Cottrell Elementary School

The Board of Education approved the School Calendar for 2020-2021 at last evening's meeting. This calendar was the PURPLE calendar for those of you who cast your vote.

We love and appreciate all Mrs. Huggins & Mrs. May do for our students! 💜💛

Come join us! 🍿📽🍕🎞

Just a reminder that 2nd & 4th graders will be taking ITBS this week. We will test Wednesday the 11th through Friday the 13th. Testing will be completed by lunch time each day. 📝

Mrs. Caldwell’s class wrote with quills on “Qq” day! ✒️📃

We value the feedback of our parents and community. Come to the LC BOE / Central Office next Monday from 5:00-5:30 PM to review our Parent Involvement Plan and offer your feedback!

Important Dates: September 2- Labor Day/ No School September 3- Grandparent’s Day- Kindergarten @ 11:00 - 3rd grade @ 12:00 September 4- Grandparent’s Day- 1st grade @ 11:00- 4th grade @ 12:00 September 5- Grandparent’s Day- 2nd grade @ 11:00- 5th grade @ 12:00 September 9- Progress Reports available online September 16- SGT meeting 4:00 September 20- PFO Movie Night September 25- Early Release @ 11:30- Parent Conferences September 27- Wear blue to celebrate our Core Essential Word of the Month- Trust/ Hat Day October 2- Custodian Appreciation Day October 7- Professional Learning Day/ No school for students October 10- PFO meeting 6:00- First grade performs The Wizard of Oz October 17- Old Fashion Day October 18- 21- Fall Break/ No school October 25- Wear Red to celebrate our Core Essential Word of the Month- Courage/ Hat Day October 28- Fall Picture Retakes October 28- SGT meeting 4:00 * All dates are subject to change.

Thanks to Lumpkin Literacy for providing dictionaries to all of our third graders! 📖

We’re not sure who is more ready for this three day weekend—our teachers or our students?! See you on Tuesday!

RSVP if you are interested in attending.

Mrs. Caldwell’s Class used magnifying lenses to look for the Letter Mm!🧐🔍

Upcoming events reminder: Wednesday, August 28th is picture day 📸 Thursday, August 29th we will wear green to celebrate “The Big 3” with our Core Essentials Character Education 💚 Friday, August 30th wear your favorite team colors as we celebrate College Colors Day 🏈

LCES PFO will have a meeting tomorrow, Monday the 19th at 10:00am for all who can attend. This will be an informational meeting for those interested in joining. They will discuss what PFO does, volunteer opportunities & box tops. 💜💛

Join us Thursday, August 22 for our Student Showcase Night.

Grandparents lunch is just around the corner. Don’t forget to let them know! 🍽❤️

This list of important dates was sent home recently. Don’t miss out on the fun we’ve planned this year! 💜💛

Week 2 is in the books & it was a great one! 💜💛📚

The first week has been amazing! A big thanks to our parents, teachers & staff for all your help in starting the year off smoothly. 💜💛

Summer Bridge Books were completed by these cuties! They visited the office to claim their prizes! It’s not too late to turn your’s in Kindergarten kiddos! 💛💜

Now that school is back in session, it's time for you all to stay connected with our NEW websites and NEW app! Make sure you are following us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, too! #prideinthetribe #TR1BE