CONOWINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
471 Rowlandsville Road
Conowingo, MD 21918
410-996-6040
410-658-6673
Thomas A. Marinelli
Principal
410-996-6059 (Fax)
website: www.ccps.org/cono/home/home.html
April 2015
Family Newsletter
Important Dates & Events...
Apr 1 – PTO Wolfgang Candy Order Pick Ups 2:00-5:00pm
Apr 2 – Schools are OPEN! (inclement weather make-up day)
Apr 2 – 4D & 4E to Fair Hill Nature Center 9:10am-2:30pm
Apr 3 & 6 – Schools CLOSED for Spring Holiday
April 7 – All Pro Dad’s Meeting with Mrs. Reed, 8:15am
Apr 10 – End of 3rd Marking Period
Apr 10 – 2nd Grade to Hagley Museum, Wilmington, DE
Apr 10 –Vulcan Materials visits Grade 3 classrooms
Apr 13 – 4th Marking Period Begins
Apr 13 – Shoes To Share Drive Kicks Off
Apr 13 – PTO Meeting, 4:00pm
Apr 14 – 4th Grade to Baltimore Museum & Ft McHenry
Apr 14 – Environmental Club Meeting 3:30-5:00pm
Apr 15 – Spring School Pictures
Apr 17 – 3-Gavula & 3-Evans to FHNC, 9:30am-2:00pm
Apr 20 –3-Clifton & 3-Wein to FHNC, 9:30am-2:00pm
Apr 20 – 3rd Marking Period Report Cards Issued
Apr 21 – Environmental Club Meeting 3:30-5:00pm
Apr 22 – 5-McIntyre Creek Snorkeling Trip, 9:15am-12:00pm
Apr 28 – Environmental Club Meeting 3:30-5:00pm
Apr 29 – 5-Ray Creek Snorkeling Trip, 9:15am-12:00PM
May 5 – 4th Marking Period Interim Period Ends
May 5 – I-Mom Meeting with Mrs. Reed, 8:15am
May 5 – Environmental Club Meeting 3:30-5:00pm
May 6 – Spring Concert, 6:00pm
Karen Adair
Assistant Principal
May 7 – Shoes To Share Drive Ends
May 8 – Professional Day – Schools Closed for Students
May 12 – 4th Marking Period Interims Issued
May 12 – 5-Deemer Creek Snorkeling Trip, 9:15am-12:00pm
May 12 – Environmental Club Meeting 3:30-5:00pm
May 19 – Environmental Club Meeting 3:30-5:00pm
May 22 – Schools are OPEN! (inclement weather make-up day)
May 22 – Fun & Fitness Day for Grades K – 5. (Rain date 5/29)
May 25 – Schools Closed For Memorial Day
May 28 – AM PreK to Philadelphia Zoo (PM PreK off this day)
May 29 – PM PreK to Philadelphia Zoo (AM PreK off this day)
June 5 – 3rd Grade Field Trip to The Amish House & Farm in PA
**Grade 5 Ceremony Date & Time To Be Determined**
June 16 – Last Day for Students, 4th MP Ends, Report Cards Issued
FINAL DEADLINE FOR
YEARBOOK ORDERS!!
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All yearbook orders must be in by April 13 th.
Order online by visiting ybpay.lifetouch.com and
enter code: 1393415. Follow instructions. OR
Obtain an order form from the school office.
Questions? Email our yearbook advisor,
Mrs. Trina Sigwart at [email protected].
 Important Field Trip Reminders 
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Please do not combine a student & chaperone payment on one check.
Please do not combine a lunch payment & field trip payment on one check (these payments go to two different places).
Please send in exact amount of the field trip cost for the student if paying by cash or check. Teachers
cannot provide change.
When paying online, please do so PRIOR to returning the permission slip. Be sure to make a note of your
confirmation number.
Do not pay for chaperoning until your child’s teacher has notified you that you will be a chaperone.
Mrs. Dawn Reed, School Counselor, would like to remind families that information regarding
our PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Support) is on our website! Go to
www.ccps.org, click on schools, Conowingo Elementary, school website then click on
counselor’s corner from the left menu. You will find lots of information regarding PBIS!
Have you had a job change or loss? Moved in with family or friends due
to financial hardship? Have you had a family dynamic change such as
divorce or death? Or even just financial hardship in general? If so, your
family may qualify for Free or Reduced Meals at school. Even if you
think you may not qualify - apply! Please contact the school office today
if you would like an application. We’ll send one home with your child.
Attention Parents of 5th Graders!!! DUE DATE:
May 1st
Before we know it…our 5th grade students will be moving on to middle school! Details for the 5 th grade
promotion ceremony will be coming soon but in the meantime, Mrs. Drennen will be working on a powerpoint for the ceremony featuring 3 photos of each 5th grade student. You can send Mrs. Drennen
(or your child’s teacher) one each of the following of your 5th grade child:
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 baby photo
small child/toddler photo
 current photo
Please send photos via email to [email protected] (or to your child’s teacher). If you prefer to send in
original photos, be sure to write your child’s name on the back of the photos and send them in an
envelope or Ziploc with your child’s name clearly marked. All photos will be safely returned to you.
Please do not send professional photos (such as Lifetouch, Portrait Innovations, Sears, etc).
