Coming Soon!
Thursday, September 18th - Board Meeting
Monday, September 22nd - Community Circle
Tuesday, September 23rd - AIG Informational Meeting
Sept 18th-26th - Scholastic Book Fair!
Thursday, September 25th 4-8pm - Student Led Conference Evening Hours - school operates as usual
Friday, September 26th 8am-12pm- Student Led Conference Day - No School
Infinite Campus
If you have not set up an account with Infinite Campus, the all-in-one student information system, please do so before Student Led Conferences. Your students already have accounts that you will be linked to, and you will need your student id number/s to complete this task, UNLESS you can find Kelly’s email from last week which has an individualized link. (This is much easier- search for that email from her! It was sent on September 2nd and the sender is listed as ‘communications’.)
If you cannot find that email, and still need your student id number, please email Kelly and she will send that to you!
Infinite Campus is also available as a Mobile App. Guardians will want to download “Parent Campus” from whichever platform you use to download your fresh apps.
Friday’s Drill
A reminder: Tomorrow, Friday (9/12), we will be doing a lockdown drill as a school. This is a time for us to practice how to react in the event we have a danger to our students on campus. Thursday, the day before the drill, teachers will talk with students about it, and this conversation will be framed in a developmentally appropriate manner. You can expect to hear more information from your child’s grade level about what they discuss. I would encourage you to talk with your kids about it as well, and please remind older students that their discussions and language about the drill will be different than what younger kids hear.
Date Change! Community Circle now SEPT 22ND
Throughout the year we empower students to host a Community Circle. These events ask students to explore a central theme, connect it to their lives and work here at school, and present their ideas publicly. It is really wonderful to see the students supporting each other as each grade level presents their thoughts and reflections.
Community Circles happen at 8:45am in the gym.
When we gather as a community, it is also an excellent time to host a DONATION DRIVE! On September 22nd we will be collecting donations to benefit Appalachian Community Relief. Follow the link to see their current donation needs and learn more about the organization. Also, see the item below for a message from the director regarding their most urgent needs.
Scholastic Book Fair - Sept 18th-26th
Book Fair is a great way to kick off the school year! The colorful and fun displays get kids excited about reading and about buying books. Our goal each year is to make sure ALL of our families can enjoy Book Fair by asking those who can to share the love!
Each year we set up a fundraising page where families can ask for assistance with the Book Fair. The form is sent to our Student Services Manager who will help set your student up with a discreet payment method to use on the day their class visits the fair.
Profits from the Book Fair support the thoughtful, vibrant, relevant, constantly updated book collection that is the heart of our Library Program.
Library Laura and Poppy were here to greet the Book Fair Truck early this morning!
Psst… Y’all are awesome. Just 2 days in and we’re nearly at half of our goal! Thank you so much to everyone who hopped right on over to Givebutter to support the 2025 More Equitable Book Fair Fundraiser.
Family Friendly Volunteer Opportunity - Sept 27th
Helene really drove home the importance of community. Of showing up.
In the spirit of Being the Village We Wish To See in the World we are promoting family friendly volunteer opportunities where we can show up as an Evergreen community. Let’s make the anniversary of Helene a time of recommitment to one of our core values as a school: service. And let’s band together to support each other and create hope and resiliency in the face of all the big feelings this anniversary is going to bring forth.
Click below to sign your family up to be part of the volunteer squad giving back to organizations that helped sustain us after the storm, and still sustain our community.
Can’t make it on the 27th but still want to get involved? Join in our Donation Drive! Check out the list of current donation needs on Appalachian Community Relief’s website and drop off items at the school by Sept 26th for delivery to the distribution center.
“Our biggest food needs are canned goods (soups, vegetables, canned meat), individual snacks, & hamburger helper-type boxed meals. Our biggest non-food needs are toilet paper, paper towels, laundry detergent, menstrual products, and cleaning supplies.”
EverAfter Clubs will begin soon
EverAfter will be offering Chess, Lego, Dance, and Climbing Wall clubs this fall!
