The Bulldog, August 14, 2025
8.14.25
Note from Mrs. Lockwood:
This has been another great week of teaching and learning at Clairemont! I hope everyone can attend our annual Back-to-School Picnic this Friday. It will be a great time to connect as a Clairemont community!
Thank you for honoring our arrival and dismissal procedures! Arriving and leaving each day is becoming a much smoother process. As a reminder, please update Pick Up Patrol with any dismissal changes for the day. You should also update to reflect when your child is checking out early for the day.
In addition, please send all attendance information (sick, early dismissal, doctor's appointment, etc.) to Ms. Brackins, our new school manager. Her email address is malika.brackins@csdecatur.net.
Starting this Friday, Community Circle is open to families! We invite you to attend Community Circle. It's a wonderful time to come together and celebrate our learning for the week. Community Circle begins at 8:15 a.m. We hope to see you there!
Clairemont families, as part of our continued commitment to student safety, Clairemont, along with all City Schools of Decatur campuses, will be implementing a new visitor check-in procedure in the coming weeks. We will share more details soon, but in the meantime, all families and visitors should begin bringing a state-issued photo ID or driver's license when arriving at the school. Your ID will be scanned upon entry as an added layer of safety to help keep our children and staff safe throughout the day. Thank you for your ongoing partnership and support as we work together to make this a joyful, safe, and successful year for all our students. As always, please reach out to me with any questions or concerns.
Are you interested in serving on the School Leadership Team (SLT)? Applications are due by Wednesday, August 27, 2025. Please look here for the SLT application. You will have the opportunity to vote at Curriculum Night on the 28th.
Curriculum Night will take place Thursday, August 28, from 5:30-7:00 p.m.. Before Curriculum Night begins, we will have a General PTA meeting, 5:30-6:00 p.m. and then begin Curriculum Night at 6:00 p.m.. Join our PTA, Clairemont instructional team, and your student’s teacher to get an overview of what the learning will look like this year. It’s a great way to see how we “learn together with our heads, hearts, and hands”!
Volunteers Needed for Pizza Picnic
PTA needs our help making the pizza picnic run smoothly! If you are available, please sign up for a shift to serve pizza and desserts or help sell spirit wear.
Our Solar System! is a light-hearted nonfiction picture book about the members of our solar system from the eyes of Comet, who's been traveling through the Solar System for eons.
Yee-haw! Strap in for one wild ride through our very own Solar System, guided by space-travelin’ buckaroo Comet himself, while you travel around meeting one impressive star, 8 unique planets, a handful of dwarf planets, and a bonanza of moons, asteroids, and comets . . .
With characteristic humor and charm, Stacy McAnulty channels the voice of Comet in this next celestial "autobiography" in the Our Universe series. Rich with kid-friendly facts and beautifully brought to life by Stevie Lewis, this is an equally charming and irresistible companion to the other books in this series, like Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years and Sun! One in a Billion.
Signed and autographed books will be available the day of her visit. Your student should have received a book order form in their red folder today. All book orders are due Wednesday, August 20th. If you have any questions, please reach out to whitney.derosa@csdecatur.net
Families Invited to Webinar about CSD’s Balanced Assessment System
Families are invited to join a webinar on Wednesday, August 20 at 6 p.m. to discuss ELA standards, curriculum, and the CSD Balanced Assessment System, hosted by CSD's Teaching and Learning department.
We will share examples of how the standards have changed, information on cursive writing, and the new curriculum. We will also review how our Balanced Assessment System works, featuring interim assessments, STAR, and student reports. This is a great opportunity to learn more about what your child will be learning this year and how you can support them at home. Join webinar here. You will receive your student's most recent STAR testing reports in next week's Thursday folders.
Students Invited to Apply for Superintendent's Student Advisory Council
Superintendent Dr. Whitaker invites student leaders and interested students to apply for the Superintendent's Student Advisory Council. Councils are divided into age groups and invite student members to share their perspectives and experiences with the Superintendent on a variety of issues, offering a two-way system of communication between students and the Office of the Superintendent.
Students are also asked to attend each meeting (see dates below) at the Wilson Center after school in the Superintendent's Office. The deadline to apply is Friday, August 22, at 5 p.m. Selected students will be notified by Friday, August 29, 2025. Apply for the Superintendent's Student Advisory Council here.
1. Please fill out the Health Cards if you have not already filled them. They will be sent home with the students in Thursday folders.
2. Please send change of clothes that will be kept in students' lockers.
3. Please do not send any medication with the students in their backpacks.
4. If you have any questions regarding medications or health, please contact Nurse Manjit at manjit.sehdev@csdecatur.net
