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!!!!!!!!!