MONDAY

Tomorrow the Panther Store will be open in the library from 8-2:30. We are not going to make a schedule - just come as you have time in the day.  You may want to call the library before you come up to see if there is already a class in there.  Please look over the Panther Store Slideshow so students will know what they want before they come in there.  Please encourage them to start with big ticket items and work their way down.  

9:00 am - Kindergarten graduation practice at CCHS

10:15 am - 5th grade graduation practice at CCHS

Many grade level activities going on all throughout the day - check the Living Calendar for specifics.

-5:00 pm - Kindergarten graduation at CCHS - doors will open at 4:30

-6:30 pm - 5th grade graduation at CCHS

CCES staff does not have to attend these graduations.

PLEASE HAVE ALL CHROMEBOOKS COLLECTED AND AT THEIR CHARGING STATIONS IN YOUR CLASSROOMS BUT THE END OF THE DAY.  TECH STAFF IS GOING TO BEGIN THEIR SUMMER WORK ON THEM. 

TUESDAY

See Field Day Schedule

*Remind students to wear tennis shoes, comfortable clothes, bring sunscreen and water bottle.  And pray for no rain!

WEDNESDAY

*Senior Walk - Right after taking attendance and morning meeting on Wednesday morning, all classes will come down to the first floor to lines the halls from the front door to the gym.  They can make signs, posters, etc for this parade. Seniors should be here at 8 am.   After the seniors get in the gym, all our students will have a seat in the gym.  

*5th grade picnic will be going on here at CCES for the remainder of the day on Wednesday.  Parents of 5th graders will be here from 12-2.  

Closing/End of the Year Activities

*I think everyone is finished with all their PD/Planning hours for the year - if you are not, please let me know.  You do not have to come back in to work after Wednesday if you are finished with your hours.

*Those working summer school will need to report to school on Monday, May 24th at 8 am.  We will meet at 9 am that morning for a planning meeting.  

Follow-up Notes from Leadership Meeting on 5-5-21

SCOT DANIELS BBQ LUNCH

Scot Daniels wants to do a BBQ for all our students on Friday, May 14th.  All classes will come to the back by the cafeteria and get their lunch and can eat outside.  Here is the schedule for students coming to pick up their lunch:

10:30 - 5th grade

10:45 - 4th grade

11:15 - 3rd grade

11:30 - Kindergarten

12:00 - 1st grade

12:15 - 2nd grade

*We may can move through this lunch schedule quicker than this - we will let you know if we can.

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*Hopefully next week during testing we will be able to give everyone planning as normal.  That is our goal - but some of it could depend on how the testing goes of people with accommodations.

 

*We also plan to have regular planning schedule on Monday the 17th.

*There will not be planning on Tuesday the 18th (Field Day) or Wednesday the 19th (5th grade Picnic).  We will have people available to give shorter breaks though.

 I SURVIVED THE KPREP PARTY AT THE PARK

3rd - 5th grade will be having a party at the park on the afternoon of May 14th for all those students giving a good faith effort on the KPREP test.  5th grade is going to try to be at the park by 11:00 to practice graduation and then 3rd and 4th grade will join them at the park by 12.  They will have an afternoon enjoying games.  They are also going to be treated to a sno cone.  

PANTHER STORE

We will have our last Panther Store on Monday, May 17th.  We will send out a schedule next week.

Kona Ice Days on Thursday, May 13th and Tuesday, May 18th.

May 18th - Field Day from 8-2 outside (weather permitting).  We will have inflatables, grade level recess, gym activities (trikes for k-2 and dodgeball for 3-5) and minute to win-it games on the front lawn.  A more definite schedule will be sent later in the week.

Leadership Team Planning Day - We will have a planning day for our Leadership Planning Day on May 26th at 11 am - hopefully at Mike's Landing.  We will eat lunch at 11 and then plan for a few hours. If you would like to be on the Leadership Team for next year - please let me know.  

Don't forget to give suggestions for the theme for next year!

8 more days to go! Let's make them great!

Weekly Update - May 3, 2021

 

-All certified staff need to stop by and vote for SBDM teacher members with Ms. Whitney one day this week please.

-Kona Ice  tomorrow - take your students during your recess time.  

-Leadership Team meeting on Wednesday afternoon at 3:15 in my office to discuss end of the year events.

-Those who have participated in the Matchless Book Study  - we will have our last session this Friday afterschool - with snacks!!!!

