Winter Concert Warmed Hearts, Brightened Nights

Upcoming Events: Dec. 20 -School Board Mtg, 6 PM

Students were shining bright and singing beautifully at our holiday concert last Thursday, Dec. 14. Throughout the evening performances, every song exemplified the theme of ‘being a light to the world.’ The K-6 concert had many wonderful moments of which students can feel quite proud. Mrs. Lakeman’s 7th grade homeroom enjoyed their drumming music lessons so much that they wanted to share their experience with families. This concert was also the debut for our new Grades 5 & 6 Chorus and Middle School Chorus, both of which demonstrated cohesiveness and focus. Thank you to our students for their performances and congratulations to Mrs. Paine for orchestrating her first concert at CCS.

Dec. 22 -Early Release, 12:40 PM Dec. 25 - Jan 1 - No School, Holiday vacation Dec. 28 - Red Cross Blood Drive, 11-4 PM Students from Grades 3 and 4 performed beautifully together prior to the new Grade 5 & 6 Chorus taking the stage.

Family Holiday Spirit at Santa’s Breakfast Jan 2 -School Resumes Jan 3 - Winter benchmark testing begins at CCS Jan 3 -PTO Mtg,, 7 PM

Go Rams!

Dec. 18, 2017

Over two hundred parents, children and family members enjoyed a festive morning visiting and getting into the holiday mood at our recent Santa’s Breakfast. Thank you to our PTO for making this annual event happen for our students and to CCS staff and teachers for assisting from the kitchen to the craft table. Special thanks to Mrs. Paine for her piano accompaniment. This was a wonderful family & community event.

Red Cross Blood Drive at CCS On Thursday, December 28, the American Red Cross will be set up at CCS in order to collect the best gift for those who need it. Please consider coming to school this day and donate between 11 am and 4 pm. All who participate in this drive will also receive a long sleeved t-shirt. Save a life donate.

Attendance at Home Basketball Games

Thank You Chichester Grange Members of the Chichester Grange recently visited third grade students at CCS and provided them with an early holiday gift of personal dictionaries. Students were able to immediately explore their dictionaries and learned about the variety of tools and information provided in their version of the dictionary. We are very grateful to the Chichester Grange for their continued support of our students and CCS.

Kindergarten and Grade 1 Registration for 2018-2019 School Year The Chichester Central School will be opening registration after the winter break in order to better plan for the opening of school in the fall. The age requirements for entry is age 5 (kindergarten) and age 6 (grade 1) by September 30, 2018. If you will have a kindergarten or 1st grade child (not currently attending CCS Kindergarten) ready to start school in the fall of 2018, please register your child after the holiday break. Thank you for your help.

7th graders drumming at the Holiday Concert

Our CCS teams appreciate having fans cheer them on during their home games. All students attending games after school must have a responsible parent/adult supervising them. Cheering for our teams shows great school spirit. Guests need to stay in the gym area and should not be wandering into classrooms and around school. Thank you for your help and….Let’s Go Rams!

Winter Recess Rules Reminders When the air temperature, including wind chill, is above 15℉, students will be sent outside for winter recess. All students should dress prepared to go outside during the winter; recess is an important part of the day for exercise and fresh air. The following are excerpts from our recess guidelines on pages 35-37 of our student handbook regarding winter recess.

1) No child in Grades K-4 will be allowed in the deep snow or to slide, unless they have snow pants or a change of pants, and boots or waterproof footwear. 2) All winter snow boots are to be Both CCS 7 & 8 Boys and Girls teams won their removed during the day; therefore season opening games vs. Pittsfield children need to bring a pair of shoes to wear during school. Gift Cards Available They are required to wear Although it is too late to order something besides socks on their gift cards for Christmas, we can feet because of safety reasons, still place orders after the holidays. health reasons and in case of fire Ordering gift cards from CCS is drill. the same as buying them at a 3) When the weather is suitable retailer but buying through the the children are expected to go school earns CCS a percent from outside during recess time. They each card sold. Any orders placed need the exercise and fresh air. Monday will be received by Friday. Please send them to school with Please visit this link: outside clothing. Any child too ill to http://bit.ly/Giftcard2017 or our go outside should be kept home in blog or you may call the office at order to prevent illness from 798-5651 for more information. spreading. 4) Sliding is allowed only on Friend & Follow CCS plastic roll up sleds or discs Chichester Central School is on provided by the school. Sliding will social media to share all the be down the hill below the swings. learning we are doing and to keep 5) No throwing of snow. families up-to-date with events 6) No pushing off snow banks. and information. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram. Facebook: Chichester Central School Twitter: @ChichesterRams Instagram: ChichesterRams