January 2025
The Carillon 1/4/25
the Carillon
car·il·lon /ˈkerəlän,ˈkerələn/
your weekly update from Carrollton Elementary
1/4/2025
From the kitchen table of Mr. Brennan…
Happy New Year!
Before we started our winter break, I shared about Oxford University Press’ top word for 2024, brain rot; as a reminder, it’s defined as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overconsumption of material (particularly online content) considered to be trivial or unchallenging; also, something characterized as likely to lead to such deterioration.” In December, I noted some ways to help our children from falling victim to brain rot, and now the time has come to turn the focus on us big people. Since 2025 is still very fresh and since many are inclined to use the start of a new calendar to try to better themselves, here are some challenges for those who resolve to be better parents:
- Pay attention to your children.
- Turn off screens 30 to 60 minutes before bedtime.
- Limit the time of screen-based recreational activities to no more than two hours daily.
- Consider a “digital Sabbath” each week where no devices are used for anything other than required communication. (earth-shattering, I know)
- Look for signs of screen addiction or problematic use. (I’ll gladly share the list of signs found in Dr. Jonathan Haidt’s book The Anxious Mind if you would like them.)
Since early January is the perfect time to start positive practices, next week I’ll address the concept of brain rot one more time and detail a habit that can help to keep our adult minds unaffected by all the useless distractions that can cause us to feel numb, useless, and down.
Let’s Grow!
Mr. B.
Mr. Brennan
Cardinal Kudos!
Bravo to Mrs. A. Wallace and Mrs. D. Gasparini! Their vision and efforts to create our mini-musical certainly paid off as our 3rd graders did an outstanding job presenting The Nutcracker to their peers and caregivers Dec. 19. What a great show! Of course, all of the students who participated, the Cardinal Chorale, the Cardinal Chorale moms, the staff volunteers, and the hundreds of caregivers who came out to form the amazing audience all contributed to the success of the shows.
Congratulations to our December Cardinals of the Month who are being recognized for demonstrating the GREAT character quality of Accountability:
PreK - Aubrey H.
Kindergarten - Zenith M.
1st grade - Sterling S.
2nd grade - Kennedi K.
3rd grade - Liam G.
Help Wanted
If you missed out on making a year-end charitable donation or would like to kick off 2025 with one, please consider contributing to the betterment of what we do here at school; you can do this easily through the Online School Payment (OSP) site.
OSP link for general donations: OSP: General Donations
OSP link for specifically for music and art donations: OSP: Music & Art Donations
OSP link for CAES: is: OSP: Carrollton Elementary
OSP link for the county: OSP: IWCS
From Mrs. Waibel: Whenever we have spare time at the end of Engineering class, the students like to watch Domino Competition videos, which can be found in abundance on YouTube and are really are quite mesmerizing. I would like to collect as many dominoes as I can to give the students the opportunity to make some runs of their own. I am not in a rush, and they do not need to be new! If over break you find some you’re willing to part with, please send them in. Thank you so much!
If you’re purging any holiday decorations (pumpkins, turkeys, December stuff, etc.), we will gladly give those things a new home here at school.
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
Here’s a link to a collection of resources to help you keep your children engaged with reading over the winter break and beyond: VLP literacy opportunities
IWCS is actively recruiting to fill several Child Nutrition vacancies at various schools. To find out more and to apply, to go IWCS job opportunities
CAES currently has close to $3,000 of cafeteria debt accrued by students who overcharge food. While no student is allowed to get snacks without payment, the division’s policy is to not deny a student a meal because of non-payment. This debt will have to be paid and I hate the idea of losing funds for instruction to cover the cost. Reach out to our cafeteria manager, Ms. Butts ([email protected]); Food Services tech Mr. Ruffin ([email protected]); or the Food Service Director Mrs. Couch ([email protected]) if you have questions or concerns about your child’s food debt.
From our librarian, Mrs. O’Byrne: Students in pre-K and kindergarten will be able to check out a Lit Kit from our library. These kits include a nonfiction and fiction book pairing along with manipulatives to compliment the kit theme. Lit Kits are meant to be a shared experience between student and caregiver. If your student brings home a kit, I encourage you to make it a family activity and enjoy the kit together. Please let librarian me know if you have any questions or concerns at [email protected].