Snapshots/candid shots only. This slide show is meant to reflect your child’s life and personality.
Thank you!!
Greetings From Nurse Linda & The School Office
If your child requires surgery or has an illness or injury that will affect his/her
attendance or participation in P.E., I.A. or other school-related activities, please
communicate this to the school, especially sending a physician’s note if there are
activity restrictions. Your child’s safety and well-being is very important to us.
The school office becomes very busy near the end of the school day so if you plan
to pick your child up or change their bus information; please contact the school
office with as much advanced notice as possible, preferably prior to 3:00pm. For
the safety of all students, only a legal parent or guardian can communicate this
information and make any changes.
Please remember to send in a doctor or dental note if your child misses school
due to an appointment. If your child does not go to the doctor but is home due to
illness, please communicate that by sending in a written parent/guardian note or
an email, specifying your child’s symptoms, to our attendance secretary, Mrs.
Beverly Peschek @ [email protected]. Otherwise, your child’s absence(s) will
be marked unexcused. Vacation requests must be sent in two weeks prior to
departure. Please communicate this to Mrs. Peschek as well.
Kindergarten
 Registration begins March 9, 2015. Kindergarten is mandatory in MD.
 Students must turn 5 on or before September 1, 2015 & be toilet-trained.
 Currently enrolled Pre-K students automatically enroll into Kindergarten but
there is additional paperwork that needs to be completed.
Pre-Kindergarten
 Application begins March 23, 2015.
 Students must turn 4 on or before September 1, 2015 & be toilet-trained.
 Pre-K is a federally-funded program for age 4 children who are at-risk of school failure.
Specific criteria must be met in order for these students to qualify. Students who do not
meet the criteria can apply and may then be randomly selected if spaces remain open.
 AM & PM Sessions are based on current bus routes.
Documentation required for Pre-K and K enrollment:
 Birth Certificate & SSN
 Current immunization records
 Custody order (if applicable). If family is split and there are no court-issued custody
orders, both parents on the birth certificate are allowed access to the child(ren).
 Proof of Residency – must be one of the following in the parent/guardian’s name:
o Residential phone, electric, gas, water, mortgage bill or rental/lease agreement.
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o If you live with someone who is a homeowner/renter in our district, we must
receive one of the above documents in the homeowner/renter’s name as well as
a school-issued document (contact Mrs. Drennen for this document).
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o If you are out-of-district but within Cecil County please contact Mrs. Drennen for
further guidance.
Please contact Mrs. Jennifer Drennen with questions or to schedule a registration
appointment at 410.996.6040 or 410.658.6673 (8am-4pm) or [email protected]. You may
also contact Education Services at 410.996.5424 with further questions.
Do you have a 3-year old?
There is a 3-year old school program offered at Rising Sun Elementary School. The students attend either 3 days (M,W,F)
or 2 days (T,Th), am or pm. If you have a 3-year old and are willing to transport your child to Rising Sun Elementary for
this program, please contact Rising Sun Elementary School at 410-658-5925 or 410-378-4493.
Thank you for continuing to clip Box Tops from your everyday products and sending them in
to our school! Our PTO and parent volunteers help count, trim, pack up and send in the
Box Tops. This helps our school earn hundreds or even thousands of dollars a year for
technology items, books for the library, classroom needs, playground equipment and more!
Here are some tips when clipping & sending:
1. Be sure to trim the box top neatly on the dotted line.
2. Ensure the date has not expired.
3. Send to school in a Ziploc baggie.
4. Send in sets of 50, if possible, but not necessary.
Environmental Club
Attention all 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders. Do you have a passion for our
planet? Do you want to help restore our local waterways? Do you love
being outside and having fun? If so, then please apply for our first
COES Environmental Club. Forms have already been sent home;
however, there is still time. You may get an application form from the
office. Applications are due back in by Wednesday, April 8, 2015.
Times: 3:30 to 5:00 pm on the following dates & Saturday, May 23rd
from 9:00am to 3:00pm.
Meeting Dates:
Tuesday, April 14
Tuesday, April 21
Tuesday, April 28
Tuesday, May 5
Tuesday, May 12
Tuesday, May 19
Saturday, May 23 (9:00am to 3:000pm)
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Community Event!
Saturday, April 11 Project Clean Stream
(9:00am to 12:00pm)
Meet at Octoraro Lakes Pavilion. (Contact Ms. McIntyre at
[email protected] by April 3 if interested in helping.)
Saturday, April 18 River Sweep
(8:30am to 12:00pm)
Go to www.hitourtrails.com to register under River Sweep 2015.
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COES “Shoes 2 Share” Drive
To promote one of the 3 R’s (REDUCE, REUSE & RECYCLE), the Environmental Club
will be holding a used shoe drive for 4 weeks this spring from Monday, April 13th
through Thursday, May 7th. We will be donating used shoes to the SHOES 2 SHARE
organization. SHOES 2 SHARE is a grassroots, charitable ministry with a passion to
serve. They seek to make life more comfortable around the world for children and
their families through the donations of “new and like-new” shoes. So, while you are
spring cleaning, think about donating your used shoes for this wonderful cause.
Send them in with your child to be placed in our used shoe bin. We will also take
donations for new socks, shoe polish and laces. For more information about this
unique organization go to www.shoes2share.org.