Cordelia Hills Elementary

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The final week has arrived. We plan on finishing strong. Activities for the week are outlined below. Thank you kindly for the never ending support and care for our school, our staff, and most importantly OUR scholars!  Have a great day, week, and summer! Monday : Field Day this morning hosted by Mr. Bondy and 5th graders. Regular schedule day. Tuesday : Third grade field trip. Regular schedule day. Wednesday : Honor Roll and Attendance Recognition at 8:45 in the MPR. Parents are welcome to attend but please allow classes to sit first so we can keep our students together.  Egg Drop extravaganza hosted by Ms. Wilcox at approximately 10:45. Wednesday schedule Thursday : 5th grade end of year picnic (all day). Friday : 5th Grade Farewell at 10:30. The Farewell starts in the MPR and moves to the quad. Please note that the MPR has limited capacity and we are asking that families bring no more than two family members. 5th grade families will have an opportunity to t

Two more weeks to go. Two very important weeks. Often, our teachers and students get worn and tired heading into these last two weeks. I contend these two weeks are just as important as those first two weeks. The students take a cue from the attitude of adults. Thanks for your positive support in getting our scholars to school everyday and to making this end of the year exciting, meaningful, and rewarding.  Not too many NEW updates. Just a few reminders as we close out the year. Dates/Events June 4 : Field Day, Wear Your Favorite Sports Gear Day June 6 : Honor Roll/Attendance Recognition @ 8:45 in the amphitheater.  5th grade Farewell Practice afterwards.  June 8:  Last Day of School, Minimum Day (release at 11:50 for grades 1-5),  5th grade farewell  ( info here ) Parent Requests Many of you have asked if you can request a teacher for your child. The short answer is no. We work hard as a staff to ensure our classes are balanced in academics, behavio

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Thank you to the many volunteers who helped in making The Coyote Howl a success. Seeing smiling faces and kids enjoying the evening is always the best and your hard work, determination, time, and donations made it happen Friday night! Go Coyotes! Parent Requests Many of you have asked if you can request a teacher for your child. The short answer is no. We work hard as a staff to ensure our classes are balanced in academics, behaviors, gender, diversity and size. Thank you for trusting us with your child. MAP Testing District benchmark MAP testing has begun in grades 1-5. The end of year assessments take place in both ELA and math and will be reported on the end of year report card. Thank you for your support in making sure your child is at school everyday! Dates/Events May 25, May 28 : NO SCHOOL June 4 : Field Day June 6 : Honor Roll/Attendance Recognition @ 8:45 in the amphitheater.  5th grade Farewell Practice

Coyote Howl The Coyote Howl is coming up this Friday evening from 5-8 in the MPR. Games, basket auction, train rides, face paining, DJ, snacks, and balloon animals. Join us for some fun and time with family and friends. If you are interested in volunteering, please see this following link:  Howl Volunteer Link Chromebook 1:1  As I mentioned in previous posts, CH will be 1:1 with Chromebook devices next year. Students will have three options for Chromebooks: 1. Use personal devices at school.  2. Use school devices at school only (signed out to student but kept in the classroom).  3. Use school devices at school and home (signed out to student and brought to and from school each day, all year).  Each option will require parent signature on device paperwork. We are tentatively scheduled to hold two informational/check-out days on August 14th and 15th. More information on time and exact details will come out soon.  CAASPP continues the rest of this week f

Our 5th graders are preparing for the 5th Grade Farewell. The 2018 Farewell will take place on Friday, June 8th starting at 10:30 a.m. in the MPR. A few things to note: Timing : The event will start at 10:30 and will last approximately one hour (until 11:50). Students will be dismissed at the end of the event as the day is a minimum day.  Event:  The event will start in the MPR and will then transition to the quad. Parents are welcome to come into the MPR starting at 9:50. After the MPR portion of the event, guests will be asked to move to the quad stairs. Guests : We are asking the families limit guests to no more than 2 guests per student . With 120 seated students and limited space in the MPR, we simply won't have enough room for many more people. Please remember, this is a farewell celebration and it is not a promotion/graduation and students will not receive a certificate and names will not be called individually. Dress Code : Some parents have asked about what to wear

Attendance Matters Thank you for a great attendance week last week. We topped 97% two times and 98% one time over the five days last week. Great job and let's keep it up as the year winds down! Bike to School Day, 2 Volunteers Needed! A reminder that Bike to School Day is this Wednesday, May 9th. We need two volunteers to hand out prizes at the bike rack to students coming in on bikes, scooters, or skateboards. Please encourage your students to bike if they can and remind them to wear a helmet!. If you are interested in volunteering, please email me as soon as possible. Thanks for your support! Reminders : 5th Grade Slideshow : We are preparing a 5th grade slideshow for the end of the year farewell.  The slideshow will include photos of our fifth graders engaged in school activities or local community activities over the last 6 years at Cordelia Hills. We are looking photos that have two or more of our students in them. If you have photos to share, please ema

