TIGER TOWN NEWSLETTER

• Mon, 10/3 - Fri, 10/7: Respect Week
• Thursday, 10/6: Volunteer Training
• Thursday, 10/6: PTO Meeting at 7:30pm
• Friday, 10/7: School Store Open

It’s time for the Week of Respect! This year's Week of Respect runs from October 3rd to the 7th. See details below!

Want to know more about the PTO and ways to get involved at CAS? Join us at our PTO meeting on Thursday, October 6th, 7:30pm, immediately following the VIP training. Thank you all for paying PTO dues which support activities including monthly assemblies, enrichment programs, and teacher appreciation and supplies to name a few. There is still time to pay the suggested amount of $40.00. Click the button below to contribute your PTO Dues.

The School Store will be open during recess, on Friday, October 7, and will be set up outside on the blacktop. All items are between $.25 and $3.00. Don’t forget your $$$ for the CAS School Store!

Parents are needed to help run the school store. Sign up here to help: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090a4faaac29a6fb6-school

We are so excited to have parent volunteers back in the building this Fall! Lunch duty is BACK! Be on the lookout for more details after school starts. There are all sorts of ways you can volunteer to help, here are our immediate needs:

School Store on Friday, October 7

• Sign up to help run the school store. Great way to see your kids in action! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090a4faaac29a6fb6-school

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!

Valentine’s Dance Chair / Committee

• Our parent / child Winter Dance is back! Looking forward to dancing the night away with your child? We are looking for a few parents to chair the dance committee. If you are interested, please email CASPTO@gmail.com to let us know!

Mark your calendars! If you are interested in volunteering at CAS this year, you must attend the VIP training at 7pm on October 6. It will be held immediately before the PTO meeting. We truly appreciate you taking the time to volunteer at CAS.

The Madison SEPAG will hold their first parent meeting of the school year on Wednesday, October 5th at 7.30pm. This meeting will be held virtually with agenda and meeting links sent in advance. To join and receive meeting information, please register via our directory at www.madisonsepag.com The Madison SEPAG is a parent led group that provides direct input to the district about policies, programs, and services that have an impact on students with disabilities and their families.

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!

SEL is the process of developing the self-awareness, self-control, and interpersonal skills that are vital for school, work, and life success. This week I’ll introduce 5 ways parents can help their children with SEL and build positive mental health habits at home:

• Do this through modeling. Teach your kids feeling words; it is never to early to start. Children need to learn a vocabulary of feeling words the same way they learn sight words.

• Validate your child’s feelings when shaping behavior: “It sounds like you’re upset about this, I totally understand. How can we make it better?” Combining validation with problem-solving helps your child feel better in addition to learning valuable solutions.

• Encourage your kids to look for connections with other children through common interests.

• Emphasize a balanced approach to eating, sleeping, and exercise instead of labeling habits and choices as ‘good’ or ‘bad.’

• Encourage children to stop, take a breath, and be in the moment. It can be easy to get stuck on something that just happened or is coming up. Show your child how to focus on the issue or task that is in front of them, and take one thing at a time.

Bottle Hill Day was created over forty years ago to promote the business district. The name originated from Madison’s original establishment in 1715 of the village called “Bottle Hill.” The event features four stages with live entertainment all day, over 200 vendor booths, amusement rides, great shopping and delicious food.

The Event is FREE and open to the public so bring the family and have some fun!

Learn about the MEF, enter our 50/50 raffle and see some of our grants in action. We’d love to talk to you about what we do and how you can help. We hope to see you there.

Keep scrolling for the following flyers:

• CAS School Store
• Multicultural Parents Club
• Join Cub Scouts
• Join Girl Scouts

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