June 5, 2023
From the Principal's Desk
CGE Families,
This is our last Gator Bites for this school year 22-23. It’s been a pleasure working with each of you. Friday, June 9th is an early release day at 11:30 am. If you are attending the end-of-the-year awards day please be sure to refrain from parking in the fire lane located in the carpool drop-off area. A QR code will be available for you to scan and sign in before entering the building for each grade-level-end-of year awards day. Our 3rd-5th grade students worked hard on the End of Grade testing. Score letters will come home on Monday, June, 5th. Report cards will be viewable in power school on Friday, June 9th. All Students will bring their laptop devices home on Friday. Students will return laptop devices to school on the first day of school August, 28th.
Enjoy your summer and safe travels!
Steven D. Hayes
Interim Principal
Upcoming Events at CGE
- June 5 - 1st grade awards 1:00
- June 6 - 2nd grade awards 1:00
- June 7 - 4th grade awards 12:30
- June 8 - Kindergarten Moving Up Ceremony 1:00
- June 8 - 5th grade Promotion Ceremony 5:00
- June 9 - 3rd grade awards 10:00
Kindergarten Registration is open!
Click here to register your child. Please help spread the word!
DISMISSAL TAGS
Please dispose of all dismissal tags from this school year (and all previous years). Next year, we will be printing numbers on paper. It is unlikely that families will get the same number from year to year.
Thank you so much for your help on this!
PTA
Teacher Appreciation Week Shout Outs
🧡 That’s a Wrap! A Gator Community Thank you 🧡
Summer Learning Challenge
"Reach 20" is the CCS learning challenge for students in grades K-8. Students are challenged to read for at least 20 minutes each day and complete a learning log to win prizes when they return to school in August. Students who reach 20 hours of learning during the summer will be eligible for the grand prizes. Students will need a parent signature to be eligible. See below for resources to help you read.
For more information, contact:
Loreal Edmondson, IPF for Digital Teaching and Learning ledmondson@chatham.k12.nc.us
Around the School
From your School Social Worker:
SNACK! Registration is Open
SNACK! aims to provide nutritious groceries to children facing food insecurity in Chatham County throughout the summer. SNACK! provides each participating child with free healthy meals each week from mid-June through mid-August. Groceries will include fruits, vegetables, protein, cereal, beans, grains, and snacks.
Families can enroll their children and sign up to collect food from their choice of distribution sites located throughout the county. Please visit www.corafoodpantry.org/our-work/snack/ or call CORA directly at 919-704-7055 to register your child. You can also reach out to me, your school social worker, with questions or or for support with the registration process.
Thank you,
Hilary Cissokho
hcissokho@chatham.k12.nc.us
919-642-7069 x43717
Gator BASH & K-2 Movie Day
Hello Families!!!
This year, the student council will be celebrating our K-2 students hard work with a fun movie day in addition to celebrating our 3-5 students at the Gator Bash. In order to make these events special we need a lot of parent help! Please use the sign-up genius links below to volunteer to help with one or more of our celebrations.
Gator Bash shifts are either for a specific activity or as a roving volunteer and are in half hour increments. PLease feel free to sign up for more than one and stay for the whole bash. :-)
Movie Day Shifts are divided by grade level and are in 45 minute increments. Feel free to sign up for more than one to catch the whole movie!
Library Books
A list of library books Please help your children find their library books so they can be returned. If you can't find the books, you can pay for them before the end of the year by check made out to Chatham Grove ES.
Thanks so much for your help in keeping our library collection robust!
Bitsy Griffin, Librarian
From the School Nurses:
As this school year comes to an end we want to send you some important health reminders.
Medications will be sent home in your child's backpack on Friday, June 9, 2023. Please check their backpacks upon arrival home. All controlled medication must be picked up in the front office by 12 pm on Monday, June 12, 2023. Any medication left after this date will be disposed of unless other arrangements are made.
Care plans, Medication Administration forms and Unique Mealtime Needs forms must be submitted yearly. If you need a specific healthcare plan that is not linked here, please reach out to your school nurse.
We will begin accepting medications on August 17, 2023. Please make sure that all medications are in a labeled prescription box/bottle or they cannot be accepted. Please drop off the medication administration form with the medication at the front office.
If you have a student who is enrolling in kindergarten, or who is an out of state transfer, a NC Health Assessment form and an immunization record is required to be submitted within the first 30 days of school.
Thank you,
Megan Gladson (mgladson@chatham.k12.nc.us)
Rebecca Pugh (rpugh@chatham.k12.nc.us)