Bridging and award ceremonies have been scheduled. Please make sure to review the calendar for May. A copy of the calendar can also be found on our district web page under Latta Elementary School. Only 5K and 3rd grade students will participate in the bridging ceremonies. Fourth grade and fifth grade students will have an awards ceremony.

Teacher appreciation week is May 5-9! Please take a moment out of your day to send a kind email or have your child write a note to their teacher. Our staff have worked extremely hard this school year to help all of our students succeed! Their passion for teaching and dedication to our students are obvious in everything they do. It takes a lot of patience, endurance, and talent to be an educator, and our staff makes it look easy. THANK YOU TO OUR WONDERFUL STAFF!

Students are WANTED to saddle up for our Wild West Field Days! Please remember that it is only for students.  Please refer to the above calendar and make note of your child’s field day. Make sure your child is dressed comfortably to play games outside. The school will also provide a drink and a snack for every student. This is going to be a fun-filled day to celebrate the end of the school year.

The South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Assessment (SC READY) program is a statewide assessment in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics in grades 3-8 and science for grades 4 and 6. The SC READY tests measure the standards taught in ELA, math and science classes. These standards are located on the SCDE website: https://ed.sc.gov/instruction/standards-learning/ 

 All 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students will participate in online SC READY testing according to the following schedule:

 May 13-14:  SC Ready 3rd-5th Grade Reading

May 16: SC Ready 3rd-5th Grade Writing

May 20: SC Ready 3rd-5th Grade Math

May 22: SC Ready 4th Grade Science

Please make sure these students are at school NO LATER THAN 8:00 a.m. each day of testing. Ensure they have had a good breakfast and are well-rested.

LHS’s FFA students will host a Mother’s Day plant sale here at LES. On May 5-9, our students are invited to come shop at the plant sale. If your child wants to purchase plants during this time, please send the money to school in an envelope marked for the plant sale. Thank you for supporting the Latta FFA!

It’s not too late to register for the 2025-2026 school year. If you know any child who turns 4 on or before September 1, 2025, they can begin 4K. All new students need to be registered by May 29, so we can schedule them for testing.  Students who register after May 29 will be tested during the summer or after school starts. Please share this information with family and friends that need to register new students. Registration will be held in the main office:

 All of the following documentation will need to be presented for each student at the time of registration:

• Official Birth Certificate (long form)

• Social Security Card

• Current Immunization Record

• Medicaid Card

• 2 proofs of residency that you reside within the

  Latta School District (current electric, water or

  land line phone bills, Driver’s license, property

  tax notice)

Your child will not be officially registered until ALL required documents have been received.

Our 2024-2025 yearbook is here and you don’t want to miss all the pictures of our exciting year! The yearbook and orders have already been submitted for publication, but we did order a few extra. This means that there are a limited number available for purchase. Each full color book is only $30 and can be ordered by sending cash or check to school with a note indicating that the money is for a yearbook.

There are lots of library books checked out. Please look at home to make sure you have returned all library books. Students will need to pay for any library books that are not returned by the end of the year. You will receive a note showing the name of the books and the price you need to pay. Thank you for helping keep our library book collection intact!

We have a large number of lost jackets here at school. If your child is missing a jacket, hoodie, sweater, or other outerwear, please have them go to lost and found and look for it. You can also send a note to your child’s teacher describing the jacket, and we will help look for it. If these items are not claimed by the end of the year, they will be washed and donated to Goodwill.