Craddock's Weekly Update

WOW! What a week it was at Craddock, capped off by one of THE BEST events of the year, Cruisin' Craddock! Mother Nature did her job and kept us dry and cool, while Mr. England kept us moving with some great music! The real stars of the show, however, were all of our Cruisin' Craddock students and their guests who lapped the course over and over, collecting bracelets as they lapped the course! We will be so excited to see how many laps were done this week once we have everything totaled. Thank you to all of our guests who took time to come join us for the fun!

Endless thanks to all of the families who donated in honor of this event. We are so appreciative and will be excited to share all the things we can do to enhance our students' education with your generous contributions. Some families asked at our event if they could send in a donation this week and the answer is YES! We will be accepting donations in the form of cash or check (made payable to Aurora City Schools) through Friday, October 4th! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Please know it will take us a few weeks to total all that up and be ready to award prizes! Lots of fun still to come with Cruisin' Craddock!

Finally, a huge THANK YOU to Mrs. Barrett, Craddock's PTO VP, for helping to organize the event, set up the course and bring in volunteers. We could not do this event without the help of our wonderful parents and we are greatly appreciative!

Have a fantastic week ahead and don't hesitate to reach out with any questions, concerns or feedback. This is Homecoming week for Aurora and in honor of that, we will be running a spirit week K-5! Please check out the flyer below for more details on all the fun!

Go Greenmen!

Kim Stewart, Principal

Craddock Elementary School

330-562-3175 (office)

216-849-2552 (cell to call or text)

kmstewart@aurora-schools.org

SEPTEMBER

• Monday, 9/30 - Field Trip to Moebius for Stephens and Janko 10:00-12:45
  

OCTOBER

• Tuesday, 10/01 - Field Trip to Moebius for Martin 10:00-12:45
• Friday, 10/04 - Last Day for Cruisin' Craddock Donations
• Wednesday, 10/09 - AEPTO Meeting at 10:00 Conference Center
• Friday, 10/11 - NO SCHOOL - NEOEA Day
• Monday, 10/14 - NO SCHOOL for Students - PD Day for Staff
• Wednesday, 10/16 - Unity Day - WEAR ORANGE
• Friday, 10/18 - Picture Retake Day
• Monday, 10/21 - Erin's Law Presentations for Grade 2 (more information coming)
• Tuesday, 10/22 - Erin's Law Presentations for Grade 2 (more information coming)
• Wednesday, 10/23 - Gifted Testing for 2nd Grade - CogAT
• Thursday, 10/24 - Gifted Testing for 2nd Grade - CogAT
• Friday, 10/25 - Gifted Testing for 2nd Grade - CogAT
• Monday, 10/28 - Gifted Testing for 2nd Grade - Iowa
• Tuesday, 10/29 - Gifted Testing for 2nd Grade - Iowa
• Thursday, 10/31 - Fall Costume Parade and Festival - Parade begins at 2:00

NOVEMBER

• Tuesday, 11/05 - Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences - Night One
• Tuesday, 11/05 - Erin's Law Presentations for Grade 1 (more information coming)
• Thursday, 11/07 - Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences - Night Two
• Friday, 11/08 - End of Trimester One
• Monday, 11/11 - Veteran's Day Celebration at 9:30 at Craddock
• Wednesday, 11/13 - AEPTO Meeting at 6:30 Conference Center
• Friday, 11/15 - Trimester One Gather Reports LIVE
• Wednesday, 11/27 - Sunday, 12/01 - NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Break

Dear parents,

The Ohio Department of Health requires vision and hearing screenings for all students in the following grades: preschool, kindergarten, first, third, fifth, seventh, 9th and 11th, as well as all new students each year. These screenings will begin for all 1st grade students beginning this week. Screenings can also be performed at various other times during the year at parent or teacher request.