Reminder: Only five (5) parent notes are excused per semester and the semester ends Jan. 24. Be sure to communicate with the teacher whenever your child is absent. Some chronic absenteeism facts:
-
Missing just two days per month (10% of the school year) classifies a student as chronically absent.
-
Chronic absenteeism, whether excused or unexcused, significantly impacts learning outcomes.
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.
Here’s a link with more information: CAES Afternoon Pick-up Procedure
From our PTA
Thank you to everyone who attended our annual Donuts with Santa event. The PTA Executive Board would like to send a special thank you to our amazing volunteers. Without volunteers these events wouldn't be possible.
Pei-Ju Hall
Tabatha Nowicki
Ms. Kitchen
Mrs. Carrie Delong
Mrs. Angie Wyers Wallace
Ashley Semmler Cutler
Mrs. O'Bryne
Westside Young Men of Excellence
Westside Beta
SMS Beta
SHS Beta
The CAES PTA will be hosting a spirit night with the Norfolk Admirals hockey team. Game night will be Saturday January 18, and the puck drops at 7:05 p.m. Get your tickets at: Carrollton Cardinals and Norfolk Admirals
This event is not a fundraiser, but an opportunity to bring Cardinal families together. We hope to see everyone out there sporting their Cardinal Spirit wear!
From Blue Dominion (www.
School photos can still be ordered and 20% of the net profit will go directly back to support the school.
Photo Website: https://www.
Mark Your Calendar
1/6 First day back to school!
1/9 Field trip: Mrs. Delong’s students
1/17 Field trips: Mrs. Rosenberry’s and Mrs. Rowland’s students
1/20 No school: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
1/24 End of 2nd quarter/first semester
1/24 Packer Backer Friday
1/27 No school: Staff clerical day
1/28 No school: Staff professional development
1/29 No school: Staff professional development
1/30 IWCS Parent Resource Center rep at school
2/6 Class photos
2/7 Report cards come home
File attachments:
Happy New Year.pdf
Feliz año nuevo.pdf
The Carillon 1/11/25
the Carillon
car·il·lon /ˈkerəlän,ˈkerələn/
your weekly update from Carrollton Elementary
January 11, 2025
From the desk of Mr. Brennan…
This is the final in my four-part brain rot series! First, I shared the Oxford University Press’ top word for 2024 and how they defined it; next, I detailed some strategies to protect our children’s malleable, impressionable minds from falling easy victim to this chronic condition; then last week I listed a few strategies to help us adults not bring the brain rot into 2025. Today, my desire is to encourage you with a simple but profound way to improve your overall thinking with a habit that can help to keep minds less affected by all the distractions that negatively impact how you think. • Oxford selected brain rot as its top word for 2024 because of the prevalence of the mental condition, and they defined it as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overconsumption of material (particularly online content) considered to be trivial or unchallenging.” If you’re still resolving to be better in 2025 (and don’t we all have some room for improvement?), I submit that improvement is possible starting with how you think, and how you think is overwhelmingly impacted by the media you consume. • So, how can we keep our adult brains from being adversely affected by empty diversions that can cause us to feel numb, useless, and down? By filling our minds and meditating on concepts that are true, noble, reputable, au
Let’s Grow!
Mr. B.
Mr. Brennan
Cardinal Kudos!
We are very thankful to Ms. Carol Alston and the Women’s Club of Smithfield for their generous donation to our reading program!
Help Wanted
If you missed out on making a year-end charitable donation or would like to kick off 2025 with one, please consider contributing to the betterment of what we do here at school; you can do this easily through the Online School Payment (OSP) site.
OSP link for general donations: OSP: General Donations
OSP link for specifically for music and art donations: OSP: Music & Art Donations
OSP link for CAES: is: OSP: Carrollton Elementary
OSP link for the county: OSP: IWCS
Mrs. Rosenberry’s pre-K class needs your empty tissue boxes!
