October 2024
The Carillon 10/5/24
the Carillon
car·il·lon /ˈkerəlän,ˈkerələn/
your weekly update from Carrollton Elementary
10/5/2024
From the Desk of Mr. Brennan…
As we continue to focus on our theme for the year, Here We Grow, I shared a thought with my staff yesterday that may be an encouragement to you. Psychiatrist and philosopher Viktor Frankl wisely observed, “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” And what are some stimuli that may elicit responses – positive or negative – in adults? When your child’s behavior doesn’t match your expectations there is certainly a stimulus to respond. The same is true when your spouse doesn’t meet an expectation (even if it’s not communicated, they should love you enough to be able to read your mind, right?!). If you work with inefficient colleagues or inept supervisors, these can be incitements to react. How about traffic and paying bills and the threat of toilet paper scarcity? There all stimuli that generate responses: that’s why there’s road rage and stress and empty shelves at Food Lion. HOA’s, social media, work, politics – all serve as stimuli that create responses. • Of course, there are positive stimuli: falling gas prices, sunrises and sunsets, babies, the kindness of strangers, the love of family, cooler weather, a job well done. In all things you are free to choose how you will respond; each stimulus that triggers a response is an opportunity for you to grow – or an opportunity to complain, blame, give up, lash out. • At school, we are teaching your children to be mindful of their responses as we help them manage their reactions and behaviors. Our kids are noting how the adults around them respond to stress, how we handle disappointment, how we treat others, how we follow rules. • Viktor Frankl’s quote is profound not just because it’s true; it’s profound because Viktor Frankl was a Holocaust survivor. If he could retain the power of choosing his response in the face of the unspeakable horrors he witnessed and the atrocities to which he was subjected, surely we should be able to deal well with our daily inconveniences and routine annoyances. Carrollton caregivers, you have the power to choose you response -- choose well!
Let’s grow!
Mr. B.
Mr. Brennan
Cardinal Kudos
Congratulations to our September Cardinals of the Month!
Pre-K – Nyla S.
Kindergarten – Jackson S.
1st grade – Bryan N.
2nd grade – Maximus K.
3rd grade – Tyler R.
Thank you, A. Ramirez and family for the very kind donation of a “snack smorgasbord” for our teachers – you made lots of them smile!
The William M. Cage Library Trust provided CAES with a very generous donation of $450.00 that will be used to improve the library collection for all of our students!
As of Wednesday morning, our Booster pledge profit was $20,143 thanks to all who participated in donating and seeking donations!
Help Wanted
If you would like to help our teachers and you know your way around a large laminator (or are willing to be trained), please reach out to Mrs. Bogard at [email protected].
Caregivers often ask how they can support the school staff and one way would to provide items for staff incentives; here’s an Amazon link for such items: Ways to Encourage the CAES Staff
Good to Know
We have a new nurse! Be sure to welcome Ms. Hannah Lorenzo, RN to the Cardinal family.
Our lockdown drills went very well this week -- be sure to debrief with your kids about what they thought.
The SMS Junior Beta Club is conducting a shoe drive fundraiser through November 22. Anyone can help by donating gently worn, used, or new shoes to the main office at Smithfield Middle School. SMS Jr. Beta will earn funds based on the total weight of the shoes collected through Funds2Orgs. All donated shoes will then be redistributed throughout the Funds2Orgs network of small business partners. Funds2Orgs works with micro-entrepreneurs in developing countries to help them create, maintain, and grow small businesses through sales of the shoes collected in the shoe drive. For more information, contact James Ryon Nance, Co-Sponsor, SMS Junior Beta Club at 757-365-4100 or [email protected].
Reminders:
Early pick-up ends at 3:15 daily. From 3:15 to 3:35, students are receiving valuable instruction, at recess, or transitioning between classes, so your support is appreciated.
Morning drop-off info:
- Please do not leave your car unattended in the line.
- All students are expected to come through the car line.
- To decrease the congestion on the sidewalks, please do not park and walk your student to the building unless you have previous arrangements with the teacher.
- Please do not pass another vehicle in the line.
- If you trust your student to get out without staff assistance, this is fine.
