Manning Elementary School

Tomorrow Manning will celebrate Unity by wearing orange.

Reminder..... Picture Day Tomorrow!!

Last call for Fundraisers to be turned into the office. If you have orders, money, and or Dog Prize slips they need to be turned into the school today by 2:00. No late submissions will be accepted.

Reminder.... Manning fundraisers are due tomorrow. Tomorrow is the last day to trade tickets for dogs.

Fall Fundraiser Kickoff off is today!!!! Please check out the kickoff pack coming home today. Every student who registers through the online account will be eligible for their 1st tradable dog 'PB&J". The more items sold the more collectible dogs you can earn. The prize dog tickets are in the packet, as you hit one of the item totals on the tickets simply fill it out and return it to school for Dog selection days (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday). All funds raised will be used to Enhance Manning Elementary. ALL Fundraiser packets are due by Wednesday, October 11th at 3pm. Fundraiser items will be available for pick up around Thanksgiving. Watch this link if you would like more information.... 2023 Fundraiser Kickoff https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/867900168/379e898605

Dont forget our Family Fun Luau night 4:30 till 6. Book Fair, Rock Painting, Limbo, and SO MUCH more.

Great things happening at Manning this week..... - Spirit week - Book Fair week - Open House Thursday night from 4:30 - 6. Luau theme with TONS of family fun activities happening all over campus: Limbo, Rock Painting, Book Fair night, and SO MUCH more. It's a FUN week to be a Mustang.

What's for lunch? Superintendent Julie Thompson spent time today with 5th graders at Manning during their lunchtime. One of her goals this year is to visit each grade level during lunch to learn more about our students in an effort to make connections and lasting relationships. The lunch is always great and the conversations are even better! #TogetherWeSucceed

Reminder..... Tomorrow is day 1 for ALL kindergarteners to attend every day together for the rest of the year. So exciting.

Thank you for your continued support and patients as we make adjustments to most effectively and safely accommodate the needs of our campus. With the growing number of families choosing a walk up option for student dismissal, a new traffic flow system is needed for optimal safety and efficiency. Effective today: -K & 1st grade parents will continue to pick up their students at the front of the building, remaining behind the front stoop poles, allowing staff and students adequate space to safely get each student seated and accounted for. -2nd & 3rd grade parents will line up on the sidewalk from the patio area leading back toward the main front door. -4th & 5th grade parents will line up on the sidewalk from the patio area leading back toward the kitchen. The patio area will be temporarily taped off until the new more appealing chain/fencing system is installed to create structured, safe boundaries to help the traffic flow of students being released to their walk up parents and/or to have optimal space needed to access the queue.

Excited seeing the awesome artwork of our Manning Students/Families as those who purchased the stepping stone project kits are starting to turn them in. The landscaping project to beautify the front area of our campus with these will begin very soon. If you haven't yet and would still like to purchase a project kit simply drop by the office or send the labeled $10 fee to your student's teacher. Students will get to visit the office to pick out their project shape. Once the project is complete simply return to school to be added to our collection which will be set properly in our front display for all to see. LOVE showing off our student's work, what better way to spruce up our campus.

Exciting opportunity for Manning families! At meet the teacher open house, Thursday night, we will be selling paint your own stepping stone kits to take home and decorate. Once completed, bring back to Manning to be placed in a Student Stone/Rock Garden in front of the school. We are excited to show off the creative work of our students and families. Each kit will be sold for $10 including: a shaped stone of choice, paint strip, and paintbrush. Once the project is completed return them to school where we will collect them to be officially set into the landscaping more permanently.

The 2023-24 School Year is just around the corner. Important Information and dates below: Meet the Teacher Open House for 1st - 5th graders is Thursday August 24th floating from 4 - 6pm. Kindergarten Orientation Monday August 28th at 9am, ID required for entrance. This morning session is for adults only. Plan for approximately 2 hours. That afternoon Kindergarten teachers are inviting parents and students back to meet their teachers and see the classrooms between 1 and 2pm.

Manning Back to School

Please see the link to our Website where the 23-24 School Supply Lists have been updated. https://www.rrgsd.org/o/manning-elementary/documents/school-supply-lists-2023-2024/495796 Hope you are enjoying the last part of Summer Break as the new school year is just around the corner. We are all so excited and are almost ready to Welcome everyone back. Mark your calendars.... Thursday, August 24th Meet and Greet for 1st - 5th Graders from 4pm - 6pm floating. Monday, August 28th is the 1st day of school for 1st - 5th and Parent Orientation for our Kindergarteners (at 9am). See you soon!

Updates for Manning EOY events.... 3rd Grade awards Wednesday at 2:15 4th Grade awards Wednesday at 1:30 5th Grade Graduation and Awards Thursday at 9am For each event above.... Guest are welcome but must have ID for entrance and all guests will enter at the side (patio area) of Multipurpose Room. Thursday is the last day of school and is an early release at 11:30.

Due to unforeseen circumstances outside our control.... the fall fundraiser inflatables were not able to make it to our field day today as scheduled. No Fear.... Field day will still be a blast of fun with all of the amazing events and activities planned by staff and now students will get to enjoy inflatables later in this school year as an added bonus on a different day. It is still a great day to be a Manning Mustang.

Rural Health Group is coming to Roanoke Rapids Graded Schools to help get your child vaccinated. Several vaccine clinics will be held in the month of May. #TogetherWeSucceed

READING NIGHT EXTRAVAGANZA!!! Thursday 3/16: - Book Fair family night to open at 4:30 - Seussical the Musical performance by our students at 5 - Reading night by grade levels at 530 - 6 - 5th graders Performing their Living History Museum at 5. - Book Fair and doors close at 6:30.

No school tomorrow, February 17th. It is a teacher workday. Manning Elementary will welcome students back to campus on Monday, February 20th at 7:45am.