Dragon News

Dear CPS Families,

We are SO proud of the outstanding representation our students displayed at the Waterville Opera House on Thursday. Students were actively engaged with the fractured fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood and made us so proud with their manners and theater etiquette. It was truly a tall order to pull off the logistics, and Mrs. Desrosiers and Mrs. Slevinsky deserve so much credit in working behind the scenes. We are looking forward to our next school field trip next year!

Have a great weekend,

~Liz

Please direct any email regarding student absences and/or student dismissals to your child's teacher AND to our CPS office staff, Bobbie Weymouth (bweymouth@rsu18.org) and Mae Slevinsky (mslevinsky@rsu18.org).

Please be sure to communicate any changes for end of day dismissal plans prior to 2:00pm so students can be sure to receive their notes.

March 24th-April 7th

Read-A-Thon

April 2nd & April 8th

Maine Agriculture in the Classroom

April 18th

Comp Day - No School

April 21st - 25th

Spring Break

May 13th

Kindergarten Open House, 4:30-5:30

🏀⚽🏈 This is a reminder that there should be no balls or playground equipment coming to school with students! We thank you for your help with this! ⚽🏀🏈

Screenings

As a requirement of the state, all Pre K, Kindergarten, 1st and 3rd graders will have vision and hearing checked. Screenings have begun and will continue to take place over the next couple of weeks, if you have any questions or concerns regarding this feel free to give me a call or send me an email.

Illness

Please review the health manual accessible via our school’s website for the full policy on when to stay home and when it is appropriate to return to school. A few key points are fevers, diarrhea and vomiting. Your child must be free of both without medication for 24 hours before returning to school.

We are also seeing students that are in need of a change of clothes for various reasons, so it would be helpful if they keep a seasonally appropriate change of clothes including socks in their backpacks daily.

Next meeting is Thursday, May 1st at 6pm on Google Meet! Here's the link: https://meet.google.com/kvu-jxtp-vuo

We will be planning glow dance, teacher appreciation week, and more! Hope you can make it!!

Missed our last meeting? You can find the minutes from February's meeting on our Facebook page.

It’s here!! READ-A-THON!

Is your reader up for the challenge?

-You can still register your student! https://www.read-a-thon.com/readers/r/323736363032/1

-Share your reader link on social media, by text or by email. All funds raised help with our mission of supporting the staff and students of China Schools!

-From March 24-April 7, READ READ READ and record the minutes in the Read-A-Thon portal

-Grand Prize!! Before April break, the top 3 readers with the most minutes by grade at CPS and CMS with get to pie a teacher or staff member from their school!

Glow Dance - May 2nd 6:00-8:00PM @ CMS Gym

Snack donations and parent volunteers will help this event be successful! Sign up genius coming soon!

Want to stay in the know? Add the PTO public calendar to your phone! It has all the important school dates and events for CPS and CMS, and PTO happenings. Check out this post for how to add it or a PDF copy if you prefer: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/egVxio2x5BrF2thB/?

If you haven’t already, join our Facebook group to stay in the know: https://facebook.com/groups/chinaschoolspto/ And we are always here at chinaschoolspto@gmail.com!

Registration is open for the 2025 Spring Season for China Rec Sports!

This year we have Cal Ripken Majors (12 and under – born on or after 5/1/2012), Minors (10 and under), Coach Pitch (8 and under), and T-Ball (4-6, co-ed). All baseball and T-ball registrations are managed at chinarecsports.com. Register soon to ensure that your player gets a hat and a shirt for the season! Last day for registration is April 4th. Softball is available through CAYSA at caysa-me.org.

Starting Sunday, March 16th, China Rec Sports will be offering free clinics to get warmed up for the 2025 season. See the attached chart for time and location of these clinics, which will continue in the gym until the fields are dry enough to get outside.

Special Notes:

* On Sunday, April 6th – for Coach Pitch and Cal Ripken players, we will host player evaluations instead of clinics. This allows us to create team rosters and ensure a competitive season. Please make every effort to have your player at evaluations.

CPS swag now available through Elliot Office Products! Link here!

Special Education Ed Tech/Ed Tech I - 7 hours/day

We, in RSU 18, are also always looking for excellent substitute teachers, nurses, and education technicians. Please reach out if you have interest or questions about this. You can see our current openings here!