Cottrell Elementary School

Winter Wonderland is coming soon! Please see your child’s purple folder for the presale order form. We would like to give our CCT a special thank you for planning and hosting this wonderful event!

Thanksgiving Break is coming soon!

Is your child missing a jacket or a water bottle? Please have your student check lost and found over the next two weeks. All unclaimed items will be donated to charity over Thanksgiving Break.

Is your child missing a jacket or a water bottle? Please have your student check lost and found over the next few weeks. All unclaimed items will be donated to charity over Thanksgiving Break.

Don’t forget this Friday, November 1 is a Virtual Learning Day for our students.

Red Ribbon Week is coming! Red Ribbon Week is Oct. 28- Nov. 1. This year’s theme is “My Life is a Movie…Film Drug Free.” Please see below for each day’s dress up theme. Remember the dress code still applies on these fun days. We can’t wait to celebrate being drug free and seeing our students’ creativity with outfits.

CES loves and appreciates our bus drivers this week and every week! We are so lucky to have the Best of the Best! Happy Bus Driver Appreciation Week to all of our drivers!

Old Fashion Day is coming. Our Old Fashion Day is Friday, October 18th. If you would like to help with Old Fashion Day, please reach out to our CCT at cottrellelementarycollaborationteaam@lumpkinschools.com. Thank you to our Collaboration Team for planning such a special day for our students!

Fall picture retakes will be on Friday, October 11. All students that were absent on the original picture day will have their picture taken. If you would like retakes from the original pictures, please send a note with your child. Please be sure to return the original pictures if you are having retakes.

Rock Your School Day is a day committed to trying out a new strategy or idea to increase engagement in our students and further support a love of learning! The focus of the day is to get our students excited about learning new things with higher rigor. Join the fun by dressing in your best Rock-n-Roll outfit on Friday, September 27.

Don't forget our first Family Engagement Night on September 19th from 6:00- 7:00. CES will become an “Escape Room” for our students. Students will visit different rooms and do an activity to earn them a clue. Clues will help students “escape” and earn a special treat waiting for them on the playground. We can’t wait to see you all on the 19th.

The Book Fair is coming to CES from September 23-27! Visit this link to set up your student’s eWallet to shop with: www.scholastic.com/bf/ces2024 or shop with your child and pay with a credit card. See you then!

Join us for a Fun Family Engagement Night on September 19th from 6:00- 7:00. CES will become an “Escape Room” for our students. Students will visit different rooms and do an activity to earn them a clue. Clues will help students “escape” and earn a special treat waiting for them on the playground. We can’t wait to see you all on the 19th.

Picture Day is Monday, August 26, 2024.

Help us support our Lumpkin County Family Connection! Bring in a can of soup (or several) by September 16th. The class that collects the most wins a pizza or ice cream party. CES is proud to support our community! 🥫💜

Purchase your yearbook before September 13 and save some money.

Let's get into the GAME! We will have our "CES Game Day'' on August 30th to celebrate National College Colors Day. Teachers will develop “Game Day'' lesson plans that match their specific grade-level curriculum. Students are invited to wear their favorite college team attire or sports attire on August 30th.

Picture Day is coming! Wear your best smile!

We can't wait to see you at Open House!

2024- 2025 Supply List