-VIP KPREP testing continues this week.

-KPREP testing for in-person students next week.

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-March 14th will be the last day to post any new assignments for our VIP students.  May 17th-19th will be days for them to complete any missing work and turn in their chromebooks. 

-Library books are due by end of the day on Wednesday, May 5th. 

Details about I Survived the KPREP Party, Field Day and Panther Store will be shared after the Leadership Day on Wednesday.  

-Please fill out the form about Theme Suggestions for the week. 

Weekly Update - April 23rd, 2021

 

*Please fill out the End of the Year Staff Survey.  

*Please stop by the front office and see Whitney or Sonya to vote for the teacher representatives for SBDM Council.  

*Finish up any VIP parent meetings that need to happen over the next week or two.

*May 17th is graduation night for our kindergarten and 5th grade classes.  Kindergarten will be at 5 pm and 5th grade will be at 6:30.  All CCES staff is invited to attend.

*KPREP testing for VIP students will be May 3rd thru the 5th.

*KPREP testing for in-person students will be May 10th - 14th.  

PLEASE CHECK THE LIVING CALENDAR DAILY AS THERE ARE SEVERAL EVENTS BEING ADDED!

ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND!

Weekly Update - April 2, 2021

 

Leadership Team Meeting notes

-Possibly having a whole school field/fun day on May 17th or 18th

-Continue with Party at the Park for 3rd-5th graders who put forth good effort on KPREP 

-Instead of Amazing Race, each grade (3-5) may want to do something special as a grade level to prepare for testing.

-School will purchase little treats for testing days.  Following groups will do special notes for those students testing:

    Monday - homeroom teachers

    Tuesday - office staff, special education staff, non-homeroom staff

    Wednesday - lower grade students

    Thursday - parents/family members

    Next year discussion items:  breakfast remains in the classroom,         keep morning meeting virtual, afternoon pickup stays the same,         lunch in the cafeteria, pick back up with houses next year - but a         scaled-down version next year, no point system

We are now accepting nominations for teacher members of SBDM for the 2021-22 school year.  Please email me by April 16th with those nominations.  

Week of April 12th

Monday  - Summer School meeting right after school

                  SBDM meeting at 4 pm

Tuesday - 3rd grade VIP testing in library

Thursday - 2nd grade VIP testing in library

                3:15 PD Book Study meeting

HAVE A WONDERFUL SPRING BREAK!

Weekly Update - March 29, 2021

Grade levels that will be having Easter Egg hunts can choose to either do it in the morning or during their afternoon recess time.  Morning times are as follows:

9:00  Little Panthers

9:30  Kindergarten

10:00 1st grade

10:30  2nd grade

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Since our VIP end of the year testing is going to be spread out over several weeks  - we are going to do the same with the conferences.  Homeroom teachers - you can schedule a conference anytime during the assigned week - during your planning or afterschool.  Hopefully this will prevent you from having to spend a lot more time after school doing these.  If you need me, Valerie, Kelli or Tammy to attend one of these meetings - please let us know.  

4th/5th grade - week of 4/12

2nd/3rd grade - week of 4/19

1st grade - week of 4/26

Kindergarten - week of 5/3

Let me know if you have questions!

Weekly Update - March 26, 2021

 

MAP testing window is open and available for teachers to test anytime.  Please have all in-person students tested by April 16th. 

Monday and Tuesday we will be having Parent Teacher conferences with our in-person students.  Homeroom teachers have been setting up appointments with parents.  Classified staff will not need to work unless they need the planning hours and have contacted Ms. Lisa.

We will still use three entrances (2nd/4th at Minit Mart entrance, K/5th main entrance and 1st/3rd at gym entrance), do temp checks and require masks.  The book fair will also be going on so we need people to work that.  Please let me know if I have left anyone off.

Monday/Tuesday schedule

Also - homeroom teachers - please sure your conference schedule with us so that we can have that at the front tables.  

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We are going to ask all VIP students to come in to do end of the year testing on the following dates:

March 30 - 5th grade                April 1 - 4th grade 

April 13 - 3rd grade                   April 15 - 2nd grade

April 20 & 22 - 1st grade           April 27 & 29 - Kindergarden

OTHER UPCOMING DATES

KPREP testing will begin on May 3rd for VIP students and continue the next week with in-person students.

