McCalla Elementary School

Thank you to our bus drivers who get our students to school safely every day. We appreciate you more than you know.

Congratulations to our Epic Treasure Chest winner - Abel Cockriel. The Book Blast is going strong as we approach these last few days of the event. It’s not too late to complete your Treasure Map, earn your prizes, and help your child’s teacher earn a shopping spree to purchase books and supplies for the classroom! When 60% of the classroom students register and invite 10+ friends and family members, that teacher will earn a $100 shopping spree. If ALL the classroom students invite 10+ friends and family members, the teacher will earn a $200 shopping spree. Visit https://app.booksarefun.com/MccallaES35022 to participate! #booksarefun #bookblast #bookblastadventures #giveliteracy #kids #read ​ ¡Felicidades a nuestro ganador final del Cofre del Tesoro - Abel Cockriel! ¡La Book Blast está en pleno apogeo mientras nos acercamos a los últimos días del evento! Todavía estás a tiempo de completar tu Mapa del Tesoro, ganar tus recompensas y ayudar a que el maestro de tu hijo gane una racha de compras para adquirir libros y material escolar para el salón de clases. Cuando el 60% de los estudiantes del salón se registren e inviten a 10+ amigos y familiares, ese maestro ganará una racha de compras de $100. Si TODOS los estudiantes del salón invitan a 10+ amigos y familiares, el maestro ganará una racha de compras de $200. ¡Visita https://app.booksarefun.com/MccallaES35022 para participar!

Congratulations to our final Treasure Chest winner - Ariyah Goodgame. The Book Blast is going strong as we approach these last few days of the event. It’s not too late to complete your Treasure Map, earn your prizes, and help your child’s teacher earn a shopping spree to purchase books and supplies for the classroom! When 60% of the classroom students register and invite 10+ friends and family members, that teacher will earn a $100 shopping spree. If ALL the classroom students invite 10+ friends and family members, the teacher will earn a $200 shopping spree. Visit https://app.booksarefun.com/MccallaES35022 to participate! ​#booksarefun #bookblast #bookblastadventures #giveliteracy #kids #read ​¡Felicidades a nuestro ganador final del Cofre del Tesoro - Ariyah Goodgame! ¡La Book Blast está en pleno apogeo mientras nos acercamos a los últimos días del evento! Todavía estás a tiempo de completar tu Mapa del Tesoro, ganar tus recompensas y ayudar a que el maestro de tu hijo gane una racha de compras para adquirir libros y material escolar para el salón de clases. Cuando el 60% de los estudiantes del salón se registren e inviten a 10+ amigos y familiares, ese maestro ganará una racha de compras de $100. Si TODOS los estudiantes del salón invitan a 10+ amigos y familiares, el maestro ganará una racha de compras de $200. ¡Visita https://app.booksarefun.com/MccallaES35022 para participar!

McCalla Elementary Field Day Beach Bash 2025- May 9th McCalla Elementary PTA Calling all  Volunteers!   Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. We encourage you to sign up for a volunteer time OPPOSITE of when your child will attend Field Day so you can enjoy playing with your child!   **PLEASE NOTE: NO SIBLINGS will be allowed to attend. Please sign in at the office as a volunteer when you arrive at the school. Teachers will stay with classes the entire day except during lunch. Lunch volunteers will be in each teacher's classrooms to monitor students as they eat their lunch. 1 adult volunteer will need to pick up sack lunches for that class in the lunchroom. Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade will play from 9:00-11:00am Everyone will have lunch from 11:00-12:00 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade will play from 12:00-2:00pm Click on Sign Up Genius to Volunteer: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F49ABAD22A5F8CE9-56303988-mccalla?useFullSite=true#/

Congratulations, Jeniyah Johnson, for being our 3rd Book Blast Treasure Chest winner! Way to go! There is still time to win the Epic Treasure Chest by inviting 10+ family members or friends: https://app.booksarefun.com/MccallaES35022. Let’s keep up the momentum to help build our students’ home libraries! ​ If you’d like to support our school and help all our students have access to more books, please donate here: (Community Contribution Link). Your support truly makes a world of difference in their education! #GiveLiteracy #BookBlast #bookblastadventures @go.booksarefun #goread #lovebooks Felicidades, Jeniyah Johnson, por ser nuestro tercero ganador del Cofre del Tesoro de la Book Blast! ¡Excelente trabajo! Aún hay tiempo para ganar un Cofre del Tesoro invitando a 10+ familiares o amigos: https://app.booksarefun.com/MccallaES35022. ¡Mantengamos el impulso para ayudar a construir las bibliotecas en casa de nuestros estudiantes! ​ Si deseas apoyar a nuestra escuela y ayudar a que todos nuestros estudiantes tengan acceso a más libros, por favor dona aquí: (Community Contribution Link). ¡Tu apoyo realmente marca una gran diferencia en su educación

