday food backpacks. If you would like to donate, please send them to the office.
2. We need substitutes this year. If you would like to apply, please reach out to Mrs. Housley for an application or email housleya@loudoncounty.org.
3. 4^th /5^th grade girls’ basketball will be having open gym and try outs this month at Highland Park. The flyer is on our Facebook and website page.
4. We understand that the beginning of the year traffic on our campus can be very frustrating and that the initial wait times are long. Between NMS and EES, we have approximately 1600 students with a small percentage riding the bus. This year, both schools have increased enrollment, thus adding more cars to our lines in the morning and afternoon. Please know that we do our best to dismiss all our students as quickly and efficiently as possible. Safety is our number one goal in all aspects of our day. The traffic map can be found on our website or Facebook page. Please be patient as we work to improve each day and get every child home safely.
5. A few tips for arrival and dismissal:
   • Please pull forward as far as you can to the car in front of you.
   • Make sure your student(s) have all their belongings in their hands and ready to exit.
   • We are asking all students to be dropped off and picked up in the car line and not to walk up on the sidewalk. This disrupts the flow of traffic and our ability to call students to their spot smoothly.
   • If you need to check out, please make it before 2:30. At 2:30 we switch into dismissal mode and our traffic becomes more congested.
   • Keep your car tag hanging until your child is in the car.

If you missed any part of the Monday Minute please check your email, our Facebook page, or website for those details.

Thank you,

Mrs. Baessler

8/23/2021

Happy Monday! We have several updates today on our “Parent Monday Minute”.

1. LAUNCH flyers went home on Friday. LAUNCH will be running differently this year. We have a few clubs. We will have a group of 1^st/2^nd and 3^rd/4^th grade that will stay after school each day. The teacher hosting that day will determine the activities for the group.
2. We need substitutes this year. If you would like to apply, please reach out to Mrs. Housley for an application or email housleya@loudoncounty.org.
3. We will do a fire drill on Friday. When we run this drill we will be conducting it with the alarm.
4. Girl Scouts will have their round up meeting tomorrow at 5:30.
5. Reminders about arrival and dismissal:

• • • Please pull forward as far as you can to the car in front of you.
    • Make sure your student(s) have all their belongings in their hands and ready to exit.
    • We are asking all students to be dropped off and picked up in the car line and not to walk up on the sidewalk. This disrupts the flow of traffic and our ability to call students to their spot smoothly.
    • If you need to check out, please make it before 2:30. At 2:30 we switch into dismissal mode and our traffic becomes more congested.
    • Keep your car tag hanging until your child is in the car.

If you missed any part of the Monday Minute please check your email, our Facebook page, or website for those details.

Thank you,

Mrs. Baessler

8/30/2021

Happy Monday! We have several updates today on our “Parent Monday Minute”.

1. Celebration Reminders: Please remember all cupcakes, cookies, and etc need to be store bought and sealed.
2. Rocketeer will be sent home tomorrow. It has your September calendars, lunch menu, PTO connection, and other important information. It also includes a flyer, so you link you Food City card and earn Food City Bucks for our school.
3. Don’t forget to checkout our PTO Facebook page. They have several updates and have added “Staff Favorite Things”. We will update the PTO site under our website shortly.
4. There is no school on Monday in honor of Labor Day.

If you missed any part of the Monday Minute please check your email, our Facebook page, or website for those details.

Thank you,

Mrs. Baessler

9/7/2021

Happy Monday! We hope everyone enjoyed the day off yesterday celebrating Labor Day. Here are your “Parent Monday Minute” updates for this week.

