December Dates
12-4 Hot Lunch Chorus Boosters
12-4 Winter Band & Orchestra Concert
12-6 Hot Lunch FSP
12-5 Frankfort Tree Lighting
12-11 Hot Lunch Band Boosters
12-13 Holiday District Choral Tour
12-18 Hot Lunch Athletic Boosters
12-19 Band & Orchestra Breakfast
12-20 Early Release 1:10 p.m.
12-23 through 1-3 Winter Break
1-6 No School Teacher Institute
The district continues to partner with our parent organizations to provide fundraiser hot lunches to our school population via MySchoolBucks. In efforts to improve the accuracy of ordering and ensure all students are provided with their accurate order, the monthly deadline will switch to the 10th of each month. As a point of clarification, December 10th will be the deadline for the January lunches. Families will receive a reminder on the 7th of each month.
8th grade vision screenings are almost complete. Children that do not pass these screenings will be sent home with a referral letter. At this age many students refuse to wear their glasses, but we do ask
to see that they have them and they are in good condition. Please consider having your child keep a change of clothes in their locker.
Here are a few tips for staying healthy. Remind them to:
Wash their hands frequently and thoroughly.
Cough and sneeze into their sleeves.
Keep their hands away from their face.
Please do not send students to school if there is:
A fever of 100 degrees or greater
A rash of unknown origin
Suspected conjunctivitis “pink eye”
Vomiting
Uncontrollable diarrhea
Before returning to school, students must be:
Fever free for 24 hours without medication
No vomiting in the past 24 hours
No diarrhea in the past 24 hours
Test anxiety is that nervous feeling students may get when they’re about to take a test. It's normal to feel some pressure before an exam, and a little stress is a good thing. It can actually help children focus, prepare and do better.
But for some children, the worries are so strong that they can’t concentrate and don’t do as well as they’d like.
The good news is that there are many ways to stress less over tests. Below are some tips to support your child to stress less.
- Encourage your child to start studying the day the teacher first says there will be an exam. That way they won’t be cramming at the last minute.
- Schedule study time. Encourage your child to write it in their assignment notebook and/or set an alarm on their phone to remind them.
- Focus on smaller chunks of material during study sessions so they’re easier to handle.
- Students should be encouraged to use positive self-talk to counter negative thoughts and beliefs about their abilities.
- Teach them to replace self-doubt with positive affirmations such as "I am prepared" or "I can do my best."
- Relaxation techniques - Teach students relaxation techniques such as deep breathing exercises, progressive muscle relaxation, or visualization. These techniques can help reduce stress and promote a sense of calmness before and during tests.
And lastly, always remind your child that they don’t have to get a perfect score on every test. Everyone slips up, has different strengths and challenges, and if they are trying their best and learning, this is what counts. Every mistake is a chance to learn for the next time.
We continue to highlight different Caudill books during your student’s time in the library. The most recent being A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat. Students can document the Caudill books they read from the 2025 list on their ELA teacher’s TEAMS page. Students who read a minimum of three books will be invited to a pizza party held in February where they can vote for their favorite Caudill book.
- 6th Grade 10:52 A.M. - 11:22 A.M.
- 7th Grade 11:33 A.M. - 12:03 P.M.
- 8th Grade 12:15 P.M. - 12:45 P.M.
Students should bring their own lunches to school unless your family has pre-ordered one of the designated Hot Lunches at the start of the year - through My School Bucks.
Students are not allowed to receive delivery of food at school from anyone other than a guardian or parent during the school day.
The expectations for deliveries are as follows:
- Food must be clearly labeled with student's first and last name and grade level.
- Only drinks with screwed on caps will be accepted- nothing with straws or lids can be accepted.
- Guardians will put lunches in grade level bins found in the vestibule by the front doors. Deliveries must be received prior to student's grade level designated lunch period.
- Students are only allowed to receive food for themselves. They will not be able to share large orders of food dropped off.
