Camanche Elementary Newsletter
NEWSLETTER #25-7
October 10, 2024
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 17th 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: https://inter-state.com/FlyerEntry/87393VF
FALL FEST
Camanche Elementary will be celebrating fall with a Fall Fest on Friday, November 1st. 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 25th.
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
This is a reminder that there is NO SCHOOL on Friday, October 18th and Monday, October 21st.
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to the following students for earning the Top Reader Award for their high scores on the fall FAST reading test. Congratulations to these readers!
Kindergarten ~ Alyza Anderson, Leah Bark, Emersyn Campie, Arlo Handley, Hope Kelly, Mya Lambert, and Brynn Zahnle received the Top Reader Award.
First grade ~ Aries Cowart, Sophia Gojon, Ashlynn Gravert, Holden Jenness, Deacon Klahn, James Klahn, Daniel Maloy, Evelynn Snodgrass, Thea Sweeney, and Oliver Witt earned the Top Reader Award.
Second grade ~ Kinnick Coffey, Hadley Collins, Emery Drury, Natalie Hagemeier, Declan Handley, Kierstyn Handy, Lily Lambert, Addison McDonnell, Bailee Peterson, Aiden Streed, and Iris Thomson earned the Top Reader Award.
Third grade ~ Malina Andresen, Benjamin Clark, Cully Enlow, Jackson Hayes, Connor Hicks, Brynne Hilgendorf, Jenna Lehmkuhl, Tallon McAllister, Brynlee Michaelsen, Harper Mink, Wyatt Petersen, Greyson Rohde, Mckinley Schwandt, and Garrett Snodgrass earned the Top Reader Award.
Fourth grade ~ Gage Capron, Elizabeth Carstensen, Brayden Costello, Maclen Davis, Lincoln Petersen, Griffen Stolley, Kain Thompson, Keegan Totten, and Brantley Weller earned the Top Reader Award.
There will be a winter FAST reading test and a spring FAST reading test. Students can earn the Top Reader Award and/or the Great Gains Award for those tests. We would love to have many students earn those awards. The best way to earn those awards is to read every day.
NEW FROM THE PTA
Thank you to everyone who participated in the apple cider donut fundraiser. You all sold 527 dozens! We need to have two pick up days because our total is over what the orchard can produce in a day. Pick up is Tuesday, October 15th from 3:30-5:30 in the CES gym for last names A-L. M-Z will pick up on Wednesday, October 16th from 3:30-5:30 in the CES gym.
Monster Mash is Saturday, October 19th from 6:00 – 7:30 in the CES gym. Admission is $10 per family if RSVP’d by Tuesday, October 15th. Admission will be $15 at the door. There will be pizza for $2 per slice and $1 water. Halloween theme games will be from 6:00 – 6:30, Glow Dance from 6:30 -7:30. ALL costumes must be school appropriate!! RSVP slips will be sent home soon.
The next PTA meeting is November 12th at 6:00 in the cafeteria. Our current members are Jessica Volz, Angel Spence, Alie Tucker, Sarah Oldsen, Emileigh and Matt Schumacher, Amber Jahns, Misti Wilkening, Erin Bickford, Corie Kooi, and Erin Ohsann. Three members will be leaving at the end of this school year. If you have been interested in joining, now is the time! We can be contacted through our Camanche Elementary Facebook Messenger and stormpta@yahoo.com GO STORM!
FROM MRS. MUNSON
This week discuss with your child: “I can use my strategies to calm down”. CES students spend a lot of time learning and practicing strategies to calm down. As a school we want to instill positive life skills that will aid in their future success. We have a counseling lesson unit focused on calm down strategies that can be used at any time and anywhere. Need some calm down ideas? Here are a few helpful website on calming strategies: https://parentswithconfidence.com/calm-down-strategies-for-kids/ , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=losfxbMKwPo , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRkILioT_NA , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX1LgYMdHw0 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptDqMeAcn9w
Here are some books to read together:
· Howard B Wigglebottom Learns It’s Ok to Back Away by Howard Binkow
· When I Feel Angry by Cornelia Spelman
· Soda Pop Head by Julia Cook
· Is a Worry Worrying You by Ferida Wolff and Harriet May Savitz
· David and the Worry Beast by Anne Marie Guanci
· When my Worries Get Too Big by Kari Dunn Buron
· A Little Spot of Anger by Diane Alber
DATES TO REMEMBER
Oct 15th PTA Fundraiser Pick Up in CES Gym 3:30-5:30pm for last names A – L
Oct 16th PTA Fundraiser Pick Up in CES Gym 3:30-5:30pm for last names M - Z
Oct 17th Picture Retake Day
Oct 18th NO SCHOOL – Teacher Professional Learning Day
Oct 19th PTA Monster Mash 6:00 – 7:30pm in CES Gym
Oct 21st NO SCHOOL
Nov 12th PTA Meeting at 6:00pm in CES Cafeteria
Nov 25th & 26th Parent-Teacher Conferences 1:15 Dismissal
Nov 27th-29th NO SCHOOL
Dec 2nd NO SCHOOL
Dec 12th Music Program – Kindergarten – 1:00 & 5:30
Dec 12th Music Program – 1st Grade – 1:30 & 6:30
Dec 12th Music Program – 4th Grade – 2:00 & 7:30
Dec 16th Music Program – 2nd Grade – 1:30 & 5:30
Dec 16th Music Program – 3rd Grade – 2:00 & 6:30
Yours in education,
Aimee Dohse – Principal