October

20 - Report Cards were sent home

23-27 - Book Fair

25 - Kindergarten field trip

26 - PreK field trip

26 - Fall picture make-up day

26 - PTO Trunk or Treat 5:00-6:30pm

27 - Camo day (our last football Friday theme day)

30 - Cultural Fair - let your child's teacher know if you would like to help

30 - Alabama Literacy Act presentation - K-3 parents - 5:00pm

31 - Book Character dress up day

November

1 - Remote Learning Day/Faculty Professional Development Day

3 - PTO Turkey Trot - volunteers needed!

9 - Veterans' Day Program

10 - No School/Veterans' Day

16 - Green Power Race

16 - Math/STEAM Night, 5:00-6:30pm

17 - Thanksgiving Meal (PK-2 visitors)

20-24 - No School/Thanksgiving Break

1st: Booshra Ali

2nd: Marli Green, Savannah Macklin, Lucas Maschue, & Maya Jackson

3rd: Brynli Bassham, Anderson Bevins, & Adalyn Bishop

4th: Cassandra Davis, Jonathan Maldonado, Emory Necklaus, & Anna Terry

5th: Cooper Evans, Masen Simmers, & Loralei Sparkman

It is time for our annual book character pumpkin contest. Entry fee will be $5 by CASH or Check. Please make checks out to Chestnut Grove Elementary with a current phone number. Money will be turned in to Mrs. Prater in the library. All entry fees must be paid by Thursday, October 26th. Your pumpkin must be a book character. Pumpkin turn in days will be Wednesday, October 25th and Thursday, October 26th in the library. Pumpkins will NOT be accepted early or late. Pumpkins will be judged with a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winner with prizes! Pumpkins will be judged and sent home Tuesday, October 31st. Any remaining pumpkins will be thrown away Wednesday, November 1st. If your child is participating, please fill out this form and turn it in with your entry fee. For any questions please email mallory.prater@dcs.k12.al.us

This program is now available in Alabama! The Imagination Library is dedicated to inspiring a love of reading by gifting free books each month to children birth to age 5.

More info

Check your child's binder daily for communication from the teacher.

PreK Arrival (7:30-7:45am) & Dismissal (2:15-2:30pm) will be in the rear. If you arrive after these times, parents will need to come to the office.

K & 1st grade arrival (7:15-7:45am) & dismissal (2:45pm) is in the front left parking lot. Older siblings of K/1st graders will join their younger sibling on the lower carline/commons (playground side).

2nd-5th grade arrival & dismissal is in the front right parking lot (gym side).

IMPORTANT INFO

• If your child needs assistance getting out of the car in the mornings, please use the K/1 parking lot. Our upper lot is intended for students who can get out of the car independently.
• Carline: Students must be picked up by 3:00pm. If an emergency arises, contact the office ASAP, 256-552-3092.
• Check-outs must be done prior to 2:15pm. We do not allow checkouts after this time due to preparing for dismissal, which office staff assists with.
• Check-outs before 11:30am count as an absence.
• If your child's regular mode of transportation changes, it is important for you to communicate directly with your child's teacher via Remind as early as possible since they are the ones who handle transitions to dismissal each day.
• If you do not have your carline card, you will be asked to park in the parking lot and bring your ID to the office to pick up your child. This is part of our safety plan to ensure student safety. If you need additional people added to your child's pick-up list, call Mrs. Coffey, 256-552-3092.
  

Walkers

Walkers are dismissed at 2:40 to a parent/guardian. If you request for your child to walk home without a parent/guardian, we need this request documented and signed by a parent/guardian to be kept on file in the office. If no one is there to meet your child at 2:40, school staff will bring your child back inside the building to wait with car riders, and they can be picked up in the car line.

Visit dcs.edu for important bus information, including registration forms and routes.

Elementary: Student may not have cell phone/device out during the school day.

The parent will be called by an administrator at each offense. After any offense that the cell phone/device is collected and parents are contacted for pick-up, the principal or designee will lock the cell phone/device in the principal's office. Only a parent or verified designee can pick up the cell phone/device. The cell phone/device may be picked up at the end of the school day between dismissal and 3:00 p.m. and must be signed for to show receipt of the personal item.

Offense progression

1. Parent called

2. Parent called and will have to pick up the phone from the office.

3. 1 day of ISS assigned Code 2.00

4. 3 days of ISS assigned Code 2.01

5. 3 days of CAS assigned for 3rd grade and above Code 2.01/2.00