Afternoon pick-up info:
- Please don’t arrive before 3:00 as this may block staff in their parking spots.
- Please do not leave your car unattended in the line.
- Be sure to come through the line by turning right from New Towne Haven Lane.
- Please do not pass another vehicle or switch lanes.
- Move up to a safely close distance to the vehicle in front of you.
- Turn off your engine once parked and leave it off until vehicles are directed to move.
- Here’s a link with more information: CAES Afternoon Pick-up Procedure
If you would like to eat lunch with your child, please reach out to the teacher at least 24 hours in advance to schedule the visit; this will allow the teacher to communicate if there are any changes to the lunch schedule and to notify the office of your upcoming visit.
All students enrolled in Isle of Wight County Schools are given an opportunity to apply for free and reduced-price meals. Applications may be completed privately and securely online at www.schoolcafe.com, andforms can be obtained at any school's cafeteria or main office.
Cafeteria menus are posted monthly on the IWCS website at IWCS Cafeteria Menus ('24-'25)
Here’s the link to an “online note” that you can use to report your children’s absences: CAES Absence Note
A copy of the school division’s calendar is linked here: 2024-2025 School Calendar
Information about the Virginia Literacy Act (VLA) and the division’s new language arts curriculum, myView: Virginia Literacy Act
Bus info linked here: IWCS Transportation Information
From Our PTA
Friday, October 25 - Trunk or Treat at CAES. Click the link below to volunteer! We are looking for lots of spooky trunks to participate. If you love Halloween, this one's for you! Want to volunteer? Click here: Trunk-or-Treat Volunteers
Membership is open for PTA! Click the link below to join. It is $5 for an individual membership, and we also have a business membership this year for $10.
PTA Membership store - https://carrollton.
Official CAES PTA page - https://www.facebook.
As always, we greatly appreciate your support!
Sincerely,
CAES PTA Executive Board
From Blue Dominion (www.
The date for make-up and retake pictures is Nov. 6.
All CAES photo info can be found on this website: https://www.
Photo Ordering: Ordering will be 100% online. Photos will be available to order about two weeks after picture days. More info will follow.
Mark Your Calendar
10/10 Crunch Heard ‘Round the Commonwealth
10/14 No school: Student holiday
10/15 No school: Staff professional development day
10/16 Bully Prevention Month’s Unity Day (We’ll wear lots of orange.)
10/17 IWCS Breast Cancer Awareness Pink-Out Day
10/18 Cardinal of the Month Popcorn party
10/25 Our annual Book Character Day!
10/25 PTA-sponsored Trunk-or-Treat
10/30 Bully Prevention Month’s Upstanders Day (representing the heroes that help!)
11/1 End of our first quarter already!
11/4 PTA-sponsored book fair kicks off
11/6 School pictures make-up/retake day
11/7 Coffee & Donuts with Veterans event
The Carillon 10/12/24
the Carillon
car·il·lon /ˈkerəlän,ˈkerələn/
your weekly update from Carrollton Elementary
10/12/2024
From the Desk of Mr. Brennan…
Here! This word is ubiquitous with school as for decades it has been the response to a teacher’s roll call to determine who showed up for class. “Here” could be either a statement of accomplishment to say, “I got it together and made it to school” or it could be mumbled to relay, “I’m in my desk; don’t expect more from me.” Then there’s always that kid who registered his or her attendance with a smart “Present!” – usually generating eye-rolls from the less-than-chipper peers. • Stating “Here” to the teacher’s roll call is a student’s way of clocking in and a subliminal message communicating that the child showed up ready to learn. “I Will Show Up to Learn Every Day!” is our IWCS attendance slogan, adopted because regular school attendance is one of the biggest factors that can help children succeed in life. This week the IWCS Coordinator of Student and Family Support (and former Cardinal assistant principal) Mrs. K. Buggs shared that children who attend school every day or miss no more than one day a month are more likely to graduate from high school – this includes elementary students like ours. The correlation between a first grader and a high school senior may seem hard to fathom, but when it comes to school attendance, the patterns formed and the instruction gained or lost in the lower grades hugely impact a student at the secondary level. • Our CAES theme this year is “Here We Grow!” and I chose it with an intentional focus on that first word. If a student isn’t here, he’s not being exposed to the instructional concepts that are both pivotal and foundational to academic and behavioral success. If a student is consistently brought to school late or habitually picked up early, she is regularly missing out on chunks of her education. Missing just 30 minutes a day – whether arriving after 8:55 or leaving before 3:55 -- equals a half-month of lost instruction! At the secondary level, responsibility may be placed upon the student as he is the one getting himself ready and out the door or she is the one driving herself to school, but at the elementary level the responsibility of complying with the Code of Virginia’s compulsory attendance law falls squarely upon the parent; that law requires that we take attendance daily, so it’s important that your child is here. Here’s my encouragement to you:
- Make sure your child is at the bus stop on time or dropped off at school before 8:55 a.m.
