Monday Morning Message
November 20, 2023
About Us: Rainbow Elementary School
Principal: Mrs. Maria Stauffer
Assistant Principal: Mr. Jeff Kuciapinski
Attendance Office: (rbattendance@casdschools.org).
The mission of the Coatesville Area School District, rich in diversity and committed to excellence, is to create innovative educational experiences, which are funded by the taxpayers, supported by the community, delivered by dedicated teachers and administrators, to ensure all students will become responsible, contributing global citizens.
Research shows that attendance is critical to student achievement. We want to emphasize the importance of your student’s attendance in both a virtual setting and a brick and mortar setting. If your student is absent or you plan for your student to have an early dismissal, please email excuse notes to rbattendance@casdschools.org within three days of the absence.
Email: staufferm@casdschools.org
Website: https://www.casdschools.org/rainbow
Location: 1113 West Lincoln Highway, Coatesville, PA, USA
Phone: (610) 383-3780
Facebook: facebook.com/coatesvilleSD/
Twitter: @CASDRainbow
Rainbow Students Follow the Wildcat Code!
1.Be respectful
2. Be responsible
3. Be safe
November Lunch Menu
A Message from Mrs. Stauffer
Dear Rainbow Families,
During this Thanksgiving season, I would like to express how grateful I am to be part of the Rainbow Elementary School community. As an administrator, I am thankful for Rainbow’s students who demonstrate Wildcat Pride daily by being safe, responsible, and respectful during instruction.
I am grateful for the support of families for building an excellent community for our students. I am also thankful that our families have kept trust and confidence in us. Rainbow has families who work hard and advocate to be a partner in their children’s education, safety, and well-being. For this, I will always be thankful.
I am grateful for the teachers, secretaries, our school nurse, cafeteria staff, custodial staff, support staff, paraprofessionals, and counselors who care about students and their academic, social, and emotional success. Rainbow has dedicated and hard-working individuals who go above and beyond to make sure that great things happen in our school. Rainbow's staff makes a difference, and our students benefit from those efforts.
I would like to wish all of you and your families a healthy, relaxing, and happy Thanksgiving recess!
Important November Dates
- November 29: End of 1st Trimester
Kind Regards,
Mrs. Stauffer
Photos with Santa
Begin your holiday season with a special night with Santa, crafts and snacks!
When: December 6, 2023 from 5pm- 7pm
Where: CASH Auditorium/ cafeteria
How much? Two dollars a photo
Title Information
Your child attends Rainbow Elementary School, which receives Federal Title I funds to assist students in meeting state achievement standards. Throughout the school year, we will be providing you with important information about this law and your child’s education. Please review the attachments informing you about your right to request information about the qualifications of the classroom staff working with your child.
In Case you Missed it!
Attendance Reminders
Dear Families,
We are thankful for you!As we prepare to take time off from school 11/22-11/26 for the Thanksgiving break, we are grateful for everyone who has helped to restore a routine for showing up to school. Daily routines are essential for reducing stress and creating a sense of security.
We appreciate everyone’s efforts to avoid taking extra time off during the Thanksgiving break. If your child is healthy, please encourage showing up to class when school is in session. Every day of school is an important opportunity for students to learn as well as connect to peers and their teachers.
We realize some absences are unavoidable due to health problems or other circumstances. However, we also know that when students miss too much school— regardless of the reason – it can cause them to fall behind academically. Your child is less likely to succeed if he or she is chronically absent.
A student is chronically absent from school when he or she has missed 10 percent of the school year. That is just 18 days per year, or 2 to 3 days a month. The absences can add up quickly! The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania law and school policy require that every child of compulsory school age attend school daily.
May these days off be restful and healing.
● We look forward to seeing you again when school resumes on Monday, November 27th.
Thank you for partnering with us!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Mrs. Stauffer and Mr. Kuciapinski
CASH Band Flower Power
Holiday Program; Oct. 18th – Dec. 15th
About Our Cause
Please join us in making a difference! We are raising money to benefit our music programs and any purchase you make will help make an impact. Examples of CPMC’s support to the music programs include—payment of instructor salaries, instrument and equipment purchases and repairs, purchasing props, music, truck rentals, food to feed the students at competitions, competition fees, cleaning uniforms, maintenance of “Big Red” the trailer that transports all of the band equipment, Drum Major Camp scholarships, and our CPMC Scholarship given to a graduating student planning to major in music in college. We want to give our students an opportunity to do these extracurricular activities like Marching Band, Indoor Guard, Indoor Drumline, Meistersingers and Orchestra without worry if we can. In a financial climate where school boards are cutting music programs across the country it is essential that we continue our hard work to ensure that the Red Raider Marching Band, Steel Spirit of Coatesville, Steel Thunder Drumline, Orchestra and Meistersingers can continue their award-winning traditions. In closing we would like to express that these are just a few of the things we have been able to do, and all the money raised goes to the students in some way, shape, or form. Thank you so very much from all of us involved, for your time and donation, it means so much to our group.
Message from the School Nurse
When to keep your child home from school
As we head into cooler months, we are starting to see more sickness -flu, colds, sore throats, and coughs. Sometimes it’s difficult to decide whether to keep your child at home. Here are some general guidelines to follow to help keep our staff and students healthy!
Per the school policy, please keep your child at home if they exhibit any of the following symptoms:
- fever (temperature 99.8 or higher), chills
- persistent cough
- unusual skin rash
- abdominal pain
- vomiting
- diarrhea
- sore throat
- congestion/ runny nose (not associated with seasonal allergies)
- pink, crusty eyes
Children should remain at home at least 24 hours without fever or vomiting/diarrhea following an illness.