Cartersville Elementary School
October 2023 Newsletter!
October Dates:
October 2nd - 4th Grade Sports Stacking October 3rd - 4H meeting October 3rd - Purple Rain Singers October 4th - 5th Grade Sports Stacking October 5th - Flu Shots October 5th - Board meeting at CES
October 9th-13th - Fall Break (no school)
October 16th - 27th - Charleston Wrap Fundraiser
October 16th - 4th Grade Sports Stacking
October 17th - Purple Rain Singers Rehearsal
October 18th - 5th Grade Sports Stacking
October 19th - NEHS meeting
October 23rd - 27th - Book Fair
October 23rd - 27th - Red Ribbon Week (NEW: See flyer below with dress-up day information)
October 23rd - NO Sports Stacking this week
October 24th - Purple Rain Singers Rehearsal
October 25th - NO Sports Stacking this week
October 26th - 5th Grade field trip (Pettit Preserve - select classes)
October 26th - Spooky Science Night 5:00-7:00pm (see flyer below)
October 27th - First quarter PBIS rewards day
October 27th - Charleston Giftwrap Fundraiser Ends
October 30th - Tech Club
October 30th - 5th Grade field trip (Pettit Preserve - select classes)
October 30th - 4th Grade Sports Stacking
October 31st - Fall parties
October 31st - Purple Rain Singers Rehearsal
Important Reminders:
- Our school day is from 7:45-2:45. Doors open at 7:15 each morning. (Note this is a change from last year!)
- Early checkouts are not permitted after 2:10 pm for student safety.
- Please remember to send in a written and signed note for all transportation changes.
- All visitors must come through the main office and bring a photo ID to sign in.
- If your child is absent from school, a note must be turned in within 3 days of the absence. You may e-mail doctor's excuse notes to Sabrina McWhorter at smcwhorter2@cartersvilleschools.org
- All medications requiring administration at school must be brought to the school by a parent or guardian.
- No outside food or drink may be ordered and sent to the school for students; however, parents may bring food with them for a lunch visit with their child in our cafeteria.
- Be sure to check your child's grade frequently on Infinite Campus, once available. Progress reports will go home at 9-weeks, and report cards will be issued each semester.
- We kindly request all families picking their students up in cars, use the car rider line each afternoon. Car tags are available in the front office. This is for the supervision and safety of our students.
PTC Opportunities:
PTC (Parent Teacher Cooperative)
If you are interested in helping and supporting our PTC, please use the link below to join the CES PTC GroupMe communication group. Our next PTC meeting will be Thursday 10/19 at 8:15 AM in the CES cafeteria. Check the Group Me to see how you can support our Spooky Science Night!
Book It!
BOOKIT!
This year CES is participating in the BOOK IT! Program to encourage your child to find the joy in reading. The mission of the program is to turn “have to read” into “want to read” and the only way to get better at reading is to take the time to do it! Below is how the program works, along with ideas on how you can get involved at home:
How does it work?
Your student's goal from October to December is to read 20 minutes a day for 30 days. The days do not have to be in a row, so if you have to skip a day here and there, that is okay. When you bring your completed form back to the Media Center, you will receive a coupon for a FREE personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut! The last day you can turn in your form is December 19th.
How can you get involved at home?
- Please review your child’s monthly reading goal and set aside daily reading time at home.
- Be a reading role model and showcase how reading is a daily part of life – cookbooks, magazines, comics, instruction manuals, etc.
- Celebrate your child’s reading accomplishment by redeeming their Reading Award Certificate at Pizza Hut for a free, one-topping Personal Pan Pizza®.
Cyber Security Family Activity
Kids today may seem like experts at using technology, but the digital world requires all kinds of skills and habits that kids don’t just pick up as they go. Digital citizenship helps them learn those skills. Common Sense Media has created lessons that help kids develop healthy media habits and learn how to be safe online. In our Computer Science class, we implement digital citizenship lessons that focus on topics such as screen time and online safety etc., but parents also play a big role in teaching their children how to safely navigate the digital world as well. This month we are providing you with a lesson on password security, and we would highly encourage you to complete this short activity as a family. It is never too early to learn about internet safety!
Lost and Found:
Parents and guardians, our Lost & Found area is seeing a lot of lost items! Please help remind your child to:
- Please check for lost items as they are leaving lunch (Lost & Found is located across from the cafeteria).
- Please write names on items so we can help get the item back to the owner. Many items that are being found do not have names on them.
- The Lost & Found will be cleared out at the end of each month, and any remaining items will be donated. Please check for lost items before the last Friday of each month, so no valuables will be donated.
Infinite Campus - Campus Parent Login Information
Below is the link and path to access instructions to log into Infinite Campus to access your child's attendance and grades. There is also an attached pdf with instructions below.
Instructions: www.cartersvilleschools.org > About CCS > Parent/Student Communications >Infinite Campus Parent Portal set-up.
If you have any questions or trouble logging into the Parent Portal, please e-mail Heaven Harris at hharris@cartersvilleschools.org.
CES Yearbooks are on sale!
You can access the link below and search for Cartersville Elementary School in order to purchase a yearbook. The pricing is listed below:
https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A09859683
Books are $32 through September 29th.
$35 through October 27th.
$40 through November 10th
$45 through January 26th
Lunch Menu and Information:
The October lunch menu for the first two weeks can be found below.
Capturing Kids Heart Word of the Month for November - Teamwork!
Clever Login Information:
Cartersville Elementary School
Email: bbryant@cartersvilleschools.org
Website: https://www.cartersvilleschools.org/ces
Location: 340 Old Mill Road, Cartersville, GA, USA
Phone: 770-382-0983