- Let your child stay for the entire school day. Early pick-ups to miss the line of traffic may be convenient for the adult but may have long-term negative impact for the child.
- Send your child to school unless there’s a fever or vomiting. Our new nurse Ms. Lorenzo and Mrs. Cowan will be glad to help you triage when a symptom is legitimate.
- Communicate with our attendance clerk Mrs. Douglas about planned and unplanned absences. (Here’s the link to an “online note” that you can use to report your children’s absences: CAES Absence Note).
- Check out more info at this link: IWCS All Things Attendance
For our students to grow up well they need to show up well, so thank you for doing your part to get them (and keep them) here for school.
Let’s grow!
Mr. B.
Mr. Brennan
(After saying all that, don’t forget that we have no school Monday and Tuesday!)
Cardinal Kudos
Congratulations to second grade teacher Mr. Carter Goerger for being selected by the CAES staff to represent them to the division as our 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year! Mr. Goerger has proven himself to be a kind, knowledgeable, consistent colleague and educator and he is truly worthy of this honor
Help Wanted
If you would like to help our teachers and you know your way around a large laminator (or are willing to be trained), please reach out to Mrs. Bogard at [email protected].
Caregivers often ask how they can support the school staff and one way would to provide items for staff incentives; here’s an Amazon link for such items: Ways to Encourage the CAES Staff
Good to Know
The SMS Junior Beta Club is conducting a shoe drive fundraiser through November 22. Anyone can help by donating gently worn, used, or new shoes to the main office at Smithfield Middle School. SMS Jr. Beta will earn funds based on the total weight of the shoes collected through Funds2Orgs. All donated shoes will then be redistributed throughout the Funds2Orgs network of small business partners. Funds2Orgs works with micro-entrepreneurs in developing countries to help them create, maintain, and grow small businesses through sales of the shoes collected in the shoe drive. For more information, contact James Ryon Nance, Co-Sponsor, SMS Junior Beta Club at 757-365-4100 or [email protected].
Reminders:
Early pick-up ends at 3:15 daily. From 3:15 to 3:35, students are receiving valuable instruction, they are at recess, or they are transitioning between classes, so your support is appreciated.
Morning drop-off info:
- Please do not leave your car unattended in the line.
- All students are expected to come through the car line.
- To decrease the congestion on the sidewalks, please do not park and walk your student to the building unless you have previous arrangements with the teacher.
- Please do not pass another vehicle in the line or break the traffic pattern.
Afternoon pick-up info:
- Please do not arrive before 3:00 as this may block staff in their parking spots.
- Please do not leave your car unattended in the line.
- Be sure to come through the line by turning right from New Towne Haven Lane.
- Please do not pass another vehicle or switch lanes.
- Move up to a safely close distance to the vehicle in front of you.
- Turn off your engine once parked and leave it off until vehicles are directed to move.
- Here’s a link with more information: CAES Afternoon Pick-up Procedure
Information about the Virginia Literacy Act (VLA) and the division’s new language arts curriculum, myView: Virginia Literacy Act
If you would like to eat lunch with your child, please reach out to the teacher at least 24 hours in advance to schedule the visit; this will allow the teacher to communicate if there are any changes to the lunch schedule and to notify the office of your upcoming visit.
All students enrolled in Isle of Wight County Schools are given an opportunity to apply for free and reduced-price meals. Applications may be completed privately and securely online at www.schoolcafe.com, andforms can be obtained at any school's cafeteria or main office.
