Colton Elementary Bulletin

UPCOMING EVENTS

October

• 10/14 Jog a Thon
• 10/22 Jog a Thon Donations Due
• 10/24 Passing of the Torch-Colton HS
• 10/28 Picture Retakes
• 10/29 PTA Fall Festival CES Gym@6PM
• 10/29 Last Day Qtr 1

November

• 11/11 NO School Veterans Day Observed
• 11/13 School Friday
• 11/17 Vision Screening
• 11/23 No School Conferences 12-8PM
• 11/24 No School Conferences 8AM-4PM
• 11/25-11/27 No School Thanksgiving Break
• 11/30 School Resumes

Are you looking for an opportunity to work in your school? Are you interested in a challenging and rewarding position working with an excellent staff and students? Check out Colton School District Employment Opportunities for Substitutes. https://colton.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx

Picture day happened on Wednesday, September 30. If you did not send a picture packet with your child to school on picture day, you still have the opportunity to order pictures online or by using the QR code on the packet. To use the online version contact PortraitMasters.com (School Code CCE0926). Picture Retakes are scheduled for October 28.

We will be having our Annual Jog-a-thon on Wednesday, October 14. Please make sure your child wears appropriate shoes and clothing and brings their refillable water bottle.

Our Jog-a-thon has funded field trips, assemblies, PE and Music equipment, yearbooks and much more over the years. Donation envelopes went home last week. They are due back to school by October 22 to be eligible for prizes. Students do not need to get donations to participate in the Jog-a-thon.

Thanks for participating and supporting this fun event!

Thank you for your support of Colton School District! Colton Elementary has many volunteer opportunities. Please contact your child's teacher or the elementary office for volunteer needs.

All parents and volunteers, in order for you to work in or around our buildings, you must clear an ODE and CSD background check and complete mandatory training. Follow the link to our volunteer clearance information page: https://www.colton.k12.or.us/page/training-for-parents-and-volunteers1

Thank you!

Updated bus schedules are now available on the district website. To ensure accurate end-of-day transportation plans, please confirm your arrangements at the start of each school year by completing a transportation designation form. You can obtain these forms from your student's teacher during Back to School Night, where a Transportation Department representative will also be available to answer questions. For specific bus inquiries, please contact the Transportation Department at 503-824-3534, or notify the elementary office at 503-824-3536 if your student will not be using bus transportation.

Please fill out this form if you either witnessed concerning behavior on your child's bus route or if your child reported something concerning to you from the bus that needs to be addressed. This referral form will go directly to your school's administrator for immediate follow up.

Parent Bus Referral

Transportation Safety Procedures: https://5il.co/10a3o

Citation Policy: https://5il.co/1b3xb

Bus Barn/Dispatch phone number: (503) 824-3534

Snow route/Closure recorded information line: (503) 824-3510

Colton Elementary School hours are 7:15 - 2:35, with the K&1 students being dismissed at 2:30. Bus schedules can be found on the district website under the Transportation link. https://www.colton.k12.or.us/page/transportation

If students are to be picked up or go to an address other than their address on file, please contact the office to make those arrangements. Please notify the office by no later than 12PM if your after school plans have changed. Permanent changes can be made by filling out a bus change form.

For more information on Pick Up and Drop Off specifics, please see the post below and follow the link to the Pick Up and Drop Off Procedures.

As you have likely noticed, we have implemented a new drop-off routine in the mornings. To ensure effectiveness during morning drop off, we are asking drivers to fill the bus lane with at least 10 cars before unloading. We will rope off the crosswalk and let cars out once the full line has unloaded. This means that you do not need to be the first or second car to let your child out. Once you are parked along the sidewalk, you may let your student out. If you choose to park in the lot, be sure to follow the flow of traffic when you exit. Our goal is to greatly reduce tardiness for our students. More information about this process can be found in your emails from Mr. Buckner, and on our Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61579906207409

School dismisses students at 2:30PM. We appreciate you being on time to pick up your children. If you are late you may need to report to the office to check your child out with the school principal.

Please remember to use caution while driving through the school parking lots and follow the posted speed limit to help ensure the safety of our students. Friendly reminder- middle school students are still in session in the afternoons, so please drive cautiously through their school. Thank you!

Pick Up/Drop Off Procedures

https://www.colton.k12.or.us/o/ces/page/ces-drop-offpick-up-procedures

The below cost is for one full meal only. A full meal must be taken.

Elementary Breakfast- $0.00 Elementary Lunch $0.00

The 2025-26 school year both breakfast and lunch are $0 cost for all students. There is no application necessary. This zero cost is because of funding through the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) under the National School Lunch Program. Exceptions include:

1. Free only applies to the first full meal, any second meal will be charged a full cost.

   1. $1.00 for breakfast

   2. $2.55 elementary lunch

   3. $2.80 middle/high lunch

2. If a full meal is not taken, the student will be charged a la carte for each item. See offer vs served guidance below for a description of a full meal.

3. Milk is no cost when part of a full meal, if taken individually there is a charge of $.40 each.

Additional information about CEP https://www.oregon.gov/ode/schools-and-istricts/grants/ESEA/Migrant/Documents/Community%20Eligibility%20Provision.pdf

How to access audiobooks:

1. Download the app or go to the website:

https://soraapp.com/library/csd53or

2. Find Colton School District 53

3. Sign into Sora with this school account info:

username: firstname.lastname@student.colton.k12.or.us

example: maria.hart@student.colton.k12.or.us

password: same as chromebook password

(if your student doesn’t know their password, please reach out to your teacher)

4. Look at the collections and borrow a book for 2 weeks.

30437 S Grays Hill Rd, Colton, OR 97017