November 13, 2015

Volume 4 / Issue 12

IN THIS ISSUE:

- Note from Dr. Beekley
- Spirit Wear Orders
- Veterans Day Celebration - November Fitness Calendar
- Social Development Books
- Health Office News
- PTO News

Digital Backpack

Tuesday, November 17th
- Grade 2 (Cadley) LEARN Field Trip - Tangrams at Macdonough School

Thursday, November 19th
- Student Banking & Box Tops Due
- Town Meeting
(2:05 pm - Gymnasium)

Friday, November 20th
- Grade 5 Field Trip to Plimoth Plantation

Monday, November 23rd
- Chester Board of Education Meeting
(7:00 pm - CES Library)

Tuesday, November 24th
- Grade 1 Field Trip to Aaron Manor

November 25th-27th
- Thanksgiving Break

Tuesday, December 1st
- Grade 2 (McKenna) LEARN Field Trip - Tangrams at Macdonough School
- PTO Meeting
(7:00 pm - CES Library)

Tuesday, December 8th
- Winter Concert

Friday, December 11th
- PTO Holiday Craft Night

Thursday, December 17th
- Student Banking & Box Tops Due

Tuesday, December 22nd
- Snow Day Play

December 23rd-January 1st
- Holiday Break

Friday, January 8th
- Grade 2 LEARN Field Trip to New Britain Art Museum

Tuesday, January 12th
- PTO Meeting
(7:00 pm - CES Library)

Friday, January 15th
- Early Dismissal
(Professional Development for Staff)

Monday, January 18th
- Martin Luther King's Birthday (No School)

Thursday, January 21st
- Student Banking & Box Tops Due

Thursday, January 28th
- Chester Board of Education Meeting
(7:00 pm - CES Library)

Tuesday, February 9th
- PTO Meeting
(7:00 pm - CES Library)

Friday, February 12th
- Early Dismissal (Professional Development for Staff)

Monday, February 15th
- Presidents Day (No School)

Tuesday, February 16th
- Professional Development Day (No School for Students)

Wednesday, February 17th
- Possible Snow Make-up Day

Thursday, February 18th
- Possible Snow Make-up Day
- Student Banking & Box Tops Due

Friday, February 26th
- PTO Bingo & Basket Raffle Night

Tuesday, March 8th
- PTO Meeting
(7:00 pm - CES Library)

Thursday, March 17th
- Student Banking & Box Tops Due
- Grade 2 Field Trip to Charlotte's Web Play

Tuesday, March 22nd
- PTO Book Fair

Wednesday, March 23rd
- PTO Book Fair
- Early Dismissal (Parent/ Teacher Conferences)

Thursday, March 24th
- PTO Book Fair
- Early Dismissal (Parent/ Teacher Conferences)
- Chester Board of Education Meeting
(7:00 pm - CES Library)

Friday, March 25th
- Good Friday (No School)

Tuesday, March 29th
- S.T.E.A.M. Fair Open House

Wednesday, March 30th
- S.T.E.A.M. Fair Judging

Tuesday, April 12th
- PTO Meeting
(7:00 pm - CES Library)

Thursday, April 14th
- Student Banking & Box Tops Due

Friday, April 15th
- Early Dismissal (Professional Development for Staff)

April 18th-April 22nd
- Spring Recess

Monday, April 25th
- Possible Snow Make-up Day

Tuesday, April 26th
- Possible Snow Make-up Day

Friday, April 29th
- Arbor Day

Friday, April 30th
- State Invention Convention

Tuesday, May 3rd
- PTO Teachers' Appreciation Lunch

Wednesday, May 4th
- ACES Day
- Spring Arts Festival

Tuesday, May 10th
- PTO Meeting
(7:00 pm - CES Library)

Tuesday, May 17th
- Grade 3 Field Trip to Trash Museum

Thursday, May 19th
- Student Banking & Box Tops Due

Thursday, May 26th
- Chester Board of Education Meeting
(7:00 pm - Location TBD)

Friday, May 27th
- Early Dismissal (Professional Development for Staff)
- Memorial Day Program

Monday, May 30th
- Memorial Day (No School)
- Memorial Day Parade

Tuesday, May 31st
- Possible Snow Make-up Day
- PTO Spring Clothing Drive

Wednesday, June 1st- Friday, June 3rd
- PTO Spring Clothing Drive

Thursday, June 2nd
- Grade 6 Unity Day (JWMS)

Wednesday, June 8th
- Grade 4 Field Trip to State Capitol

Monday, June 13th
- Field Day

Tuesday, June 14th
- PTO Meeting
(7:00 pm - CES Library)

