Letter to Parents
Week of September 16, 2020
Dear Canty Families:
Thank you for a great first week of Virtual School! We are all learning and thank you for your patience as we all get better each day.
Curriculum Night-
Virtual Curriculum Night is this week! You should have an invite with a link from your child’s teacher for Curriculum Night at 6pm Tuesday for grades Pre-K to 4th and 6pm on Wednesday for 5th-8th grades. All presentations will be recorded and placed on the Canty Website Remote Learning Page
Required School Forms -
Thank you to the 201 families that have turned in your child’s yearly forms. Complete all your school paperwork and upload on-line here! These forms are required for EACH Canty student. These forms are all located in the electronic form, in the packet handed out at material pick up or can be picked from Canty. Please complete and upload to the link above. This was due by September 11th. Please complete these important forms today!
School Fees-
To pay your school fees go to the Canty Website and click on Pay School Fee. Choose to make a one-time payment. For the 2020-2021 school year the fees were reduced to support families during this challenging time.
1 student= $45
2 students= $75
3 or more = $100
Physicals, Shot Records, Dental and Eye exams-
All pre-K, kindergarten, 6th grade and new students to Canty are required to upload their updated shot, physicals, eye exam and dental forms here. If you are having difficulty you can also email the forms to School Nurse Debra Deveirman at dldeveirman@cps.edu. All forms must be sent to the school by October 1, 2020.
School Pictures- We will be having school pictures taken outside on October 1, 2020 from 12pm-6pm. More information including sign up for time slots will be in next week's Monday email.
Food Distribution-
Food Distribution has resumed at Canty! Canty students are eligible to pick up three days of breakfast and lunch every three days. Come to the Paris Ave Parking Lot Monday- Friday between 8am-1pm.
Technology Help-
Check out the Canty School Website Remote Learning Page for lots of information. Scroll to the bottom of the page for technical support, videos and resources. If you are having trouble with your Chromebook or IPad first try closing out of all applications and restarting your device. This takes care of a majority of issues.
Attendance Procedures:
If your child will be absent from school, you will need to call the school attendance line at 773-534-1238; press 3. Please also email your child’s teacher and Mrs. Swan at cadunleavyswan@cps.edu from a parent or guardian email account for any absence to be marked as excused. This includes absences due to internet or power outages.
Student CPS email issues- If you are having difficulties with your child’s CPS email login or password please contact AP Kotz at alkotz@cps.edu
Aspen Issues?-
If you are having difficulty with Aspen Parent Portal please contact Kamil Szpara at kszpara@cps.edu
Virtual Nursing Office Hours-
If you need to speak to one of the nurses about any medical forms their office hours for Canty are Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:15am-10:00am Please call 574-213-7519 PIN: 325 135 828#
Google Training for Parents:
In addition to the resources located at the Canty Website Remote Learning tab. CPS’ partnership with Google for Education has provided our educators with unique professional learning opportunities over the years, such as Googlepalooza, and we are excited to partner with Google to help our parents and families learn how to use Google Education Suite tools and support their children with at-home learning.
Beginning Thursday, September 3, 2020, the following Google trainings are available on cps.edu/reopening2020:
Please continue to contact the school if you are struggling. When in doubt just reach out!
Stay Healthy Cougars!
Mrs. Rath
Curriculum Night-
Virtual Curriculum Night is this week! You should have an invite with a link from your child’s teacher for Curriculum Night at 6pm Tuesday for grades Pre-K to 4th and 6pm on Wednesday for 5th-8th grades. All presentations will be recorded and placed on the Canty Website Remote Learning Page
Required School Forms -
Thank you to the 201 families that have turned in your child’s yearly forms. Complete all your school paperwork and upload on-line here! These forms are required for EACH Canty student. These forms are all located in the electronic form, in the packet handed out at material pick up or can be picked from Canty. Please complete and upload to the link above. This was due by September 11th. Please complete these important forms today!
School Fees-
To pay your school fees go to the Canty Website and click on Pay School Fee. Choose to make a one-time payment. For the 2020-2021 school year the fees were reduced to support families during this challenging time.
1 student= $45
2 students= $75
3 or more = $100
Physicals, Shot Records, Dental and Eye exams-
All pre-K, kindergarten, 6th grade and new students to Canty are required to upload their updated shot, physicals, eye exam and dental forms here. If you are having difficulty you can also email the forms to School Nurse Debra Deveirman at dldeveirman@cps.edu. All forms must be sent to the school by October 1, 2020.
School Pictures- We will be having school pictures taken outside on October 1, 2020 from 12pm-6pm. More information including sign up for time slots will be in next week's Monday email.
Food Distribution-
Food Distribution has resumed at Canty! Canty students are eligible to pick up three days of breakfast and lunch every three days. Come to the Paris Ave Parking Lot Monday- Friday between 8am-1pm.
Technology Help-
Check out the Canty School Website Remote Learning Page for lots of information. Scroll to the bottom of the page for technical support, videos and resources. If you are having trouble with your Chromebook or IPad first try closing out of all applications and restarting your device. This takes care of a majority of issues.
Attendance Procedures:
If your child will be absent from school, you will need to call the school attendance line at 773-534-1238; press 3. Please also email your child’s teacher and Mrs. Swan at cadunleavyswan@cps.edu from a parent or guardian email account for any absence to be marked as excused. This includes absences due to internet or power outages.
Student CPS email issues- If you are having difficulties with your child’s CPS email login or password please contact AP Kotz at alkotz@cps.edu
Aspen Issues?-
If you are having difficulty with Aspen Parent Portal please contact Kamil Szpara at kszpara@cps.edu
Virtual Nursing Office Hours-
If you need to speak to one of the nurses about any medical forms their office hours for Canty are Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:15am-10:00am Please call 574-213-7519 PIN: 325 135 828#
Google Training for Parents:
In addition to the resources located at the Canty Website Remote Learning tab. CPS’ partnership with Google for Education has provided our educators with unique professional learning opportunities over the years, such as Googlepalooza, and we are excited to partner with Google to help our parents and families learn how to use Google Education Suite tools and support their children with at-home learning.
Beginning Thursday, September 3, 2020, the following Google trainings are available on cps.edu/reopening2020:
- Google Basics for CPS Families: Parents can learn about the basic Google tools their child and teachers will use to learn at home, as well as tips on how to help their child use these tools.
- Google/Classroom Meet: This session will offer families an overview on how their child will access their school work, receive direct instruction, and join their classmates for real-time virtual classes from their teachers each day.
- Google on an iPad (PreK-2): This workshop will provide tips on how to access the Google Education Suite through an iPad for our youngest learners, including what applications families should download to the device before the first day of school.
- Google Accessibility: This workshop will help families explore accessibility options on Google to help their child access online learning according to their own unique learning style, needs, and ability
Please continue to contact the school if you are struggling. When in doubt just reach out!
Stay Healthy Cougars!
Mrs. Rath