Eccles Summer Update

Hello Eccles Families,

We hope you are enjoying your Summer and we can't wait to see you all at Eccles soon! While our building is still under construction, our office staff is back to work from Ackerman and available via phone or email if you have any questions. We also encourage you to get familiar with the resources available on our Eccles website—including the Eccles school & district calendars, registration, contact info, nutrition services, volunteer application, bus routes and much more.

Thursday, August 31: Meet & Greet (all grades, 4:00-5:30pm)

Monday, September 4: Labor Day (holiday)

Tuesday, September 5: First Day of School (grades 1st-6th)

- Expect more details about Kindergarten back-to-school in a separate newsletter being sent in the coming weeks.

Stay up-to-date with the Eccles calendar via our website or the Canby School District calendar page.

Great news! More improvements are coming to our school this summer, many of which will provide additional safety for our students and staff. Some of the most significant work will not be the most noticeable. For example, we are receiving upgrades to the fire alarm system, new HVAC units for every classroom, paging and clocks, security cameras, security system, and access control for the front entrance to the school. Classrooms will see new technology including a mounted projector system, voice amplification, and more. Perhaps more noticeable will be the painting of the exterior of the building! Continued thanks to the voters who passed the 2020 construction bond for making this work possible!

We will hopefully get to start moving back into the office sometime in the middle of August, and teachers will be working hard to get their classrooms set back up at the end of the month. We are excited to see the changes!

For the 2023-2024 school year, we ask families to partner with us to ensure we have school supplies for students in the Canby School District. This is an adjustment from the previous few school years. Attached, you’ll find a list of supplies by grade level, which is the same for all Canby elementary schools. We encourage families to prioritize a full-sized backpack, water bottle, and earbuds for your student. If you need assistance purchasing supplies, please contact the school.

In addition, the Canby Center will hold a community event for families to receive school supplies this summer — register now as the deadline is this Friday, August 4th!