January 26, 2025
A.B. Combs families,
What an amazing Science Fair this past week! A special thank you to Mrs. L’Heureux, PTA Science Fair Chairperson, Jamilyah Bowser, and our wonderful volunteers and staff who supported this school event. We are so grateful for your leadership and so proud of all our students who participated!
Science Fair Awards Assembly: For students who are invited to attend, there will be a Science Fair Awards Assembly on Monday, January 27th at 8:45am in the gym.
PTA Meeting and Principal Chat: Due to the school delay, we are rescheduling our in-person PTA Meeting and Principal Chat to Friday, January 31 at 8:45am in the cafeteria.
Kentwood Community Reads: Join us on January 30th between 5:30-7:00pm from Kentwood Learning Center (3910 Neely Street, Raleigh). Dive into the joy of storytelling with us! Listen to captivating tales, pick out some books to take home, and savor tasty snacks alongside our amazing Combs teachers and staff. Bring your love for books and a sense of adventure—this will be a night filled with fun, laughter, and fantastic stories! We can't wait to see you there!
Kids Heart Challenge: Families please support our Kids Heart Challenge Event. All registration should be completed online. You can use the following electronic documents to walk you through registration: English or Spanish/ Your child will have the opportunity to learn heart healthy facts, activities, and lifesaving techniques, both in PE and through their online registration. Additionally our school benefits from your registration. The more students who register, the more people we can positively impact w/ life saving strategies and physical education equipment. Please considering joing the kids heart challenge and help us be the top school in WCPSS again in 2025.
Celebrate Success: Celebrate Success is quickly approaching! Families, please join us for a time to celebrate our many accomplishments thus far this school year. We will share data, our data tracking, and awards with one another! Celebrate Success will take place on Friday, February 7th in students’ classrooms. We look forward to seeing you there! Below are the listed times for each grade level:
- Kindergarten: 12:30-1:00pm
- 1st grade: 11:15-11:45am
- 2nd grade: 1:45-2:15pm
- 3rd grade: 11:45-12:15pm
- 4th grade: 9:45-10:15am
- 5th grade: 11:30-12:00pm
Lead with Love Week: Our 7th Annual Lead With Love celebration will be Feb. 14, 2025. We would like to provide goodie snack bags for our community leader attendees. If you would like to donate, please send the following to your child's teacher by Feb 7th:
K-2: individual bags of chips and crackers
3-5: individual bags of cookies and cereal/granola bars
We would also like to honor our community leaders with gift cards of gratitude to local eateries. Examples include: Barry's Cafe, Bojangles, Biscuitville, Jason's Deli, etc. If you would like to donate a $5 gift card (any amount you choose) to a local eatery, please send it in an envelope labeled "Lead With Love" to your child's teacher.
If you have a family member who serves the community, please let us know so we can send them an invitation to our Big Hero breakfast (nurses, postal workers, firefighters, law enforcement, veterans/current military, any community leader)!
Summer YMCA Camp at Lake Johnson: Our YMCA Director, Kaitlyn Tun, shared this great summer learning opportunity with you all. See information about this summer camp here.
News from Combs PTA
Please consider joining the Combs PTA! https://www.abcombspta.com/membership You can also email Membership@abcombspta.com to find out how to get involved.
Upcoming School Events (see our school calendar for events for the year):
Monday, January 27th: Science Fair Awards Assembly for invited students & families at 8:45
Thursday, January 30th: Kentwood Park Community Reads 5:30-7pm (drop-in event)
Friday, January 31st: Report Cards go home and PTA Meeting/ Principal Chat at 8:45am in the cafeteria
Friday, February 7th: Celebrate Success in all classrooms
Week of February 10-14th: Lead with Love Week and Love the Bus Week
Monday, February 10th: 3rd grade field trip to Civil Rights Museum & Greensboro Science Center
Tuesday, February 11th: 5th grade field trip to United Skates
Friday, February 14th: Big Hero Breakfast for community leaders at 8:45am
Monday, February 17th: Teacher’s Workday, no school for students
Wednesday, February 19th/ 20th: 4th grade field trip to Oakview
Week of February 24th-28th: Read Across America and Book Fair Week
Wednesday, February 26th: 2nd grade field trip to Marbles
Wednesday, February 26th: Family Book Fair Night at Combs
Friday, February 28th: Dress as your favorite book character and Interims go home
Please follow A.B. Combs on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Have a wonderful weekend!
Juley Sexton
Principal