Greetings, CECC Families,

This week we are very excited to watch our amazing kindergarten students perform a few Christmas songs on Thursday evening, Dec. 12th from 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm. This event will be held in the auditorium at Connally High School. Immediately following the event, all families for pre-k and kindergarten are invited back to our campus for Literacy Night! This event is also full of fun such as icing cookies, writing letters to Santa, and even taking pictures with Mr. and Mrs. Claus! Pictures with Mr. and Mrs. Claus may be purchased for $1.00 each. We will only accept cash payment for the pictures.

If you do not follow our CECC Facebook account, we invite you to do so. We try to keep that page updated with all upcoming events, and we also post lots of pictures of students involved in activities at school as well as pictures of students demonstrating their academic skills. We have posted a few of our kindergarten students reading recently! Following our social media is a great way to get a peek into what your kiddos are doing at school.

Class Christmas parties will held next week on Thursday, Dec. 19th. See below for the specific time of each party. We ask that no more than two adults attend per student due to space limitations. If you choose to take your child home after the party, you will be able to sign your child our with their teacher.

Have an amazing week and we look forward to seeing everyone this Thursday evening!

Christy Bowling, Principal

In our December guidance lessons, the focus is on empathy. One way to think about empathy is understanding and connecting with other people’s feelings. Empathy is a practice that can help us grow strong relationships. Empathy is one of three traits we will focus on throughout the year that helps students be kind. Throughout the school year, students will be developing skills like perspective-taking, conflict resolution, and leadership.

Review empathy as a family! Schedule a family movie night so that you can specifically watch for feelings and emotions. Let everyone know that you’d like them to point out how the characters in the show are feeling and that you will pause periodically to discuss empathy. As emotions are identified, invite one another to empathize by sharing about a time they felt that way or imagining how they might be feeling in that moment.

We are pleased to celebrate our newest Feature Teachers! Officer Woodill takes helps keep us safe and Ms. Lawson does a great job helping in a kindergarten class.

Last week, on Dec. 2nd, National Special Education Day was celebrated. We are so thankful for our special education staff at CECC!

December 

12/12:  Kindergarten Christmas Program @ CHS 6:00-6:30 

12/12:  Literacy Night @ CECC 6:30-7:30 

12:16:  West Middle School students come to Pre-K

12/17:  QU Wedding for Pre-K 

12/19:  Class Christmas Parties 

12/20:  Early Release 

12/23-01/03:  Christmas Break 

Finally our Schoolstore fundraiser continues all year! We have had great response so far with lots of help provided for our school. We encourage you to continue to shop using SchoolStore. It gives money back to your child's teacher as well as our school. Your child will earn a cool wrist pet when you sign up!

With a valid ID, parents are welcome to join their child for lunch based on the alpha of their last name!

The best way to get your child off to a great start is to make a commitment to have them at school every day. Good attendance is a strong predictor of future academic success. We are busy every minutes of the day in Pre-K and Kindergarten with learning and we do not want your child to miss out on anything!