“Croton chronicle” Croton Elementary December 2024

1449 Croton Road, Melbourne, FL  32935    321/259-3818 – Office   321/877-0976 – Fax   Croton Elementary Website

Dr. Roseann Bennett, Principal                   
Tara MacPherson, Assistant Principal

 (Boletín traducido al español y portugués en el sitio web de Croton)  (Boletim traduzido em espanhol e português no site da Croton)

“BPS’s mission is to serve students with excellence as the standard.”

       
     Important Dates:

    Friday, January 10th
       ~ Second Semester Begins
       ~ Early Release, 1:15 p.m.   
       Wednesday, January 15th 
       Domino’s Night, 4:00 - 7:00 pm
       Thursday, January 16th 
           ~ Report Cards Issued
        ~ Parent  Teacher Conferences
     Friday, January 17th 
        Early Release, 1:15 p.m.                  
   Monday, January 20th    
       Martin Luther King, Jr.. Day
           No School
        Tuesday,  January 21st
        SAC Meeting, 3:00 p.m.
     Friday, January 24th       
        Early Release, 1:15 p.m.
        Monday,  Jan. 27nd -  Feb. 1st
        Celebrate Literacy Week    
     Friday, January 31st
        Early Release, 1:15 p.m.

Students are not permitted on campus until 7:30 a.m. Prior to this time supervision is available ONLY for students who are enrolled in the school age childcare before school program.

Please do not send and/or drop off students prior to 7:30 a.m. unless they are enrolled in a special program (i.e. academic Support, Before School, etc.).

Thank you for
KEEPING IT SAFE!

You can help replenish our school store!

Please visit the link below to be taken to our Amazon Wish List! The list includes items we need to help replenish our school store.items you order will then be shipped automatically to our school. This is an easy way to help our school! Simply view and purchase with your Amazon account and the items come straight to us.is no obligation to participate in this program.Please feel free to share the link with friends and family who might be interested in donating.are out of the following items: spiral notebooks, bracelets, colored pencils, mini erasers, assorted pencil top erasers, and sharpeners. Our students love buying school supplies with their CARE tickets.you so much for supporting PBIS at Croton!

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/10WMW5GDLX9X2?&sort=default

LOST & FOUND

As the cooler weather comes, our lost & found is gathering lots of jackets and sweaters. Please write your child’s name on the label of their clothing.

Yearbooks Available

For only $30 the 2024 - 2025 Yearbook is something you don’t want to miss! 

https://www.buytheyearbook.com/en/

Enter School ID# 1168909 

Recognition Ads ONLY $10

Must be ordered and designed online by March 18, 2025

FAST PM2 testing was completed before winter break. Students should have brought home score reports showing their results, they are available in your FOCUS account as well. These reports show how your child performed on the recent assessment. Explanations of the information provided in the reports can also be found on our Croton website by first clicking on the “Parents and Students” tab and then clicking on the “FAST Assessment Information for families” link. Translated versions of the score report are also available on the website. If you’d like to meet and discuss your child’s scores, please contact your child’s teacher to schedule a meeting.

Croton’s results overview from the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking  (FAST) second administration (PM2) taken in December are listed below. 
Great Growth Cardinals!

Florida’s statewide, standardized assessments in English Language Arts (ELA) Reading, Writing, and Mathematics are aligned with the Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Standards. The Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST), which includes VPK through grade 10 ELA Reading and VPK through grade 8 Mathematics assessments, is administered as a progress monitoring assessment three times per year.