Kindergarten graduation - May 17th 5 pm

5th grade graduation - May 17th 6:30 pm

*graduations will be held at the city park, weather permitting

5th grade Picnic - May 19th

Weekly Update - March 15, 2021

 

As some of the Covid restrictions lift around the state, we will start to see some changes at school.  The district office gave us the green light to allow students to return to the cafeteria to eat (with some restrictions) and I believe the middle school is returning today.   At CCES - it would cause a major change to our schedule to move students back to the cafeteria for lunch.  I didn't want to do that without getting feedback from all of you.  Please let me know if we should continue the year like we are or if you think we should transition back to the cafeteria.

In the meanwhile, please allow students to eat outside when they can.

We are also going to try to let grade levels have recess TOGETHER on Fridays.  I think this is something that students have missed and will be something for them to look forward to.  However, please remind students of playground expectations and that a large number of strikes and discipline issues normally come from the playground.  If they don't follow the playground expectations, we will take away those Friday's of playing as a grade level.  

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*Application for Summer School Teachers is available here. Those applications are due this Friday.

Please remember to send out sign-up forms for parents to select a time for Parent Teacher conferences for the 29th and 30th. Remember this is for in-person students only. We will have a separate time for our VIP students.

*Bring STAR results to the grade level meetings this week.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK - ONLY 8 1/2 LEFT IN THE YEAR!

Weekly Update - March 5, 2021

 

After discussion with some teachers - we feel like it may be best to do conferences for our in-person students ONLY on March 29th and 30th.  We will wait until after spring break to start scheduling our VIP students.  Also - if you need to schedule some conferences before 4:00 on those days to get everyone in - that is fine.  

Congratulations to Mrs. Nancy Flowers and Mrs. Hannah Hopper.

Mrs. Nancy will receive the Campbellsville University Excellence in Teaching award and Ms.  Hannah has been nominated for the WKU Distinguished Educator award for Preschool/Elementary.    

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Special class for next week will be PE, Leadership and SEL/Bullying.

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We will be having a Staff Meeting for certified staff on Tuesday beginning at 3:15 in the library.  Please let me know if you cannot attend.

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All grades for the 3rd nine weeks need to be posted today before you leave please.  Grade cards will go home on Tuesday.  

NO SCHOOL NEXT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY

Weekly Update - February 24th, 2021

 The year is flying by and it is once again time for STAR testing.  Please complete the fourth round of STAR testing sometime the first couple of weeks of March.  Remember to discuss with students their goal for this upcoming assessment.

Also - we will soon be taking our last round of MAP testing.  We will open up the window the week before spring break.  As a grade level - decide if you want to do the last round the week before or the week after.  

We also have scheduled Parent Teacher conferences for March 29th and 30th.  We will do two evenings  - 4 to 6 each evening.  We are going to do this like we did in the fall - 20 minute sessions that allows you the opportunity to meet with parents alone.  Please send out a form or way for parents to sign up for their time.  This will be a great opportunity to discuss progress for the year.  

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Also next week is our Panther Store for January and February.  Please remember to fill out the Class Party form and submit by tomorrow afternoon.   Here is the schedule for Panther Store on Tuesday in the library - please fill in a time for your homeroom to visit.  

Ms. Sue Elise sent an email about Jason Lindsey, the Science Guy, doing a Google Meet with all grade levels next Tuesday, March 2nd at 1 pm.   You will access this through the CCES 2020-2021 Google Classroom - just like morning meeting.  

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Also - please be very cautious to view and listen to all videos that you are using in class - whether in-person or VIP.  This includes videos from trusted sources like BrainPop, Flocabulary, etc.  This week we had an issue with a BrainPop video sharing content that we are not comfortable with for our students.  We are in a day and time that there are issues that can be very controversial to discuss with students and we need to be cautious.  Let me know if you have questions.  

Have a great weekend!

Winter MAP Scores - January 2021

 

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Weekly Update - February 4, 2021

KPREP Assessment Link

Mrs. Parson sent this link in email this week.  If you have not already checked it out - please do so.  This is a really good indication of what we are preparing students for as far as assessment goes. 

After looking at survey results, we have decided that we are going to do two more Panther Stores during the remainder of the year.  We will do one on March 2nd for January and February.  Please continue doing behavior calendars and some system of awarding Panther Bucks.  We will give more details about the Panther Store toward the end of the month.  

