Sandlapper's Vision
Sandlapper will prepare every student academically, socially, and emotionally to be creative leaders in a global society.
Dear Sandlapper Families,
We have had another wonderful week and are continuing to learn our procedures, meet new friends, and navigate expectations. To assist us in making our school day run more efficiently, we want to make our families aware of a few reminders. Thank you for your flexibility and understanding.
Arrival time: 7:10-7:40 am
Our instructional day begins at 7:40 am. Teachers are starting class at this time. Instructional time is essential for our students, every minute counts! Students will be marked tardy after 7:40 am. If your student is a car rider and arrives after 7:40 am, please walk your student into the lobby and check in using Iden-a-Kid. (You will need your Driver’s License).
All students dropped off by parents during arrival will need to use the car rider line. Parents will no longer be able to walk students to the crosswalk or to the door. This is for the safety of all students and to assist with the efficiency of the car rider line.
Please have students ready to exit the car once you pull up to the designated drop-off area. This helps facilitate the car rider line.
Breakfast ends at 7:35am.
Dismissal: 2:30 pm
- Have your child's name visible on the Sandlapper car tag on your rearview mirror until your child is in the car.
- Follow the blue line, closest to the curb.
- Pull up as far as possible before stopping to unload/ pick up so that other parents can do the same. This helps us to load more cars, moving the car rider line more quickly.
- If you do not have a 2022-2023 PTO Sandlapper car tag, you will need to park and enter the building to verify identification (you will need a driver’s license). This is for the safety of our students.
- Children are instructed to stand in designated spaces to look for their cars.
- Adults on duty will direct students to the area on the sidewalk they should go to for pickup.
- Students will only be loaded on the passenger side of the car. If you must load from the driver's side, park in a visitor space.
- If you must come into the building, park in a Visitor parking space.
Parents or relatives may not walk up to pick up students during dismissal. How a student is designated to get home will be the way the student is sent home. This is a safety procedure in place for our students. For example, if a student is designated a car rider, the student will be dismissed to a car, not to individuals walking up to the car line. We understand that sometimes you may have appointments, please be sure to plan accordingly. Early dismissal ends at 2:00 PM. Again, this procedure is for the safety of our students and the staff on duty.
If a student is picked up late the following applies:
The safety of our students is our highest priority. Students who attend Sandlapper are to be picked up by 2:55 pm each day. When students are not picked up on time, we cannot leave them alone and must provide supervision for them. Therefore, when a student isn’t picked up on time, someone else must provide this extra supervision.
In the future, you will be charged $5 for every increment of 1-15 minutes you are late picking up your child. Adults will be charged for each child, as it applies.
We truly appreciate your continued support.
~Mrs. May, School Principal
Hi, Sandlapper Families,
Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) Growth is a computer adaptive assessment and one of the assessments Richland Two uses for measuring achievement and growth in K–12 math, reading, language usage. MAP assessments track individual growth over time and provide teachers with accurate, actionable evidence to help inform instructional strategies.
Our 1st through 5th grade STAR students will take the Reading and Math MAP Growth
Tests between August 29th - September 2nd. We use the results from the MAP test to help us better serve your child. The data is
used to see what our students already know and what they still need to learn. It is
important that students do their best and answer to the best of their ability. Accurate
results lead to a more personalized education.
What materials does my child need on MAP testing day?
Scratch Paper
Pen or Pencil
School-issued Chromebook and charger
If you would like to learn more information about MAP, visit their website:
https://www.nwea.org/the-map-suite/family-toolkit/
Have a great weekend!
Ms. Burns-Roberts, Assistant Principal
Sandlapper Elementary School
🌟 🌟 🌟Welcome Back, STAR READERS!
Congratulations to Ms. Williams’ 1st grader,
Walter F. for returning his Summer Reading Checklist! Mrs. Ussery gave him a copy of a new book and a Tootsie Roll Pop to celebrate. 😀
All of our K-5th grades have visited the library already at least once. Library Orientation included the importance of book care responsibilities. A photo was taken of each class with their first book check-out of the year after they stated, “I Promise” to the following 3 statements:
1.Read It 2. Take Care of It 3. Return It.
K-2 may have one book out at a time. Grades 3-5 may have 2 out at a time. However, special circumstances can adjust this procedure with parent or teacher requests at Mrs. Ussery’s discretion.
We hope you all have a wonderful year full of pleasure reading together with family and friends! Please feel free to use our Sandlapper Media Center Website anytime for wonderful resources and information, along with access to our Online Catalog (select Sandlapper and login using your computer username and password.)
Tara Ussery, MLIS
Media Specialist @ Sandlapper Elem.
Library Website Twitter: @tara_teaches
🌟 🌟 🌟
Evening Stars After School Program
Are you in need of after school child care for the 2022-2023 school year? Evening Stars After School Program has openings available. Spots are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis, so please don't wait! Evening Stars is a tuition-based program, that provides your student(s) with an afternoon snack, homework assistance, and both academic and fun-filled activities.
Registration - $50 per student Daily rate is $16. A 10% discount is given for families who have 2 children enrolled. ($10.80 per day per student.) If you are interested in enrollment, please contact Tzarina Salomon at tsalomon@richland2.org.
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- Choose to receive information as it comes or all at once with a daily digest at 6 pm
- Communicate in your preferred language
- Direct message teachers and staff
- Participate in group messages
- Sign up for parent-teacher conferences
All Richland Two students are assessed a non-refundable $20 technology insurance fee to cover the cost of technology repairs. The technology fee plan provides 100% repair cost coverage for the first instance of accidental damage to the student’s school-assigned computing device. The plan also covers the cost of device replacement in the event of theft, provided a police report is filed.
The cost of repeat instances of device damage will be assessed according to the full cost of repair. The deadline to pay the technology insurance fee is September 30th of each school year. The technology insurance fee cannot be paid after September 30th. The coverage period for technology insurance begins as soon as the premium is paid in full, which must be done no later than the September 30th deadline, and runs through September 30th of the following year. The full details of the technology fee plan are published in the technology insurance fee documentation available on Sandlapper's website.
- Experts suggest no screens for at least one hour before bedtime, so consider having your child turn in their phone in the evening. Remove your child’s phone from their room at night so the temptation of a late night “hello” or, worse, with friends, is not there.
- Create a distraction-free homework time where cell phones are put away.
- Consider “phone free” meals or family times during the day (yes, that means you too, parents!) to promote communication and relationship building.
Require children provide parents with cell phone, email and social media passwords.
- Do random checks of text messages and other phone content.
- Consider using parental controls on the phone and apps.
- Be your child’s social media friend to keep tabs on what they are posting.
- Educate yourself on the latest apps.
- Be honest and let them know you will be holding them accountable from the beginning so that there are no surprises.
Communicate openly with your child about the risks of cell phone usage.
- Help them understand safe websites, recognize cyberbullying and the risks of chat rooms and communication with “friends” you’ve never met before.
- Promote open communication and questions by actively listening, withholding judgement and corrections and allowing them autonomy to problem solve when appropriate.