Cafeteria menus are posted monthly on the IWCS website at IWCS Cafeteria Menus ('24-'25)
Here’s the link to an “online note” that you can use to report your children’s absences: CAES Absence Note
A copy of the school division’s calendar is linked here: 2024-2025 School Calendar
Bus info linked here: IWCS Transportation Information
From Our PTA
Our first PTA General Board Meeting will be Tuesday, October 22, at 6:00 p.m., via Zoom. During this meeting, we will be voting on the proposed budget for this school year. For the vote to be made, we must have at least ten non-board members participate and vote. Please mark your calendars! We will send out reminders close to the date. Below are the Zoom details.
Topic: CAES PTA General Board Meeting
Time: Oct 22, 2024 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us04web.zoom.
Meeting ID: 742 4001 9392
Passcode: q0j6Ez
Friday, October 25 - Trunk or Treat at CAES. Click the link below to volunteer! We are looking for lots of spooky trunks to participate. If you love Halloween, this one's for you! Want to volunteer? Click here: Trunk-or-Treat Volunteers
Membership is open for PTA! Click the link below to join. It is $5 for an individual membership, and we also have a business membership this year for $10.
PTA Membership store - https://carrollton.
Official CAES PTA page - https://www.facebook.
As always, we greatly appreciate your support!
Sincerely,
CAES PTA Executive Board
From Blue Dominion (www.
Fall photos are ready! 20% of the net profit from fall photos will go directly back to support the school.
Ordering Website: https://www.bluedomin
Makeup & Retake Day: Wednesday 11/6 in the morning. Let your child's teacher know in advance if you would like for your child to participate.
Mark Your Calendar
10/14 No school: Student holiday
10/15 No school: Staff professional development day
10/16 Bully Prevention Month’s Unity Day (We’ll wear lots of orange.)
10/17 IWCS Breast Cancer Awareness Pink-Out Day
10/18 Cardinal of the Month Popcorn party
10/25 Our annual Book Character Day!
10/25 PTA-sponsored Trunk-or-Treat
10/30 Bully Prevention Month’s Upstanders Day (representing the heroes that help!)
11/1 End of our first quarter already!
11/4 PTA-sponsored book fair kicks off
11/6 School pictures make-up/retake day
11/7 Coffee & Donuts with Veterans event
File attachments:
Attendance Info.pdf
The Carillon 10/19/24
the Carillon
car·il·lon /ˈkerəlän,ˈkerələn/ (noun) a set of bells in a tower played using a keyboard
your weekly update from Carrollton Elementary
10/19/2024
From the Desk of Mr. Brennan…
In the interest of transparency, I am including below the message that I e-mailed yesterday regarding our recent air quality report:
On September 23, several classrooms and staff rooms were retested for elevated levels of mold. The report was released this week and indicates many of the areas tested have a concentration of mold spores lower than the concentration in outside air samples. While there are no federal or state standards indicating hazardous or nonhazardous mold concentrations, standard practice is to not have the inside amount exceed the amount outside. The rooms tested that are now within the recommended range include 111 (Mrs. Rowland), 202 (Mrs. Regnet), 405 (Mr. Goerger), 516 (Mrs. Gasparini), and 529 (Mrs. Wallace).
We have relocated one classroom that has Stachybotrys, or black mold. That room, along with two other classrooms with high mold spore concentrations (112 and 407), and four additional staff rooms in Carrollton Elementary will be professionally cleaned by a company trained in mold remediation. The goal is to lower the spore counts to an acceptable level. CAES will continue to monitor for potential water leaks, clean areas in and around air vents, and maintain air purifiers with HEPA filtration in all classrooms.
Students in classrooms that were retested received a letter with additional information. Please check your child’s backpack for that letter. A copy of the latest report for your review will be provided upon your request. You will receive further updates regarding the clean-up and any future test results.
I appreciate your patience throughout this process. As always, please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Mr. B.
Mr. Brennan
Help Wanted
If you would like to help our teachers and you know your way around a large laminator (or are willing to be trained), please reach out to Mrs. Bogard at [email protected].
