Craddock's Weekly Update

Happy Friday Craddock Families!

It has been another wonderful week from start to finish! We have wrapped up our fall benchmarking assessments and have been able to identify students in need of different levels of intervention. Teachers will be reaching out to let you know if we are recommending that for your child. We look forward to talking about the first trimester of school and how your child has adjusted academically, socially and emotionally during our fall parent/teacher conferences! There are so many wonderful facets to share!

Although we were highly disappointed our initial Cruisin' Craddock date was rained out, our excitement is building for the reschedule date of Monday, October 5th! Please take a close look at the guidance document linked below for details on when your child will be out and how it all works. Don't hesitate to reach out with any questions to your child's teacher or our main office at 330-562-3175. This is such a fun event and we cannot wait to see everyone! The weather looks to be stellar as well!

The Craddock staff and I have been completely blown away by the generosity of our families, their family members and the community as a whole! I am looking forward to sharing all that was raised and keeping you posted on how we are utilizing it to benefit all of the staff and students in this amazing school! More to come the next few weeks!

We wrapped up this week with a celebration of National Custodians Day! We could not be more grateful for the three hard-working, kind and helpful souls who support all of us at Craddock! I wanted to make sure to give a public shout out to Mr. Ron, who is with us during the day, as well as Miss Dinora and Miss Sharon who take care of things in the afternoon and evenings. As many of you know, Craddock is on the older side 🙃 and they do a tremendous job of making this a clean, safe and organized place for all of us to learn and grow!

Best wishes for an absolutely fantastic weekend! Enjoy the beautiful fall weather headed our way! Congrats to our Cleveland Browns for a great win Thursday and good luck to our Guardians as they begin their playoff run Saturday! I can't wait to see many of you on Monday at Cruisin' Craddock!

Take care,

Kim Stewart, Principal

Craddock Elementary School

330-562-3175 (office)

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

kmstewart@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.

OCTOBER

• Monday, 10/05 - 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

More to come with upcoming dates next week!

Hello Craddock Families!

I hope your student’s school year is off to an amazing start! It has been a joy getting to connect with everyone and I can genuinely say that this year has been phenomenal so far. The students have been working hard at learning and practicing our school wide expectations and acclimating to all the new routines of Craddock.

So far this year, I was able to visit every classroom to introduce myself to all of our new and returning students. I taught them about my role at Craddock and discussed some of the ways I can help them this year if they are to need it!

Soon, I will begin my PBIS expectation: re-teach groups. My first focus will be on the expectation, “I can have a safe body”. I ask teachers to refer any students who might need more explicit instruction in this area and then meet with them 1 to 2 times either individually or in a small group. If your student is referred I will email you and send communication home when I meet with them. In addition to re-teach groups I will be visiting all classrooms soon to teach about the zones of regulation. A framework that focuses on feelings and coping skills.

I continue to make myself present and available throughout the building and am getting to know all the students!

Below you will find a google form that allows 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

As always please reach out to me with any questions or concerns via email or phone and I am happy to help in any way that I can!

Take care,

Mrs. Claudia Schnur

330-562-3175 ext. 1135

cschnur@aurora-schools.org

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.

Thanks to the vision of Leighton educators Dr. Sweeney, Mrs. VanFossen, and Mrs. Leone, the Leighton Amphitheater Outdoor Classroom dream has officially come to life!

This week, the Aurora Schools Foundation (ASF) was honored to celebrate with a ribbon cutting ceremony of the newly opened Leighton amphitheater outdoor classroom—a space created for students and the entire community to learn, gather, create, and connect with the outdoors.

The outdoor classroom is dedicated in memory of Sherri Retton, a former Aurora educator whose creativity, compassion, and dedication touched generations of students and colleagues.

The outdoor classroom is open to all students, classes, and the community! To learn more about ASF, visit auroraschoolsfoundation.org.

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