Just a few more days! Your child's teacher may have already reached out to you, but if you haven't been contacted, we are continuing to make a push to get logged in to our dismissal app School Dismissal Manager and set your child's default dismissal for the first day. This lets us know how your child will be getting home!
While there will always be some delays the first few days as everyone gets used to the dismissal process, we want to ensure that everything is efficient and safe.
We have also had a couple of questions about Car Tags. We will still be issuing those, but we will send those home the first week of school to any and all parents that have been entered in to SDM as a pick-up parent (either Guardian or View Only Parent).
Please contact the Assistant Principal with any questions or concerns or troubleshooting.
cody.russelburg@owensboro.kyschools.us
Thank you!
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Registration - Starts 8/31 & ends 9/13 (registration link will be sent out district-wide at a later date)
Season Dates : Practices start week of 10/5, 4th/5th grade games start 10/24 & final day of games 12/19. (NO games on Thanksgiving weekend!)
Grade Divisions :
- 2nd/3rd grade (fundamentals, fun, learning the game & non-competitive games during practice times)
- 4th/5th grade (fundamentals, fun & competitive games each Saturday throughout the season)
Cost :
- 2nd/3rd grade division - $20
- 4th/5th grade division - $35
Keep an eye out for the registration link coming your way soon.
With about a week and a half until the first day of school, we're making another push for our parents to go ahead and get logged in to School Dismissal Manager to set your child's default dismissal so our teachers and staff will be aware for the first day of school. At the moment, we have about 300 or so students that are still UNASSIGNED.
Remember that this will cause significant delays the first day of school if this isn't set for parents to be able to check-in when they arrive.
If we have an email address in Infinite Campus for you, an email has been sent that provides new users with a temporary password to get logged in. If you are a returning user, you are able to log in with the credentials you used last year.
Log in and go to the Menu and select "Default Dismissals"
If you have any questions or concerns or need an email to be resent, go ahead and email the Assistant Principal since our messaging service through Rooms is not up and running yet either...
cody.russelburg@owensboro.kyschools.us
Thank you!
We can't wait to MEET you tonight!
Meet the Teacher is tonight from 4:30pm to 6pm.
Feel free to bring any and all school supplies as well!
As you know by now, Sutton uses a dismissal app/website called School Dismissal Manager. We are now ready for you to login and set your child's default dismissal. This is a requirement and must be done before the first day of school, or we can expect large delays in safely dismissing your child to the correct spot. This must be done for bus riders as well for parents who have their children ride the bus.
Look for an email in just a few minutes from SDM that includes your login credentials. PLEASE CHECK SPAM FOLDER as well. For returning parents from last year, the same username and password should work. For new-to-Sutton parents who are logging in for the first time, there is a temporary password that you'll use before setting up your permanent one. Your email that we have on file will be your username. We still have about 50 or so parents that do not have an email and need to login to the OPS app to respond to a message from the front office with that email so we can get you logged in, or you can respond to this email as well. SDM has a welcome letter that will give you a lot of the details you will need to know.
Please message or email the front office with any questions, concerns, or troubleshooting. Thank you!
Sutton Families please take 2 minutes to check your notification settings in the Owensboro Public Schools app!
Why: The app's notification preferences default to another school alphabetically, not Sutton. If this isn't corrected, you will not receive push notifications, alerts, or messages from Sutton Elementary.
This is especially important right now because we're sending individual messages to families who are missing an email address on file, and every family will need an email address on file to access School Dismissal Manager, our new dismissal app, starting on the first day of school.
If your notification settings aren't correct, you could miss a message asking you to update your email (and others) and that could delay your access to dismissal on day one.
How to fix it:
1. Open the OPS app and tap More (bottom right)
2. Tap the gear icon (Settings) in the top right
3. Tap Notification preferences
4. Tap Groups
5. Check the box for Sutton Elementary School and Owensboro Public Schools, and uncheck any other school listed
6. Tap Save
Screenshots below walk through each step. If you run into trouble, reach out to the front office and we're happy to help.
Thank you for taking a few minutes to get this set up. It'll make sure you don't miss a thing this year!
Our friends, and multi-year career day visitors from 2.0 Barber Studio are hosting a back to school bash. See flier for details!
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This message once again is coming through Infinite Campus as our two-way messaging capabilities through the new app aren’t up yet. But we’re also sending it as a “push notification” for those that do have the OPS app, as that feature is up and running. We’re also putting this message on Facebook and our “Feed” on the app so it catches everyone.
If you haven’t already, go ahead and download the OPS app so you are receiving push notifications and eventually will be able to message teachers and staff. Select “Sutton Elementary” in your settings to see all things related to our school.
A reminder that the “Events” tab is where we put all of our upcoming school-wide and grade-level calendar events. Right now we have a lot on there already! We have major assemblies, testing dates, parent-teacher conferences, holidays, and so on. The next few events before the first day of school are listed below…
-Meet the Teacher Letters- Put in the mail this Friday, July 17th.
-Kindergarten Camp- Monday, July 27th and Tuesday, July 28th from 8:30am to 11:30am.
-Meet the Teacher Night- Monday July 27th from 4:30pm to 6:30pm.
-Kindergarten Brigance Screener (sign up link on our “Feed” and on Facebook)- Wednesday, July 29th.
-First Day of School- Thursday, August 6th.
Throughout the year we will add events like performances, grade level celebrations, field trips, and more. Your child’s teacher and/or school will communicate about these events as well through messaging, but this is the absolute best place to go to make sure you are receiving accurate information on anything event school-related. If you visit this page on the OPS website, you can even add it to your Google Calendar by clicking on the “Subscribe to this calendar” button.
For more school related information and announcements, go ahead and follow Sutton Elementary on Facebook, and/or you can make sure to check out the “Feed” tab also available on the OPS/Sutton app. Almost everything we post on social media will be the same in both places.
If you missed registration, stop by the front office at your convenience to get your child’s folder:
Pay school fees ($20)
Provide your child’s t-shirt size (we order Field Trip shirts for every student- no charge to families).
Sign up for the After School Program if needed.
Transportation
Fill out Bus Forms if your child will be using OPS Buses.
Provide Kindergarten forms and documents (for Kindergarten students only if you haven’t already)
Proof of Residence (electric bill, phone bill, etc.)
Birth Certificate
Social Security Card
Physical Examination
Immunization Certificate
Eye Examination
Dental Screening
And lastly, one of the biggest questions we have gotten so far is related to arrival/dismissal procedures here at Sutton. Last year we rolled out a new dismissal app called School Dismissal Manager. We use this app for all things related to transportation and dismissal. You can also report absences, transportation changes, etc. all through the app without calling the front office, and it will notify the school and teacher. We also use it as a “check-in” system for all parents and guardians when they arrive to pick up their child so we know you’re here. However we aren’t quite ready on this one yet either, so be on the lookout for a message next week. For everyone that already has it, you will be able to login as you did last year and select your child’s default transportation. For new users and families, go ahead and download it and wait for login credentials to be sent from the school. We are still handing out “car tags” as well, but those will go out to you at a later date as this will be our primary system.
Please call or email administrators at Sutton if you have any questions at all so far. Thank you!
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The dates for this years All Pro Pals have arrived! Students can bring a male (All Pro Dads) or female (Mighty Ma's) on these days. We will discuss important topics and have meaningful conversations. There will also be breakfast served at each meeting!
