Greetings Chaffee Families,
I hope your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Our students have 14.5 school days left this semester, and we need to make the most of these days. Students should be at school each day unless excluded for sickness. Excessive absenteeism has a negative impact on a student’s academic, social, and mental health growth. If your child is absent, please call, email, or send an excuse note for the absence. Students should arrive to school by 8am daily. Repeated tardiness has a negative impact on learning as our teachers begin teaching promptly at 8am. Being tardy also prevents students from eating breakfast as breakfast ends at 8am. We want all of our students at school ready to learn each day so that they have the best possible education that they can have. We love them and miss them when they are not with us! Please reach out if you have questions about attendance or tardiness.
Our Penguin Patch Holiday Shop is open this week, and we still need a few volunteers (parents, guardians, grandparents, etc.) to help students shop. Please volunteer here. You will love shopping with our students!
We are asking that each student donate $1 as part of our Holiday Collection. This money will be used to present our custodians, cafeteria nutrition workers, and other support staff with a gift from the school this holiday season.
Yearbooks are on sale now for $30! The price will go up on December 20. Please see the flyers below for more information. Order online.
Our December PBIS Celebration is December 12, and we need volunteers.
Our annual holiday program is Monday, December 8, at 6pm. All students in grades K-5 are welcome to participate, but attendance is not required. Parents must provide transportation to and from Trinity United Methodist Church and remain at the location for the performance. Students should dress as instructed for their grade level and should arrive by 5:30pm. Doors open at 5:15pm. I can’t wait to see your family there!
**Grade Level Characters—What to Wear:
Kindergarten and 1st Grade Girls will be Holiday Mice or wear gray.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade Boys will be Tin Soldiers or wear red.
2nd and 3rd Graders will be Snow People or wear white.
4th and 5th Graders will be Reindeer in the show wear brown.
If your child has a speaking part, then you should have the needed costume link.
Reach out to Mr. Forsythe with any questions
This week begins our 15 Festive Days of December! We can’t wait to see how our students make these fun themed days come to life!
Soar Eagles,
April Clark
Principal