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Welcome toThe Charlotte Ave.
SchoolParent Information Night
Danielle LangoPrincipal
TOGETHER AT CAS WE MAKE THE DIFFERENCE!!
September: Diligence October: Loyalty
November: Hospitality December:
Sensitivity
January: Enthusiasm February: Flexibility
March: Discernment April: Cautiousness
May: Boldness June: Humility
T I T L E 1PA R E N T I N V O LV E M E N T P O L I C Y
Coordination of technical assistance and support
necessary to assist participating schools in planning
and implementing effective parent involvement
activities to improve student academic achievement
and school performance. Parent activity examples: PTA activities, parentvolunteers, access to Parent Resource Centers, Student Support Teams, Academic Intervention Services, School-Parent Compact -CORE
PTSA
Please welcome Sara Marvin- Vice-President
Cabinet: Michelle Phillips - Treasurer
Jen Jackson - Secretary
Next meeting:
Wednesday, September 17th at 2:45
* School Volunteer Training
CAS Cafeteria
THANK YOU!!!!!!
The National PTA has named Charlotte Avenue
School as a School of Excellence. • CAS is 1 of 6 schools in NYS who has been awarded
this prestigious award.• Based on School to community communication and
positive relationships. • Our students are Making the Difference and are
feeling empowered to make smart choices for their community, on their own, and in our district
TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
Thank you CAS parents for your tremendous
support last school year. Through various
fundraising events and activities, we were able to
purchase 20 iPads for our school!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
-Bottle/Can Drive
-Parents’ Night Out
Friday, Oct. 17
Friday, Dec. 5
-Yankee Candle Holiday Sale
More information to follow in the upcoming weeks.
SUMMER READING!!!!
This was the first time we ever had this type of
challenge. CAS rocked!!!• Over 44,000 minutes were read by our CAS
students.
• Parents, thank you or your support. Without you encouraging your children this would not have been possible. Please continue to have your children read at home. We will have a new incentive beginning soon.
The goal of the Dignity for All Students Act
is to provide ALL New York State public school
students witha safe and supportive environment
free from discrimination, intimidation, taunting,
harassment, and bullying on school property and/or at a school
function.
Dignity Act Reporting BasicsMaterial incidents of discrimination and/or harassment include, but not are not limited to, threats, intimidation or abuse based on a person’s actual or perceived race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice, disability, sexual orientation, gender, or sex.
There is a DASA form for parents to fill out if they need to report an incident. This can be found on our district web page under DASA.
Our new school counselor is Andrea Czerwinski. Please contact her anytime you have a question or a concern.
CCLS- WHAT IS THIS?
We are in our 3rd year of The Common Core State
Standards
We have seen the following changes in ELA :
An increase in reading more non-fiction than fiction
Learning about the world by reading
Reading more challenging material
Conversations are more focused on reading and writing using "evidence"
An increase on learning more vocabulary words
*Check out the web-site www.engageny.org
CCLS CONTINUED
We have seen the following changes in Math :
Building skills across grade levels
Learning more in depth about less concepts
A focus on math facts- Math Olympics held in April
Thinking faster to solve problems- must learn their
facts
Use math in the real world
ACADEMIC INTERVENTION SERVICES
AIS
Academic Intervention Services, AIS, is an instructional
asset to learning.
It is a specialized, targeted approach to meeting student
needs before they become hurtles.
If your child is recognized as a student who would benefit
from this program you will be notified by letter.
AIS is mandatory. Students are only intended to be in this
program until they have accomplished their learning goal.
SAFETY REMINDERS:If you are driving your child to school pull into the parking
lot and drop off your child by the cafeteria doors.
No stopping or parking on Charlotte Ave. by the school.
15 MPH on Charlotte Ave and Mark Dr. by the school
Must have Government ID to enter the school and obtain a
visitor’s pass
School volunteers must fill out a form to work in the school.
The form is available on the district web-site under the
community tab as well as in our office. Please fill it out and
send it into the office.
HEALTH REMINDERS:
You should not send your child to school if he/she
has:• Fever, vomiting, diarrhea in the past 24 hours• Strep throat (must be on antibiotics for at least 24
hours before returning• Bad cold with a very runny nose or bad cough,
especially if it has kept your child awake at night • Head lice (nit free)• Pink eye• Undiagnosed rash
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
Our school opening was fantastic!!!• Your patience and willingness to help us reach our goal of
maintaining a safe environment for our students, staff and each other has been amazing.
• We have received many compliments on the noticeable changes to the calm arrival and departure of students.
• By this time last year we had already had 1 car accident in our parking lot, as the year continued we had a second car accident as well as 2 scary incidents of students almost being hit by a car.
• This year we are looking for zero incidents!!!!!!!!!