Hello Coralville Central Families and Friends,

We are getting ready for parent/teacher conferences in the next couple of weeks. If you have not scheduled a conference please get a hold of your student's teacher for scheduling. The conferences can be either in person or Zoom.

It is becoming cold and flu season. Please keep your child home if they are showing flu symptoms. We, of course, want to limit the spread of illness. Please also call the school and let us know if your student is not going to be able to attend school. Thank you for helping us stay as healthy as possible.

Thank you,

Andy Gahan

Principal, Coralville Central Elementary

Message on Vaccines

You will be notified when your student reaches the following levels of absence.

5 excused, 8 excused, 3 unexcused, 5 unexcused (parent conference held to develop a plan), 5 unexcused tardies, 10 unexcused tardies (parent conference held to develop a plan). The office should be notified of a student's absence at the start of the day. The office must be notified of the reason for an absence no more than 48 hours after the beginning of the absence for it to be excused.

If absences continue after parent conference and attendance plan, the school will refer the student to Johnson County Attorney and a hearing with a judge will be scheduled.

Bell Schedule M, T, W, F 7:55 - 2:55 Th 7:55 - 1:55

Students are marked tardy/absent if not in their classroom by 7:55

Did you know that all three 6th grade teachers are new to our building this year? They are doing a fantastic job. I appreciated Mr. Scheffert's initiative in asking if the sixth graders could present their work on Mesopotamia to some 5th and 3rd graders during Library time. Each kid was asked to write an exit slip after listening to a short presentation, words that showed what they learned. After sharing this particular exit slip with the 6th graders when all was said and done, we all laughed out loud and then figured this student really understood what they were listening to. Also, one girl admitted she forgot to cite her sources so she went back to her search history to find all the websites she referenced. Brilliant!

Devin Redmond (she/hers)

Teacher Librarian

Coralville Central Elementary : ICCSD

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Follow @cclibrary on Instagram for BN recommendations from CC Staff AND CC Students!

Classroom Snacks & Celebrations

The District is committed to providing a safe and healthy learning environment for our students. Due to the increase in food allergies and concerns with childhood obesity, changes are being made to the district's Wellness Policy regarding classroom snacks, birthday treats and classroom celebrations. Some elementary schools are celebrating birthdays without food, so please check with your school to find out their practice.

When food is served to students in the classroom as a snack, birthday treat or during a classroom celebration, the following rules apply (ICCSD Wellness Policy 507.9):

• allow only fresh fruits/vegetables or purchased foods with the ingredients listed (no homemade foods)
• allow only foods that meet the Healthy Food Guidelines/Smart Snacks (the only exception to this would be food-tasting related to district approved curriculum lessons)
• not allow foods with peanuts or peanut butter, or foods that were made in a factory where cross-contamination may occur.
• food that does not meet the guidelines will be sent home.
• a list of acceptable foods (Healthy Food Guidelines/Smart Snacks) will be made available to parents and teachers at the beginning of the school year.

Examples of Acceptable Foods

• Veggies Straws or Chips
• Skinny Pop or Boom Chicka Pop Popcorn
• Cheddar Goldfish or Annie's Cheddar Bunnies
• Gluten Free Pretzels or pretzel chips (example: Snyder's brand)
• Carrots
• Applesauce
• Fruit Leathers
• Benton's Animal Cracker's (Aldi)
• Apples, Bananas, Cuties
• Pirate's Booty
• Mott's, Welch's or Annie's fruit snacks

Snacks MUST be individually packaged.

All snacks MUST be PEANUT/TREE NUT FREE and MUST NOT be made in a facility that processes nuts. The packaging should not have any NUT ALLERGY Warnings. Read below the ingredient label for any allergy warnings.

***Snacks that are not on the approved list will be sent home.

Non-food items are always preferable so all students may safely enjoy a treat. Some examples include: Stickers, washable tatoos, bubbles, or pencils/erasers.

Kelly Joseph, BSN, RN-BC

We will be wrapping up the month of Growth Mindset and shifting to Gratitude in November.

To start your month at home print this GRATITUDE CALENDAR and practice gratitude as a whole family. Fun!