Caregivers often ask how they can support the school staff and one way would to provide items for staff incentives; here’s an Amazon link for such items: Ways to Encourage the CAES Staff
Good to Know
The annual Isle of Wight Education Foundation’s gala is Nov. 1 and this year it’s a sneaker ball! Tickets are limited, so be sure to get yours today at Ed Foundation Sneaker Gala 2024
The SMS Junior Beta Club is conducting a shoe drive fundraiser through November 22. Anyone can help by donating gently worn, used, or new shoes to the main office at Smithfield Middle School. SMS Jr. Beta will earn funds based on the total weight of the shoes collected through Funds2Orgs. All donated shoes will then be redistributed throughout the Funds2Orgs network of small business partners. Funds2Orgs works with micro-entrepreneurs in developing countries to help them create, maintain, and grow small businesses through sales of the shoes collected in the shoe drive. For more information, contact James Ryon Nance, Co-Sponsor, SMS Junior Beta Club at 757-365-4100or [email protected].
Lots o’ Links:
Our school’s handbook: CAES Family FAQ ('24-'25)
Information about the Virginia Literacy Act (VLA) and the division’s new language arts curriculum, myView, is linked here: Virginia Literacy Act and here: IWCS Language Arts Info
Here is our school counselors’ referral form.
All students enrolled in Isle of Wight County Schools are given an opportunity to apply for free and reduced-price meals. Applications may be completed privately and securely online at www.schoolcafe.com, and forms can be obtained at any school's cafeteria or main office.
Cafeteria menus are posted monthly on the IWCS website at IWCS Cafeteria Menus ('24-'25)
Here’s the link to an “online note” that you can use to report your children’s absences: CAES Absence Noteand information about IWCS All Things Attendance
A copy of the school division’s calendar: 2024-2025 School Calendar
Bus info: IWCS Transportation Information
Reminders:
If you would like to eat lunch with your child, please reach out to the teacher at least 24 hours in advance to schedule the visit; this will allow the teacher to communicate if there are any changes to the lunch schedule and to notify the office of your upcoming visit.
Early pick-up ends at 3:15 daily. From 3:15 to 3:35, students are receiving valuable instruction, at recess, or transitioning between classes, so your support is appreciated.
Morning drop-off info:
· Please do not leave your car unattended in the line.
· All students are expected to come through the car line.
· To decrease the congestion on the sidewalks, please do not park and walk your student to the building unless you have previous arrangements with the teacher.
· Please do not pass another vehicle in the line.
· If you trust your student to get out without staff assistance, this is fine.
Afternoon pick-up info:
· Please don’t arrive before 3:00 as this may block staff in their parking spots.
· Please do not leave your car unattended in the line.
· Be sure to come through the line by turning right from New Towne Haven Lane.
· Please do not pass another vehicle or switch lanes.
· Move up to a safely close distance to the vehicle in front of you.
· Turn off your engine once parked and leave it off until vehicles are directed to move.
· Here’s a link with more information: CAES Afternoon Pick-up Procedure
From Our PTA
Our first PTA General Board Meeting will be Tuesday, October 22, at 6:00 p.m., via Zoom. During this meeting, we will be voting on the proposed budget for this school year. For the vote to be made, we must have at least ten non-board members participate and vote. Please mark your calendars! We will send out reminders close to the date. Below are the Zoom details.
Topic: CAES PTA General Board Meeting
Time: Oct 22, 2024 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74240019392?pwd=tl4nbtxOr6WcoaHK3n0qT1NJiZYcYJ.1
Meeting ID: 742 4001 9392
Passcode: q0j6Ez
Friday, October 25 - Trunk or Treat at CAES. Click the link below to volunteer! We are looking for lots of spooky trunks to participate. If you love Halloween, this one's for you! Want to volunteer? Click here: Trunk-or-Treat Volunteers
Membership is open for PTA! Click the link below to join. It is $5 for an individual membership, and we also have a business membership this year for $10.
PTA Membership store - https://carrollton.givebacks.com/store?limit=21&live=true
Official CAES PTA page - https://www.facebook.com/groups/186402771084093
As always, we greatly appreciate your support!
