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Cole Families,

We are excited to welcome the Fall Season and all the fun that comes with it! It’s going to be a busy week at school, with Drama Practice on Tuesday and Thursday, 6th Grade Comic Book League on Wednesday, and Chess Mates Club on Thursday. We are also excited to host our first Robotics Parent Meeting on Tuesday evening at 5:30 p.m. in the Library—we hope to see our robotics families there! Cole Bulldogs will be hosting Tarpey on Friday for game day and Football & Cheer/Spirit night will be at BHS. This is a Pink Out night!

Finally, a friendly reminder to our 6th grade families: Sonora Candy Sales permission slips are due Friday, so please don’t forget to get those turned in. Here’s to a wonderful week of learning, creativity, teamwork, and Fall fun!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Go Bulldogs!

Mrs. Arruda

Principal

This year's Drama Production will feature Disney's Winnie the Pooh. Sign ups for students begin August 24th outside of Rm 12 and auditions will be held August 27th in the MPR 4:00 - 7:00 PM.

* Practices will begin September 1st in the MPR 4:00 - 6:00 PM every Tuesday and Thursday

* Dress Rehearsals November 2nd & 3rd in MPR 4:00 - 6:00 PM and November 4th in MPR 1:10 - 3:10PM

* Performance Day November 5th - Primary and Upper Grade performance for Students Only in the morning and Parent performance in the evening.

“Thank you to the 51 bulldogs who signed up for Robotics! Ms. Willers and Mr. Sierra are working on putting together rosters for both sessions. Team members will be notified of their session by September 22. A parent meeting will be held on September 29. Practices will be held Tuesdays from 2:40-3:40 in Room 10, starting on October 6 for Session 1. Session 2 will not begin until January.”

Mr. Withrow, Orchestra and Classroom Music

Mrs. Shaghoian, Band and Classroom Music

Ms. Isabel Knee-Choir and Classroom Music

Reminders about missing practices during the week: Students shall practice at 2 FULL practices each week in order to be eligible for that week’s competition. This is for the sake of health and safety of the athlete that they have had at least 2 practices before they can compete in the games on Friday. If you have any questions or concerns, please communicate with your athlete's coach. Missing more practices (3+) with no communication with the coach may result in removal from the team.

For TK/Kindergarten Students: Students need to be in the classroom at 7:30am for AM TK/K sessions. Students will need to be in the classroom at 11:05am for PM TK/K sessions. Once the classroom doors are closed, students need to report to the office for a tardy slip. Excessive tardies can lead to action from the school attendance review board (SARB).

The first school bell (grades 1-6) rings at 7:40am with students needing to be in their seats by 7:45am. If students arrive to class after 7:45am, they are tardy and will be sent to the office for a tardy slip. Excessive tardies can lead to action from the school attendance review board (SARB). We do not have supervision for our students before 7:15 a.m.

School dismissal time is 2:35pm. Every Wednesday is our Early Release Day and class will dismiss at 1:05pm. If you are picking up your child during the school day, please be prepared to show your ID. We do not call students out of class before you arrive as this takes away from their learning time.

Please pick up your child promptly at dismissal time. Students should not be directed to sit in the office after school. Students are to go to Parent Pickup and wait for their parent to arrive. If parent does not arrive within 10 minutes after the bell, they will be directed to come to the office to make a phone call to parent. Chronic late pick ups are documented and a Late Pick up letter from SSSA will be sent home if they continue. We are unable to provide before school or after school supervision in the Office.

Dress Code

All clothing should be neat, clean and acceptable within the bounds of decency and good taste as appropriate for school.

o Excessively baggy or oversized pants, shirts or shorts that present a safety concern or reflect a gang style image are not allowed.

o Clothing and hats with professional sports teams’ logos and any inappropriate branding is not allowed.

o Halter-tops, tops with shoulder straps less than two inches in width and bare midriffs are not appropriate for school wear.

o Shorts and skirts must have a 5” inseam.

o Elementary students may only wear sandals that have a strap around the heel.

o Hairstyles that include unusual designs, colors, symbols, messages, and Mohawks/faux hawks are not allowed.

o Bangs or other hairstyles must not obstruct nor interfere with vision.