Hey parents! Thank you all for making our 3rd Book Blast campaign such a success so far! We have given away all of our prizes at this time BUT your student will still receive a prize box for signing up when we get our books at the end of the event. Please do not think we will leave anyone out. We will distribute books and prizes as soon as they are available. It will take a couple of weeks after the close of our Book Blast to get all the materials in. We PROMISE we will hand out all prizes when they arrive. Thank you again for helping us get books into our students' homes!!!

Checkpoint achieved! The 2nd winner of the Book Blast Treasure Chest is DeAuri Westbrook. Congratulations! More treasure awaits ahead…. If you haven’t yet, register and enter contact info for 10+ people to support your adventurer’s home library and for the chance to unlock the next Treasure Chest: (RegistrationLink). ​ #readingadventure #literacymatters #booksaretreasure #BooksAreFun ​ Español: ¡Punto de control alcanzado! El segundo ganador del Cofre del Tesoro de la Book Blast es DeAuri Westbrook. ¡Felicidades! Ahora, ¡más tesoros te esperan por delante! Si aún no lo has hecho, regístrate e ingresa la información de contacto de 10+ personas para apoyar la biblioteca en casa de tu aventurero y tener la oportunidad de desbloquear el próximo Cofre del Tesoro: https://dxmejt6b.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fapp.booksarefun.com%2FMccallaES35022/1/010001961a1ad5d5-7626228f-3379-41db-901d-6f6778ab59e4-000000/c0NFN_nI8EGOLaC7vdO4l7sQFX0=421

Wow - our Book Blast is off to a great start! Congratulations to Antonio Garcia for winning our first drawing prize: a Book Blast Treasure Chest! Our quest to level up our readers has never been so much fun! We’re blasting through our adventure to earn as many books as possible for our students. Register now and invite 10+ contacts to be entered into the drawings for our remaining Treasure Chests! ​ #booksarefun #bookraiser #bookblastadventures #epictreasurechest #treasure @go.booksarefun ​ Español: ¡Guau - nuestra Book Blast ha tenido un comienzo fantástico! ¡Felicidades a Antonio Garcia por ganar nuestro primer premio del sorteo: un Cofre de la Book Blast! ¡Nuestra misión de mejorar a nuestros lectores nunca ha sido tan divertida! Estamos avanzando a toda velocidad en nuestra aventura para ganar la mayor cantidad de libros posible para nuestros estudiantes. ¡Regístrate ahora e invita a 10+ contactos para participar en los sorteos de nuestros Cofres del Tesoro!

ATTENTION: We are giving away an Epic Treasure Chest tomorrow full of awesome prizes! Act now! Simply invite 10+ friends and family members TONIGHT to support our Book Blast and your student will have a chance to win. Don't miss this epic opportunity! If you haven’t already, register here: https://app.booksarefun.com/MccallaES35022 #bookblastadventures #literacymatters #booksarefun #bookblast @go.booksarefun ATENCIÓN: ¡Mañana regalaremos un Cofre del Tesoro Épico lleno de premios increíbles! ¡Actúa ahora! Simplemente invita a 10+ amigos y familiares ESTA NOCHE para apoyar nuestro Book Blast y tu estudiante tendrá la oportunidad de ganar. ¡No te pierdas esta valiosa oportunidad! Si aún no lo has hecho, regístrate aquí: https://app.booksarefun.com/MccallaES35022.

Dear Mccalla Elementary School Families, WOW! In the past 24 hours, an overwhelming number of families have answered our call, sending hundreds of invitations to friends and family. We're so excited to see that expanding home libraries and supporting our teachers is as important to you as it is to us. Click Here: https://app.booksarefun.com/MccallaES35022 There's still time to get in on the fun. That's right: If you didn't have a chance to register and send 10 or more invitations to family and friends, you still have time. Click the link above, don't miss out. Complete your Treasure Map tonight and your student(s) will be entered to win the Epic Treasure Chest! Prize drawings start tomorrow! Thank you!

