📅 SAVE THE DATE! 💙💛

🍗 SME Family Night at Zaxby’s! 🍗

Join us for a night of food, family, and SME spirit!

📅 Monday, October 5th
⏰ 4:00–8:00 PM
📍 Zaxby’s – 818 Dunn Avenue

Skip cooking for the night and come out to support San Mateo Elementary and see some of your favorite teachers and staff serve your food! 🦁💙💛

Where Your Story Begins!

Approximately 6% of 1-mill funds have been used to enhance athletics programs for students, including:

🏫 12 elementary playgrounds
🏈 10 high school turf fields
🏐 5 high school sand volleyball courts
🎾 5 high school tennis court resurfacings
🥎 4 high school softball batting cages
💪 3 high school girls weightrooms
🏃 8 middle school track resurfacings
📣 6 middle school scoreboards
🏟️ 11 bleacher renovations

All these projects are completed or in progress. These investments help create spaces where students can build teamwork, confidence, leadership skills, and school pride.

Learn more about how the 1 mill supports students by visiting our website. - www.duvalschools.org/vote

The race for awesome attendance continues! 🏆🦁 Mrs. Smith’s first grade class is currently leading the pack—but every school day is a new chance for your class to move up! Show up, learn, and help your grade reach the top! 💙💛

📣 Families, You’re Invited!

Please join us for our upcoming School Advisory Council (SAC) Meeting!

We are excited to welcome Dr. Pierce, who will be sharing important information about the millage and how it supports our schools, students, and staff.

This is a great opportunity to learn more, ask questions, and stay informed about issues that impact our school community.

💙💛 We hope to see our San Mateo families there!
🦁 Where Your Story Begins

Approximately 6% of 1-mill funds have been used to enhance arts programs for students, including:

🎬 Stage floor and audience seating renovations at 10 schools
🎺 New band uniforms at 10 high schools
💡 Lighting and sound improvements at 44 schools
🎙️ Recording studios at 2 schools

These investments help provide students with more opportunities to create, perform, explore their talents, and grow through the arts.

Learn more about how the 1 mill supports students by visiting our website. – www.duvalschools.org/vote

Just a Reminder! Picture Day is Coming!!
Wednesday, September 16
Please see the attached online ordering flyer. Students did receive order forms the week of 9/7.
All student will be photographed as these are also for our Yearbook. For those students that may be absent there will be a retake day on November 17.

Today, our San Mateo Elementary Lions gathered for a special 9/11 Flag Raising Ceremony to honor the lives lost, recognize the bravery of our first responders, and remember the strength and unity our country showed on September 11, 2001.

May we continue to teach our students the importance of kindness, courage, service, and standing together as a community. ❤️🤍💙

📣 Families, You’re Invited!

Please join us for our upcoming School Advisory Council (SAC) Meeting!

We are excited to welcome Dr. Pierce, who will be sharing important information about the millage and how it supports our schools, students, and staff.

This is a great opportunity to learn more, ask questions, and stay informed about issues that impact our school community.

💙💛 We hope to see our San Mateo families there!
🦁 Where Your Story Begins

San Mateo Elementary is excited to share a great opportunity our faith-based community partner, Cedar Bay Baptist Church, is having a "Parents Night Out"
Join them on Saturday 9/12 6pm -8pm!

We invite our San Mateo families to join us as we come together to honor and remember, as we pay tribute to those affected by the events of 9/11.

❤️ Never Forget. Always Remember.

The competition is on! 🏆🦁 Our grade levels are battling for the top spot in our Attendance Challenge! Rankings will change, so keep coming to school every day and help your grade level climb the leaderboard. Every day counts! 💙💛📚 #AttendanceMatters #SanMateoLions #WhereYourStoryBegins

Our young readers worked together to explore animal habitats! 🐾📚 Through teamwork and meaningful discussion, students in Ms. Adams’ 2nd grade class shared ideas and deepened their understanding of where animals live and thrive

🎶 Calling all SME musicians! 🎶 Our SME Music Club begins Tuesday, October 6! Students will explore rhythmic notation, bucket drumming, choral singing, piano, drums, and music recording. Meetings will be held every Tuesday from 3:30–4:30 PM in Studio 25. We can’t wait to make music together! 🎵💙💛

Please email Mr. Lodge at LodgeA@duvalschools.org

Limited spots available!

From acorn to mighty oak! 🌱🌳 Students in Mrs. Johnson’s first grade class demonstrated their learning by creating and labeling diagrams of an oak tree’s life cycle, complete with detailed picture captions.

We invite our San Mateo families to join us as we come together to honor and remember, as we pay tribute to those affected by the events of 9/11.

❤️ Never Forget. Always Remember.

There will be no school on Monday, September 7th in observance of Labor Day.

We wish all of our Lion families a safe, relaxing, and enjoyable long weekend!

🎉 Congratulations to our Teacher of the Year Finalists! 🎉

We are so proud to celebrate Mrs. Bowman, Mrs. Deckert, and Ms. Messier! 💙💛 These outstanding educators inspire, encourage, and make a difference in the lives of our Lions every single day. 🦁✨

Please join us in congratulating these amazing teachers on this well-deserved recognition! 👏📚🏆

There will be no school on Monday, September 7th in observance of Labor Day.

We wish all of our Lion families a safe, relaxing, and enjoyable long weekend!