Week of November 4-7, 2025

Cecil Picard Mission & Vision

🌟 Shining Stars Celebrations! 🌟

We’re thrilled to launch a new event at Cecil Picard to honor our Star Students each month who consistently demonstrate integrity, resilience, respect, and responsibility. Join us in celebrating their hard work and positive impact! Please note, this once a month celebration will be replacing our STAR student breakfast.

Career Day at Cecil Picard Elementary! Our students were inspired by some amazing community volunteers who shared their time, talents, and stories about a wide variety of career paths! Thanks to our volunteers our Junior Patriots got a glimpse into the many opportunities that await them in the future. 

Mrs. Samantha's class got to read the story Pumpkin Jack and make their very own pumpkin Jack. They recently started learning about plants. They looked at pumpkin seeds and discussed the life cycle of pumpkins. All students got to feel and smell the pumpkin, then they carved the pumpkin and talked about the shapes they needed to make the pumpkin face. Now they will get to watch and see the life cycle of a pumpkin throughout the school year! 

Mrs. Dana’s PreK class made edible candy corn play-dough! 

Cecil Picard AR 2025-2026
This year, we’re taking our AR reading goals to the next level! 📚 Our mission is to help every Jr. Patriot grow as a reader and develop a true love for books. Each nine weeks, students will work toward their own AR reading goals—and your encouragement at home is the secret ingredient to their success.

Let’s cheer them on, celebrate their progress, and make this our biggest reading year yet! Together, we can inspire a school full of lifelong readers! 💙❤️

Each 9 weeks students will take the STAR test.  An individual goal will be given to each student based on their STAR results.  AR Parties will be attended by students who make 100% of their goal and have at least 85% accuracy

CPE PBIS Information
At CPE, we’re committed to reducing office referrals by embracing PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports). PBIS sets clear expectations, reinforces positive behavior, and provides consistent support to help students make great choices. By recognizing and rewarding positive actions, we’re building a respectful, productive, and fun school community.

Grading Period Celebrations

Celebrations take place at the end of every grading period. Students who go the entire grading period without any major office referrals get to participate in these events. Students start fresh for every grading period event.

PBIS Event 2: Mitch the Magician on December 19th

Cool Cash Canteen

The Cool Cash Canteen will be on the last Friday of every month unless communicated otherwise. Students will have the option to purchase one snack using their cool cash. 

School Store

Each week, all grade levels have the opportunity to stop at the school store in the morning to purchase items with their cool cash on their designated grade level day. 

CPE Handbook, Pupil Progression, VPSB Handbook, Beginning of the year Paperwork

Student handbooks will be available to view online. There is also a link below for your reference. Acknowledgement form booklets will be sent home on the first day of school. Please make every effort to sign all forms in the booklet and send them back with your child the next day. If you were not able to attend Meet and Greet these will be sent home on the first day of school with acknowledgement form booklet. It is extremely important that we receive this paperwork completed as soon as possible.

VPSB Handbook

Click me! Student & Parent Handbook

Pupil Progression

Communication

Each week we will send a weekly newsletter with upcoming events & information. We also encourage you to follow the CPE facebook page and Parent site for updates and school information.

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CecilPicardElementary   

Parent site: https://sites.google.com/vpsb.net/cpe-parent-site/week-at-a-glance-2025-2026

📚 Readers are Leaders – Year 2! 📚
We’re kicking off another exciting school year with the Million Word Reader Challenge – Year 2! Last year, our Jr. Patriots read an incredible amount, and we can’t wait to see them soar even higher this year!

Reading opens doors to knowledge, creativity, focus, and lifelong learning. Whether it’s reading aloud together, talking about a favorite book, or carving out quiet reading time each day – every word counts toward our goal!

Families, we need YOU to join the challenge! Let’s inspire our students to not only become stronger readers but to fall in love with reading for life.

Let’s make this another record-breaking year!
Happy Reading! 💙❤️

2025-2026 District Calendar

Breakfast & Lunch Menu