Cobden Unit School District

🍎 Cold Weather Reminder for Cobden Elementary Families! ❄️🧥

As temperatures begin to drop, please help us make sure our Appleknockers are dressed warmly and comfortably for the weather!

🌡️ Outdoor Recess: Students will continue to enjoy outdoor recess as long as the feels-like temperature is 32°F or above. Please send your child with a warm coat and other cold-weather essentials as needed.

🧥 Label Those Jackets! Please make sure coats, jackets, hats, and other belongings are labeled with your child's name. These items can easily become lost or misplaced throughout the school day.

❤️ Need a Winter Coat? Thanks to generous donations, we have several winter coats available for students who may need one! Please don't hesitate to reach out to our school office if your child could use a coat. We are happy to help!

Thank you for helping us keep our Appleknockers warm, comfortable, and ready to enjoy their school day! 🍎❤️

Dear Cobden Families,

Who doesn't love cheesecake?! 🍰

Our Cobden PTO is hosting a Schoolhouse Cheesecakes Raffle to help support our students and staff! One lucky winner will get to choose their favorite cheesecake flavor, just in time for Thanksgiving!

🎟️ Tickets: 1 for $10 or 3 for $25

📅 Ticket Deadline: Wednesday, November 18

🎉 Winner Drawn: Friday, November 20

Tickets can be purchased using cash, check, or Venmo (@cobdenpto). Simply return the ticket form to school with your student by November 18.

Please see the attached flyer for additional details. Thank you for supporting our Cobden PTO and all they do for our students and staff!

Good luck, and thank you for your support!

🍁 Thanksgiving Community Meal Reminder! 🦃

Cobden Elementary School Food Pantry is excited to host a FREE Thanksgiving Community Meal on Thursday, November 26, from 11:00 AM–1:00 PM in the elementary cafeteria!

Everyone is welcome to join us for a delicious Thanksgiving meal! ❤️

If you would like to reserve a meal, please text 618-697-1794 or email agearhart@cusd17.com by November 18. Additional details are included in the flyer below.

Please help us spread the word by sharing this information with friends, family, and community members who may enjoy a warm Thanksgiving meal.

We look forward to celebrating Thanksgiving with our community! 🧡

Well, partners, that's a wrap on another successful Coin Wars! A big yeehaw and thank-you to everyone who helped make this year's competition such a success! A total of $736.92 was raised. We also want to give a special shout-out to Mrs. Uribe and Ms. Malinda for all the hard work to make both Coin Wars and Book Fair Week a rootin'-tootin' good time for our students.

Dear Families, As we enter cold and flu season, we want to share a few friendly reminders to help keep our students, staff, and school community healthy. Working together, we can help reduce the spread of illness and keep our students feeling their best! Wash Those Hands! Handwashing is one of the most important ways to prevent the spread of germs. Hand sanitizer is helpful, but good old-fashioned soap and water is best whenever possible! Please encourage your child to wash their hands thoroughly with soap and water, especially after using the restroom, before eating, and after coughing or sneezing. Please remind your child to: Keep their hands and fingers out of their mouths. Avoid nail-biting and putting pencils, toys, or other objects in their mouths. Avoid repeatedly touching or wiggling loose teeth with their fingers. Cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue or their elbow. Practice good hygiene and avoid sharing personal items. As a reminder, please follow our school’s 24-hour illness policy: Fever: Students must be fever-free for at least 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication, such as Tylenol or Motrin, before returning to school. Vomiting: Students must be free from vomiting for at least 24 hours before returning to school. Diarrhea: Students must be free from diarrhea for at least 24 hours before returning to school. These guidelines help ensure students have adequate time to recover while reducing the risk of spreading illness to classmates and staff. If your child becomes ill while at school, you will be contacted to arrange for pickup. We appreciate your prompt cooperation in helping your child get home to rest and recover. Sincerely, Nurse Shelbi

Ms. Margarita's art classes have been working on some fun artwork lately! Does it feel like somebody is watching?

Dental Safari is coming!

Thanksgiving Community Meal

Cobden November Menu

Thanks PTO and families for funding Cedarhurst Center for the Arts to visit kindergarten today!  We had a fabulous time making “Where the Wild Things Are” masks.

We have a lot of fun activities and important events happening next week! Please take a moment to review these reminders as we prepare for a busy week!

⏰ Early Dismissal Schedule

Monday–Thursday (10/26–10/29): 2:00 PM dismissal

Friday (10/30): 11:30 AM dismissal

Appleknocker Club will be available every day until 6:00 PM for families who need after-school care.

📚 Scholastic Book Fair
Our Book Fair opens next week! Students and families can shop daily from 8:00 AM–3:00 PM.

Students are welcome to bring money to school to purchase books, or parents can create an eWallet using the link below to add money digitally for their child to shop!