For a complete listing of the Dress Code Policy and other CUSD rules, please see the District Handbook of Parent and Student Rights and Responsibilities.

• When using this area to drop off and pick up your child, you must stay in your vehicle and pull all the way forward before stopping. If you need to get out of the car, you need to park and then you may walk your child in.
• Please do not cut in front of other cars or double park. Do not honk or swerve around other drivers.
• Students should be dropped off/picked up at the curb and are never to cut across the parking lot.
• The South parking lot is for Busses and Administrative staff parking only. If visitor spots are open, you may park in those.
• Please do not double park on Stuart and Sylmar and be mindful of our crosswalks.

Attention Bus Riders! If you have your bus pass from last year, please bring with you to use on your bus. This bus pass is to be used for every year that you ride the bus! So try very hard not to lose it as it is a $10 fee to get a new one through CUSD transportation. If you are a NEW bus rider, CUSD transportation will be issuing those to you as soon when they are completed. The bus driver will be issuing those to the bus riders. If you have questions about the bus pass for your rider, please call CUSD transportation at 327-9600. If you need to replace one: https://clovisusd.revtrak.net/district-office/transportation/#/list

**Water bottles, Stanley Cups,etc. Will you please help remind your bus rider that water bottles and Stanley cups need caps on the straws,etc? Thank you!**

Breakfast is served from 7:15-7:40 AM. Once the bell rings at 7:40 AM, your student WILL NOT be able to receive a breakfast. Reminder that only TK/K parents may stay with their student in the cafeteria. Please remind your students to eat their breakfast BEFORE going out to play on the blacktop.

TK/Kindergarten students and parents/guardians: In the MPR, if parents/guardians would like to stay with your little, you are more than welcome. Once student is finished, then you may walk them to class. Otherwise, our teacher supervising the cafeteria will walk them to his/her kindergarten class. Breakfast meals must be eaten in the cafeteria. All other age groups of students: parents/guardians please drop them off as we have supervision in the cafeteria. Thank you so much.

• Aug 25- Menchies
• Willow/Herndon
• Sept 15 - Chipotle
• Fowler/Herndon
• Oct 13 - Panera Bread
• Sierra Vista Mall
• Nov 17 - Panda Express
• Willow/Nees

Campus Visitors/Volunteers: Please remember to bring your government issued Photo ID and check in to the front office for your visitors badge if you are volunteering on campus or visiting a classroom for an extended period of time.

You also need to check out of the office when you leave.

Volunteers must visit https://www.cusd.com/ParentVolunteers.aspx

and fill out required paperwork before volunteering. You must also get approval from your students teacher before volunteering or visiting the classroom.

If you’re interested in getting more involved or know someone who would be a great fit, please send nominations to info@coleptc2.com.

Your involvement makes a big difference for our students and school—thank you for supporting Cole! 💙🐾

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Cole PTC

Become a member of the Parent Teacher Club!

Click here for the membership form. The PTC is a great way to support our school!

Attention Parents! Please click on the attachments below to get signed up for Parent Square. This is our communication platform that all of Cole will be using. It's easy and a great app to get information from the district, Cole, coaches and teachers. Here's a link to the district's website with more information. https://cusd.com/81295_3

Regular attendance fosters a classroom community between teachers and children.

If your child needs to be absent from school, it is very important you clear their absence through Parent Connect. All absences must be reported online within 5 days of the absence or we are unable to clear it and it will be marked uncleared.

California Education Code requires all school districts to notify parents when their student has a total of three (3) unexcused, uncleared or truant absences or unexcused tardies over 30 minutes.

Office Hours: Monday-Friday 7am-4pm

Website: cole.cusd.com
Location: 615 W. Stuart Ave Clovis, CA 93612
Phone: (559) 327-6200
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