From Mrs. Waibel: Whenever we have spare time at the end of Engineering class, the students like to watch Domino Competition videos, which can be found in abundance on YouTube and are really are quite mesmerizing. I would like to collect as many dominoes as I can to give the students the opportunity to make some runs of their own. I am not in a rush, and they do not need to be new! If over break you find some you’re willing to part with, please send them in. Thank you so much!
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
Here’s a link to a collection of resources to help you keep your children engaged with reading over the winter break and beyond: VLP literacy opportunities
IWCS is actively recruiting to fill several Child Nutrition vacancies at various schools. To find out more and to apply, to go IWCS job opportunities
From our librarian, Mrs. O’Byrne: Students in pre-K and kindergarten will be able to check out a Lit Kit from our library. These kits include a nonfiction and fiction book pairing along with manipulatives to compliment the kit theme. Lit Kits are meant to be a shared experience between student and caregiver. If your student brings home a kit, I encourage you to make it a family activity and enjoy the kit together. Please let librarian me know if you have any questions or concerns at [email protected].
Reminder: Only five (5) parent notes are excused per semester and the semester ends Jan. 24. Be sure to communicate with the teacher whenever your child is absent. Some chronic absenteeism facts:
-
Missing just two days per month (10% of the school year) classifies a student as chronically absent.
-
Chronic absenteeism, whether excused or unexcused, significantly impacts learning outcomes.
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.
Here’s a link with more information: CAES Afternoon Pick-up Procedure
From our PTA
The CAES PTA will be hosting a spirit night with the Norfolk Admirals hockey team. Game night will be Saturday January 18, and the puck drops at 7:05 p.m. Get your tickets at: Carrollton Cardinals and Norfolk Admirals
This event is not a fundraiser, but an opportunity to bring Cardinal families together. We hope to see everyone out there sporting their Cardinal Spirit wear!
From Blue Dominion (www.
School photos can still be ordered and 20% of the net profit will go directly back to support the school.
Photo Website: https://www.
Mark Your Calendar
1/17 Field trips: Mrs. Rosenberry’s and Mrs. Rowland’s students
1/20 No school: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
1/24 End of 2nd quarter/first semester
1/24 Packer Backer Friday
1/27 No school: Staff clerical day
1/28 No school: Staff professional development
1/29 No school: Staff professional development
1/30 IWCS Parent Resource Center rep at school
2/6 Class photos
2/7 Report cards come home
File attachments:
Feliz año nuevo.pdf
Happy New Year.pdf
The Carillon 1/18/25
the Carillon
car·il·lon /ˈkerəlän,ˈkerələn/
your weekly update from Carrollton Elementary
January 18, 2025
From the desk of Mr. Brennan…
“The complete education gives one not only power of concentration, but worthy objectives upon which to concentrate.” -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
If we believe the jeremiads of brain researchers and those who make it their career to study anthropological development, humanity is fast moving toward becoming incapable of focusing on anything that isn’t flashy, colorful, loud, and moving. While our teachers work at developing their students’ ability to attend to a topic and to focus on a task, if concentration is truly becoming a lost art, what we do in schools even more important (and sometimes more difficult). • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. understood and appreciated the power of concentration, and this eloquent clergyman cherished worthy objectives upon which to concentrate -- objectives like freedom and fairness, equality and brotherhood and respect. As a pastor, King knew the importance of concentrating on worthy objectives such as mercy and grace, love and compassion, and he made it his mission to preach in word and deed these qualities that can lift humans above petty disagreements and prejudiced divisions, which make both the perpetrators and the recipients appear less than they truly are. • When MLK described education as “complete” he didn’t mean finished; he meant whole. At Carrollton we can’t provide a complete education since kids need skills learned beyond 3rd grade, however, partnering with you, we can provide a whole education by helping our Cardinals develop the stamina to stay on task and the self-control to stay focused. And hopefully together we can live up to Dr. King’s dream by faithfully modeling those worthy objectives upon which our children can concentrate.
Let’s Grow!
Mr. B.
Mr. Brennan
Cardinal Kudos!
A huge thanks to the Education Foundation of Isle of Wight County for awarded CAES teachers a total of $8,240.52! The following teachers submitted grant applications and were pleasantly surprised Wednesday when Ms. Betsy Cameron of the Foundation delivered checks!
