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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