TIGER TOWN NEWSLETTER

Alright, parents and guardians, let’s admit it: we’re all secretly celebrating the glorious return of the five-day school week. The kids are back in school and we’re officially back in our rhythm.

Speaking of rhythm, books are the beat we’re all marching to this month! Last week’s Book Fair was a roaring success—thanks to you and your enthusiastic readers. Shelves have been restocked, allowances have been well spent, and we have future bookworms in the making!

Meanwhile, the CAS Book Club is getting a boost, thanks to your donations. Every contribution helps expand our library collection, ensuring that all students have access to new and exciting reads.

And let’s not forget the Blue Tiger Reading Challenge, where students are clocking impressive minutes each month. Competition is fierce, so if you hear your kid talking about “needing more reading time,” don’t fall out of your chairs…they mean business.

So here’s to the books, the return of routine, and all of you, our fantastic CAS community, for making it all happen. Let’s keep those pages turning!

This program helps add books to the CAS library through your generous donations. Your donation will buy high-quality, specially bound books in the genre of your choice. When the books arrive, Mr. Paradiso will invite your child to pick one from their chosen genre. A special label honoring your family or child will be placed inside, and your child will be the first to check it out from the library. This will be open from the week of November 11th through the week of December 16th.

The Blue Tiger Reading Challenge continues for November! Just a reminder how this competition works--the entire school is broken up into 4 teams. Students will keep track on the calendar how much they are reading at home each night. At the end of the month, they will submit their minutes to Mr. Paradiso on the monthly google form. This form can be found here, in their library google classroom, in the PTO newsletter, or on the CAS library website. Whatever team reads the most minutes each month will win a custom 3D printed keychain, courtesy of Mrs. Walch. We are also working together as a school to see if we can beat our score from last year, which was 1,080,788 minutes.

Please try to encourage your students to participate in this fun challenge, and Mr. Paradiso will send reminders near the end of each month to remind students/parents to submit their minutes on the Google form. Please contact Mr. Paradiso with any questions.

We’re looking for TWO parents to join as this year’s incoming PTO vice presidents. In this role, you’ll shadow current presidents Dawn Ellis and Pat Attenasio, then take over as co-presidents for the 2025-2026 school year. It’s fun, rewarding and your kids will be proud! Please email caspto@gmail.com with any questions.

Holiday Shop Volunteers

Please help make this year's Holiday Shop a success by volunteering! Check out the sign-up genius for time slots: Holiday Shop Volunteers