Collegeville Elementary School

October is Dyslexia Awareness Month. #LearntheFacts Dyslexia has nothing to do with vision OR intelligence. It is a language-processing disorder and is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and poor spelling and decoding abilities. It can affect reading, writing, spelling, and speaking. For more information on Bryant’s Dyslexia intervention services, visit bryantschools.org/page/dyslexia.

The Bryant School District will present the Annual Report to the Public during the regular monthly board meeting on Thursday, October 15 at 6pm. The meeting will be held in the Bryant High School Multi-Purpose Room (Building 10). The report, presented in video format, provides an overview of the progress made during the 2019-20 school year and includes district policies, programs and goals. This agenda item will provide the opportunity for parents and other members of the community to ask questions and make suggestions concerning school policies, programs and goals. Parents and other members of the community are invited to attend. Social distancing will be practiced; masks required.

With free meals for all students through the end of the school year, why complete a free and reduced lunch application? Families who qualify receive extra benefits! Submit your application by THURSDAY, OCT 15. Apply at bit.ly/MealAccounts.

ALL students will be dismissed early on Thursday, October 22. Elementary schools will hold virtual Parent-Teacher Conferences from 2:00-7:30pm. Conferences will be scheduled using Zoom or phone calls. Teachers will contact parents to set up a conference time.

Happy Sunday from your Collegeville Principal, Mrs. Edwards! It’s been another beautiful weekend with a gorgeous forecast ahead! Remember that onsite school pictures are TOMORROW, Monday, October 12th. ALL students will have their pictures taken, even if you are not ordering. These pictures are the ones used for the yearbook. Parents may order online at mylifetouch.com using the code EVTJZBPP4. Also starting tomorrow is our VIRTUAL BOOK FAIR! Just in time to prepare for our upcoming Character Book Parade, our Virtual Book Fair opens tomorrow and runs until October 25th. Mrs. Bodden has sent flyers home with the following information: All purchases benefit our school and connect kids with new books, favorite characters, complete series, and more. You’ll love the NEW option to shop for Book Fair exclusives directly from the interactive booklist and enjoy these special online shopping features: · Over 6,000 items, including new releases, best sellers, and value packs · All orders ship direct to home · FREE shipping on book-only orders over $25* · All purchases support our school and earn 25% in rewards Visit our Book Fair Homepage and click “Shop Now” to get started: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/collegevilleelementaryschool1 Thank you in advance for supporting our school, even during a time when we can’t have an onsite Book Fair! We are also excited to tell you that we WILL be having our annual Book Character Parade on Friday, October 30th. Information has also been posted on Facebook and sent home. If the weather permits, we have a plan to parade outside so we can socially distance. If not, we will be parading virtually. Our kids love this educational opportunity and we look forward to promoting a love for reading! Rules: Costumes MUST be a book character No scary costumes Students will “be” their book character all day, so carefully choose something “wearable” all day. Costumes should be homemade. If possible, use items found around the house. You do NOT have to buy or make an elaborate costume. Students MUST have a book to carry during the parade that includes their character. In accordance with Arkansas State Law, public schools are only allowed two school “parties” per year. Our district has established those parties for Christmas and Valentine’s Day only. Therefore, CES will NOT be having Halloween Parties. However, teachers may contact you about how they will provide snacks for our “Fall Treat Day” on Oct. 3o. Be planning ahead for Early Dismissal on Thursday, October 22 and elementary Parent Teacher Conferences from 2:00-7:30 that day. School will dismiss at 1:50, and students must be picked up by 2:20. Conferences will be via Zoom or phone conference. Report cards will be sent home on Wednesday, Oct. 21 to prepare for your conference along with NWEA student reports. Teachers will be reaching out at the end of this week to begin scheduling your preferred Virtual Conference time. Friday, Oct. 23rd is a scheduled Remote Learning Day. Students will not attend school on that day but will have assignments to complete remotely. Teachers will send out an available Zoom time that afternoon to answer questions or provide assistance with assignments. Teachers will be attending required professional development for the remaining portion of that day. October 23rd is also picture day for VIRTUAL students at the Bryant High School Auditorium. As we begin another week, I can’t emphasize enough how much your support means to us. I am so proud for how you’ve helped us to do “all the things” to keep our students safe. We continue to emphasize wearing masks, staying socially distanced, and washing our hands. I am thankful for every day we get to remain onsite. Both our virtual teachers and our blended teachers are working hard to ensure your child gets the very best education possible. With so much “extra” added to their plates, we are especially grateful for the support and encouragement you are providing. We simply couldn’t do it without you and hope you know how much we love your babies and work to make sure CES is a safe and happy place to learn. Have a lovely week!

Want a flexible job that fits your child's school schedule? Consider becoming a substitute!

