Cushing Elementary

CUSHING CHRONICLES

OCTOBER 11, 2024

UPCOMING EVENTS

October
Fri, 11 - Homecoming Week: KM/Cushing Spirit Day
Fri, 11 - Fire Prevention Day
Fri, 11 - KMHS Homecoming Parade & Football Game, 5:15 & 7:00
Mon, 14 - FIELD TRIP: 1st Grade - Ebert’s Greenhouse
Thurs, 17 - Picture Retake Day
Thurs, 17 - FIELD TRIP: 3rd Grade - The Wild Robot Movie
Wed, 23 - FIELD TRIP: 4th Grade - Old World Wisconsin
Thurs, 24 - Carved Pumpkins MUST be dropped off outside the Front Office
Sat, 26 - Downtown Delafield Business Trick or Treat/Grand Illumination
Thurs, 31 - Dress as Your Favorite Book Character Day

November
Fri, 1 - NO SCHOOL - Elementary Schools Only
Mon, 4 - NO SCHOOL
Mon, 4 - Parent/Teacher Conferences
Fri, 8 - Family Movie Night
Mon, 11 - 3rd & 4th Grade Veterans Day Concert, 5:00
Wed, 27 - NO SCHOOL
Thurs, 28 - NO SCHOOL - Happy Thanksgiving
Fri, 29 - NO SCHOOL

MESSAGE FROM MRS. RACH

Hello Cushing Families!

Our annual Decathlon at St. John’s was a huge success this year! On behalf of Cushing, I’d like to express our appreciation for the support from parents, staff, volunteers, and our generous community sponsors. Not only did we meet our Decathlon fundraising goal, but we also enjoyed a day full of excitement!

 A warm thank you to everyone who contributed their time, effort, and resources to make this event possible. We couldn't have done it without your dedication, and we are so grateful for your ongoing support of our school community.

At our Decathlon, students had a great time participating in activities like the bounce house, relay races, long jump, obstacle course, and many more. It was so fun to see everyone come together to make this event a memorable experience for our students and school.

Here’s to the next Decathlon and many more memorable events to come this year.

Mrs. Rach

CUSHING NEWS

Star Slip Winners!

Star Slips

Downtown Delafield Business Trick or Treat - October 26

Halloween in Delafield

Decathlon T-Shirts
Please hold onto your Decathlon t-shirt for the rest of the school year.  We often ask students to wear their Decathlon t-shirts throughout the year for Field Trips and Off Campus Events to make it easier to locate our Cushing Stars.

Dress as Your Favorite Book Character Day AND Buddy Class Day! - October 31
On Thursday, October 31, dress as your favorite book character! Bring the book of your character to share with your buddy and read together. For students who don’t dress up, you should still bring a book to read with your buddy. More details will be shared as the day gets closer.  (If you don’t know what Buddy Class Day is, your child will be able to give you the scoop.)

For the safety of our students, masks and/or pretend weapons are not allowed. 

Picture Retakes - October 17
Empire Photography will be here in the morning on Tuesday, October 10th for picture retakes.  If your learner is making a funny face and you want a re-do or if your learner did not get their picture taken at Great Start Conferences, fill out THIS FORM. 

School Bus Safety Reminders
With October upon us we here at Dousman Transport Company will dedicate a week to go over bus Evacuations with all the students that ride our buses. This will help prepare all students in the event of an emergency.

With Safety as our number one priority, we wanted to send out a few important safety reminders.

  • While waiting at the bus stop, when the bus is approaching everyone should get in a line and wait at least 12 ft back from where the bus door will open.

  • When departing the bus, you should immediately walk away from the bus. If you must cross wait for the driver to cross you and continue away from the bus once, you have crossed.

  • If you need to walk down the road or get your mail, please wait until the bus pulls away. Never walk down the side of the bus. There are many blind spots on a bus, and we need to make sure we can see each student that has departed the bus before we pull away. 

These few safety tips will help our drivers to ensure each, and every student gets to and from school safely.

PTO UPDATES

BOOK FAIR

Book Fair

This year's Book Fair (November 11th-15th in our Activity Center) is going to be epic! More Books. More Choices. More Fun. Start exploring together on our school's Book Fair homepage: Cushing Elementary Fall Book Fair

DECATHLON

Fun (and sun) was had by all Wednesday, at our Decathlon event. A HUGE thank you to Jen Szerenyi, Magalie Miller and Andrea Mihalovich for spearheading our event. A special shout out to all of our volunteers, sponsors and St. John’s Northwestern that makes the day possible!

Decathlon
Decathlon
Decathlon
Decathlon

We are at $24,560.. If we reach our goal of $25,000, all students who raised +$50 or more will get their names entered to be drawn to throw whipped cream pies in Mrs Rach’s face!

Click HERE to donate online.  

Click HERE for the donation form

SENTRY RECIEPTS

SAVE YOUR RECEIPTS! Help Cushing raise money while doing something you already do each week - buying groceries! Sentry in Delafield will donate a portion of each purchase back to the school. All we need from you is to drop the receipts in the bin at Cushing right inside the vestibule at the main entrance. 

VOLUNTEERS

We are always looking for volunteers to make all of our fun events successful. Email volunteercushing@gmail.com to get on our volunteer list!  

PTO MEETINGS

Meetings take place in the Cushing Activity Center. Please email ptocushing@gmail.com to be added to the meeting invite or agenda.

Friday, Nov., 8 @ 9:30am
Friday, Dec., 6 @ 9:30am
Friday, Jan., 10 @ 9:30am

Meeting summary and minutes can be found HERE OR visit us at http://kmsd.edu/cushingpto for more information and updates.

KM NEWS

LASER LOCKER HOURS

Friday, October 11  |  10am-7pm

9 SECRET WEAPONS OF RESILIENCY FOR PARENTS OF TEENS

GALS - Resiliency

EQUINE GRIEF EXPLORERS

Equine Grief Explorers

COMMUNITY EDUCATION

KETTLE MORAINE SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMUNITY EDUCATION

Providing Recreational and Educational Opportunities for Our KM Community!

Please be sure to visit the website often for updates and new programs. For program information and registration forms, visit www.kmsd.edu/communityed.

We also rent space and are happy to facilitate your events, courses, or activities.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO LEARN MORE!

COMMUNITY ED LOGO

LYBA Basketball - Grades 1-8
Registration is open for the 24-25 Youth Recreational basketball season.  All students in grades 1-8 are welcome.   Season begins in December and concludes in February.  Grades 3-8 will practice one night per week with Saturday morning games and will be followed by a season ending tournament.

Grades 1-2 will meet on Saturday mornings for one hour with practice and game play. Our emphasis will be on knowledge and execution of basketball skills, rules, sportsmanship, fair play and attitude. Eight foot baskets will be used.  Sign up today at https://kmsd.revtrak.net/rwcommunityeducation/  Deadline is Oct. 27

Culver’s Care Night- Tuesday, Oct 15
Join us from 5-8pm  at the Wales Culvers to support KM Jr Laser Football.

COMMUNITY EVENTS & FLYERS

Events/opportunities listed on our Community Flyers page are not endorsed by the Kettle Moraine School District. They have been approved for electronic sharing. Visit https://www.kmsd.edu/page/km-community  to see the full list of current flyers.

Cushing Elementary School

https://www.kmsd.edu/cushing

227 Genesee Street Delafield, WI 53018