Register for the CCS Transition Fair!

Got an IEP or 504 Plan? Get help planning your child's future at the Transition Fair!

On Saturday, Sept. 14 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at East High School, Columbus City Schools presents the 2024 Transition Fair. The Fair seeks to help caregivers who have children with learning exceptionalities create a pathway for life-long student success. Families interested in attending the Transition Fair can register at bit.ly/CCSTransitionFair2024 to experience more than 50+ community organizations, guest speakers, and family fun with FREE Cleveland Cavaliers 30 minute basketball clinics and Touch-a-Truck. 

Click here to learn more.

All Aboard the Pathway Express! First Stop: Veteran's Memorial & Museum

Pathway Express speeds full-steam ahead to arrive at its first destination of the year – the National Veterans Memorial and Museum on September 14!   

This experience includes activities and resources to expose students to service-learning outside the classroom. Students and their families will enjoy FREE admission from September 1st through November 30th, as they explore and honor stories of courage and sacrifice.

Click here to learn more!

The Student Handbook: Your Guide to Student Success

The 2024-2025 Guide to Student Success is now available! Check out this resource for everything you need to know ahead of the upcoming school year.

School Supply Lists for 2024-25

Attention families, all school supply lists for the 2024-25 school year can be found here!

Welcome back to school! 

As we gear up for the 2024-2025 school year, download your school supply list here:

Please follow the link for the appropriate grade level:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QrkdjV-PvvkWpHMwwm8hRVSR-pqK5zJsHQIz0qNVFk0/edit?usp=sharing

Enrollment

To apply for our school you must fill out the enrollment form on ccsoh.us.  Please note our school is 100% lottery.  Enrollment for the 2024-2025 School Year

• Online Registration for the 2024-25 school year will begin on January 3, 2024.
• Families must complete the 2024-2025 Online Registration to begin the enrollment process. Enrollment appointments are no longer required, but are available as an option.  The Online Registration applications will be processed in the order they are received, provided all necessary documentation is uploaded to the application.  Please take time to thoroughly review the necessary documents to ensure that your application is not delayed in processing.
  Elementary School Lottery Applications: On-time lottery applications accepted via the Parent Portal  for the lottery draw Thursday, February 1, 2024 through Friday, March 29, 2024. Late applications are added to the bottom of the waitlist in the date/time order of receipt. The last date for the acceptance of late lottery applications for students who completed the 2023-24 school year with CCS is August 16, 2024. New students enrolling into Columbus City Schools can submit a lottery application for two weeks after their enrollment date until December 6, 2024.

Charity Newsies 24-25

Clothe-A-Child

 Program

The Charity Newsies application for clothing assistance will open on July 29, 2024. We have capacity to serve 18,000 children. Applications will be taken and clothing pickups scheduled on a first come, first served basis. We encourage you to apply as soon as you can as we reached capacity last year in mid-September.

If you are in an emergency situation, please contact your school social worker or case workers within whom you may be working with. 

Additional clothing may be available at one of the free stores listed below:

https://www.4allpeople.org/freestore

https://westsidefreestore.org

https://www.purpledoorchurch.com/make-a-difference/free-store

http://www.goodshepherdum.org/free-store.html

In 2023, clothing assistance applications opened on July 24, 2023. We anticipate clothing assistance for the 2024-2025 school year beginning again in the late summer of 2024.

The Charity Newsies Clothe-A-Child program is designed for families in need of back-to-school clothing assistance. Qualifying families may submit one application per child per school year. All children of the family are to be on the same application.

Applications are submitted on-line only. We no long accept in-person applications at our headquarters. Applicants will receive an appointment confirmation email within 3 business days of submitting the application. The confirmation will include the date & time of pick-up and a card number to claim the clothing. A recap of the children to receive clothing along with the school chosen and the clothing sizes selected will be included in the confirmation email.

Pick-up appointments are scheduled during regular office hours (M-F) in the order in which the applications are received and approved. We do not have weekend pick-up. Charity Newsies reserves the right to verify all information provided on the application. False or incomplete information can delay or deny the approval of your application.

