Cheetah Chatter Parent Update

CORE VALUES of CDES: Community, Relationships, Equity, Excellence

OUR MISSION STATEMENT: Our mission is to work together to support students as they grow in the areas of academics, socio-emotional awareness and mental health. We will strive to prioritize community, relationships, equity, and excellence for all students.

Halloween Spirit Week, 10/31 Early Dismissal @ 12:20 P.M.

Chapel Families,

We are so excited to kick off our Halloween Spirit Week this week! Please see the flyer below for specific days. Also, a friendly reminder that Friday 10/31 is a 12:20 p.m. Early Dismissal. We will be holding our students and staff only (due to construction & parking) Halloween Parade that morning, and classrooms will be participating in fun activities, as well as will have cupcakes from our Grandparents Club. We are looking forward to a fun and festive week!

Please mark your calendars for 11/12 in the PM for Elementary Parent Teacher conferences. If you would like to sign up for a time to meet, please reach out to your child's teacher.

Upcoming Reminders

10/27-10/31- Halloween Spirit Week
10/31- Halloween Parade (students only), Early Dismissal 12:20 p.m.
11/12- Early Dismissal- Elementary Parent/Teacher Conferences in PM
11/13- NO Students- Teacher Inservice
11/14- TCPS Schools Closed- Waterfowl Weekend
11/19- Fall Picture Re-takes
11/26-11/30- TCPS Thanksgiving Break- Schools Closed
12/9- CDES Winter Concert @ EHS 6:00 p.m. (K-5th)

Check out our new Chapel District Elementary School Spirit Wear website- https://www.chapeldistrictspiritwear.com/ Our PTO has some exciting new designs available for our families!

Thank you again for your partnership as we are building and living our Chapel legacy this year!

Sincerely,

Dr. Kari M. Clow

CDES Principal

10/31 Halloween Parade Information

We are so excited for our annual Halloween costume parade Friday 10/31 at 9:30 a.m. which is also an Early Dismissal! Students may wear their costumes to school and teachers will assist any students with costumes if needed in the morning. Students will enter the building as they normally do at 8:35 a.m. A reminder that all costumes MUST be school appropriate (no violence, weapons, gore, blood, etc.). If students do not want to participate for any reason, we will have a fun alternate activity planned as well.

The costume parade will be held either on the outside ball field OR inside, dependent on the weather. Unfortunately this year due to construction and VERY limited parking, we will not be hosting parents and family members. Thank you for your understanding! We hope to return to our normal tradition of inviting parents and families next year when the school is complete and there is plenty of parking.

Students will be receiving cupcakes from our Grandparents Club and teachers will be facilitating fun activities for their students on 10/31. We are looking forward to a fun day!

Be A Part of The Chapel Cheetah Legacy- "That's My Brick!" Fundraiser

Calling all Chapel Cheetah students, parents, families, alumni, and community! Would you like to be a part of our new school's renovation and our Chapel legacy? Consider participating in our "That's My Brick" CDES PTO fundraiser and have your custom brick part of our new playground pathway! All funds raised will go directly to our new playground equipment! Flyers will go home with students this week OR you may order online at: thatsmybrick.com/ChapelDESPTO

Order CDES Spirit Wear HERE!

Congratulations to the following students for receiving Positive Office Referrals this week!

PTO's Popular Adopt-a-Classroom Program is Back!

We are looking for families and organizations to help adopt our classrooms at Chapel to help them with expenses for the school year. Please reach out if you are interested! This is a great opportunity to help out the community! cdes.pto@gmail.com

CDES Family Handbook 25-26

Please see the map above to outline the new car rider traffic pattern. Families will enter through the same car rider entrance, will utilize the same double-lanes, will merge at the orange cones, and then will enter a single-lane drop off area from in front of the new Critchlow Adkins entrance to the curb closest to the gym. We will temporarily have students entering through a side entrance into the main hallway for arrival and dismissal. There will be lots of Chapel staff on site the first few weeks to assist families in getting the hang of our new car rider line!

The Talbot County Sheriff's Office has been assisting with traffic on Cordova Road and would like to remind families coming from the Easton direction of Cordova Road to NOT turn left off of Cordova Road. Instead, they recommend driving past CDES and using the turn around on Old Cordova Road to then be in the right lane to turn into the car rider lane.

TCPS 25-26 School Calendar (English)

TCPS 25-26 School Calendar (Spanish)

Below is some general information about the CDES building's past and where we are headed for a beautiful new PK-5 school!

Will be a full renovation (46,070 SF)
9,600 SF addition (new CACC site)
Design Capacity- 431, Grades PK-5
Estimated Cost of Project: Construction and site work estimated $25 million, Total Project cost closer to $30 million (60% paid locally- $17M, 40% paid by state)- $13M
Phase 1 of the project is complete and includes the new Critchlow Adkins Childcare Center.
Phase 2 is currently underway, which includes the kitchen, cafeteria, gym, PK & K classrooms, and the addition of a classroom on that wing.
Phase 3 will take place this fall and will include the renovation of the existing spaces of the building (existing front hall, front office, building of new media center, etc.)
More information to come in the fall regarding specific school day logistics and safety protocols specific to Phase 3.
There will be significant impacts to the car rider loop and bus loop.
Parking will continue to be VERY limited at the school, which may impact larger events we typically have.