Camanche Elementary Newsletter
NEWSLETTER #26-7
October 9, 2025
FALL FEST
Camanche Elementary will be celebrating fall with a Fall Fest on Friday, October 31st. Any family that would like to purchase a snack and drink for their student’s classroom, please contact the CES main office. Cost is $1.10 per student. For example, a classroom that has 20 students would cost $22. All orders are due by Friday, October 24th. Nonfood items such as erasers, pencils, silly straws, stickers, Play-Doh, and other similar treats are welcome at celebrations as well. Thank you for keeping our students safe!
NO SCHOOL
Reminder – there is NO SCHOOL on Friday, October 17th and Monday, October 20th.
SCHOOL PICTURES & RETAKES
School pictures are in and should have come home with your students last week! If you are dissatisfied with your child’s picture or if your child was absent on picture day, Inter-State Studio will return on Thursday, October 23rd to take new pictures. All pieces of your original picture packet must be returned for a student to have their picture retaken. If your student was absent on picture day, please order online here at www.inter-state.com/order and use order code 0125NYN.
READING INFORMATION HOUR
Are you interested in learning about reading supports the school offers? Have a voice in our reading compact. Would you like to know about our public library online resources? We would love to see you at the Camanche Elementary Reading Informational Hour on October 23rd. from 4:30 – 5:30 in the CES media center! There will be four stations set up for you to explore and have conversations with our reading interventionists, principal, and public librarian.
REPORT CARDS
Camanche Elementary is now on quarters for report cards. This means that you will now receive report cards for all students k-12 at the same time. The first report card will be sent home on 10/22. As you know, we have been using a standards-based grading system for some time now, and this approach will continue. What we want to highlight is that all report cards will now consistently reflect student progress using the terms: Beginning, Developing, and Meets Standards across all grade levels.
While this isn’t a completely new system, we want to ensure everyone understands how these terms reflect student progress toward end-of-year expectations.
A student will receive a “Meets Standards” only once they demonstrate consistent mastery of a skill or standard at the level expected by the end of the school year.
For example, one of the 4th grade reading standards is: "Orally read grade-level texts (e.g., poetry and prose) with accuracy, automaticity, and expression at an appropriate rate to support comprehension, self-correcting as necessary."
To meet this standard, a student needs to read 147 words per minute with 95% or greater accuracy by the end of 4th grade. If a student is not yet reading at that rate and accuracy, they would be marked as Beginning, or Developing, even if they are making steady progress.
Thank you for your continued partnership and support in helping all students grow. If you have any questions about your child’s progress or the report card system, please feel free to reach out.
FROM MRS. MUNSON
This week, try talking with your child about this important message: “I can use my strategies to calm down.” At CES, students spend time learning and practicing ways to manage big feelings. These calm-down strategies are part of our counseling lessons and help students handle emotions in healthy ways – whether they’re at school, home, or anywhere else. We believe these skills are important for their success now and in the future! Need some calm down ideas? https://www.connecticutchildrens.org/growing-healthy/12-calming-exercises-teach-your-child#:~:text=Have%20your%20child%20imagine%20that%20they%20have%20a%20flower%20in,kneading%20or%20rolling%20out%20dough
DATES TO REMEMBER
Oct 17th NO SCHOOL – Teacher Professional Learning Day
Oct 20th NO SCHOOL
Oct 22nd End of 1st Quarter – Report Cards Sent Home
Oct 23rd Picture Retake Day
Nov 24th & 25th Parent/Teacher Conferences 1:15 p.m. Early Dismissal
Nov 26th – 28th NO SCHOOL
Yours in education,
Aimee Dohse – Principal