Sincerely,
CAES PTA Executive Board
From Blue Dominion (www.bluedominionstudios.com/caes)
Fall photos are ready! 20% of the net profit from fall photos will go directly back to support the school.
Photo Website: https://www.bluedominionstudios.com/caes
Makeup & Retake Day: Wednesday 11/6 in the morning. Let your child's teacher know in advance if you would like for your child to participate.
Mark Your Calendar
10/25 Our annual Book Character Day and parade
10/25 PTA-sponsored Trunk-or-Treat
10/30 Bully Prevention Month’s Upstanders Day (representing the heroes that help!)
11/1 End of our first quarter already! / Flannel Friday
11/4 PTA-sponsored book fair kicks off
11/6 School pictures make-up/retake day
11/6 PTA Book Fair Family Night (There will be pie!)
11/7 Coffee & Donuts with Veterans event
11/11 No school: Veterans Day
11/15 Packer Backer Friday
11/18 Child Find from 12:00 to 3:00 / report cards come home
File attachments:
Sneaker Ball.pdf
The Carillon 10/26/24
the Carillon
car·il·lon /ˈkerəlän,ˈkerələn/ (noun) a set of bells in a tower played using a keyboard
your weekly update from Carrollton Elementary
10/26/2024
From the Desk of Mr. Brennan…
I am an only child. (Thank you for not saying, “Oh, that explains a lot” like many of my so-called friends do when they learn of my non-sibling status.) Growing up during those elementary years, it was pretty much just my mom and me, and with her working full-time, it was mostly just me. Waiting until I was 35 to get married, I was the confirmed bachelor in each wedding party, and that solidarity wasn’t always welcomed. I could truly relate to the lyrics of the song "One" by Three Dog Night as one often felt like the loneliest number. In defiance – or maybe denial – of my singleness, I often felt solidarity with troubadours Simon and Garfunkle and their ode "I Am a Rock." Then I got married and over the course of a decade, four daughters expanded the Brennan bunch and I went from me to we. • We is a powerful word. We communicates connection and cohesion and collaboration. We implies togetherness. We is a central part of our theme Here We Grow! because We denotes the combined efforts of our staff – from bus drivers to teachers to office personnel – and the coordination with the Carrollton caregivers to help our Cardinals make progress. • And while I mentioned two pretty solid ballads dedicated to solo-ness, there are so many other great songs that celebrate We: For example, who is a family? We Are Family! Who is the world? We Are the World! And who are the champions? We Are the Champions, my friend! See, we are better together, working together, demonstrating a united front to your children. When the folks at school are viewed as colleagues and the folks at home work toward the same goals, our students/your children are the ones who win. • It's a pleasure partnering with you, because together, we can do big things – big things like provide continuity for kids, encourage respect for adults, craft upstanding citizens, and build a city (on rock and roll)!
I know you’d be disappointed if I didn’t say it: We're All in This Together! (Good luck getting that tune out of your head today.)
Let’s grow!
Mr. B.
Mr. Brennan
Cardinal Kudos
A huge thanks to our outstanding PTA Executive Board for how they demonstrated appreciation to our bus drivers this week and for organizing our big Trunk-or-Treat family event!
Next week a team of teachers is going to get some much-needed supplies and they don’t know it, yet; they are going to be very grateful to Mrs. Ashley Cutler and family for making all of it possible!
We had another successful Book Character Day and parade thanks to our reading coach, Mrs. Carrie Smith!
This week our school passed the Virginia Fire Marshal’s inspection with no violations!
Help Wanted
If you would like to help our teachers and you know your way around a large laminator (or are willing to be trained), please reach out to Mrs. Bogard at [email protected].
Caregivers often ask how they can support the school staff and one way would to provide items for staff incentives; here’s an Amazon link for such items: Ways to Encourage the CAES Staff
Good to Know
The annual Isle of Wight Education Foundation’s gala is Nov. 1 and this year it’s a sneaker ball! Tickets are limited, so be sure to get yours today at Ed Foundation Sneaker Gala 2024
The SMS Junior Beta Club is conducting a shoe drive fundraiser through November 22. Anyone can help by donating gently worn, used, or new shoes to the main office at Smithfield Middle School. SMS Jr. Beta will earn funds based on the total weight of the shoes collected through Funds2Orgs. All donated shoes will then be redistributed throughout the Funds2Orgs network of small business partners. Funds2Orgs works with micro-entrepreneurs in developing countries to help them create, maintain, and grow small businesses through sales of the shoes collected in the shoe drive. For more information, contact James Ryon Nance, Co-Sponsor, SMS Junior Beta Club at 757-365-4100or [email protected].
