Hello CBA Families,

We’re excited to bring you the latest news and updates from CBA Elementary as our little lions dive into a fantastic month of activities and achievements.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table at the West Chester Restaurant Festival! No one tells our story to potential families better than our teachers and our past and present families! We appreciate you celebrating our school and spreading the good word! It was a beautiful day for CBA Elementary.

We are thrilled to share some fantastic news—CBA Elementary has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished School for the third consecutive time, covering the years 2024-2027! 🎉🍎

This prestigious honor highlights our ongoing commitment to innovation, creativity, and excellence in education. It reflects the dedication and passion of our amazing students, faculty, and families, whose support has been key to achieving this remarkable milestone.

Want to learn more about this exciting recognition? Click here to read the feature article on Patch!

In other great news, we recently held a special birthday luncheon to celebrate the September birthdays of some of our wonderful teachers: Mrs. DeFeo, Mrs. Bush, Mrs. Catalano, Miss Heather, and Mrs. Scott. It was a joyful event filled with laughter, and a big thank you goes to the Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) for organizing the delicious ice cream bar that made the celebration even sweeter!

Thank you for being part of our incredible community.

Happy Fall!

The CBA Team

On Monday, we will be participating in Get Your Teach On’s fifth annual worldwide Rock Your School event, this year to meet the moment we’re in. With the support of Kindergarten teacher, Ms. Trisolini, our classrooms will join others from around the world by participating in an outside-the-box educational experience designed to engage students and bring learning to life. Each classroom has chosen to celebrate in their own way. Be sure to check in to see how they rocked their classrooms!

We have a great dat planned for your CBA!

Please take a minute to review and complete the October Lunch Form below, making your child's lunch selections for the month of October.

Receive a $500 tuition credit as a thank you!

We know that great families know other great families, and the highest compliment our parents can give us is the referral of a family member, friend, or colleague.

Every child deserves a Chesterbrook Academy Elementary education. By sharing our school with others, you help to ensure that other students receive the same outstanding education as your child, while helping our community to thrive and grow.

The referral program is really simple:

1. Refer a family member, friend, or colleague to any program offered at your campuses.

2. The referring family will receive a tuition credit of $500 for every new student referred (up to three students). The referred family will also receive a $500 family tuition credit.

3. New to our school this year? You can still participate by referring other new families.

Participation is easy! You make an email introduction

*Please note, the Refer a Friend tuition credit is not retroactive. Thank you!

• 9/23 - Rock Your School
• 9/24 - Pre-K-1st Grade Quiver Farms Apple Press
  
• 9/24 - 4th & 5th Grade Chester County Food Bank Visit
• 9/26 - 3rd Grade Chester County History Center & Lorenzo's Field Trip
• 9/27 - Back-to-School Movie Night - 6:00pm - Movie begins at dark! We will be watching Inside Out 2!
• 9/30 - Scholastic Book Fair

Payment and contact information can be managed through the online parent portal, Alma. The link to Alma is below.

Please follow the instructions for logging in and contact Ms. Capotrio with any questions or concerns.

1. Click on the link below to access ALMA to set up your account

2. Click “Forgot Password”

3. Username is firstname.lastname of primary account holder

4. Enter Email

All family members who wish to volunteer regularly at any campus or serve as a chaperone on field trips are required to undergo background checks. Additionally, a signature is required on the Volunteer Handbook Acknowledgement and Waiver, along with a completed Volunteer Application.

Below are the following documents:

- Volunteer Handbook

- Volunteer Application

- Volunteer Policy for CBA Elementary and Spring Education Group

Please review the policy and return the required forms, along with the clearances listed below, in order to volunteer or serve as a chaperone on a field trip.

Required clearances for all prospective volunteers and chaperones:

- Report of criminal history from the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP)

- Child Abuse History Clearance from the Department of Human Services (Child Abuse)

- DHS fingerprint-based Federal Bureau of Investigation Criminal Background Check (DHS FBI)

You can obtain these clearances here.

If you already have these clearances, we can accept them if they have been completed within the last 60 months, unless otherwise requested.

We appreciate your support and are happy to answer any questions you may have.

We require all students to wear a school uniform unless otherwise directed.

• Daily Uniform: Girls and boys should wear a green or blue polo shirt with khaki shorts/pants/skirt.
• PE Uniform: PE t-shirt and mesh shorts or sweatpants with sneakers are required on PE days.
• Shoes & Socks: On Daily Uniform days, students must wear brown shoes with white, green or blue socks. Students should wear sneakers on PE days.

**Please note, students should not wear Ugg boots to school**

Families assist us in maintaining a safe and healthy environment for all our Children by keeping sick Children at home. The purpose of our sick child policy is to:

• Reduce the spread of illness from a sick Child to other Children and members of School staff.
• Promote complete recuperation of the sick Child.
• Prevent the constant spread of cold, flu and diarrhea and other communicable diseases that are common among small children.

Children who become ill at school will be made comfortable and families will be notified to pick them up within one hour. Families must keep sick children at home until they have been symptom-free for at least 24 hours* if they display any of the following:

• Fever of 100.4 degrees or more. Children must be free of fever for at least 24 hours, unassisted by fever-reducing medication before returning to school.
• Vomiting
• Diarrhea
• Sore Throat
• Skin Rash
• Head Lice
• Heavy nasal discharge requiring frequent wiping every 3-5 minutes
• Persistent, non-productive or barking cough
• Fussy, cranky behavior unlike the Child
• Symptoms of communicable disease such as pink eye, measles, chicken pox, mumps, or strep throat