October 1, 2019

Dear Cascade Families and Community Members,

Now that families and teachers have settled into our school routines, it is time to focus on learning!  We are no longer taking MAPs tests, but we are using another testing program called FastBridge. We have used these results of the FastBridge tests to place our students into learning groups for Walk to Read and Walk to Math interventions which best meet their individual needs.

Thank you to all who attended the Math Game Night. It was wonderful to see all of the families playing games together and getting to know the teachers and other community members even better. If you were unable to attend, please let us know if you would like a copy of the math games that the teachers prepared. We will be having another family engagement event in the spring and are looking forward to seeing you there.

Our parent/teacher conferences will be October 22nd and 24th. The classroom teachers will be sending out P/T conference schedules soon and will do their best to work around your schedules. Please provide them with a couple of workable options as it can be a challenge to schedule everyone in limited time slots.  The conferences are a time for one-on-one conversations with teachers, so please feel free to address your questions/concerns at this time. 

With the changes in the weather, it is important that our students come to school prepared for a variety of weather conditions.  Unless we experience below zero temperatures or extreme storms, students will go out for recess. Now is also a good time to make sure that children have snow boots, snow pants, hats/hoods, and gloves/mittens on hand. 

Please note on the attached calendar, that picture retakes are October 14th.  Of course, Halloween is on the 31st. We plan on continuing the tradition of having our costume parade within the school. Please do not send your child(ren) in their costumes. They will have time to change into them before the parade.  Classroom teachers will share information about Halloween parties and our annual parade as the date approaches.

As always, if you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions, please feel free to contact me anytime. I will gladly help in any way I can. 

Thank you,  

Michelle Price

Cascade Elementary School Principal 

(406) 468-9383 ex. 106,  michelle.price@cascade.k12.mt.us