Coulston Elementary School

ILEARN

Dear Coulston Families,

April 15th begins the state ILEARN testing. We will be testing 3-5 grade students from April 15-May 10 at various times. It is important that students are at school during these testing times, and if possible try to avoid scheduling appointments during the morning hours of testing. It is important that students receive following:

-Plenty of rest

-Good breakfast

-Be at school on time

-Encourage for the students

Test results will be sent in the mail in early summer. The staff and students have worked very hard this year and we are excited to see how well they do. Thanks for your support during this time. We are SO proud of all of our Coulston students.

Bounce Houses

Attention Coulston Families!!

Mr. Brown and Mrs. Eads are very excited to announce we will have Bounce Houses in the gym this upcoming week (April 15th - April 19th) at Coulstonas part of P.E. classes. On their regularly scheduled P.E. Specials Day, students will be able to play in Bounce Houses that will be set up, but we do have a special request of all students for this week.

Please make sure your student wears or brings a pair of socks so everyone will be able to have a fun day in P.E. in the Bounce Houses.

Also, a HUGE THANK YOU goes out to Blue River Bouncers for choosing to supply each Shelbyville Elementary School with 1 week of Bounce Houses as part of P.E. classes.

It is one of the favorite weeks of the year by most if not all students!

Thank you!!

Bryan Brown, PE teacher

Comets Support SCUFFY

Our school will be selling SMENCILS for SCUFFY for $2.00 each next. SMENCILS are our gourmet scented pencils that are made from 100% recycled newspapers. Each Smencil is a No.2 graphite pencil and is packaged in its own recyclable plastic freshness tube that includes a collectible character top cap! They come in various scents such as Blue Slushie, Jelly Donut, Strawberry Cheesecake, and many other scents. The SMENCILS were a huge hit last year and sold out fast, so get yours early.

Elementary Track Meet

The Elementary Track Meet will be held on Monday, April 29th at Shelbyville High School. Please save this date for the event. More information will be coming soon!!

Cafeteria Accounts

Parents this is a reminder as the year begins to wind down to check on your child’s lunch account balance. We have several students with outstanding balances that need to be paid before the year ends. If your child has an outstanding balance, please contact the cafeteria. Thanks for your help.

PTO Elections

Calling ALL parents! It is that time of the year again that we are looking to elect officers for the 2024-25 Coulston PTO. If you would like to serve on the Coulston PTO or in any capacity, please complete the PTO form that will be coming home with your child. This form will also be uploaded on our Facebook page.

New officers will be elected at the April 23rd meeting at 6:30PM in the cafeteria. If you have any questions, please contact our current PTO President, Aleigha Simerly.

We want to thank our hardworking PTO cabinet for serving Coulston for many years. Their dedication to our Coulston Family is greatly appreciated.

2024 Recycle Bowl Competition: Aluminum Round-Up: April 1 - 29

It is time for the 2024 Recycle-Bowl Competition sponsored by the Shelby County

Recycling District. We are challenging all local schools to “Round-Up” Aluminum

Cans, thus diverting them from burial in the local landfill. The competition is open

to all K-12 schools in Shelby County. The recycling competition will run from April 1 - April 29.

At the close of the four-week competition, each of the competing schools will

receive a check for the amount of aluminum cans collected at the rate of .45 cents per pound.

The school in Shelby County that collects the most Aluminum Cans per capita will

receive $.45 (45 cents) per pound for aluminum cans collected, and the Shelby

County Recycling District will match the dollar amount. A check will be presented

to the overall winning school.

The competition runs for 4 weeks from April 1 through April 29, and will encompass Earth Day, which is celebrated on April 22nd . Please help Coulston with this competition. How can you help? Please see below:

1. Only aluminum cans will be collected

2. All aluminum cans must be empty

3. Cans must be loose; not tied up in plastic bags

4. Bring your recycled aluminum cans to Coulston and put in the blue bin by the Flag Pole Door.

Transportation Reminder-Please Read

Thank you for helping us with the transportation requests. This has helped us tremendously to make sure that we are getting students safely home after school!!!!

We are asking that any requests for a transportation change be submitted to the office no later than 1:30 pm daily. A reminder that requests must be consistent throughout the week, meaning that the pick-up and/or drop off address remains the same all week. Also please know that once a student has been put on the bus in the afternoon, we are not able to remove them to go to the car rider line. This process delays our buses from departing school on time to run their elementary route and arrive on time for their secondary route.

If your child needs to be a car rider for that day, please call the office and inform the office before 1:30 and make sure that your child has a car rider tag. It is also important you call the office for ANY changes to transportation and not the classroom teachers, this includes walkers and car riders. Fridays have also become a heavy end of the day pick-up in the office. If you could please pick your child up in the car rider line, that will help eliminate the high volume in the office. If you require an additional car rider tag, please call the office and we can provide it for you.Thanks in advance for your understanding and assistance with transportation.

Upcoming Dates​

April 8-ELEARNING Day

April 11-12-Incoming Kindergarten Assessments

April 18-Culture Fair at SMS @ 5:30

April 15-ILEARN Testing begins

April 15-Bounce House Week(make sure your child wears socks)

April 23-PTO Meeting-Election of New Officers(all offices are open)

April 29-Elementary Track Meet at SHS

May 6-10-Teacher Appreciation Week

May 16-KDG celebration at 8:30

May 17-5th Grade Recognition at 8:30

May 20-5th Grade Wax Museum at 8:30

May 21-Grades 1-4 Awards Day-Grades 1-2@8:30; Grade 3-4 @ 10:00

May 22-Field Day

May 24-Last Student Day