From the Principal...
Dear Colbert Families,
We are thrilled to announce that our Fun Run was a huge success, raising an incredible $25,000! The students had an amazing time running, and their energy and enthusiasm made the day unforgettable. A special thank you to everyone who volunteered and to our wonderful PTO for all the planning and preparation that went into making this event such a success. We couldn’t have done it without your support!
Thank you for being such an amazing part of our school community!
Warm regards,
Cari Trowbridge
Principal
Free Meals at Colbert!
We are excited to announce that Colbert Elementary qualifies for free breakfast and free lunch for ALL students! This is part of the federal Provision 2 program. For Colbert to continue to qualify for free
meals through the 2027-2028 school year we must meet a free and reduced meal benefit status of 30%
by October 31, 2024. That means we need your help!
Some things to know:
Have your kids start their day off with breakfast at school! Check out our menus for all the
choices. https://myschoolmenus.com/organizations/407
If your child(ren) would like to purchase milk without a meal, they must have money on their
meal account.
Free meals are limited to 1 breakfast and 1 lunch each day.
You must still fill out an application to check if you qualify for benefits. If approved, it qualifies
your child(ren) for Summer EBT meal benefits, reduced or waived fees, and helps secure funding
for your school district. Click here https://mead.familyportal.cloud/ and then click on Apply for
Benefits. If you have already received a letter from us saying your child has meal benefits then
skip the application! If you don’t qualify, it does not impact your child’s ability to receive free
breakfast and lunch this school year.
From the Nurse...
Back to school means lots of learning, lots of fun, and lots of viruses!
The common cold is an infection that affects your nose, sinuses, throat, and windpipe.
Colds can easily spread, particularly within households, classrooms, and workplaces.
More than 200 different viruses can cause colds. There's no cure for a common cold, but it usually goes away within 7-10 days.
Here's a tip: If you send your student to school not feeling well, and tell your student to call home if they're still not feeling well..... they will definitely not feel well and will want to call home!
(Sometimes as soon as they walk in the building - they walk right into the health room!)
Please use our illness guidelines when determining whether your student should attend school.
We are noticing a lot of students with sore throats, runny noses, coughs, and stomach issues lately.
All illness symptoms should be improving and mostly resolved before students return to class to help minimize the spread to other students and staff.
For vomiting and fever, students must stay home 24 hours after the last time they had either of these, without the use of medication.
HERE is more information about respiratory illnesses and when to see your health provider.
Looking forward to a safe and healthy school year!
--
Carrie Dinwoodie MSN-Ed, RN
School Nurse, Mead School District
Call or Text: 509-688-9128
Vitalant Blood Drive
Hello all you wonderful life-saving blood donors!
We will be hosting our 2nd half of the blood drive at Colbert here shortly on Oct 4th, 9:30 to 2:30 at Colbert Elementary. Blood donation has a multi-faceted benefit- not only are you helping to save local lives (all blood products collected stay in our local area) as a reminder, the STEAM grant monies from this event will directly benefit our Colbert cougars.
Here is the link to sign up!
Our first drive was such a success (again THANK YOU) Vitalant has allowed us to up our STEAM grant. Similar to our May drive, for our site event on October 4th, we need folks to commit 30 blood products. REMEMBER, THOSE POWER RED DONATIONS ARE WORTH 2! Collecting this amount will not only better and save local lives, it will ensure we exceed our goal , consequently enriching our Colbert Elementary community school year.
You all are just the best and I'm again so thankful for you and your hearts.
Please feel free to ask any questions you have at this time.
You are appreciated!
Jana Troyer
509 995 3219
