Joplin Relief, CWP Update, Parent survey, dump truck

Hello Parents,

The end of the year is coming fast! I have to say that I have truly loved working with your children this year!!

Just a reminder that next Tuesday and Wednesday will be half days. Students will be dismissed at approximately 11:45.

We are going to have a "hat or pajama" day tomorrow in an effort to raise money for the victims in Joplin. If the students will bring in a dollar they can wear a hat or their pajamas.

We also have a “climate survey” attached to the parent portal within SIS. If you would please take the time to fill it out we would greatly appreciate it. Just log in as if you were looking at your student’s grades and you should see a link there.

We are looking for someone that may have a small dump truck that would be able to help us haul some dirt into our Outdoor Classroom. We have the dirt, but we were hoping to make it a little easier to get it where we need it. Just contact the office if you have any ideas. Thank you!

News from Central Wildcat Pride Meeting May 24th -
The Central Wildcat Pride met on May 24th here at Central.
Things that were discussed:
Open House dates- Aug. 18th from 5 to 6:30 pm fork K and 1st grade - 6:30 to 8pm for 2nd and 3rd grade. (ice cream or cookies?)

Room Parents- Teachers will be in charge of getting and working with their room parents.

Fundraisers- Choices, dates and spending
The CWP held one major fundraise last year using Signature Fundraising Source. We are going to try something new. CWP is going to hold a “Walk-A-Thon.” Details will be added at a later date. The administration will still hold their “Clubs Choice” fundraiser in February and we will request “carnival prizes” from this company to give away at the festival.

This money helps pay for, classroom activities, technology and family activities.

LAST YEAR- these are the activities that were held 1st semester and who the contact were for the activity. Those people will be asked if they would like to “head” it up again, but we are ALWAYS LOOKING FOR HELP.

Movie Night - Traci Canby

Fall Festival - Donnie Schuttenberg and Krista Stranghoener

Angel Tree - Michelle Prewitt and Lisa Braun

Holiday Boutique - Kasey Straatmann, Valerie Howland, and Amanda Bequette

2nd semester activities for this year were-
February – Mother / Son Dance from 6:30 to 7:30 pm.
(Sons can bring mom, step-mom, grandma, aunt or whoever is that special person)

February - Father / Daughter Dance from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. (Daughters can also bring that someone special in their life)

We are looking for help to coordinate and work both of these evening events. Please email Aaron Jones if you are interested in helping or coordinating one or both of these evenings.
jonesa@union.k12.mo.us

Aaron Jones
Principal, Central Elementary
jonesa@union.k12.mo.us

Volunteers for Upcoming Dances

Parents and staff,

Just an update of the upcoming dances here at Central.

I have attached a list of "jobs" for the events. If you signed up to help and left your name off; let me know or just show up and we can find an area for your help.

pdf with both lists - please scroll all the way down

I am concerned with all of this snow we have had, and the idea that they are predicting more to come, that the YMCA program might not have time to make decorations for us. So, if you happen to be out and see something that you would like to pick-up for us, that would be great.

Aaron Jones
Principal, Central Elementary
jonesa@union.k12.mo.us

Meeting to Plan Valentine Dances

Parents,

We have scheduled a meeting for January 18th at 6:30 in Central's cafeteria to discuss the February 10th and 11th - Mother Son- Father Daughter dances. If you would like to help we would love to have you at the meeting. If you can't make it but would still like to help please let me know.

Aaron Jones
Principal, Central Elementary
jonesa@union.k12.mo.us

CWP Meeting this Tuesday

We have a meeting scheduled for Tuesday evening, the 7th, at 6pm in the cafeteria. Items that need to be covered are:

Final Touches on Holiday Boutique

Plans for family activities for 2nd semester

Other ideas?

Aaron Jones
Principal, Central Elementary

October meeting agenda

Meeting is Tuesday, October 5th at 6:00 pm in the cafeteria.

Just a couple things we need to cover…

Update on the amount of money made from the fundraiser

Help during pick-up on Oct 19th

Fall Festival update

Fall parties dates - Nov. 23 in the afternoon

Angel tree dates-
*This came from Michelle Prewitt-
I wanted to give you an update on the Giving Tree (Angel Tree) that Lisa Braun and I do every year. Both Lisa and I have daughters that dance on Tuesday evenings that conflict with CWP meetings. As of right now I have already made contact with Social Services and they are getting the ball rolling. Since we are doing the Giving Tree (Angel Tree) at Central and Clark Vitt we wanted to run some dates by you. We were looking at November 16 and November 17 for the students to choose their angels and then December 1 and December 2 for the students to return their gifts. These dates are around the dates we chose last year and they seemed to work well.
Thank you Michelle!

See you there!
Aaron Jones
Principal, Central Elementary

Request for Help!

Central is looking for some help!

Do you like to go to garage sales? Do you have things in your basement that the students can play with one the playground?

We are looking for balls and any of the Little Tykes plastic outdoor equipment for the kids to use.
All items will be checked for safety before they will be put to use.

Our CWP has playground equipment as one of the things we are going to purchase this year, but that will not happen until after the fundraiser, which will not be finalized until October or November.

PLEASE, FOR THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE THAT IS WALKING AROUND THE PARKING LOTS, REFRAIN FROM USING YOU CELL PHONES WILL DRIVING ON CAMPUS!

Aaron Jones
Principal, Central Elementary

MAP snacks

CWP will be assembling snack bags for the students taking the MAP test. If you would like to help, it will be right before the next CWP meeting:

Tuesday, April 6th
5:00 to 6:00 pm
Central Elementary Cafeteria

If you have any questions, please call Traci Canby at 314.915.0074 or email at canby@sbcglobal.net.

Spring Egg Hunt Rescheduled

The Spring Egg Hunt has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 31st, during school hours. The students will hunt for eggs at each lunch recess.

PARENTS NEEDED! We need help placing eggs on Wednesday morning, from 9 am to 10:30 am. Any help given would be appreciated.

Spring Egg Hunt helpers needed

The Spring Egg Hunt is next week already - yikes! Brandy needs more parents to help with stuffing the eggs and then hiding them before the event. CWP events are only successful with parent involvement, so we encourage you to contact Brandy immediately to help out with this event. Here is her information:

Brandy McKenzie
314-480-0648
billyvmom@yahoo.com

She needs help at these times:

Stuff and Prepare the Eggs
Friday, March 26th
in the evening, time to be determined
at Central Elementary School

Hide the Eggs and Set Up
Saturday, March 27th
10 am
Central Elementary School

This is another super fun event for the Central Elementary students and family. We hope to see you there!

The Anticipation has Only Just Begun

Tomorrow school officially begins for our students! Whether the anticipation has them ecstatic, nervous, or frightened, the teachers and staff at Central Elementary are ready to embrace each student at the door and welcome each one into the Central family.

Throughout the year, keep an eye on the CWP blog for posts from not only the CWP on upcoming activities, but posts from Principal Stephens, Vice-Principal Assarah, and Secretary Nickie Voss with important information. If you haven't already, sign up for posts by email. Just enter your email address at the left and press "subscribe."

We're quite excited about all of the activities we have planned this year, including a Movie Night, Fall Festival, Trivia Night with Teacher Auction, and more. If you are interested in helping us out, please sign up here and then join the planning forum. We need help from many, many parents to make these activities something the students will talk about for months and months.

The CWP and Central Elementary are looking forward to seeing you at school and all of the fun activities this school year!