THANK YOU for your generous donations to this year's canned food drive.  We are excited to share that our school won first place in this service learning project by bringing in the most canned food items.  All schools across the district competed and CMCSI placed first.  We will receive a trophy and bragging rights for the year.  Most importantly, families will be fed during the holiday season because of your support.  A special congratulations to Mrs. Virgil's 4th grade class for being CMCSI's winner.  They'll get an ice cream  party along with extra recess.

We will be offering pictures with Santa on Monday, December 1st.  Please use the order form linked here if you're interested in purchasing pictures of your child with Santa.  Pictures MUST be purchased in advance in order for students to visit Santa.  Pay in advance at www.strawbridge.net and enter code: FM470063 or complete & return order form and payment.

We are excited to share that we will be using a program called PurposeFull People this year. This program teaches skills that will help students be successful in school and in life.

We believe that students should have safe, predictable places to learn where they feel included. Students should have healthy and helpful connections with teachers and classmates. They should also experience learning that will help them tackle challenges inside and outside of school. PurposeFull People is more than a set of lessons - it is a partnership between schools and families to create a place where students feel like they belong and learn skills that will help them be the best they can be! 

Please check out this month's family letter below to reinforce the lessons students have received about this month's topic: perseverance.

Family Connection Newsletter

Winter Break is a wonderful time to relax and rejuvenate for our families and students, but it is also an opportunity to offer our Warriors authentic, at-home learning experiences.  Here are some ideas to help your child keep up their literacy and math skills over Winter Break:

• Read for pleasure. Whether your child is in the mood for The Night Before Christmas or The Polar Express, winter break provides the perfect opportunity to stash schoolbooks and read for fun. 

• Cook up an easy lesson. Invite your child into the kitchen to help you whip up a special dish — from Christmas cookies to fruitcakes. All of those half-tablespoon and quarter-cup measurements are great practice with fractions. 

• Write thank-you notes. Penning notes of appreciation to gift-givers teaches gratitude and helps polish writing and spelling skills. 

• Make the most of car rides. Turn the drive to or from a holiday get-together into an opportunity to practice letters and numbers. You can look for license plates from different states, try to find the alphabet on the license plates, or count the number of red (or white or green) cars you see. 

• Maintain reasonable bedtimes. With no school to get up for in the morning, it can be tempting to let kids become night owls. A few days before school starts up again, ease back into the regular bedtime schedule so your child can start the year bright-eyed. 

• Ask for grocery list assistance. Have your child help choose what to buy, decide how much you need, check your supplies to see what you've already got, write or draw pictures on the list, and sort coupons. 

• Let kids help with online shopping. Need a last-minute gift for Grandma or Uncle Joe? Log onto your favorite shopping sites and let your child help you select presents. This helps children work on their computer and research skills. 

• Have a family game night. Chances are many of your family's favorite board and card games reinforce skills such as counting, reading, and drawing. Gather the group to play games you usually don't have time for on school nights.

Source:  Scholastic Parents- © 2021 Scholastic Inc. All Rights Reserved.

 For the safety of all students, please note the following:

• For your child's lunch visit, 1 or 2 adults may join; No school-age siblings and younger children must be in lap or stroller (due to limited seats). 

• Each student may have a visit for lunch 1 time per month to allow ALL students and parents this opportunity.  

• Restaurant food will be allowed to be brought into CMCSI for students or visitors. 

• Visitors must sign in at the front office with a state-issued ID (no exceptions). 

• Lunch visitors should eat in the visitor seating area located in the gym lobby next to the cafeteria.  Visitors may not eat in the cafeteria, gym or classroom. 

• After signing in and getting a sticker, lunch visitors will meet their child in the gym lobby as his/her class enters the cafeteria and sign-out in the main office after the lunch period ends.

• Lunch visitors may not return to the classroom, playground, etc. with students.

• Lunch visitors may have lunch with your child ONLY.  Other students (including friends, relatives, and neighbors) cannot join your lunch visit.

• Visitors may purchase lunch in the cafeteria for $5.00 each (cash or check only).

• Lunch visitors must be listed on a student's enrollment card prior to coming in for lunch.

Exact lunch times for each homeroom class may be viewed here.  Contact CMCSI@hallco.org with questions.  

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