Mr. O'Connell's Weekly Updates
6-1-21
Dismissal on June 4th
Please read through the communication from your child's teacher as it will provide links for summer work, annual verification link (to update your information in Infinite Campus), and how to access your child's report card in Infinite Campus. We will not be sending home a copy.
Student devices will be staying at school for the summer...however there are some exceptions to this. 5th graders will be taking their devices for the summer and taking to Middle School in the fall. Students attending KOC or other summer programming, the devices will be taken to those locations. All other devices will be moving over to West Willow and students will be getting them back in the fall.
Theme Days for our Final Week!!!
Tuesday--Tie-Dye or Neon Colors
Wednesday--Patriotic Day
Thursday--Beach Day
Friday--Coolidge spirit wear or black and gold
Summer Meals
Coolidge School Newsletter
Please also see the section about contacting us during the summer. Jen Christopherson and I will be accessible via email or leaving a message on our school line. If you are moving during the summer, please notify us and ask the new school to send us a note to get records sent.
Getting a brick from Coolidge School...please be watching your email as I am not certain of the date yet. I will let you know the date we will have them available and PTA will be doing a fundraiser with them...$1 dollar a brick. Thanks for supporting our new PTA for West Willow and holding on to some memories of Coolidge.
Bathroom by Cafe
Bathroom by Cafe
Preschool Entrance---check out the small door!
Library Books...to be returned
All library books are due back to the library, and we are down to just 4 more books that need to be returned!!! If your library book is lost or damaged, please send exact cash or a check payable to "Coolidge School" to pay for it. The cost will be printed on overdue notices that Mrs. Messina has provided to your child's teacher. Thank you for returning your library books, so we can get them packed up to move to our new library at West Willow! Thanks so much! We have several classrooms who have returned all of their books! Congrats to Mr. Wibe, Mr. Lang, Mrs. Morningstar, Mrs. Bergert, Ms Blocker, Mrs. Christoffersen, Ms Lodge, Mr. Hackenmiller, Mrs. Jennings, Mr. Englert, Mrs. Rulli, Mrs. Carney, Mrs. Russ and Mrs. Weller's classes for having all their books back!!! Let's see if we can get all classrooms on this list this week!
School Fees
Summer Reading
Classroom with carpet
Checkerboard side of some classrooms
Library entrance
Jr. J-Hawks Baseball
District Communication
Yearbooks - Order by June 4
Don't forget to order your yearbook by June 4. Go to: https://ybpay.lifetouch.com and enter Yearbook ID Code: 3317421. A standard yearbook is $20 and includes student and staff portraits, along with collage pages from throughout the year. Yearbooks will be distributed at the beginning of next school year (August 2021). Contact karend1223@gmail.com if you have questions or would like a paper order form.
Kindergarten/Preschool/Alternative Kindergarten Registration
See the flyers: Preschool/Kindergarten/Alternative Kindergarten--English
Health Guidelines
We appreciate you contacting the Nurse (ctrautman@crschools.us or stjohnson@crschools.us) or Mr. O'Connell (goconnell@crschools.us) if you have been exposed or have tested positive.
Newly released last week
Governor Kim Reynolds signed a bill that prohibits any school district from requiring masks to be worn by staff or students. We have discussed on morning announcements that it is a personal choice to wear a mask or not...and we need to be respectful no matter what the choice is. Masks will continue to be worn on school buses as they are public transportation, and that is a national mandate. Additionally, mitigation strategies remain for all school athletics and activities.
Arrival and Dismissal
Coolidge Elementary School
Email: goconnell@crschools.us
Website: https://coolidge.cr.k12.ia.us/
Location: 6225 1st Avenue Southwest, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
Phone: 319.558.2167