CES Weekly Communicator

Happy Friday, Chapelfield Families!

This week we were lucky to see the GLHS chorale! Students were engaged and singing along! It was nice to be together as a school yesterday.

Please check out our new PAWS t-shirts that came in this week in the picture below. We are asking all students who earned a PAWS leader shirt wear it next Friday when we have our new PAWS breakfast for the month of December/January. If your child earned it this time, you will receive a letter inviting you to breakfast on Friday, February 9 at 7:30 a.m.

On February 15, we will have our Valentine's Day Service Project and Party from 1-2 p.m. We will send more information out in the coming weeks. For now, please read the information posted below about the student council project of collecting toiletries to those in need. We will have grade level challenges to see who can bring in more items! I am excited to see how much we can raise. Thank you for your support.

Enjoy the warmer weekend.

Sincerely,

Nikki Miller

The book fair provides a great opportunity for students to purchase books they would like to read. It is also a great fundraiser for the library, with at least 20% of the sales coming back to the school to purchase books or other library programs. Students will visit the book fair during their scheduled Library class time, as listed below. Purchases can be made with cash, check, credit card, or Literati gift card. Literati gift cards can be purchased at efairs.literati.com. Please make sure that you select Chapelfield as the school so that these gift cards can be used at the book fair. Students will need to pay tax on all purchases, so please make sure that your student has enough to pay for the tax.

Volunteers are Needed! If you are able to join us during the book fair to help students select books and manage their budget, please use the Sign-Up Genius. You are welcome to sign up for ANY class because volunteers are very helpful during the book fair!

Family Night! The book fair will be open for all families to shop on Thursday, February 8 from 2:30 - 7:00.

View the letter that went home with all students last week for more information. You can also email Mrs. Long at longj@gjps.org with any questions, or if you have any requests about what your student can purchase (for example, no journals).

Monday, February 5, 2024

Steber

Troutman

Sinkey

Hammond

Pijor

Overmyer

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Scheiner

Powell

Pardi

Oberlin

Waddle

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Weimer

Ginn

Shearer

Dimmerling

Thursday, February 8, 2024

Buzinski

Williams

McCulley

Bhatt

Stummer

FAMILY NIGHT 2/8/24 2:30 - 7:00

Your classroom teacher and/or room parent should have reached out to you about plans for Thursday, February 15's Valentine's Day Service Project & Party. Parents are invited to come from 1-2 p.m.

Dear Chapelfield Families,

Our Student Council is FEELING THE LOVE this February and we are ready to SHOW THE LOVE to those in need. We will be collecting self care products during the week of February 12th through February 16th and delivering these products to those who lack basic care necessities. Please join us in reaching our goal of 1,000 SELF CARE ITEMS by FEBRUARY 16th. ANYONE at Chapelfield may bring in ANY self care item(s) of their choice OR we are asking the following grade levels to donate:

K~1 Toothbrushes and Toothpaste

2~3 Soap and Deodorant

4~5 Shampoo/Conditioner and Shaving Cream

We appreciate your support and donations.

Thank you,

Chapelfield Student Council Members

All K-3 students will take the Acadience Reading assessment beginning this coming week. The assessment window is from January 29 - February 16. Acadience Reading is a universal screening assessment that measures the acquisition of early literacy skills. This assessment provides reliable and valid data to find students who may be at risk for reading difficulties, and helps identify skills to target for instructional support. Classroom teachers will share assessment results with families once the testing window closes.

Students in our English Learner (EL) program will take the Ohio English Language Proficiency Assessment (OELPA) in February. The OELPA is a required test for English Learners in the state of Ohio. There are four parts to the test: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. This will help us know how your child is growing with their English language skills.

Your student does not need to do anything to get ready for the OELPA. What we are doing in school will help them prepare for this test.

We will receive the test results in May. A family report will be emailed to you by the end of June. Translated reports can be mailed home to families who ask for them.

The test scores are used to help us plan your student's English Learner services for the 2024-25 school year. Students who score “Proficient” on this text will exit the EL Program.

If you have questions about this test, please contact Mrs. Melville at melvillm@gjps.org.

The Ohio State Testing schedule is outlined below for students in grades 3, 4, and 5. We kindly ask that you avoid scheduling planned dental and/or doctor appointments on these dates. We really appreciate your support and understanding!

Are you needing after school care? The YWCA has a program at Chapelfield called Kid's Place. Here is the contact information for any parents interested in signing their child up to participate. Below is the Enrollment Specialist’s contact information.

