Coulston Elementary School

Spring Break Wrap-Up

We hope everyone had a wonderful and relaxing Spring Break! We are excited to welcome our students back to school on Monday, March 23rd, and we look forward to seeing everyone again. We can’t wait to hear about all the fun and memories made over the break and to jump back into a great remainder of the school year. See you on Monday!!!

PTO Meeting

We are excited to invite you to our PTO meeting on Monday, March 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM! This is a great opportunity to come out, volunteer, and support our school community.

Thank you so much for your continued support!!! We truly could not do it without you. We hope to see you there!

Seussical Jr.

It is finally here….Coulston will present its spring musical, Seussical Jr. Our students and staff have been working hard on this performance, and we are excited to share it with our community next week. Our musical will be on Thursday, March 26th at 6:00 at SHS Breck Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public. We can’t wait to see our Comets in action!!

Reminders & Updates for Spring 2026

Cell Phones – Indiana law now prohibits cell phones in the classroom. Please keep this in mind if your child brings a phone to school.

Attendance – A new law requires interventions and parent conferences after 5 unexcused absences in a 10-week period. More information will be sent home this week.

Dress Code – Students must wear shoes with a back. No slides, backless sandals or flip flops, or shoes without backs are allowed for safety reasons. Please remember that bike shorts, short crop tops, etc are not allowed.

Tardies– Just a reminder that the tardy bell rings at 7:45. Students arriving after this time will be marked tardy.

Tardy students must be signed in by a parent or guardian. Students may not sign themselves in or be dropped off without an adult if they arrive after the tardy bell.

Please help make sure your child arrives on time so they do not miss important instructional minutes at the beginning of the day when routines, breakfast, and the tone for learning are being set.

Spring Picture Day

Picture Day is coming up on 03/27/2026! YOU MUST PREORDER for your child's photograph to be taken.

Online ordering closes at 11:59 p.m. the night before Picture Day. Order here: https://inter-state.com/

Transportation Changes

Must be called in by 1:00 PM. After this time, changes cannot be accommodated. Just a reminder that students being picked up after 2:00, need to be picked up in the car rider line.

• March 26-Seussical Jr at SHS at 6:00

• March 29-Spring Picture Day

• March 30-Bounce House Week

• April 2-Kindergarten Kick-Off at SMS at 5:30

• April 3-Snowie Day

• April 6-Go Blue Day-Wear Blue

• April 13-ILEARN Begins in Grades 3-5

• April 17-Mid-Terms

Please check out Mrs. Reed’s February newsletter. Her focus for the month will be Attendance and Conflict Resolution. Check out the wonderful resources provided as well!

Winter wellness starts at home! Handwashing, rest, and staying home when sick helps protect our entire school community.

Please remember that Shelbyville Central Schools (SCS) policy, consistent with general health guidelines, requires students with a fever to stay home until they've been fever-free for at least 24 hours without using fever-reducing medicine, ensuring they're well enough to return, alongside other symptoms like vomiting or diarrhea. Always check with your doctor and the school's nurse for specific guidance

If your child will be absent, please call the attendance line each morning so their absence can be marked properly. Thank you for your continued support and partnership!

Your School Nurse – Emily Polston, RN

Please take some time to look at home—under beds, on counters, in backpacks, and around the house—for any library books. We currently have several overdue books, and students are not able to check out new books until their previous books are returned. Students will be allowed to check out books to read over Spring Break if they would like.

It’s everyone’s responsibility to take good care of our CES library books. We appreciate your help in keeping our collection in great shape so all students can continue to enjoy the joy and skill of reading.

Please also remind students to bring their reading logs back to their teacher or to Dr. Schoettmer for the Library Treasury Box and the CES Comet Celebration next week. Every student has received one, two, or even three logs this semester—these serve as their golden tickets for the prize drawings!

We would also like to remind families how important regular school attendance is for student learning and success. Our school goal is to maintain an attendance rate of 95% or higher, and we appreciate your partnership in helping us reach this goal.

We are currently working on a school-wide incentive to encourage and celebrate strong attendance, and we look forward to sharing more details soon. Thank you for your continued support in making attendance a priority.

Lunch Information

We encourage all families to complete the Free & Reduced Lunch Form each year. Even if you qualified last year. This ensures eligible families receive meal assistance. You can sign up at this site: SCS Free and Reduced Lunch Form

Healthy Snacks – We appreciate your help in following the SCS Wellness Policy! Students enjoy a daily healthy snack at school, helping us meet our Healthy Snacks guidelines.

Transportation

Bus route information is available at scs.shelbycs.org/page/transportation. Scroll down to find the INFOFINDER link. If you need to make a change to your child’s transportation, please complete a Change of Transportation form at school. Changes take 48 hours to process. Call the office with any questions.

Car Rider Line

Here are a few car rider reminders to keep things running smoothly:

• Drop-off begins at 7:25 AM

• Pick-up is at 2:15 PM (1:45 PM on Wednesdays)

• Students should exit the car on the side closest to the sidewalk

• Please stay in your vehicle—do not park and get out

• Give hugs, kisses, and goodbyes before pulling forward in the line

• The car rider door closes at 7:45 AM. After this time, students must be dropped off and signed in at the front office.
  Thanks for helping us keep arrival and dismissal safe and efficient!