Principal's Pen
Greetings Chaffee Family,
We look forward to seeing everyone as we excitedly kick-off the 2023-2024 school year on Wednesday, August 2nd! School doors open at 7:30am, and school starts at 8am.
I have a few arrival/dismissal reminders as we begin the year that help us keep all of our students safe. We appreciate your help and patience during arrival and dismissal as we work on our routines:
Car-line
- Please seat your child(ren) on the right side of the car so they enter/exit your car on the passenger side. They should not get in/out on the driver’s side.
- Remember to pull all the way up to the front of the line or to the car in front of you before dropping off and picking up. If the car in front of you is about to move, please wait and pull forward. We will send your child to you if this is during pick up.
- Students should be ready to exit your car with their backpacks and lunchboxes when you pull up.
- We ask that parents do not get out of the car to assist their students unless there is a special circumstance. If this is the case, please wait and pull all the way forward to the front of the carline before doing so.
- Your car tag should be visible all the way through carline until your child gets in your car.
- Please make sure your vehicle’s floorboards are free of garbage and other loose items. Most of the litter on our campus comes from inside our students’ cars.
- Continue to remind your child about how he/she gets home in the afternoons.
Additional Arrival/Dismissal Info
- We ask that you not bring pets on campus.
- At dismissal, once you have your child please go ahead and exit the campus. We know many of you who walk to pick up like to stay and visit, but it is very helpful to us if you do not do this. It is so much easier for us to pair our students with a parent when we know that the only people we see are waiting to get their child.
- Please don’t walk through carline to get to the playground. We ask that anyone wishing to use the playground after school do so after 3:00 (or after carline is finished, whichever comes first). This may mean that you need to exit the campus and then return a little later to play on the playground.
- Please do not block intersections or driveways.
- Pull as close to the curb as possible to allow traffic to flow around our line.
We appreciate your help with this. We want to ensure the safety of all our students, and we want to reduce the amount of time you spend in carline. Please be sure to share this information with others who help you with pick up and drop off.
We know many of you would like to walk your child in on the first day, which is absolutely fine, but please begin your normal drop off routine on the second day of school. Also remember that if you do plan to walk your child in on the first day that you should enter through the front doors of the school and that parking will be limited.
I know I speak for everyone at Chaffee when I say we are ready to get this school year started. It is going to be an awesome year!
Please reach out with any questions. See you soon!
Soar Eagles,
April Clark
Principal
School Spirit Wear
Order your school spirit wear at the link below. We have grade level specific shirt colors this year and additional shirt colors for all. The online store closes August 20. We will have a paper order option when school starts back, but the orders will still be due August 20. These shirts will be used for field trips, spirit days, and other school events.
Upcoming Events
- July 31: Supply Drop Off & Teacher Meet and Greet, 4:30-5:30pm
- July 31: New Family Orientation, 6:15pm
- August 2: First Day of School
- August 4: PBIS Kick-Off
- August 11: Back to School Splash
- August 18: School Picture Day (Yearbook Photos)
- August 20: Final Day to Order School Spirit Wear
- August 29: PTA Meeting & Open House
- August 31: PBIS Celebration