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Carpool Safety

We are looking forward to seeing all of your children again and we are excited for another school year. To make our first week go smoothly and safely, please review the following tips:

Here are a few helpful reminders from our Parent/Student Handbook to make carpool run smoothly and efficiently:

Always make right turns. When everyone is turning into the school from the same direction (turning right into the school drive from Carlson) things run quicker and students that are walking across the street are safer.
If you want to drop your student off on Carlson, you must stop before the no parking sign. That allows those that are lining up to drive through carpool the no parking lane for that line.
Please have your carpool sign displayed until you leave the school drive with your students. If we can help the students see their cars, they load much faster.
Lightning dismissals are always challenging dismissals. However, we are not able to release your student out into the open when there is lightning within 10 miles of the school. If you wish to pick up your student when there is lightning in the area you are required to come to the door to retrieve them. Please, if you feel that being outside is dangerous, stay in your car and wait for the lightning to pass. We are committed to keeping your students safe until you feel safe being outside to pick them up. YOU MAY NOT EXIT YOUR CAR on the school drive, as this obstructs the car line. These dismissals do take more time, but are required to ensure that your student(s) is safe.

The most helpful tip we can share is that if you text the words “follow @c2eschool” (please be sure to use the @, this was previously not required) to 40404 you will get real time information should we need to communicate with you what is happening during carpool or any other emergency situation.

Crosswalk Help Needed

C2E Families, We need your help! We will continue to staff the crosswalk, but believe additional adults will help. Please click here to sign up. Another way you can be of help is to remember the carpool rule of ALWAYS TURN RIGHT when entering and leaving the property. We appreciate each of you looking at your schedules and signing up to help keep our children safe.

John Irwin Award 3rd Year in a Row

We are honored to accept the John Irwin Schools of Excellence Award, from the Douglas County School District Board. The John Irwin Award is given to schools that demonstrate excellent academic achievement. The three-year school performance framework is used by the state to evaluate schools, and award the schools that “exceed” expectations on academic achievement. This is our 3rd year in a row to receive this award.

Congratulations to our students who worked so hard to show all that they have learned, to our teachers for diligently ensuring that all of our students are learning, and to our parents for the daily commitment they make to help our students succeed in school!

Click here for more information on this award and/or to see the schools that received the John Irwin Award.

Join Our School Accountability Committee

Attention parents! Our School Accountability Committee (SAC) has an opening for a Community Representative. This is a well established, parent-lead committee that will help train the new Chair as we go along. If you have an interest in our school’s academic performance, please come to our first meeting on Friday, September 13th at 8:00 a.m. in the conference room.