CFIE Family Newsletter
September 10, 2021
CFIE Mission:
CFIE Student Handbook Spotlight:
INCLEMENT WEATHER:
With hurricane season still in effect, here is the information from our Student Handbook about inclement weather:
“In preparing for severe or inclement weather, it sometimes becomes necessary for a decision to be made concerning the closing of school or delaying of school hours. After conferring with the National Weather Service and various emergency agencies, a decision will be made on whether to delay or close school. This decision will be made in a timely manner so that information can be communicated to all parties. Since we are a county-wide school system, a decision to close schools or delay school hours will affect all schools throughout Onslow County. In order to effectively communicate this information, school officials are asking all students, parents and school employees to follow the suggestions listed below:
1. The parent’s/guardian’s primary contact phone number will be registered with your child’s school to receive automated messages. School cancellations or delays will be announced through the school system’s automated alert network. In addition, the registration of your phone numbers is essential to allow the school to contact you in case of an emergency.
1. Log-on to the Onslow County Schools system’s web site at www.onslow.k12.nc.us to read current information on school closings or delays.
2. Call the Onslow County Schools “Information Line” at (910) 989-2211 to hear current information on school closings or delays.
3. Listen to one of the area radio stations WKOO
(98.7FM), WXQR (105.5FM), WDLX (93FM), WSFL (106.5FM), or WRNS (95.1FM) or your local favorite radio station.
4. While we will notify area television stations, they have certain time restraints in getting information on the air, due to the large volume of closings they list.
5. Please do not call the radio or television stations, newspaper offices, school officials or school offices.
1. THE ABSENCE OF ANY ANNOUNCEMENT MEANS THAT THE SCHOOLS WILL OPEN OR CLOSE AS USUAL.
Over 15,000 of the approximately 26,000 students in the
Onslow County School System travel to and from school by bus. Often road conditions on our much- traveled primary roads are quite different from those on our less frequently traveled secondary roads. When making the decision of opening or closing schools, school officials are primarily concerned with the safety and welfare of all pupils and staff members.“
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OCS BOE Update on COVID Protocols
“CHANGES TO FACE COVERING PROTOCOLS AND CLOSE CONTACT QUARANTINE PROCEDURES
During their September 7, 2021 meeting, the OCS Board of Education voted 6-1 to make the following changes to the OCS COVID-19 Protocols and Practices:
Face Coverings Required
Effective Thursday, September 9, with full implementation by Monday, September 13, face coverings will be required for all staff, all students, and all visitors when indoors on all OCS school campuses. The Superintendent and his staff have been directed to establish criteria for exemptions to this requirement based upon factors including, but not limited to, physical, emotional, or developmental disabilities. These exemptions shall be published on September 8, 2021. The face covering requirement will be reconsidered by the Board as required by General Statute.
The decision requiring face coverings comes in an effort to maintain in-person instruction as the number of students excluded from school due to close contact quarantines has increased.
With some exceptions for extracurricular and athletic settings, according to both the NC StrongSchools Toolkit and current board-approved OCS protocols, students identified as close contacts do not have to quarantine if, during the exposure, both individuals were appropriately masked.
Close Contact Quarantine Time Adjustment
Quarantine time for individuals identified as close contacts has been amended to a minimum of 10 days symptom-free without COVID-19 testing. Individuals identified as close contacts may return to school following this period of quarantine provided no symptoms have been reported during that time.
Removing the testing requirement will standardize the quarantine period for close contacts and help ease the burden on our local medical community.” (This means no negative test requirement to return on 8th day - only a 10 day quarantine). Note: household exposure will still require the positive person’s 10 days having to be done before close contact’s 10 days begin.
Lockdown Drill -September 14th
UPCOMING EVENTS!
Mark Your Calendars!
