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Dear Central Families,

This month our newsletter is filled with important information regarding online registration for the 2020-2021 school year. Please take some time to complete this for your child.

Another important reminder is that students do not have school on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. This is a day we have dedicated for professional development. In order to bring joy to learning and prepare students for the future, we are continuing our focus on Design Thinking, STEM Education and Computer Science. Teacher will spend time unpacking power standards for computer science and integrating Project Lead the Way in our Curriculum.

Finally, parents of third grade students, the children will take IREAD-3 beginning Tuesday, March 17th. This is an important standardized test. We plan to test in the morning for two days. Please make sure your children are well-rested, fed and here at school. We do have make-up days in place, so if your child is ill, it is okay if they miss. We want your child(ren) healthy here at school. Our students are very well prepared for this test. The third grade teachers have been working hard making sure the children feel relaxed and confident in their abilities.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding anything in the newsletter, please give me a call or stop in and see me.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Julie Thacker

• Car riders may begin entering the building at 8:30am. Students MUST be under the supervision of an adult until 8:30 a.m.
  
• March 4-No school
• March 9-Community Coffee at the Administration Office 6:00 p.m.
• March 12-School Board Meeting 7:00 p.m.
• March 16-PTO Meeting 7:00 in cafeteria
• March 17-Start of the IREAD-3 test
• March 19-Art Show 5:30-7:00 p.m.
• March 27-No School, Spring Break Begins

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BE IN THE KNOW!

Just like last year, all new and returning students are required to register online before being scheduled into classes for the 2020-2021 year.

To register a returning student, you will need to sign into your Parent PowerSchool Account. If you forget your username or password, please call the office. Please do not submit a "forgotten password on the website" as it may take a few days to get back to you.

Please use the 2020-2021 Returning Student Registration link

For new students, please use the 2020-2021 New Student Registration link

*PCSC is only accepting new transfer applications for KDG, 1st, 6th, and 9th grade students from March 1st to May 1st*

Please note, if you do not have access to the internet for registration, please come to our office since we have access to laptops and are happy to help you.

Feel free to call the office at 317.839.7707 with registration questions.

Kindergarten round-up will take place on April 8th from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Please bring your child to school because there will be things he/she can see and do. We will have photo opportunities, a school bus, lunch information, etc.

We are excited to meet you and your child!

• IREAD Window-March 16-April 4
• ILEARN Window-April 20- May 15

More specific scheduling details will follow from classroom teachers as we get closer to the tests.

We are a fortunate community. Many people donate school supplies to us. Therefore, if you are in need of additional crayons, markers, pencils, folders, etc, please contact Mrs. White, home school advisor, and she will take care of your children. dwhite@plainfield.k12.in.us or 317-839-7707

Hello!

Central Elementary, we are SO proud of you! We logged over 85,650 minutes of reading (that's over 1425 hours with books!) and raised over $6150 during this year's Readathon.

We are all winners when "reading is sweet"... but here are the classes and individuals recognized this year for their efforts:

Top Readathon Recognition receiving lunch with 2 friends and their teacher:

Isabella Tomasino and Jeremy Lubsen

Top Classroom Recognition receiving a visit from local community celebrities Officer Rob and Police Dog Jocko:

Mr Pickard, Mrs Pagels, Mrs Hackleman, Mrs Todd, Mrs M Johnson, Mrs Menser, Mrs Cragen

Classroom Recognition for high participation receiving SkyZone jump passes for every student in the class:

Mrs Pagels, Mrs Hackleman, Mrs Stevenson, Mrs Roach, Mrs Todd, Miss Carmichael, Mrs M Johnson, Mrs A Johnson, Mrs Menser, Mrs Telezyn, Mrs Cragen, Mrs McDonald

On March 9 at 6 pm, you're invited to join the Plainfield School Board and school administrators for casual, unscripted Q&A on the topics of your choosing. We hope you'll join us!

We enjoy seeing your children every day. Although we understand that there will be times when your child is sick and needs to stay home, there is a direct correlation between student attendance and success. Here are a few ways we can work together to make sure your children have very good school attendance and don't feel like they are missing out.

