05/21/2026
While our page will still be updated throughout the summer, if we don’t respond right away… there’s a good chance we may be soaking up some vacation time 😂☀️🏖️
⭐ Important Summer Reminders:
📝 Registration opens June 8th
Registration is DIFFERENT this year and you MUST have a PowerSchool Parent Portal account to register your child. If you have questions or need help, please contact the front office or district office.
📚 School supply lists can be found at this link - https://www.desotocountyschools.org/page/26-27-school-supply-lists
🛍️ Tax Free Weekends for School Supplies:
• Mississippi: July 10-12
• Tennessee: July 24–26
🏫 Back to School: August 3rd
🍎 Meet the Teacher dates will be announced here once finalized!
❤️ Looking ahead to next year…
We would LOVE to continue providing fun activities, special events, celebrations, and memorable days for our students, teachers and staff! If you or your child enjoyed participating in PTO activities or events this year, please consider joining the PTO next year. We always need helping hands for planning, organizing, and making these events happen —and we would truly love to have you!
DeSoto County Schools
05/18/2026
🚨Dine to Donate tonight and Tomorrow! 🚨
May 18th & 19th
Don’t forget to grab Texas Roadhouse for dinner. Share this flyer with your server or when you order To-Go. Let them know you’re with SES.
05/18/2026
Field day fun!
Popsicles, Popcorn, and Tattoo-A-Teacher
05/15/2026
Yay! Way to go Chargers!!!!👏👏👏
🏆♻️ Mississippi Final Results Are In!!! ♻️🏆
Mississippi schools recycled an AMAZING 178,885 aluminum cans during the Million Cans Recycling Contest!!! 🤩🥤♻️
A HUGE congratulations to New Hope Elementary for taking the top spot in Mississippi and winning the $500 State Prize with an incredible 73,815 cans recycled!!! 🏆💵
Here are the final Mississippi school rankings:
🥇 New Hope Upper Elementary School
Partnered with Radius Recycling
♻️ 73,815 cans 💵 $500 Prize
🥈 Southaven Elementary School
Partnered with Iskiwitz Metals
♻️ 61,320 cans
🥉 Caledonia Elementary School
Partnered with Radius Recycling
♻️ 28,350 cans
⭐ West Lowndes County School District - Mississippis
Partnered with Radius Recycling
♻️ 15,400 cans
Together, these incredible students, teachers, families, and communities helped keep thousands of aluminum cans out of landfills and gave them a new life through recycling! 🌎💚
A giant THANK YOU to Radius Recycling, Iskiwitz Metals, Ardagh Group Metal Packaging, and Aluminum Dynamics, LLC for supporting these schools and helping inspire the next generation of recycling superheroes! 🙌♻️
Great job, Mississippi!!! 🥳🌟
Recycling Southaven Elementary School PTO Beth Ford Million Cans and Iskiwitz Metals Recycling Society Can Manufacturers Institute DeSoto County Government
05/11/2026
🍿We will be providing popsicles and popcorn for all of the students on Field Day, May 18th. We will also be applying all of the tattoos from our “Tattoo-A-Teacher” fundraiser that day.
Parents are not allowed at field day unless you are volunteering with our PTO. We will need lots of volunteers so click the link below and sign up for your time slots! Hope to see you all there.
Field Day Volunteers
SES PTO will be providing popcicles and popcorn for field day. We will also be applying the tattoos that were sold during our "Tattoo-A-Teacher" fundraiser on this day. We will need lots of parent volunteers to help with this. Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign u...
05/07/2026
🔔Tomorrow is the last day for our Tattoo-A-Teacher Fundraiser! Don’t forget to send money with your student to school on Friday, May 8th. We are looking forward to tattooing the teachers at our Field Day on May 18th.
05/04/2026
📣REMINDER 📣
Our May PTO meeting is this evening from 6pm-7pm in the SES Cafeteria. We hope to see you all there.
05/01/2026
Tomorrow is the last day for yearbooks!
💙🧡Yearbooks are on sale now!🧡💙
Capture all the memories from this school year for just $25. Don’t wait- order your copy today!
Last day to order is Friday, May 1st.
Students can turn money in to their homeroom teacher OR scan the QR code below and pay online.