- Mrs. Ward (K) received funding for word-building boards and headphones
- Mrs. Odom (1st) received funding for math supplies
- Mrs. Coombs (1st) received funding for white boards and phonics instruction supplies
- Mrs. Oparaji (2nd) received funding for math manipulatives
- Mrs. Joslin (2nd) received funding for math manipulatives
- Mrs. Wallace (music) received funding for instruments (including glockenspiels!)
- Mrs. O’Byrne (library) received funding for audio books
Help Wanted
If you missed out on making a year-end charitable donation or would like to kick off 2025 with one, please consider contributing to the betterment of what we do here at school; you can do this easily through the Online School Payment (OSP) site.
OSP link for general donations: OSP: General Donations
OSP link for specifically for music and art donations: OSP: Music & Art Donations
OSP link for CAES: is: OSP: Carrollton Elementary
OSP link for the county: OSP: IWCS
Mrs. Rosenberry’s pre-K class needs your empty tissue boxes!
From Mrs. Waibel: Whenever we have spare time at the end of Engineering class, the students like to watch Domino Competition videos, which can be found in abundance on YouTube and are really are quite mesmerizing. I would like to collect as many dominoes as I can to give the students the opportunity to make some runs of their own. I am not in a rush, and they do not need to be new! If you find some you’re willing to part with, please send them in. Thank you so much!
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
Here’s a link to a collection of resources to help you keep your children engaged with reading over the winter break and beyond: VLP literacy opportunities
IWCS is actively recruiting to fill several Child Nutrition vacancies at various schools. To find out more and to apply, to go IWCS job opportunities
From our librarian, Mrs. O’Byrne: Students in pre-K and kindergarten will be able to check out a Lit Kit from our library. These kits include a nonfiction and fiction book pairing along with manipulatives to compliment the kit theme. Lit Kits are meant to be a shared experience between student and caregiver. If your student brings home a kit, I encourage you to make it a family activity and enjoy the kit together. Please let librarian me know if you have any questions or concerns at [email protected].
Reminder: Only five (5) parent notes are excused per semester and the semester ends Jan. 24. Be sure to communicate with the teacher whenever your child is absent. Some chronic absenteeism facts:
· Missing just two days per month (10% of the school year) classifies a student as chronically absent.
· Chronic absenteeism, whether excused or unexcused, significantly impacts learning outcomes.
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.
Here’s a link with more information: CAES Afternoon Pick-up Procedure
From our PTA
The CAES PTA will be hosting a spirit night with the Norfolk Admirals hockey team. Game night will be Saturday January 18, and the puck drops at 7:05 p.m. Get your tickets at: Carrollton Cardinals and Norfolk Admirals
This event is not a fundraiser, but an opportunity to bring Cardinal families together. We hope to see everyone out there sporting their Cardinal Spirit wear!
From Blue Dominion (www.
2024-2025 yearbooks can be ordered at https://www.
School photos can still be ordered at the website above and 20% of the net profit will go directly back to support the school.
