“Croton chronicle” Croton Elementary

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:

•  Tuesday, January 9th:

  • Second Semester Begins

• Friday, January 12th:

  • Report Cards Issued

  • Early Release, 1:15 p.m.

• Monday, January 15th:

  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

  • No School

• Tuesday, January 16th:

  • SAC Meeting, 3:00 p.m.

• Wednesday, January 17th:

  • Domino’s Night, 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.

• Thursday, January 18th:

  • Parent Conference Night

• Friday, January 19th:

  • Report Cards Issued

  • Early Release, 1:15 p.m.

• Monday, January 22nd - 26th:

  • Celebrate Literacy Week

• Friday, January 26th:

  • Early Release, 1:15 p.m.

We are pleased to share with you that Croton’s school grade increased from a ‘C’ to a ‘B’!  We are proud of the hard work of our entire staff and student body. This achievement could not have been accomplished without the support of our families and communities. We will continue to disaggregate the data and analyze our strengths and opportunities for sustained growth. We will also persist in our work to build relationships and make available equitable Standards-based instruction to provide every opportunity of assistance to empower every student to succeed. 

The Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) is a progress  monitoring tool that will be administered three times per year to track your student’s progress in learning the Benchmarks of Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) standards. Third through Sixth Grades Reading assessments will be administered on Wednesday, January 10, 2024 and FAST Mathematics on Tuesday, January 16, 2024.  Your child will bring home a score report. If you’d like to discuss your child’s scores, please contact your child’s teacher to schedule a meeting.

Easy Online Payments!
Add money to your child’s lunch account as often as you’d like, and even see what they are buying each day!  To register, you will need your child’s student number which  you can find on your child’s report card or get by calling the office. My Payments Plus

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!

The Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) is a progress monitoring tool that will be administered three times per year to track your student’s progress in learning the Benchmarks of Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) standards. Third through Sixth Grades Reading assessments will be administered on Wednesday, January 10, 2024 and FAST Mathematics on Tuesday, January 16, 2024.  Your child will bring home a score report. If you’d like to discuss your child’s scores, please contact your child’s teacher to schedule a meeting.

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. The 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. There 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. We are out of the following items: spiral notebooks, folders with images, scissors, bracelets, and pencil pouches. Our students love buying school supplies with their CARE tickets. Thank you so much for supporting PBIS at Croton!
Amazon Wishlist

Volunteers of the Year!

• Senior -Mrs. Virginia Berlinrut

• Adult - Mrs. Lisa Merritt

Celebrate Literacy Week January 22nd -  January 26th

Monday, January 22nd - “View” a book through a different lens! Wear real, silly, or decorated glasses when reading a book today. Because reading makes you “bright”!

Tuesday, January 23rd - Hats off to Reading! Wear your favorite hat to school. Because you can be smarter with “trick questions”!

Wednesday, January 24th - Silly Story Day! Teachers will read a silly story from their favorite book. Because a teacher needs their “fingers” to hold up a silly book.

Thursday, January 25th - Favorite Books Wall of Fame! Read and visit our favorite books wall of fame. Because when you go to the “library” to choose a book to read, you can create a cover for the wall of fame.

Friday, January 26th - Wear Your Words for Friday! Wear your Croton Shirt or a Red Shirt with Vocabulary Words. Because sometimes we need to eat a “synonym” roll to stimulate our word power.