Sunday, February 25th
Dear CES Families and Friends,
I hope you enjoyed the February Vacation. It seems hard to believe that we are already in the final week of February! As we finish out this short, but busy month, we are excited to announce some staffing changes at CES.
First, we would like to wish best wishes to Ms. Amy Middleton. Ms. Middleton has been the visual arts teacher at CES for several years. She will be moving down the street and taking on a new role as the Creative Director for the Chatham Creative Arts Center. While we will miss seeing her daily, we look forward to further developing our collaboration with the Arts Center and their artists to expand our arts education.
Taking over for Ms. Middleton is our own Ms. Cara Kidd. Ms. Kidd has served as an incredible Instructional Assistant in our special education program for the last three years. Prior to joining CES, Ms. Kidd was an art teacher and director of the arts program at an International School in China. She has grand plans for the CES Art Room and we are thrilled that she will have the opportunity to return to her love of art instruction.
Finally, we have two new Instructional Assistants joining the special education team at CES. Ms. Brooke Linnell and Mr. Christopher Mortell. We are thrilled that both Ms. Linnell and Mr. Mortell loved subbing so much at CES that they agreed to be full-time members of our fabulous staff. CES is still hiring for an additional 1.0 Instructional Assistant. Please reach out to Dr. Kelly with any questions and apply through SchoolSpring.com.
Have a great week ahead!
Sincerely yours,
Dr. Kelly
CES - Where we are proud to be SHARKS!
Safe - Honest - Accepting - Respectful - Kind - Successful
SHARK Raffle Winners
Congratulations to this week's winners in the SHARK Raffle.
KJD - Elliott Lincoln
KK - Link Zarate
1H - Will Hobek
1M - Tulsi Patel
2H - Jack Mortell
2L - Kevin Junior
3T - Alan Augustin Gomez
4A - Owen Smith
4G - Noah Santos
Facts of Love Challenge
Congratulations to our 2nd grade classrooms! Both Mrs. Laub and Miss Howell's classes have been mastering math facts and blowing the competition out of the water!
As a result, both classes have earned Spirit Days for the entire school. Spirit Days will be announced when we return from the February Break.
MRSD Portrait of a Graduate - Independent and Confident Learners
- are self-motivated and independent
- advocate for themselves
- embrace challenges
- are resilient
At CES, students practice and learn the skills to be independent and confident learners every day in many different ways. In the Art classroom, our students are introduced to a wide variety of art and able to explore their own technique through individual projects. Our students gain confidence through trial and error, often quoting Ms. Middleton that "mistakes can be beautiful".
At the recent MRSD Arts Night, several CES artists earned distinction for their work. Talk about a confidence boost!! Congratulations to all of our artists!
- Thank you to Ms. Middleton for your many years of service to CES. Our SHARKS are confident to explore the arts and express themselves through the arts thanks to your love and care. We will miss you and wish you the best in your new journey at the Chatham Creative Arts Center!
- Thank you to Ms. Veronica for being such a wonderful Instructional Assistant. We will miss you and wish you the best in your future.
Mobile Crisis
MCI provides short-term service that is a therapeutic response to youth and family/caregivers experiencing a behavioral health crisis. MCI evaluates the situation, identifies the challenges, involved, assesses the needs, and begins to treat and stabilize the situation, reducing the immediate risk of danger to the youth or to others. MCI then provides up to 7-days of intervention and services post the initial encounter. Learn more about Bay Cove Mobile Crisis HERE.
Children's Place
Contact the Monomoy Family Resource Coordinator, Lucy Gilmore, lgilmore@monomoy.edu / 508-430-7216
for assistance and information regarding any of the following:
➢ Child Development Assessment Tool (Ages and Stages)
➢ Early Education Tuition Assistance Scholarships
➢ Support groups
➢ Free Parent / Child Playgroups and Family Activities
➢ Free Parent Education Classes
➢ Free Books, Diapers, and gently used infant and toddler Clothing
Winter Programming Schedules:
WIC Program
WIC is a nutrition program that provides nutrition and health care education, healthy food, and other services free of charge to Massachusetts families who qualify. WIC is for all kinds of families: married and single parents, working or not working. If you are a father, mother, grandparent, foster parent, or legal guardian of a child under the age of five, you can apply for WIC for your child.
Learn more about WIC at the following links:
Volunteer @ MRSD
All potential volunteers need to complete the Volunteer Registration Form and have a current CORI on file in order to volunteer in our schools or at school-sanctioned events.
Information can be found at: https://ces.monomoy.edu/parent-caregiver-resources/volunteering
Monomoy Regional SEPAC
Pre-School Vouchers
Application and information can be found: HERE
Contact us:
Email: jakelly@monomoy.edu
Website: http://ces.monomoy.edu/
Location: 147 Depot Road, Chatham, MA, USA
Phone: 508-945-5135
Facebook: facebook.com/ChathamElementarySchoolPto
Twitter: @ChathamElemMRSD
