Caring Critter Chronicle

Hello Caring Critter Families,

I hope you had a great weekend. This time of year always seems to move so quickly with spring sports gearing up, cleaning the yard from the winter, and getting outside to enjoy the warm weather.

As some of you may know, our playground received some damages over the winter. Unfortunately, three of our slides were purposefully damaged, and are now unusable. We are currently working with a vendor for pricing and a timeline for the replacements. The two challenges will be to size up the parts and funding. The equipment that was damaged will need to be removed, which will more than likely cause the playground to be closed during construction. We hope this will occur over the summer months. The cost will be around $12,000. We are looking at funding options.

One way that we have made improvements to the playground in the past is use our funds from the Annual Fun Run. We are planning this event at the end of May. This CIPS PTO event will help to cover the repair costs at CPS. More information will be sent home with students in the coming weeks.

The CIPS PTO will host the annual Spring Fling on Saturday, April 20 - 9:00 am -12:00 pm - $3/per or $10/family max. We will have a variety of games, activities, and food. We hope you are able to make it out for the event.

Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns.

Take care,

Mr. Neil Schiller

Cambridge Primary School Principal

763-691-6502

nschiller@c-ischools.org

Community Backpack

https://www.smore.com/n/udfzg-c-i-community-backpack?ref=email

2024 Building and Space Needs Survey

Roller Skating Unit ~ March 21 - April 25 (extended due to Snow Days)

Spring Fling ~ Saturday, April 20 - 9:00 am -12:00 pm - $3/per or $10/family max

Kindergarten Discovery (next year K students) ~ Monday, April 22 (rescheduled due to snow) - Open House 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

McSchool Night ~ Cambridge and Isanti McDonald's - 4:00-7:00 pm

Caring Critter Café ~ Thursday, April 26

FAMILY ACTIVITY!

Isanti County Family Support Team has partnered with CPS and CIS to create a fun activity for our families this month! All students will be provided with a "scavenger list" of phrases and quotes to search for around the exterior windows of CPS and CIS. When families find a poster during the month of April, they can write down the number located on the poster that corresponds to the phrase. Once they find all the phrases, the student can exchange their completed sheet into their school's front office for a fun prize! Have fun!

Families with incoming kindergarteners for the 2024-25 school year. You are invited to bring your child to Kindergarten Discovery Night at Cambridge Primary School.

April 22, 2024 (rescheduled due to snow)

5:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Enter CPS Door #1 (cafeteria)

Meet our teachers. Make new friends.

Take photos. Enjoy the fun!

We can't wait to meet your little one!

If you have friends or family who have a child turning age 5, please share this information with them. Cambridge-Isanti Schools offers tuition-free, full-day kindergarten options open to all children who will turn age 5 by September 1. Thanks to the overwhelming support of our school district referendum in 2021, we have:

• SMALL CLASS SIZES for personalized learning,
• THE BEST TEACHERS who are eager to nurture your child’s curiosity,
• A POSITIVE & CARING CULTURE that inspires a love of learning.
  
  

We are excited to continue our work as Caring Critters at CPS. Here is a link that helps explain how we teach our Five C-I Character Traits of Honesty, Respect, Responsibility, Self-Discipline, and Compassion, by learning to be Caring Critters in our school community.

Our schools offer healthy meals each day. Starting this school year, we are joining Minnesota’s Free School Meals Program. All students can get one breakfast and one lunch free of charge each day at school.

Here are some quick links:

• Food Service Website

• April Breakfast Menu

• April Lunch Menu

C-I Schools provides our families with quality transportation service that is safe, professional and cost-effective to enhance our students' educational journey. Our Transportation department coordinates bus routes throughout our 252 square mile district and schedules students for bus service. The District includes the both the cities of Cambridge and Isanti, as well as many smaller communities.

Transportation schedules are available for you to view in Family Access. Please allow 5-7 days for updates to show in Family Access if there have been recent changes to your student's transportation.

CI Transportation Website

The federal government is offering free COVID-19 tests again this year. Every home in the U.S. is eligible to order an additional 4 free at-⁠home tests beginning November 20. If you did not order tests this fall, you may place two orders for a total of 8 tests. Here is the link to order.

Take a look at our 23-24 C-I Schools Calendar for our scheduled school days, trimesters and breaks.

Plan for next school year with the 24-25 C-I Schools Calendar.

Neil Schiller - Principal

763-691-6502

nschiller@c-ischools.org

Main Office : 763-691-6500

24 Hour Attendance: 763-691-6510

Fax: 763-691-6599

Office Hours: 7:00 am - 3:30 pm

School Day: 7:30 am - 2:00 pm

Email: cps-communications@c-ischools.org
Website: https://www.c-ischools.org/cps
Location: 310 North Elm Street, Cambridge, MN, USA
Phone: 763.691.6500