Craddock's Weekly Update

Happy Friday Craddock Families!

While it was shorter than normal, Craddock had the most amazing week EVER! First of all, we had the opportunity to continue our fall benchmarking assessments to gather important information on our students. Next, I had the opportunity to spend time in the classrooms of Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Serafino, Mrs. Tabachino and Miss Atwood visiting with the kids and sharing one of my favorite stories!

Next, Mr. Tim and Buster the Bus came for a visit on Wednesday to help all of us remember the important parts about riding a school bus. While many of our students are car riders, ALL of our students will utilize a bus for a field trip at some point and it's important they know how to ride safely! Thank you Mrs. Wingler, Director of Transportation for bringing this fun and engaging assembly to Craddock!

Finally, we ended the week with our "Welcome Back Craddock" assembly! At this event, we recognized the hard work of our staff and students to get the year successfully underway. We also celebrated our summer readers, shared our new school-wide pom bucket and rolled out new school-wide expectations posters and large poms that could be awarded to classes as a whole for following our expectations! We are so excited to introduce these into our school and to see the IMPACT they have on our students! I included some pictures below.

I can't believe we are already at the weekend again, so enjoy and find time to reset and relax! We are looking forward to a wonderful week ahead with all of our amazing 1st and 2nd graders! I hope these adorable friends join us for HOCO spirit week!

Take care,

Kim Stewart, Principal

Craddock Elementary School

330-562-3175 (office)

216-849-2552 (cell to call or text)

kmstewart@aurora-schools.org

Hello Craddock Families!

I am so excited to be your child’s school counselor for the 26-27 school year! I am getting so ready to meet all of our incoming 1st graders and welcome back our 2nd graders, as well as work with your family this year! This will be my 4th year at Aurora and my 7th year as a school counselor. This school year will be filled with classroom guidance lessons, PBIS re-teach groups, small groups, and individual check-ins for students who may need it. My goal in the first weeks of the school year is to build relationships with all our students, as well as help them acclimate to the new school year!

Below you will find a google form that will allow you to share any important information about your child’s social/emotional needs or any information that would be helpful for me to know so that I can be as helpful as possible. On this form, there is an opportunity to inform me of any other needs your family may have such as clothing or school supply needs.

School Counseling Information Form

You may also email me if you have any other questions or concerns!

I am so eager to see you all soon and I am looking forward to a happy and successful school year!

Take care,

Mrs. Claudia Schnur

330-562-3175 ext. 1135

cschnur@aurora-schools.org

We do our best to funnel all communication about our students' transportation and absences through our Google form connected below through the QR code and below through a link. This GREATLY reduces the craziness in the office having to address these calls and/or emails and it also helps us ensure no communication falls through the cracks. If we are receiving it from multiple places, it gets harder to track on busy days!

If you have any need to report your child absent, late or needing an early dismissal, just enter it into our form. If you need to change your child's transportation at any time, just enter it into our form. The responses go right to Mrs. Kerchenski in our main office. If she has any questions at all after reading your entry, she will always reach out!

THANK YOU in advance for helping us streamline our processes and most importantly, for doing all you can to ensure we know where your child is and how they are getting home safely each day!

Welcome Back Families!

I wanted to reiterate a few really important details pertaining to your child's health and wellness while here at school. If your child will require any medication to be administered during the school day, they must have a doctor's note on file. Please be reminded that medication cannot be sent in with students. An adult must drop off any needed medication to Craddock. We are open 8:00-4:00 Monday through Friday. Additionally, if your child has their well-visit or dental exam this summer, you can either upload the medical forms into Final Forms or bring it to school!

New doctors’ orders and new medication will be required for each school year. You can locate all medication forms on our website at: www.aurora-schools.org→departments→nursing services or download the forms from below!

A few additional reminders as we get the year up and running...

• It's super helpful for our students to have extra clothes here at school. Not necessarily for accidents, but for spills at lunch, tears or falls on the playground, etc.
• Please be reminded with the helpful graphic below of when students should remain home from school. Germs spread QUICKLY here and we don't want others at risk of getting sick. Thank you for your diligence with this!

