Cornwall School News

We had a lovely, busy, joyful, (relatively) calm, successful first 3 days. Our kids were so happy to be back together and quickly adjusted to the routines of school. We played soccer and 4 square, listened to and told stories, noticed mathematical patterns, made fairy nests out milkweed, read books, climbed, ran around, chased grasshoppers, tidied our things, got rained on, wrote, practiced safely moving about the building in groups, and collectively taught our newest kinders how to do all the things.

Joyfully,

Nadya

• Fri, 9/4, No School, Labor Day holiday weekend

• Mon, 9/7, No School, Labor Day holiday

• Mon, 9/21, No School, Yom Kippur holiday

• Wed, 9/23, 5:30 - 7:30 pm, FOCS potluck and Back to School Night

SCHOOL HOURS:

7:50 am - 2:50 pm

Arrival:

• Students may arrive between 7:40- 8:00AM.

• Please do not drop your student off before 7:40 AM because we do not have adult supervision available until that time.

• Arrival after 8:00 AM disrupts learning routines. Please make every effort to get your child to school no later than 8:00.

Breakfast: served at from 7:50 - 8:10 am

DISMISSAL:

• Bussers at 2:50

• Car Riders 2:50- 3:00

AFTERSCHOOL PLANS

Please let us know of a change in your child's afterschool plan any of the following ways

• email Laurie Ballantine AND your child's teacher
• call the school between the hours of 7:45 and 12:00 pm
• send a written note (if your child can be trusted to deliver it!)

Two years ago, the then 5th graders helped design a new garden for Cornwall School. A Cornwall family helped build the beds, and Cornwall students carried countless shovel-fulls of topsoil and compost into the beds. Last fall, we planted cover crops, and in the spring, we planted a hodgepodge of what we had. Families brought extra starts and seeds they didn't need; Cornwall's kids happily put them in the ground.

Over the summer, garden fairies came to harvest and weed. When school started this year, our garden was flowering and producing.

This could not have happened without the generous donations of time, plants, seeds, and efforts of our families. We're so grateful.

• gently used sneakers, any size
• non perishable, single-serve snacks such as pretzels, apple sauce/fruit, cheese sticks, crackers and cheese, etc.