Cartersville Elementary School

Thank you for joining us at our Open House! We are excited to start this new school year. Please see the newsletter contents below including lots of new information. We will send out a newsletter each month with school-wide dates and activities. Our teachers will also share grade and classroom specific information throughout each month.

For the first day of school, we kindly request students enter the building themselves. And in order for us to establish lunchroom routines, we will not accept lunch visitors until Monday, August 12th.

Our school agendas are in route but are not here just yet. If you need to communicate with your child's teacher prior to the delivery of our agendas, please use your student's purple folder or reach out to their teacher by e-mail.

We are looking forward to a wonderful school year!

Please see the year-at-a-glance calendar below provided at Open House with important dates for this school year. While we anticipate these dates to remain the same, please note changes could occur throughout the school year. Please be sure to reference the CES Monthly Newsletters with the most up-to-date information.

· Our school day is from 7:40-2:40. Doors open at 7:15 each morning.

· Early checkouts are not permitted after 2:10 pm for student safety.

· Please remember to send in a written and signed note for all transportation changes.

· All visitors must come through the main office and bring a photo ID to sign in.

· If your child is absent from school, a note must be turned in within 3 days of the absence. You may e-mail doctor's excuse notes to Sabrina McWhorter at smcwhorter2@cartersvilleschools.org

· All medications requiring administration at school must be brought to the school by a parent or guardian.

· No outside food or drink may be ordered and sent to the school for students; however, parents may bring food with them for a lunch visit with their child in our cafeteria.

· Be sure to check your child's grade frequently on Infinite Campus, once available. Progress reports will go home at 9-weeks, and report cards will be issued each semester.

· We kindly request all families picking their students up in cars, use the car rider line each afternoon. Car tags are available in the front office. This is for the supervision and safety of our students.

August 1st - First day of school!

August 17th - Backpack Buddies 5k

August 19th-23rd - MAP and Dibels testing

The last day to order spirit wear is Thursday, August 15th! See the link below to place your order!

https://sfnd.io/nz4g2

Donate at the link below or print and complete the Adopt-a-Classroom form attached below! Our teachers would LOVE your support!

https://sfnd.io/9ngnx

Cartersville Elementary School is excited to offer multiple afterschool club programs for our students. Some of these clubs require an audition, application, or completion of an assessment. Please see the information below to learn more about each club!

Sports Stacking - Club Contact: Coach Hynes

The CES Sport Stacking Club is looking for more students to join the fun. 4th and 5th Grade students meet on alternating Mondays. Information is available on the school website under the Student Life / Clubs tab. The link for registration can be found at https://forms.office.com/r/55Pga3jcTE.

Technology Club - Club Contacts: Mr. Ruff, Mr. Wilson, and Mrs. Harris

The Cartersville Elementary School Technology Club will begin open testing during school hours from August 26 to August 28, with acceptance letters sent home by August 30. The test will be done at school and will only be accessible during school hours. Meetings for the Technology club will be held every other Monday until 4:00 p.m., starting September 9. More information will be provided to accepted students. We are looking forward to another great year!

Art Club - Club Contact: Ms. Turem
Art Club information, applications, and permission forms will be ready for homeroom teachers to distribute during the second full week of school (August 12-16). Art club applications will be due on Wednesday, August 28th. Rising 5th graders who were in Art Club last year DO NOT have to fill out another application. If they are still interested in participating, they will be given a permission form for parents to complete.

Student Council: Council Contacts: Ms. Turem and Ms. Gainor
Student council representatives will be elected from their homeroom class. There will be one representative per homeroom. These students will meet once a month and will also serve to support our school recycling program.

Spanish Club: See Flyer

We are excited to partner with the OLA Language School to offer an after-school Spanish course. See the flyer below for more information and to register.

Purple Rain - Club Contact: Mr. Bowman
See the flyer below for more information.