NOTIFICATION of SCHEDULED WORK in Cordelia The City of Fairfield is going to be working on many of the surface streets in the wider Cordelia area. Based on the specific notices and visits we've received from the city, we expect the work to be disruptive to traffic flow around the school site over the course of the next several weeks. We will do our best to facilitate traffic flow and to make sure parents have access to the site during those important drop off and pick up times but based on the experience of other schools, it is very likely that some days will be especially difficult with traffic flow. Thanks for your patience! 5th Grade Slideshow : We are preparing a 5th grade slideshow for the end of the year farewell.  The slideshow will include photos of our fifth graders engaged in school activities or local community activities over the last 6 years at Cordelia Hills. We are looking photos that have two or more of our students in them. If you have photos to share, p

CAASPP Testing has arrived and our students are already shining! 3rd grade is underway this week. The test will continue over the next few weeks for all students in grades 3-5. Thanks for your support and encouragement! Upcoming Paving in CHE/GVMS areas :The City of Fairfield has alerted us to an upcoming paving project that will impact the areas around CHE and GVMS over the next several months. The informational letter they sent us (and hopefully to you) is here . While we hope that the paving doesn't happen during drop off and pick-up, based on the recent experiences of other schools, I suspect we will have some work during those busy times.  TAP Programs : Cordelia Hills is proud to welcome four new classes to our campus for next school year. Transitional Academic Program, or TAP, is coming to our campus from Nelda Mundy. The program serves students with disabilities across several grade spans. We are so excited to have these students here as Coyotes and look forwa

Happy Monday everyone! Fun weather this morning!  Some updates and news for the week is below.  Have a great day and week! Shout Out   to the PTA and to all of the volunteers for setting up and running our Book Fair last week. The work of our volunteers can never be thanked enough. The work often goes unnoticed but every event has a little squad of hard working people who make it all work for our kids. Thank you, thank you, thank you! CAASPP Testing : It is nearly here. One more week and third grade will be underway. We are looking forward to seeing the fruits of our labor and we believe every kid is going to do well and surpass the personal goals they've set! I don't want to get ahead of ourselves but I am thinking a bravo! is in order for all of the success we have coming our way. Please remember that being on time, fed, and well-rested are important factors to success. Thanks for your support! Collaboration 2018-2019 : Teacher "Collaboration" wil

CAASPP Testing : CAASPP testing season is nearly here. Cordelia Hills will start the week of April 23. WE really need all 3rd-5th graders here for testing. Please avoid planning appointments and days off during this period. Students completing making the test up have shown that they typically don't perform as well on the assessment. We are so going to rock this assessment and can't wait to show the world the awesome work we've been doing! Book Fair : The book fair is coming up and we need help in making this event happen. The Buy One, Get One Book Fair is this Thursday, April 12 from 2:30-8:00 in the MPR. Come check it out and if you have even a tiny bit of time to help, check out this link:  http://www.signupgenius.com/ go/20f0f4ea8a82ba75-2018   Reminder about 5th grade End of Year :  Fairfield-Suisun Elementary does not hold promotion/graduation ceremonies for 5th grade students. Nevertheless, we feel it is important to recognize this important transition for ou

Welcome Back Coyotes! We are excited to be back in session and headed for the final stretch of the school year! It is going to be a busy couple of months and we appreciate the support you provide us everyday and for sharing your wonderful scholars with us! A few updates and notes for the upcoming weeks: 1. English Language Advisory--REMINDER : The CHE ELAC is meeting Thursday, April 5th at 2:50 in the library. All ELAC families are welcome! Refreshments available and children are welcome to attend.  2. Reminder about 5th grade End of Year : Fairfield-Suisun Elementary does not hold promotion/graduation ceremonies for 5th grade students. Nevertheless, we feel it is important to recognize this important transition for our students. We will host an event the final day of school (June 8th) to celebrate the transition and to wish them a farewell. Look for more information! 3. Digital  Citizenship : We are seeing a dramatic uptick in the number of students struggling to me

Hello everyone! 5 more days before Spring Break! Please remember to make sure you are here and on-time. Next week is Spring Spirit Week with 5 dress-up days (see below). We can't wait to see you next week.  PTA Needs a Secretary for Next Year Hello Cordelia Hills members, w e need your help! We must have the SECRETARY role fulfilled for the 2018/2019 PTA school year or we won't have a PTA Board which equals to NO EVENTS for the entire school year! It is a required role for the PTA to continue. The secretary role is a note taker for the General and Executive meetings along with some other small duties. If you are interested, please email our current PTA President, Katrina Berry at kberryPTA@gmail.com . Talent Show The talent show try outs are due next Thursday, March 22nd. The information can be found here or on our website fsusd.org/cordeliahills Spring Spirit Week: Monday, 3/19 : Dress-Up Like Your Favorite Teacher/Staff Member Day