🔗 eWallet Link: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/cobdenelementaryschool1

The Book Fair will also remain open until 7:00 PM on Thursday, October 29, during Parent-Teacher Conferences!

🍎 Parent-Teacher Conferences
Conferences will be held:

Thursday, October 29 – Evening

Friday, October 30 – Afternoon

If you haven't scheduled your conference yet, please contact the elementary office to make an appointment. We look forward to connecting with our families!

🎃 Halloween Celebrations – Friday, October 30- 11:30 AM dismissal
We'll wrap up our busy week with Halloween fun on Friday morning! Students are welcome to wear their Halloween costumes to school and enjoy a morning of classroom celebrations!

We are looking forward to a wonderful week filled with books, family connections, and Halloween fun! Thank you for your continued support of our Appleknockers! ❤️🍎

🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ STATE BOUND, APPLEKNOCKERS! 🍎🏆 A HUGE congratulations to our Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams for qualifying for STATE! 🎉 Special shoutout to our outstanding runners for their impressive finishes: 🥇 Harper – 1st Place 🏅 Eva – 3rd Place 🏅 Caleb – 5th Place 🏅 Toby – 10th Place A big congratulations to Coach Boie for her dedication and leadership! We are so proud of all our runners and can’t wait to cheer you on at STATE! ❤️🤍 GO APPLEKNOCKERS! 🍎🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

🎃🍂 First Grade Fall Fun! 🍁🌽 Our first graders enjoyed a beautiful fall day at the pumpkin patch! From hayrides and pumpkin picking to exploring corn mazes and launching corn cannons, the day was filled with smiles, laughter, and lots of fun! What a wonderful way to enjoy the beautiful weather, make memories, and celebrate the fall season with friends! 🧡🎃

📚🤠 Coin War & Spirit Week is Coming! 🤠📚
Get ready for a fun week at Cobden Elementary! October 19–23 will be our Coin War & Spirit Week as we get excited for our upcoming Scholastic Book Fair!
Students can bring coins throughout the week and join in our daily dress-up themes. All money collected will be used to purchase new books for our school library and classrooms! 📖❤️
There’s a little friendly competition, too—the top three classrooms that collect the most money will win a Round Up Treat at the Rodeo Bash!
Check out the attached flyer for each day’s coin and spirit theme. Our Wild, Wild West Book Fair will follow October 26–30.
We’re looking forward to a fun couple of weeks celebrating reading at Cobden Elementary! 🍎📚🐴

At Cobden Elementary, we use the Quaver curriculum during music class to help support social-emotional learning and reinforce the positive behaviors and character traits that are part of our schoolwide PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports) plan.

One way we recognize students is through Quaver Coins! Students can earn coins for random acts of kindness and service, making good choices, showing good character, being a good friend, working hard, and demonstrating other positive behaviors throughout the school day.

Quaver Coins can be given by staff members anywhere in our school—not just in the classroom! Students may be recognized during special classes, lunch, recess, in the hallways, and throughout their day.

Students save their coins and use them to shop at our Quaver Store. Some rewards are small and can be purchased quickly, while other special items may take several weeks of saving. This gives students something fun to work toward while reinforcing the positive choices we want to see every day.

We would love your help refreshing our Quaver Store! We are accepting donations of new or gently used, clean items that our students would enjoy, as well as monetary donations that can be used to purchase new rewards.

Donations may be sent to the Elementary Office. Monetary donations are also welcome, and checks can be made payable to Cobden Elementary.

Any donation, big or small, helps us continue celebrating our students for their kindness, hard work, good character, and positive choices. We greatly appreciate your support of our students and our PBIS program!

Quaver curriculum website: https://www.quavered.com/

🍎 No School Reminder

Just a reminder that there will be no school for students on Friday, October 9, as our teachers will be attending the Regional Teachers’ Institute.

There will also be no school on Monday, October 12, in observance of Columbus Day.

We hope all of our Appleknocker families enjoy the long weekend! 🍂

September Accelerated Reading Program: The following students have reached AR goals in September.
25 Point Club- Faith Rumfelt, Lainey Joyner, Conrad Herron, Loretta Herron, and Annika Middleton
75 Point Club- Eslie Boyle
100 Point Club- Oliver Byers

Congratulations on your hard work!

Congratulations to Ben Mendez on placing 12th out of 164 runners yesterday! All of the cross country runners did an amazing job and we are so proud of all of their accomplishments this season!

Good afternoon, families!

Just a quick reminder that our mornings are starting to get a little cooler. Since students spend time outside for morning recess, it may be a good idea to send a light jacket or sweater with your child to help keep them comfortable.

Please be sure to label jackets and sweaters with your child’s name. Thank you!

Scouting Opportunity for Boys and Girls K-5th