Parents,

The number of students with cell phones and cellular watches in grades 4 and 5 has grown tremendously over the past two years. In order to minimize distractions during the school day and prepare our students for middle school expectations, the following rules for student electronic devices will be in place at CES.

CES Student Cell Phone/Watch Expectations:

Student cell phones and smart watches are expected to be off and remain in students' backpack during the school day. If a cell phone or smart watch is visible or used during the day, the following consequences will be put in place:

· First Offense - Student Warning

· Second Offense - Infraction: Warning - Parent Contacted

· Third Offense - Infraction: Teacher assigned consequence - Parent Contacted

· Fourth Offense - Infraction: Teacher assigned consequence - Parent Contacted

· Fifth Offense - Office Referral to Administration - ISS
*A student refusing to put away an electronic device when asked could result in an additional office referral for defiance.

We are fortunate to be a one-to-one school, with a school laptop available for every student. In addition, all of our classrooms have phones and digital clocks. Should you need to get in touch with your child during the school day, please call the school at 770-382-0983.

Join us for our annual Backpack Buddies 5k race! You don't have to run....you can always sign up to be a Ghost Runner and still get the shirt! Use the link below to register!

THANK YOU again to all that have already signed up!

https://runsignup.com/Race/GA/Cartersville/TheDowntownCartersville5K

We have a friendly competition between all the schools to see who has the most signed up! We would LOVE for CES to win, so please make sure you sign up under Cartersville Elementary School! And ask your friends to sign up under our school, as well!

Please see the link below to access the school supply list specific to each grade.

CES 24-25 School Supplies (cartersvilleschools.org)

If you have not completed this step already, please complete the Annual Information Update inside the Infinite Campus Parent Portal. You will not be able to access schedules, grades, or attendance information until this step is complete. See the image below with instructions.

We currently have an open parent position on our School Governance Council. If you are interested, or would like to nominate someone, please see the link below for information about the role and to complete the nomination form. Once a candidate list is compiled, voting instructions will be shared.

https://forms.office.com/r/aAZCWt9yxw

Fall MAP and Dibels testing is scheduled for August 19th-30th.

• Tuesday 8/20 - Reading MAP
• Wednesday 8/21 - Math MAP
• Thursday 8/22 - Language MAP

Free and Reduced Applications are now live on https://www.myschoolapps.com/. This year we are encouraging all families to apply online. This year's printable application is a fillable PDF which you can find on our website (https://www.cartersvilleschools.org/nutrition) in English and Spanish (also attached).

You must complete an application by 9/12 or students will start getting charged full price for meals.

Payments for school nutrition accounts can be set up and accessed at www.myschoolbucks.com. Please remember to check your student's lunch balance and pay or replenish funds as needed. You can also fill out your free/reduced lunch form on MySchoolApps - Home Page. The school nutrition website and additional information can be found at https://www.cartersvilleschools.org/domain/63. If you have any questions about balances or charges or free/reduced meals you may contact Christina Nichols at cnichols@cartersvilleschools.org.

The August lunch menu can be found at: Cartersville Elementary School - MealViewer Schools

We would love to have you join our PTC program! There are multiple ways to be involved and support our school, and we'd love for you to be part! If you were unable to join PTC at our Open House, you may use the link below to purchase a membership.

https://sfnd.io/nz4g2

Each month we will share the Capturing Kids' Hearts Newsletter for the month. Both August and September will focus on Empathy, so this month I am sharing an introduction to the Newsletters. They are attached below in both English and Spanish. We will share the Empathy newsletters in September.

Please visit the link below to learn how to access this voluntary opportunity.

K-12 Student Accident Insurance (kandkinsurance.com)

Our students use Clever to house most of their academic resources and this portal can be accessed from home! Attached below are instructions for how to access your child’s Clever homepage.

Email: bbryant@cartersvilleschools.org
Website: https://www.cartersvilleschools.org/ces
Location: 340 Old Mill Road, Cartersville, GA, USA
Phone: 770-382-0983