Week of March 1, 2021

Good Afternoon CCGS Families,

The melting snow and sunshine have certainly brightened up the spirits of our students and staff this week! It is amazing what a little more sunshine can do. We had a great week at school and our students are learning more and growing more each and every day. This week we saw students practicing fluency through Reader's Theatre, writing about their future careers, battling it out in the Battle of the Books competition in third grade, doing math centers, and working hard on place value and regrouping. I also got to visit some remote classes this week where students were working on their writing and discussing the moral of a fairy tale.

March is National Women's History month and students will learn about one important woman from history each day over morning announcements.


Please upload any of your February photos to this album. Saturday will be the last day to add pictures as I will be making our February video this weekend. If you'd like to check out our January video please click here.



I hope you have a wonderful weekend with your family!

Mrs. Hamm
Do you know a future CCGS or Y115 kindergarten student? Please share this information with them if you do! We will be handling registration different in the past and each family will go to their home school. Circle Center's registration date is March 16th 4-7 p.m.
SEPTRAN IS NOW HIRING BUS DRIVERS! Become a professional driver with Septran and enjoy a rewarding part-time job while being a hero to the community. No experience is necessary; Septran provides all the tools and training needed to become a bus driver. Must be 21 years of age or older; benefits included. Apply online at: https://careers.nellc.com/ (Search: Bristol, IL and select 'School Bus Driver' to access the application). Questions can be directed to Tabbi Grosch at [email protected] or 630.553.0435, Ext. 6
Congratulations to this student for being our Shout Out Winner and for following the 4 Cornerstones. She will get a chance to lead our school in the pledge of allegiance next week.
Congratulations to this student for being our Shout Out Winner and for following the 4 Cornerstones. He will get a chance to give a special message to our students at the end of the day one day next week.
Ms. Schmidt's Golden Platter classroom picture. They were our winners from last week!
Congratulations to Ms. Holbrook's P.M. classroom for being the Golden Platter winner of the week! They were following our four Cornerstones and get to have the trophy in their classroom and a recess with Mrs. Anderson or I! We look forward to playing with them next week.


  • Please click HERE for the local library activities for March.

Possible Bus Delays: March 1-2
Yorkville CUSD 115 and its bus company, Septran, have worked diligently with county health officials to ensure that eligible bus drivers and transportation employees are able to receive the vaccine for COVID-19. These vaccinations will provide another measure of safety for the district’s school bus passengers.
More than 20 bus drivers are scheduled to receive their second vaccine shot on Sunday, February 28. Since the second shot has been known to produce flu-like symptoms, there is a possibility that it could result in a driver shortage and longer travel times, as drivers may be need to cover multiple routes. The normal protocol of sending notices to families of delays greater than 10 minutes will continue. Parents are encouraged to consider driving their child(ren) to school next week on Monday, March 1 and Tuesday, March 2 to avoid any potential delays.
Please email Director of Business Services Mike Vargas with any questions and/or concerns regarding this matter ([email protected]).

  • If your remote learner is walking or running at home towards our steps goal, please email [email protected] at the end of the week with the total miles walked. If you are walking as a family and your child comes to school you can send it on a note with your child.
Check out some of the pictures from this last week below!
Ms. Strait's Classroom Highlight of the Week

Hi Families,

This week in our classroom we were thankful for the warm weather so we could go outside everyday for recess and play in the snow. Everyone was very excited about our new brain break- Desk Drumming. We are using foam rollers to do guided movements to popular songs- this week was "We Will Rock You". We have been working on reading fairy tales and fables the last few weeks. This week we have focused on different fables and learning about all what makes a fable and what a moral is. All week students have been working in groups to practice putting on different Readers Theatre fables. This was a great activity to practice our oral reading fluency and they did great! We have been working hard on our figurative language skills and talking about how we can find similes, metaphors and onomatopoeia in poetry and other stories. In math we have started working on using different strategies such as mental math or number lines to solve triple digit subtraction.  In science we have just started exploring different states of matter and are preparing for some science experiments in the upcoming weeks.  
Thanks!
Mrs. Strait's Classroom
Look at all the fun learning activities taking place!
Future Important Dates


Monday, March 1: A Day:
  • Casmir Pulaski Day

Tuesday, March 2: B Day
  • Read Across America Day

Wednesday, March 3 : C Day

Thursday, March 4: D Day
  • On Point Speaker Series (See information above)

Friday, March 5: A Day

Save the Date:
March 11th: PTO meeting (special date) 7:00 p.m.
March 16th: 4 - 7 p.m. Kindergarten registration for incoming CCGS students
March 19th: Early dismissal at 2:25 pm
March 20th - March 28th: Spring Break
April 13th-April 26th: Spring Scholastic Virtual Book Fair

Current Active Fundraisers:

Spring forward with some fun pottery painting. Proceeds from the kits will be donated to CCGSPTO. A few of the items are pictured here, but there are several more to choose from. Click here to learn more and to order the egg and bunny kit. Last day to order is March 1st!

(Send a gift card straight to your student’s teacher!) School code is - 175460



Looking for a gift idea for a CCGS staff member? Click here for some ideas and ways to say thank you!



PTO Zoom meeting dates are the third Thursday of every month:
March 11th 7pm (This is a change of date.)
April 15th 7pm
May 20th 7pm
June (TBA)

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