Week of October 13-17, 2025

Cecil Picard Mission & Vision

                                                Important Upcoming Dates!

• October 13–14 – Fall Break 🍂

• Wednesday, October 15 – Parent-Teacher Conferences (students do not attend school this day)

• October 16- Free Dress for any student who donated a coat for our 4H Coat Drive!

• October 17- AR Party Day!

• October 22- 50th Day of School

Cecil Picard 4H students collected over 320 coats to be donated for those in need . The 4H officers spent numerous hours collecting donations and preparing the coats. Thank you to all who donated! 

Mrs. Darbi’s third graders created vertical number lines. Each group was able to measure liquid volume to make a measuring bottle that contains 1 liter of water. Great job third graders! 

CPE had a surprise visitor for 4th grade This week! Mrs. Jennifer’s ELA classes participated in the Honor Flight letter writing program in September. Her students were randomly matched with a veteran flying to DC to visit the monuments dedicated to the veterans who bravely fought for our freedoms.

Mrs. Jennifer’s classes assigned veteran, Mr. Spaulding, sent thank you emails to the classes that wrote to him. He was so touched with their positive notes of love and appreciation. In fact, he was SO excited to receive the letters that he and his wife took a “slight” detour on their road trip from Wisconsin and came to CPE!!!!

When he walked in the room, Mrs. Jennifer’s students were literally amazed to see him!!!

He was received with rounds of applause, huge smiles and more words of support and admiration! Mr. Spaulding was so touched with their words of love and gratitude that he got emotional numerous times.

It was a pleasure to meet Mr. Spaulding in person and to see the result of our written words of support!

CPE's First PBIS Event was a huge success! A special thank you to all the parent volunteers who dedicated their time to ensure our students had a blast!

Mrs. Durbin's class earned another 20 chainlinks. As a reward, they voted on having a “read-in.”  Students were able to find a cozy corner and read with flashlights in the dark. Several students were able to earn AR points through this fun activity and engage in reading in a new way. 

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's First AR Party is Friday, October 17th!

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. 

Virtual Orientation

Please make sure you click the link below to view our virtual orientation for all of your FAQs!

CPE "Virtual Orientation" 

School Uniforms

CPE follows the VPSB dress code for students. 

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