Kutz Cougar Courier Times

• Monday, January 19- No School- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Monday, January 19- Science Fair Registration Deadline extended to 11:59 PM TONIGHT (see information below)
• Wednesday, January 21- 87th Day of School- 80s Day- Wear 80s attire
• Friday, January 23- Last day to buy tickets for the Glow Gala (see information below)
• Wednesday, January 28- Blizzard Day- Everyone wear all white to create a school-wide blizzard
• Friday, January 30- Glow Gala (see information below)
• Friday, February 6- Kutz Spirit Day- Wear Kutz gear or Kutz colors (blue, white, or gray)
• Wednesday, February 11- Science Fair (see information below)
• Friday, February 13- Student Council Meeting at 8:15 AM
• Friday, February 13- Early Dismissal at 12:10 PM
• Monday, February 16- No School- President's Day
• Tuesday, February 17- No School- Lunar New Year
• Wednesday, February 18- NOVA Presentations- Grades 2, 4, and 5

Please remember to have your car placard in your passenger window or on the passenger side of your windshield each day. If you need additional placards, please let us know.

Please make sure all students and families use the crosswalk so we can keep everyone safe. Thank you!

As the temperatures drop, we still try to have student go outside for recess (at least 15 minutes). Please make sure your child always has a coat. We recommend other cold weather gear like hats, gloves, and/or scarves, too. Please talk to your child about keeping their coat on during recess too.

Please have your child practice putting on their coat and winter gear independently. Please have your child practice zipping their coat too. Thank you!

On January 13th, classroom champions from Grades 4, 5, and 6 participated in the Kutz Elementary Schoolwide Spelling Bee. Mallory Sangkavasi was crowned school champion and Georgie Farnan was the runner-up. Mallory will represent Kutz Elementary at the 2026 Scripps Regional Spelling Bee to be held at Wissahickon High School on Saturday, March 14th. Congratulations to all our participants!

Students can also submit fun and interesting science facts in the "The Sci-Files” box in the main office. Each week we will read a few facts on the morning announcements.

The Science Fair is scheduled for Wednesday, February 11th from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. It is a fun and educational evening that takes place at Kutz every other year! All grades are welcome and encouraged to participate. Students can work solo or in teams of 2-3 max. Display boards are provided to registrants. All student-scientists will receive a certificate of participation and keepsake. Registration is now OPEN on MPP.

Student projects fall under the following three categories:

• Demonstration: Share what you know about a particular topic of interest

• Collection: Create a display with various collected items or photographs of items

• Experiment: A student asking a question and following the Scientific Method to test their question.

Here is additional information on project ideas and guidelines to help get you started with your student.

• Choosing a Project and Scientific Method to give more details on how to pick and complete a project.
• Science Fair Rules gives an overview of what is allowed for projects.

On the night of the Science Fair, our Kutz student-scientists will have the opportunity to participate in a friendly interview with a teacher, parent, or student volunteer from the STEAM club at WEST. (**Youngest grades will be assigned interview blocks earlier in the night so they can leave once they are finished presenting.) If you are interested in being a parent interviewer, please reply separately to this email or to any one of the science fair committee members below. Interviewers are provided with sample questions.

If you have any questions, please reach out to the Science Fair Committee: Chloe at raisonfitz@gmail.com ; Amanda at amandalichtenstein@gmail.com ; Lisa at lcbradley737@gmail.com

Kutz Families -

The Glow Gala (formerly the Sweetheart Dance) is right around the corner! Time to break out your best party dresses and bow ties! Dress to impress, hit the dance floor, and glow the night away with your favorite people!

In order to make the Glow Gala a success, we are in need of volunteers and donations for the event. Please review the Glow Gala Sign Up Genius to contribute. All donations should be dropped off to KUTZ by Wednesday January 28th. All volunteers will go directly to the DOYLESTOWN REC CENTER 425 WELLS RD during their shift time on January 30th.

