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Irwin Academic Center PTA
Weekly Hoot Newsletter
This email newsletter, as well as social media, will be the PTA's primary method of correspondence.  Be sure to encourage other Irwin parents to sign up to receive our Weekly Hoot by sending them this message.  Once they receive it, they can click here to subscribe.

May 23, 2022
Can you spare half an hour this week to come cheer on our 3-5 graders during EOG week? We'll have a Carpool Cheer Squad Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday to welcome our kids to school and show our support! Volunteer link below - come join the fun. 

Volunteers are essential to many of our events. The volunteer links are posted in this newsletter, but we've also householded them in one convenient spot on our website so you don't lose them: http://www.irwinpta.org/get-involved.html.  


In this issue: 
Important Dates

May 24-26 - EOG testing for grades 3-5 - Proctors and EOG Cheer Squad support too

May 30 - Memorial Day, No School
June 1 - Talent Show, 2 PM
June 3 - Art Show & Movie Night

June 6 - Field Day, 9 AM-12 PM
June 7 - Awards Celebrations for grades K-4
June 7 - 5th Grade Social
June 8 - 5th Grade Promotion and Last Day of School

Load the Irwin PTA calendar to your calendar app using the links found here - never miss an update! 

SLT Special Meeting
On Wednesday, May 18, our School Improvement Team was joined by Ms. Tara Lynn Sullivan, Mr. Walter Hall and Ms. Crystal Shue representing C2 district and the magnet office.

SIT chair Kate Campbell presented concerns from Irwin's team regarding recent lottery criteria changes and the domino effects upon our student body and staff. 

Key Take Aways:
1. The TD criteria will be reinstated for the 2022-2023 lottery
2. Additional resources like an Interventionist are dependent on end of year scores and enrollment numbers to determine need
3. A social worker will be requested for the 2022-2023 academic year, but is not guaranteed
4. Now that COVID restrictions have been lifted, parent engagement and involvement is highly encouraged to support the educators and school
5. Ms. Sullivan and team have stated their commitment in supporting Irwin and will attend the next SIT meeting June 2nd at 4:45 in the Media Center.

If you have any questions please reach out to the SLT chair, Kate Campbell, kltremper@yahoo.com.

5th Grade Promotion & Social
5th Grade Promotion will be held Wednesday, June 8, at 10:00 AM in the Irwin gym. 


4th and 3rd grade parents (and any others who would like to help out) :  We need your help at the 5th grade promotion ceremony, on the morning of Wednesday, June 8.  This is an excellent opportunity to see what lies ahead for your students when they reach promotion at Irwin, and also allows the 5th grade parents to relax and enjoy the ceremony with their families and students.  Please consider volunteering to help us, thank you!  
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c044aa4ac23abfa7-5thgrade2

5th Grade Social:  The 5th grade social for students is scheduled for Tuesday, June 7 from 1:30-3:30 pm at the school.  Please consider helping out at this fun event.  We have many great activities planned and you can join in the fun while helping us make sure everything runs smoothly.  Thank you! Please contact Ms. Parrotta at lauren1.parrotta@cms.k12.nc.us or Kelly Clarkson at president@irwinpta.org if you can help plan or volunteer that day! 
 

EOG Cheer Squad
Let's show support for our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders as they take their EOG exams!

Come out to greet our students as they arrive at school.  We'll have volunteers to cheer them on in both the bus lot and the carpool circle.  

Sign up here to cheer!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0444aaa82baaf94-cheer

Intent To Ride
CMS Intent to Ride

In preparation for the 2022-2023 school year, please assist the CMS transportation department by declaring your student’s transportation needs. The ‘Intent to Ride’ link is now available through June 10th on the CMS website. Families will need their student ID to access the form.

The form is only available to transportation-eligible students who have been assigned a school for the 2022-23 school year. The form must be completed if you desire bus transportation for your child on the first day of school, August 29, 2022. Thank you.

Talent Show
Irwin's Got Talent! is coming up June 1, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. in the gym.

Please note - families of participating students may have no more than two guests in attendance for the Talent Show.

Art Show

Art Show & Movie Night
June 3


Ms. Carroll is so excited to announce that we will be having an Art Show Celebrating "Art Around The World". The Art Show will be June 3rd right after school from 5:00-6:30 PM. The PTA will be hosting a Movie Night right after the show. This will be a great opportunity for you to see the amazing hard work your favorite artist has been up to all year long and for you to meet and hang out with other amazing Irwin Families.

We expect to have several food trucks on site - easy for families to come, stay, and grab dinner while your'e there! 

After the movie, stay around because you will be able to pick up your artist's artwork to take home. The kids are SUPER excited to finally be able to take their work home.
*(If you are unable to come or stay for the movie, your artist can pick up their work at school the following week.)

5th grade will be at Carowinds during the day on that date, but they are expected to be back in time for the show. (Making it easy for you to come pick up your student, then stick around for the art show!)

We will need volunteer help - sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0444aaa82baaf94-artwalk

Please send any questions to Katherinei.carroll@cms.k12.nc.us

Field Day
After two years off, we are finally ready to welcome back Field Day and its accompanying Men of Irwin cookout! We are so excited that the Men of Irwin have once again offered to host a Field Day cookout for our students. 

On Field Day (Monday, June 6), students will have their choice of hamburgers or hot dogs cooked up by our Men of Irwin team.  The Men of Irwin will supply the proteins, and we ask that the various grade levels provide supporting food items for the day:
 
Kindergarten - Hot dog buns
1st Grade - Hamburger buns
2nd Grade- Cookies
3rd Grade- Paper plates/ napkins or paper towels
4th Grade - Variety packs of chips
5th Grade - Gallons of water (preferred instead of individual waters)

*Please do not begin sending items to school prior to Memorial Day due to storage concerns. 

Volunteers, we need you! 
We need parent helpers at stations on the front lawn and bus lot, as well as helpers with the cookout and cleanup in the cafeteria. Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c044aa4ac23abfa7-field2

Awards Celebrations
Awards Celebrations will take place  June 7, 2022, in the gym.  Families of participating students may have no more than two guests in attendance for the Awards Celebration.
  • K-1st grade@ 9:30 AM
  • 2nd-3rd grade @ 10:45 AM
  • 4th grade @ 1:30  PM

EOG Proctors
EOGs are coming! 

Grades 3-5 will participate in the End of Grades (EOGs) on the following dates:
May 24 - EOG Reading
May 25 - EOG Science (5th Grade Only)
May 26 - EOG Math
 

In order to be a CMS proctor, volunteers will be required to register as a CMS volunteer. It’s okay if they can’t stay the entire time!

If they need to leave early, we ask that they let Ms. Pearce or Ms. Hooper know in advance. We are scheduling everyone from 9am – 1pm; however, volunteers will most likely be relieved of their duties after 11:30am.

Here is the link to sign up for a time: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040C4BAAAE2BA20-eogproctors

Here is the link to sign up to be a CMS volunteer: http://www.cmsvolunteers.com/

Popsicles in the Park
Save the Date for Popsicles in the Park!

We are bringing this event back over the summer and would love to see you there to welcome our new families. Our current dates are 7/14 and 8/20. We will send a sign-up genius soon! 
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