The Cherry Street Connection

This is the first day of break. CSI wishes everyone safe travels over the holidays. We will see you when school resumes on January 6th . Please be safe over the break.

Greetings, Parents and Students, SEEDS is an after school program that will be offered at Cherry Street after the Holiday Break. Mr. Brian Klauer will be our site coordinator. He visited the classrooms today to give a brief rundown of the program. Students left with a small sheet of paper that had information for parents to read. SEEDS is a great program that provides engaging opportunities for students after school. It also provides students with a meal and assistance with their studies. If you are interested in more information about the program, the link below will take you to the Parent/Guardian Handbook for the program. This will provide a comprehensive rundown of the program and what it offers. If you are interested in signing your child up for the program, applications will be in the office after the break. Please note that students can only attend after their application has been approved by the SEEDS program. We are looking forward to the opportunities this program can offer

The CSI Holiday Concert is tomorrow!!! Below is the concert schedule and room assignments for where to drop off the students: 6:00pm  - 4th Grade Arrives (see Room Assignments Below) 6:30pm  - 4th Grade Concert Begins 7:00pm  - 5th Grade Arrives (See Room Assignments Below) 7:30pm  - 5th Grade Concert Begins Room Assignments (Please drop students off at these rooms): Drivers Ed Room:  4th Grade - Mrs. Bassett's Class 5th Grade - Ms. Conrad's Class Room 100: 4th Grade - Mrs. Willis's Class 5th Grade - Mrs. Tourre's Class Band Room: 4th Grade - Mrs. Roger's Class 5th Grade - Mr. Schumann's Class Band Room: 4th Grade - Mr. McCarty's Class 5th Grade - Mrs. Liverance's Class

4th and 5th Grade Boys Basketball Mr. Baker will be opening the Rapid City Gym from 3pm-5pm on December 7th and 14th for any 4th and 5th grade boy interested in playing basketball. If you have any questions, feel free to call him at 231-492-7789. We hope to see you there!

Kalkaska K-8 Wrestling will be starting up on December 2nd, 2019. If you are interested, take a look at the information listed below:

There will be no Lego Club Robotics this week (11/18-11/22). 

Greetings Parents,  Report cards were sent home yesterday. If you have not been given it, or it has mysteriously disappeared, please let the office know, and we will be happy to print another. Also, a few eagle-eyed parents noticed that the GPA didn't print. (Nice catch, we missed that one.) If you would like your child's report card reprinted with the GPA on it, please let the office know; we will be more than happy to print another. 

This is a long time coming: Mrs. Dimon's advisory class visited Cherry Street on the Friday of the Homecoming football game. They spent a good chunk of the morning earning community service hours helping clean out the Cherry Street basement. We did manage to get all of the kids back...no one disappeared. We are very thankful for the time and effort they put in. Thank you for the help! Mrs. Dimon's Advisory You never know what you'll find in the basement!

Greetings, Parents and Teachers! This is a reminder that there will be a PTO meeting tomorrow, October 24th, at Cherry Street. This meeting will start at 3:45 p.m. We hope to see you there!

Cherry Street would like to thank all of the parents and guardians that were able to make it to the parent/teacher conferences last Thursday. We know it is often hard to find the time to meet with your child's teachers, but we appreciate you making the effort. If you were unable to make the meetings, you are welcome to call and schedule a time to meet via phone with your child's teachers. Thanks again, everyone, for the support. You Rock!

Greetings, Parents! Picture Retakes will be tomorrow, Thursday, October 24, 2019. They will begin at 8:00 and will end by 9:00. 

Cherry Street has been working with NORTE to help get students active and begin work on Safe Routes to School . Parents , Please help us in this endeavor by completing the survey in the link below. This will help us gather information that will help with future Safe Route to School Grants. Thank you for your help. https://bit.ly/ 2IRu12h

CSI had another practice fire drill today. The kids (and staff) did an excellent job following the protocols of the building. Mr. Schumann's class had to go to a different exit due to the sign (pictured above) blocking his normal route. His class did an excellent job of handling this. Great job to all!!! P.S. A huge " Thank You"  to the students who complimented me on my fire drawing skills. Thanks! -Mr. Moore

CSI will be hosting the CSI  Grand Event 2019 on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 15 and 16. Permission slips like the one attached to this post have been sent home (they are on orange paper). We are very excited to offer this again. We hope to see you there! 

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019 is the National Walk to School Day. Cherry Street is working with Norte to give students an opportunity to participate in this event. For our school, we will meet at the Kalkaska Memorial Health Center at 7:20 Wednesday Morning. We are planning to walk to CSI at 7:25. Parents are welcome to participate along with their children. If you follow the included link, you can learn more about Norte, and sign up for the event. We hope to see you there!  https://elgruponorte.org/Kalkaska/walkday/

We have had a lot of students ask if they could have another box to sell for the fundraiser. Due to high demand, we have ordered another 30 boxes to be sold. If the stars align, they should be here on Wednesday. Thank you, students, for all of the hard work. Great job!

This was sent home with students, but just in case you didn't get it:  Next week is Spirit Week to celebrate Homecoming! If your student wants to participate and dress up according to the theme, we would love it!  GO BLAZERS!!! SPIRIT WEEK Monday Workout Gear Tuesday Crazy Hat and Hair Day Wednesday Western Thursday Sports Day Friday Blue and White

This year we had many different students who gave speeches for the office of Vice President and President of the Student Council. All of the speeches were well thought out. The large field of candidates was whittled down to 6 candidates. Three for Vice President; three for President. I want to commend each and every student who threw their hat in the ring for these positions. It takes a lot of courage to stand in front of your peers and explain to them why you feel you are qualified for the position. Each of you did an amazing job, and you should be proud of yourselves as we are proud of you. Excellent job! -Mr. Moore

A New Year Begins! Welcome back, everyone! Summer has flown by, and the school year is back in full swing. As we enter the third week of school, and I have to say that it is off to a great start.  A lot has changed since Cherry Street has last used The Cherry Street Connections . With the passing of time, we have adjusted how we teach at the school. This is our third year of team teaching at Cherry Street. Each teacher will teach science and social studies to their homeroom. Math and English are the subjects we use to divide the teams. The homeroom teacher is the class that the students go to first in the morning. We have two teams per grade. They are as follows: 4th Grade 5th Grade Teacher Subject Teacher  Subject Mr. McCarty Math Mrs. Tourre Math Mrs. Willis English Ms. Conrad English Mrs. Bassett Math Mr. Schumann Math Mrs. Rogers English Mrs. Liverance English Specialists teach our specials classes: Spec