Important Dates
- December 10th - Term 1 Report Cards Published to Portal (noon-ish)
- December 13th - Field Trip for Grade 1 & kindergarten to Holiday Spectacular at SHRHS
- December 20th - 23rd SPIRIT WEEK
- December 20th - True Colors Day - (Favorite Colors, Sports Team Wear)
- December 21st - Mixed-Up Day (Crazy patterns, mismatched, backwards)
- December 22nd - Pajama Day
- December 23rd - What's Up Day (Hats, Headbands, etc.)
- December 23rd - Early Dismissal (12:15) for Vacation
- Dec. 24th - Jan. 2nd No School due to Vacation
Report Cards
The Report Card. We have 3 grading terms. Report Cards for Term 1 will be available this Friday, December 10th around noon. You can access the report cards through the "School Brains" parent portal. Our school secretary, Cathy Champagne, has re-sent portal login information to those who appear not to have set up an account yet. If you go to our school website and look for the blue book Parent Portal icon, there are directions how to get started with your account if you have never used it. If you don't get an email with portal information but need assistance, please call the CES office. You will also receive a letter from our curriculum director explaining how some items on the report card are not assessed first term due to the alignment of the report card with new curriculum. By the end of the year all areas listed on the report card will be assessed, but some concepts are not covered until term 2 or term 3 as they build on the skills learned in term 1. For concepts not assessed you will see a dark grey box or an "NA" (not addressed at this time).
Standards Based Assessment. At the elementary level, we use "Standards Based Assessment" report cards. This means we describe how your child is doing compared to a grade level expectations set by the state or district. There is a grading key on the report card explaining what each code means. For example, Your child may have a "P" - which means "Indicates progress toward mastery of the grade level standard." This means your student is on track and developing the skills we hoped they would for this time of year. Your child's report card also has information about "Pro Social Skills/Approaches to Learning" such as listening attentively and putting forth best effort.
IEP Progress Report. For those students who receive services through an IEP, parents/guardians will receive a progress report mailed from "eSped" describing the students progress in their goal areas. These reports are sent individually by our special educators and service providers and should arrive sometime on Friday.
We always hope that our regular communications and conferences give you a picture of your child's successes and challenges at school. The report card and/or IEP progress report is another piece of information we provide. We encourage you to ask your child's teacher(s) any questions that arise.
CES School Spirit Week: DEC 20-23
CES School Sprit Week is a chance to have a little extra fun with our week before vacation. Each day has a theme that we hope will be both easy and fun.
- December 20th - True Colors Day - (Favorite Colors, Sports Team Wear)
- December 21st - Mixed-Up Day (Crazy patterns, mismatched, backwards)
- December 22nd - Pajama Day
- December 23rd - What's Up Day (Hats, Headbands, etc.)
Mitten Donations
We would graciously accept donations of new or gently used snow gloves and mittens for students who forget theirs or don't have any.
COVID Symptoms Reminder
Thank you all for your continued effort in keeping our students and staff safe at CES.
As a reminder, if your child is experiencing any one of the major symptoms or any two symptoms in combination (major or minor), they should stay home and be tested. A PCR test is required for any major symptoms. A rapid antigen test or PCR test is required for a combination of minor symptoms prior to coming back to school. Our school nurse is available for guidance if needed via email smoisan@dcrsd.org or phone 508.248.7774.
COVID-19 MAJOR Symptoms symptoms list:
- Fever (100.0° Fahrenheit or higher), chills, or shaking chills
- Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
- New loss of taste or smell
- Muscle aches or body aches
COVID-19 MINOR Symptoms
- Cough (not due to other known cause, such as chronic cough)
- Sore throat, when in combination with other symptoms
- Nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea when in combination with other symptoms
- Headache when in combination with other symptoms
- Fatigue, when in combination with other symptoms
- Nasal congestion or runny nose (not due to other known causes, such as allergies) when in combination with other symptoms
CES School Council:
Our school council has begun meeting. As an advisory committee to the principal. They will be reviewing and updating our school improvement plans, giving budget input, and recommending projects that benefit the school students, families, and community. Meeting agendas are posted on our website and meeting notes will be posted there once they are checked by the council members. We thank our staff and parent members for being willing to volunteer their time and energy.
School Council Members:
- Christine Daoust - parent (new)
- Kate Berry - parent (new)
- Cara Holland - parent (new)
- Mara Jackson - parent (returning)
- Justine Snow - Kindergarten Teacher (new)
- Jennifer Houghton - Occupational Therapist (returning)
- Kathy Berg - First Grade Teacher (returning)
- Jennifer Lilley - Principal (new
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