1. Grandparents’ day dinner is set for Friday. Families had to pre-register for this event and registration is now closed. Our PTO will be sending home detailed information this week regarding arrival time to all families who registered. We will be having a staggered arrival time based on your last name to help monitor the amount of people we have in the building at a time. Additionally, we will be assigning table numbers, when you check in, to assist with social distancing.  If you have questions, please email our PTO at eatonpto@loudoncounty.org .
2. Rocketeer for September was sent home last Tuesday. We have attached an electronic copy to the Monday Minute email and our website. It has your September calendars, lunch menu, PTO connection, and other important information. It also includes a flyer, so you link you Food City card and earn Food City Bucks for our school.  153458-e97a576f-44d6-4442-95af-9035372a0ad1.pdf (edl.io)
3. Our door number one will open at 7:10, however our sidewalk crew will not come out until 7:15. If you choose to drop your child off between 7:10-7:15 please know they will need to open their own car door and walk in.
4. All students should be dropped off and picked up via the car line in front of the school. Parents should not be walking their child to or from the school. Additionally, the only parents using the side lot should be PreK due to those parents having to sign their child in and out of school.
5. Thursday is Parent/Teacher conferences from 3:30-6:30. There will be no afterschool LAUNCH on Thursday due to conferences.
6. Our annual fundraiser kickoff begins next week with a spirit week, September 13-17. On Monday we will dress in school spirit day, Tuesday is hat day, Wednesday is wacky day, Thursday is decades day, and Friday is dress like an animal day. Friday we will have kickoff celebration and Read-a-thon donation packets will go home. Our fundraiser consists of three parts: Read-a-thon, Auction (baskets and class art projects), and Carnival. This year our entire school will be reading “Stuart Little” from September 20-October 21. On October 22^nd we will have an all-day Read-a-thon, an honorary walk around the track in memory of Mary Lee Wampler Hitch, live announcements, and a parade to crown our prince and princess for each grade level. The Read-a-thon will conclude October 22 with a Carnival on the track out back from 5-8. We hope you make plans to join us.

If you missed any part of the Monday Minute please check your email, our Facebook page, or website for those details.

Thank you,

Mrs. Baessler

9/13/2021

Happy Monday! Here are your “Parent Monday Minute” updates for this week.

1. Morning Arrival: Do not pass during morning arrival. It is unsafe for you to pass due to some student getting out on the opposite side.
2. Our annual fundraiser kickoffs off this week with a spirit week. Tomorrow is hat day, Wednesday is wacky day, Thursday is decades day, and Friday is dress like an animal day. Friday we will have kickoff celebration and Read-a-thon donation packets will go home. Our fundraiser consists of three parts: Read-a-thon, Auction (baskets and class art projects), and Carnival. This year our entire school will be reading “Stuart Little” from September 20-October 21. On October 22^nd we will have an all-day Read-a-thon, an honorary walk around the track in memory of Mary Lee Wampler Hitch, live announcements, and a parade to crown our King and Queen of the school and our prince and princess for each grade level. The Read-a-thon will conclude October 22 with a Carnival on the track out back from 5-8. We hope you make plans to join us.
3. The Good Neighbor Shoppe is a huge supporter of the schools, and they need boys and girl’s clothes, especially little and big girl clothes. If you have something you would like to donate, please swing by their store today.

If you missed any part of the Monday Minute please check your email, our Facebook page, or website for those details.

Thank you,

Mrs. Baessler

9/20/2021

Happy Monday! Here are your “Parent Monday Minute” updates for this week.

1. Run Club: If your child is participating in Run club and you haven’t registered for the Covenant Kids Run please register at this link Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon, Half Marathon, Relays, 5k and Kid's Run (runsignup.com) . The supply chain is very limited, and they must order shirts today so if you want to have a shirt you need to register today.
2. Read-a-thon: Our Read-a-thon packets went home on Friday. Please review the packet and help us with our one fundraiser for the year. We have attached the packet to our website and email. http://ees.loudoncounty.org/apps/news/article/1498047
3. School-wide Book Study: Our school started reading Stuart Little today. This week we will read chapters 1-4. We’ve attached a few questions you can ask your child at home as they read the book this week. http://ees.loudoncounty.org/apps/news/article/1498047
4. We will be sending home a September Family Engagement activity this week that you can complete with your child and send back to school. We have also attached it to website and weekly email. http://ees.loudoncounty.org/apps/news/article/1498047
5. Thank you to Wiggins Siding and Gutters for donating gutter piles to help with our boat races on Friday.

If you missed any part of the Monday Minute please check your email, our Facebook page, or website for those details.

Thank you,

Mrs. Baessler

9/27/2021

Happy Monday! Here are your “Parent Monday Minute” updates for this week.

1. School-wide Book Study: This week we will read chapters 5-8. We’ve attached a few questions you can ask your child at home as they read the book this week. http://ees.loudoncounty.org/apps/news/article/1502006
2. We sent home the September Family Engagement activity last week that you can complete with your child and send back to school on Thursday. We have also attached it to website and weekly email. http://ees.loudoncounty.org/apps/news/article/1498047
3. Please keep an eye out for the Rocketeer to come home on Thursday.
4. We are having Community Helper week at school this week, so if you notice different emergency vehicles or helicopters at the school please don’t worry.
5. We will also be participating in a joint fire drill with North Middle School on Friday.

