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!
REMINDER: Board of Education Meeting - February 8th. New Energy Lab Tour at 5:30 pm | Regular Meeting at 6:00 pm
RISE AND SHINE: Thank you to Mrs. Malejs for leading our Rise and Shine assemblies this week. Mrs. Malejs talked to students about how they can help students who are bullied. She reminded them that they can speak up, ask others to help, and tell an adult. Congratulations to our shout outs this week!
REMINDER: January 26 will be a 1/2 day. The MS/HS will dismiss at 11am and CFE will dismiss at Noon.
ENGINEERS WEEK: Community Day is back for Engineers Week at Binghamton University / Watson College! The event will be held at the Innovative Technologies Complex (85 Murray Hill Road in Vestal) on Saturday, Feb. 24.
There will be two sessions limited to 150 children each: 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. And this year, we have a brand-new high school track! Our high school track is limited to 15 students each: 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Student groups have more than two dozen super-fun, STEM-related activities planned, along with a panel of current students that will guide you through a day in the life of an engineering/computer science student. See details and register here: https://www.binghamton.edu/watson/eweek/communityday.html
NY THURSDAY: Check out today's menu for NY Thursday!
MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING: Chenango Forks is proud to be the first school district in Broome County to offer mental health training for teens and adults through Madison County Rural Health Council. Autriya Maneshni WBNG met with Principal, Steve Tronovitch, Program Manager Jamie Hagenbuch, and one of our students! See the story here:
https://www.wbng.com/2024/01/22/chenango-forks-high-school-students-receive-mental-health-training-class-help-peers-facing-crisis/
