from the principal: becky dupree newsletters/febletter.pdf · the scholastic book fair was a huge...
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As you are aware, at the December 9th Board of Education meeting,
the Board of Education approved the closure of Charles Carroll Elementary
School and boundaries were adjusted. As a result, your child will attend a
different Elementary School in August of 2016. Careful thought, prepara-
tion and planning is going into every detail of your child’s transition to
their new school. Great care has been taken to develop a transition plan to
insure success for all of our students. Details regarding those opportunities
will be advertised as time gets closer.
Our staff continues to focus our energy toward assuring our students
continue benefitting from exceptional instruction and positive social experi-
ences every day at Charles Carroll. The positive culture established at
Charles Carroll Elementary School and in the CCE community is invalua-
ble during this time of change.
With the conclusion of the most recent blizzard, Mrs. Laffer and I
would like to thank our outstanding custodial staff for their hard work. We
greatly appreciate their dedication.
Becky DuPree, Principal
CCE Mission State-ment
"Our CCE learning community maxim-izes students' learn-ing potential, em-powering them to thrive as productive citizens."
From the Principal: Becky DuPree
FEBRUARY 2016
Charles Carroll Elementary
3719 Littlestown Pike
Westminster, MD 21158
410-751-3211
Fax: 410-751-3934
CCPS Internet Address:
http://www.carrollk12.org
Attendance:
Becky DuPree
Principal
Melanie Laffer Assistant Principal
School Colors:
Green and Khaki
School Mascot:
Chipmunk
Outdoor Recess Students will have outdoor recess when the temperature is
above 32 degrees (with wind chill considered); therefore,
please make sure they are prepared to be outside and enjoy
this time.
Emergency Early Dismissals
When the weather is “iffy….”
Please use radio stations, TV, the internet and/or Connect 5 messages to be in-
formed of a possible early school closing. You may want to consider asking an-
other parent to contact you if he/she hears an early dismissal announcement.
Public announcements are often made prior to the school receiving notification
and school phone lines need to be kept open for urgent and emergency calls.
Individual schools cannot call parents to inform them of an early dismissal.
3rd Grade: Wednesday AM, Thursday PM
4th grade: Tuesday PM, Thursday AM
Feb. 3—Report Cards Distributed
Feb 4—Parent/Teachers conferences by invite
Feb 11—Parent/Teacher conferences by invite -
Snow date
Feb. 15—Schools Closed/Presidents’ Day
Feb. 17—PTA Meeting 6:30-8 Media Center
Feb. 27—PTA Breakfast with Chippy at St. Mary’s
Church 8:00am –12:00pm
March 1—Interims distributed
March 5 - Breakfast w/Chippy Snow date
March 8—Early Dismissal
March 13—Daylight savings time
March 15, 16—Grade 5 MSA Science
March 24-29—Spring Break Schools and Offices
closed.
March 30—Schools/Offices re-open
Early Dismissal Days 1:15 pm Dismissal
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and services for communication should contact the Office of Community and Media Relations at 410-751-3020 or [email protected], or write to Carroll County Public Schools, 125
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Gregory J. Bricca
Director of Research and Accountability
125 North Court Street
Westminster, Maryland 21157
410.751.3068
March 8, 2016 System-wide April 12, 2016 System-wide June 15, 2016 System-wide
The
Scholastic
Book Fair
Was a HUGE
Success!
Thank you to all of our CCE families for helping to make the
Scholastic Book Fair a success! Profits earned from the fair
will be used to buy books for all the students at Charles Carroll
so that we can support their love of reading! A special thank
you to the PTA who helped fund a book purchase for every stu-
dent in the school!
Battle of the Books is fast approaching. All are invited to help
cheer on our 4th and 5th grade teams on May 6th, 6:30 pm, at
Elmer Wolfe Elementary School. Come cheer us on as we try
to defend our trophy and have a wonderful time celebrating
some terrific books!
A reminder to please check on bookshelves at home, under
beds, in closets, etc. for any Media Center overdue
books! Overdue or lost book notices will be going home within
the next few weeks.
Thanks and Happy Reading!
Megan Towns, Media Specialist
Health News Health News:
Kindergarten and 1st grade students participated in a safety program provided by
AAA of Maryland on November 18th. The students shared safety tips about
seatbelts, wearing helmets and crossing the street. The information was shared
by a police officer and a car that talked to them.
Our Halloween candy collection was a huge success again this year. Students
participated in lessons about overindulging in sugary treats this time of the year
during health classes. Students were then encouraged to donate some of their
candy and other toiletries to our military service personnel. Last year we collect-
ed about 135 pounds and we wanted to top that this year. A big thank you to the
PTA for sending off this donation.
PROJECT ACES had its best year ever at Charles Carroll! 73% of our students
returned their journals this year and more importantly 98% of those students
completed the challenge of 60 minutes or more of physical activity for the two
weeks of the challenge. As a result we tied for the first place school in Carroll
County and awarded $400 for our efforts! Congratulations to all of our students
and staff that participated in the challenge. A big thank you goes out to our PTA
for increasing the awards for participants!
Mrs. Perna
