PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE

Hello March!
We are just around the corner from spring break and warmer weather. We are enjoying the cooler mornings that turn into beautiful afternoons.
As the temperatures rise, please keep in mind that many of our friends have grown since last summer. Please be sure that our students are wearing appropriate shorts (mid-thigh) and shirts (must cover the tummy and tank tops need to be three fingertips wide.
Just a quick reminder, there will be no school during the week of March 14th. The office will be closed to the public that week. Also, the students are off on Monday, March 21st, for a teacher planning day.
A few reminders…
Dismissal is on a staggered schedule. K-2 is at 2:40, and 3-5 is at 2:50. We are getting faster and more efficient and are brainstorming ways to improve the process even more.
Please remember that we are a family, and we are here for you. Please see my Handle with Care notice below. My email address is morthams@leonschools.net, and my cell number is (850)408-7761.
We are looking forward to a productive month and appreciate your help and support in getting our friends to school every day on time. Remember, our school day is from 8:30 AM to 2:50 PM. Car riders' pick up is no later than 3:15 PM, as that is when student supervision ends.

Through everything… we are #CardinalStrong
Love, Mrs. Mortham

SPECIAL AREA

PE

We are excited that Field Day will be next week, Friday, March, 11th

Things to bring: Water bottle(limited water stations are available, so a water bottle is necessary), hand towel, hat, and sunscreen.

Our theme for Field Day: Spring Break

Field Day lasts approximately an hour and a half

and will include six exciting stations.

Always Encouraging Effort,
Coach McBArtIn

MEDIA
SAVE THE DATE - Our next book fair is the week of March 28th - April 1st.Voting for our favorite SSYRA books will be in April. To vote and make it on our WALL OF FAME, students have to read and pass the AR test on at least 3 of the books...so keep reading!

MUSIC
In February, we studied some of our famous African-American musicians. We learned about jazz, blues, and improvisation. The 1st graders' unit on hip-hop music was super fun! See if your student has a favorite lesson or performer they want to share with you.

ART
March is Youth Art Month!! Some exciting news, very special COE art is on display at the Leroy Collins Library. Please take your kids to see it. We have some very talented artists here at Canopy Oaks!!

PTO NEWS

Cardinal Families,

March is upon us and PTO is about to become very busy! Isn’t that wonderful? Over 400 Cardinals enjoyed Blue Pops last Friday. That means we raised over $400 for our school!

Our next PTO meeting is Tuesday, March 8th at 6PM via zoom. Be on the lookout for the zoom link. After this meeting we will have a special “April Appreciation” meeting immediately following. We hope to see you at this meeting, you won’t want to miss it!

More dates to add to your calendar! 
March:
March 8th PTO Meeting at 6 PM
Little Caesars Pizza Kit Fundraiser- throughout the month of March
March Blue Pops TBD

April:
April Appreciation-calendar coming soon!
Booster A Thon April 5th-13th

With Cardinal Kindness,
Jenny Bickley

E.D.E.P.

Hello EDEP Families!

Spring is fast approaching and we have really been enjoying these warm, beautiful days. All groups have been playing outside for the majority of the day. The younger kids are learning to play kickball in the park next door and the older kids have been having some great flag football and kickball games. We will be starting our tennis and pickleball matches soon.

On another note, I wanted to let you know that Assistant Director Trace Hunter will be leaving our program on March 4th. He has accepted an engineering job here in town. Mr. Trace has worked in our program for almost 7 years and has always been amazing. We will all miss him so much but wish him well as he starts his career. Best Wishes Mr. Trace!

Registration for Summer Camp will begin sometime after Spring Break. We must wait for board approval before registration can begin. Hopefully this will be early April. Stay tuned.

Reminders:
March 3rd - Cycle 8 payments are due
March 14th – 18th - CLOSED for Spring Break
March 21st - CLOSED for Teacher Planning Day
March 22nd - Students return to school; EDEP open

As always, thank you parents for always being so awesome. Your support means more than you know.

See ya’ on the loop!
Tracy Malone and the EDEP staff

Additional Updates

We are still trying to get all of our training taken care of to ensure that the rollout will go as smoothly as possible.

At this time, we are postponing the implementation.

Please continue to notify your child's teacher and the office if you have a transportation change.

Mark Your Calendar

02/03 CYCLE 7 E.D.E.P. PAYMENTS DUE
02/21 PRESIDENTS DAY HOLIDAY (DISTRICTWIDE)
03/03  CYCLE 8 E.D.E.P. PAYMENTS DUE
03/14 - 03/18 SPRING BREAK
03/21  TEACHER PLANNING DAY (NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS)
03/22  STUDENTS RETURN TO SCHOOL

Canopy Oaks Elementary School

3250 Point View Drive

Tallahassee, FL  32303
P: 850-488-3301  F: 850-414-7356