Crosby Newsletter
January, 26, 2024
Principal's Message
Welcome Back! We are so excited to have students back in the building. I want to thank everyone for being understanding for our snow/cold weather days. Our students’ safety getting to and from school in safe conditions has been our priority in making our decisions.
If you have a child who will enter kindergarten next school year, please come to our Kindergarten Registration and Carnival Event on February 1st at Crosby. We would love to meet our future scholars!
I would also like to thank all of our parents for helping make students’ attendance a priority. We have seen an increase in students’ attendance rates from last year to this year. School attendance is an important factor to help students learn the skills they need to succeed. We appreciate your continued partnership in making school attendance a priority.
📅Upcoming Events
Thursday, February 1st- @ 5:00- Kindergarten Registration and Carnival
Wednesday, February 9th- Friday, February 11th- Mobile Dentist
Tuesday, February 13th- PTO Meeting at 6pm
Wednesday, February 14th- Early dismissal for staff professional development
Thursday, February 15th- Parent/Teacher conferences 12pm-8pm No school for students
Friday, February 16th- No School
Monday, February 19th- No School Presidents’ Day
❄️Winter Weather
Please make sure your child is coming to school with winter weather clothing. Students need: a coat, snow pants, boots, gloves/mittens, and a hat to play in the snow. Please contact us if you need any assistance getting these items.
📧💬Parent Communication Survey📲
Please consider filing out this anonymous survey so we can reflect on and improve our current communication practices.
Parent/Teacher Conferences
February parent teacher conferences are on an as needed basis, teachers will be reaching out to invite some families. We will be sending the link to sign up for conferences the first week in February. If you would like a conference you are more than welcome to reach out to your child’s teacher to schedule one if you would like to.
AVID Future Focused
Students will be engaged with Learning Logs in January and February. Learning Logs are an informal written record that can be used at the beginning, middle, and/or end of a unit of study. The purpose of Learning Logs is to document progress of a student’s learning. They can be used as a tool for problem solving and can help identify gaps in learning. Learning Logs increase individual awareness of learning and can be useful in setting goals.
🥞🍳Breakfast at School
A quick reminder that our school serves breakfast until 8:45 AM each day. If your child arrives after this time, they may miss breakfast. Please ensure they arrive on time to enjoy a nutritious start to their day. If they need to arrive after 8:45 please make sure they have breakfast before arriving at school.
We wanted to remind you that on late start days resulting from inclement weather, breakfast will not be served at school.
❤️Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
Interactive Home Calendars
The next interactive calendar will be in February. (We did not have one for January)
Focus for this Month
The focus for the rest of January and February will be problem solving/setting goals.
Week of 1/22/24: Students will be learning the first two steps when trying to solve a problem.
S- "Say the Problem" - Without Blame
T- "Think of Solutions" - That are safe and Respectful
Week of 1/29/24: Students will be learning the last two steps when trying to solve a problem.
E- “Explore the Consequences” - Using If-Then statements. Think about what could happen if you make a certain choice.
P- “Pick the best Solution” -
Week of 2/5/24: Including others and using the Fair Ways to play are good ways to make friends.
Fair Ways to Play are: sharing, trading and taking turns
Week of 2/12/24: How to problem solve when someone might call you names.