Book Blast begins today! All you have to do is invite 10+ friends and family members to earn some awesome prizes and a chance to win one of our Treasure Chests or an Epic Treasure Chest! Visit https://app.booksarefun.com/MccallaES35022 and unlock treasure. It takes just 7 minutes TONIGHT. #BookBlast #UnlockTheTreasure. The first 125 to register and invite 10+ friends and family members will receive their treasure map prizes the very next day! Any student who qualifies after that will still receive the prizes after the event. #bookblastadventures #booksarefun ¡Comienza la Book Blast hoy! Dedica 7 minutos esta noche a completar el Mapa del Tesoro para ganar increíbles recompensas, participar en sorteos de premios y comenzar a construir tu biblioteca en casa. ¡Invita a 10+ amigos y familiares para obtener tus recompensas y la oportunidad de ganar uno de los cuatro Cofres del Tesoro o Cofre del Tesoro Épico! Visita https://app.booksarefun.com/MccallaES35022 ¡y desbloquea tu tesoro! Los primeros 125 en registrarse y 10+ amigos y familiares recibirán las recompensas al día siguiente. Cualquier estudiante que califique después recibirá igualmente las recompensas después del evento.

Attention, adventurers! Our Book Blast event starts next week where we will set off in search of treasure to build our students' home libraries. Follow the steps on the Treasure Map coming home next week to embark on a jungle quest to earn exciting prizes and books. @go.booksarefun #bookblastadventures #bookblast #booksarefun #literacy ¡Atención, aventureros! Nuestro evento Book Blast comienza la próxima semana, donde partiremos en busca de tesoros para construir las bibliotecas de nuestros estudiantes. Sigue los pasos en el Mapa del Tesoro que llegará a casa la próxima semana para embarcarte en una épica búsqueda y ganar emocionantes recompensas y libros.

Finishing off Read Across America Week we'd like to thank all of our guest readers who came by and shared their time with our students. You are so appreciated!

The results are in for the 2024-2025 Virtual Art Competition of Alabama! This year, 75 teachers from across 52 different schools submitted 216 works from their art students. This is the largest participation in this competition to date, and it was a very difficult show to judge. Featured work mediums range from multimedia sculpture to painting, scratchboard, photography, digital art, and more. All the submitted works are outstanding! Please join me in congratulating the following students: VIRTUAL ART COMPETITION OF ALABAMA 2025 WINNERS PK - 2nd Grade Honorable Mention: Khi Hutchins, 2nd Grade, “Abstract Face” , McCalla Elementary School 3rd - 4th Grade 3rd Place: James Huddleston, 4th Grade, “Emerald Dragon Eye”, McCalla Elementary School They will receive a letter from the AAEA President, a certificate, and will represent the state of Alabama at the 2025 NAEA conference in Louisville, KY from March 20th - 25th, as well as have their work displayed on the AAEA Website. Works are already up on the VACA gallery, which can be viewed online at https://www.myaaea.org/vaca! Additional details (including the student's schools and the winners) will be updated by March 20th, 2025. Congratulations to all the participants.

School Fundraiser - Shamrock Treat Cups $5.00 For sale to students, teachers, staff, etc.... On sale until March 21st.

We are in the process of conducting an evaluation of our Title I Parent and Family Engagement Program, and we would like to know what you think. Please take a few minutes to complete this survey. The responses will be used to improve next year’s Parent and Family Engagement program. If you have questions about the survey or need assistance, please contact your child's school. Your answers are confidential. Click HERE for the Parent Survey Link: https://eprovesurveys.advanc-ed.org/surveys/#/action/275138/p114

Let's celebrate the joy of reading during Read Across America Week. Monday, March 3 - Friday, March 7 we will share our love of reading with our fun (and easy) dress up days. See the attached flyer for details. #ReadingIsForAll

CALLING ALL ARTISTS 🖌️ All elementary-age students in the greater Birmingham area are invited to create a football-themed poster. Your artwork could become the official 2025 Stallions team poster! 🔗 tinyurl.com/nhfvy4b6

Join us virtually for our Black History Month program this Wednesday at 9:00.

Mr. Vest is excited to share that several of our talented students have had their artwork accepted into the 2024-2025 Virtual Art Competition of Alabama! This is a huge accomplishment and a wonderful recognition of their creativity and hard work. Please join us in congratulating the following students: 2nd Grade - Khi Hutchins 3rd Grade - Hayven Ward 4th Grade - James Huddleston You may view their work here: https://www.myaaea.org/vaca Selection of finalist artwork will be juried by Alabama Art Education Association Board members. Notification emails will be sent to teachers of the winners by March 6th, 2025. Winners will receive a congratulatory letter from the Alabama Art Education Association President and a Visual Arts Competition of Alabama certificate. The winners will go on to represent the state of Alabama at the 2025 National Art Education Association Conference in Louisville, KY from March 20th - 25th!