If you have any questions or need anything at all, don't hesitate to contact me a kheyd@aurora-schools.org.

SEPTEMBER

• Monday, 9/21 - Field Trip to Moebius for Martin and Stephens
• Tuesday, 9/22 - Field Trip to Moebius for Atwood and Janko
• Wednesday, 9/23 - Field Trip to Moebius for Doherty and McArthur
• Tuesday, 9/29 - Field Trip to Moebius for Armbrecht and Goff
• Wednesday, 9/30 - Field Trip to Moebius for Tabachino and Acevedo

OCTOBER

• Friday, 10/02 - Cruisin' Craddock
• Friday, 10/09 - NO SCHOOL for NEOEA Day!
• Monday, 10/12 - NO SCHOOL for Staff Professional Development Day
• Wednesday, 10/21 - Fall School Picture Day
• Friday, 10/30 - Fall Costume Parade and Festival at 2:00 at Craddock

NOVEMBER

• Friday, 11/06 - Trimester 1 Ends
• Monday, 11/09 - Trimester 2 Begins
• Wednesday, 11/11 - Veteran's Day Assembly at 9:30 in the Gym
• Thursday, 11/12 - Night One of Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences
• Friday, 11/13 - Trimester 1 Gather Reports LIVE
• Monday, 11/16 - Wednesday, 11/18 - Gifted Testing for 2nd Grade
• Thursday, 11/19 - Night Two of Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences
• Tuesday, 11/24 - Trimester 1 Rally
• Wednesday, 11/25 - Friday, 11/27 - NO SCHOOL for Thanksgiving Break

Happy September!

All students schedules are currently available through the MyRide K-12 App. How to access the App is located on the ACSD website under Departments/Transportation on the right side of the webpage. I have included the link below.

If any student is needing to be picked up or dropped off other than their home location, they MUST fill out an alternate bus stop form before we can transport and return to us by email, fax or dropping off at the office. That form is located in the same area as listed below on the webpage and is also included below.

Please don't hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns. My email is cwingler@aurora-schools.org.

You are the most important piece to ensuring these very important times of the day run smoothly! All of our procedures are in place to protect the safety of our students, staff and visitors. Thank you in advance for your efforts and patience!

ARRIVAL

• Drop off each morning can take place from 8:40-8:55 a.m. Students are not permitted to exit cars until 8:40. Thank you!
• Car riders need to be dropped off following the route detailed in the map below. It is a single file line formed down Hurd Rd. This is the same line used for pick up in the p.m.
• Students can only exit cars on the sidewalk side of the horseshoe. We ask that you please adjust car seats and/or child locks if needed. Parents stay in cars at all times.
• Staff will be outside daily to help students enter the building and navigate to their classroom.

DISMISSAL

• Car rider dismissal begins each day at 3:10, but will be 5-10 minutes earlier the first few weeks of school. Students will be called down as you arrive in our horseshoe. We do this electronically through a Google Doc that all of the staff are watching so they know when to dismiss each car rider.
• All car rider parents will be issued a tag for the backside of their passenger visor with their child's last name on it. These can be secured at Meet and Greet or throughout the school year.
• Parents remain in cars and students will be escorted to their car by a staff member.
• When everything is up and running after a few weeks, car rider dismissal usually takes approximately 15-20 minutes.

The Aurora Schools Foundation supports imaginative and innovative opportunities for Aurora School students beyond traditional funding. Teachers can submit grant applications in the fall and in the spring. Here is one example of an ASF grant impact spotlight. We are excited to see other grants brought to life this year! Visit auroraschoolsfoundation.org to learn more.

Email: kmstewart@aurora-schools.org
Website: www.aurora-schools.org
Location: 105 Hurd Road, Aurora, OH, USA
Phone: 330-562-3175
Twitter: @CraddockSchool