Join us for CE Field Day!

Hello! Ms. Probst has a fun field day planned for the students at CE, and we are looking for some parent volunteers to help out at it.  It is on Tuesday, May 23rd, and we can't wait! This year there is a new "Passport to America" theme--it looks like a great time, and we'd love to have you there! Click here to sign up.: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f044bafac2da1fa7-cesfield


Third graders are wearing green year. Please also make sure they wear tennis shoes.  We encourage students to bring a water bottle and to wear sunscreen as we will be outside quite a bit. What a fun way to wrap up a great year! :)

All things Pioneer!

Happy Monday 3^rd grade families! We can’t believe there is just two weeks and a couple days left of third grade. The next two weeks are filled with pioneer fun! Please carefully take a look at the upcoming dates and reminders.

Wednesday, May 10th- Pioneer Concert @ 6:30

Join us for our pioneer concert! Students should come dressed in their pioneer costumes as 6:15.

Friday, May 12^th- Pioneer Day

Students come to school in their pioneer costumes. They will spend the entire day living the life of a pioneer. They do not need to bring a lunch on Friday. They will be eating a traditional pioneer lunch that they will help prepare throughout the day.

Wednesday, May 17^th-Field Trip to Conner Prairie

Permission slips were sent home last Friday and should be turned in along with $5.50 by this Friday. Please have your child wear tennis shoes and comfortable clothing. They will also need to bring a fully disposable sack lunch.

Have a wonderful week!

More Help Wanted: Flower Sale Volunteers

Mrs. Hreno and I know that third grade has asked for more than our share of volunteers with our recent requests for Pioneer Day help, but we have another volunteer opportunity for you today.  If you aren't able to help with Pioneer Day and would like a different opportunity to help our school--or if you are helping with Pioneer Day and are feeling especially generous with your time--please consider volunteering to help with our flower sale. Click on this link to sign up to volunteer. https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/20f094aaeaf2baaf49-carmel2 

Thank you!!

Help Wanted: Pioneer Day Volunteers

Hello!  We are only a little more than two weeks away from the much anticipated Pioneer Day, and we are SO EXCITED!  Our wonderful Pioneer Day committee has already been hard at work planning this special day, but we still need a lot of volunteers to make this day successful.  Please see the note below about the help that is needed--and please consider volunteering to help with this day. Thank you!  

Many of you have heard about the fun-filled Pioneer Day held each year in May for all of the third grade students at Carmel Elementary.  It is a day when our children experience pioneer life through various hands-on activities.  A few of these fun activities include making pioneer crafts, handling antique tools, learning in a pioneer school house, preparing food, square dancing, and listening to a story teller and a fiddler.  This event will be held from 8-2:30 on Friday, May 12th.

To make this day as exciting and memorable as possible for our children, we need many volunteers.  There are many ways to help out.  We need  help both the night before with set up and the day of Pioneer Day supervising activities; we also will need some donations.  Please follow the links below to volunteer. 

If you are willing to volunteer your time on Pioneer Day or the night before with set-up, please sign up here:

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0A48AFAD2BA1F49-pioneer2

If you are willing to donate food items, please sign up here.

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0A48AFAD2BA1F49-pioneer1

This day will be a great way to finish off the school year for our third graders!!  Thanks for your help and support! 

Final Round of ISTEP!

Third graders will be participating in the second part of the ISTEP+ testing this upcoming week. Please take a look at our daily testing schedule! Thank you for being so flexible and planning any necessary appointments around our testing times.

Tuesday, April 18th- Math 9:45-11:15
Wednesday, April 19th-Math 9:30-10:30
Thursday, April 20th-English Language Arts- 9:30-10:30
Friday, April 21st-English Language Arts- 9:30-10:30
Monday, April 24th-English Language Arts- 9:30-10:30
Tuesday, April 25th- English Language Arts-10:30-11:30

Please continue to encourage your child to put forth their best effort, remain positive each day, and show what they know! We are so proud of the hard work the students have invested in their learning this year and know they will do a fantastic job on this last session!

Flower Sale--Going on Now!!

Flower Power

 We had our Flower Sale Kick-off today.  The students were very excited to get fun pins this year--Thanks PTO!  We are asking students to wear these reminders on their shirts or backpacks during the Flower Sale to remind them to sell flowers for CE.

Today the students not only learned about the plethora of cool prizes that they can win, but we also talked about all the many, many wonderful things our PTO is able to do with the money they raise from fundraisers like this one. This is CE's largest fundraiser and a 40 year tradition! 



From Friday, March 10 through Monday, March 27, we will be collecting preorders and awarding daily prizes.  Students brought home a packet of information today that has everything they need to get started.  Please consider helping your child participate in this fundraiser to not only reap the rewards, but to feel the pride that comes from helping our school and being part of this longstanding tradition. 

Also, consider SHARING your success this year via social media! Post your student’s excitement and progress throughout the presale using #flowers4ce. Search #flowers4ce on Twitter or click here today to view tweets with this hashtag.  

Questions? Visit flowers4ce.com or email flowers4ce@gmail.com. 

If you need more order forms, you can print them here: Flower Sale Order Form. 

See Flower Sale Pictures and Care to see pictures of all the beautiful flowers that are for sale. 

Thank you for your help with this fundraiser!  I can't wait to see our gym and cafeteria filled with beautiful flowers this May. Happy Selling!!