Camanche Elementary Newsletter
NEWSLETTER #25-25
March 6, 2025
PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES – NEXT WEEK!
Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held on Wednesday, March 12th and Thursday, March 13th from 1:30-7:15 p.m. A notice indicating the time and place of your child’s conference will be sent home soon. Please return this note as soon as possible to confirm your conference time. Report cards will be sent home with students the day before conferences.
DUE TO CONFERENCES, WE WILL BE HAVING AN EARLY DISMISSAL AT 1:08/1:15 ON BOTH DAYS.
THERE WILL BE NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY, MARCH 14TH.
LOST AND FOUND
Parents, please stop in the hallway outside of our cafeteria to look through the abundance of lost and found items while you are in our building for parent/teacher conferences. Any items that have not been retrieved by the end of parent/teacher conferences will be donated to Goodwill. Thank you!
NO SCHOOL – SPRING BREAK
There will be NO SCHOOL March 17th-21st due to Spring Break.
PTA NEWS
Thank you to everyone who participated in the cookie kit fundraiser. Funds will be used to replace the elementary sensory path. Pick up will be from 1:30 – 7:00 p.m. during conferences in the CES gym on Wednesday, March 12th.
The CES yearbook is on sale! Our 4th graders selected “Smiley” as our theme this year. The cost is $22 for a softcover and $28.32 for a hardcover. Here is the link for purchasing the yearbook: https://www.treering.com/purchase?PassCode=1015351206774106
Attention 4th grade parents!!! Please send in a baby picture for the Guess the 4th Grader page. Send to the stormpta@yahoo.com email.
Conferences next week!!! We are asking anyone who would like to bring in snacks or baked goods for the staff to please drop off items at the office.
The next PTA meeting is March 11th at 6:00 p.m. in the cafeteria. We can be contacted through our Camanche Elementary PTA Facebook Messenger and stormpta@yahoo.com. GO STORM!
FROM MRS. MUNSON
This week discuss with your student(s) what it means to focus. Learning to focus is a skill that needs a lot of practice. Even as adults we can struggle to stay focused on the task at hand, when there are so many things around us that can draw our attention away. Teaching students this skill at a young age can help them learn to block out life’s distractions when they have a task to complete. When we ignore distractions, we are showing respectful and responsible behavior. Being able to use self-talk when we are trying to ignore distractions allows us to focus our attention, continue with our work, and be a better learner. Practice these steps below with your students to help them learn how to focus, even when things around them may be a distraction:
1. Take three deep breaths and/or count to five
2. Say to ourselves “I won’t look. I’ll keep working.”
3. Continue to work
4. Say to ourselves “Good for me. I did it!”
Here are a few books to read together:
· Fix It With Focus: A Story About Ignoring Distractions and Staying on Task by Bryan Smith
· It’s Hard to Be a Verb by Julia Cook
A quick video to watch together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sXi2wakGuI
DATES TO REMEMBER
Mar 11th PTA Meeting in the CES Cafeteria at 6:00 p.m.
Mar 12th PTA Cookie Kit Fundraiser Pick Up 1:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Mar 12th & 13th Parent-Teacher Conferences 1:15 p.m. Dismissal
Mar 14th NO SCHOOL
Mar 17th -21st NO SCHOOL – Spring Break
Mar 28th Spring Picture Day
Apr 18th NO SCHOOL – Good Friday
Apr 21st NO SCHOOL – Teacher Professional Learning Day
May 2nd 3rd Grade to Heritage Canyon and Lock and Dam 13
May 2nd 4th Grade to IMAX and Quad City Botanical Center
May 21st 3rd Grade to Wapsi River Education Center
May 26th NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day
May 27th Kindergarten to Bettendorf Family Museum
May 28th 4th Grade to Wapsi River Education Center
Yours in education,
Aimee Dohse – Principal