Camanche Elementary Newsletter
NEWSLETTER #22-24
February 24, 2022
PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES – NEXT WEEK!
Parent/Teacher Conferences are next week! Conferences will be held on Wednesday, March 2nd and Thursday March 3rd from 1:30-7:15 p.m. A notice indicating the time and place of your child’s conference has been sent home. Please return this notice 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.
Our 3rd and 4th grade students will be leading their conferences again. They are preparing for this opportunity over the next few weeks. The students will share their strengths and areas that need growth. They are also setting goals for themselves in each class. This gives our students opportunities to engage in their growth and play an active role in planning for their own learning.
FROM THE DISTRICT LIBRARIAN – CHECK THIS OUT!
Our Scholastic Book Fair is right around the corner! We will host the book fair in our Elementary School Media Center during our spring conferences (1:30 – 7:00 pm) on Wednesday, March 2nd and Thursday, March 3rd. Watch for flyers to be sent home early next week for information on how you can order from home and have your order sent directly to school where we will deliver it to your child. Can’t wait to see all of you, and watch the students’ faces light up with the prospect of buying books of their own!
CONGRATULATIONS SUMDOG TEAM!
Congratulations to our school’s Sumdog math team! They earned 1st place out of 59 teams in the Eastern Iowa Mississippi Bend Sumdog math contest. There were 559 students who participated in the contest. We had 14 students whose scores were in the top 25! Carsten Toler, Addi Totten, Kade Varner, Sophia Morrow, and Zoe Cinadr were so accurate that their scores were in the top 10! The students in the contest needed to solve 1000 math problems within one week. Third grade members of our school Sumdog team are: Katelynn Burken, Marley Fuller, Cody Gravert, Luke Gravert, Landon Green, Hayleigh Lorenzen, Gabby Sampson, Lakin Springer, and Addi Totten. The Sumdog team members in fourth grade are: Harper Bagg, Zoe Cinadr, Addison Coffey, Emery Davis, Sophia Johnson, Lily Laurion, Sophia Morrow, Carsten Toler, and Kade Varner. We are so proud of our mathematicians!
FROM MRS. MUNSON
Strong work ethic is another important life skill to teach our children. Empower your child to take a growth mindset approach to any task they are faced with. Believing they can do the work and then persevering to accomplish the goal is beneficial to their success at school and in life. Talk with your child about the phrase “I can; I try; I start; I finish.” Remind them of a time when they were challenged with a task. Maybe it was cleaning their room, making a lego creation, or helping someone. Praise them for believing they could, creating a plan, working hard, and finishing the work! There are many great articles on teaching children good work ethic, here is just one if you would like additional information: https://www.therealisticmama.com/teach-kids-good-work-ethic/
Thank you,
Mrs. Munson
NEWS FROM THE PTA
We are so excited to be back in the swing of things for 2022!
~ Who is ready for some B-I-N-G-O? Come out Saturday, February 26th from 5pm - 7pm in the CES gym for a fun family night of BINGO! Every BINGO will win a book. Admission is $3 per person. This includes 1 slice of pizza, bottle of water, and 1 BINGO card. Additional pizza and cards will be available for purchase.
~ Our next field trip fundraiser night is Thursday, March 10th at Camanche’s own Imperial Lanes from 5pm – 8pm. Come out and support the 2nd grade field trip to the Putnam Museum!
~ Conferences are just around the corner. We ask for snacks and treats to be dropped off for the staff and teachers. Please drop off to the office by 4pm on Wednesday, March 2nd or Thursday, March 3rd. Thank you for supporting the staff and teachers for all their hard work!
~ Candy bar sales will be March 11th – 25th. More details to follow.
~ If you are interested in joining the PTA, feel free to come to the meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m. in the school cafeteria. You can also contact us via the PTA email at stormpta@yahoo.com or the Camanche Elementary PTA Facebook page. We are looking forward to a fun year of activities and events! Go CES Storm!
DATES TO REMEMBER
February 24th Kindergarten Round Up 4:00 p.m. & 5:00 p.m. in the CES Library
February 26th PTA Books for Bingo 5:00-7:00 in the CES gym
March 2nd & 3rd Parent/Teacher Conferences EARLY DISMISSAL both days @ 1:08/1:15
March 4th NO SCHOOL
March 10th PTA Field Trip Fundraiser at Imperial Lanes
March 11th-25th PTA Candy Bar Sales
March 14th-18th NO SCHOOL – Spring Break
Yours in education,
Aimee Dohse – Principal