Camanche Elementary Newsletter
NEWSLETTER #19-27
March 14, 2019
THANK YOU
A big THANK YOU to the many families that attended Parent/Teacher Conferences last week! If you were unable to make your child’s conferences, we urge you to contact your child’s teacher to try to reschedule. Our goal is 100% participation!
Another big THANK YOU to the members of the PTA for providing a meal for our staff during conferences and to all those that brought in snacks and treats!
CRAYOLA COLORCYCLE
Our school has just sent another 365 markers to Crayola to be recycled. More than 1650 markers have been recycled instead of being dumped into the landfill! We are proud of everyone working together to help our environment! If you have any markers that are dried out, please send them to school. Mrs. Kennedy has a specially marked box for all the dried up markers. We will send another box of markers to Crayola near the end of the school year. Keep up the great work CES!
CULTURE FAIR
Would you like to learn more about other countries? Would you like to see interesting projects complete with eye catching display boards? If so, please attend the Culture Fair Open Houses coming up! The 4th grade Culture Fair Open House will be held on Thursday, March 28th from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. and the 3rd grade Culture Fair Open House will be held on Thursday, April 4th from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Both will be in the elementary school gym and will provide many learning opportunities about other countries.
CULTURE FAIR PARADE
Come join the fun! All students are invited to participate in our school’s Culture Fair parade. Any student can bring an item from another country or wear some clothing from another country and be in the Culture Fair parade. The parade is April 2nd and begins at 2:15 p.m. Our parade is mostly within the building. Families are invited to watch the parade.
THANK YOU!
Thank you so much to everyone that made our second annual Family Reading Night a big success! We are thrilled that so many families attended this event! We especially want to thank all of our speakers and room hosts for all of their time and commitment. We also want to thank Mrs. Stephan and Mrs. Kennedy for all of the time and hard work they put in to creating and organizing this event.
SPOTLIGHT ARTIST
Congratulations to these students who were chosen as a “Spotlight Artist” during conferences! These students show above and beyond craftsmanship and good work ethic in art class.
4TH GRADE – 1st Sadie Johnson – 2nd Jenae Matyasse – 3rd Chase Peterson
3RD GRADE – Their next project will be displayed and places will be determined
2ND GRADE – 1st Isabelle Hirsch – 2nd Tyler Lehmkuhl – 3rd Annabelle Graves
1ST GRADE – 1st Makinley Duritza – 2nd Blake Hasenmiller – 3rd Jakob Tucker
KINDERGARTEN – 1st Taedyn Cewe – 2nd Ellery Glahn – 3rd Benjamin Srp
PRESCHOOL INFORMATION NIGHT
Children who will turn 4 on or before September 15th qualify for FREE preschool. We’d like to invite you to an informational meeting on Thursday, March 21st at 5:00 p.m. in the elementary school library. We will give you some insights regarding our district’s free preschool program and hand out applications for the 2019-2020 school year. If you plan to attend, please contact us at 259-3016.
CES READING GOAL
As a school we have set a goal of 98,500 minutes in the month of March. So far, we have read 27,702 minutes. We will celebrate with an extra 30 minutes of art on Friday, April 5th if/when we reach our goal. Thank you for helping support this work!
ATTENDANCE
If your student is going to be absent, will arrive late, or needs to leave early, please make sure to call the main office no later than 9 a.m. on the day of the absence, tardy or early dismissal.
Our attendance is currently 95.9%. We as a school have set a goal of 97%. Thank you for working with us to reach that goal, EVERY DAY matters.
DATES TO REMEMBER
March 15th 2nd Grade to Putnam Museum
March 28th Culture Fair Open House Featuring 4th Grade Participants
April 2nd International Parade at 2:15 p.m.
April 4th Culture Fair Open House Featuring 3rd Grade Participants
April 18th Snow Day Make Up Day
April 19th & 22nd NO SCHOOL – Spring Break
April 25th 3rd Grade to National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium
May 6th TK & K Music Informance at 6:00 p.m. & 1st Grade Music Informance at 6:45 p.m.
May 9th 2nd Grade Music Informance at 6:00 p.m. & 3rd Grade Music Informance at 6:45 p.m.
May 16th 4th Grade Music Informance at 6:00 p.m.
May 13th Regional Battle of the Books
May 23rd Kindergarten to Bettendorf Family Museum
May 27th NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day
June 3rd Snow Day Make Up Day
June 3rd 3rd Grade to Rock Creek
June 4th Snow Day Make Up Day – Last Day of School (provided we have no more cancellations)
Yours in education,
Aimee Dohse – Principal