TIGER TOWN NEWSLETTER

Practice your smiles! Picture day is Monday, October 24 and Tuesday, October 25.

See schedule & photo tips below.

In conjunction with Safety Week, CAS had the Avenues in Motion Walk and Roll Program visit K-2 classes, which highlighted pedestrian safety. In addition, CAS will have Fire Safety Assemblies led by the Madison Fire Department and Halloween Safety Assemblies led by School Resource Officer Tom Downs.

Half Day Bagel Lunch!

Do you really dislike making lunches on half days? CAS PTO and Bagel Nosh have the answer! Order your child a plain or rainbow bagel with butter or cream cheese to bring home for lunch and help the CAS PTO fundraise at the same time! Each day is a separate order so be sure to add all the days to your checkout when ordering. See the flyer below for more details on our new program that teams with Bagel Nosh or click here to order!

The CAS annual virtual Turkey Trot is back for a 3rd year! The deadline to order T-Shirts was October 20, but you can still register to run! Click the link for race registration -- https://runsignup.com/Race/NJ/Madison/CASTurkeyTrot2020

In honor of the last two weeks of the MEF Giving Pump fundraising campaign, we're kicking off a selfie contest with a $50 gift card to Bottle Hill Tavern as the prize! We can't wait to see your photos! Good luck!

How to Enter:

(1) Take a selfie while filling up at The Giving Pump (Pump 6) at the Shell gas station on the corner of Prospect and Main in Madison.

(2) Post your photo on Instagram or Facebook and include the hashtag #MEFPump6Pic

(3) Follow/like MEF on Instagram and Facebook.

Contest Rules:

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Must be 18 years or older to enter. Winners must live in the United States. Contest begins on October 17, 2022, at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET"), ends on October 31, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. ET. Winner will be announced on or about November 2, 2022. Contest is not sponsored by or affiliated with Instagram or Facebook. Terms and Conditions apply.

CAS Downtown Shopping Day is November 17!

Do you love to shop? Or just have holiday shopping to get done? Mark your calendars! On Thursday, November 17, several downtown stores and restaurants will donate a portion of sales back to the CAS PTO. More details to come regarding specific participants.

Do you love free money? So does the CAS PTO! Help us fund amazing assemblies, teacher appreciation, and more just by scanning your grocery receipt with participating products! Refer a friend to sign up during the week of 10/25-10/31 and get $4 free for CAS! Once you are in your BoxTops app, simply share the code by clicking on the face icon in the upper right corner and selecting the invite a friend section. Don’t know who to invite? Invite EVERYONE who buys groceries: Grandma, Grandpa, Uncles, Aunts, neighbors! The app is so easy to use, even Grandma can do it!

Don’t have the app yet? Check out the instructions in the below flyers to download and use this code for our CAS referral bonus! (Referral code: ZWP77212)

We are so excited to have parent volunteers back in the building this Fall! There are all sorts of ways you can volunteer to help, here are our immediate needs:

Lunch Volunteers Needed!

Interested in seeing your kids interact in their natural habitat? Consider volunteering your time in the lunchroom at CAS! Parent volunteers assist in opening up lunch items, keeping the lunch lines moving, and ensuring the students clean up after themselves! Lunch begins at 11:15am and ends at 12:45pm. There are still plenty of spots in December! Please sign up using the form: CAS Lunch Volunteer Sign Up - Fall 2022. For any questions, contact: Danielle Carreon danielle.asuncion@gmail.com or Rachel Cushing CushingFamily37@outlook.com

CrossFit377 Event Chairs

Show off a strong healthy heart to your kids and have a ton of fun! We are looking for 2-3 event chairs to order goodies, liaise with CrossFit 377, manage registration and more for this March 3 event. No fitness experience required, but MUST be willing to have fun! If you are interested, please email CASPTO@gmail.com to let us know!

FunFest Chairs

Do you love yard games, cotton candy and children’s laughter?! Then this role is for you! Looking for 1-2 additional chairs to join this amazing team! You will coordinate food trucks, work with inflatable slide and cotton candy vendor, organize volunteers, plan yard games and more. Planning starts in February for this May 19 event. If you are interested, please email CASPTO@gmail.com to let us know!

May Day Prep Chair

Like to get your hands dirty and shovel mulch? Then this is the job for you! Our May Day Prep Chair coordinates and communicates with volunteers and Town representatives for May Day at CAS! If you are interested, please email CASPTO@gmail.com to let us know!

Bullying and conflict are related but fundamentally different issues. Conflict is a disagreement or argument in which both sides express their views. These views might be expressed in a heated manner, with emotional language, but this is not the same as bullying. Conflict is part of all relationships. Bullying, at it’s core, is negative behavior directed by someone exerting power and control over another person. A bully aggressively uses their “power” to target another individual with repeated, unwanted words or actions. This ‘power’ could be based on popularity, physical size or strength, or even one student being more verbally proficient than another. Those targeted are hurt either physically or emotionally and have a hard time stopping what is happening to them.

In normal conflict, children self-monitor their behavior. They read cues to know if lines are crossed, and then modify their behavior in response. Children guided by empathy usually realize they have hurt someone and will want to stop their negative behavior.

On the other hand, children intending to cause harm and whose behavior goes beyond normal conflict will continue their behavior even when they know it's hurting someone. However, it is important to note that even when bullying occurs, the bully is also experiencing emotional turmoil. Whether we agree with it or not, children who bully are bullying for a reason.

Next week we will discuss the most common reasons bullying occurs.

Join the Madison SEPAG on Thursday, October 27th at 7:30pm as Guest Speaker Susan E. Miller, Director of the Robinowitz Education Center presents Dyslexia Identification in NJ 9.0. This presentation will go into the details of the current landscape in NJ and current research in the field of Dyslexia. This meeting will be held virtually with meeting links sent in advance. See flyer below for details.

Did you know that CAS has a courtyard? Unfortunately, during the COVID shutdown, our beautiful courtyard reading garden fell into disrepair. This year, the PTO will be working with the building to revitalize and rebuild this outdoor learning space for our children to enjoy. Be on the lookout for more information regarding paver sales and big fundraising efforts to make this happen!

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