August 2018, Back-to-School Newsletter
The
Cornerstone Christian School
236 Main Street, Manchester, CT 06042
www.TheCornerstoneChristianSchool.com T: 860-643-0792
Welcome from the Head of School
With the start of each August we all find ourselves making the final
preparations for the new school year that lies ahead, and we are fast
approaching the start of the 2018-2019 school year! This newsletter is
designed to help parents and students get ready for an exciting year
ahead. Please give us a call or stop by the school office if you have any
questions. We want everyone to start off feeling strong, confident, and
ready! Please note that there are several very important pieces of
information and associated deadlines contained within this newsletter that
you will not want to miss. Table of Contents
New Faculty 2
Back-to-School Night
Events 2
First Day of School
Celebrations 3
Ready for School Checklist 3
All students (new and returning) should have already received their supply
lists (elementary students, middle school students, and high school math
students) and their course schedules (middle and high school students). All
new CCS parents should have received an email with login credentials to
begin accessing our school’s secure web portal referred to as Sycamore
School. Please be sure to log in as soon as possible! Back-to-School Bash 4
CCS Communication 4
Athletics Program 5
Electronic Device Usage 6
All families should have already received a summer email or two with
updates and reminders. If you did not receive those emails, please contact
the school office at 860-643-0792 to confirm that we have your most up-to-
date email address in our system. K-12 Dress Code Policy 6
P.E. Uniform Requirements 6
PTFA 6
Transportation Information 7
If you have not yet downloaded our free CCS app to your smartphone,
please download that as soon as possible. The app provides the most
convenient forms of communication possible (between home and school)
along with a multitude of helpful school resources right at your fingertips.
You will also use the school’s app to update your contact preferences with
School Messenger, the means by which we make school-wide phone calls
throughout the school year about snow days, late openings, and other
types of emergency notifications. It will soon be time to update those
preferences, so you’ll want to have the app installed and ready to go!
Please consider joining us for our special back-to-school events starting with
our Back-to-School Picnic & Movie Night on Saturday, August 25. See inside
for more details about these events designed to help make the start of the
new school year a successful one! We can hardly wait to begin the new
year with our annual First Day of School Assembly on Wednesday, August
29 th .
--Tonya Snyder, Head of School
Upcoming Events
Saturday, August 4
Uniform “Give & Take” @ 10:00
AM-12 Noon
Saturday, August 25
Back-to-School Picnic & Movie
Night @ 5:30 PM
Monday, August 27
Elementary Drop-In between
2-4:00 PM
Grades 6-12 Back-to-School
Night @ 6:30 PM
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