Ms. Payne's Newsletter
Week of Oct. 5th - 9th, 2026
Hello, October!
Chandler Creek has a new motto.
Care with heart, honor too, achieve your goals in all you do. Model kindness - persevere - Champions make it happen here!
Parent Conferences start this week.
Here is the list of parent conferences for this week. Please arrive to the front office. Also if you have a conference at 2:15pm or 2:45pm and would like your student to stay in the classroom (meaning not be a bus rider or daycare rider for that day) until you arrive please just let me know.
Monday, Oct. 6th. @ 2:15pm = Halo's
Monday, Oct. 6th @ 2:45pm Amelia's
Monday, Oct. 6th @ 3:15pm = Christopher
Tuesday, Oct. 7th @ 2:15pm = Marion
Tuesday, Oct. 7th @ 3:15pm = Eli
Field Trip on Oct. 21st, Reminders.
* I am still missing 2 permission forms to be signed so that everyone can go.
* If you have not already paid the $12, please send it in as soon as you can.
* If I have contacted you about being a chaperone, please be sure to arrive at the school at 8:30 am to get signed in with the office. Then you will drive yourself to The Children's Museum.
*If your child is bringing a lunch from home, please make sure everything is disposable and in a gallon Ziploc bag so that it can be dumped. Please also make sure they have something to drink in their Ziploc bag.
* Each class is to wear the same color so that it is easier to do a head count. Our color for our class this time is green. Please make sure your students wear a green shirt/dress on Oct. 21st! Thank you
Feed the Monsters
Can you help us by donating individually wrapped candy for our Boo in the School?
Upcoming School Events
October
- 10/5 - Good News Club Begins
- 10/9 - Kona Ice $3
- 10/9 - Ms. Payne will have a sub and will be unavailable through the weekend.
- 10/15 - End of 1st Quarter
- 10/16 - No School! Teacher Professional Development Day
- 10/21 - 1st grade field trip to The Children's Museum
- 10/22 - 1st Quarter Report Card
- 10/22 - Boo in the School 5:30pm - 7:00pm.
- 10/26 - 10/30 - Red Ribbon Week at school
November
- 11/2 and 11/3 - No school
- 11/9 - Make-up Fall pictures
- 11/9 - 11/13 - Book Fair
- 11/13 - Kona Ice $3
- 11/25 - 11/27 - No school due to Thanksgiving Break
- 11/30 - 12/3 - PTA Reindeer Lane Shop
Meals at School
Students are offered a free school breakfast every morning from 7:15a-7:45am.
- Our lunchtime is from 12:20 -12:45 pm.
- Please note that if you are bringing a lunchbox, no restaurant food is allowed, and it should include more than just snacks.
- *Please note that if your student has an allergy, the cafeteria must have a doctor's note on file to make sure that everyone is aware of the allergy.
- Families are now welcome to attend lunch with their students. We do ask that you sit at a table by your self with only your students. If you wish to get a lunch with your student an adult lunch cost about $6.00.
- Also the caftereria is now selling chips for $1 every day and icecream on Fridays for $1.50. Students can either bring in cash or you can upload money onto their lunch account.
October's Lunch Menu
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VjFbE2DV9cKWEl_tsKrkELhyAhcebYf-/view
General Reminders
1. Students need their purple folder every day.
2. Please check students' folders for behavior and homework. Please know that homework is only meant as a review and should never take more than 10- 20 minutes. at the most. If it does, please stop and work on it at another time. I firmly believe that kids need play time and time with family, esp. after being in school all day.
3. If you have not already, please make sure your student has extra clothes left at school in case of an accident. Also please replace their extra clothes at school if these extra clothes are sent home.
4. If you have a change of transportation, I must have a note either in their folder, through SeeSaw or email. Without a note, they will have to go home their regular way.
5. Students must be fever-, vomit-, and diarrhea-free for 24 hours without medication before returning. Please include a note with there has been an absent.
6. If you are sending in money for Kona Ice, field trips etc. please put it in either an envelope or a baggy with the students name on it and what it is for.
7. Students will have to return their library books back to school every Friday.