Crawfordsville Elementary Schools

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Teacher Appreciation Week is May 6th-10th!

Summer Food Program & Application - The state of Indiana today announced that applications for the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (SEBT) program, also known as SUN Bucks, are now open.

SUN Bucks is a new benefits program that provides families a one-time payment of $120 for each eligible school-aged child to help purchase groceries during the summer. This ensures that students continue to have access to healthy meals beyond the school year.

Children are eligible for the program if:

• The household already participates in SNAP, TANF, or income-based Medicaid, or
• The student has been identified as a ward of the state (foster child), homeless, or migrant, or
• The student attends a school that offers the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), and the household income meets the requirements for free or reduced-price school meals.

The benefits will be provided to eligible families on a separate EBT card and mailed directly to their home. Benefits can be used at authorized retailers, like grocery stores and farmers markets, to purchase healthy foods, such as fruits, vegetables, meats and other protein sources, whole grains and dairy. These benefits are available in addition to free meals that children of all ages can get at SUN Meals sites in their communities.

Most eligible families will receive these benefits automatically and local schools will communicate eligibility to parents and families. Some parents will need to apply. The following households need to complete the online SUN Bucks application:

• Households with children attending a school operating the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), where all meals are free to students, and who have not been notified of automatic SUN Bucks eligibility.
• Households with children attending a school operating NSLP who were not approved for free or reduced meals during the school year.
• Households with children that do not attend a school operating NSLP and who receive SNAP, TANF, certain levels of income-based Medicaid, or are foster, migrant, or homeless.

SUN Bucks is funded by the state of Indiana and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Visit the Indiana SUN Bucks webpage to learn more about this new program and apply today.

A big THANKS goes out to all of the families that were able to attend the Prom on Friday, April 19. It was amazing to see all of the students having a great time. I especially enjoyed the interaction between the students and their families. I hope everyone had a great time!

This week the students will explore the theme of ocean. Students have learned about a variety of animals. Students continue to work on word and sound play, identifying habitats, using symbols on a map, counting with one-to-one correspondence, identifying big and little, and classifying animals.

Just a reminder our last day of school is May 24, 2025. With just four weeks left until summer break, please make sure students are dressed appropriately for the weather. Indiana is still trying to decide if it is winter, spring, or summer temperatures.

On April 24, 2024, tuition of $100 per month for students participating in the community classrooms was DUE for May. Families that have a balance due will receive a statement. If you have any questions, please contact us at 765-362-0005.

Information for Car Riders

Parents: The car rider line is in the parking lot located on Wabash Avenue. Please enter on the east side of the parking lot to travel around in an N-shape. For arrival procedures, parents can park to unload their students once they have reached one of the five painted cars that are on the playground fence. Please walk your student to the gate where you will be greeted by staff members. For dismissal procedures, students will be dismissed five at a time to their parents once the cars have been parked by the painted signs on the playground fence. Parents will walk up to the gate to greet their students. DO NOT pass a vehicle that is loading or unloading a student.

Transportation Changes

Please contact Megan, if there are any transportation changes needed for bussing or car rider. Any drop-off and pick-up address changes will require 48-hour notice before starting. Any changes regarding a student as a car rider will need to be placed 30 minutes before dismissal (10:00/1:20).

Class Dojo

Our wonderful teachers at Willson Preschool Academy are communicating with parents through Class Dojo. Please reach out to us if you need additional information about the Class Dojo app.

Upcoming Events

• May 10- Lights off Learning in the Classroom

• May 17- Glow in the Dark Dance, Wear Bright Colors!

• May 23- Graduation for Students Headed to Kindergarten

• May 24 - Last Day for Students

• August 7, 2024 is the First Day Back for the 2024-2025 school year

Our third and final round of iReady testing will begin on Monday, May 6, 2024. It will be important for students to have a good night's sleep so they can perform their best. Testing can cause some students to be nervous or anxious. We do not want our Hose student to experience either due to iReady. Our teachers will be discussing the goal is for each student to give their best effort. As their family, please reinforce that there is nothing to be nervous or anxious about during iReady. We simply want students to put forth their best effort. You will receive your student’s results with their final report card.

Thank you to all of our volunteers who donated their time to help with our skating unit this spring. Your help was not only greatly appreciated but is what makes this unit successful. The students really enjoyed the opportunity to learn to skate (as did a few brave teachers)!

Mobile Dentist - The mobile dentist will be here May 7th and May 8th. Parents need to fill out the permission slip by Friday, April 5th. You can access the permission slip here: https://www.myschooldentist.com/HECCIN_schsrm

Kindergarten Round-Up was held on Thursday evening (3/14/2024) and Friday (3/15/2024). If you missed Round-Up and have a child who will be five by August 1, 2024, please contact our office at 765-362-2886. We are excited to meet all of our future kindergarteners.

