October 2022 News

Hello Families,

Thank you for a great start to our school year. The students and staff are working hard at creating a sense of community in their classrooms and the entire school. Just this past Monday, we started our small reading groups with the support of our title staff. During this time, our kids are working on exactly what they need. We call this time WIN (What I Need). We are providing that same support in math. Please know that our staff is committed to helping your child thrive everyday.

Friday, September 30th - 5:00 Homecoming Parade

Wednesday, October 5th - 3:45-6:00 Book Fair

Thursday, October 6th - 3:45-6:00 Book Fair

Friday, October 7th - ECSE students come to school

Monday, October 17th - Hungry Howies Night

Friday, October 28th - 1/2 day of school 11:48 dismissal

Friday, November 4th - picture retake day

Friday, November 4th - ECSE students come to school

Monday, November 14th - No School

Monday, November 21st - 1/2 day of school 11:48 dismissal - conferences

Tuesday, November 22nd - 1/2 day of school 11:48 dismissal - conferences

Wednesday, November 23rd-Friday, November 25th - No School; Thanksgiving Break

Halloween celebrations will take place on Friday, October 28th. This is a 1/2 day of school for everyone so the kids can come to school in their costumes. The parade will take place at 10:45. Be on the lookout from your child's teacher for further information.

We keep the school website, parchmentschools.org, updated so information is easily accessible for families.

How to use the website:

• The main page of the district website is for things that effect a large portion of the school district.
• To find out information about Central Elementary, click the "school" dropdown button at the top and select Central Elementary.
  
• There is a News section, Live Feed section and Events section of Central's page.
• The News section is typically for all school announcements.
• The Live Feed section is for fliers that were also sent home with the students.
• The Events section is a calendar of events going on at Central Elementary.

Don't be surprised if you get a phone call in the evening from Mrs. Kaemming (the principal) it may just mean that your child earned a fantastic phone call! Be on the "listen-out" for a positive phone call home!!!

Come out and support the Scholastic Book Fair on October 5th and 6th from 3:45 - 6:00 in our school library. All proceeds from the book fair go directly back to the students. We use our profits to stock our book vending machine. Students can earn a golden token that they can redeem for the book of their choice.

• elastic waisted shorts and pants (for potty, spilled milk and mud puddle accidents)
• tissues
• child sized hangers (for lost and found)
• papertowel

Every month, classroom teachers and support staff choose a student to be honored as “Student of the Month.” As part of the celebration, your child will take part in the Student of the Month Lunch with the principal and their teacher. They will also receive a certificate and a letter home congratulating them on their outstanding accomplishments. We look forward to our first Student of the Month Lunch on October 21st.

We are doing a Hungry Howies Fundraiser to raise funds for playground equipment.

• 3rd Monday of every month
• order from Hungry Howies on Gull Road any time of day
• give them your teacher's name
• class with the most orders wins a pizza party

We get 10% of their sales from that day if we have 10% of our families place an order. So we need 32 families to order from Hungry Howies the 3rd Monday of the month then we get 10% of their sales from the entire day.

Our first fundraiser day is Monday, October 17th.

There is a large pile of lost and found already! It would be a huge help if you put your child's name on all of their stuff. Lost and found is hung up and available for the kids to look through. We try and donate it once a month so that we don't have such a pile. Before we donate it we take all the students past it and have them look through it. Parents are welcome to look through it any time, so feel free to come in and check it out. The book fair would be a good opportunity for families to look through it, we will probably donate everything after that.

Central Elementary is part of a research study to look at how well SRSD (Self-Regulated Strategy Development) supports teachers’ writing instruction and student writing, academic achievement, and writing attitudes for students in Grades 1 through 5.

If you DO NOT want your child to be a part of this study, then please follow the instructions in the attached link.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8g49Yz3e6ayOLM-M-nVYNpAd8_6xhOMscyJDffM_ZXjFN6g/viewform