Second grade parents: Do you have questions or concerns about what to expect when your child enters 3rd grade? Join Mrs. Uhle and Mrs. Auvenshine this Friday at 8:30 for an opportunity to have those questions and concerns addressed. We want your child to be ready and will provide you will all the information on how to have a successful 3rd grade!
Help us with our upcoming Green Steps Projects! We are collecting newspaper, clean 20 oz. bottles, and cereal boxes.
We are continuing to work on the following projects:
Maverick Miracle Cleaner: You can also help us help us by collecting orange peels.
The TREX Bench Challenge: You can support us by sending in plastic bags.
First Grade Litter Prevention: First grade students collected litter around our school. See the results in a post on Facebook.
Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 5, there is a threat of severe weather with wind gusts in the morning forecasted to exceed 40 mph. This wind speed exceeds the threshold allowed for school buses to be on roadways. This wind event will result in a need to shift to e-learning tomorrow.
Employees should plan to report to their work location on a two-hour delayed start, with no building or office opening before 10 a.m.
Afterschool extracurricular practices, games, and events will continue tomorrow as scheduled. There will be no QuestZone tomorrow.
We apologize for the challenges that this will cause our families and appreciate your continued cooperation and support!
Next week is Read Across America Week! We will celebrate Read Across America Week March 3rd - March 7th. Our character parade will take place at 7:50 a.m. on Tuesday, and we hope that you can join us to watch the parade. We can't wait to celebrate reading and literacy at Aiken Elementary School!
Students enjoyed talking with Mrs. McConnell today about the book , The Girl in White. Thank you to Mrs. McConnell for leading this great book talk!
Congratulations to these two amazing AES teachers! We are so proud to call you ours!
We hope to see you at our budget class coming up! All are welcome to attend!
Budget and Goal Setting Free Course
March 18th, 2025
5:00-7:30
at Aiken Elementary
ACPSD fifth graders are invited to submit an application for the Aiken County Career and Technology Center’s CTE Techno Camp being held on Saturday, March 15, from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. Interested students must submit an application by next Wednesday, February 26, at 5 p.m. to be considered.
As part of the application, students will select their choice of two CTE programs to explore such as Under the Hood, Team Fashion Design, Photo Pea: Introduction to Photoshop, Code-A-Bot: Robotics, Digital Art and Media: Photography, Cosmetology 101, Barber Shop 101, Aiken Culinary Chefs, Nail Tech 101, An EMT to the Rescue!, The Life of a Biomedical Scientist, and Hair Braiding 101.
For more information, please visit the Aiken County Career and Technology Center’s website. Techno Camp Information is available under “Resources,” or call (803) 593-7300.
Application Link: tinyurl.com/CTEtechnoCamp
We had some royal guests helping us with carline this morning! A huge thank you to Aiken High’s Queens for spending time with us this morning! 💕
Our All Pro Dads event was a big hit this morning! We discussed social skills and rated our ability with some social skills important to kids. Now we know what we need to work on! Thanks for coming, Dads!
Members of our 5th grade SLT delivered Valentines to residents at Barclay House this morning. The intent was to spread some joy and love to the residents. The students all agreed that they benefitted just as much as the residents.
Hey dads! Join us this Friday for our February All Pro Dads event!! It will be at 8:30 in the Cafeteria. Be sure to RSVP using the QR code!
Congratulations to our very own Mrs. Cindy Clark. Mrs. Clark is our bookkeeper and lovingly known as "the money lady". She was just awarded Excellence on her audit! We are so very proud of you Mrs. Clark and are so thankful for all you do for our school! She truly shows us each day how we are... better together!
This week is National Counselor's Week! We are so grateful to have Mrs. Uhle supporting our students here at AES! We would love for you to leave a comment that we can share with Mrs. Uhle on how much we appreciate her! Thank you for all you do, Mrs. Uhle!
Parents of Kindergarteners: If you want to know about what your child can expect in first grade or how you can best prepare them for a successful first grade, come to Mrs. Uhle's Coffee with the Counselor this Friday!
First Paddle courses are starting soon if you are interested!
Field Day Shirts are on sale until February 14th!
Order at the online store at:
https://Aiken2025.ITEMORDER.com .
Thank you to the Southern Pickleball Academy for the amazing equipment donation!
Congratulations to our 1st grade teacher, Mrs. Keck and 1st grader, Jhade Iwer-Gilliam! These phenomenal Mavericks won the district drawing for Imagine Learning! Jhade worked very hard this semester and earned a lot of usage minutes on Imagine Learning, helping Mrs. Keck’s class win the total of usage minutes! Great job Mavericks!
Thank you to all AES students who entered the Yearbook Cover Contest!
Our top 5 finalists for our Yearbook Cover Contest were Jocelyn Morgan (3rd grade), Lilly Holgate (3rd Grade), Johan Sadsad (2nd grade), Cole Allen (5th grade), and Gabriel Viera (5th grade).
The winner and designer of our 2024-2025 Yearbook Cover is Gabriel Viera. Gabriel will receive a free yearbook, and his design will be the cover for this year's yearbook. The other cover finalists will be featured in the yearbook as well.
Yearbooks are now on sale until March 15. Yearbooks cost $25 each.
