CFED Black History Month Presentation on Feb. 24, 2016

CFED presents ......

CFED invites you to celebrate Black History Month on Wednesday, February 24th at 7PM in the Canton High School Distance Learning Lab. 

Come hear our keynote speaker discuss "Combating Xenophobia: The Affects of Cultural and Racial Stereotypes in the Media."  

The Canton High School Chamber Singers and a spoken word artist will also be performing.

See you there!

Math Workshop for Parents/Guardians

“Strategies Behind the Mathematics... How to Help Kids with Homework”

On Monday, February 1, we will be sponsoring an informational session:  Strategies Behind the Mathematics for PARENTS of students in grades 1-5 from the Luce, JFK, and Hansen. This will take place from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Hansen Elementary School.

·       Grade 1 and 2 parents are invited from 6:00-7:00 pm

·       Grades 3, 4, and 5 parents are invited from 7:00-8:00 pm

The focus of this workshop, offered by Susan Brass, Kerri Falzone, and Maryanna Biedermann, our math specialists, will continue discussions on how to best help children with their understandings, as well as homework, as they move through the next topics in math. At this workshop we will work to build understanding around the common language and strategies involved in more complex addition and subtraction concepts for grades 1 and 2, and around the common language and strategies involved in exploring fractions and geometry for grades 3-5. Childcare will be provided from 5:45 to 8:15 pm.    

We hope to see many of you on Monday, February 1st at the Hansen!

Mark these dates on your calendars!

Mark these dates on your calendars!

There are two VERY IMPORTANT events coming up in the not too distant future, and I wanted you to make note on your calendars.

On Friday, March 11th, the CAPE SPELLING BEE will begin at 6:00 p.m.in the Canton High School Auditorium.  If you have never attended the Spelling Bee, it is an incredibly fun event for families.  I will continue to remind you of this date as it comes nearer.

The second date to put on your calendars is Wednesday, March 16th, from 4- 8:00 p.m. for our 2016 STEAM Expo.  When we last ran this EXPO, we had more than 1200 people attend.  This year, so that you can stay as long as you'd like, we will also have dinner available in the CHS cafeteria.  Come and visit all the booths and experience the activities planned around our theme SUSTAINABILITY!

We hope to see you at both events!

Balanced for our Winter Break

Balance in our Lives for Winter Break

As we look forward to the holiday season and winter break that is fast approaching, we are reminded of the importance of “balance” in our children’s lives and our own lives.  While we continue to strive for high expectations and academic excellence for all, we must also try to maintain necessary time for appropriate nutrition, sleep, exercise, relaxing and socializing with friends and family and simply having fun….balance! With that in mind, we will be moving into the winter vacation (December 23^rd – January 4^th) with an agreement by all in our district that no long term projects, lengthy reports or lengthy reading assignments will be given.  Instead, we would like to encourage all of our students and families to read just for pleasure’s sake, spend time with friends and family, get some rest and have fun!

Math Workshop for Parents/Guardians

“Strategies Behind the Mathematics... How to Help Kids with Homework”

On Monday, November 30th, we will be sponsoring an informational session:  Strategies Behind the Mathematics for PARENTS of students in grades 1-5 from the Luce, JFK, and Hansen. This will take place from 6:15-8:15 p.m. at the Luce Elementary School.

·       Grade 1 and 2 parents are invited from 6:15-7:15 pm

·       Grades 3, 4, and 5 parents are invited from 7:15-8:15 pm

The focus of this workshop, offered by Susan Brass, Kerri Falzone, and Maryanna Biedermann, our math specialists, will continue discussions on how to best help children with their understandings, as well as homework, as they move through the next topics in math. At this workshop we will work to build understanding around the common language, concepts, and strategies involved in place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Childcare will be provided from 6:00 to 8:30 pm.    

We hope to see many of you on Monday, November 30th at the Luce!

Changes in Bus Times effective December 7th

Some Changes in Bus Arrival Times Effective December 7th!

Dear Parents and Guardians:

As you are aware, in September, we made several route changes for our school buses following the altered start and end times of the five Canton Public Schools.  Two major changes included reducing the number of tiers from four to three and expanding the number of buses per tier from fourteen to twenty.

Since then, we have been carefully monitoring school bus transportation and have noticed many of our buses arriving too early to our schools.  The school administrators have expressed concern, and many of you have brought this issue to our attention as well. Therefore, we will be moving the morning pick up times slightly later so the buses arrive at the schools closer to the start of classes.

The updated Bus List and Times is being sent to you via Blackboard Connect and will also be sent at least two times more by your building principals.  Please adjust your child’s bus pick up time later by the number of minutes in the column labeled “# of Minutes Later.”

The changes will be effective on Monday, December 7, 2015.

Please note there will no changes to the afternoon bus routes.

If you have any questions, please call Leslie Tamarkin, at 781-821-5060 X1156.

Thank you.