Welcome to the 2025–2026 School Year!

The start of a new school year always brings excitement, anticipation, and a sense of joy. Over the summer months, it’s incredible to see how much our students have grown—both in their learning and as individuals. This year, we are thrilled to welcome our newest UPK and kindergarten students, as well as new families and students who are joining our CE community for the very first time.

September is a season of fresh starts—of making new friends and strengthening the friendships we already have. As we move into the new year, we remain committed to our mission: to provide a welcoming, safe, and inclusive environment where diversity, interdependence, and self-discovery are valued and nurtured.

Each morning, our students and staff begin the day with a morning meeting—greeting one another, engaging in a shared activity, reflecting together, and reviewing the day ahead with a morning message. This daily practice supports our first goal: promoting the physical, mental, social, and emotional health of all members of our school community. Throughout the year, physical education, recess, and outdoor learning experiences will continue to provide our students with a healthy balance for whole-child development.

Academically, we will continue our focused work in math and literacy, inspiring a love of learning while helping each student grow in these essential skills. Students will collaborate in meaningful learning experiences across math, literacy, science, STEAM, and social studies. We encourage our learners to see the world from multiple perspectives, building empathy, compassion, and deeper understanding. In our Spanish classes, our students learn not only Spanish as a language, but about the various cultures represented through the Spanish language.

As a school we will continue to strengthen transparent and collaborative partnerships with our families and community. We look forward to connecting through open house events, PTA-sponsored activities, concerts, parent-teacher conferences, field trips, literacy celebrations, birthdays, and our much-loved Field Day.

As I look ahead to the coming year, I hope that together we will create confidence, cultivate community, and celebrate curiosity in every student. This will be a year rich with opportunities to learn side by side, work in partnership, and celebrate the many successes we achieve together.

Most of all, I am filled with gratitude — gratitude for our teachers who dedicate themselves daily to our students’ success, for our parents and families who partner with us in meaningful ways, for our PTA whose generosity and hard work make so many special events possible, and for our students, who inspire us with their curiosity, creativity, and kindness.

Here’s to a year of learning, growing, and thriving together in 2025–2026.

Welcome back, CE community—you truly make this an extraordinary place to learn and belong.

In partnership,

Amy Brennan
Principal