August 2019, Back-to-School Newsletter
The
Cornerstone Christian School
236 Main Street, Manchester, CT 06042
www.TheCornerstoneChristianSchool.com T: 860-643-0792
Welcome to 2019-2020! from the Head of School
We are just about ready to begin the 2019-2020 school year! This annual
back-to-school newsletter is designed to help parents and students make
some final preparations to be ready for an exciting year ahead. Please
give us a call, email us, or stop by the school office if you have any
questions. We want everyone to start the year 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.
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 (available to middle and high school
students through Sycamore). If you did not, they are also available through
the CCS app (within the “Parents” button). 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!
All families should have already received a couple of emails during the
summer months 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.
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 will 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 & Fellowship on Saturday, August 24. 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
28.
--Tonya Snyder, Head of School
Table of Contents
2019-2020 Theme 2
New Faculty & Staff 2
Back-to-School Night
Events 3
First Day of School
Celebrations 4
Ready for School Checklist 4
CCS Communication 5
Athletics Program 6
K-12 Dress Code Policy 6
P.E. Uniform Requirements 7
PTFA 7
Transportation Information 8
Fundraising Overview 9
Upcoming Events
Saturday, August 24
Back-to-School Picnic &
Fellowship @ 5:30 PM
Monday, August 26
Elementary Drop-In between
2:00 and 4:00 PM
Pre-K through Grade 5 Back-to-
School Night @ 6:30 PM
Tuesday, August 27
Grades 6-12 Back-to-School
Night @ 6:30 PM
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