Jason Lindsey will be conducting a live science show on February 18th for all CCES students @ 1:00.   It will be a 30 minute live science show with hands-on activity. The students will receive an activity kit to be completed at that time with Jason Lindsey. Also, the students will receive a 2nd kit for family science engagement activity where the students take it home to complete with parents.  A 15 minute pre recorded video will be provided for families to watch that evening or over the weekend.   Students that complete the family engagement activity (post a photo) will have their name entered into a drawing.   We will draw the following Monday, February  22nd.  The family portion will need to be through Google Classroom. 

Next Week at a Glance...

Weekly Update - January 25th, 2021

 

Arts Inclusion Grant

CCES has been awarded an Arts Inclusion grant from the Kentucky Arts Council.  This will provide materials for 3rd, 4th and 5th graders to complete an art project working with local artist - Ms. Pat Ritter.  This project will take place the week of Feb 8th thru February 11th (we are skipping February 12th) and then finish up with the 5th day on Tuesday, February 16th.  She will instruct and lead the project and teachers will just need to be ready to facilitate.  

-This will be the special class content for 3rd - 5th grade for that week so there will not need to be any additional special class content planned for those days.

-All materials that are needed for the project will be delivered to your class beforehand.  

There are some schedule changes for these grade levels.  I have talked individually with each grade level about these changes.

3rd grade

Lunch will be at regular time.

Art project - 12:40-1:25

Recess - 2:00-2:25

4th grade

Art project - 11:30-12:15

Lunch will be at 12:15

Recess will be at regular time.

5th grade

Lunch - 11:45

Recess - 12:30-12:55

Art Project - 1:50-2:35

**If you have questions about any of this - please let me know.  

We will be celebrating Valentine's Day here on Friday, February 12th.  We can have special snack/party food - just make sure all items are store bought.  Students can bring in Valentine's boxes/bags and cards to share. Teachers may want to pass out the bulk of items to cut down on students sharing.  Also please make sure students wash their hands/sanitize before passing out their Valentine's cards.  

Weekly Update - January 13, 2021

 

FUN FRIDAY FRIENDSGIVING

Since we didn't get to celebrate Thanksgiving at school this year and since we are having turkey and dressing on Friday for lunch, we decided to make it a "thing" and do a little Fun Friday Friendsgiving.  We will have pajama day on Friday for students and staff so we can eat until we are stuffed at lunch.  We will also have a special video on Friday morning at morning meeting to share with everyone.  Please share info about pajama day with your parents through remind.

PLC's are going to meet next week to discuss MAP, Star and Core data.  Please bring all pertinent data to the meeting so we can discuss student progress and plans for the rest of the year.

We will meet in the library.  We will have a working lunch.  It may take most of your planning that day so I wanted  you to be prepared for that.  

Tuesday 1/19 - 3rd grade 1100-1230

Wednesday 1/20 - 1st grade 1000-1130

                              4th grade 1130-100

Thursday 1/21 - Kindergarten 1030-1200

                          5th grade 1200-130

Friday 1/22 - 2nd grade  1045-1215

Our leadership team at CCES has always been open to any staff who wanted to join and we've always had several people to participate.  To be safe, we need to have a smaller group.  We are going to be forming the group in the next week or so.  If you want to be a part of the leadership team - please let me know.  We are thinking 12 people or less so we can social distance when we meet.  We normally meet once per month and hopefully will have our first meeting sometime in January.  

Weekly Update - January 6, 2021

As we begin the next nine weeks, it is a good time to do some mid-point assessments to see student progress.  I think this is more important than ever that we do these.  

*STAR Assessment - many of you have already done this again - but if you have not - please do in the next week.

*MAP window - will open on Monday.  Our goal is to have everyone tested by Friday, January 15th.  If you do not think you can do that for your grade level - please let me know.  We would like to schedule RTI meetings for the following week and use that data from those assessments. 

I'd like for you to select one student as your Leader of the Month for November/December and add it to the morning announcement slide by Friday afternoon.  Please select your Leader of the Month this time based on their participation/effort/work ethic during our time of virtual instruction.  

It is even more important than ever that students get time outside during recess.  If it is possible at all - I would like for all classes to do this (or gym).  If it is too wet to get in the yard or on the playground - think about talking a walk outside or playing a game on the sidewalks.  Please communicate with parents through remind that it is important that they send a jacket, gloves, and hood/hat with their child to school each day.  If you have a student who doesn't have these items - please let us know.  

I am so glad to be back at school and we have had a wonderful week!  Thank you all for all you do!