Cortland Eagle Express 💛🖤💛

Welcome Back!

We hope you had a restful break. We understand that our return has been a bit challenging with three eLearning days to start the semester. Fingers crossed that Mother Nature calms down, allowing us to return to a more regular schedule next week.

Just a friendly reminder: we have used all of our asynchronous eLearning days. We will utilize our two built-in snow days next. After those days, the state mandates that we transition to synchronous learning, which will require students to receive live instruction for at least 50% of the day. This will be conducted through Google Meets. Should we reach that point, we will ensure that a detailed schedule for each classroom is provided.

Thank you for your understanding and support as we navigate this together!

Mrs. Lister

Wings to Soar Newsletter

Welcome Information Slide Presentation

Cortland Elementary Website

24-25 SCSC Corporation Calendar

24-25 Elementary Handbook

Harmony Parent Portal

Prearranged Absence Form

Medication Form

Remember to check your email on Fridays (normally @ 3:30) for important information coming home. This is how we will communicate with families about what is going on here at the school and Seymour Community Schools.

• Information about the upcoming week.

• Information about after-school activity sign-ups (camps, sports sign-ups, etc.) as the information is provided to us. Forms are only sent home with students if they are provided by the organization.

If you change your email address at any time during the year, please go to your Harmony Family Access account and update your information for each child linked to your account. Please send this information to kleberb@scsc.k12.in.us so that I can update our Cortland Eagle Express email list.

Report cards will come home on Monday. You can access your child's report card from your Harmony Family Access account after 3:30 PM today.

Please sit down with your student and congratulate them on their good marks, applaud their efforts, and make a plan to work on subjects that need attention. This is a fantastic time to find out which subjects your student enjoys and where they would like your help. Sharing time is the best gift we can offer! You can also access your child's report card through your Harmony Family Access account.

If you have trouble signing into your Harmony account, please do not create a new account. Please contact the school office, and we can resend your username to you. Be sure that you are updating all your demographics. Please check cell phone numbers, alert numbers, email addresses for parents, guardian text addresses (cell phone/carrier), and​employers. This information is vital for proper communication during the school year. If information is sent through the Harmony system for important updates, only the email addresses and phone numbers (text alerts) that are listed on your child's profile will receive the information. If you have any questions, please let me know. kleberb@scsc.k12.in.us

Reminder: when dropping your child off after 8:15 or picking your child up before 3:10, you will need​ ​to sign your child in or out by either filling out the online form linked above or scanning the QR​code located on the table in the front lobby of the school. If you are picking up your child early, please​inform the school office beforehand so we know they will be picked up during the school day.

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Please remember we send children outside for recess during the

winter when the temperature and wind chill is above 20 degrees

Fahrenheit. It is highly recommended that children wear hats and

coats to school during the cold months. This information can be

found in your student handbook on page 21

We would like to invite the students and staff to dress up like they are 100 years old.

Get creative with glasses, hair, outfits… how your child sees themselves at 100!

If your child can also create a t-shirt

Practices - during bus stations

Monday, January 13th

Wednesday, January 15th

Cortland Robotics Team Members: 3rd Grade: Macee F., Cameron

G., Oliver K., Curry K., Colton R., 4th Grade: Olive C., Thatcher D.,

Jacob H., Xavier M., Gabriel M., Alden M., Emily M.

January 28, 2025! Forms will come home.

February 11, 2025 Kids Heart Challenge!

#KidsHeartChallenge #hearthero

If you are taking your child for a doctor’s appointment please make sure to turn in the doctor’s note to the office.

• Turn in when you bring your child to school

• Send the note with your child the following day

• Take a picture of the note and email it to Mrs. Bonita Kleber kleberb@scsc.k12.in.us

• Doctor’s office can fax a copy of the note 812-522-6164.

If your child has been tested for Strep, Flu etc, this note will let us know when your child is able to return to school. Plus, we marked these as Doctor/Dentist Excused on attendance. Without the doctor’s note they will be marked as Parental Excused for attendance.

Click on the link above, to meet our Cortland's Office/Administrative Staff, Teachers and Support Staff.

• All Seymour Community School students Breakfast FREE of charge

• Breakfast is served from 7:45 - 8:10

• Please encourage your student(s) to participate in this opportunity!

Free & Reduced Meal Application

Cortland Breakfast & Lunch Menu

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Click on the link to see when and where you can watch our Cortland Alumni.

Seymour High School Sports calendar

Seymour High School Sports home game ticket purchase

Click on the link to see when and where you can watch our Cortland Alumni.

Seymour Middle School Sports Calendar

Owls Bowling - Oliver Lanam and Kylee Morris

Owls Basketball - Nate Fritsch (Junior)

Lady Owls Wrestling - AnnMarie Shuler (Junior) and Izabellah Long (Freshman) Qualified for Regionals

Lady Owls Swimming - Krenzley Zumhingst (Junior)

Lady Owls Gymnastics - Vivian Newkirk (Sophomore) and Neveah Cockerham (Senior)

• 7:45 AM - Arrival Bell (Students should report to the cafeteria for breakfast or gym)

• 7:45 AM - 8:10 AM Breakfast served

• 8:00 AM - Office Opens

• 8:15 AM - Tardy Bell (Parents must sign their student in by scanning the QR code and filling out the Check-in form. You can click on the QR code to go straight to the form to fill out or to save on your smartphone.)

• 8:15 AM - Classroom instruction begins

• 3:15 PM - Dismissal Bell (Kids Klub, Car riders & Early bus)

• 3:25 PM - Bus Stations

• 4:00 PM - Late Bus

• 4:00 PM - Office closed