Students who have difficulty with the initial screening are re-screened. If there still appears to be a difficulty, parents are notified and follow-up by a health care provider is encouraged. Should your child be recommended to follow-up with their healthcare provider, in addition to notifying you, we will also send home a referral form for the health care provider to complete & return to the school. If you need assistance in getting a follow-up appointment for your child, please let us know. These screenings can be helpful in early detection of vision and hearing problems, but they should not replace a professional examination. Should your child require special accommodations as a result of the follow-up, please let us know as soon as possible to arrange a meeting. If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know!

You can email me at egill@aurora-schools.org or call me at Craddock!

You are the most important piece to ensuring these very important times of the day run smoothly! All of our procedures are in place to protect the safety of our students, staff and visitors. Thank you in advance for your efforts and patience!

ARRIVAL

• Drop off each morning can take place from 8:40-8:55 a.m. Students are not permitted to exit cars until 8:40. Thank you!
• Car riders need to be dropped off following the route detailed in the map below. It is a single file line formed down Hurd Rd. This is the same line used for pick up in the p.m.
• Students can only exit cars on the sidewalk side of the horseshoe. We ask that you please adjust car seats and/or child locks if needed. Parents stay in cars at all times.
• Staff will be outside daily to help students enter the building and navigate to their classroom.

DISMISSAL

• Car rider dismissal begins each day at 3:15. Students will be called down as you arrive in our horseshoe. We do this electronically through a Google Doc that all of the staff are watching so they know when to dismiss each car rider.
• All car rider parents will be issued a tag for their rearview mirror with their child's last name on it. These can be secured at Meet and Greet or throughout the school year.
• Parents remain in cars and students will be escorted to their car by a staff member.
• When everything is up and running after a few weeks, car rider dismissal usually takes approximately 15 minutes.

Our transportation department has been busy preparing for the 24-25 school year. Tentative bus routes may be available as soon as July 17th to view bus stop locations and times. Please remember these routes are subject to change and should be checked closer to the start of the school year. You will need to log into E-Link Versatrans using the link/button below and follow the log-in procedures to access your child's busing information. https://versatransweb04.tylertech.com/Aurora/elinkrp/Login.aspx

If this is the first time using E-Link, use the following login information.

User name = jane.smith (That is the students name, jane.smith with no spaces. Password = students date of birth 01012018)

Once you are in, go to “Work with students” then “View my students” We also now have GPS on the school buses. You can see when the bus is to arrive at your home.

We also have a Bus Stop App where you can track and monitor your child's bus and receive important updates. If you download “versatrans my stop” from the app store and sign in using the same information as above.

If you know your child will not be riding the bus no matter what grade, please email the transportation department and let us know so that we can have more accurate routes. Any student being transported to any location other than their home address will need to fill out the "Alternate bus stop form". This form is located on the ACSD website under the Transportation Department Site and is linked below. We ask that the changes made will be a regular schedule. We cannot do requests such as every other week.

All requests or changes to busing can be sent to: transportationinfo@aurora-schools.org

Transportation Information: https://www.aurora-schools.org/administration/transportationoperations

Finally, Craddock Elementary uses a Google Form for attendance and pick-up/drop-off notifications. This is for notification purposes if you will be picking your child up instead of sending them on the bus and does not allow us to make changes to bus stops and locations. All Busing changes must go through transportation.

If you haven’t already, now is the time to join or renew your AEPTO membership for the 2024-25 school year. Click HERE to join now!!

Our next meeting is Wednesday, October 9th at 10 a.m. at the C&I Building. Come learn about all the exciting things the PTO has planned for the school year!!

Thank you to everyone who ordered mums and volunteered for the pick up last weekend!

Class shirts should be in this week! Thank you to everyone who ordered.

Please email me with any questions.

Hasaleah Barrett

AEPTO Craddock VP

craddockvp@auroraelementarypto.org

Email: kmstewart@aurora-schools.org
Website: www.aurora-schools.org
Location: 105 Hurd Road, Aurora, OH, USA
Phone: 330-562-3175
Twitter: @CraddockSchool