If you missed any part of the Monday Minute please check your email, our Facebook page, or website for those details.

Thank you,

Mrs. Baessler

10/4/2021

Happy Monday! Here are your “Parent Monday Minute” updates for this week.

1. School-wide Book Study: This week we will read chapters 9-12 of “Stuart Little”. We’ve attached a few questions you can ask your child at home as they read the book this week. http://ees.loudoncounty.org/apps/news/article/1506054
2. The October Rocketeer went home on Thursday last week. If you missed it, we have also attached it to website and weekly email. http://ees.loudoncounty.org/apps/news/article/1506054
3. We are excited to announce we are partnering with LOCO Drive-In theatre for a special showing of “Stuart Little’ on Tuesday, October 19^th at 6:00. Please see the flyer for more information.
4. Remember that next week is Fall Break. We hope everyone has a safe and fun break.

If you missed any part of the Monday Minute please check your email, our Facebook page, or website for those details.

Thank you,

Mrs. Baessler

10/18/2021

Happy Monday! It is a busy week to be an Eaton Rocket. Here are your “Parent Monday Minute” updates for this week.

1. Tomorrow is our LOCO Drive-In theatre night for a special showing of “Stuart Little”. The gates will open at 5:00 and the movie will start at 6:00. Entry into the movie is free. They will have concessions for purchase and “Sons of Smoke” food truck will also be on hand. RSVP isn’t required to attend. Due to this event, we will NOT be having LAUNCH tomorrow.
2. Our auction is active, and bidding has begun. Please share the link with your family and friends. The auction will end on Friday at 8:00 pm. Bidding is electronic so you will not have to be present to win. We will not start money collection and pick up on Monday, October 25^th.  2021 Rocket Romp Read-a-thon Auction | 32auctions
3. Read-a-thon donations are due on Wednesday to qualify for prizes. Some of the top prizes are special EES apparel, fast passes at the Carnival, water bottle, guest announcers, and being crowned prince or princess of the grade level.
4. Our Carnival will be on the back track from 5-8 on Friday. We have tons of booths, food trucks, a DJ, and 10 different inflatables coming. Please make plans to attend. We sent home a flyer today so you can prepay for a wristband or tickets for the carnival on Friday. We are offering a special deal for $5.00 off your wristband, which gets you access to all inflatables and booths if you preorder. We have also attached the preorder form in case it didn’t make it home. 

If you missed any part of the Monday Minute please check your email, our Facebook page, or website for those details.

Thank you,

Mrs. Baessler

10/25/2021

Happy Monday! Here are your “Parent Monday Minute” updates for this week.

1. Thank you for your hard work with our Read-a-thon, Carnival, and auction. We are still paying out bills but we are going to be very close to meeting our fundraiser goal. Once again, thank you to everyone who came out during the day to read to our kiddos and who came out Friday evening to the Carnival. We had a blast at both events!!!!
2. Huge shout out to Lenoir City Fire and Kelli Branam with Loudon County Emergency Management Agency for donating us two lights on Friday night. We could not be successful without their amazing support and donation!
3. We want to thank the Lenoir City Fire Department for hosting several sessions today on fire safety for our Kindergarten, 1^st, and 2^nd
4. Due to the forecasted weather kindergarten has also moved their field trip to Wednesday instead of Thursday.
5. Halloween is this coming weekend. We are allowing students to wear costumes on Friday; however, they must adhere to our dress code policy. Please keep in mind there should not be any mask, weapons, blood, or scary costumes. If the costume or anything associated with the costume becomes a distraction to the learning environment, students may be asked to change, or a phone call home will be made to bring new clothes.
6. Please keep an eye out for the Rocketeer to come home on Friday. It will have an update from the office, PTO, and the café.
7. Veterans Day is about 3 weeks away and we are going to do our Veteran’s Day parade again. We are asking all Veterans to gather at Central United Methodist church between 9:30-10:00 on November 11^th. The parade line will start promptly at 10:00. It will travel from the church to North Middle school and then to Eaton Elementary where our students will line the driveway to celebrate our Veterans! We hope you will encourage the Veteran in your family to join us on this special day.

If you missed any part of the Monday Minute please check your email, our Facebook page, or website for those details.

Thank you,

Mrs. Baessler

11/1/2021

Happy Monday! Here are your “Parent Monday Minute” updates for this week.