Dr. Beverly Frierson

Office Number: 614.224.9121 ext. 1275

Email: bfrierson@ywcacolumbus.org

As you all know, the weather in Ohio is constantly changing. Some days are warmer than others while other days are just plain cold! Please make sure to check the forecast so that your child is prepared as we will be going outside for recess as long as the temperatures are above 20 degrees.

If you believe your family may qualify for free/reduced-price meals, please apply online for free or reduced-price meal benefits with these easy steps:

1. Sign in to your Infinite Campus Parent Portal.
2. Choose "MORE" in the left-hand column.
3. Choose "MEAL BENEFITS".

RELATED LINKS

GJPS Food Service Webpage

Free/Reduced-Price Meal Benefits Online Application Tutorial (PDF)

Free/Reduced-Price Meal Benefits Paper Application (PDF)

Events:

*Tuesday, February 6: PTO Meeting at 7 p.m. Free babysitting. Come learn about our new math program, Bridges.

*Thursday, February 8: Restaurant Night- Bibibop Open to Close

*Friday, February 16: PTO Snow Tubing Day at Mad River from 2-4 p.m.

*Friday, February 23: Girls Gala @ 6:30p to 8p https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E4BACA923A0FE3-47565018-chapelfield

*Friday, March 1: Boys Bash has been RESCHEDULED @ 6:30-8:00 p.m.

Volunteers Needed:

*Teacher Apprecition: We also still need people to help with teacher appreciation, May 6-10. Please contact PTO by email if you are interested helping.

*In order for us to give back to our school community and provide fun events, we need volunteers. Please sign up here to join our team.

GJEA Gala-Ways we can support

The PTO is selling raffle tickets! The tickets are $10 per raffle ticket or 3 for $25. The raffle is for $1000 CASH! If you'd like to purchase raffle tickets, email Andreaagan1@aol.com. Good luck! By the way, Chapelfield gets back 50% of all raffle ticket sales, so you're directly supporting Chapelfield with your raffle ticket purchase. The winning ticket will be announced on 2/24/24. The winner does not have to be present at the night of the gala to win! Cash is accepted or a check written out to GJEF!

Other ways to help with the gala are listed below:

• If you'd like to be a donor for the gala or donate an item for the auction, please contact Dianna Bessignano at BessignoanoD@gjps.org or Tricia Mueller at twiggt@gjps.org.
• If you'd like to donate an item to the gala from their Amazon Wish List, here's the link https://tinyurl.com/2024GalaWishlist.

In 2022-2023 this is what the GJEF brought to our school district:

$65,475 awarded to 39 Grants of Excellence

$22,765 awarded in Mini Grants

$14,000 Fund A Need donations for Elementary Sensory Hallways

$33,320 for donor designated programs

$98,400 in Scholarships to 34 students

Thank you for supporting GJEF so that they can continue to support Chapelfield and all the schools in our district.

Gahanna-Jefferson Education Foundation is a little less than 4 weeks away from its Annual Gala. Our theme this year is The Roaring 20's!

The foundation relies on volunteers to make this event possible and they humbly submit the Volunteer Signup link below for you or those in your network who may be interested in attending and volunteering. And, if nothing else you can get to dress up for the 20s! This is promised to be a fantastic event.

Please see the link below for all open opportunities. Please feel free to forward this information or pass the link along.

If you have any questions, feel free to email the volunteer chair, Rachael Pinckney, at rachaelapinckney@gmail.com.

Volunteering Sign Up Link

The Heart and Pride Award recognizes two outstanding staff members each month who make a profound impact on our students and Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools.

The Heart & Pride Nomination Form will remain available year-round and is open to any member of our staff, regardless of position.

Monday, January 29-Friday, February 15: Acadience Testing for K-3 students

Monday, January 29-Friday, March 22: OELPA testing for EL students

Monday, February 5-9: Literati Book Fair

Tuesday, February 6: PTO meeting 7-8 p.m.; Learn about our new math curriculum-Bridges

Thursday, February 8: Parent Teacher Conferences and Family Night @ the Literati Book Fair

Tuesday, February 13: Parent Teacher Conferences

Thursday, February 15: Valentine's Day Service Project and Parties @ 1 p.m.

Friday, February 16: No School; PTO Snow Tubing Day at Mad River 2-4 p.m.

Monday, February 19: No School-President's Day

Thursday, February 22: PTO Skate Night @ 6-8:30 p.m.

Friday, February 23: PTO Girls Gala @ 6:30-8 p.m.

Saturday, February 24: Gahanna Foundation Gala

Friday, March 1: PTO Boys Bash @ 6:30-8 p.m.

2023-24 GJPS District Calendar (PDF)

2023-2024 School Menus

BUS SCHEDULE AND ROUTES FOR 2023-24

24-25 School Calendar

25-26 School Calendar