Cartersville Elementary School

Happy March! Thank you to everyone who came out to our Family Discovery Night Thursday, February 28th! We had a wonderful turn out and also announced we were able to raise over ✨$18,000✨ towards launching our school store and adding to our playground! Thank you to all of our families and our community for your support of our school and students. And thank you to our amazing PTC for hosting and running the fundraiser and Glow Run event!

We are excited to kick of March with Read Across America Day! On Monday, March 3rd, students are invited to dress in their favorite book character, we will enjoy green eggs & ham at lunch and have Kona Ice available for purchase! See the Read Across America section below for more information. This month also includes grade level field trips, Book Fair, an At-Home learning day, spring pictures, MAP and Dibels testing, as well as our annual Kids Helping Kids fundraiser sponsored by our National Elementary Honor Society. We are hopeful that midst the March Madness we can also have some fantastic memory-making opportunities for our students. We hope everyone enjoys the month!

~Mrs. Bryant

Please see the year-at-a-glance calendar below provided at Open House with important dates for this school year. While we anticipate these dates to remain the same, please note changes could occur throughout the school year. Please be sure to reference the CES Monthly Newsletters with the most up-to-date information.

· Our school day is from 7:40-2:40. Doors open at 7:15 each morning.

· Early checkouts are not permitted after 2:10 pm for student safety.

· Please remember to send in a written and signed note for all transportation changes.

· All visitors must come through the main office and bring a photo ID to sign in.

· If your child is absent from school, a note must be turned in within 3 days of the absence. You may e-mail doctor's excuse notes to Sabrina McWhorter at smcwhorter2@cartersvilleschools.org

· All medications requiring administration at school must be brought to the school by a parent or guardian.

· No outside food or drink may be ordered and sent to the school for students; however, parents may bring food with them for a lunch visit with their child in our cafeteria.

· Be sure to check your child's grade frequently on Infinite Campus, once available. Progress reports will go home at 9-weeks, and report cards will be issued each semester.

· We kindly request all families picking their students up in cars, use the car rider line each afternoon. Car tags are available in the front office. This is for the supervision and safety of our students.

March 17th - MAP and Dibels windows open

March 18th - Art Club - Group 3

March 18th - Purple Rain Singers Rehearsal

March 19th - Progress reports go home

March 20th - NEHS meeting

March 20th - Art Club - Group 4

March 21st - Kids Helping Kids fundraiser kick-off

March 24th - Tech Club

March 25th - Art Club - Group 1

March 25th - Purple Rain Singers Rehearsal

March 27th - 4th Grade to Booth Museum (select classes)

March 27th - Art Club - Group 2

March 28th - 4th Grade to Booth Museum (select classes)

March 28th - Pat-a-Pet fundraiser

March 31st - SGC meeting

March 31st - CMS band to perform for 5th grade

March 31st - GA Power In-house field trip - 5th grade

April 1st - Purple Rain Singers rehearsal

April 1st - Art Club - Group 3

April 1st - Advocates Movie Day $ due

April 1st - Advocates student envelopes due

April 1st - District ESOL Family Night!

April 2nd - GA Power In-house field trip - 5th grade

April 3rd - Art Club - Group 4

April 3rd - GA Power In-house field trip - 5th grade

April 3rd - Special Olympics

April 4th - Last day before spring break!

April 7th - 11th - Spring Break - no school

Please see the information below and download the registration form if your child would like to participate in summer basketball camp.

Registration Link

The yearbook is on sale! We are offering two different type covers but the design and all content is exactly the same. The soft cover yearbook is $26.00 and the hard cover yearbook is $32.00

The yearbook offers two free customizable pages with each order. You can use the preloaded template that is associated with this year's yearbook theme or you can choose your own template. You can also purchase more customizable pages for an additional small fee. All customized pages are personal and will only print in your child's yearbook. The yearbook website works best with a Chrome Browser.

Please have all customized pages completed by March 31, 2025.

If you order the yearbook by Friday April 4, 2025 it will be shipped to the school for free and distributed to the students in class. If you order after that date, there will be a shipping charge and it will be shipped to the students home.

Go to: treering.com/validate
School passcode: 1017359242664202

Below is the link for the information packet shared at the 6th Grade Parent Fair, about middle school band opportunities. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Elzey at melzey@cartersvilleschools.org.

Our STEAM team would love your help collecting supplies to add to our STEAM lab! If you can collect some of the items below, like toilet and paper towels rolls, cereal boxes, magazines, etc., we would love to take them off your hands! Or if you have items you're not using and could donate, like twist ties, sponges, ping pong balls etc., we would love those as well! You can send them in at any time, as our students will be consistently using this space.

We would love to have you join our PTC program! There are multiple ways to be involved and support our school, and we'd love for you to be part! Our next PTC meeting is March 5th! There will be lots of opportunities to help with our upcoming Book Fair and end of year events! Please check the GroupMe and sign up to volunteer when you can!

*Please reach out to 770-891-2203 if you are interested in sponsorship opportunities!

If you have not completed this step already, please complete the Annual Information Update inside the Infinite Campus Parent Portal. You will not be able to access schedules, grades, or attendance information until this step is complete. See the image below with instructions.

Payments for school nutrition accounts can be set up and accessed at www.myschoolbucks.com. Please remember to check your student's lunch balance and pay or replenish funds as needed. You can also fill out your free/reduced lunch form on MySchoolApps - Home Page. The school nutrition website and additional information can be found at https://www.cartersvilleschools.org/domain/63. If you have any questions about balances or charges or free/reduced meals you may contact Christina Nichols at cnichols@cartersvilleschools.org.

The March lunch menu can be found at: Cartersville Elementary School - MealViewer Schools

Each month we will share the Capturing Kids' Hearts Newsletter for the month. Attached are the English and Spanish parent newsletters highlighting Courage - our focus for March.

This month we are focused on helping students understand that courage is not a magical remedy for fear. Instead, courage is a choice to push through fear, self-doubt, and anxiety to do things that feel hard or frightening. We are partnering with you this month to grow your child’s courage. This month’s activities will help your child understand that courage can equip them to make a positive impact at home, in school, and in the community.

Please visit the link below to learn how to access this voluntary opportunity.

K-12 Student Accident Insurance (kandkinsurance.com)

Our students use Clever to house most of their academic resources and this portal can be accessed from home! Attached below are instructions for how to access your child’s Clever homepage.

Email: bbryant@cartersvilleschools.org
Website: https://www.cartersvilleschools.org/ces
Location: 340 Old Mill Road, Cartersville, GA, USA
Phone: 770-382-0983