Country Meadows Principal's Message - Friday, October 11, 2024

Posted October 11, 2024

Dear Country Meadows Families,

Thank you to all for joining us for Family Educator Conferences over the past two days! We hope that these conferences were beneficial in updating you on your child’s progress as we continue to progress through trimester one. We are very thankful for your partnership in your child’s education!

On Monday, we hosted a Dual Language Parent Night. Thank you to those who attended. It's always so nice to see all the families at any event!

Please see important information on upcoming dates including Halloween festivities below. There are also new items within this week’s blog post for you to review related to a Parent Network opportunity.

As a reminder there is no school on Monday and school will resume on Tuesday, October 15th.

Have a great weekend!

Aska Lempke

Principal

Upcoming Dates

October 14 - No School - District Holiday
October 16 - Picture Re-Take at CM
October 22 - Early Release Day
October 31 - Halloween Parade and Parties

2024-25 School Year Calendar & Hours

CM Virtual Backpack

NEW *Parent Network*

PARENTS, please join us! On October 24th, Educator/Author/Speaker Michael Brandwein will be speaking at 7pm at Twin Groves Middle School. In partnership with D102 & D103, Brandwein will present, "Talking it Out: How to Have Great Communication with Your Kids to Build Positive Relationships, Model How to Express Feelings, and Facilitate Problem-Solving". Please join us for a nationally acclaimed, highly entertaining, practical presentation that is packed with specific things to do and say to improve family communication and teach your children (of all ages) essential skills for life. We look forward to seeing you there!

NEW Student-Family Directory now live

The KCSD96 Student-Family Directory is now LIVE. To access it, please visit: https://kcsd96.membershiptoolkit.com/home As you may remember, parents opted-in to be a part of the directory during the student registration process. Please note, the Directory is provided solely for the convenience of families to contact one another for the purpose of promoting individual connections among families. It is not to be used for solicitation nor for commercial use of any kind. Additionally, contact information should never be used or distributed with ill intent or to harm.

NEW Physicals and Immunizations due 10/15

IMPORTANT: All physicals and immunization forms are due this upcoming Tuesday to the front office/school nurse. More information can be found at https://www.kcsd96.org/student-services/student-health If you have any questions, please reach out to the school nurse.

REPEAT *Halloween Festivities on Thursday, October 31*

On October 31st, all students will have the opportunity to participate in a parade outdoors at 1:45 pm (dependent upon the weather) as well as the classroom party. Please see the image below for families wishing to view the parade outside.

Please see some reminders below:

The parade may be viewed by families outdoors. If it rains, it will be indoors for students and staff only.
The Halloween party in the classroom is only for volunteers already identified via the PTO. At this point, you know if you are a Halloween party volunteer (if so, please no extra siblings)!

Thank you for your help with this and we look forward to the creativity from our students this day!

Once students have walked around the school, they will come back inside the building for their class party. Only Halloween party volunteers will be allowed in the building after the parade. If you are a parent volunteer for the Halloween party, you must enter through the front door and sign in as usual. If you have questions about being a party volunteer, please reach out to our PTO. As a reminder, there is no outside food allowed at Halloween parties.

If the weather does not cooperate and we are unable to have the Halloween parade outside, we will email parents before 1:00pm notifying you that the outdoor parade has been canceled.

REPEAT *IMPORTANT NOTES FOR PTO PARTY VOLUNTEERS*

Parents attending the parties may not bring additional family members, other children, etc. We need everyone to abide by this and will have to ask you to leave if you come with other attendees.

Every PTO volunteer approved to come into our school MUST have their license or ID scanned through our security system to enter. If you have never volunteered at Country Meadows then you must come in to scan your ID or license ahead of the party. You have to bring this with you or you will not be able to enter. There is typically a very long line to enter at this first party, so please anticipate this. The more people who come and complete this early, the shorter the line will be on October 31st, 2021.

Raffle Winners - Lunch with Mrs. Lempke and Mrs. Fix
Our 3rd grader raffle winners enjoyed lunch with Mrs. Lempke and Mrs. Fix