TIGER TOWN NEWSLETTER

• Starting on 10/11: Wear blue/yellow on Fridays for Down syndrome Awareness

• 10/14: Columbus Day/Indigenous People Day (early dismissal)

• 10/14: Board of Ed meeting

• 10/21-25: School Violence Awareness Week/Red Ribbon Week

• 10/24: PTO meeting

• 10/25: School store opens

• 10/31: Halloween assembly and parade

• 11/01: Diwali (early dismissal)

Scroll down to see the full '24/'25 School Calendar. Or Click Here

BIG thanks you to everyone in the CAS community who supported our recent mums sale. And HUGE thanks to our all-star team of volunteers: Stephanie Bombaci, Amanda Colonna, Jenn Daley, Michelle Herson, Kelly Orwig, Miranda Orwig, Hillary Rahman, Jessica van Tassell, and Shannon Wright. Y’all rock!

The Fall Scholastic Book Fair is booked for Monday, November 4th and Tuesday, November 5th! (Reminder - these are half-days of school for Parent-Teacher Conferences.) Students will shop with their classrooms during the school day. Parents and families can shop after school during special afternoon and evening hours! More details are coming soon!

The class of 2025 will receive their one and only yearbook to remember their time at CAS and we need your help! Please begin submitting your photos of the children in our fifth grade class (no siblings or friends from other grades, please) ASAP!

How to upload photo submissions:

• We will be sending out requests for specific photo categories throughout the year. Each category has a unique email address. Upon sending your photos, you will receive a confirmation email from the company we use to print them - Entourage Yearbooks.

• To start, we are requesting a baby photo for every student. Please list your child’s name in the subject line and email it to: submit+1603725@edophotos.com

• We are also accepting photos for the following categories (group photos preferred):

• First day of school (5th grade) submit+1603731@edophotos.com

• First day of school (Kindergarten) submit+1603732@edophotos.com

• Kindergarten memories (field trips, concerts, etc.) submit+1603733@edophotos.com

• Visit our website: https://sites.google.com/view/cas-yearbook/home for a full list of photo categories

Please click here for all info related to our upcoming CAS Halloween parade & classroom celebrations.

Veterans of immediate CAS family members are invited to be recognized for their service starting on Monday, November 11. Immediate and extended family members of students will be recognized during morning announcements, thank you cards, etc. Please complete this form no later than Monday, November 4, to recognize your Veteran family members.

Whatever team reads the most minutes each month will win a custom 3D printed keychain, courtesy of Mrs. Walch. We are also working together as a school to see if we can beat our score from last year, which was 1,080,788 minutes.

Please try to encourage your students to participate in this fun challenge, and Mr. Paradiso will send reminders near the end of each month to remind students/parents to submit their minutes on the Google form. Please contact Mr. Paradiso with any questions!

PTO dues support activities including monthly assemblies, enrichment programs, and teacher appreciation and supplies to name a few. The suggested amount is $40 (more or less as your circumstances allow). You can pay online here or via Venmo @CASPTO

Check out these helpful resources:

• National Down Syndrome Congress NDSCCENTER.ORG
• National Down Syndrome Society NDSS.ORG
• Global Down Syndrome Foundation GLOBALDOWNSYNDROME.ORG
• Save Down Syndrome SAVEDOWNSYNDROME.COM
• National Association for Down Syndrome NADS.ORG

Click here for more info and to learn how you can be a part of Madison Reads.