The next early release day is Wednesday, Oct. 7. Students will be released two hours earlier than normal on that date.

Parent-conference Day, originally scheduled for Oct. 26, has been canceled due to administrator, faculty and staff furloughs that day.

As a result, report cards will be sent home with students on Oct. 27.

To set up an appointment with a teacher, call the school or directly contact your child's teacher.

Belvedere Elementary School

Walk to School Day -- Wednesday, Oct. 7, is International Walk to School Day. The school will hold a morning walk around the track around 8 a.m. with classes sporting banners, posters, etc.

Junior Jazzercise - It's not too late to join. Every Thursday from 2:30-3:30 in the PE room there's fitness and fun with Junior Jazzercise. Wear tennis shoes and comfortable clothes. Parents, please pick up children at the PE room (behind the portable classrooms) promptly at 3:30. Call Gwyn Snider at 279-4340 if you have any questions.

North Augusta Elementary School

"Pass It On" at the Family Reading Night Book Swap -- On Oct. 15, the North Augusta Elementary PTO will host Family Reading Night. The evening will include a Book Swap during which NAE students will have the opportunity to meet and swap a good book. If a child has finished reading a particular book, now is the time to pass it on. Bring book(s) in a grocery bag marked PTO. Each pod will have a box available for book collections. Make sure to drop by the book swap table on Family Reading Night and pick up another book. For more information, call Kim Butler at 278-0938 or WButler26@comcast.net.

Book Club and Page Master members -- 100 book club: Jackson Ginn, Laura Bachelder, Melissa Murph, Melena Bush, Dakota Vincent, Jacob Smith, Katie Ashe, Rebecca Ogbuefi; 200 book club: Melissa Murph; 300 book club: Melissa Murph; Page Master: Allie Crawley, 3,360 pages, and Sean Lloyd, 3,008 pages

Oct. 1 -- Student Council induction ceremony at 3:15 p.m.

Mossy Creek Elementary School

Looking for a few good men --Mossy Creek Elementary is looking for men who are willing to serve as mentors to some male students. The men will need to be willing to give about an hour of their time each week to give encouragement and friendship to a third, fourth or fifth grade boy. Mentors will undergo a SLED background check. A mentor training workshop will be held Oct. 12 at 3 p.m. in the school library. Call Suzanne Gunn or Vilencia Leslie at Mossy Creek for more information at 442-6090.

Hammond Hill Elementary School

Hammond Hill is planning a fall carnival on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Vendor fees are $25. For more information, contact Meredith Noland at mnoland@aiken.k12.sc.us.

The School Improvement Council at Hammond Hill meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 2:15 p.m. -- The next meeting is Tuesday, Oct. 27.

Ms. Long's fifth grade homeroom is collecting tabs from soda cans as a service project to help children in need. The tabs will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House in Augusta.

North Augusta Middle School

Varsity members of the North Augusta Middle School Academic Team are Shawn Jackson, Foster McLane, Travis Redd, Brielle Smith and Emily Wilson. The junior varsity team members are Geoffrey Powell, K.J. Abney, Jacob Burns, Ariel Moore and Tyler Wilson.

Make-up fall pictures will be Oct. 19.

NAMS is participating in the Box tops for Education labels. Students are asked to turn in labels to their homeroom teacher.

NAMS no longer has a full-time nurse; the nurse will be at the school on Tuesday. Medication and other minor needs will be handled by office staff.

Eighth grade baby ads -- Baby ads are on sale for the yearbook. The ad is $35 if purchased by Oct. 9 and $45 if purchased by Oct. 30. E-mail Terra van der Linden with questions at tlinden@aiken.k12.sc.us.

Space Camp info meetings --The seventh grade Gifted and Talented students will travel to Space Camp Feb. 3-5, 2010. There will be two parent meetings to discuss the trip. The first is Monday, Oct. 5, at 4 p.m. in Donna Bradberry's portable. The second is Thursday, Oct. 8, at 5 p.m. in the same location. A parent must attend one of these meetings for the child to go to Space Camp.

Jefferson Elementary School

Citizens of the Month for August include: Pre-kindergarten, Ethan Williams, Dallas Freeman, Daissy Montoya; kindergarten, Kaidyn Grey, Samantha Silas, NyQuiera Collins, Ethan Adams; first grade, Justin Workman, Addison Wren, Janie Stephens, Callie Burnett-Rodgers, Chad Prince, Jerimiah Patterson; second grade, Zack Brooks, DeSean Williams, Emily Fischer; Third Grade, Jaden Fraser, Logan Lewis, J.R. Carr, Chloe Neeley; fourth grade, Emily Baird, Alle Carlin, Sydney Frye, Cameron Jones; fifth grade, Karson King, Ella Ryder, Hunter Harris, Undraize Dixon.

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