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Attending school regularly helps children feel better about school and themselves.
Missing just two days a month means a child misses 10% of the school year. That's 10% less learning, smiling, growing, and achieving.
Attend Today. Achieve Tomorrow.
SAVE THE DATE! PARENT UNIVERSITY • OCTOBER 13, 2018
Parenting Student Success Today
Our popular event is a half-day of learning and networking with people who want to give students an educational edge.
Come to gain ideas and resources for supporting your student through every grade.
Mark the date on your family calendar:
Saturday, October 13, 2018
8:15 a.m. until 12 noon
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Please join us for our Back to School Night, Wednesday, September 5th! This is an opportunity to meet your child's teacher and hear about important information regarding your child's classroom. Hope to see you there!
The times below are for the times your child's classroom will be open:
6:00-6:40 pm: 3rd, 4th and 5th Grades (in your child's classroom)
6:40-6:50 pm: Transition Time
6:50-7:30 pm: TK, Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd Grades (in your child's classroom)
"Showing up” every day and on time makes a difference for students.
September is Attendance Awareness month all over the country.
Why? Studies about school attendance show that “showing up” makes a difference:
· Positive school attendance supports students’ academic and social growth.
· Attending school regularly helps students feel better about school and themselves.
· Learning good work habits early will support their success in life.
At CUSD, we value our parent and community partnerships. Positive school attendance is a joint effort of home and school.…
Please join us for our first English Learners Advisory Committee (ELAC) meeting.
- What is ELAC? ELAC is a committee formed by parents of English Language Learners.
- What is the Purpose of ELAC? To advise the principal and school staff on programs and services for English Learners, to assist in the development of the school’s needs assessment, and to make parents aware of the importance of regular school attendance.
Our 1st Meeting is September 13th at 8:45 am in the Community Room at Blackford. We are currently looking for a Secretary and a District…
more… A Message from Superintendent Shelly Viramontez
I am excited to announce "Profile of a Graduate," Campbell Union School District’s strategic focus for the 2018-19 school year and beyond. The video linked to this article offers more explanation.
Profile of a Graduate is part of our district’s Strategic Plan to reinvent the way we educate and inspire today's learners, and one of…
Wednesday, August 22nd
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL – School begins at 8:35 am and ends at 1:50 pm (for TK, Kinder, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade) and 2:00 pm (for 4th and 5th grade).
Thursday, August 23rd - School begins at 8:35 am and ends at 2:50 pm (for TK, Kinder, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade) and 3:00 pm (for 4th and 5th grade).
Friday, August 24th - School begins at 8:35 am and ends at 2:50 pm (for TK, Kinder, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade) and 3:00 pm (for 4th and 5th grade).
District students compete in international coding event.
Karen, who hopes to work for NASA one day, joined dozens of middle school students who took part in the Zero Robotics International Space Station (ISS) Finals with the astronauts last Friday, August 10th. Campbell Union School District middle schoolers competed in the Zero Robotics summer program and wrote code for moving mini satellites in zero gravity.
Zero Robotics Middle School Summer Program introduces students to computer programming, robotics, and space engineering, and provides hands-on experience with…
more… Blackford Bobcats we are so excited to start the 2018-2019 school year. While we hope that you are enjoying the last couple weeks of summer we wanted to ensure that we are providing you with pertinent information to have an incredibly successful start to the year.
Tentative Class Assignments:
- On Tuesday, August 21st at 5:00 pm TENTATIVE class placements will be emailed to you. If you do not receive an email not to worry, we will have several people supporting on the first day of school to help you find your child's teacher.
School Schedule: …
more… We hope you are enjoying your summer break! Please mark these important dates on your calendar and continue to check the website for important information or our Twitter page @BlackfordCUSD
Tuesday, August 14th
FREE BACKPACKS- We will be giving away free backpacks to any Blackford Student (limit one backpack per student) that would like one on Tuesday, August 14th from 11:00 am-1:00 pm and 3:00 pm-5:00 pm in the multi-use room.
Wednesday, August 15th …
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