8/30-9/20- K-3 Beginning of Year Assessments (DIBELS8 READING)
8/30-9/20- K-5 iReady Beginning of Year Math Diagnostic
9/14- Lockdown Drill @ 2 pm
9/21 - Fall Pictures
9/22 - Interim Reports Go Home
9/23 - Early Release Day - Students dismiss at 12:00 pm
9/24-10/1- Book Fair
9/28 - Open House (5-7 pm)
9/29- Booster Thon Fundraiser begins
10/1 - National Custodial Worker's Recognition Day
10/4-10/8- NC Check-ins Benchmark 1- ELA (4th and 5th)
10/6 - Booster Thon Fun Run!
10/11 - Teacher Workday - no school for students
10/12- PTO Meeting @ 6 pm in the Cafeteria and via TEAMS!
10/12-10/15- NC Checkins Benchmark- Science (5th)
10/15 - Fall Festival (5-7 pm)
10/18-10/22- Book Fair
10/25 - End of Grading Period
10/25-10/29- Red Ribbon Week!
10/27 - Early Release Day - Students dismiss at 12:00 pm
11/1 - Report Cards Go Home
11/5- 1st 9-weeks awards
11/9- Make Up Pictures
11/9- PTO Meeting @ 6 pm in the Cafeteria and via TEAMS!
11/10- Early Release Day- Students dismiss at 12:00 pm
11/10- 5th Grade Musical
11/11- Holiday- no school for students & staff
11/24- Teacher Workday
11/25-11/26- Holiday- no school for students & staff
11/30- Interim Reports Go Home
12/14- Staff Christmas Caroling
12/16- 1st graders singing program (10:10); Kindergarteners singing program (11:15)
12/20-12/31- Winter Break
1/3- Teacher Workday- no school for students
1/5-1/28- MOY Assessments
1/10-1/14- NC Checkins Benchmarks (ELA 4th & 5th; 5th Science)
1/11- PTO Meeting @ 6 pm in the Cafeteria and via TEAMS!
1/14- End of Grading Period
1/17- Holiday- no school for students & staff
1/18- Teacher Workday- no school for students
1/19- Teacher Workday- no school for students
1/26- Report Cards go home
1/28- 2nd 9-weeks/1st semester awards
2/1- Chinese New Year Celebration
2/11 - Student Valentine Formal Dance (5:30 - 7:30)
2/15 - Group Pictures
2/15- PTO Meeting @ 6 pm in the Cafeteria and via TEAMS!
2/21- Teacher Workday- no school for students
2/22- Interim Reports go home
2/22-3/4 - Access Testing for ELL
3/8- PTO Meeting @ 6 pm in the Cafeteria and via TEAMS!
3/13- Daylight Savings Time
3/18- Early Release Day - students dismiss at 12:00 pm
3/22- 1st Grade Musical
3/25- End of Grading Period
3/28-4/8- PTO’s APEX Fundraiser!
April: Month of the Military Child
4/1- Report Cards Go Home
4/8- 3rd 9 weeks awards
4/11-4/14 Spring Break - no school for students & staff
4/15- Holiday- no school for students & staff
4/18- Teacher Workday- no school for students
4/19- PTO Meeting @ 6 pm in the Cafeteria and via TEAMS!
4/22- 3rd Grade Musical
5/2-5/6- CFIE Staff Appreciation Week
5/2-5/6- NC Checkins Benchmarks- ELA (4th & 5th); Science (5th)
5/10 & 5/12 - Kindergarten Musical
5/10- PTO Meeting @ 6 pm in the Cafeteria and via TEAMS!
5/13 - Volunteer Breakfast
5.20- Field Day
5/26- ELA (3rd); Science (5th) EOG testing
5/30- Holiday- no school for students & staff
6/1- ELA EOG (4th & 5th); Read to Achieve Test (3rd)
6/3- Math EOG (3rd, 4th, 5th)
6/7- End of Grading Period/Last Day for Students
6/7- Awards Ceremonies
About Us - Carolina Forest International Elementary
Email: cathy.dalimonte@onslow.k12.nc.us
Website: https://www.onslow.k12.nc.us/carolinaforestes
Location: 141 Carolina Forest Boulevard, Jacksonville, NC, USA
Phone: (910)346-1778
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Twitter: @EaglesCfie