News You Can Use: October 12, 2020
Parent-Teacher Conferences: Nov. 5-6
Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held on Thursday, November 5 (see student schedule below) and Friday, November 6 (no school for students) using the Zoom online video platform. 
Please sign up for a conference with your child’s teacher by clicking on this link. If you have Ms. Springborn, Ms. Sagen, Ms. Madden, Ms. Parkhill, Ms. Costa, Ms. Price, or Ms. Klaas they will be sending your link to you!



Mrs. Anderson has created a video showing you how to sign up:  

Conferencias Padres-Maestro: el 5 y el 6 de noviembre
Conferencias Padres-Maestro tendrán lugar el jueves, 5 de noviembre (vea el horario estudiantil abajo) y el viernes, 6 de noviembre (no hay clases para estudiantes) usando la plataforma de videoconferencia Zoom. 
Favor de registrarse para una conferencia con el maestro de su hijo/a por this link si aun no lo ha hecho.


La Sra. Anderson ha creado un video que le muestra cómo registrarse:



November 5 Schedule
Hybrid Students
Grades 1-6: There will be no on-site/on campus learning this day. Teachers will assign students activities to complete independently (and their corresponding due dates) using SeeSaw/Google Classroom. 


E-learning Students
Early Childhood-Kindergarten: non-student attendance day (no school).
Grades 1-6: Students will not follow their regular class schedule. Teachers will assign students activities to complete independently (and their corresponding due dates) using SeeSaw/Google Classroom. 


On-Site Students (full day)
Early Childhood-Kindergarten: non-student attendance day (no school).
Grades 1-6: Students will be dismissed early at 11:55 a.m.

Horario para 5 de noviembre
Estudiantes híbridos

Grados 1-6: No habrá clases en el sitio este día. Los maestros les asignarán actividades a los estudiantes para completar independientemente (y sus fechas límite correspondientes) usando SeeSaw/Google Classroom. 

Estudiantes E-learning (aprendizaje electrónico)
Primera Infancia-Kinder: no asistirán a la escuela (no hay clases).
Grados 1-6: Los estudiantes no seguirán su horario regular de clases. Los maestros les asignarán a los estudiantes actividades para completar independientemente (y sus fechas límite correspondientes) usando SeeSaw/Google Classroom. 

Estudiantes en el sitio (en persona)
Primera Infancia-Kinder: no asistirán a la escuela (no hay clases).
Grados 1-6: Los estudiantes saldrán temprano a las 11:55 a.m.

Dear CCGS Families,
Thank you so much for all of the food donations for our local pantry. It was so fun seeing everyone get into our spirit week both here at school and at home. I am so thrilled with the success we are seeing and the growth students are making! This week while visiting remote classrooms we got to tell some jokes with Mr. Andres's class at his morning meeting. We also visited a small math group in Ms. Costa's classroom, where they were working on strategies of breaking apart tens and ones to do mental math. In Ms. Page's classroom they were working on math strategies too and we danced along to a fact family song. Ms. Fenstra's classroom was learning how to use a multiplication table. In school we heard Ms. Kensel's classroom's Hopes and Dreams and they even got to spray us down with silly string for raising the most money for our YEF fundraiser. If you missed it on Facebook you can watch it here! In Ms. Litchfield's classroom they used problem solving and critical thinking skills to find the pattern for a cookie monster array project. I also enjoyed being an art teacher and reading a book to Ms. Lindner's class this week!


Thank you so much for sharing your pictures to our album. 
HERE is the link to our August and September Video. Please show it to your class even if you did not add photos this month. 
Please add any October pictures you take to this album. I use the photos you share in our monthly video and newsletters.

I hope you have a great weekend with your family!
Mrs. Hamm
Show Kindness is one of our 4 Cornerstones at CCGS and this week so much generosity and kindness was shown.
  1. We collected more than half a pumpkin size container of food!
  2. We got a gracious donation of over 30 chairs from Long Supply (Mr. and Mrs. Long) for our teachers to use when they go outside for teaching time or for lunch.
  3. Our students loved writing and giving thank you notes this week to others.
Thank you so much for all of your hard work as well!
This student was so excited to be our shout out school prize winner! He got a special pencil and will be our pledge leader all of next week. To watch the pledge from home each day please visit our Google website.
Congratulations to our Golden Platter Winner of the week! Ms. Prentice's classroom was chosen this week for following the 4 school cornerstones during recess and lunch.

Support Addy!
Many of our families know Mrs. Becker and her daughter Addy who is a third grade student here at CCGS. Addy is fighting Batten's Disease and the Yorkville community continues to support her family in raising awareness for this cause. We also have been helping Addy raise money for her service dog and his training. If you are interested in supporting Addy, please click on this link to see one of the newly designed shirts that are available for purchase.

  • Farnsworth Family Day happening on Saturday, October 17th from 10am-3pm. The link to more information and ticketing is: https://farnsworthhouse.org/farnsworth-family-day/. New this year is the addition of mini photo sessions for $150 by a professional photographer. It’s the perfect time to start thinking about holiday cards!
  • We practiced a shelter in place drill (tornado) this week. Students did a wonderful job!
Future Important Dates

Monday, October 12: Fall Break- No school

Tuesday, October 13: Institute Day- No school

Wednesday, October 14: A Day

Thursday, October 15: B Day
  • PTO Meeting 7:00 - 8:00 pm Click HERE to join us.

Friday, October 16: C Day

Save the Date
October 22: Picture retakes
October 23: End of 1st Quarter/Pie orders due
Thank you parents for the continued support throughout the school year! We will have many more opportunities for you and your family to support our school throughout the year and while we know you cannot possibly do every single one, we hope that a few of them will catch your eye, fulfill a need, or give your family an opportunity to attend a fun event!

*NEW* Fundraiser 
“Sponsor your child’s classroom” 
This is such a unique year but that doesn’t mean we can’t help our kiddos have an opportunity to celebrate the fun holidays throughout the year! For just $10 you can sponsor a fun craft activity the PTO has pre-purchased for each classroom Halloween, Winter Holiday, or Valentines Day party! Click here to fill out the form and submit your payment. You can choose to sponsor 1 or all 3 if you'd like! 

Current active fundraisers:
School Store 
(Send a gift card straight to your student’s teacher!) School code is - 175460

Pies/Cheesecakes/Cinnamon Rolls
Get those holiday goodies ordered now and support the school! Highest boy and girl sellers from each grade will win an adorable animal wrist hugger! Orders are due October 23rd and will be delivered to the school November 16th. Pick ups will follow social distancing guidelines. 

Speaking of the Holidays, let us help you get that visit with the jolly man himself safely and socially distant this year! December 4th and 5th 3pm-9pm! The child who sells the most presale tickets will ride in with the Bristol Kendall Fire Department to officially start the event and have the first visit with Santa! One winner for each night! Get your tickets here:

As always for more information please follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook and thank you for your continued support!



PTO Zoom meeting dates are the third Thursday of every month:
November 19th 7pm
December 17th 7pm (tentative) 
January 21st 7pm
February 18th 7pm
March 18th 7pm
April 15th 7pm
May 20th 7pm
June (TBA)
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