Spencer County Elementary School

🏀📊 A Little March Madness Fun in 2nd Grade! 📚✨ Mrs. Johnson’s 2nd graders brought the excitement of March Madness into the classroom—while keeping it educational and engaging! 🙌 Today, our Cubs: 🏀 Graphed shots made like true statisticians 📖 Explored fiction & nonfiction texts all about basketball legend Michael Jordan 🧠 Connected reading, math, and real-world learning in one fun-filled lesson We love seeing our students learning through creativity, movement, and real-life connections! ❤️💙 Way to go, Mrs. Johnson’s class—Love. Learn. Lead. 🐻💙

🏀📊 A Little March Madness Fun in 2nd Grade! 📚✨ Mrs. Johnson’s 2nd graders brought the excitement of March Madness into the classroom—while keeping it educational and engaging! 🙌 Today, our Cubs: 🏀 Graphed shots made like true statisticians 📖 Explored fiction & nonfiction texts all about basketball legend Michael Jordan 🧠 Connected reading, math, and real-world learning in one fun-filled lesson We love seeing our students learning through creativity, movement, and real-life connections! ❤️💙 Way to go, Mrs. Johnson’s class—Love. Learn. Lead. 🐻💙

Drop a 🐻 in the comments if you have an incoming kindergarten Cub and will be joining us—we can’t wait to see you there! Tag a family you know who has a future Cub, too!

🎉📚 SCES PTO Family Night + Book Fair FUN! 📚🎉 Join us for an exciting PTO Family Night at SCES—you won’t want to miss it! 💙🐻 ✨ What’s happening? 🎨 Face Painting 🎈 Balloon Man 🍦 Yummy Ice Cream 🎯 Fun stations hosted by SCES teachers 📖 PLUS… our Book Fair will be open! Come ready to explore, shop for new books, and spark a love of reading! Bring the whole family for a night full of smiles, laughter, and Cub pride! 🐾💙 Let’s make memories together—Love. Learn. Lead.

🌱🌼 Growing Learners in Kindergarten! 🌼🌱 Ms. Hutchins’ kindergarten Cubs had an amazing visit to the FFA Greenhouse with Mr. Dunaway’s class! 🌿👩‍🌾👨‍🌾 Students toured the facilities, learned how plants grow, and discovered how a greenhouse works. The fun didn’t stop there! Our Cubs painted their own pots 🎨 and planted baby plants 🌱 that will stay in the greenhouse until they return next month to check on their growth—how exciting! This hands-on experience helped our students grow as Empowered Learners and Engaged Citizens, exploring science in a meaningful and memorable way. 💡🌎 A big thank you to the SCEF for funding this incredible learning opportunity! 💙 At SCES, we continue to love, learn, and lead—getting our hands a little dirty along the way! 🐾🌿

⛈️🍰 A “Thunder”-ful Day in Mrs. Dill’s Class! 🍰⛈️ Mrs. Dill’s class had a BIG day yesterday! 📚✨ Students proudly presented their book projects and celebrated with a special treat—Thunder Cake! 😋 As part of their author study on Patricia Polacco, students recently read the beloved story Thundercake, learning how a young girl overcomes her fear of thunderstorms. 🌩️💛 Our Cubs shined as Effective Communicators while presenting their projects and as Empowered Learners as they made connections between the story and real-life emotions. Moments like these help build confidence, courage, and a love for reading! 💬📖 We love seeing our students love, learn, and lead—rain or shine! 💙🐾

Cub Connection 3-20-26
To apply to be a substitute: https://www.spencer.kyschools.us/page/employment
Application for our PTO board: https://bit.ly/4dw0bPY

Our Kindergarten and 1st grade Cubs are getting ready for a special trip to the Teddy Bear Clinic at SCHS! 🧸❤️ They’ll learn about care and compassion while helping their furry friends feel better. We need your help to make this experience extra special! If you’re able, please consider donating a new stuffed animal to support this fun and meaningful event. Thank you for helping our Cubs learn, grow, and care for others—one teddy bear at a time! 🐻✨

Be sure to watch this week's episode: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-JTsowugnPI8_jMbWLKqHmtZ5qDP42K8/view?usp=sharing

📚✨ March Reading Challenge – Week 2 Update! ✨📚

Our Cubs are keeping the momentum going in Week 2 of our Schoolwide March Reading Challenge! 💪📖 Students are continuing to read, take AR tests, and grow those strong reading habits each day. We are so proud of their dedication! 💙

The competition is heating up as classes climb the leaderboard! 🔥 Be sure to check out the board near the cafeteria to see our top classes and students—you might spot your Cub leading the way! 🏆

Let’s keep those pages turning as we head into another great week. Keep encouraging your Cub to read each night—every word counts! ✨

Together, we are growing as Empowered Learners and Effective Communicators as we continue to love, learn, and lead through reading. 🐾📚

We are excited to support our 5th grade students tomorrow!

5th Grade Families, We are sending out early information about our 5th Grade Promotion Ceremony. Each Cub can invite up to 10 guests, and you will not need to RSVP.

Update for 3/17/26

Cub Families...

Out of an abundance of caution due to the timing of the snow moving through, Spencer County Schools will operate on a two-hour delay today, March 17, 2026. We apologize for the inconvenience.

🍀🛠️ Leprechaun Engineering in Action! 🛠️🍀 Ms. Hutchins’ and Mrs. Ivy’s classes put their creativity and problem-solving skills to the test by engineering leprechaun traps to try to catch that tricky little guy! 🌈✨ Our Cubs worked as Active Collaborators and Problem Solvers, planning their designs, building their traps, and thinking carefully about how they might outsmart the sneaky leprechaun. The classroom was full of imagination, teamwork, and lots of excitement! We love seeing our students love, learn, and lead while tackling fun challenges like this! 💙🐾

Cub Connection 3/13/26

If you're interested in subbing for SCES please check out this link: https://www.spencer.kyschools.us/page/employment

Be sure to watch this week's episode: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sdCmY-qI3jiSZWSMTBa6_crhA2m3Uode/view?usp=drivesdk

📚✨ March Reading Challenge Update! ✨📚

Our Cubs are off to a fantastic start with the Schoolwide March Reading Challenge! Students across the school are reading, taking AR tests, and building strong reading habits all month long. 📖💙

This challenge runs March 2–27, and each week we’ll celebrate our top classes and students on the reading board near the cafeteria. Be sure to check it out to see who’s leading the way! 🏆

After a fun week celebrating Read Across America, we’re excited to keep the momentum going. Keep reading, Cubs — every page counts!

Together we’re growing as Empowered Learners and Effective Communicators while we love, learn, and lead through reading. 🐾📚