CF ALUMNI: Hey alumni or proud parents of a CF Alum, what are you up to these days? Working on any cool projects, recent accomplishments, giving back to a community or receive any recognitions? We want to hear about it! Send your information with a photo of yourself or at the respective event to ChenangoForksPR@cforks.org
NEW MURAL: Students at CFE made signs to welcome a small team of highschoolers to their building last week. The high schooler have begun the process of creating a beautiful mural highlighting the 7 Habits of in the entry way!
WELCOME: Chenango Forks Elementary School would like to welcome Mr. Kelsey Jenks! Mr. Jenks is our new School Psychologist and comes to us from Owego-Apalachin SD!
LUNAR NEW YEAR: Chenango Forks CSD would like to wish everyone a Happy Lunar New Year!
DID YOU KNOW: The Chinese zodiac calendar is best described as a 12-year cycle represented by 12 different animals, in this order: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig.
Your personal zodiac animal sign is determined by your year of birth, meaning 2024 will welcome plenty of baby dragons to the world!
RISE AND SHINE: Thank you to Mrs. Slater for leading our Rise and Shine assembly today for our 2nd and 3rd grade students. The focus of this assembly was to not judge a book by it’s cover. Mrs. Slater talked with students about not judging someone by the way they look, instead get to know people, and find out who they are on the inside. Congratulations to our shout outs from 2nd and 3rd grade!
REMINDER: Today, February 9, 2024, is a Half Day! Our MS & HS students will dismiss at 11:00 am. and our CFE students will dismiss at 12:00 pm!
Global School Play Day is an annual holiday that promotes the importance of unstructured, regular play for children. It is observed every first Wednesday in February. Our friends at CFE had a wonderful time participating!
WORKSHOP: Interested in becoming a school board member? Broome Tioga School Board Association is hosting a workshop on how to do just that! RSBP with Erin McMullen in the District Office or Michelle Savory at BT BOCES!
COINS FOR KINDNESS: Chenango Forks will be participating in the “Super Cooper Coins for Kindness Fundraiser” this month. This is definitely going to be a chance for us all to practice habit #4- “Think win-win!”
For those who may not know, Cooper Busch, a 4-year-old from Chenango Bridge, lost his battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in May of 2018. Cooper’s family has kept his legacy alive by starting the organization “Super Cooper Saves the Day.” The organization helps other families that are or were impacted by childhood cancer. Every year, they look for ways to give back to local school districts to honor Cooper’s Legacy. They have had special events held and given gifts to the Chenango Forks’ Kindergarten Program over the past 3 years.
We are going to have collection containers throughout the district for coin collections to help support all the wonderful things this organization does for local families and children. We will be letting our families and community know through a blast email, social media, and the CFE students will receive a paper reminder about this fundraiser. The fundraiser will run from February 12th- 23rd. Each building will let you know where these containers will be located!
Each week there will be a different “theme” to encourage participation in this fundraiser.
Week 1- “Kindly Clean for Cooper,” students and families will be encouraged to “clean out” their cars, homes, couches…. Looking for loose change to donate.
Week 2- “Friends and Families,” collect loose change from friends and family to donate.
We will be having another “friendly” contest this year with CFE VS MS & HS to see which side of the campus raise the most money for the organization! The prize for the winners will be bragging rights and the intrinsic reward of knowing how they have helped children across Broome County!
Thank you in advance for helping this come to fruition and for encouraging your students, colleagues, and community to collect and donate their coins!
Here is a short video you may want to show your students about Cooper and the “Super Cooper Saves the Day Organization.”
https://watch.screencastify.com/v/6MfwgLPUMcVeXLEN1leb
WELCOME: Chenango Forks Elementary School would like to welcome Mrs. Ashley Sickler to our district! Mrs. Sickler is teaching our second graders and comes to us from Sidney CSD!
RISE AND SHINE: Thank you to Mrs. Brooks’ class for leading our 4th and 5th grade Rise and Shine assembly today. The focus of this assembly was to teach students how to think win-win. Congratulations to our student shout outs this week!
CFE TICKET WINNERS: Congratulations to this weeks ticket winners!
RISE AND SHINE: Thank you to Mrs. Taylor’s class for leading our PreK-1st grades Rise and Shine assembly today. The focus of this assembly was to teach students how to think win-win. Congratulations to our student shout outs this week!
RISE AND SHINE: Thank you to all of the second grade classes for leading our 2nd and 3rd Rise and Shine assembly on Thursday. The focus of this assembly was to teach students how to think win-win, which is the fourth of our seven habits we are focusing on this year. Congratulations to our staff and student shout outs this week!
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SCHOOLHOUSE: Our first-grade students had the opportunity to learn a piece of local history, just steps away from their classroom! The Chenango Schoolhouse Museum is located on our property just outside CFE. Our students learned about artifacts and what it was like to live in early America. They had great questions and got to try some fun activities!
NY THURSDAY: Check out today's menu for NY Thursday!
RISE AND SHINE: Congratulations to our shout outs from 5th grade last week from the Rise and Shine Assembly led by Mrs. Malejs!
HAPPY RETIREMENT: Yesterday we bid farewell to one of our cafeteria staff, Mrs. Betty Gincerowski! Betty started her career with #ForkNation 36 years ago at the Charlotte Kenyon. Since then, her journey has led her to hold a plethora of positions though all of our school buildings. We will miss her dearly but wish her the very best in her retirement!
MATH COLLABORATIVE: Today CFE hosted another session with the Southern Tier Math Collaborative which is co-designed and co-facilitated by Dr. Lara Imm in partnership with the NYS Master Teacher Program, Southern Tier!