• Schedule all doctors' appointments outside of the school day if at all possible.
• It is very important to turn in medical notes (doctor, dentist, therapy, etc) to the nurse when returning to school.
• Share with your child how important it is to be at school.
• Make sure to communicate absences in advance, if possible, so the classroom teacher can ensure that your child still has opportunities to learn skills that he/she will miss when they are absent.
• Help to make sure that your child arrives at school on time each day. The doors open at 8:30 and students need to be seated in their classroom each morning by 8:50 or they are counted tardy.

Our teachers work hard to provide the best instruction and we want to make the most of each of our days together. We look forward to seeing you at school!

According to our handbook, children will be expected to go outdoors for recess when the temperature and wind chill is 20 degrees Fahrenheit and above. Students will not go out if it is raining or sleeting. Also, it states that if your child must stay indoors because of illness during recess time, we ask that you write a daily note requesting that your child stay inside. Repeated requests for indoor recess will prompt the nurse to require a written statement from the family doctor concerning the request.

Please only complete if you are new to Central or your child will now be a car rider second semester. You only need to complete this if you do not have a number for this year.

Providing a safe arrival and dismissal system is extremely important to all of the staff at Central Elementary. To achieve that, Central utilizes a number system when dismissing our car rider students.

In order to keep track of our students who leave school each day by car, we will formally register our car riders and assign each family a number. The number system will be part of a name card on the dashboard of your car. When you have someone new pick up your child, he/she will need to be on the list below or know your family number. We verify this before releasing your child. It is helpful if these are the same people listed as emergency contacts in PowerSchool, but we do understand if there are different people. Updated this Please!

Please complete the following to receive a CAR RIDER NUMBER for your family. You will need to complete a form for each child in your family.

Bus Riders-Here Comes the Bus app!- Available in three languages (English, Spanish and French), the Here Comes the Bus app can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play. You need the following two Pieces of Information to create an account:

The PCSC School Code is 82021

Your child's student ID number (you use it to log in to Power School or

update lunch balances; if you don't know it, our school secretary can

provide it for you.)

The following information is from our handbook:

If your child is to go home a way different than their normal arrangement, you must send in a note to the teacher with instructions as to how the child is to go home. We will not allow a child to go home a different way without a note. The bus driver also needs a note if the child does not normally ride their bus. Please make these arrangements before school or by 1:00 p.m. at the latest.

If you call requesting that your child become a car rider, you are required to come into the school office to sign out your child no earlier than 3:45 p.m. Your child will be waiting in the office lobby until you sign them out. Signing your child out prior to 3:45 does affect your child’s attendance, as it counts as a partial day present.

If you call requesting that your child ride a bus home instead of being a car rider, we will need to verify that we are speaking to the child’s parent/guardian by asking certain questions or through caller ID on our phone system. To make this smoother, please call from one of the phone numbers that you have registered with our school as contacts.

Finally, please note that e-mail notifications of changes for the end of the day ride home are not accepted. We are not able to ensure that the email will be read in time.

There are a couple of options for your child's lunch every day:

Students can pack a lunch.

Students may purchase a lunch. Please send a check or cash to school on the first day made out to PLAINFIELD SCHOOLS FOOD SERVICES. Please put this in an envelope with your child's name, teacher's name, and amount enclosed.

Prices for food services 2019-2020 school year:

• Breakfast $1.50
• Lunch $2.50
• Milk $0.50

EFunds for Schools OR https://sendmoneytoschool.com

Please visit www.plainfield.k12.in.us and click on "Food Services". On that page, you will find a link to the E-Funds for Schools secure payment server. When you get there, you can choose the payment method that is easiest for you.

THIS INSTITUTION IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

We love to see you come eat with your children! But PLEASE remember to bring exact cash or check with you to purchase lunch for yourself or another visitor. We only have a small amount of cash in the register and cannot make change. Lunch is $2.50 for students and $3.25 for adults and visitors.

Also, since we have no way of knowing who puts money on the account, you cannot use your child's lunch card balance towards the purchase of your own lunch.

We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.

Here is an active link to the registration form: https://forms.gle/DLtRCWfydq9sANcs7

This summer, Coach G Basketball Camps, LLC is hosting a Youth Basketball Camp at Hinkle Fieldhouse on Butler University Campus for youth 3rd-8th grade. The camp will be held on June 22nd-25th. Attached is a flier detailing the sign up information. Please feel free to attach this to your electronic outreach to your students/parents!

If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to reach out!!

Thanks

Coach Kurt Godlevske

Butler Women's Basketball Coach