Meet Your Teacher Night!

Hello McSwain Families,

As we gear up for the first day of school, I wanted to send you a few updates regarding our Meet Your Teacher event and student schedules. As you know, we want to alleviate students' anxiety in attending the first day of school. In seeing their classroom and meeting their teacher, students will be clear on where they need to go. This will also allow for less traffic during our morning drop-off on the first day of school. Please take a moment to read the announcements below.

Important Information
Meet Your Teacher Night will be on August 16th from 5:00 to 6:45 pm. The event is divided into the East Campus and the West Campus.
Grades TK/K will have a separate welcome orientation starting at 4:30 pm.
Grades 1-3 will meet with their students from 5:00 to 5:45 pm.
Grades 4-8 will meet with their students from 6:00 to 6:45 pm.
To determine your student teacher and schedule, please log into Aeries and complete your digital orientation packet. Once completed, you will be able to see your student's teacher.
This feature will go live on Friday; please make sure to check your email for further directions.

West Campus (5:00 to 5:45 pm)
Students will meet with their teacher from 5:00- 5:15 pm (Rotation 1)
Rotation 2 will be 5:15- 5:30pm
Having two rotations will allow parents to visit more than one classroom
5:30 pm, all TK-3rd grade teachers will meet in the quad for an introduction
5:45 pm to 6:00 pm Transition to the East Campus

East Campus (6:00- 6:45pm)
Rotation 1 will be from 6:00-6:15 pm; students will meet with their teacher in their respective rooms; 7th and 8th-grade teachers will be in the Gym.
Rotation 2 will be from 6:15 pm to 6:30 pm,
6:30- 6:45 pm East Campus Introductions in front of the Gym

Parking
Due to the number of individuals on campus, please be careful when parking and follow all traffic laws.
McSwain staff will be using the parking nearest the Gym. These spots are reserved for them.

Help and Assistance
Our fantastic office staff will have a help desk set up in the East Campus cafeteria. Here you can find your child's schedule, free and reduced lunch applications, and ask for any additional assistance.
We will also have a welcome table from our McSwain Parent Foundation and our Parent Teacher Association; please make sure to stop by and say hello! These tables will be located outside of the main gate on the East Campus.
If you cannot make the event, we will have volunteers and staff available to assist all students on the first day of school. They will need to check in at our welcome table to receive their teacher listing and schedule.

[Tuesday, Aug 9 at 3:39 PM]
The parent portal for Aeries will NOT be open till Friday evening. At that time, you will be able to log in. Once you have created your login using the phone number and email address that you have provided to the school you will receive an email with information to link your child to your account. If you do not know your password, please hit forgot password, and an email will be sent with instructions on how to set it up.