1. We will be sending home some Read-a-thon prizes (Fast food freebies, ice cream coupons, and Royal Court invitation for their special luncheon) today and tomorrow. Last week, we sent home yellow slips that have the assigned day for your child to be a guest announcer in the morning so please mark this on your calendar. As the other prizes roll in we will pass them out.
2. The Rocketeer went home on Friday. It had an update from the office, PTO, and the café. It can also be found here: 194116-92126ab4-ac8c-4739-8f66-a77e7bf13bb3.pdf (edl.io)
3. Veterans Day is next week and we are going to do our Veteran’s Day parade again. We are asking all Veterans to gather at Central United Methodist church between 9:30-10:00 on November 11^th. The parade line will start promptly at 10:00. It will travel from the church to North Middle school and then to Eaton Elementary where our students will line the driveway to celebrate our Veterans! We hope you will encourage the Veteran in your family to join us on this special day. 4^th grade will host a program at Two Rivers Church on Thursday night at 6:00. We hope you will join us for this event too.
4. Fall Pictures will be this Friday. We are using a new company this year called Simple Pix. We are sending home the flyers and order forms today. You can also access it by going to this site: https://www.prepayorders.com/school/ees9327

If you missed any part of the Monday Minute please check your email, our Facebook page, or website for those details.

Thank you,

Mrs. Baessler

11/15/2021

Happy Monday! Here are your “Parent Monday Minute” updates for this week.

1. November Family Engagement Activity went home last week. Make sure to send them back by November 19^th. We will decorate the office windows with the student work submitted. Here is a link in case the activity doesn’t make it home: http://ees.loudoncounty.org/apps/news/article/1525627
2. We are NOT having LAUNCH or tutoring this Thursday afternoon due to Parent/Teacher conferences.
3. During arrival, please make sure you are pulling as close as you can to the car in front and all the way down. We do have staff on the sidewalk but please allow your child to exit the car, once you have pulled in front of the school, without a staff member. Please do not wait on the staff member to open the door. We want to keep the line moving and this will be very helpful and won’t cause backups.
4. Lastly, as the weather changes please make sure you child has their name in their belongings. Occasionally, it is cold in the morning but once they go outside and play it warms up. This is often when jackets and other belongings get lost. It helps us find the owners if there is a name located inside the jacket.

If you missed any part of the Monday Minute please check your email, our Facebook page, or website for those details.

Thank you,

Mrs. Baessler

11/29/2021

Happy Monday! We hope everyone had a fun, restful, and safe Thanksgiving break. Here are your “Parent Monday Minute” updates for this week.

1. Friday will be make-up pictures with SimplePix. You can use the following link to order pictures:  https://www.prepayorders.com/school/ees9590 Anyone who was unhappy with their original picture, and would like to take another, will need to bring back their picture package or proof form to makeup day. If they ordered pictures on the original day, the same package will be reprinted using their new image from makeup day.
2. We are prepping for second semester LAUNCH groups. Below is the link and QR code to sign up between December 1^st at 8:00pm through December 3^rd at 3:00pm. tinyurl.com/EESlaunch22
3. The December Rocketeer will come home tomorrow so please be on the lookout for it in your child’s backpack.
4. Run LoCo is this Saturday and the Loudon County Educational Foundation benefits from this race. They are huge supports of our school system. Sign up today! Registration closes on Friday, December 3^rd. Here is a link for more information: Run LoCo Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K Presented by Kimberly Clark (runsignup.com)
5. Don’t forget that our last day before winter break is Friday, December 17^th. It will be a half day of school and buses will run at 11:00. We will start Top 80 at 10:55 and car riders after buses depart. Please aim to have your kids picked up by 11:30.

If you missed any part of the Monday Minute please check your email, our Facebook page, or website for those details.

Thank you,

Mrs. Baessler

12/6/2021

Happy Monday! Here are your “Parent Monday Minute” updates for this week.