Thank you in advance for helping make the Glow Gala a great celebration!

CBSD welcomes qualified candidates to apply for a range of full-time career opportunities, many with benefits. View all available positions and apply now!

The Central Bucks Education Foundation is raffling off two great seats to a Flyers game at the Wells Fargo Center, just 18 rows from the ice. The games are on Feb. 5, March 5, and April 2, 2026. Tickets are $5 each, with bundle options available, and all proceeds fund teacher-submitted grants that directly support CBSD students. The winner will be announced on January 23, 2026. Get your tickets now.

The CB East Patriot Players theatre group welcomes CB students in grades 1-6 to the annual Children's Theatre Workshop, benefitting the Make-A-Wish Foundation, on Saturday, Feb. 7 from 1-4:30 p.m. in the CB East auditorium. The event has been taking place at CB East for over 20 years and has raised tens of thousands of dollars to grant many wishes for children facing life-threatening illnesses or diagnoses in our area. Students who attend the workshop will be a “Junior Patriot Player” for the day, singing, dancing, and acting with their high school student Patriot Players. Students will also perform for parents at the end of the day! Registration is $30 a students and is limited to the first 120 students and can be completed at www.mypaymentsplus.com/welcome. Registration includes a T-shirt and snack.

The January issue of The FEED is live! Catch up on everything happening in Central Bucks dining:

• January LTO: Spicy Chicken & Street Corn Mac & Cheese.
• Wellness: Strategies for the "60-Minute Challenge."
• Fun: Snowman Pancake highlights from our cafeterias.

Read the full issue!

Congrats to Butler 5th grader Kelsey Stevens for winning the January round of CBSD's "See the Good, Be the Good" lock screen contest and earning a gift card to her restaurant of choice! Her original artwork is featured on district devices throughout December. Students can now try their hand in the next round of the contest, "See the Good, Be the Good in Challenges." Submissions are due Jan. 30. More details

Wear your favorite jersey to gain free admission and watch the CB East girls basketball team take on CB South in the East Main Gym on Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 5:30 p.m. (junior varsity) and 7 p.m. (varsity) at Community and Coaches vs. Cancer Night! Go CB!

In Central Bucks the use of student smart watches, cell phones, and personal devices in school prohibited per school board policy 829.1. If your child has any of these devices, they are to be off and remain in backpacks during the school day. If communication between your child and home is needed, it will take place with the support of the health office or main office during the school day. Please be sure to share they expectations with your child as this policy will be enforced by teachers and staff in coordination with our district policy. An excerpt of the policy is included below for your reference.

The Board prohibits the use of any electronic device by any elementary school student while in district buildings, on district property and grounds including on district buses, and at school-sponsored activities. An electronic device that is possessed by any student in school buildings or on district property must remain powered off and kept out of sight at all times.

Per our food service provide, Aramark, students will not be permitted to buy a double lunch, even on pizza days. If your child is typically very hungry at lunch time and they are buying, consider packing some additional food for them to eat at lunchtime, too.

We will begin allowing students to purchase snacks on Monday, September 8. Students are permitted to purchase one snack. The usual choices are chips ($1.35) or ice cream ($1.65).

Breakfast continues to be free for all students.

On pizza days, we may not be able to offer snack as it takes a long time for each student to buy lunch and there may not be enough time for snack purchases and for the students to then eat the snack.

We have Kutz Spirit Wear available! Click the link below if you want to order Kutz spirit wear!

If your child is coming into school late, leaving early, has a dismissal change, or will be absent, please email your child's teacher(s) and our office staff. Please email all office staff members in case someone is absent- Michele Ernst at mernst@cbsd.org, Jenny Debuque at jdebuque@cbsd.org, and Hillary Ray at hray@cbsd.org You can also call the office at 267-893-3900.

