Daily Update
Hello McSwain Community,
Thank you for making our "Reading is Fun Week" and the first-ever "Camp Read" event a resounding success. Your enthusiasm, support, and participation brought these initiatives to life, creating unforgettable experiences for our students. Seeing everyone come together to celebrate the joy of reading was truly special. Your involvement—from attending events to sharing stories—played a crucial role in sparking a lifelong love of reading in our students' hearts.
We are deeply grateful for your contributions and look forward to more wonderful events in the future. Together, we've started something amazing.
Have a great weekend, Mustangs, and see the reminders below!
Best,
Mr. P
Report Card Week!
We will have report card week from March 12-14th
Please note the schedules below.
March 12th- March 14th
Tuesday- Thursday
West Campus will be released at 1:00 pm
East Campus will be released at 1:50 pm
Your child's teachers will send information about conferences and setting up meetings. Please be on the lookout for these communications.
In addition to report cards, your child will be given information regarding their NWEA benchmark test when applicable.
With all parent meetings, if you would like to set up an additional appointment with your child's teacher, please reach out to them, and we would be happy to accommodate.
Message from the Cafeteria
VEGETABLE OF THE MONTH……..SNAP PEAS!!!!
Our vegetable to Salute this month is Snap Peas!
The snap pea, also known as the sugar snap pea, is an edible pod pea with rounded pods and thick pod walls, in contrast to snow pea pods, which are flat with thin walls. Snap peas are bright green and typically harvested when the peas inside the pod are small and sweet.
Check out these fun facts that may even make you want to eat this vegetable more.
Sugar snap peas took the vegetable world by storm in the spring of 1979, hailed as the greatest new vegetable on the market! U.S. plant breeder Calvin Lamborn developed the “sugar snap” pea variety by crossing garden peas with especially thick walls with snow peas and ta-da!! Sugar snap peas were born!!
Like beans, sugar snap peas can be grown as a bush or a vine. Commercial farmers changed the way snap peas were initially grown on a vine to more bush-like so that the plants would be smaller, easier to maintain, and harvest all at once.
Snap peas are considered a fruit, though most people consider them vegetables. The whole pod can be eaten, and they have a crunchy texture and very sweet flavor. They may be eaten raw or cooked. There are 3-8 peas in each pod.
So what’s so good about them? Snap peas are high in fiber and rich in vitamin C, which is great for building the immune system. They’re also a good source of B vitamins and folic acid, which helps to break down protein, carbohydrates, and fat into energy. They're also packed with iron, manganese, and Vitamins A and K.
Let’s give them a try this month. You can eat them whole or in a salad, stir-fried or steamed. Open them up and see what’s inside!
Parking Tips and Tricks Reminder
Arrive early for drop-off. Students are allowed to enter campus by 7:30 am
If you arrive late or close to the start of school, you will be in traffic.
Follow the designated routes. If you do not, our procedure will be negatively impacted, and you will be in more traffic.
For pick-up, please make sure to show up at the correct time.
For West Campus pick-up, once you have picked up your student, please exit the parking lot to allow for traffic to move.
A tip for pick-up on the East campus is that If you are running late in the afternoon, students are under the supervision of an adult. Coming after the original wave of traffic will also help expedite pick-up.