Lots o’ Links:
Our school’s handbook: CAES Family FAQ ('24-'25)
Information about the Virginia Literacy Act (VLA) and the division’s new language arts curriculum, myView, is linked here: Virginia Literacy Act and here: IWCS Language Arts Info
Here is our school counselors’ referral form.
All students enrolled in Isle of Wight County Schools are given an opportunity to apply for free and reduced-price meals. Applications may be completed privately and securely online at www.schoolcafe.com, and forms can be obtained at any school's cafeteria or main office.
Cafeteria menus are posted monthly on the IWCS website at IWCS Cafeteria Menus ('24-'25)
Here’s the link to an “online note” that you can use to report your children’s absences: CAES Absence Noteand information about IWCS All Things Attendance
A copy of the school division’s calendar: 2024-2025 School Calendar
Bus info: IWCS Transportation Information
Reminders:
If you would like to eat lunch with your child, please reach out to the teacher at least 24 hours in advance to schedule the visit; this will allow the teacher to communicate if there are any changes to the lunch schedule and to notify the office of your upcoming visit.
Early pick-up ends at 3:15 daily. From 3:15 to 3:35, students are receiving valuable instruction, at recess, or transitioning between classes, so your support is appreciated.
Morning drop-off info:
· Please do not leave your car unattended in the line.
· All students are expected to come through the car line.
· To decrease the congestion on the sidewalks, please do not park and walk your student to the building unless you have previous arrangements with the teacher.
· Please do not pass another vehicle in the line.
· If you trust your student to get out without staff assistance, this is fine.
Afternoon pick-up info:
· Please don’t arrive before 3:00 as this may block staff in their parking spots.
· Please do not leave your car unattended in the line.
· Be sure to come through the line by turning right from New Towne Haven Lane.
· Please do not pass another vehicle or switch lanes.
· Move up to a safely close distance to the vehicle in front of you.
· Turn off your engine once parked and leave it off until vehicles are directed to move.
· Here’s a link with more information: CAES Afternoon Pick-up Procedure
From Our PTA
Membership is open for PTA! Click the link below to join. It is $5 for an individual membership, and we also have a business membership this year for $10.
PTA Membership store - https://carrollton.givebacks.com/store?limit=21&live=true
Official CAES PTA page - https://www.facebook.com/groups/186402771084093
As always, we greatly appreciate your support!
Sincerely,
CAES PTA Executive Board
From Blue Dominion (www.bluedominionstudios.com/caes)
Fall photos can be ordered. 20% of the net profit from fall photos will go directly back to support the school.
Photo Website: https://www.bluedominionstudios.com/caes
Makeup & Retake Day: Wednesday 11/6 in the morning. Let your child's teacher know in advance if you would like for your child to participate.
Mark Your Calendar
10/30 Bully Prevention Month’s Upstanders Day (representing the heroes that help!)
11/1 End of our first quarter already! / Flannel Friday
11/4 PTA-sponsored book fair kicks off
11/6 School pictures make-up/retake day
11/6 PTA Book Fair Family Night (There will be pie!)
11/7 Coffee & Donuts with Veterans event
11/11 No school: Veterans Day
11/15 Packer Backer Friday
11/18 Child Find from 12:00 to 3:00 / report cards come home
11/21 Parent Resource Center rep in the building / 3rd graders’ field trip to VA Living Museum
11/22 Field trips: Pre-k to Funville, 1st graders to the zoo
11/25 No students: Caregiver conferences
11/26 No students: Staff clerical day
11/27 Thanksgiving Break begins (return 12/2)
12/2 Mobile dentist on site (and 12/3)
12/7 PTA’s Breakfast with Santa
File attachments:
Sneaker Ball.pdf
PTA Membership (24-25).jpg