Wednesday, June 15th
- Early Dismissal (Last Day of School - depending on number of weather/ emergency days used)

A NOTE FROM DR. BEEKLEY

We celebrate American Education Week from November 16-20, 2015. The theme for 2015 is "Great Public Schools: A Basic Right and Our Responsibility." It is a time to recognize the educators and school staff who keep our children safe and healthy, as well as help them achieve. We must remember to honor the school bus drivers, cafeteria workers, paraeducators, substitute educators, school secretaries, custodians and other education support professionals who positively impact our school community. Education support professionals are oftentimes the first people that our schoolchildren encounter on a daily basis. They are the people who drive our children to school, help them cross the street, provide them a nutritious meal and keep their school building clean and safe. Education support professionals are the unsung heroes.

American Education Week is about appreciating and acknowledging the importance of education and all who do that work. A better tomorrow lies in the hands of today's children. Only through education, will our children be able to handle the challenges before them.

Joanne D. Beekley, Ed.D.
Principal

ANNOUNCEMENTS

SPIRIT WEAR ORDERS DUE NEXT WEEK

Spirit Wear orders are due next week. The proceeds from the sale are used to support the student activity fund. The student activity fund is used to support special school events and initiatives.

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CES CELEBRATES VETERANS DAY

We celebrated our veterans on November 11th with a school-wide program. As part of the program, we presented the veterans with green light bulbs in honor of the national Greenlight a Vet campaign. The Greenlight a Vet project asks you to light your porch green in support of veterans. Students also presented the veterans with letters written by some of the classes. The program was followed by a reception for the veterans and their family members who joined them for the program. We also enjoyed having veterans visit classrooms to share time with our students.

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NOVEMBER FITNESS CALENDAR

Here at Chester Elementary School, we encourage our students to be physically active both inside and outside of the school setting.

Our November Fitness Calendar offers you and your child simple ideas for how to integrate physical activities throughout a busy day. Check it out for ways to get your whole family moving!
Please click here for the November Fitness Calendar.

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SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT BOOKS AVAILABLE FROM CES LIBRARY

Our Social Development theme of the month for November is Charity. There are many excellent books in our library about charity and generosity. A few will be featured each week and any may be borrowed from the library to be shared with your family. Just email bmoshier@reg4.k12.ct.us to request the book and she will send it home with your child.

Beatrice's Goat by Page McBrier

A young girl's dream of attending school in her small Ugandan village is fulfilled after her family is given an income-producing goat. Based on a true story about the work of Project Heifer.

Boxes for Katje by Candace Fleming

After a young Dutch girl writes to her new American friend in thanks for the care package sent after World War II, she begins to receive increasingly larger boxes.

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HEALTH OFFICE NEWS

DRESSING FOR THE WEATHER

With temperatures varying each day, please make sure your child is dressed appropriately. Layers are suggested for this time of year as it is cold in the morning and much warmer in the afternoon. We will continue to go out for both morning and afternoon recess if the temperature is above 20 degrees and not raining. Thank you for your cooperation!

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PTO NEWS

REMINDER: NEXT THURSDAY IS STUDENT BANKING & BOX TOP COLLECTION DAY!

Just a friendly reminder that we are seeking any Box Tops and Labels for Education that you have! The CES PTO earns 10 cents per box top. Every Box Top Counts - Over the course of the year, the CES PTO earns a few hundred dollars from this very quick & easy collection. So, please trim your box tops and labels for education neatly around the edges, check the expiration dates, and send them in to school addressed: "CES PTO."

Also, any students with deposits to make to their accounts at

Essex Savings Bank can make their deposit this coming Thursday in the locked deposit box using the deposit envelopes.

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DID YOU REGISTER YOUR ADAMS REWARDS CARD?

When you register your Adams Rewards Card online, you can select the CES PTO to receive a donation from Adams based upon how much you shop. The more you shop at Adams, the more Adams provides to the CES PTO. It costs you nothing, except a few minutes to register your card.

To Register:
Log onto: http://adams.reachoffers.com/
Once you are logged on to your account, you'll see the header "Community Rewards" at the bottom left of your screen. Just below that header is a drop down menu. Please select Chester Elementary PTO from the drop down menu.
Click on the "Add Community" icon.
You are all set to start effortlessly earning for the CES PTO.

If you have any questions, please contact Ron Toth at ronaldtoth@ymail.com

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Chester Elementary School

"It Takes a World of Differences to Make a Difference in this World"
23 Ridge Road / Chester, CT 06412 / 860-526-5797
www.ces.reg4.k12.ct.us