Mark Your Calendar
1/20 No school: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
1/24 End of 2nd quarter/first semester
1/24 Packer Backer Friday
1/27 No school: Staff clerical day
1/28 No school: Staff professional development
1/29 No school: Staff professional development
1/30 IWCS Parent Resource Center rep at school
2/6 Class photos
2/7 Report cards come home
2/17 No school: Presidents Day
The Carillon 1/25/25
the Carillon
car·il·lon /ˈkerəlän,ˈkerələn/
your weekly update from Carrollton Elementary
January 25, 2025
From the desk of Mr. Brennan…
When I looked out our dining room window late Wednesday afternoon, I saw minimal snow on the front yard and a clear patch of road in both directions; imagine my surprise when school was cancelled again. It was Thursday, though, when I ventured out and discovered that the same road that was clear in front of my house was still covered with ice just a block in either direction. (I became increasingly more aware of the icy surface as my car slid toward and then through the intersection!) • Do you sometimes suffer from tunnel vision, like me, focusing so much on what’s right in front of you that you miss what’s on the periphery? Of course, tunnel vision isn’t simply a condition related to how we literally look at a situation: it’s also easy to figuratively view a matter from only one narrow perspective regardless of what others think, feel, need, or know. Just like it’s often easier to be selfish than to be selfless, it’s easier to have tunnel vision than it is to look out for the interest of others. And just like striving to satisfy one’s own desires isn’t productive or positive when it comes to building and sustaining heathy relationships or community, neither is tunnel vision a productive, positive angle to take when looking at life. • Other than a baby, there isn’t a creature more tunnel vision-prone than a teenager, and I found a life-changing way to help my oldest daughter alter her perspective: when she was 14, we went to Haiti. Molly witnessed firsthand the dismal deprivation that citizens of that third-world country endure daily, and she came back to the States a different girl. Seeing abject poverty up close had a way of making her see her first-world trivialities in a whole new light. In the six years since we went to Haiti, I haven’t heard Molly complain once about a meal, an inconvenience, or a minor annoyance. • Speaking of inconveniences, I’m sure having to deal with an unplanned no-school day (or two) this week could have been a bother, especially if your neighborhood streets looked fine; but when one considers the entire county and all the backroads and tree-shadowed, still-frozen streets that would make travelling dangerous, then the needs of others outweigh the wants of one. This has been a mantra in our home for years as my wife and I have emphasized with our children the importance of considering others better than themselves; when we see them make the effort to live out that mindset by broadening their peripheral vision, we know maturity is happening -- and that's an encouraging thing to witness.
Let’s Grow!
Mr. B.
Mr. Brennan
Cardinal Kudos!
The Carrollton Boulevard Food Lion sent the company mascot, Leo, to provide our staff cookies and coupons Friday!
Help Wanted
Mrs. Rosenberry’s pre-K students will gladly turn your empty tissue boxes into fun projects!
If you or your business/company would like to make a charitable donation, please consider contributing to the betterment of what we accomplish here at school; you can do this easily through the Online School Payment (OSP) site.
OSP link for general donations: OSP: General Donations
OSP link for specifically for music and art donations: OSP: Music & Art Donations
OSP link for CAES: is: OSP: Carrollton Elementary
OSP link for the county: OSP: IWCS
From our Engineering teacher Mrs. Waibel: I would like to collect as many dominoes as I can for the students to use in class. They do not need to be new, and if you find some you’re willing to part with, please send them in. Thank you so much!
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
According to an online article that our school counselor Ms. Berkeley shared, “The consistency of sleep timing had a stronger relationship with behavior and emotional control than the average duration or quality of sleep. Children with more consistent sleep onset times exhibited better emotional regulation during the frustration task. They used adaptive strategies like self-talk rather than resorting to physical aggression or disruptive behaviors.” If you’d like to read more, here’s the article: Link between bedtime consistency and better emotional control
Here’s a link to a collection of resources to help you keep your children engaged with reading over the winter break and beyond: VLP literacy opportunities
IWCS is actively recruiting to fill several Child Nutrition vacancies at various schools. To find out more and to apply, to go IWCS job opportunities
From our librarian, Mrs. O’Byrne: Students in pre-K and kindergarten will be able to check out a Lit Kit from our library. These kits include a nonfiction and fiction book pairing along with manipulatives to compliment the kit theme. Lit Kits are meant to be a shared experience between student and caregiver. If your student brings home a kit, I encourage you to make it a family activity and enjoy the kit together. Please let librarian me know if you have any questions or concerns at [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.
Here’s a link with more information: CAES Afternoon Pick-up Procedure
From Blue Dominion (www.
2024-2025 yearbooks can be ordered at https://www.
School photos can still be ordered and 20% of the net profit will go directly back to support the school.
Photo Website: https://www.
Mark Your Calendar
1/27 No school: Staff clerical day
1/28 No school: Staff professional development
1/29 No school: Staff professional development
1/30 IWCS Parent Resource Center rep at school
2/6 Class photos
2/7 Report cards come home
2/14 “Happy Hearts Day” – a chance for classes to dress Valentine-y and compete for the spirit stick!
2/17 No school: Presidents Day
2/21 “Packer Backer Friday”
2/27 IWCS Parent Resource Center rep at school
2/27 Kids Heart Challenge family event (6:00 p.m.) – more info to come