Nexton Elementary

Hey Explorers, Your Dreams Have Come True!!! Many People Have Asked For Pictures Of Mr. J Getting His Head Shaved.... He Was Trying To Hide These.... BUT!!!!!! Enjoy!!!

Here are your weekly Bus, Arrival, and Dismissal ticket winners. Thank You for continuing to follow our B.L.A.S.T. Expectations!!!!!

Good Morning Nexton Parents, Administration has seen and increase in conflicts and behaviors at school between students in our upper grades. Most conversations with students has involved the words "Group Chat", "Tik Tok", "Snapchat", and "Instagram". Majority of the conflicts have been a result of students at Nexton Elementary speaking poorly about each other, making posts, and being hurtful on their electronics (outside of school). This is disappointing to administration because it is causing division amongst our student body and is taking away from learning. Nexton Elementary has always had such a great pride of being positive, loving, and understanding of and to each other. We are diligently working to prevent any further issues that will take away from the reason why students are in school, which is "to facilitate and support student-driven learning experiences by unleashing the power and potential of education". We are asking for your parental support because " it takes a village". There will be a Social Media Informational Night in three weeks, it is highly recommended to attend because students are growing at a faster rate with using social media for good and for bad. This session will have a Q&A section to answer all concerns. • Cane Bay High School o Date: April 23, 2025 o Time: 6:30 – 7:30 pm Or visit the website for other dates and locations: https://www.bcsdschools.net/article/2105758 As Always, GO EXPLORERS!!!!!

NEW student registration for the 2025-2026 school year in Berkeley County School District will open on TOMORROW April 1st at 10 a.m. This will be for 4K (CERDEP) through 5th grade. If you have any students, know someone zoned for Nexton Elementary, or someone moving into our attendance zone... please get them register!!! Click: https://www.bcsdschools.net/o/bcsd/page/student-registration BCSD’s registration process is web-based for all aspects of student registration, including document upload. Those without the ability to register online will need to contact the school for which they are zoned to arrange a date and time to register in person. RETURNING student registration will be a later date...this is only for NEW students.

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Nexton Elementary Parents: The annual school climate parent survey is now available in the PowerSchool Parent Portal website under Forms. The results of the parent survey will be reported on the 2025 school report card as required by state law. Measuring parents’ perception of and involvement in schools provides valuable information to principals and their faculty. The goal is to identify strengths and weaknesses and define opportunities to improve parental involvement at our school and in the state. Additionally, the parent survey provides information to improve school and district performance. The Parent School Climate Survey is available in the PowerSchool Parent Portal website under Forms and/or an individual QR code will be sent home with your student. The survey will close on FRIDAY March 21st. Your time and effort in completing this survey is greatly appreciated.

BCSD has a National School Breakfast Week Contest and Nexton Elementary had a grand prize winner!!! CONGRATULATIONS..... Cadence Williams... She won a light up scooter.

5th Grade YARD SIGNS!!!! If your student is in 5th grade and you would like a "5th Grade Promotion" sign for your front yard.... please read this flyer and scan the QR code.

HUGE SHOUT OUT TO OUR WONDERFUL ML (Multi-Language) TEACHERS!!!! Mrs. Nelson and Mrs. Wilhelmson have made Nexton Elementary "The Standard" for our Multi-Language Students. We recently hosted a ML Family Literacy Night and it was a HUGE success!!! Thank You to our wonderful teacher, staff, and student helpers!!!

Dr. Dixon swung by Nexton Elementary’s Guys in Ties group today to speak to the boys about his role as a school superintendent. Guys in Ties is led by fourth grade teacher Ryan Cummings and has about 14 members ranging from third to fifth grade. The group focuses on basic manners and social skills and meets every week after school.

Good Morning Nexton Families, BCSD is having a Family Food Event on Saturday March 5th from 10:00am-2:00pm at Cane Bay High School. Our Child Nutrition Team will be leading this event. They are hoping for family involvement when it comes to deciding food options next year. They will have Free Food Tasting and a Survey of the food items for next year. Plus, tons of entertainment for the whole family. Please head to Cane Bay High School and support such a fun event for the whole family.

The BCSD Student, Teacher, and Parent Climate Surveys window opened on Monday March 3rd and will close Friday March 21st. All students in grades 3-12 and all teachers, librarians, guidance counselors, ROTC instructors, career specialists, and speech therapists are expected to participate in the survey. All parents are encouraged to participate. Please see the 2024-25 Student, Teacher, and Parent Climate Surveys document for additional information. LINK: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UigwCvef4eJ34aO4dpSct7cy_e1Yt138/view

Nexton Elementary Parents: The annual school climate parent survey is now available in the PowerSchool Parent Portal website under Forms. The results of the parent survey will be reported on the 2025 school report card as required by state law. Measuring parents’ perception of and involvement in schools provides valuable information to principals and their faculty. The goal is to identify strengths and weaknesses and define opportunities to improve parental involvement at our school and in the state. Additionally, the parent survey provides information to improve school and district performance. The Parent School Climate Survey is available in the PowerSchool Parent Portal website under Forms and/or an individual QR code will be sent home with your student. The survey will close on March 21st. Your time and effort in completing this survey is greatly appreciated.

Our school social workers are sparking change, one student at a time. Thank a school social worker this week for being a light in their students' lives!

Ready to solve the case of the missing breakfast? National School Breakfast Week starts today! To celebrate, students will get to try new menu items for breakfast and be entered to win daily and grand prizes from BCSD Child Nutrition Services.

Our 2nd Grade had a great Tuesday working with our great Innovation Learning Coordinator Jimmy Cate!!!! Students learned out to code robots.

We had our February Character Ed Awards Today!!!! The Character Trait of the Month was Kindness and Compassion. Awesome Job Explorers!!!!

Our Wonderful PTA is hosting a SCOOP NIGHT at Rita's of Nexton at 1120 Metropolitan Avenue on March 5th. Stop by and Support Nexton Elementary PTA.

Congratulations to EVERYONE!!!! We have raised over $51,000 as of 2-21-2025. We reached our goal of $50,000. Mr. Jashienski will get his head shaved on Math Night on March 20th around 6:30pm. We will still accept any pending donations until Tuesday February 25th. If your child has not received all of their items.... they will on Tuesday February 25th. Boosterthon members are visiting the school to bring more prizes and bring the BIGGER prizes, as well. If your child does not receive all of their prizes on Tuesday, please let Mr. Jashienski know so he can get it to them. Please remember, people can "promise" a pledge, but if they do not donate...it does not count towards the prizes. Attached are all of the great pictures of our PE staff getting "Silly-Stringed"!!!! Thank You and Go Explorers!!!!

We are ALMOST there!!! $46,000 raised. We are $4,000 away from meeting our goal and we have 5 days to get there. Mrs. Traverse's class won the Nightly Challenge and will receive a Movie and Popcorn Party in the future (teacher's decision). The challenges are not completely over yet, Nexton is still looking for ways to reward students and classes, even it is outside of Boosterthon, because of how awesome we have done this year. Enjoy your long break and see everyone Tuesday at the Fun Run... Remember to stretch!!! Go Explorers!!!