Coming Soon!

January 22nd - Board Meeting - In Person
January 26th - Community Circle
February 2nd - Classroom Picture Day
February 4th - Facilities Committee

Evergreen's Google Calendar

Reminder:
Please stay in your cars at dismissal and let staff direct your children to you!

Click on the graphic above to participate in a survey about the 2026-2027 school year calendar.

Flyering Crew Needed!

We need folks to help us get the word out about our upcoming Middle School Open House! Stop by the office to pick up flyers to spread across Asheville!

Hang or leave them in approved community zones!

-Grocery Stores
-Your fave small business with a Community Board (Dobra, Coffeehouses, Bookstores, etc)
-Community Centers, Gyms, Libraries
-Dentist, Orthodontist, Doctors Offices

Our best marketers are you, our families, so please let your friends know that they need to apply to join our village by March 31st!

Encourage families to apply for ALL GRADES, not just kindergarten. We especially need to fill our awesome middle school program!

This spring we are hosting ‘Middle Schooler Only’ Tours where students have some class time with peers to really get a sense of our school!

Full enrollment means more funding for ALL our students from federal, state, and local sources.

Middle Schoolers Only Tours available on **February 2 | February 16 | March 23**

Seeking Robin’s Nest Donations

ISO Child size belts, pants/leggings, adult socks. Donations can be brought to the main office.

Grandfriends’ Day - February 13th @ 9am

The invitations have gone out! Want to make sure your folks were on the list? Please drop their info on this form.

Grandfriends Day is going to be a little different this year because we’re moving it a bit earlier in the day. The event will run from 9am-11am. This is important because it means that if your Grandfriend takes your child home/out after the event it is too early in the day to count toward attendance, and they would be marked absent for the day. Please encourage your Grandfriend to come- but to leave students to complete their school day!

Send some love to your favorite Evergreeners!
https://givebutter.com/evergreenlove

Know your loved ones won’t be able to make it? They can still send their love on the day by participating in our sliding-scale Spread The Love Fundraiser!

We hope to have a great turnout this year! So help us spread the word to Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles, Chosen Family, Beloved Neighbors, or Friends! All are welcome to spend the day with their favorite Evergreener/s!

Join the Board

We are currently recruiting Board members who can represent our Asheville community for the 2026-2027 school year! We have a need for applicants with financial backgrounds, but will consider all applications submitted!

Board Meetings are conducted monthly on Thursday evenings with a rotating in-person and remote schedule.

Learn more about the Board, its members, and the application process on our Board of Directors Page.

Feed The Village

In response to ongoing food insecurity, we are continuing our community food pantry.

Here are current needs for our pantry, please donate if you are able:

Snacks
Mac & Cheese
Gluten Free Items
Crackers
Breakfast items (granola, oatmeal, breakfast bars, cereal)
Shelf Stable Milk
Jams/Jellies
Hearty Stews (no Campbells please)

Screen Time & The Brain

Screens are woven into nearly every part of our daily lives. They help us learn, connect, work, and relax. But as screen use has increased, we’re learning more about how it affects the developing brain, and the findings invite us to pause and reflect on our relationship with screens.

New Research (5-min. video) is showing that excessive or unbalanced screen time can impact areas of the brain responsible for attention, emotional regulation, impulse control, and executive functioning. For young brains that are still developing, frequent screen stimulation has been shown to weaken reading, language/communication, decision-making and problem-solving skills, social understanding, and stress tolerance.

Many children (and adults) find themselves caught in a familiar “screen cycle” (shown in the attached infographic), in which screens provide quick relief from boredom or discomfort, but repeated reliance on them can lead to increased dysregulation, irritability, and difficulty engaging without the aid of constant stimulation. More about this cycle and its effects can be found here.

The encouraging news is that the brain is highly adaptable–especially young brains! Creating healthier screen habits can support physical, cognitive, and emotional growth and healing. The American Academy of Pediatrics provides a wealth of information and linked resources to help guide parents in implementing healthier screen time practices at home. When considering what this could look like for your family, keep in mind that the goal is not to eliminate screens altogether. That’s neither realistic nor helpful in a world where technology is here to stay. Instead, the focus should be on intentional, developmentally appropriate, and balanced use—in short, we need to teach children how to use screens as tools, not coping mechanisms.

We may be at a critical moment—both culturally and societally—where we need to get honest about how screens are shaping and influencing how kids experience and understand the world. And…it’s not just about the children. Kids learn far more from what we model than what we say. If we want our children to develop healthier relationships with screens, we have to be willing to reflect on our own habits too—how often we’re distracted, how present we are, and how we use technology to cope with stress or avoid discomfort.

Creating healthier screen use habits is not about guilt or perfection, it’s about awareness, intention, and small sustainable shifts. When family members can all work toward this goal together, we create space for deeper connection, stronger skills, and healthier brains for everyone.

Save the date-
Spring Fundraiser & Evergreen Phenomena:
Tourney of the Hoops!

Welcome to March Madness! This year we will be going straight from March Break into our big Spring Fundraiser that supports our teachers and students!

March 2-6th - Teacher Workdays and March Break
March 9th- 13th - Pledge/Spirit Week
March 16th - Tourney of the Hoops Game Day!

Would you like to see your businesses name of the Tourney Shirts this year? Email us to find out more about how to become an event sponsor!

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 for recycling, drop them in the trailer that sits by the buses. Cans for Climbing supports our Adventure Program and brings in over a thousand dollars each year!