Applicants are responsible for picking up the clothing at our headquarters. Unclaimed clothing will be returned to inventory and the application will be closed. Applicants who fail to pick up their clothing will not be able to reapply until the following school year.

Clothing will be provided based on the dress code (if any) of the school indicated and the clothing sizes selected on the application. Clothing cannot be returned or exchanged, so it is important to select the correct sizes.

Any questions regarding the application or the Clothe-A-Child program should be directed to clothing@charitynewsies.com

ARRIVAL

Car riders and walkers may enter the building at 8:30. School begins at 9:00 a.m. We do not have supervision for students before 8:30 a.m. Car riders, please enter the parking lot entrance to the school and pull up to the curb and stay in the car. For safety, we need to maintain a single line of cars along the curb. Parents will not be permitted to walk their students into the school. We will have staff outside and inside to direct students to their classrooms. Bus riders will enter through the bus doors, as we have traditionally entered. Breakfast is available to all students. Tardy bell rings at 9:00 AM.

DISMISSAL

If you plan to pick up your student, please enter the parking lot and stay in your car, in the pick up line, along the curb. We will have staff to walk with our prek and kindergarten students out to the cars. This will take some time to become efficient, please be patient as we develop this routine with our students. It is helpful if you have a large sign on your passenger door with your child’s name and grade level so that we can easily see the names to call. If the traffic gets stopped at the light, please feel free to park in the parking lanes nearest to Karl Road, and then walk to the sidewalk. We have a teacher on the sidewalk calling names. We ask that you social distance on the sidewalk.

BUS LANE

Cars are not allowed in the bus lane. This lane is only for buses and Day Care vehicles. We appreciate your cooperation in making sure that students are safe at dismissal.

Arrival/Dismissal Changes

Please call the office before 2:30 p.m. if you are changing your child’s dismissal plan. We deliver messages to the classrooms between 2:30 and 3:00. During dismissal, we cannot answer the phones because we are all working to make sure that students are dismissed safely and efficiently. Some students arrive by car in the morning, but expected to ride the bus home in the evening, or by bus in the morning but car rider in the afternoon. Please communicate all dismissal changes. If a student is on the bus list, it is possible that the student will be sent home on the bus unless the parent has communicated to the office or teacher that the student is a car rider.

Late Arrivals/Early Dismissal

If your child is late to school, please escort to the main office. Your child will be signed in by the front office. For early dismissal, a valid ID is required for student pick up, and your child will only be released to adults over the age of 18 and listed on Infinite Campus. If you are sending someone else not listed on Infinite Campus to pick up your child, please call the office ahead of time to let us know, and make sure the individual has a valid ID.

ABSENCE FORM

Whenever your child is going to be absent please fill out the online form.  You will not need to call the school or send a note for the absence.  All medical excuses please send to school or email  to mamick@columbus.k12.oh.us  

absence form

SCHOOL FAIR - ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

School Choice Fair will be February 13, 2024. 

View our video profiles of each school prior to the Fairs!

Click here for a list of Zoom links

During the scheduled times for the Fair, families can click on the link and chat live with the principal and/or school staff.

Watch our School Choice Fair video!

PTO:

To contact PTO please use this link;

csiaptoinfo@gmail.com

November newsletter:

https://www.smore.com/tw8c5

Family Resources:

a great resource for hotlines, clothing, furniture, food, housing, transportation, health, employment, immigrant and community

https://www.smore.com/89amj

Annual Update

Parents please remember to do the annual update of your personal information in Parent Portal so we will have your child's current contact information.  This information is very important as it determines bus transportation, school/district mailings, and people who are allowed to pick up your child from school.

GREAT NEWS address changes now can be done through Parent Portal.  The schools no longer can do it.  

If you need further assistance in setting up your Parent Portal account, or retrieving your Username/Password, please sent an email with your picture ID, along with your child's name and date of birth to: 

parentportalaccess@columbus.k12.oh.us