Tiger Cub Weekly
Cypress Elementary School
2024 Summer Edition
Upcoming Important Dates:
August
- 20th- 10AM- Kindergarten Orientation
- 20th- 3PM- New student orientation
- 20th- 4PM- PTA welcome event- Find out your teacher!
- 21st- FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
School Supply Donation List
Click on the image for the Cypress School Supply Donation Lists for each grade
Mark your calendar!! August 21st is the first day of school!
Attendance Email for Cypress!
Parents/Guardians are required to contact the front office any time that their student will be absent. There are a few different ways to reach us:
Front office (805) 498-6683
24-hour Attendance Line (805) 498-6203
Email: : CYP-Attendance@conejousd.org (Now working!)
California Education Code section 48205 and CVUSD board policies state that absences for the following reasons may be excused:
- Personal Illness
- Quarantine
- Medical, dental, optometrically, or chiropractic services
- Funeral services of an immediate family member
International Baccalaureate Learner Profile Traits
IB Learner Profile Traits are the core of the IB Primary Years Programme!
Weekly Attendance Announcement
Good attendance is essential for a continuous, uninterrupted program of instruction. As we start the school year, please honor the school calendar when planning vacations and appointments.
Excused Absences:
Personal Illness
Quarantine
Medical, dental, optometrical, or chiropractic services
Funeral services of an immediate family member
Jury duty
For a complete list of excused absences, please use the following link:
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=48205
Unexcused Absences:
Family trips
Unforeseen family circumstances
Transportation difficulties
Non-school athletic competitions
Any other reasons not listed above in the excused absence list are “contacted unexcused”, which are considered truancies.
Short Term Independent Study is available for planned absences of 3 days or more, as long as at least 48 hours of notice is given (not including weekends). Please contact the front office for more information on how to begin the independent study process.
For more information on attendance, please click here.
#AttendTodayAchieveTomorrow
Notice to School Community
Important Cypress Information
Parking Lot Safety
For Drop-off/ Pick up
-Pull into the second driveway off Kimber. 10 miles per hour max. in parking lot!
-Pull up to the curb for pick-up or drop-off
-Exit/enter only on the passenger/ curb side
**Do not stop in the school bus or red zone area for drop-off or pick-up**
-If you need to assist your child in or out of the car, proceed to a visitor's parking spot. Parents may NOT exit the car in the drop off lane.
-Always walk with your child in the parking lot. Use sidewalks to walk children from parking lot to school campus. Do NOT walk children through the parking lot.
TK and Kindergarten Families
-All TK and Kindergarten students must be escorted to the TK/K playground in the morning and picked up at the exit gate. Those picking up a TK/K students must park.
Please DO NOT park in staff spots. Specialists, paras, support staff, and campus supervisors arrive at school at various times. If you have a quick question for us in the office, you may park along the yellow curb by the front office.
Cypress Elementary School Facebook Page!
PTA News!
Cypress Digital Backpack of Flyers!
Digital backpack for community Flyers
Cypress Student/ Parent Handbook
The Cypress Handbook has been updated. Please take a moment to look through the information located in this document. This document covers information about attendance policies, safety protocol, discipline procedures, dress code and more. After this week, this document will remain in this Smore for the remainder of the school year.
Cypress Elementary
Email: mmcdonald@conejousd.org
Website: https://www.conejousd.org/cypress
Location: 4200 West Kimber Drive, Newbury Park, CA, USA
Phone: 805-498-6683
Facebook: facebook.com/CypressElementarycvusd
Instagram: cypresscubs