🏕️🔥 Go ahead and save the date and get ready to read s’more at our Literati Campfire Magic Book Fair! 📚✨

Our fall book fair will be October 1–8! Students can shop during school hours using cash or a Literati gift card. The book fair will also be open to parents on Thursday, October 8!

💻 Can’t wait? Our online fair is open NOW! Shop online-exclusive books and purchase a Literati gift card for your child—or even a teacher!

We can’t wait to gather around the “campfire” and celebrate a love of reading with our Colts! 🔥📖

📚 Next week is Georgia Reads Literacy Week! 📚

We have some special reading challenges planned to encourage our Colts to read together at home! Students will have the opportunity to earn TWO prizes from the library during the week! 🎉

📖 Prize #1: Students who honestly log 250 minutes of reading on Beanstack during the week will earn a prize.

⭐ Prize #2: Students who complete the nightly reading challenges will earn another prize!

The challenge sheet will come home with your Colt on Friday and should be completed during Georgia Reads Literacy Week, September 21–25, to earn a prize.

Please initial beside each activity your child completes and return the sheet to Mrs. Crowder on Monday, September 28.

We can’t wait to see our Colts reading all week long! ❤️📚🐴

Mrs. Johnson’s class wore red, white, and blue on Friday in honor of the 25th anniversary of 9/11.❤️🤍💙

A few twins from the week!

All aboard! Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Maxey's class practiced strong listening by becoming a train!

Please see attached for information on Snack Shack! The first Snack Shack will be THIS FRIDAY!

The Colt Connection for September 8, 2026

We still need volunteers for career day! Our Career Day will be on October 16th. We are looking for people interested in sharing their careers with our students! Please complete the Google Form if you are interested in joining us!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScC4S54noA7IL6_q6A6JxXnzqhFuEgvZ27zFa_tTeJs7g4nSg/viewform

Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Maxey's class sharing what they noticed about their new story

Colt twins spotted this morning!

The September Beanstack Challenge is LIVE! To complete this challenge and earn a prize from the library, students need to log 300 minutes by September 30th. We will log reading done at school, but we encourage families to log their reading at home too!

To log your minutes:
1. Download the Beanstack App
2. Search for Danielsville Elementary
3. Your child's login information is their student number and their last name

Happy Reading!

#ColtsCanRead

The Mercantile is hosting a Farmer's Market. If you go, email a picture to Mrs. Bates, and you will be awarded 5 house points.

Be on the lookout for more opportunities to share your Colts in the Community!

jbates@madison.k12.ga.us

5th grade twins! #ColtsCan!

Save the date for picture day! This picture will go in the yearbook.

Colt Connection - August 25, 2026

We already have some items in the lost and found. Please take a look and reach out to your child's homeroom teacher if you see something that belongs to your child!

Twins spotted in 4th grade!

Mr. Ledford's class has had a great 2 weeks! These Colts have worked hard to follow routines, learn new things, and have some fun together. Great job, Colts!

Mrs. Kilgore and Mrs. Smith's kindergarten class showed up supporting the Raiders!