Colt Family News

Last week was a busy one with some very memorable events for students and staff. We hosted Sweethearts & Heroes to spread the message of HOPE and talk about action steps to take to help prevent bullying. Elementary classes visited the fire station, and over 100 high school students attended the homecoming dance last Thursday evening!

We hope you enjoyed your much deserved long weekend! Have a good week!

Jennifer McKinley

PK-12 Principal

(315) 262-2100

jmckinley@cpcs.us

HOUSE SYSTEM

This year we started a “house system” at CPCS. We took all staff, faculty, and all students in our building and split them up into 8 different camps. Each camp is identified by a color. In each camp you have “camp directors” which are the faculty & staff, "cabins" which are high school students, and elementary grade levels were placed into "cottages" by grade level. We will be using the camps for some campus-wide teambuilding and friendly competitions throughout the school year. Faculty, staff, and high school students competed for points on the opening day. We’ve been doing trivia challenges for points through the daily announcements and tracking attendance and rewarding camps points based on good attendance. We introduced elementary students to their camps at the September Forum and we are planning to have the cabins and cottages combined for a COLTS Camp Day in November! Ask your child what camp they belong to! (red, yellow, orange, green, blue. purple, pink, black)

PEP RALLY

There will be a Fall Pep Rally held on Friday. Students are encourage to dress in their "camp colors". Points will be awarded!

HALLOWEEN

We are excited to share that students WILL BE permitted to dress up for Halloween if they so choose. Costume guidelines will be shared with all families. Stay tuned for more info!

5 WEEK MARKING PERIOD

Progress reports were issued at the end of last week. Students who are failing a class, must stay after each week with that teacher to get academic support. This is REQUIRED.

LOST & FOUND

We will be doing a weekly Facebook post with items in the lost and found. Items will not be held for more than two weeks. We encourage everyone to claim their lost items as soon as possible.

Kudos to our seniors, the Class of 2025, for putting on a great homecoming dance for their peers! It was so much fun and our students did a great job overall following school expectations.

M: NO SCHOOL (Columbus Day) -Seniors to Six Flags

T -Day 3: BOE Mtg @ BOCES in Norwood

W -Day 4:

Th -Day 1: 3rd Grade to Coney Mountain, 10th Grade to Brookfield for Manufacturing Day

F -Day 2: Pep Rally, 2nd Grade Reader's Theater, 5th Grade to Goodman Mountain

October 21 -Girls Soccer Senior Game

October 22 -Boys Soccer Senior Game

October 23 -Mock Debate (Gr. 5-12)

October 25 -Forum, 8th Grade Visit to BOCES, Popcorn Day

October 27 -Trunk or Treat

October 31 -Halloween

November 5 -Election Day

November 7-9 -Holocaust Trip

November 7 -Early Dismissal @ 12:30PM (Staff Development)

November 8 -NO SCHOOL (Staff Development)

November 8 -End of 1st Quarter Marking Period

November 11 -NO SCHOOL (Veteran's Day)

November 12 -CIA Meeting

November 13 -HS Concert

November 13 -Hockey Game @ SLU

• Any visitors to our school must sign in at the main office. Guests will not be permitted to go to classrooms without teacher permission.
• Email transportation changes to: buschanges@cpcs.us
• Click to submit an absence excuse

SchoolTool is Colton-Pierrepont Central School’s Student Information System. Your child’s contact information, schedule, attendance, grades and discipline are stored in our SchoolTool database.

Accessing SchoolTool

1. Access from the school’s webpage (www.cpcs.us) by clicking on "Families" then "School Tool Parent Portal"

2. The SchoolTool mobile app, available for android and apple devices. The URL required for the mobile app is: https://schooltool2.neric.org/schooltool_COLT/

The Login ID (email address) and password issued to you (via email) will be your means of access to SchoolTool. Parent Portal access is available for students in grades 5-12.

Email: jmckinley@cpcs.us
Website: www.cpcs.us
Location: 4921 NY-56, Colton, NY, USA
Phone: (315) 262-2100