I hope you are all enjoying your long Labor Day weekend! Remember, there is no school Monday, September 3rd.
A special thank you to London's mom, Jeanette, and Sanmita's mom, Veena, for volunteering to serve as our homeroom parents. I appreciate their willingness to help and know they will be supported by all the wonderful parents in our classroom!
Gratefully,
Mrs. McDonald
3RD GRADE AND CCE CAMPUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
MVP PENNANTS
Students brought home their “Most Valuable Person” pennants on Tuesday. They have directions with them and are due Sept 10. Think of it as making an “all about me” poster on a pennant size poster! I am excited to learn more about our classroom family when they share their pennant with the class.
TUESDAY FOLDERS
Each Tuesday afternoon, please spend some time going over your child's Tuesday folder work with them. It's important that the children see how well they completed their work. The corrections I make are really to benefit my students. If there is a “Correct and Return” paper in the folder, please spend time going over that work with your child, making corrections, then put a parent signature on it and return it the next day. Sometimes all it takes is a little more practice, as mastery is around the corner.
PLANNERS
I appreciate you reviewing your child’s planner on a nightly basis. It sure makes for a smooth day when we are prepared.
LIBRARY
Our class visits the library each Tuesday! Please remind your child to bring their books back to school on Library day. We have the opportunity to check out books and enjoy a lesson from Mrs. Bamford.
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT, TUESDAY, SEPT. 11TH
Please make every effort to attend Back to School Night Tuesday, September 11th. We will be discussing all kinds of important information. We ask that only parents attend.
The night’s schedule is:
6-6:30 Meet the teacher for Kinder-Grade 2
6:30-7:00 PTA meeting
7-7:30 Meet the teacher for Grades 3-5
CHOICES, CHOICES
Each day there are four daily lunch entree choices available from the cafeteria. Several students continue to arrive unsure of their decision. Please review the menu each morning, and send your child knowing which choice they’d like, #1, #2, #3, or #4. Also, I have a few students buying treats or ice cream on a daily basis. You may want to have a discussion about this at home if you wish there to be limits.
LUNCH WALK AND TALK
Lunch Recess is now Lunch Walk and Talk. We are giving 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students the opportunity to get some fresh air and socialize with their friends, while walking the track. Unfortunately we do not have the staff available to monitor a recess at lunch time. During regular recess time, we require 3 teachers on duty to make sure kids are safe. When we don’t have 3 sets of eyes outside, we have concerns about safety.
PTA NEWS!
Have you joined the CCE PTA? It is not too late! Please join here.
IT’S PTA BOX TOP TIME!
Thank you to Luke for being the first to turn in lots of Box Tops!
CCE’s annual Box Top Collection Competition runs Sept. 4-28h. Classes compete to bring in the most Box Tops and win prizes! Thanks for making this such a fun and important fund-raising opportunity for CCE! Bonus Box Tops are the key to your class’ victory. HEB runs a promotion (Sept. 5 - 18) in whereby if you purchase 10 Box Top items you receive 60 bonus Box Tops and if you purchase 15 Box Top items you receive 100 bonus Box Tops. Parents can also download the Bonus Box Tops App and get 50 Bonus Box Tops at Walmart when purchasing 5 Box Tops items in a single transaction and scanning the receipt with the app. Get 100 Bonus Box Tops at Sam’s Club for purchasing 3 Box Tops items with the app. Normally, more than half the money raised is from Bonus Box Tops. As such, each student that brings Bonus Box Tops (certificates or emails from the app) of 50 Box Tops or more will also receive a small prize from the prize basket provided by the PTA.
Class Prizes: The winning class receives a pizza party provided by Papa John’s Pizza at Volente Plaza. Second place receives an in class ice cream sundae party provided by HEB. Third place receives an in-class donut party provided by HEB. Fourth place receives an in-class popsicle party provided by HEB. And fifth place receives 3 free ice cream certificates per student to Dairy Queen.
Contact Cory Vessa at vessacory@hotmail.com if you have any questions. Please clip and send box tops to school during our competition time.
FROM THE COUNSELOR
September is here and it is time to kick off our FIRST character word of the month! Our character word for September is WELCOMING! In September, if your teacher sees your child caring for others, then your child will get a sticker to wear all day so that other students will know that you demonstrated our Character Word of the Month! And thank you, parents, for supporting the Character Counts program by reinforcing our word of the month at home!! Go Comets!!
WE LOVE OUR VOLUNTEERS!
If you plan to be a volunteer, go on a field trip, help in the classroom, or work with students, you MUST complete the volunteer application AND receive approval each school year. If you completed an application last year, you will still need to complete a new one for the 2017-2018 school year.
Click here for more information and the application link.
IMPORTANT DATES
Monday, September 3rd - Holiday, No School
Thursday, September 6th - WATCH DOG Kick-Off, 6:00pm, Cafeteria
Monday, September 10th - MVP pennants are due
Tuesday, September 11th - Open House Night & PTA General Meeting
6:00 pm -- Kinder, 1st, and 2nd Grades Open House
6:30 pm -- PTA General Meeting
7:00 pm -- 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grades Open House
Friday, September 14th - Kona Ice, after school
Wednesday, September 19th - Bush’s Spirit Night, 4:00-7:00 p.m.
Thursday, September 20th - Coffee Chat for parents/Library, 7:45-8:15 a.m.
Tuesday, September 2th - Family PE/Wellnees Night, 6:00-7:00 p.m
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