Upcoming Events

• May 7-8 - Mobile Dentist
• May 24 - Last Day for Students

Career Week

Nicholson Elementary will be celebrating Career Week, May 13-17. Students will be completing various activities and on Friday, May 17, third grade students will have a guest speaker in their classroom. We will also be having special dress up days to celebrate Career Week.

Career Dress Up

Career Dress Up Spanish

Upcoming Events

• May 13-17 - Career Week

• May 15 - Drake, Hodge, McVay, Fairfield - Walking Field Trip
• May 16 - Ferguson, Brumett, Rooze, Lawson - Walking Field Trip
• May 16 - Hose Students Visit Nicholson

• May 15 - Senior Walk
  

• May 20 - Nicholson 3rd Grade Visits Hoover

• May 24 - Last Day of School

Congratulations to our Award Earners for the Third Grading Period

Hoover is very proud of the hard work and dedication of all of our students. Extra thanks to their grown-ups at home supporting them and making sure they are at school on time every day and ready to learn!

Click to view the virtual awards convocation

GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION

All 4th & 5th grade students will receive grade level appropriate growth and development instruction on May 13, 2024. Parents may opt their child out of this instruction. Please contact the school nurse, Katherine Lueking, at klueking@cville.k12.in.us with any questions.

Click HERE for more information

Growth & Development in Spanish

PRE-ARRANGED ABSENCES

If you know that your student will be missing school due to family vacation, etc..., please contact the school office for a pre-arranged absence form one week prior to the absence. Pre-arranged absences will count as excused absences if pre-approved by the Principal. In some circumstances, those absences can be counted as days present for learning.

CLUB INFORMATION

After School Clubs Resume in Fall 2024

Thank you for allowing your student to participate in our after-school club program. Clubs will resume next fall. Look for enrollment forms in August!

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

We are looking for parents to help us out with some spring events. Please contact Marci Galinowski, Principal at mgalinowski@cville.k12.in.us if you are interested in helping with any of the following:

• May 6 - 4th Grade Team A (4F, 4S, 4Y, 4W) to Statehouse

• May 9 - 5th Grade Track Meet

• May 9 - 4th Grade Ag Day (AM only)

• May 10 - 4th Grade Pioneer Day

• May 20 - Bookdragons Swim

• May 21 - 4th Grade Team B (4D, 4M, 4R, 4K) to Statehouse

• May 22 - 5th Grade DARE K9 Demonstration

• May 23 - Field Day

• May 24 - Last Day for Students

UPCOMING EVENTS

• May 6-10 Teacher Appreciation Week

• May 6 - Foster, Spencer, York, Whicker to Statehouse

• May 9 - 4th Grade Ag Day AM

• May 9 - 5th Grade Track Meet

• May 10 - 4th Grade Pioneer Day

• May 13 - Growth & Development Instruction

• May 14 - McGaughey to Conner Prairie

• May 17 - Business Day - Harris’ Class

• May 20 - Danforth, McGaughey, Spencer, Whicker walk to Lane Place & Lew Wallace Study

• May 21 - Danforth, McGaughey, Rosie, Knecht to Statehouse

• May 21 - Foster, York walk to Lane Place & Lew Wallace Study

• May 22 - Rosentreter, Knecht walk to Lane Place & Lew Wallace Study

• May 21 - McGaughey, Rosie, Knecht to Statehouse

• May 22 - DARE Dogs, K9 Demonstration

• May 23 - Field Day

• May 24 - Last Day for Students

We as parents strive to have our children grow up happy and healthy. We can promote self confidence and a positive attitude by developing a supportive and encouraging environment at home and in the community. There are lots of ways that we can promote a positive mindset. Here are some for you to try at home:

Praise your child! Tell them good job, remind them of their positive qualities and thank them for meeting/exceeding expectations.

Practice positive affirmations! Try having your kids say phrases like “I am brave.”, “I am strong.”, or “I can do hard things.”

Help set and achieve goals! Set short term and long term goals and put a plan in place to reach these goals.

Show unconditional love! Make it clear to your kids that even when they mess up that you still love them and help them learn from their mistakes.

After School Clubs Survey

Students in after school programs will be administered a club survey. If you wish to opt your student out of the survey, please send your request in writing to your student’s school or print, sign and return the linked form. https://docs.google.com/document/d/11tkaw3332jpIXIRpLB2wBt2g7hLeF6cVrHgQeV0vEmg/edit?usp=sharing

After School Club Contacts

• Hose Elementary K-1
• Diamond Carrell dcarrell@cville.k12.in.us
• Nicholson Elementary 2-3
• Lissa Fairfield lfairfield@cville.k12.in.us
• Hoover Elementary 4-5
• Trisha Whicker twhicker@cville.k12.in.us
• Ann Stanley astanley@cville.k12.in.us
• Hannah Lafever hlafever@cville.k12.in.us

The after-hours transportation number is 765-376-3926. (Please use only for urgent matters related to your child's after-hours bus issues.)

Click HERE to access the latest PTO Newsletter.

Click HERE to register for Kindergarten Round-Up!

Click HERE to register for Willson Preschool Academy!