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We are excited to announce that our school has been awarded a “TeachArtsOhio” grant from the Ohio Arts Council for the 2024-2025 school year. This grant will provide our school with a “teaching artist” that will bring FLAMENCO dance to our students!

Why FLAMENCO DANCE? Our goal is to provide a bilingual “school” education for our students, (English & Spanish). However, to fully understand and embrace a second language, students must also learn about the culture that embodies the second language, Spanish. We want to "create a school-wide movement where students, teachers, and families can develop a respect and understanding of the culture of Spain.” One way to do this is to bring a teaching artist to our school, Griset Dama-Roche.

Ms. Roche was born in Cuba. She was a primary dancer with the Spanish Balleto of Havana under Maestro Eduardo Veitia. In 2014, she moved with her family to Columbus, Ohio, where she has since become a key figure in the local arts community. She has a studio in Plain City, Ohio- “uwilldance,” where she teaches flamenco dance and ballet. She also teaches flamenco dance at the McConnell Arts Center in Worthington, Ohio. During the summers, she is a guest instructor at BalletMet’s Intensive Summer programs. We are excited to welcome Ms. Roche to our school!

We are so very grateful to the Ohio Arts Council for this award! Without this award, we would not be able to bring flamenco dance to our students. We are looking forward to a wonderful, cultural experience for our students that we hope will help them become lifelong learners of the arts!

Estamos muy emocionados de anunciar que nuestra escuela recibid una beca "TeachArtsOhio" del Ohio Arts Council para el año escolar 2024-2025. iEsta beca proporcionará a nuestra escuela un "artista docente" que llevara el baile FLAMENCO a nuestros estudiantes!

¿Por que BAILE FLAMENCO? Nuestro objetivo es brindar una educación "escolar" bilingüe a nuestros estudiantes (inglés y español). Sin embargo, para comprender y adoptar plenamente un segundo idioma, los estudiantes también deben aprender sobre la cultura que encarna el segundo idioma, el español. Queremos "crear un movimiento escolar donde los estudiantes, profesores y familias puedan desarrollar el respeto y la comprensión de la cultura de Espana". Una forma de hacerlo es traer un artista docente a nuestra escuela, Griset Dama-Roche.

La Sra. Roche nacio en Cuba. Fue bailarina principal del Ballet Español de La Habana bajo la direccion del Maestro Eduardo Veitia. En 2014 se mudó con su familia a Columbus, Ohio, donde desde entonces se ha convertido en una figura clave en la comunidad artística local. Tiene un estudio en Plain City, Ohio, "uwilldance", donde enseña danza flamenca y ballet. Tambien enseña baile flamenco en el McConnell Arts Center en Worthington, Ohio. Durante los veranos es instructora invitada en los programas intensivos de verano de BalletMet. ¡Estamos emocionados de darle la bienvenida a la Sra. Roche a nuestra escuela!

¡Estamos muy agradecidos con el Ohio Arts Council por este premio! Sin este premio no podríamos acercar el baile flamenco a nuestros alumnos. iEsperamos una experiencia cultural maravillosa para nuestros estudiantes que esperamos les ayude a convertirse en aprendices de las artes de por vida! 

ABSENCE FORM

If 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

FORMULARIO DE AUSENCIA

Si su hijo/a va a faltar a clase, complete el formulario en línea. No es necesario llamar a la escuela ni enviar una justificación. Envíe todas las justificaciones médicas a la oficina o envíelas por correo electrónico a mamick@columbus.k12.oh.us.

Formulario de Ausencia

ARRIVAL

Car riders and walkers may enter the building at 8:30 AM. School begins at 9:00 AM. We do not have supervision for students before 8:30 AM. 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. 

BUS LANE

Cars are not allowed in the bus lane, unless your student is in PreK. 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 PM 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 are 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 them 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.

Parent Portal:

Please use the Parent Portal Newsletter as a guide to help you navigate it and to answer questions you may have. If you'd like in-person assistance, please email the Family Ambassador Sra. Espino, pespino@columbus.k12.oh.us.

Utilice el Boletín del Portal de Padres (en Español) como guía para navegar por el Portal y responder a sus preguntas. Si desea asistencia en persona, envíe un correo electrónico a la Embajadora Familiar, Sra. Espino, a pespino@columbus.k12.oh.us.

Annual Update:

Families, please remember to do the annual update each year in the Parent Portal so that we have up-to-date contact information for your child.  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 can now be done through the Parent Portal via the Annual Update.  The schools can no longer do it.  Make sure that you have proof of address ready to upload. If you need further assistance in setting up your Parent Portal account, or retrieving your Username/Password, please send an email with your picture ID, along with your child's name and date of birth to: parentportalaccess@columbus.k12.oh.us

Enrollment

To apply to our school you must fill out the enrollment form at CCS Enrollment. Once your enrollment has been processed and accepted, you will receive Parent Portal account information or an activation code to create one. You will then log in to your Parent Portal account and enter the lottery. Please note our school is 100% lottery. For more information, please visit the district's website or check out our CCS Information Newsletter.

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