CES- Principal Message

Congratulations to Ms. Crowcroft's class and Ms. Peterson-Jenkins' class for winning the Chameleon's Tail this Friday! Tomorrow starts our week-long Hispanic Heritage Spirit Week! We have loved having some of our students read our Carpenter Pledge in Spanish and share some history and facts about Spanish-speaking countries and people this past week. They've done such a great job!

As you are dropping off your child(ren) or picking them up, please slow down in our parking lot. We have cars backing out of parking spaces and people walking in the parking lot. It is very dangerous when people are going too fast in the parking lot. This is most often occurring if you are running late to drop your student off or are late to pick them up at carpool. Please remember- carpool ends between 4:00-4:10. Thank you.

September 23-27

• Monday: Greet everyone in Spanish
• Tuesday: Twin Day- dress like someone (celebrating family)
• Wednesday: Soccer Day- Wear your favorite soccer shirt or dress in black and white
• Thursday: Cartoon Day: Dress like or wear a t-shirt of your favorite Spanish-speaking cartoon character
• Friday: Flowers/Hat Day: wear flowers in your hair or wear a traditional Hispanic hat

We are pleased to have Poet Mr. Michael Beadle join us at Carpenter for the next two weeks to work with our 4th graders on writing.

Sept. 23-27 (Tracks 3 & 4)

Sept. 30-Oct. 4 (Tracks 1 & 2)

Parents, on Thursday we will have our classroom spelling bees for Tracks 2-4. There are a few things to remember:

• If your student is absent or is late to school and misses the classroom spelling bee, there is no make up time. They will not be able to make it up or participate in any way, unfortunately, and will not be able to move on to the next round.
• Students do not have to participate in the spelling bee if they don't want to, but it should be a conversation held with family before Thursday.
• Please do not put extra pressure on your child to be the winner of the classroom spelling bee. They are putting enough pressure on themselves. We can only have one winner in each class. We want to focus on the educational value of this experience and not on winning or losing. Thank you for your support.

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Carpenter Elementary is participating in the annual National PTA Reflections Art Competition! The artistic theme to respond to this year is Accepting Imperfection, and entries are due by October 15.

Students can submit an entry in one of six artistic categories: visual arts (paintings, drawings, etc), music composition (an original song), photography, film production (video), literature (short stories, poetry, comics, essays), or dance choreography (captured on video). Students must include a title and an artist's statement with their work explaining how their artwork connects with this year's theme. For more information, please visit www.carpenterpta.net/art-reflections.html

• September 27- Fall Festival
• September 27- Track 4 tracks out
• September 30- Welcome Back, Track 1!
• October 9- Picture Day for Tracks 1 and 2
• October 18- Track 3 tracks out
• October 21- Welcome Back, Track 4!

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