Friday, September 22, 2023
Dear CES Families and Friends,
It was wonderful to see so many families at last evening's Curriculum Night. Please be on the lookout for more whole-school events in the future. We love celebrating all of the amazing work and fabulous people in our community!
Congratulations to the following lucky students whose parents & caregivers entered them in our prize raffle last night.
- Backpack winners: Jaiden S., Lucy P., Breckin E., Teagan B., Theo S., Malia M., and Luke S.
- Game winner: Lilah E.
- Picnic winner: Markayla J.
- Principal for the Day: Ellie Y.
Fridays are always extra special at CES. We begin our day with a Dance Party and Mr. Toppa runs our Cafeteria Cabaret during lunches. The Cabaret is back from last year and provides students an opportunity to sing and perform for their peers. It is one of our favorite things about CES! Students can sign up to perform during their music classes with Mr. Toppa. Look for video uploads on our school YouTube page soon.
Make sure to check out our Community Events section of the newsletter. There are a number of fun family events taking place in our wider community.
Wising you a wonderful weekend!
Sincerely yours,
Dr. Kelly
CES - Where we are proud to be SHARKS!
Safe - Honest - Accepting - Respectful - Kind - Successful
Last Call for CES School Council
We are currently recruiting new members for the 2023-2024 school year. Meetings are quarterly and approximately 60 minutes in length. Please contact Dr. Kelly (jakelly@monomoy.edu) if interested in joining this year's council.
The first meeting of the School Council will be in mid-October.
Meet Sgt. Massey
Next week, all of the Monomoy Schools will be holding safety drills. As a school, CES is required to conduct four fire evacuation drills and two Run Hide Fight drills each year. We will be holding a Run Hide Fight drill next week. Sgt. Massey and members of the fire department will be visiting classrooms early in the week to talk about safety and the importance of being able to evacuate the building in a safe and efficient manner. Having our first responders in our building and spending time with our students helps build our community and eases student anxiety during drills. Our SHARKS work hard to be SAFE!
Super SHARKS
This week's raffle winners:
KJD: Edward M-A
KK: Rowen C.
1H: Fernando A.
1M: Autumn B.
2L: Tristan V.
2H: Cayden L.
3T: Earl E.
4A: Jacob D.
4G: Egypt H.
Also, a hearty congratulations to all of the Grade 1-4 students who earned a pumpkin this week in our Fact-o-Lantern Challenge. Students who earn 3 green lights on Reflex each week earn a pumpkin. The class with the most pumpkins at the end of the challenge will earn a pumpkin decorating party. Mr. Anglim's class is out to an early lead, with Ms. Turco and Mr. Gessner's classes close behind.
Mobile Crisis
MCI provides short-term service that is a therapeutic response to youth and family/caregivers experiencing a behavioral health crisis. MCI evaluates the situation, identifies the challenges, involved, assesses the needs, and begins to treat and stabilize the situation, reducing the immediate risk of danger to the youth or to others. MCI then provides up to 7-days of intervention and services post the initial encounter. Learn more about Bay Cove Mobile Crisis HERE.
Children's Place
Contact the Monomoy Family Resource Coordinator, Lucy Gilmore, lgilmore@monomoy.edu / 508-430-7216
for assistance and information regarding any of the following:
➢ Child Development Assessment Tool (Ages and Stages)
➢ Early Education Tuition Assistance Scholarships
➢ Support groups
➢ Free Parent / Child Playgroups and Family Activities
➢ Free Parent Education Classes
➢ Free Books, Diapers, and gently used infant and toddler Clothing
Fall 2023 Programming Schedules:
WIC Program
WIC is a nutrition program that provides nutrition and health care education, healthy food, and other services free of charge to Massachusetts families who qualify. WIC is for all kinds of families: married and single parents, working or not working. If you are a father, mother, grandparent, foster parent, or legal guardian of a child under the age of five, you can apply for WIC for your child.
Learn more about WIC at the following links:
Volunteer @ MRSD
All potential volunteers need to complete the Volunteer Registration Form and have a current CORI on file in order to volunteer in our schools or at school-sanctioned events.
Information can be found at: https://www.monomoy.edu/volunteer.
Monomoy Regional SEPAC
Pre-School Vouchers
Application and information can be found: HERE
Contact us:
Email: jakelly@monomoy.edu
Website: monomoy.edu
Location: 147 Depot Road, Chatham, MA, USA
Phone: 508-945-5135
Facebook: facebook.com/ChathamElementarySchoolPto
Twitter: @ChathamElemMRSD