Clubs Sign-ups start soon, make sure you keep an eye on the EverAfter Newsletter for more information!
Extracurricular Interest Survey!
This year our AIG program is offering some extracurricular enrichment opportunities that are open to any and all interested students.
If you've got a bookworm, a puzzler, a budding mathematician, an outside-the-box thinker, or a curious kiddo, take a look to see if anything below might be of interest!
Sept 25-26: Student Led Conferences
If you have not already signed up for your conference time, please check your classroom newsletter for sign-up links for your class/es.
Please reserve Thursday evening slots for working parents and do not use to extend a weekend get-away.
New to the school? Click here to learn more about Student Led Conferences.
EverAfter will have all day care available on September 26th for those registered for EA. Look for a sign-up form in the EverAfter Newsletter to register for that.
Drop-in care will be available for all for afternoon/evening conferences on Thursday Sept 25, and during conferences on Friday, September 26th.
September is Self Care Awareness Month!
How well do you take care of yourself? What does taking care of yourself look like? Is it waking up an hour earlier to squeeze in a workout, or staying up an hour later to read the last few chapters of a book you’re enjoying? Perhaps it’s a phone call to connect with a distant friend while you drink your Saturday morning coffee, or a weekly game night with the neighbors. Maybe you can’t think of anything at all that you do just for you, and if so, this week’s message is for you!
Self care is defined as “the practice of taking an active role in protecting one’s own well-being and happiness, in particular during periods of stress.” However, self care looks different to everyone because we are all unique with different needs, as well as the hobbies or interests that we find relaxing, soothing, and recharging.
Did you know that even just five minutes of intentional self care each day can show multiple benefits such as reduced stress and anxiety, improved mood, increased focus on tasks, and better overall well-being and life satisfaction? Having even short time frames of intentional activity can calm your nervous system, alleviate muscle tension, and offer a break from the stress of day-to-day demands.
Here at Evergreen, we teach our students to tune into their own needs so they can be their best selves, so for the month of September (and beyond!), we are challenging parents to do the same! After all, parent self care is an essential part of ensuring we are able to care for our kids. In short, there will never be a wrong time to integrate some intentional self care into your life!
Not sure where to start with building your self-care practice? Take this personal self-care assessment to identify life areas that might need a little extra intentionality and TLC.
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An Invitation from East Asheville Public Library
The week of the anniversary of Helene, Buncombe County Public Libraries will be holding a tabletop puppet show on Wednesday the 24th from 4-5pm, about unexpected friendships and community as the characters handle navigating a storm and a flood themselves.
The libraries are open on the anniversary date of Helene, and since our side of town was hit hard, our library wanted to make space for the healing and recovery mindset to continue. We will be having drop-in activities all day, and our storytime in the morning will be focused more about ways to talk to kids about Helene and helping to process emotional regulation and more of that kind of topic than a typical storytime topic at the library. We will be joined by a counselor from Rural Housing Authority to help navigate this topic and there will be a therapeutic art craft afterwards.
The afternoon is more geared towards our adults; there is going to be space for people to record their experiences with equipment loaned to us from Special Collections, our public archive downtown. We will have therapy dogs during two different hours throughout the day, and there's going to be a somatic community circle.
This year, more than ever, We really Need every penny.
Here are some simple things we can do as a collective that can make a big difference. The more participation we get in these programs, the greater the rewards for our school!
Please spend the time to link your grocery rewards cards to Evergreen. Get your neighbors to do the same. Register your in-laws, your parents, your friends. This small investment of time can make a big difference each time you go to the store to restock!
Register your Harris Teeter Card here. You must re-register each and every year.
Register your Ingles Card here. You must re-register each and every year.
Our school id number is 10713.
Download the Box Tops for Education App and scan your receipts.
Cans for Climbing
Bring your aluminum cans to the trailer that sits by the buses for recycling. Cans for Climbing supports our Adventure Program and brings in over a thousand dollars each year!
