Coulston Elementary School

April 8th-ELEARNING DAY-Total Eclipse

Parents on Monday, April 8th will be an E-Learning Day for all SCS schools due to the Total

Eclipse. Teachers will send home Ipads on Friday, April 5th and assignments will be posted on

April 8th. Please work with your child to complete these assignments. Attendance for the E-

Learning Day will count and will be based on students logging in and completing assignments

that have been assigned. Teachers will also send home any passwords or information that will

be needed for this day. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your child's

teacher.

A Note from our School Social Worker

Dear Coulston Families,

The elementary schools at SCS will be recognizing Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention

month in April this year. It’s important to spend time talking about Child Abuse Awareness and

Prevention for all of our students, as well as letting families know about the events taking place

at school!

These activities include:

● Students in grade K-2 will read the story, Do You Have a Secret?, to help them

understand the difference between secrets that are okay and not okay. Students in

2nd grade will receive a copy of the book to take home.

● Students in grades 3-5 will hear the story of how the pinwheel reminds us that

childhood should be safe and fun for children.

● On Wednesday, April 3rd, representatives from various organizations that help

children feel safe will be at school at the beginning of the day to greet students.

Organizations that may be here are SPD, SFD, CASA, Firefly, Youth Assistance

Program, etc.

● Also, on Monday, April 1st, we are asking students and staff to wear blue to show

their support to preventing child abuse, this is a community wide initiative to go

blue!

● Lastly, April 11th, ten 4th grade students from Coulston will travel to the courthouse

to participate in a community event to recognize Child Abuse Awareness and

Prevention Month.

We’re excited to partner with organizations in our community to promote safety for children as

well as to reinforce the importance of child abuse awareness and prevention. We hope you and

your child(ren) find the program helpful.

Dental Safari

The dental safari will be returning to Coulston on Wednesday, April 3rd. If you need more

information or would like your child to participate, please visit the website

www.dentalsafariforms.com. More information is also attached to the newsletter.

Book Fair

Our book fair will begin Monday, April 1st. We are excited about the BookFair at Coulston.

Please see below how to get sign up for a Book Fair eWallet account for your child to spend

money at the BookFair as an option.

Comets Support SCUFFY

Our school will be having some fundraisers in April to help support SCUFFY! So be on the

lookout for our SMENCIL and Popsicles sale that will be happening in the next few weeks!

Thanks in advance for your support.

We also want to congratulate our SCUFFY Kickball team for placing 2nd in the district-wide

kickball game on Thursday. Thanks to the Comet Cheer Block that came out and supported the

Coulston Team!

Kindergarten Open House

Kindergarten Open House will be on Thursday, April 4th at Shelbyville Middle School from 5:30-

7:00. Please join us for several community resources tailored to your incoming kindergarten

student. Come and connect with community organizations and local schools. Come and tour a

school bus, register for a free library card, get information on the free summer lunch program,

and several other opportunities. There will be fun activities for your child while you browse

through all of the community resources. We hope to see you there!

PTO Elections

Calling ALL parents! It is that time of the year again that we are looking to elect officers for the

2024-25 Coulston PTO. If you would like to serve on the Coulston PTO or in any capacity, please

complete the PTO form that will be coming home with your child. This form will also be

uploaded on our Facebook page.

New officers will be elected at the April 23rd meeting at 6:30PM in the cafeteria. If you have

any questions, please contact our current PTO President, Aleigha Simerly.

We want to thank our hardworking PTO cabinet for serving Coulston for many years. Their

dedication to our Coulston Family is greatly appreciated.

Transportation Reminder-Please Read

Thank you for helping us with the transportation requests. This has helped us tremendously to

make sure that we are getting students safely home after school!!!!

We are asking that any requests for a transportation change be submitted to the office no later

than 1:30 pm daily. A reminder that requests must be consistent throughout the week,

meaning that the pick-up and/or drop off address remains the same all week. Also please know

that once a student has been put on the bus in the afternoon, we are not able to remove them

to go to the car rider line. This process delays our buses from departing school on time to run

their elementary route and arrive on time for their secondary route. If your child needs to be a

car rider for that day, please call the office and inform the office before 1:30 and make sure

that your child has a car rider tag. It is also important you call the office for ANY changes to

transportation and not the classroom teachers, this includes walkers and car riders.

Fridays have also become a heavy end of the day pick-up in the office. If you could please pick

your child up in the car rider line, that will help eliminate the high volume in the office. If

you require an additional car rider tag, please call the office and we can provide it for

you.

Thanks in advance for your understanding and assistance with transportation.

Upcoming Dates​

April 1-5-Book Fair

April m3-Dental Safari at Coulston

April 4-Kindergarten Open House Community Night at SMS @ 5:30

April 8-ELEARNING Day

April 11-12-Incoming Kindergarten Assessments

April 11-Culture Fair at SMS

April 15-ILEARN Testing begins

April 23-PTO Meeting-Election of New Officers(all offices are open)

April 29-Elementary Track Meet at SHS

May 6-10-Teacher Appreciation Week