Words from Primary

Let’s take a journey over the rainbow! 🌈  

On May 27th, our Elementary School and Middle School students will take you through a magical adventure with our CDS Spring Production of The Wizard of Oz! With two casts consisting of over 25 students, the entire CDS community will enjoy traveling with Dorothy as she finds her way back home and meets new friends. Did we mention the CDS Symphonic Band and the 6th Grade Choir are performing too? 

Show times are at 2 pm and at 6 pm, with tickets at c5,0000 in cash at the CDS Theater Door (with a c15,000 price cap for families).  Reserve your spots HERE! 

Upcoming Dates

• May 22-26: MAP (1st, 2nd, and 5th grade) 
• June 7: UCR Choirs Concert (for Elementary Students) 
• June 7: 2nd-4th grade End of Year Music Performance at 8:30am in the theater 
• June 12: Prek-1st grade End of Year Music Performance at 8:30am in the theater  
• June 12: EC end of the year shared snack (coordinated by each class) 
• June 12: Prep Moving Up Ceremony at 9:30am in the theater 
• June 13: 5th Grade Moving Up Ceremony at 8:30am in the theater 
• June 15: ES end of the year shared snack (coordinated by each class) 
• June 16: Report cards are available in iSAMS 

Highlights from the Past Week

• 5B used their Earth Day Bake Sale funds to plan, design, and create a new native, edible, and pollinator garden in Elementary. Students will soon visit a local nursery to meet with experts to learn about plant care and purchase the garden’s plants. Students will then start the next phase of the project - planting the garden. 
• Mrs. Knott, one of our 2nd grade teachers, spent a week in Florida participating in a NAE Middle Level Leadership conference which is part of her yearlong fellowship.  
• Early Childhood students attended our High School band’s end of the year concert where they enjoyed seeing our Juilliard partnership come to life through music.  
• During our Wednesday professional learning, our teachers continued aligning mathematics priority standards across grade levels by working collaboratively as grade level teams. Staff also engaged in planning social emotional learning strategies to implement within the classroom through a guided book discussion. 

MAP Tests 

Below is the MAP testing schedule for next week for students in Grades 1-5.