WHEN YOU'RE SHOPPING ONLINE, PLEASE REMEMBER TO GO THROUGH THE CVCS ONLINE MARKETPLACE TO BENEFIT OUR SCHOOL! When you use the marketplace links to make a purchase, CVCS will receive a donation, at no cost to you. An extensive list of merchants is available using easy-to-browse categories. Anyone can use these links, so please spread the word to friends and family. This is just one of several very easy ways for parents and friends of CVCS to help the school's fundraising efforts, with no extra cost to you; for details, please see the Fundraising Committee page. Your support is greatly appreciated!

CVCS encourages students to walk or bike to school. If your child needs a helmet, these are available through the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program. During the year, SRTS will be organizing biking/walking groups from various starting points around town so that more children can participate. More information will be available this fall.

Parent involvement is crucial to the success of our children and our school, and is an important goal in our charter. You can express interest in volunteering at the school by contacting your child's teacher, or by signing up for a committee or other activity in the CVCS office (now located in the new building). Each time you volunteer, e.g. with a field trip, class activity, or school event, please take a moment to complete a very simple Volunteer Hours Form and return it to the CVCS office so we know how much volunteer time we have received. Thank you!

The CVCS administration, Governing Council, and Facilities Committee are actively working toward permanent facilities for our school, based on the site plan developed for us in 2006. This site plan, along with a detailed report on requirements and design considerations, is available online; a copy is also available in the CVCS office. We encourage everyone to review the plan. If you would like to contribute to this important effort, please contact the Chair of the Facilities Committee. The committee meets regularly throughout the year.

If you haven't already signed up, or renewed, to support CVCS through the Smith's Earn-N-Learn program, please do so soon! Anyone can sign up; annual renewal is required but takes only a minute at the Smith's cash registers. The program costs you nothing, and Smith's will donate a portion of your purchases to CVCS. To date we have received over $20,000, so this is an easy and effective way to help raise money for our school. Thank you!

The next regular Governing Council meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. Draft agendas are generally posted in advance.

The CVCS Parent Association normally meets on the first Wednesday of each month while school is in session; however, please note there will be no meetings until further notice. Notes and agenda information from some of the past Parent Association meetings are available.

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