Family Newsletter - 3-10-25

• As we “Spring ahead” with daylight savings time this past weekend, keep in mind the nicer weather has a tendency of preventing our kids from getting into the building on time. Please be as diligent as possible in monitoring your child's attendance and punctuality to school.
• Friday, we welcomed back our attendance incentive program in an effort to encourage more students to be present in school each day. We will be raffling off special gifts for students on all three grades who have perfect attendance each week. I do want to take this time to give a special shout out to our Attendance Team and Success Mentors, who have been doing tremendous work with the students and families in an effort to improve our attendance data. We want to see all our kids benefit from the educational environment we have fostered here at Cav. (see gift options)
• Please ensure that you have scheduled meetings with your child's teachers for Parent Teacher Conferences this Thursday. 1/2 day Student dismissal will be at 11:10am, and conferences will take place as follows: 12:10 - 2:10 & 4:30 - 7:30. Please be reminded that report cards will be distributed tomorrow prior to Parent Teacher Conferences. 
• “Eye on Education”, who provide free eye exams and glasses for our kids, will be coming for one more session tomorrow. This is an excellent opportunity for our Cav families to receive necessary eye care and free eyeglasses if their children need. The first round of glasses arrived, and some students had memorable reactions when they tried their glasses on for the first time. If you are interested, this is your last chance for an exam for your child. Please contact Ms. Chris DiMatteo in the main office.
• NYC Schools Family surveys were distributed to the students in green envelopes. The surveys can be returned to Ms. Chris in the main office or mailed out directly. The School Surveys can also be completed on line via this link: https://surveys.panoramaed.com/nycdoe/login

Academic Vocabulary Word of the Week: 

3/10/2025 – Summarize, Characteristic

Spanish: Resumir, característica

Chinese: 總結、特點

Russian: Обобщение, характеристика

Urdu: خلاصہ، خصوصیت