College Heights Connection

Dear Families,

What a fun week. Thank you to all the families who were able to attend our Family Literacy Night and to those parents and grandparents who were able to volunteer their time as mystery and flash mob readers. Thank you to Amber Womble for your continued help and support organizing the PTO Trunk or Treat. Lastly, a special thank you to the PTO and our Read-To-Me-A-Thon organizers: Avery Bell, Tracy Valle, Leah Jenness, and Hannah McLean.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone at our annual Book Parade tomorrow. We will begin at 9:30 a.m. We kindly ask families to line up along the parking lot area so that we can reserve the sidewalk for the students and staff. We will wrap up the parade with the presentations of the PTO Read-To-Me-A-Thon winners. Don't forget to stop by the Book Fair before or after the parade.

Just a reminder College Heights is closed to all students (0-3 and Pre-K) on Tuesday, November 4 for a CSD Remote Digital Learning Day, including teacher professional learning. Pre-K students will engage in at-home instruction using a learning choice board. Look for more information from your child's classroom teacher.

Have a great weekend,

Principal Garland

October 27-31 - College Heights Literacy Week and Scholastic Book Fair

October 31 - Book Parade (9:30 a.m.)

November 4 - CSD Digital Learning Day - NO SCHOOL (0-3 and Pre-K)

November 24-28 - Thanksgiving Break (Pre-K)

November 26 - School Closes at Noon (0-3)

November 27-28 - Thanksgiving Break (0-3)

December 19 - Early Release Day (Pre-K)

December 22-January 5 - Semester Break (Pre-K)

December 24-January 2 - Winter Break (0-3)

Graphic image of a megaphone announcing no school on Tuesday, November 4 for Pre-K and 0-3

Book Parade is tomorrow at 9:30 a.m.!

Join us TOMORROW MORNING for the final event of Literacy Week, our annual Book Parade! This is a can't-miss school-wide event. Come cheer on our students as they proudly parade in front of the school to celebrate some of their favorite books, and stick around after to hear the individual and classroom winners of the PTO Read-To-Me-A-Thon.

Seen around College Heights - Literacy Week fun!

What a week it has been! Read-To-Me-A-Thon, Family Literacy Night, Mystery Reader Flash Mob, early literacy videos, Book Fair, and a very special guest reader for our ones and twos...we've had a ball and we hope you have too. Thank you so much to everyone who read, volunteered, shopped, viewed, sponsored, and showed up for our school this week. We couldn't do it without you! Here are some photos from this past week.

The Family Literacy Night photo booth was fun for all ages.

Photo of a boy in front of a giant Pete the Cat display

Photo of a family in front of a giant Pete the Cat display

Photo of a dad and daughter in front of a giant Pete the Cat display

Photo of children listening to a man reading a story

Casey Griffin (Simon's dad) reads to students in Ms. Sanders' Pre-K class

Photo of infants listening to a woman reading a story

Billy Isom's mom Melissa reads to the infants in Ms. Mags' infant class

Photo of three girls listening to a woman read a story

Jackie Hatch reads to three curious preschoolers in Ms. B's class

Ms. Phillips' Pre-K class had so many excellent mystery readers

This looks like a great story in Ms. Ramirez's Pre-K classroom

Camden enjoys some one-on-one reading time in Ms. Bauer's room

What a treat! Alessandra Gravel was a surprise mystery reader for FIVE classes today: Ms. Tori, Mr. Peyton, Ms. Asia, Ms. Amaryst, and Ms. B! She is a flight attendant for Delta Air Lines and she came (in uniform!) to read Bearplane! and Maisy Goes on a Plane to our one- and two-year-olds and to her daughter Emma's preschool class. She even brought T-shirts, airplane trading cards, and wings stickers for the ones and twos, and yummy Delta Biscoff cookies for Ms. B's class.

Photo of a woman in a Delta flight attendant uniform reading a picture book

Photo of a woman in a Delta flight attendant uniform reading a picture book to a group of young children

Photo of a woman in a Delta flight attendant uniform reading a picture book to a group of toddlers

Photo of a woman in a Delta flight attendant uniform reading a picture book to a group of children

Veda was a big fan of the book fair!

Photo of a young girl holding a stack of books in front of a Gabby's Dollhouse display board

Library News

Scholastic Book Fair

The fall Scholastic Book Fair wraps up tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. Thank you for supporting our book fair. Proceeds from the fair are used to purchase classroom supplies, books, furniture, and more.

If you haven't had a chance to shop but you will be here tomorrow for the Book Parade, the book fair will be open starting at 7:30 a.m. and will close during the parade, reopening at around 10:15 a.m.

Can't make it in to shop? Our online fair lasts until November 6 and there are thousands of books to choose from, with 25% of every purchase coming back to our school. Click here to shop online.

Thank you to all the families who purchased books from teacher wish lists. The teachers were delighted to add these new books to their classroom libraries and can't wait to read them to their students. We are so grateful for your generosity!

Finally, a huge thank you goes out to all of our book fair volunteers this week: Corinne Fukayama, Angie Li, Alessandra Gravel, Ellie Hoover, Brooke Rasheed, Laura Viilo, Lauren Attkisson, Emily Lindberg, and Leah Jenness.

Read the October 30, 2025, issue of CSD Weekly, the district-wide newsletter.

Read-To-Me-A-Thon Comes to a Close

Don't miss the big reveal tomorrow following the Book Parade!

Graphic image with the words "Adventure Awaits with Reading" with a chick, a book, and mountains

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