Please read the articles below for a better understanding of why CGE is incorporating Interactive Play.

Connect Ed- Please make sure the school has your most up to date phone number in the system so you will receive phone calls with important information regarding CGES students or current events and school happenings.

Class Dojo- please connect with your student's teacher and the school on Class Dojo. We will use this to communicate with families on a daily basis.

All students will pay a $20 usage fee for the iPad. This can be paid in the front office or during orientation.

Students will participate in an ACE class each day. They will get the opportunity to learn through all of the arts as a CGES student! At CGE, we offer...

Students can eat lunch in the cafeteria daily or bring their lunch in a lunch box.

CGES receives a grant for a fresh fruit and veggie snack 3 days a week. We are grateful for this snack! Parents, you may also want to send a snack daily in the case that your student doesn't like the snack we provide.

Good snack ideas that provide energy:

- Granola chewy bars

- GoGurt yogurt tubes

- Fruit

- Peanut butter crackers

- Veggies

- GoldFish

- Peanuts or Almonds

- String cheese

All car riders will get a car tag and be assigned a car number. This tag must be visible in the vehicle when picking up students. If you don't have your car tag, you will have to pull over and wait to be verified as an adult that is allowed to pick students up.

The car rider line in the afternoon opens at 3:28 and closes at 3:58. Guardians arriving after 3:55 will need to pick up their student in the front office.

Franklin Street is a ONE-WAY street during drop off and pick up hours. Please always turn right out of Carl Wilkerson Loop, morning and afternoons. This limits the amount of traffic on our road and makes it easier for local residents to also use the road during busy hours.

Bus safety is extremely important. Students are to follow these rules:

• Stay seated, even when the bus comes to a complete stop
• Sit in assigned seat
• Keep aisles free of backpacks and body parts
• Keep hands and feet to self
• No eating or drinking on the bus
• Talk and act kindly to others
• Keep voice level at conversation level
• Stay silent when crossing railroad tracks

If students cannot follow these rules, they will be placed on a bus contract. If students continue to be unsafe on the bus, students will lose their riding privileges. Bus safety is extremely important, as the driver needs to focus on the road and drive safely to keep students safe during the routes to and from school.

Students may walk to and from China Grove Elementary School if living within a 3 block radius. This policy is a door to door privilege and parents/guardians may not drive or pick up walkers from a car. Students must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Morning drop off procedure:

• Parent must walk from their home to the school. If you are in a car, you must go through the car rider line.

• A parent must walk the child all the way to the front doors between 8:05-8:25 am.

• Please use sidewalks to ensure the safety of you and your child.

Afternoon pick-up procedure:

• Walkers will be dismissed from the bus parking lot entrance ramp.

• A parent will walk to the pick up area and give the staff member the student walker/car rider number to be called for dismissal.

• Student and parent/guardian are asked to use the sidewalks to ensure their safety. Please do not walk through the bus parking lot.

• In the event of inclement weather and parents/students are unable to walk door to door, all walkers will be car riders. The parent/guardian will need to call the school to have the change made for transportation.

If you're interested in being a CGES Walker, please request the form to apply.

-Birth Certificate

-Immunization Record

-Health Assessment Form

-Medication Form (if applicable)

-Previous School records (if applicable)