Food Chain

4th Grade students display their knowledge of the "Food Chain"

Thanks Chadron Board of Education for your SUPPORT!!

Free Dictionary

Dr. Schaeffer discusses how important it is to learn to read with the 3rd Grade

The Chadron Rotary Club is happy to have given your child a new dictionary.  They believe a personal dictionary will be a great help to learning to read.  While your student is in this very important development state, we hope you will encourage them to "look it up" in the dictionary when they need to know how to spell, how to pronounce, or what a word means.

There are also many interesting things in the final section of the book, including maps, information about countries of the world, the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution, and biographies of the Presidents.  Perhaps you can spend some time making a game of looking up things in  the book.
We commend you for sending your child to school each morning ready to learn.  The students we have worked with have been a credit to your parenting skills.  Keep up the good work.

-Your friends in the Chadron Rotary Club

Cookies in the Classroom

Mrs. Hoffman's homeroom class was the lucky recipients of a fresh batch of sugar cookies.  Thanks to our famous cook "Mrs. B", Jesse found a sticker on the bottom of his chocolate milk, therefore his class is the winner.

NRD Poster Contest

Do you like Art and Making Money.  Have we got a deal for you.  The NRD is sponsoring a Poster Contest.  The contest is open to kindergarten through twelfth grade students in the UNWNRD  which covers Box Butte, Dawes, Sheridan  and most of Sioux  Counties. There are no limits to the amount of entries in each category and schools do not have to have an entry for every grade level. The categories are K-1, 2-3, 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12.  For more info click here!  NRD Poster Contest


This link will get you an entry form.
Entry Form

For more information with the Chadron NRD go to their website at http://www.unwnrd.org/

New Lift

CIS will be getting a new "Lift" to the stage to be more handicapped accessible.  A two man crew from South Dakota began working on the installation yesterday and hope to have things completed by the end of the day.  Mrs. Dickerson use the stage for music classes each day. The stage is also used as a mini classroom.  Students work in small groups there for Reading, Language, and Math.  ADA funds helped to pay for the project.  For more information on ADA CLICK HERE.

Bullying: What can you do?

Q & A  Bullying:  The bystander's role

Q:  My child came home from school upset because kids were picking on a classmate and wouldn't let her play with them.  What advice should I give my daughter?

A:  Tell your youngster that her classmate was being bullied --and that she may be able to help stop it!
     There are several things she can do.  If she feels safe, she could say something like, "That's not nice," and then walk away.  She might invite the child who is being bullied to join her in a game of school project.
     Also, remind your youngster to report bullying to a teacher or other adult when she sees it.  Let her know this is not tattling, but a way to help someone who is being hurt.  You can explain:  "Asking an adult to help a child who is being bullied is like asking the nurse to help a child with a scraped knee.

For more information on Bullying Click Here

Parent Support Group Meets September 24th

Parents
We would like to invite you to our CIS Parent Support Group Meeting on September 24th at 5:30 in the library.  We will discuss RTI, Title 1, and be looking for volunteers to help with upcoming events such as the Book Fair and other Holidays.  We will discuss bullying and how we are address it.

August/September Birthday Celebrations!

Each month our wonderful cook Mrs. Bates helps us celebrate our birthdays.  We will celebrate summer birthdays in May.  Mrs. "B" gave out cupcakes to the students.

4th Grade Birthday students enjoy the "Happy Birthday" song.  

3rd Grade Celebrates their Aug/Sept. Birthdays!

Labor Day came early

This is the view from CIS last Wednesday.  It is hard to comprehend the damage we saw over the weekend.  Our heart goes out to all the families affected by the fires.

West Ash Fire!