Cheetah Chatter Parent Update
Chapel District Elementary School Nov. 19th-26th
Recent Honors for Chapel District Elementary School!
Hello, Chapel Families!
We are so excited to share that Chapel District Elementary School has been recognized as a 2022 U.S. World and News BEST Elementary School! CDES placed in the top 30% of Maryland public elementary schools in the state, thus allowing us to receive this prestigious award. We are beyond proud and honored for this distinction and would like to thank our hard working and dedicated Chapel staff, students, families, and community. Without each of you, this would not be possible! WE ARE #CDES STRONG!
In addition, CDES has been nominated as a finalist in APG Chesapeake's Best of the Best Public Schools! The winner will be announced in December. Thank you to all of our Chapel families for voting and recognizing CDES as a finalist!
Lastly, CDES was awarded 7 Badges of Success as a Maryland PBIS School! We are excited to add these recent honors to our past GOLD school awards!
Our Grandparents Club fundraiser (cookies, pies, butter hearts) items will be delivered TODAY! Please be sure to pick up your items from the cafeteria between 2:30-4:30 p.m.
We are accepting donations for our Giving Tree gift card program through November 22nd. We are in need of additional donations! Please reach out to Mrs. Tillman (jtillman@talbotschools.org) with questions. Giving Tree donations go directly back to our Chapel families, so thank you for considering donating.
Classroom tree ornaments are due November 30th! Ornaments are for trees that will be auctioned off at our Breakfast with Santa event on December 4th.
We are so thankful for our Chapel staff, students, families, and community! Wishing all of our families a relaxing and safe Thanksgiving. We are truly blessed at CDES because of each of you!
Sincerely,
Dr. Kari M. Clow
CDES Principal
2021 Chesapeake Best of the Best Public School Finalist!
Chapel District Awarded 7 Badges of Success As Maryland PBIS School!
- Teamwork Makes the Dreamwork
- Data on My Mind
- Tier 2
- The Power of Teaching
- Our Classroom, Our Community
- Community Connections
- Instructional and Restorative Responding
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STUDENTS, STAFF, and FAMILIES ON THIS PRESTIGIOUS HONOR!
CDES Giving Tree!
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year...
We will be helping some of our Chapel families have a happy holiday season this year. We will be collecting gift cards to help ease the financial burden for families in need. If you would like to help brighten the holiday for these families, please send gift cards by November 22nd to:
Chapel District Elementary School
11430 Cordova Road
Cordova, Maryland 21625
Att'n: Jane Tillman
Feel free to contact me at jtillman@talbotschools.org with any questions. Thank you so much for giving! We are in need of more gift cards at this time!
Higginbottom Orthodontics Donates Turkeys!
Breakfast With Santa- 12/4/21 8:30-11:00 a.m.
Lost and Found- Please Claim Items!
We have TONS of Lost and Found items! Please claim if any of these items are your child's!
Students Recognized for Quarter 1 Awards
Student Illness/Covid Info
My Child is Sick! What should I do???
We will continue to keep you informed of Covid updates. Please see the TCPS link below that shows Covid cases and quarantined students by TCPS school below.
Basically if children show any signs of illness there are three options:
1) Stay home for 10 days, may return with no fever for 24 hours and resolution of symptoms
2) Get tested, return with proof of negative PCR test result and resolution of symptoms
3) See a doctor and get a differential diagnosis/note and have no fever for 24 hours and resolution of symptoms
My Child Has Been Deemed a Close Contact! Now What?
R.I.S.E Program Has Started, Volunteers Needed
How We Recognize Students at CDES for Positive Behavior!
*Pay attention
*Act responsibly
*Work to do their best
*Show respect
Students can also receive small P.A.W.S. daily when they follow school rules. Students then write their name on these P.A.W.S. coupons, which go into their classroom envelope for weekly drawings for the prize cart on Fridays.
Chapel Cheetah Champs!
Additional Snacks at Lunch
Important Upcoming Dates
NOVEMBER
*11/19- Fundraiser items pick-up- CDES Cafeteria 2:30-4:30 p.m.
*11/19- TCPS Education Foundation Mission Possible Event 5-8 p.m. (Virtual)
*11/24-11/28- Thanksgiving Break, NO School
*11/29- 5th Grade D.A.R.E. Begins
*11/30- Classroom tree ornaments due
DECEMBER
*12/1- Grandparents Club Meeting 6:00 p.m. (You may attend in Media Center or on Zoom)
*12/4- PTO Breakfast with Santa 8:30-11 a.m. (Masks required)
*12/14- Parent Advisory Committee Meeting 5:00 p.m. (Zoom)
*12/14- PTO Meeting 6:30 p.m. (You may attend in Media Center or on Zoom)
*12/16- Quarter 2 Interim Ends
*12/17- 5th Grade D.A.R.E. Ends
*12/21- Youth Mental Health First Aid Training 5:30-8:30 virtual
*12/22- Youth Mental Health First Aid Training 1-4 in person
*12/22- Quarter 2 Interims Issued, Early Dismissal 12:20 p.m. dismissal
*12/23-1/2- TCPS Winter Break
Research on Child Development
Available Designs- CDES Online Spirit Wear Store!
CDES PTO Updates
PTO Officers:
Co- Presidents: Bernadette Golt and Taren Knopp
Vice President: Katie Callahan
Treasurer: Julie Callahan
Secretary: Ashley Foster
PTO Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of every month. Meetings held in person in the Media Center OR you can attend virtually on Zoom!
*Next PTO Meeting: Tuesday, December 14th at 6:30 p.m-
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85746972623?pwd=VHZTd1FtVDBuWnY3SjZNY0N0UlM4Zz09
*Please email any questions or comments to cdespto@gmail.com
Please link your E-Vic Card TODAY! You must renew your membership each year. Thank you!
Support Our PTO- Re-Link or Link Your Harris Teeter E-Vic Card! Must renew this annually!
CDES Grandparents Club Info
President: Mike Butler
Vice President: Carla Callahan
Treasurer: Cindy Doupnik
*Meetings will take place the first Wednesday of the month at 6:00 p.m. Meetings held in person in the Media Center OR you can attend virtually on Zoom!
Next Grandparents Club Meeting: December 1st at 6:00 p.m
Zoom link- https://us05web.zoom.us/j/88366253821?pwd=RUJHb1JzRUVDeXoxRlFKWDNFZURsdz09
Please be sure to print out the Grandparents Club membership form below, complete, and to pay your $5 dues to be a member! We are looking for new members!
Our ButterBraids fundraiser is due November 15th! Get your orders in for the holidays! Order forms went home with students in their take home folders.