PTA & School News
Want to Reserve the Spirit Rock?
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The Tack Room – our school store will be opening in mid September on
Fridays from 8:00 – 8:45AM.
We can always use volunteers to help run the store.
Contact a PTA board member if you are interested.
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CCS Spirit Wear will be sold via order forms once in Aug/Sept and
again in early Winter.
Check out the enclosed form to learn more.
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How can you
earn money for our school throughout the year? Help support your
school while shopping at your favorite stores!
Re-link your Harris Teeter
VIC card to CCS – you must re-link every school year.
Just hand your VIC card to the cashier and ask them to link
it to CCS. If you have a Target Red Card or VISA, please link it to
CCS and Target will donate 1% of your purchases to the school.
Invite family members to link their accounts to CCS too! Our schools
numbers are:
Harris Teeter - 7109
Target – 148518
You can easily Re-Link your Harris
Teeter card online each year by visiting:
http://www.harristeeter.com/community/together_in_education/link_to_your_school.aspx
Waste Free Lunches
Are you tired of constantly buying ziplock bags? Would you like a reusable lunch box item that you just wrap and go? This year we have available as a new spirit item, the Wrap-n-Mat. You can use it for most any lunch item - sandwich, chips, cookies. It's easy for your child to open and you just wipe it clean for the next day. We have them in blue or green with the Croft Community School logo on the outside, for $6. Click the following link to see an example of a Waste Free Lunch by Terri Bennett.
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Croft Community School has signed up to be part of the “Clear the Air for Kids!” campaign.
We are one of twelve schools in Mecklenburg County that participates in this program. The “Clear the Air for Kids!” is sponsored by the Carolinas Clean Air Coalition. This program educates school staff, students, parents, and the community about the raising awareness of air pollution and climate change.
If you have noticed a colored flag on our flagpole, this is part of the air quality flag program. Each day a flag will be raised by the fourth grade class to indicate the outdoor air quality. Air quality is a trigger for individuals that suffer from asthma or other respiratory diseases.
There are four different colored flags that will indicate the level of air pollution and the recommended level of outdoor activity.
Green: The air quality is “good” and considered healthy for everyone. Outdoor activities are permitted for everyone.
Yellow: The air outside is “moderate”. Extremely sensitive children and adults suffering from severe asthmatics, respiratory or heart disease should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
Orange: The air outside is “unhealthy”. Sensitive individuals should limit prolonged exertion and alternative indoor activities should be made available for all students.
Red: The air outside is “unhealthy” for everyone. On red days, sensitive individuals should avoid outdoor activities and alternative indoor activities should be made available for all students.
For more information on the “Clean the Air for Kids!” campaign please visit www.cleanschoolbusaction.org
Log on to our PTA
Please
take a moment and register with our new parent database. We
will be communicating with parents via e-mail this year instead of
sending lots of papers home with the
students. E-mails will be sent on Sundays, outlining
the week's events. Please provide us with your e-mail address
so that you will be up-to-date with school events. Your
information is for school purposes only, and will not be shared with
anyone else. Register now at
www.ccspta.ptomanager.com
The printed Colts Roundup newsletter will be sent home only once per month. We are trying to save paper so please sign up for email updates today. Thank you!