Sunday, March 31st
Dear CES Families and Friends,
I hope you enjoyed the long weekend. On behalf of our amazing staff, I'd like to wish a very Happy Easter to all who celebrate. This coming week is shaping up to be one of the busiest of the school year. Please read on and don't miss any of it!
Ms. Macomber's STEM classes have been learning all about the sun and moon in preparation for Monday's solar eclipse. While we are sad that the eclipse is expected to take place during dismissal and after school hours, we are sending protective glasses home with each student so they can safely witness this astronomical phenomena that won't happen again for another 20 years!
Also on Monday, Session IV of After-School Clubs begins. Ms. Deb has sent email confirmations to each student's family. This is a huge undertaking and we so appreciate all the work Ms. Deb puts into securing great choices in clubs and making sure every student gets into a club over the course of the year. Please remember to update your Pick Up Patrol plans with any changes to your student's dismissal plans!
MCAS testing kicks off on Tuesday. Our Grade 3 students will be testing and showcasing how much they have learned in English Language Arts (ELA) on Tuesday and Wednesday. We ask that Grade 3 families make sure students get a good night's sleep before testing and that students arrive to school on time! Testing begins by 8:15. Grade 4 students will test next week on Wednesday, April 10th, and Thursday, April 11th.
On Tuesday, our school will be recognizing National Autism Awareness Day. Students and staff are asked to wear the color RED in honor of this special day.
On Wednesday, our SHARKS will be happy to celebrate another SHARK Assembly. During this month's assembly we will find out which of the March Madness Books is the 2024 CES Champion!
On Thursday, we will be celebrating our love of reading and the end of the March Madness Book Challenge with an incredible performer. Mr. Len Cabral is a world-renowned story teller. He will be coming to CES to share some of his fantastic tales for an all-school assembly on Thursday morning. Then, our 4th grade classrooms will have the opportunity to participate in special workshops with Mr. Cabral. They will learn how to tell their own stories and develop their own voice. Thank you PTO for sponsoring this incredible event!!!
Friday will be the last day of our clothing drive with Project 351. The flyer below provides more information, but we are collecting clothing for infants through age 12. What a great excuse to start some spring cleaning and weed out any clothes your children no longer use! And our final treat, during lunches on Friday, the Harlem Wizards will be visiting with all students. The Wizards play MRSD teachers and students next Friday night. It's always a great event!!
Here's to a great week ahead!!
Fondly,
Dr. Kelly
CES - Where we are proud to be SHARKS!
Safe - Honest - Accepting - Respectful - Kind - Successful
- Monday, April 1st - Start of Session IV Clubs
- Tuesday, April 2nd - Wear Red - National Autism Awareness Day!
- Wednesday, April 3rd - SHARK Assembly - Wear your SHARK gear!
- Thursday, April4th - Special Assembly - Len Cabral International Storyteller
- Friday, April 5th - Last day of clothing drive for Project 351
- Friday, April 5th - Harlem Wizards game at MRHS
- April 15th - April 19th - No School - April Break
A HUGE THANK YOU to the CES PTO for purchasing eclipse glasses for our students and staff! We can't wait to see Monday's eclipse.
Thank you to Bay Cove Mobile Crisis for coming to CES on Wednesday and teaching our district mental health team about the expanded services available to children and adults across Cape Cod!
To the incredible MS. DEB for taking on the scheduling, registering, and maintenance of our club registrations. We are SOOOOO grateful for all you do!!
Mobile Crisis
MCI provides short-term service that is a therapeutic response to youth and family/caregivers experiencing a behavioral health crisis. MCI evaluates the situation, identifies the challenges, involved, assesses the needs, and begins to treat and stabilize the situation, reducing the immediate risk of danger to the youth or to others. MCI then provides up to 7-days of intervention and services post the initial encounter. Learn more about Bay Cove Mobile Crisis HERE.
Children's Place
Contact the Monomoy Family Resource Coordinator, Lucy Gilmore, lgilmore@monomoy.edu / 508-430-7216
for assistance and information regarding any of the following:
➢ Child Development Assessment Tool (Ages and Stages)
➢ Early Education Tuition Assistance Scholarships
➢ Support groups
➢ Free Parent / Child Playgroups and Family Activities
➢ Free Parent Education Classes
➢ Free Books, Diapers, and gently used infant and toddler Clothing
Winter Programming Schedules:
WIC Program
WIC is a nutrition program that provides nutrition and health care education, healthy food, and other services free of charge to Massachusetts families who qualify. WIC is for all kinds of families: married and single parents, working or not working. If you are a father, mother, grandparent, foster parent, or legal guardian of a child under the age of five, you can apply for WIC for your child.
Learn more about WIC at the following links:
Volunteer @ MRSD
All potential volunteers need to complete the Volunteer Registration Form and have a current CORI on file in order to volunteer in our schools or at school-sanctioned events.
Information can be found at: https://ces.monomoy.edu/parent-caregiver-resources/volunteering
Monomoy Regional SEPAC
Pre-School Vouchers
Application and information can be found: HERE
Contact us:
Email: jakelly@monomoy.edu
Website: http://ces.monomoy.edu/
Location: 147 Depot Road, Chatham, MA, USA
Phone: 508-945-5135
Facebook: facebook.com/ChathamElementarySchoolPto
Twitter: @ChathamElemMRSD
