Please sign up to help our readers-to-be get to the next level! PALS is a reading program for first grade students. Helping a small group of 3 students for just one session a week will help! Training will be Wednesday October 5 from 1–1:45.

Email PALS@sharonschoolpta.org with questions.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education has begun its search for the next superintendent of CMS. National search firm McPherson & Jacobson and independent education advocacy group MeckEd will each host a series of county-wide community engagement sessions through Sept. 29. Come share your ideas about the qualities needed in the next superintendent and the most… [Read More]

Please visit the new TD website for the latest information about TD at Sharon, including our September newsletter.

http://sharonelementarytd.weebly.com/

It is Box Top collection time! Please bring in all of your Box Tops to your teacher by Friday, October 14th! The class with the most Box Tops will win an ice cream party!
http://www.boxtops4education.com/

Please mark your calendars for the following CMS 2016–17 early release dates. School will dismiss three hours earlier and buses will drop off students three hours earlier than their usual time.

• October 12, 2016
• January 13, 2017
• March 1, 2017
• April 26, 2017

Early release days provide teachers with additional time to participate in professional development workshops that enhance their instructional knowledge and skills.

View the 2016–2017 CMS Holiday and Teacher Workday Calendar

Last year, a dedicated group of parents and educators revived the Mecklenburg County chapter of Partners for the Advancement of Gifted Education (PAGE)! This organization will provide support, advocacy, and enrichment opportunities for our gifted families. As a part of the membership drive, PAGE will be hosting a FREE adult session on the social and… [Read More]

Scholastic’s new Signature Book Fair is coming to Sharon September 26–30. Kids will be able to preview books the first two days and purchase them later in the week with their class.

Also, we will be hosting 2 parent coffees this year. Students and parents with the last name A–M are invited Tuesday, September 27th and last names N–Z are invited on Thursday September 29th to shop before school from 7:00–8:00am.

Please come volunteer during the Book Fair, sign up info is below.
https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10C0C49AAA62DA3F49-sept

FLY Summer Reading and Math Program collection envelopes will be sent home in students’ backpacks. Please make sure to check your child’s backpack for the large white envelope with the FLY logo. This envelope must be completed and returned to be eligible for prizes. All money and forms can be returned in the FLY collection… [Read More]

Sharon drivers: Please be mindful of our carpool safety rules. When leaving our school, you must continue straight onto Cortelyou and then on to Belknap to ensure that our buses can safely use Foxcroft Road. PLEASE DO NOT SPEED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND PLEASE OBEY ALL STOP SIGNS. There are children who walk to and… [Read More]

Registration for Let Me Run is now OPEN for 4th and 5th grade boys. Practices will be held Mondays and Wednesdays after school until 4:15, September 21–November 16. The 5k Run will be held on November 19. Please go to letmerun.org to register before September 18 to register. Email letmerun@sharonschoolpta.org with any questions.