Check out the fabulous services provided by our Bryant Hornet Health Clinic! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJbFzrOcMUg

On #ChildHealthDay, check out the services offered by our Hornet Health Clinic. Medical, dental and eye care is available for any student in the district. Children learn best with they are healthy, feel well, and can see the world of opportunity surrounding them. https://youtu.be/qJbFzrOcMUg

Welcome to October! From your CES Principal, Mrs. Edwards….I am enjoying this gorgeous day on my back porch as I send this message. It looks like it is going to be a lovely week ahead! Our announcements are short and sweet this week. You’ll want to be watching for Picture Day flyers! Onsite pictures will be Monday, October 12th. Virtual Pictures will be Friday, October 23rd at the Bryant High School Auditorium. You can order online using the codes sent home with your child's flyer. You will want to start planning for parent teacher conferences on October 22 from 2-7:30 pm. School will dismiss early that day and all conferences will be via Zoom or phone conference. Friday, October 23 will be a remote learning day for all students. Students will be provided their assignment and will complete them remotely. No students will attend classes that day. I want to thank Melissa Ruby, Cassie Franklin, and Nikki Smith for donations to make our front entrance festive and inviting! I appreciate these ladies so much for helping me make a welcoming display. We are looking forward to the day when we can once again welcome our parents and guests inside our school. I also want to thank our Flu Clinic Volunteers/Nursing Staff who helped make our flu clinic a success. I appreciate Nurse Tamara for all the work she did on the front end to make our clinic run smoothly! Last, a message to our 3-5 Virtual Parents: Don’t forget NWEA testing this week! Per the letter sent out last week, Virtual Grade 3 will test on Tuesday, Virtual Grade 4 on Wednesday, and Virtual Grade 5 on Thursday. Testing will be in our gym but you will not come into the front entrance. You will enter campus from Hwy. 5 onto the bus loop (where it says “do not enter” LOL) and drive past the building to the back parking lot. There will be a tent sent up outside the gym where you will sign in your child for testing. Registration is from 8:05-8:20. No one will be available before 8:00 am as we all have morning duty, so there is no need to come earlier than 8:00. Thank you for making sure we get these diagnostic tests completed for your Virtual Students. Thanks for another week of support and encouragement as we work hard to educate your children. They mean the world to us and we take our role very seriously. Enjoy your week!

Parents, please submit your free and reduced meal application by this Thursday, October 1. Apply at bit.ly/MealApplication2020.

Grades 3-5 Virtual Parents: Please see the linked letter regarding NWEA testing for your students. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-f-RphDk2Mf4hP1S8oUtJ2uiws2XAvu5wMKUh95DmpE/edit?usp=sharing Spanish Letter- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mb8uAs6jumijQFRh6ZwOGF16VrzDa30_lT5nz88nY_U/edit?usp=sharing

Welcome everyone, from your CES Principal, Mrs. Edwards! I hope you have enjoyed the beautiful fall weather this weekend! I made a trip to visit my mom and decorated my house for fall. It’s such a lovely time of year and always makes me think happy thoughts. First, thank you to all our K-2 Virtual parents for the MAP testing we completed this week. For our 3-5 parents, please be watching for information for your turn to be sent out this week. Virtual 3-5 testing will be Oct. 6, 7, 8th. Virtual Learning has had its challenges and I am so proud of the efforts you are making to overcome those challenges and do your very best to learn and get an education! On Tuesday this week, September 29th, all Bryant schools will be dismissing early for secondary parent teacher conferences. Collegeville’s dismissal time is 1:50 and car riders must be picked up by 2:20 pm. Buses will run their regular routes with adjusted drop off times. Please make any necessary arrangements. Last call for Flu Clinic Paperwork! All Flu forms were due last Friday, but must be turned in tomorrow if you wish for your child to get a flu shot at CES on Friday, October 2nd. Contact Nurse Tamara if you have any questions. Our Colors Week continues this week to help Kindergarten learn their colors! We’ve had so much fun participating schoolwide! This week’s schedule is: Monday-Purple Tuesday-Brown Wednesday-Black Thursday-Pink Friday-White Thank you for always supporting, always encouraging, and entrusting us to love and educate your babies! We are so thankful for all you do to help us be better! We are continuing to strive for safety by wearing our masks, washing hands, and keeping socially distant. We want to do all we can to put your mind at ease that your children are both safe and happy at school! I am always available to answer any questions you may have. Have a great week!

Drop by Otter Creek Assembly (9415 Stagecoach Road, Little Rock) this Saturday from 2-4 PM to receive a FREE Food Box filled with fresh produce, meat, and dairy! Food boxes are provided by the USDA Farmers to Families Food Box Program. Boxes will feed families for up to 6 days. Drive up, pop the trunk, and volunteers will load the food.

REMINDER: ALL students will be dismissed early on Tuesday, September 29. Bryant High School, Bryant Junior High, Bryant Middle, and Bethel Middle will hold virtual Parent-Teacher Conferences from 2:00-7:30pm using Zoom. Teachers will contact parents to set up a conference time.

