Camanche Community School District

Camanche Elementary Newsletter

NEWSLETTER #27-12

November 12, 2026

CONGRATULATIONS

            Congratulations to our school’s Sumdog Math team for taking 1st place in the statewide Sumdog Math Contest! Our talented student mathematicians demonstrated outstanding problem-solving skills to top the leaderboard against competing schools. Bailee Peterson earned 1st place in the state. Iris Thomson earned second place. Rounding out the top 10 places were Oliver Witt, Ashlynn Gravert, Lily Lambert, Mayva Clements, Kinnick Coffey, Emery Drury, Deacon Klahn, and Holden Jenness. Other high scoring members of the Camanche Sumdog Math team are Evy Snodgrass, Addi McDonnell, Daniel Maloy, Mycle Oberg, Thea Sweeney, and Sophia Stevens. Sheryl Kennedy coaches the team.

COATS FOR KIDS

            Cold weather is here. If your student is in need of a winter coat, please contact our school counselor, Miss Smith, at 259-3050 or saydee_smith@camanchecsd.org. We have new to gently used coats in a variety of sizes that are available to those that need them. Please remember that all information is kept strictly confidential.

            If you would like to donate a new or gently used coat and/or clothing, please drop it off to the main office during school hours. Thank you!

PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES

            Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held on Monday, November 23rd and Tuesday, November 24th from 2:00 – 7:15 p.m. Notices indicating the time and place of your child’s conference should be coming home soon. Please return these notices as soon as possible to confirm your conference time.

DUE TO CONFERENCES, WE WILL HAVE AN EARLY DIMISSAL AT 1:38/1:45 ON BOTH DAYS.

THERE WILL BE NO SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH.

ADDITIONALLY, THERE WILL BE NO SCHOOL ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26TH AND FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH DUE TO THANKSGIVING BREAK.

LOST AND FOUND

            Parents, please stop in the hallway outside of our cafeteria to look through the abundance of lost and found items. Any items that have not been retrieved by the end of parent/teacher conferences will be donated to Goodwill.

WINTER PROGRAM NEWS

            Hello CES families and friends, the Winter Program will be here soon and here is some info for those involved. The concerts will be on two days, K-2nd-4th on Tuesday, December 1st and 1st & 3rd on Wednesday, December 2nd with two shows starting at 1pm and 5pm. For those that are attending, we have an informational flier available via qr code as well as a link to the songs should you have a student that wants to practice at home. That link is: bit.ly/CESWP26 Thank you for helping your children be successful young musicians and we hope you will join us for the performances!

TUESDAY. DEC 1ST

K – 1:00 & 5:00

2nd – 1:30 & 5:45

4th – 2:00 & 6:30

WEDNESDAY, DEC 2ND

1st – 1:00 & 5:00

3rd – 1:30 & 5:45