The Cougar Chronicles

Report Cards

On Friday, March 8th, Report Cards were issued using the email that was provided on the powerschool registration. If you can not locate it in your inbox, please check you junk/spam. If you still can not find it, contact the office.

No School- April 2nd

At the February 27th Board of Education Meeting, the board approved canceling school on April 2nd due to the Primary Elections being held at multiple buildings across the district. The calendar on the district website now reflects the change.

Teacher Experience Raffle

Make sure you purchase your tickets for our 2nd Annual Teacher Experience Raffle. Prudence Crandall teachers and staff are proud to offer exciting prizes to support activities for our students! Our very own Crandall staff members are donating their time and resources to the students for some fun activities. Each raffle ticket will cost $1, please see the attached order form below. Tickets will also be on sale during lunch on Fridays.

Upcoming Dates:

March 13th Early Release- Staff Development

Prudence Crandall teachers and staff are proud to offer the following exciting prizes to support activities for our students! Our very own Crandall staff members are donating their time and resources to the students for some fun activities.

All activities will take place on the campus during school hours. Time and dates will be worked out once winners are announced.

Each raffle ticket is $1 and will go back to the students to fund upcoming field trips and grade-level activities. The order form is attached. Please fill out how many of each experience tickets your student would like to purchase and return to school. We will help your student enter their tickets into the corresponding raffle box during the school day.

The raffle will run Monday, February 26th through Friday, March 22nd.

Raffles will be announced during the assembly on Tuesday, March 26th. Families of the winners will also be contacted via Remind/Email.

If you have any questions, please email Mr. Duperre at aduperre@enfieldschools.org.

We cannot wait to see all the incredible experiences your students will get to have with the best staff!

On Thursday, March 7th, Frigo the therapy dog visited the library. The purpose of the therapy dog is to build confidence, relieve stress, and provide comfort for school sage children. Frigo is an experienced therapy dog who travels to many schools.

In the month of February and March we will be talking about healthy habits during our community building time. Coach Silkowski will be giving tips on our morning announcements with a focus for each week.

Healthy Habit Week 5

Make sure you are always using positive visualization

Keep those shoes coming!!! Help us reach out goal of 1000 pairs collected!!! One last final push, help us read our goal.

We are so close!!!! Please dig deep in those closets!

Classroom Standings as of 3/11

3rd Grade

1st place- Room 8

2nd place- Room 6

4th Grade-

1st place- Room 15

2nd place- Room 16

5th Grade-

1st place- Room 21

2nd place- Room 24

We have Prudence Crandall T-Shirts available (Youth Medium, Youth Large, Adult Small, and Adult Mediums. Please send in $15 cash in an envelope with your students name, t-shirt size, and room number.

Per district attendance procedures, attendance letters will be sent out for all absences, excused or unexcused, following this schedule:

5th absence – 1st Letter

9th absence - 2nd Letter

10th absence – 3rd Letter

Additional letters will be sent after every 5th absence. (ex. 15th, 20th, 25th)

Regardless of the content of the letters, if the majority of absences are excused as defined in the student handbook, we will most likely not reach out unless there are a large number of absences.

If the majority of the absences are unexcused as defined in the handbook, an administrator will be reaching out to offer available support to make sure your child comes to school on a regular basis.

The Prudence Crandall School Store will be open Friday, March 22nd, during all lunch waves. All of the items will be between $1 and $3. Please see below for the merchandise list.

Items for $1.00

Bookmarks

Sunglasses

Bracelets/necklaces/rings

5 color pens

Highlighters/markers/pens/pencils

Sticky notes

Erasers

Scrunchies

Mini rubix’s cube

Gibbets (2)

Small notebooks

Mochi

Items for $2.00

Pencil bags

Squishy

Putty

Key chains

Kinetic sand

Sport ball squishy

Big eye pop it

Tech decks

Slime

Lego

Rubix’s cubes

Fidget spinner

Items for $3.00

Draw string bag

Water bottle

Pop it balls

Light up pop tubes

Infinity cubes

Banana/carrot fidget

Arrival- Drop Off

Students will be dropped off at the back of the building, follow the cones on the right-hand side. All 3rd grade students will be dropped off at the first door, 4th grade students will be dropped off at the second door and 5th grade students will be dropped off at the third door. All parents/guardians will remain in their cars. Follow the path around the building to exit.

Dismissal- Pick Up

Students will be dismissed from the back of the building, follow the cones on the right-hand side. Please make sure your car tag is visible for the staff. All 3rd grade students will be picked up at the first door, 4th grade students will be picked up at the second door and 5th grade students will be picked up at the third door. All parents/guardians will remain in their cars. Follow the path around the building to exit.

03/12/24- Board of Education Meeting 7:00pm

03/13/24- Early Release Staff Development

03/19/24- Crandall/Barnard PTO Meeting 7:00pm

03/26/24- March PRIDE Assembly 1:30pm

03/28/24- 5th Grade Dessert for Dinner 5:30pm

03/29/24- No School- Good Friday

04/02/24- No School- Primary Voting Day

04/08/24-04/12/24- No School- Spring Vacation

04/17/24- One Book 3 Schools Kickoff at Enfield Public Library 6:00pm

04/19/24- Grade 5 Purse Bingo 5:00pm

Email: aduperre@enfieldschools.org
Location: 150 Brainard Road, Enfield, CT, USA
Phone: (860) 253-6466