CFF NEWSLETTER: Read-a-Thon Results

Dear Community Families –

I can’t believe we’re already a week into 2nd semester. I hope everyone had a healthy and fun winter break.

Before we really dive into 2023, I just wanted to thank everyone for your tremendous support of our Readathon fundraiser. Our minimum goal was to raise $50,000 but we ended the fundraiser having raised over $59,000! We received donations from 43 states and 5 countries - U.K., Belgium, Canada, Israel, and South Korea. Our community just keeps growing… amazing!

Since we met our fundraising goal, Thursday, January 26th will be NO HOMEWORK DAY. Whooo-hoooo!!!! After logging in over 175,000 reading minutes to support Readathon, our students deserve a night off!

Thank you again for your support, Community!

Sincerely,

Kate Harrington

CFF, President

The Readathon wouldn’t have been possible without the hard work and talents of some amazing parents and guardians. Special thanks to Lisa Goss and Jeff Puskar for heading up the Readathon and thank you to everyone who worked on the committee to make the fundraiser so fun and exciting for our students and families:

Colin Campbell

Taniya Goshert-Hossain

Shawna Poliquin

Danielle Lewis

Jen Rubinow

Kyeongeun Choi

Tracey Wise Finkelstein

Megan Stephan

Mandy Fabian

Kate Harrington

Delia Hauser

Yoko Takenaka

Kim Murtaugh

Jen Eldridge

Sponsors are crucial to the success of our fundraisers because their donations help ensure that nearly 100% of the money we raise goes to our school. Thank you to the following sponsors for your tremendous support of the Readathon:

We didn't get to recognize our Week 4 Readathon Winners due to Winter Break. Congratulations to the following students:

Top Earner: Ben Dennis, Cheetahs, Gabriella, Rm 18; and Luke Dennis, Pythons, Fanahi, Rm 6 (Tie)

Top Readers by Grade:

Kinder Top Reader: Cassidy Yi, Toucans, Maria Rm 7

First Grade Top Reader: Max Bounthavalang, Toucans, Sandra Rm 22

Second Grade Top Reader: Joshua Byu, Pythons, Rosie Rm 9

Third Grade Top Reader: Vihaan Palaka, Pythons, Paul Rm 20

Fourth Grade Top Reader: Eloise Ryden, Pythons, Brianna Rm 15 (Overall Top Reader)

Fifth Grade Top Reader: Samantha Poon, Cheetahs, Kirsten Rm 14

Big Congrats to our OVERALL TOP EARNER, LUKE DENNIS in Fanahi's Kinder class!!!

Look out for reminders and Zoom link will be provided closer to the date.

The Sweethearts Dance is a family dance party which will be held at CMCS on Friday, February 10th, from 5:00pm - 8:00pm. Get ready to dance, Community!

Are you following our social media pages? We're looking forward to being able to engage and share more with you through Facebook and Instagram!

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