
Good Morning Ashmore Families,
On Thursday 1/14/2021 at 8:30 we will be having our annual Active Shooter Drill with the Coles County Sheriff's department. This is an annual drill required by the state of Illinois. We have been and will continue to review and practice our drill plan with all students this week. During the drill, students will practice evacuating the building with their class, and walking together to the Ashmore Fire Department. If there are any questions or concerns about this week's drill, please call 217-349-3000 or email me at brownk@charleston.k12.il.us. Thank you for your time and support in keeping our Ashmore students prepared and safe.

We here at Ashmore Elementary would like to express our deepest gratitude and appreciation to our Ashmore community and families. We have been shown such generosity from our PTO, our families, and Ashmore United Presbyterian Church. We sincerely thank you all, and hope for a happy, healthy, and safe holiday for all!!!

This year as part of our school's Leader In Me goals, we wanted to take on the initiative of a community service project. We thought what better way to give back to our community during the holidays, than with a food drive! Our hope is that no one goes hungry this holiday season.
We are so proud of our Ashmore students, who have been collecting donations since returning to in-person instruction. Each grade K-4 has helped to collect items that were delivered today to the Charleston and Ashmore Food Pantries.

With the schedule changes, students in classes with pre-scheduled meetings will need to update their Teams calendar. Here is a set of directions to help: https://5il.co/mtk1.

November Newsletter: https://5il.co/mnjw

Just a reminder, Monday November 2nd will be a remote planning day for the Ashmore teachers. November 4th will be the first day of student attendance next week. Thank you!!

Thank you so much to the anonymous donor who graciously provided a Monical's lunch for the Ashmore teachers and staff members. Your generosity and thoughtfulness made us feel so light-hearted and appreciated today!!!

Please be advised that there have been changes made to the Ashmore Building Re-Opening Plan.

Good Afternoon Ashmore Families!!! If you haven't already done so, could you please take a moment to fill out the new return to school survey that has recently been posted on the district website. The more school data we have, the better prepared we will be to serve our students! We've slowly been bringing small groups in this week, and it has been just a joy seeing kiddos in the building working hard and forming relationships with their teachers!!! We thank you all for your continued support and patience during these trying times!!!
The link to the survey can be found here:
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ZVmoXzSDt0eo3d9OfKD91Sl4MXJkEZZAoTF45J5-XqFUOEVJNjNQUlBRTDVOVjlOSkJJVkk2MExJUy4u

Good Afternoon Ashmore Families! Ashmore classroom teachers will be in touch for MAP testing plans. Testing sessions are planned for the week of October 5th-9th, and will be scheduled as follows:
Monday October 5th - 1st Grade
Tuesday October 6th - 2nd Grade
Wednesday October 7th - 3rd Grade
Thursday October 8th - 4th Grade
Friday October 9th - Make-up Day
Drop off time will be 8:45 A.M to allow children to be screened and ensure masks are in place. Students will be spaced apart in the computer lab to allow for social distancing. Pickup time will be 11:30. Lunch will not be served on these days, but a snack will be provided to all students.

Happy Friday Ashmore Families!!! We are closing out Week 3 of Remote Learning today. I've been able to join some classrooms this morning, and I am SO impressed with what I am seeing of our Ashmore students' participation for live meetings!! I would like to just send a reminder that teachers are taking traditional grades this quarter for assignments. Please remind your student to turn work in as he or she is completing activities. We now there has been some issues with Empower, so if there is any difficulty in getting assignments turned in, please let us know. Keep up the AMAZING work, and BRING ON Week 4!!!!

Good Morning Ashmore Families! As our second week of remote learning comes to a close, I would just like to pass on a few friendly reminders of classroom expectations. It is very important that when our classroom teachers give the direction for students to mute themselves, that students are staying muted. Just like in a normal classroom setting, it is very distracting to the learning environment when others are talking, and now in our virtual classrooms when there is additional background noises. This is new to us all, and we understand a learning curve is needed. As we start week 3 on Monday, lets continue to work together to help out our Amazing Ashmore teachers, and be respectful to our fellow classmates!!

Ashmore Families just an FYI!! If your child is trying to log into Microsoft Teams, please make sure your child’s email address and password are used to log in. We are finding many personal devices are auto filling parents email information, and not allowing to connect.

Good Afternoon Ashmore Families!!! You should be receiving a mailed copies of parental and student login information for the Empower program. Copies were mailed out this afternoon.

Good Morning Ashmore Families!! Ashmore Elementary will be hosting and scheduling Meet the Teacher sessions starting August 31st-September 2nd. Please be on the look out for a telephone call or email from your child's classroom teacher next week. During these sessions will also be the opportunity to pick up supplies and materials that the school is providing during this period of remote learning. When coming in for scheduled Meet the Teacher Sessions a face mask is required, and we ask that only one parent accompany the student in order to maintain best social distancing practices and limit the number of bodies in the building. We are all working very hard to get this school year kicked off, and look forward to meeting with all of our students and families!!!!
~Kristen Brown, Principal Ashmore Elementary

Hey! Here's a fun art demo on shaving cream art with the story Mix It Up! https://youtu.be/dBiQcHivKAg Just a reminder that you can also find this video, book PowerPoint, and lesson (and more!) on my website as well https://sites.google.com/view/artwithdarb
Puffy Paint Tomorrow!

Ashmore Kindergarten & 7th grade Buddies

Ashmore Kindergarten & 7th grade Buddies

Ashmore Kindergarten & 7th grade Buddies

Pajama day in first grade!

Pajama day in first grade!

The time for the Fastest Kids in Ashmore Friday Night event at EIU Fieldhouse on Friday, February 21st has been adjusted by EIU officials, and students are scheduled to run at 5:40 P.M. Runners please be at the Fieldhouse between 5 and 5:15 P.M. to warmup for the event. If you have any questions, please contact Ashmore School at 349-3000.

Fastest Kids in Ashmore School 2020
Friday, February 21st, 6:00pm @ EIU Fieldhouse Indoor Track
What an awesome opportunity for our students to experience and be part of a collegiate track meet! Come cheer on our 3rd and 4th grade athletes!Everyone is welcome to attend and Admission is free!

"School Spirit Week" is February 24-28
Monday- School Spirit (Ashmore/Charleston Gear)
Tuesday-Pajama Day
Wednesday- Favorite Sports Team Day
Thursday-Throwback Thursday
Friday- Class Colors ( K Green; 1st White; 2nd Black; 3rd Orange; 4th Blue; Other Staff Red)