The holidays will be here before we know it! 🎁🎄The Salvation Army is taking online applications for Angel Tree Assistance. Visit SAAngelTree.org.

Sept. 21 Announcements Hello from Mrs. Edwards, principal at CES! We've had another successful week and are looking forward to more great things going on at Collegeville! To keep you in the loop, we have the following announcements: 1. Progress Reports will be sent home on Thursday this week, Sept. 24th. This first Progress Report will mostly share your child's beginning of the year assessment levels. Since our Mission includes that we will "Love, Learn, and GROW" together, teachers conference with every student about how they can "grow" academically by improving skills and making progress towards grade-level goals. Please make sure you SIGN AND RETURN your child's progress report on Friday. 2. Another component of our Mission is that we grow TOGETHER. Starting Monday, Kindergarten will begin their colors unit. Each day of this unit, we will wear the color they are learning about. We want our WHOLE SCHOOL to participate in Color Days to support their learning. Below is a list of the colors we will wear each day. Color Week One (September 20-24): Monday—wear something red Tuesday—wear something yellow Wednesday—wear something blue Thursday—wear something green Friday—wear something orange 3. Yearbooks--We have extra Yearbooks from last year’s 2019-20 school year. If you would like to purchase one, please send $20 in an envelope to your child’s teacher. On the envelope, you must write “YEARBOOK” along with your child’s NAME, GRADE, and TEACHER. We will send it home with your child on a first-come, first-serve basis. 4. Please start planning for EARLY DISMISSAL on Tuesday NEXT WEEK (Sept. 29th). All schools will dismiss early for secondary parent conferences . We will begin sending notes and reminders home this week. CES will dismiss at 1:50 with all students needing to be picked up by 2:20 pm. Buses will run their regular routes with adjusted drop off times. Thank you for all you do to support your child's education at school. I hope you are utilizing Facebook, and your teacher's communication app such as DoJo or SeeSaw, to stay informed of all things CES. If you have not downloaded the Bryant Schools app, it is yet another way to communicate with you. We strive every day to make sure our students feel SAFE and HAPPY and LOVED at school! I am always here if you have any questions. Have a great week!

Secondary (Grades 6-12) Parent Teacher Conferences will be held Tuesday, September 29. All students will be dismissed early (2pm) on this day.

We depend on technology in almost every aspect of {school} life. Our Technology Team keeps our schools and departments connected. They manage over 11,500 Chromebooks and 2,000 iPads; staff computers & presentation devices; network equipment & Infrastructure; security cameras and access controls. Impressive for a team of 16! Over the summer, this rockstar team built clips to join plexiglass sheets together to increase safety for students. Always creating and innovating, today we celebrate our Technology Team. #ITProDay 

TO K-2 VIRTUAL PARENTS: Please use this link to access an important letter about Virtual Testing next week for grades K-2. (For 3-5 parents, you will be receiving information next week.) https://docs.google.com/document/d/13NSySQ8vA4VbC_Ucb4Dg1gUEN-lN4d4JITABNpUBR_I/edit?usp=sharing As always, let us know if you have any questions!

Hello from Mrs. Edwards, your Principal at Collegeville! Let me start with a THANK YOU for all the well-wishes for my Mom as I spent the week helping her with post-surgery care. She is doing well and improving every day. I certainly missed being at school and look forward to seeing my students in person tomorrow! I don't know if you saw the weekly Covid Contact Report posted by the district, but I am so proud of everyone at CES. We have had such a great start to the year especially considering pandemic. Though I know it is very possible that Covid WILL affect us at some point, my main priority continues to keep our students safe and AT school. Therefore, I also want this email to encourage you to continue your diligence. We are off to a great first few weeks and we will get through this crisis. I want to send these reminders so we don’t become complacent: 1. Make sure your students are wearing masks appropriately. 2. Make sure we are practicing hand washing and hand sanitizing. 3. Make sure students maximize distancing between others in our building. 4. Make sure students bring a full water bottle every day. NWEA testing will continue this week for grades 3-5. As we mentioned last week, these assessments are diagnostic and help us know how to differentiate instruction for each student. We encourage students to do their best and the rest will give us all the information we need to help each student succeed! On another note: With the new state grant that allows all students in Arkansas to have free breakfast and lunch, we are working to accommodate the extra students at breakfast and still maintain social distancing. I always tell students, “Your brain won’t work if your tummy is growling” so we are excited to provide breakfast for anyone who needs it. With that said, we need your help. School BEGINS at 7:50. We start dismissing students from the cafeteria at 7:45 am so they have time to get to class without being late. If you are planning for your child to eat breakfast at school, he or she MUST arrive prior to 7:40 to have time to eat before class. Looking forward to a GREAT week as we soldier on and continue to make our school the VERY BEST place to work and for our students to learn!