Kutz is a "B" School

• Arrival begins at 8:30 AM
  
• Student day begins at 8:50 AM
• Student day ends at 3:30 PM
• Dismissal ends at 3:50 PM
• For early dismissal days- dismissal begins at 12:10 PM
• For 2 hour delay days- arrival begins at 10:30 and the student day begins at 10:50

the student directory for the 2025-2026 school year is on the Kutz website. Directions for how to find it on the website are included below. To access the website page that houses the directory, you need a "Page Passkey". The page passkey was sent via email on November 5. Click here to access it, too.

Directions for how to find the directory on the website:

1. Go to kutz.cbsd.org
2. On the menu on the right hand side, choose "Parents/Students".
3. Click "Parent Resources".
4. On the left-hand side, click "Student Directory".
5. Enter the page passkey listed above.
6. Then click the directory.

If you have any questions, please reach out to our office staff.

Click here for the Kutz Parent and Student Handbook for the 2025-2026 school year. This handbook provides a comprehensive summary of school and district policies and programs for students and their families. We hope you will find this to be a valuable resource.

VOLUNTEER Clearances/Paperwork

Central Bucks School District volunteers play a vital role in supporting students, staff, sports programs and other school activities. Thank you for your interest in volunteering!

PA Act 15 of 2015 requires volunteers to have clearances/background checks prior to volunteering in a public school. Clearances (and the FBI Volunteer Affidavit if applicable) are valid for 60 months (5 years) from the date of the clearance.

The PA Department of Education (PDE) recognizes differences between volunteers and visitors - click HERE for examples, and contact Human Resources with any questions.

The information below is intended for VOLUNTEERS. If you are compensated by CBSD by paycheck, parent fund, or student fund, you are NOT a volunteer and must complete employee paperwork.

• Click Raptor Volunteer Safe to register and create an account. NOTE: Each volunteer must create an individual Raptor account and all required clearances must be submitted with your application. (The App Garden program has been discontinued by the provider, but you may retrieve your clearances from App Garden through May 31, 2025 - click HERE for instructions).
  
  
• If you have a Volunteer Card issued with your previous App Garden account, you may continue to volunteer with that card through June 30, 2025, regardless of the expiration date printed on the card.
  
  
• All volunteers must create a Raptor account if you wish to volunteer after 6/30/2025.
  
  
• All communication about your account status will be sent to the email address on file in Raptor.

Mandated Reporter Information: Under Pennsylvania law, any person having direct contact with school children is considered a mandatory reporter and is required to report reasonable suspicion of child abuse.

All Central Bucks School District volunteers are mandated reporters. We recommend volunteers complete an online training course through the University of Pittsburgh's Child Welfare Resource Center, “Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse: Mandated and Permissive Reporting in PA.” Click the link to take the course, then upload your certificate to your Raptor account: https://www.reportabusepa.pitt.edu/.

Click HERE for additional information and frequently asked questions.

Thank you for volunteering your time and service, and for understanding the importance of complying with these state regulations for the safety of our students.

HAVE QUESTIONS? Please email Human Resources.

Clearances expire five years after approval, so please check to make sure yours are still current.

Clearances are required for parents chaperoning field trips, volunteering for classroom parties, and supporting other classroom and school events.

Thank you for supporting our staff and students by volunteering your time!

Want to view our lunch menu? Need to add funds to your child's account? Looking for nutrition information? Need to apply for free and reduced breakfast/lunch? Click here to learn more about Food Services in Central Bucks.

Looking for more information on our Before and After School Programs? Click here to learn how to register your child.

Kutz School Wide Expectations: Practice Kindness, Act Respectfully, Work Responsibly, Stay Safe

Heather Jacobson, Assistant Principal, hjacobson@cbsd.org

Justin Rubenstein, Interim Assistant Principal, jrubenstein@cbsd.org

Email: cadelberger@cbsd.org
Website: www.cbsd.org/kutz
Location: Kutz Elementary School, Turk Road, Doylestown, PA, USA
Phone: 267-893-3900
Twitter: @CBKutzElem