Sagamore Hills Elementary

Dekalb County Schools

Principal's Corner

Principal's Corner

Happy New Year! Welcome to the second semester of the school year. We have so many exciting things happening at Sagamore Hills Elementary School! First, I want to congratulate all of our students for the awards and honors they received for first semester accomplishments. Just before the Winter Break we held our Awards Day and recognized Sagamore Hills students for their outstanding achievements; Principal’s Honor Roll, Honor Roll, Perfect Attendance, Citizenship and the Wildcat Award, and many special awards. Thank you to the Sagamore Hills faculty and staff for all of your hard work and dedication to academic achievement. Thank you to our parents and community for your continued support and your involvement. I am
excited about all of the opportunities our students will have this semester to learn and excel and I look forward to seeing the many accomplishments of our students this semester.

STEM Education at Sagamore Hills Elementary

We had a blast first semester with STEM integration. We had three school-wide STEM Days including the 2nd Annual Egg Drop Competition! The teaching garden is amazing and ready for warmer spring weather! The use of the Mac Lab, laptops, iPads and other devices are pervasive in teaching and learning. STEM education is experienced by all Sagamore Hills Elementary School students every day across multiple content areas. Thank you to our STEM Partners; Mercer University, the Atlanta Botanical Garden, and Bennett-Pless Engineering for your support of our STEM initiative. Congratulations to the many Sagamore Hills students who are participating in several school and district competitions; the Academic Bowl, the
Spelling Bee, the Geography Bee, the Sagamore Math Tournament, Odyssey of
the Mind, and the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl. Go Teams!

Saturday, January 24th, we will host the 14th Annual Sagamore Hills Math Tournament. Students from the Lakeside and Druid Hills elementary schools will join us for a morning of Math! Thank you in advance to the Lakeside HS and Druid Hills HS National Honor Society students who help to facilitate the tournament. For registration and tournament information see the link on our school website.

Mark your calendars for the 4th Annual Sagamore Hills Family STEM Night, February 5th. This is a great program that will interest children and adults! The Spring Play, February 26th and 27th is based on the School House Rock musical and promises to be tons of fun!


These are all valuable activities that compliment our instructional program. I hope to see all of our parents at our many school functions. Your involvement in our school program is a vital part of our school’ssuccess and I welcome your participation. Thank You!


Julie M. Taylor

Principal

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