Chester Elementary School
February 7, 2020
Students chose their Superbowl LIV winners last Friday - more 49er fans at CES! Tough loss.
Great to have lunch with these stellar 3rd graders!
Ms. Mary & Ms. O'Kelley talking about the AR field trip this May for those students who qualify
Greetings CES Families & Friends,
CES PTA Family Game Night! Our wonderful PTA is hosting a family game night on Friday, February 7 from 5:30-7:00. These are "minute to win it" type games (I've got Corn Hole!). The games are free, and the PTA will be serving refreshments. Children must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. We hope to see you!
Our February character focus is Positive Attitude. We all know the importance and value of our attitude and how we approach school and other activities. We appreciate our parents emphasizing the importance of being positive, working hard and being a good citizen at school. Check out the article link below entitled "10 Activities to Encourage a Positive Attitude in your Kids."
February is also Black History Month. Our wonderful teachers will be highlighting some African American heroes this month, and we've also provided some links below to share with your children at home. Both National Geographic for Kids and Scholastic provide some helpful resources for families. Please see below.
Student online slang. I have a tough time keeping up with our students, their developing language and their social media use. I've found some valuable resources from CJHS's newsletter when they've shared smartsocial.com, a website dedicated to learning more about teenagers and their online activity. This week I've shared a link about teen slang. Please see below. Hopefully this will be helpful in educating our families to better understand our children.
Box top challenge. Our PTA is once again sponsoring a Box Top collection. You can get these box tops from a variety of groceries. Please cut out the "Box Tops for Education" symbol and turn in to the office or a PTA Board member. We have a goal to collect 5,000. Thanks!
Writing Contest for all grades! Ms. Bainbridge is sponsoring a writing contest for all CES students with a topic on "How does diversity benefit our world (or, how does variety help us?)?" Students can write about any benefits of diversity they choose - people, plants, animals, landscapes, etc. Entries are due February 14. Students may include art work and there are no length or format requirements. Parents are welcome to assist with the initial brainstorming. (3rd-6th grade parents - suggest students use their Step Up To Writing organization strategies.) Winners from each grade get to dip their hand in a money jar! We are collecting spare change in the office if anyone wishes to donate. We hope to see all of our students participating. Thanks Ms. Bainbridge!
CES PTA Read-a-thon. Our wonderful PTA is sponsoring a read-a-thon to raise money for the many events they do for our CES students. A link is below with all of the information. In summary, Feb 7-28 students collect pledges, Feb 29-March 7 students read, March 8-12 students collect from their sponsors, then on March 13 they turn in the pledge sheet and the money. We hope all of our students are able to participate. Thank you!
Reading each night? 20 minutes/night. Send me your pictures and your favorite books and we'll put them in an upcoming newsletter! Thanks for considering!
CASSPP Tests for 3rd-6th graders. Please see link below for additional information on the state tests all of our 3rd-6th graders take in May. There are a lot of helpful and informative links to learn more about these important tests. Thanks!
In closing, we appreciate your ongoing support and teaming with us to make 2019-2020 an exceptional elementary experience for our students. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns. Thanks!
Ms. Crowther teaching us about our character focus in February: positive attitude!
K Student of the Month pictured with Ms. Klimek
K Students of the Month pictured with Ms. Twitchell
Upcoming Dates
Feb 4-25th - Chester Little League Registration - online - https://sportsconnect.com/
Feb 7 - CES PTA Family Game night 5:30 pm - free; refreshments available to purchase
Feb 7-28 - CES students collect pledges for the PTA read-a-thon
Feb 14 - Final day to submit your Diversity writing paper, Happy Valentine's Day!
Feb 17-21 - President's Day, winter break - no school
Feb 29-March 7 - Students reading for the read-a-thon
March 8-12 - Students collect pledges from the read-a-thon
March 13 - Students turn in their forms and money to the PTA (or CES office)
Thanks for your support!
Email: areeder@pcoe.k12.ca.us
Website: https://ces.pcoe.k12.ca.us/
Location: 158 Aspen Street, Chester, CA, USA
Phone: 530-258-3194
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChesterElementary/
Twitter: @acreeder