K-4 Full Day: 8:55a-4:00p

Half Day: 8:55a-12:10p

Lunch (K,1,2,3): 11:50a-12:25p

Young 5's Lunch 11:15a-12:05p

4th Grades Lunch 12:05p-12:55p

Office Hours: 8:00a-4:30p

Mission Statement: To educate, challenge and inspire every student to achieve personal success and become a confident contributor to society

Vision Statement: We promote a passion for learning and a philosophy that puts the needs of children and their education first.

• For the month of April at Coolidge Elementary, we're celebrating empathy ! Empathy is the ability to imagine what it is like to be in someone else's shoes.

Dear Coolidge Families:

We are rounding off our week with some blue skies and sunshine. It is always great for our students to be able to get some time outside in the fresh air.

Hats off to our 3rd and 4th graders and their teachers. Each of the students were ready for the ELA portion of the MStep. Next week, our Cougars will test Tuesday through Thursday for a sixty minute block of time. It is important that your student arrives to school at the start of the day. Some test taking strategies include:

Get a Good Night's Sleep

Sleep helps with memory and focus. Try to get 9–11 hours (depending on age).

Eat a Healthy Breakfast

Fuel the brain with foods like eggs, fruit, or whole grains—avoid sugary cereals.

Positive Self-Talk

Teach them phrases like:
"I’ve got this!"
"I’m ready to do my best!"

My office was under construction as our Young 5 class put on their architect hats to investigate my doors and windows in my office. They noticed that my door swung out , there is a tumbler and I even have a door jam.

As I shared in my last newsletter, we are working on lunchroom behavior. I am very happy to report that our students are coming out of the lunchroom quietly and moving through the hall on the correct side with their voices down. Give our Cougars a challenge and they will always rise to the occassion.

Enjoy the spring like weather this weekend. Let's hope we are done with the snow.

Best,

Mrs. Pierson

04/15 Fire Drill

04/16 Spirit Sticks @ lunch

04/18 No School

04/22 Incoming Kindergarten Parent Information Night

04/24 Art Show & Multicultural Fair 5:30-7:00

05/01 Spring Concert

05/04 PTA Meeting @ 7:30 pm

05/04 Community Choice Deposit

04/14 Monday:

04/15 Tuesday:

MStep (Gr.3 & 4)

Fire Drill

Girl Scouts

04/16 Wednesday:

MStep

Girl Scouts

04/17 Thursday:

MStep

2nd Grade Fieldtrip to Greenmeade

3rd Grade Fieldtrip to Greenfiled Village

04/18 Friday:

No School

Yearly, families are asked to complete the lunch application for free or reduced lunch. With all meals being offered free to families many have not completed the application. It is important that we have all families complete the application as it benefits the students, families and the school. Families may qualify for several benefits if they qualify for free or reduced lunch. Below you will find the instruc

Art Show Flyer

Cultural Fair

Staff Shout-out Form

Everyone can use a little "shout-out" to make your day. Please fill out the form below to give a shout out to a Coolidge staff member. You can fill out as many as you would like throughout the year. We will be including the link in our community email every week! We love hearing from our students also!

Coolidge Staff Shout-Out

Yearbooks start at $17 with many package options available. Ordering is open until April 25th, with yearbooks being delivered to Coolidge before school gets out.

https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/order/Lookupjob?jobnumber=3738425

A link is now available for submitting pictures to be considered for the yearbook. After signing into your Lifetouch account via the link, you can upload pictures. If able, please add tags to indicate which teacher's classroom or event they are from.

https://community.lifetouch.com/invite?code=COOLIDGEYB24-25

Lastly, In an effort to steamline the interuptions to the learning day, starting Tuesday, March 11th, there will be a shelf in the vestibule for any miscellanous student items

( lunches, waterbottles, winter gear, folders etc.). Parents after placing your student's items on the shelf, please email your child's teacher (email addreses will be provided ) to notifiy them that your student belongings are waiting for them.

Week of 04/14 Alternate Each Day is Hummus w/ Loco Bread

Monday: Chicken Patty Sandwich

Tuesday: Pizza Day

Wednesday: Mini Corn Dogs

Thursday: Taco in Bag

Friday: No School

Week of 04/21 Alternate Each Day is Yogurt Parfait

Monday: Pizza Crunchers

Tuesday: Pizza Day

Wednesday: Twin Mini Cheeseburgers

Thursday: Macaroni & Cheese

Friday: Cheese Bosco Sticks

The Loop (Highly Recommended) – The loop can be used for drop off or pick up. Students should remain in their cars until the car has come to a complete stop in the painted half circle area. Please do not let your child out of the car, or wave your child to your car, while you are in any other part of the loop area or driveway. Do not leave the loop area until the vehicle in front of you has left. Please remain alert and ready to move forward with traffic.

The Parking lot - The parking lot can be used for drop off or pick up. Your car should be parked in a parking spot and you will need to walk your child to and from the school doors utilizing only the crosswalk. OUr staff is there to assist you and your child. Your child should NEVER be in the parking lot without you at their side. The ONLY place that parking or sitting is permitted, is in a designated parking space. Parking anywhere else could prevent our buses from coming or going. (Using the loop is easier.)

The Crosswalk - The crosswalk is for our student to walk across the parking lot safely. Cars have been parking blocking the crosswalk. Please use our parking spots. Do not block the crosswalk!

We are gearing up to celebrate all of our wonderful staff at Coolidge the first week of May. If you are interested in donating any items for the week, please take a look at the sign up below. We are requesting that all donations be sent with your student to turn into the office (please label "staff appreciation") no later than Friday 4/25 so that we have time to shop for any remaining items. Thank you for your support!!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090944ABA82FA1F58-54422260-staff

We will be opening our spirit store on Wednesday 4/16 for students to shop during recess! There are many new spirit sticks that we purchased for our read-a-thon prizes that are now available for purchase. Check out the flyer below for some of the options.

If students are interested in participating, please send up to $5 in a labeled envelope/bag on Wednesday 4/16.

Our school is fortunate to once again participate in an amazing grant the district secured for Pre K - 5th grade students. ALL students will be able to shop at the book fair and are eligible to pick out 5 books up to $50!!! To help this run as smoothly as possible, we are looking for many volunteers who can help students shop and keep track of staying within their budget. Set up will take place on Friday 4/25, shopping during media center classes the week of 4/28 and pack up/make up shopping on Monday 5/5. Please take a look at the sign up below and help where you can. Any questions can be directed to Jenna Kuhn at treasurer@coolidgecougarspta.org

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090944ABA82FA1F58-54421555-summer

President: Melissa Austin

1st Vice President: Stephanie Street

2nd Vice President: Sara Jones

Secretary: Jess Marcou

Treasurer: Jenna Kuhn

If you are already planning on purchasing a honey baked ham for the holidays, please consider purchasing a gift card through our fundraiser before you order your ham. The PTA will earn 20% of all gift card sales.

Scan QR code on flyer or use the link below:

https://www.honeybaked.com/fundraising/Coolidge_Elementary_PTA_HoneyBaked_Ham_Gift_Cards

PTA website

If you have questions about anything related to the PTA, please use our website coolidge.givebacks.com You will find a calendar of events with our upcoming events, all volunteer sign ups, fundraising information and PTA meeting information. If you have any suggestions or ideas for events or activities, please join us at one of our meetings.