Back to School Events Announced
The first day of school is Monday, August 19
The 24-25 School year is quickly approaching, so it is time to update you on upcoming events! Back to school information packets will be going out soon, with needed information before the first day of school, Monday August 19th! Just a reminder that the first three weeks of the school year are t four-day weeks with Friday 8/23, Friday 8/30, and Monday 9/2 (Labor Day) as no school days.
Open House events, to tour the buildings and meet staff will be during the evening of Wednesday, August 14th. We stagger the events, so that Parents with students in different buildings can attend more than one. While each Event lasts an hour, families can come at any time during that span, as it fits into their schedule.
Galewood Elementary: 5-6 pm
Parkview/Washington Elementary: 5:30- 6:30 pm
Charlotte Upper Elementary: 6-7pm
Charlotte Middle School: 6:30-7:30
Charlotte High School 9th grade orientation: 7-8 pm
Charlotte High School 11th-12th grade orientation 7:30-8:30 pm
If you still need to enroll your student, registration information can be found on enrollment page, or you can contract Ms. Nenortas, our registrar at (517)541-5100, 378 State Street, Charlotte, MI 48813. Come and join our Oriole Family, and Grow, Learn, Play…The Oriole Way!
Charlotte Public Schools will be continuing our SEL Support Dog program during the 2024-2025 school year at your child’s school. Research has shown that support dogs in schools can help build strong social emotional skills in students. A support dog presence has also been shown to reduce anxiety, help students work through anger management concerns, reduce bullying tendencies, and address other personal and social issues that all of our developing students deal with. There are specific goals of the SEL support dog program and they include but are not limited to: increase empathy and compassion in students; help students connect with something in the school setting and reduce anxiety; and improve academic performance, while increasing confidence and self-esteem. Currently, certified dogs are at Galewood (Roman), Washington (Poppy), CMS (Lincoln), and CHS (Toby). Puppies are in training for the other buildings, and hopefully will be in the buildings part time once they are older, and full time once certified (around a year old).
Our SEL support dogs will be trained and certified through Canines for Change. Our dog has passed a temperament evaluation for suitability to become certified and to work in a variety of settings around people.
Our SEL support dogs are owned by Charlotte Public Schools and cared for by our employees. Each SEL support dog has a host that takes care of them while they are not at work and a handler that cares for them while at work. Both the host and handler have been properly trained through the Canines for Change program and meet very strict requirements for the ongoing care of the dog and the conditions under which our dog works.
Our SEL Support Dog Handbook includes a list of expectations for students when interacting with the SEL support dog. We encourage you to review these expectations with your child.
Please complete this form acknowledging your preference as to whether you wish your child to have contact with a CPS support dog. If we do not receive a response from you within ten (10) business days we will automatically assume you do not have any concerns and approve interaction between your student and the SEL support dog. Please contact your building principal if you have questions regarding this program.
Welcome back to the 24-25 School Year! Go Orioles! Oriole Pride!
Dr. Stewart- CPS Superintendent
