Casey-Westfield CUSD #C-4

🦇💛 This week in Zone Room, we learned how bats can teach us about handling big feelings!

Just like bats use echolocation, our students are using calm-down tools to guide them through tough moments. 🌟

💛 Our bat craft shows how our coping strategies can help us “fly” through big feelings—and decorated our Halloween-themed door for Family Reading Night!

🍁Oakland Noddle Fundraiser🍁 begins TODAY! Order forms are going home this evening. Orders are due back on Wednesday, October 22. Noodles will be delivered to Monroe right before Thanksgiving Break. They will be the perfect addition to your Thanksgiving meal 🦃 Please take the weekend to get out and sell some noodles! This fundraiser is so important to Monroe as it completely funds our BRAVE program. The funds go towards:

*Incentive trips
*BRAVE reward parties
*End of the Year Celebration
*Class field trips
*Classroom supplies for special projects

Just to name a few.

Any and all noodle sales allow for Monroe to continue to make the school day not only educational, but FUN too!

We appreciate the support of our families and our community💜💛

Miss Gallagher's kindergarten class had a fun time learning all about apples today! They tasted different kinds of apples with a variety of toppings, made apple volcanoes, tried "apple pie in a cup", and created their own apple trees by stamping halved apples into paint!

This week the 3rd graders worked collaboratively to construct an edible cookie color wheel. Using the three primary colors of icing, they mixed together the remaining nine colors of the wheel. Of course, this quickly became a favorite lesson for all!

Homecoming Day!
1:00-1:30pm Pep Rally at Sinclair-Vidoni Field
3:00pm Homecoming Parade
7:00pm Homecoming Football Game

Get ready to paint the school purple and gold tomorrow! 💜💛 Our little Warriors are showing their spirit for HoCo week, and we're adding an extra splash of fun with our very first Friday Hat Day! 🧢✨ Bring $1.00 to wear a hat during school.

👑 Let's see those creative combinations tomorrow as we celebrate being proud Warriors! 🌟

Double the fun, double the spirit - tomorrow's going to be AMAZING! 🎉

Hey High Schoolers! Did you know that Crazy 8s is offering discounts on their pulled pork meals for students between 11am-1pm when they show their student ID? Make your way to see them and grab some lunch!

A big shout out to all of our Custodians! We appreciate all your hard work!

Mark your calendar with these events this month!

Fall Family Reading Night has been planned! Put this date on your calendar. More details to follow

Lady Braves Basketball kicks off their season Tuesday, September 30th at Roosevelt with a C-game at 5:15, 7th grade at 6:00 and 8th grade to follow. Thursday, the girls travel to Red Hill. Good luck this season, Lady Braves!!!

🎉 Exciting News, Braves! 🎉
Monroe Elementary is giving our PBIS Brave Program a fresh new look—with awesome incentives on the way! To help launch these updates, we’re hosting a simple and fun fundraiser this October!

🧢 Hat Day Fundraiser 🧢
👉 Every Friday in October
👉 Bring $1.00 to wear your favorite hat at school
👉 Give your dollar to your teacher (the day before or morning of)

All funds will help kick off the refreshed Brave Program so we can reach more students than ever!

Thank you for your support—we can’t wait to see your hat style! 🎩🧢👒

✨ This student is using AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) to make requests while building and practicing speech skills. Every voice matters!”

Mrs. Robinson's kindergarten class learned all about apples with fun apple centers. They were able to taste different apples, made apple volcanoes, had apple pie in a cup, labeled the parts of an apple, and tested whether they would sink or float.

C-W Homecoming is right around the corner. Next week is all about spirit! Raid the closet and get those outfits ready!

✨🍎 Building speech skills one dot at a time! Our students are practicing their sounds while having fun with hands-on activities. Speech and language learning is sweet as an apple! 🍏🗣️

Casey-Westfield Schools will have a 2:00 early dismissal on Friday, October 3, 2025 for the 2025 Homecoming Parade. The Homecoming Parade will begin at 3:00 pm.

In Zone Room sessions last week, our younger students read The Road to Sorry by Mandy Sweetwater. This beautiful story reminded us that saying “sorry” isn’t just about words—it’s about taking responsibility, showing kindness, and making things right. 💛

Our older students took it a step further by discussing what makes an apology truly meaningful. Together, we practiced the 4 Steps to a Good Apology:
1️⃣ Say what you’re sorry for (be specific)
2️⃣ Show you care about the other person’s feelings
3️⃣ Ask how to make it right
4️⃣ Try to do better next time

It was a great reminder for all of us that mistakes can be opportunities to grow, repair relationships, and choose a better path forward.

Picture Day is coming up!

Pork Burger Drive Thru has been postponed due to weather. Looking to reschedule on 9/29.