What's up Wednesday

10/9/2024

This Friday, October 11 is pajama day!

Students are encouraged to wear their favorite pajamas to school for a cozy and fun day.

Students should still wear tennis shoes to school with their pajamas as they will still be participating in recess and Phy. Ed. Pajamas should be appropriate for a school environment and not distracting.

We can't wait to see everyone's creative sleepwear!

There is no school for students next Thursday and Friday, October 17 and 18 for MEA.

The Bobcat Council has been hard at work planning an exciting lineup of Spirit Days to boost school spirit and create a fun atmosphere for our students. We’re thrilled to announce that next Wednesday, October 16 is Wacky Hair/Hat Day!

Encourage your child to get creative with their hairstyles and hats—whether it’s wild colors, unique styles, or fun accessories! However, please remember that all hair and hats should be appropriate for school and not offensive or distracting to others.

Let’s make this Spirit Day a memorable one! Thank you for your support!

When you dine at Culver's on October 15, Culver's will donate 15% of their sales back to the Cedar Island PTO! We hope to see you there!

Where? Culvers

When? Tuesday, October 15th 4-8pm

Who? YOU!!!

We are looking for volunteers to help run orders out to customers. This is a longstanding Cedar Island Traditions that our families love to participate in! We hope you will join us. Sign up here...

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0949ADAC29ABFFC34-51883027-culvers

School pictures will be emailed to you from Kemmetmueller within the next few days. If you have not received an email from them by the end of next week, please reach out to them directly at https://www.k-photography.com/support

Cedar Island is excited to offer a phone and email directory to help families stay connected. This directory can be used to coordinate playdates, birthday parties, and more. It will be shared with all families of K-5 Cedar Island students as soon as possible.

To include your information in the directory, please complete the electronic form by Thursday, October 24. If you don’t submit the form, your family’s information will not be included. We will not be adding information to the directory after October 24.

Important Notes:

• Only the information you provide will be printed in the directory, so please share only what you want to be included.
• If your child splits time between two households and you’d like to include contact info for both, each parent or guardian must submit a separate form.

Rest assured, the information collected will not be used for solicitation or commercial purposes.

This is a reminder that the handicap spaces are reserved for those with disability certification. We have several families who utilize these spaces every day and we need to make sure they are available for them. Thank you for your cooperation.

Conferences are underway! We have enjoyed meeting with families already and look forward to the remaining conferences.

Conference Dates and Times

Thursday, October 10th 4:30pm - 8:30pm

Monday, October 14th 4:30pm - 8:30pm

Fall Conferences are “Listening Conferences” For Teachers, Grades 2-5

We will have been in school for about 5 weeks when conferences begin. Therefore, we don’t use fall conferences as a “reporting conference”. Teachers in grades 2-5 will spend minimal or no time sharing about student academic performance as it’s too early in the school year to give an accurate picture of how our scholars are performing. Rather, we use fall conferences for 2 purposes:

• Teacher, parent and children can work together to determine a good independent reading goal for at home.
• Teachers will ask parents questions to help build a relationship and better understand our families hopes and desires for their child(ren) for this school year. This, hopefully, will help us better understand the needs/desires of our families for their child(ren)’s education. Teachers will send these questions to parents ahead of time so that they can prepare for them. Please watch for this information from your child’s teacher.

Kindergarten/1st Grade Conferences: These will include reporting about how each child is adjusting to being a student and may include some of their academic and social/emotional adjustments. Teachers will also ask questions to better learn about each child.

The book fair will be open in the Media Center during conferences as well as some additional times during the school day (students only).

Book Fair Hours:

Thursday, October 10: 3:00pm-8:30pm

Friday, October 11: 9am-10:00am

Monday, October 14: 3:00pm-8:30pm

Tuesday, October 15: 9:00am-10:30am

The hours are subject to change if we don't have volunteers! Please consider signing up for a shift to keep the book fair open! Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094BA9A92DA0FC1-51725985-fall

Can't shop the fair?

• Shop online https://www.scholastic.com/bf/cedarislandelementaryschool
• Send your student to shop with money in an eWallet https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/content/fairs/hub/ewallet.html

Questions on the book fair? Contact Taryn tarynkuebelbeck@gmail.com

• October 10 - Parent Teacher Conferences 4:30pm - 8:30pm
• October 11 - Pajama Day
• October 14 - Parent Teacher Conferences 4:30pm - 8:30pm
• October 15 - Dine + Donate - Culver's Night
• October 16 - Blue Team Popcorn Party (In school)
• October 16 - Wacky/Hat Day
• October 17 - No School MEA
• October 18 - No School MEA
• October 30 - Picture Retake Day
• November 1 - Inflatables Party (During School Hours)