CAES earns almost $6800 in grants

CAES faculty members have once again gone above and beyond in submitting winning grant proposals to the IWCS Education Foundation.  We have several winners!!!!!

- Mrs. Mason- $1784 for ECSE outdoor play equipment

- Mrs. Madden- $2500 for a Rock Wall in the gym

- Mr. Evans- $721 for Book Buddy Baggies

- Mrs. Booth- $552 for ACT OUT with Reading

- Mrs. Oparaji- $735 for an Outdoor Learning Garden

- Goetz/Novak- $470 for our Reluctant Reader Book Club

That is almost $6800 in grants for our students!!!  

Festive Sweater Day at CAES

Although it's Friday the 13th, things aren't scary at Carrollton ES today.  Unless you consider it's  

Festive Sweater Day! The staff gathered for a holiday breakfast and took a picture in their "finest" holiday wear.

2013-14 CAES Teacher of the Year

CONGRATULATIONS to Ms. Haley Hanson!!!!

She is the 2013-14 Carrollton Elementary Teacher of the Year

We had a morning faculty meeting announcing Ms. Hanson as the winner.

Who doesn't love cake first thing in the morning for breakfast????

Toys for Tots "Stuff the Bus"

Today our 3rd grader's "stuffed" the bus with all of the collected toys for Toys for Tots.
It was like an assembly line of elves who passed each and every toy down the line towards the bus..

The toys making their final approach onto the bus...

A final shot of our entire 3rd Grade in front of the "stuffed" bus.

Thanks to all who contributed to the Toys for Tots campaign!!!

Old Point National Bank THANKS!

For the second year in a row, Old Point National Bank in Eagle Harbor Shopping Center collected donations from the community to compile Thanksgiving Gift Bags for CAES.  

Thanks to Joyce Dunning and her staff at Old Point National Bank, they were able to collect enough food and cash donations for 20 food bags for CAES families.  

Carrollton Elementary is so lucky to have businesses in the community who value our CAES students and want to provide for a special holiday.  

THANKS!!!!

Thanksgiving Thanks to Generous CAES Families!!!

A big "THANKS" to several CAES families who worked to gather donations and put together Thanksgiving Meal Bags for 2 CAES Families.  In addition, they collected enough money for several more families to get gift cards to local grocery stores.

This is yet another reason why Carrollton Elementary is the BEST school.  We have great kids and families who are thinking about others during the holiday season.

Carrollton ES Class Webchats with a Training Astronaut!

Thanks to a super parent (Thanks Mrs. Gibson!!!!), Mrs. King's class 

had the opportunity to video conference with Astronaut Abby.

Abby is training to be an astronaut and hopes to the first to step on the surface of Mars.

Link to Video

2nd Grade Chorus Pictures

A special "thanks" to Mr. Nieter for sharing pictures that he took from the 2nd Grade Chorus Concert on November 12th

Before the show

Toys for Tots is here!

The Toys for Tots campaign has begun at CAES!!!

The boxes are here....

they just need the gifts to fill them up.

So we can stuff the bus FULL of gifts.  Over 97% of your donations stay right in the Isle of Wight/Surry community.

A great video capturing the magic of the season from last year:

Toys for Tots Video 2012

Thanksgiving Food Drive at Old Point National Bank

A final reminder that Old Point National Bank in front of the Food Lion in Eagle Harbor is collecting food for Carrollton Elementary families for Thanksgiving

They have a box ready and waiting for you!

Please consider donating to them before Friday.  All donations come right back to CAES Families!

IWCS Abduction Case Details

This Suffolk News- Herald article has more specific details about the suspect in the abduction case in the Carrollton area.  Please take a moment to read the article.

Suffolk News Herald

Chapter 11

Our mystery reader for Chapter 11 is from Central Office....

our Coordinator of English and Social Studies,

Sarah Duncan Hinds

Chapter 11

Chapter 10- Mouse and the Motorcycle

This guest reader is going to be hard to guess, but if you have older siblings who went to CAES 6-8 years ago, they may recognize the voice.

Chapter 10

Mrs. Jackie Carr, Director of Elementary Education (and former CAES Assistant Principal)

Homecoming Parade Pictures

Thanks to lots of hard work by Mrs. Willard,

CAES entered a float in the SHS Homecoming Parade in town

Mrs. Novak drove the red (of course!!!) truck

Mrs. Willard designed the float and Mr. Nieter helped with the goal posts

Special Thanks to our great CAES parents who helped us during the parade!!

Book Character Day

Enjoy this short video on our Book Character Day!

Chapter 9

Our mystery reader for Chapter 9 is one of the many support personnel who help make CAES an amazing school.  

Chapter 9

As an answer- it's Nancy Gregg, our school psychologist.

Virginian Pilot Article

The Virginian Pilot was here for our amazing One School One Book kickoff.  Here is the link:

One School One Book

Thanks to the Lea Russell and the Pilot for a great article!

Chapter 8 Mouse and the Motorcycle

1st or 3rd Grade for our Mystery Reader....

Chapter 8

Carrollton Public Library Program

Our friends next door at the Carrollton Public Library are running a Science Saturday program on November 9th at 11 AM.  Check out the flyer below!

Chapter 7 Mouse and the Motorcycle

Think Kindergarten....

Chapter 7

Mouse and the Motorcycle- Chapter 6

Think 2nd grade for this "mystery reader"!

PTA Pizza Bingo

The Carrollton Elementary PTA had the first of their two Pizza Bingo evenings last Friday night.

There were tons of prizes to pick from, plus several raffle items.

Check out the LARGE crowd...

A BIG thanks to the PTA for putting on this family friendly night!

CAES celebrates Breast Cancer Awareness

Carrollton Elementary celebrated Breast Cancer Awareness by taking a photograph of the students who wore pink to raise awareness

A special thanks to Mr. Nieter for climbing up on the roof to take this spectacular shot!!!

Chapter 4 Mouse and the Motorcycle

Try to guess the Chapter 4 mystery reader!!!

Chapter 3 Mouse and the Motorcycle

Who is the Chapter 3 CAES Mystery Reader???

Mouse and the Motorcycle- Chapter 2

Who is our mystery reader for Chapter 2????

Chapter 1

There is no mystery about the GREAT kickoff we had on Monday night in the CAES Cafeteria.

Mrs. Novak kicks off Chapter 1!!!

It's Back......One School/One Book

Who could forget the adventures of Humphrey the Hamster?

Thanks to the generous support of the Carrollton Elementary PTA,

the students of CAES will be joining another rodent for their adventures.

Look for the book and reading schedule to come home TODAY!!!!