It was a fantastic week celebrating reading at CES and Read Across America! Our students dove into books, logging nearly 65,000 minutes—over 1,080 hours—of reading at home this week!
A special thank you to our board member, Mrs. Allison Pickering, for sharing her favorite children’s book, The Paper Bag Princess, with multiple classes. Throughout CES, students enthusiastically recommended books and shared their love of reading.
Today’s readers are tomorrow’s leaders—keep turning those pages!
Which classes had the most minutes and will get to silly string the principal? Stay tuned to find out!
A big congratulations to our amazing students who earned positive phone calls home today! These students have shown hard work, great improvement, and outstanding character, making our school a better place every day. It’s always fun to call home with good news, and we love celebrating our students’ successes! Keep up the fantastic effort—your dedication and kindness do not go unnoticed!
🚨❄️ Attention R-II families: There will be no school on Wednesday, March 5th, due to blizzard-like conditions in the area. Stay safe and warm! We'll keep you updated on any further announcements. 🌨️ #StaySafe
CES Snapshots
Shoutout to our CES Goal Getters! From 100% on spelling tests to rocking fractions, mastering counting to 100, and conquering snap words—our students are crushing their goals! Keep up the hard work!
CES is celebrating Read Across America Week, and reading is happening everywhere! A special thank you to Mrs. Jaime Pittman, Chillicothe School Board Member, for sharing her favorite book, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, in numerous classrooms. We love seeing our students excited about books!
March is Music in Our Schools Month, and we’re celebrating the incredible talent of our students! During lunch shifts, numerous students have shared (and will continue to share) their musical gifts with us. From singing to instrumental performances, their passion for music is shining bright!
All aboard the ABC Wagon! These awesome kindergarteners have learned their letters and sounds and earned a special ride to celebrate! Keep up the great work!
Mrs. Howe's class read the Mercy Watson book series by Kate Dicamillo (six books). To celebrate, they read, "A Piglet Named Mercy", and learned how she became a part of the Watson family. They had a birthday party for her. They described character traits of Mercy, learned about the author, and wrote letters to her, shared their favorite book in the series and why, played a matching game on the Mercy Watson website, and had her favorite treat-toast with a great deal of butter on it (students loved getting to butter their own toast) and lemonade! What a fun day of learning and celebrating reading!
It is Read Across America Week at CES!
Check out our daily themes! Which book will win the March Madness bracket?
February Musicians of the Month
“Let Your Kind Shine”
Kindness is everywhere at CES! The three recipients of this week's awards were nominated by a teacher or staff member for showing exceptional kindness. They received a sunshine bag and the opportunity to sit in the yellow sunshine chair over the next week to promote kindness throughout CES!
Archer Peterson (Mrs. Hansen’s Kindergarten Class)
Archer is always ready to lend a hand. He is kind to others and fills buckets of others around him.
Jake Romesburg (Miss Myers 2nd Grade)
Jake is a great friend to everyone in and outside of our classroom. He is quick to help out when needed. Jake also shows responsibility and is a hard working student. Thank you, Jake for doing your best even when you may not want to!
Avery Mosley (Mrs. Beck’s 4th Grade)
Avery is such a sweet girl. Although she is super quiet, she is willing to help anyone. She loves her siblings and is a big help to them as well. She is the "mother hen" of her family.
Glow Art
2nd grade - Stamping stars for their spaceship background
3rd grade - Cows Jumping Over the Moon
4th grade - Astronauts
February Artists of the Month
There's always more room in the ABC Wagon! Let's keep rolling with our alphabet and letter sounds kindergartners!
Goal Getters for this week!
This week's overall Hornet High Five winners!!!
February's Hard Working Hornets in Health & PE!
Mrs. Bonderer’s first graders enjoyed a fort day as a reward for earning compliments from other teachers. After building forts with blankets, they crawled inside to read books and complete other school work throughout the day.
📚 CES is ready to celebrate Read Across America Week! 🎉
Our love for reading shines bright as we welcome guest authors and share amazing books. We can't wait to celebrate the joy of reading together! 📖✨
