Cartersville Elementary School
January 2024 Newsletter!
Happy New Year! We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. We are excited to be back at school with our students, and we are looking forward to a wonderful 2nd semester. Report cards and MAP Family reports from 1st semester will go home with students Monday, January 8th. Please sign and return the report card to school with your student. Please also remember parent notes for absences must be turned into the school within 3 days of the absence. See the attendance section below for more information. This is the last week to purchase a personal yearbook ad for your child! (See below.) We also have several events coming up in the next few months, including our Boosterthon, Family Discovery Night, and opportunities to support Backpack Buddies and the Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter. Please participate when and where you can to support our school and community. There is information about these events and more below. We wish everyone a wonderful start to 2024!
~Mrs. Bryant
January Dates:
January 8th - Tech Club
January 8th - School Board Meeting - CPS
January 8th - Report Cards and MAP Family Reports go home
January 8th - 5th Grade DARE program begins
January 9th - Purple Rain Singers (honors state chorus only)
January 9th - 5th Grade Art Club Group 1
January 11th - Student Council Meeting
January 11th - 5th Grade Art Club Meeting Group 2
January 15th - Martin Luther King Day - No School
January 15th - Boosterthon fundraiser online sign-up active
January 16th - 5th Grade GA Power In-house field trips (rescheduled for January 22nd)
January 16th - 4th Grade Art Club Group 1
January 16th - Purple Rain Singers rehearsal
January 18th - 5th Grade GA Power In-house field trips
January 18th - NEHS meeting
January 18th - 4th Grade Art Club Group 2 (cancelled - Ms.Turem will schedule make up)
January 19th - 5th Grade GA Power In-house field trips
January 19th - STAR Student breakfast at 8:00
January 22nd - ACCESS testing begins
January 22nd - Tech Club
January 23rd - 26th - Personal Safety Lessons for both 4th and 5th
January 23rd - 5th Grade Art Club Group 1
January 23rd - Purple Rain Singers Rehearsal
January 25th - 5th Grade Art Club Group 2
January 26th - Regional Tech Competition
January 29th - Boosterthon Fundraiser begins
January 30th - Purple Rain Singers rehearsal - CANCELLED
February 1st - Student Council Meeting
Upcoming Dates:
February 6th - Boosterthon Fundraiser ends
February 12th-16th - Career Week
February 13th - Family Discovery Night
February 14th - Friendship parties
February 15th - Class Picture Day
February 16th - Job Shadow Day
February 19th-23rd - Winter Break (No School)
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.
Thank you for our Reindeer STEAM Day Donations!
Our students had a wonderful time with our visiting reindeer, Comet and Cupid, from Pettit Creek Farms. Special thanks to Pritchard Injury Firm and Graphite Construction for sponsoring our reindeer visit! Thank you to everyone who sent in supplies for our STEAM activities as well. It was a great day of both fun and learning as we headed into the holidays!
PTC Opportunities:
PTC (Parent Teacher Cooperative)
Thank you to our PTC for a wonderful December holiday luncheon and back to school breakfast for our teachers and staff. If you are interested in helping and supporting our PTC, please use the link below to join the CES PTC GroupMe communication group. Be on the lookout on the PTC GroupMe for the next PTC meeting date and time! We welcome you to join us to hear how you can help and be involved this semester to support our students and teachers with Family Discovery Night, Friendship Parties, Book Fair and more!
School Attendance
Make attendance a priority by ensuring your child is at school and on time every day. If your child is sick and needs to be absent from school, a note must be turned in within 3 days of the absence. You may e-mail doctor's notes to Sabrina McWhorter at smcwhorter2@cartersvilleschools.org. For more details regarding the attendance policy, please check our student handbook https://www.cartersvilleschools.org/Domain/269.
Upcoming Fundraisers
There are several upcoming opportunities where students can work with our community to raise money for our school, Backpack Buddies, and Bartow Advocates for Children! Please participate when and where you can!
January 29th - February 6th - Boosterthon! We’re coming up on this year’s Boosterthon fundraiser! Registration opens January 15th at mybooster.com! Don’t miss out on this opportunity to support our school and win amazing prizes along the way! This year's theme is Dude Perfect!
End of February - Backpack Buddies and the Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter. Help support Cartersville City School's Mallory Whorton as she competes in Dancing with the Stars! More information to follow soon.
End of March - Bartow Advocates for Children. Help our National Elementary Honor Society as they sponsor their annual fundraiser to benefit our local Bartow Advocates for Children. More information to follow soon.
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.
Lost and Found:
Parents and guardians, 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.
Lunch Menu and Information:
The January lunch menu can be found at: Cartersville Elementary School - MealViewer Schools
Capturing Kids Heart Word of the Month for January - Respect!
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