Scotland Elementary News

We have recently discovered that cell phone carriers such as AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, occasionally label our calls to families as spam. Consequently, when we leave a message, it is not transmitted to you, and you are not notified of a missed call. To hopefully address this issue, we kindly request that you add our school phone number (1-203-894-5825) and our bus company's number (1-203-431-2924) to your contact list to prevent calls from being mislabeled as spam. Thank you so much!

To ensure safety for all in our school community, please fill out our visitor form before arriving at school. We require this form to enter the building during school hours. As an added layer of security, we require an appointment to come in the building.

Scotland Elementary will celebrate Halloween on October 31. We invite all students in grades K-5 to wear Halloween costumes to school. If your student would prefer to not wear their costume, they may participate in a Scotty Spirit day instead.

Teachers will engage students in curriculum throughout the day, and there will be classroom-based Halloween parties at the end of the day at the teacher’s discretion.

Please follow these guidelines regarding costumes:

• If students choose to dress up, please have them come to school dressed in their costume, as there will not be a space for them to change once here.
• Costumes must allow easy bathroom use so students can independently use the restroom.
• To ensure safety, costumes may not include props or masks, and please limit makeup to the eyes only.
• Kindly refrain from sending your child in an inflatable or any other distracting costume.
• Please encourage your child to choose a costume with a non-violent theme. Costumes should be “kindergarten friendly” (not scary or gory). Gentle storybook characters or heroes often lend themselves to fantastic costumes as they encourage reading for pleasure!

Get out and choose that perfect carving pumpkin! The SES Great Pumpkin Blaze carving challenge is back! Display those spooky pumpkins before Halloween. On October 15 through 17, drop off your creations to the front of the school (along the outside brick wall to the left of the school entrance).

Walk through our Pumpkin Blaze trail—if you dare!—on Thursday, October 17 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., and see the pumpkins aglow! The PTA will number each pumpkin along the trail. It’s important to remember the numbers of your favorites so you can vote for them! Voting begins at the Pumpkin Blaze event and ends on October 28 to allow plenty of time for voting.

There will be three awesome prizes! The top three pumpkins with the most votes will get to pick from the prize cauldron. We will announce the winners on October 31. Please pick up your pumpkin between October 28 and November 1. Please contact our school's PTA with any questions. 

Please reinforce the C.A.R.E.S. language that teachers are using with your students to set expectations for behavior in the hallways.

Cooperation:

• I walk on the right-hand side of the hallway.
• I listen for and follow adult directions.