Dear CES Families,

We are officially into the Fall season and nearing the Holiday season that many of us celebrate. Here at CES, we have so many things to be thankful for, but it all starts with our great students and community. If you've had a chance to look at some of our recent Facebook posts, you may have noticed a tremendous number of positive things taking place. We have had a very successful Monster March fundraiser where we raised over $31,000 for our students. We had an incredible Trunk or Treat event, popcorn Fridays, we're running out of wall space on our Wall of Fame because so many kids are getting Positive Office Referrals (Purple tickets). There's been kids earning all sorts of good stuff from the Mustang Market cart like Pizza Parties and Ice Cream Parties with the Principals. We've also had Clio Area Education Foundation, Sovita Credit Union, Conlee Oil Company, and others who prefer to be anonymous donate either grants or funds in various ways to support the teaching and programs we have for our children. Enjoy the rest of the newsletter and thank you again for helping make this #theplacetobe!

Mr. McCallum

Trunk or Treat was a HUGE success! Thank you so much to all the volunteers who had a trunk and those that worked the event! It was easily the "favorite part" of the day for most students!

Over the next several newsletters we will be introducing the amazing Clio Elementary Dream team, a team of dedicated educators who are passionate about YOUR children and doing whatever it takes to inspire, empower and guide them to lifelong achievement. You will not have to look hard to understand that until a child's basic needs are met, they are not able to absorb the knowledge that a regular academic school day can entail. We also understand one of a child's most basic of needs is their social and emotional abilities. Our team of extremely dedicated behavioral professionals work daily to ensure that your children are supported in these basic social and emotional needs.

Mr. Griffel services our Kindergarten and Second grade students and teachers. He is entering his 26th year working for Clio Schools as an Elementary School Social Worker. He received his Bachelor's degree in social work from Eastern Michigan University, and a Master's degree in social work from Wayne State University. He is a referee for basketball and boy's lacrosse. Mr. Griffel enjoys spending time with his family and travel.

Ms. McMullen services our First and Third Grade students and teachers. She has been working in the field of education for 20+ years in various roles, mainly in the early childhood realm. She has received her bachelor’s in elementary education, a master’s in education, and a master’s in social work. She enjoys spending time with family, friends, and her fur babies!

Ashley Mundale, a new addition to our staff works with all of our students to support their behavior needs. She comes to us from Grand Blanc Schools with 8 years of experience. She is our new behavioral specialist at CES and she will be serving our students to better improve their behavioral needs. She's excited to come to Clio schools since she is an alumni from our district.

Hello, my name is Marisa Lamb and I am one of the At Risk Liaisons here at Clio Elementary. I started as the At Risk Liaison at Edgerton in 2021. I am currently working on my bachelor's degree to pursue a career in teaching! You may have spoted Ms. Lamb taking your number in the pick up line or dressing up as a fun traffic cone!

Ms. Ruiz works to help support our Positive Behavior Incentive System (P.B.I.S.). Here is what she has to say, "My name is Jenna Ruiz and I am an At-Risk Liaison here at Clio Elementary School. I started at Clio Schools in May of 2022 but I have over 10 years experience in Out of School time. I'm so excited to work with you and your students to meet your needs this year!"

One of the support systems we have in place to encourage a positive learning environment at Clio Elementary school is scheduled and unscheduled breaks. Using data we determined students who are in need of taking a scheduled break at certain times of the day from the classroom setting. There are also time where a student may just need a break to gather their emotions, or rest after a challenging academic lesson. Our SEL paraprofessionals work together to give these students breaks and are available to monitor an support any other social and emotional challenges that may arise throughout a school day.

Mrs. Blandford is one of two of our paraprofessionals that support students throughout the day.

Mrs. Perez is one of two paraprofessionals that works daily to provide students with breaks and help them throughout the day.

Pride Council is made up of 3rd graders that were voted in by their peers. They participate in community service activities like the Veteran's Day Parade and ceremony that was held on Friday 11/10, and our upcoming Dine in night at DQ.

There are many ways we honor students who are showing Mustang P.R.I.D.E. Check out some of those ways below!

Students can earn a Positive office referral when they are showing exceptional PRIDE behavior. They can be referred for any or all of the 5 traits of Mustang PRIDE-being positive, respectful, independent, dependable or engaged! Each week these students are honored by getting their name called at their lunch and being a part of the Mustang P.R.I.D.E. parade that gets to go out to recess first! They also get a spot on the Positive Ticket Hall of Fame!

Here are our Mustang P.R.I.D.E. certificate winners for the month of October!

Another way to recognize students who are showing Mustang P.R.I.D.E. is by giving them Mustang Money. Every Friday the Mustang Market cart is rolled into each classroom and students can purchase items off the cart or moments/experiences with people around the school. For 80 Mustang dollars students can choose either Pizza with Mr. McCallum or Ice Cream with Mrs. Jones. Below are a few pictures from those experiences.

The month of November students have been learning about empathy and discovering more about each other with the "Walk in My Shoes" activity. They have also been intentional about showing kindness and identifying when others are being kind by writing it down on our school wide paper chain. We hope to connect them together by the end of the month! Kindness is a "Chain" reaction! Talk to your students each day about how they have shown or recieved kindness!

CES Boosters have been busy rewarding students who participated in the Monster March Fundraiser. Next week the top class winners and students who earned the glow party will celebrate!

The top ten earners for the CES Booster Fun Run enjoyed Lunch with Mr. McCallum and Mrs. Jones. Both had an amazing time with these ten students and are so thankful to the Boosters for the great lunch from Dairy Queen!

While CES and CIS students enjoyed November 7th off, their teachers were busy learning how to become better and better at what they do! The professional development was focused on two of our district goals: Student Engagement and Social and Emotional Learning.

Have you joined the CES Booster Facebook page? Recently they posted about their need for Volunteers for Santa's Workshop and the upcoming Family Christmas Celebration. Please check out the Clio Elementary Booster page here. You can also email clioelementaryboosters@gmail.com to find out more information about volunteering with the boosters or better yet, join us at the CES Booster meeting this Tuesday, November 14th at 5:00 pm in the CES Library!

Our school hours are as follows:

Full Day Schedule:

(Doors Open at 8:35 am)

8:55-3:40

Half Day Schedule:

(Doors Open at 8:35 am)

8:55-11:45

Delayed Start:

(Doors Open at 10:35 am)

10:55-3:40

Calendars and Important Dates: Please click below to be directed to a list of our building's important dates and our district's calendar.

CES Important Dates (Subject to Change)

Clio Area School Calendar

Nov. 14 Coffee W/The Principal; CES Booster Meeting

Nov. 15 School Board Meeting

Nov. 21: Dairy Queen Dine In Night

Nov. 22-26: Thanksgiving Break

Nov. 27-28: Coffee with the Superintendent

Nov. 29: CAS G.H.O.S.T. Night

Dec. 1 End of First Marking Period