1. We are attaching our Rocketeer and the Student Newspaper to this Monday Minute email. The Rocketeer went home last week, and the Student Newspaper should be coming home today. Make sure you check out the family calendar for this month’s daily RACK (Random Acts of Christmas Kindness) challenge.
2. Don’t forget that we do NOT have school on Friday. The Loudon County Health Department will be providing COVID booster shots for our staff. We hope this will continue to help our school system to operate in a safe and healthy manner.
3. We are needing help at the SWPBS winter blast. We are having a craft table and Mrs. Dean is looking for volunteers to assist during the event. If you can volunteer on Thursday, December 16^th please email deant@loudoncounty.org.
4. Our PTO is looking for more volunteers to be actively involved. If you are interested in serving weekly, being a chair of one of their committees, sending in items to support the school, or anything in between, please reach out to them. Their contact is eatonpto@loudoncounty.org. We are in desperate need of more volunteers.
5. Our 2^nd grade will be having their music performance this Thursday at Two Rivers Church. Please have students dress in pajamas, but if they do not have appropriate pajamas for the music program please dress in red and green. We would like all students to arrive at 5:00. We will have parents wait in the lobby until the program begins at 6:00. This will allow our students to have some time to practice together in the sanctuary prior to the performance.
6. Don’t forget that our last day before winter break is Friday, December 17^th. It will be a half day of school and buses will run at 11:00. We will start Top 80 at 10:55 and car riders after buses depart. Please aim to have your kids picked up by 11:30.

If you missed any part of the Monday Minute please check your email, our Facebook page, or website for those details.

Thank you,

Mrs. Baessler

12/13/2021

Happy Monday! Here are your “Parent Monday Minute” updates for this week.

1. We have some special RACK (Random Acts of Christmas Kindness) challenges this week. Tomorrow is making a card or a treat for our bus drivers and Wednesday is leaving a treat or card on our SRO’s desk.
2. We are needing help at the SWPBS winter blast. We are having a craft table and Mrs. Dean is looking for volunteers to assist during the event. If you can volunteer on Thursday, December 16^th please email deant@loudoncounty.org.
3. Our PTO is looking for more volunteers to be actively involved. If you are interested in serving weekly, being a chair of one of their committees, sending in items to support the school, or anything in between, please reach out to them. Their contact is eatonpto@loudoncounty.org. We are in desperate need of more volunteers.
4. Students can wear pajamas on Thursday.
5. Don’t forget that our last day before winter break is Friday, December 17^th. It will be a half day of school and buses will run at 11:00. We will start Top 80 at 10:55 and car riders after buses depart. Please aim to have your kids picked up by 11:30.
6. We look forward to seeing everyone back after Christmas break on Monday, January 3^rd.

If you missed any part of the Monday Minute please check your email, our Facebook page, or website for those details.

Thank you,

Mrs. Baessler

1/4/2022

Happy Tuesday! Here are your “Parent Monday Minute” updates for this week.

1. We hope everyone had a safe and fun Christmas break.
2. We will be sending home the Rocketeer tomorrow with the January lunch menu, PTO connection, and other goodies.
3. National School Resource Officer Day is Sunday, January 9^th so we will be giving a huge shoutout to our SRO Officer McCoy on Friday. Please send in cards with your child showing our appreciation that he is here with us every day.
4. Loudon County Coordinated School Heath is offering FREE COVID testing at the Loudon County Technology Center. Your child must be symptomatic at time of testing. If you have any questions, please reach out to them at 865-986-2036.
5. Lastly, please follow us on Twitter and Facebook so you stay up to date on any delays or closures. We will always send out a Skylert during those times too.

If you missed any part of the Monday Minute please check your email, our Facebook page, or website for those details.

1/10/2022

Happy Monday! Here are your “Parent Monday Minute” updates for this week.

1. Report Cards went home today. Please sign them and return them to school tomorrow.
2. The Rocketeer went home last Wednesday. You can find a electronic copy on our school website. 164845-cd6826a2-34a6-47aa-b8a3-1d4b3c079191.pdf (edl.io)
3. We do not have school on Monday, January 17^th in honor of Martin Luther King Jr Day.
4. Next week we will be hosting a College and Career week with special dress up days. Tuesday, January 18^th students will be encouraged to wear sunglasses for a bright future. For more information regarding the other days please reference the Rocketeer or website.
5. Loudon County Coordinated School Heath is offering FREE COVID testing at the Loudon County Technology Center. Your child must be symptomatic at time of testing. If you have any questions, please reach out to them at 865-986-2036.
6. Lastly, I will be heading on maternity leave soon. Mr. Brookshire from Highland Park Elementary will be joining our administrative team during my absence. He has already been shadowing weekly and he is excited to be with us second semester.

If you missed any part of the Monday Minute please check your email, our Facebook page, or website for those details.

Thank you,

Mrs. Baessler