Catalayah Elementary

🐄🥛 MOOOOOVE OVER, REGULAR CLASSROOM… TODAY WE’RE LEARNING DAIRY STYLE! 🥛🐄 We were SO excited to have the Southwest Dairy Farmers Mobile Dairy Classroom at Catalayah today! ❤️🦓 Our students got an up-close look at dairy farming, how cows are milked, where our milk comes from, and why dairy is an important part of a healthy diet—including a LIVE milking demonstration! 🐄🥛 A HUGE thank you to Suzie for bringing Cheryl the Cow to Catalayah and giving our students such a fun, hands-on presentation! 🐄❤️ And a big thank you to Mrs. McCaw for getting this awesome experience set up for our Catalayah students! We LOVE when learning comes to life… especially when it comes with four legs and a MOOOO! 😂🐄🦓 Thank you, Suzie, Cheryl, Southwest Dairy Farmers, and Mrs. McCaw for making today udderly amazing! 🥛🐄❤️ #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Friday was Dolly Day and our PTO rocked it!!!! They pushed around the Dolly carts and made sure every staff member had a chance to pour themselves a cup of ambition and grab a snack!!! Thank you PTO!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Have you been getting the Catalayah Newsletter each week??? If not, here is the link...... check it out, there is a lot of good information in it.

https://claremorenewsletter.edurooms.com/newsletters/catalayah-elementary/newsletters/catalayah-elementary-september-28-october-2-2026

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📚❤️ BIG NEWS FOR OUR CATALAYAH LIBRARY!!! ❤️📚

Mrs. Meyers has been working SO hard applying for grants to help bring something extra special to Catalayah — a Playground Story Walk! 📖☀️

And guess what?!

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded Mrs. Meyers and our library a $5,000 GRANT to help make this exciting project happen!!!

Our Playground Story Walk will give students the opportunity to read a story as they move along the playground, combining literacy, movement, fresh air, and FUN! We absolutely LOVE finding new ways to get books into the hands — and lives — of our little Zebras! 🦓📚

We are SO proud of Mrs. Meyers for all the work she has put into making this dream a reality, and we are incredibly thankful to the Dollar General Literacy Foundation for investing in our students and our school!

We can't wait to watch this project come to life!

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Every Thursday in Mrs. Haltmar’s 2nd grade class, the students get to switch things up and become the TEACHERS for morning math! 🍎✏️➗ We absolutely LOVE hearing the way they teach their classmates… because let me tell you, they’ve got their teacher down! 😂 The explanations, the teacher voices, the little reminders… apparently they really ARE listening to everything Mrs. Haltmar says! 👀😂❤️ Way to go, little teachers! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

📚 DROP EVERYTHING AND READ! 📚

Ms. Johnson’s 4th graders sure do enjoy their DEAR time! ❤️

During Drop Everything And Read, students get to grab a good book, find a comfy spot anywhere around the room, and just READ! Whether they’re stretched out on the floor, tucked into a cozy corner, or settled into their favorite spot, it’s all about getting comfortable and getting lost in a good book.

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Homecoming Week!!! Today was College Game Day.

Homecoming Assembly!!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Look at what our 2nd graders are creating in Mrs. Ratcliff’s art class! 🎨✋❤️💛💙 Students traced their own hands and then made the design echo out across the page. After tracing their lines with Sharpies, they chose a two- or three-color pattern using the primary colors—red, yellow, and blue! The repeating lines and bright colors made these designs really POP! 🤩 These turned out SO COOL—we love seeing our little artists get creative! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Homecoming Week!! Things got pretty wacky on Wednesday!!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Newman’s kindergarten class got to meet their 3rd grade Book Buddies from Mrs. Castle’s class! 🦓 For their first activity together, they put their creativity to work making some pretty adorable shape monsters! 👾🔺🟦🟢 We can’t wait to see all the reading, learning, creating, and fun these Book Buddies get to share throughout the year! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Homecoming Week! Yesterday was College Game Day. Today is Wacky Wednesday!!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

3rd grade Students have been focusing on all things Great Expectations during WIN time—doing book studies, practicing door greetings, speaking in complete sentences, and even creating signs for our school! They’re learning our GE Quote of the Month, Life Principle, and Word of the Month, then taking that learning into art! 🎨 Students are using watercolors to create beautiful designs featuring their GE focus words. These masterpieces will soon be displayed around Catalayah as colorful reminders of the expectations, encouragement, and values that help our Zebras shine together! ❤️🖤🤍 We love seeing Great Expectations come to life throughout our school!

LAST CALL FOR ALL FUNDRAISER ORDERS!!!! PLEASE GET THEM TO THE OFFICE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. WE WILL BE SENDING IN FINAL ORDER TOMORROW.

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Homecoming Week!!!! Today was PJ day!!! Tomorrow is College Game Day! Rep your favorite College!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Learning is always better with a buddy! ❤️📚 Mrs. Haltmar’s 2nd graders had the chance to team up with a partner and work together on their vocabulary words! They practiced, helped each other, and put those growing brains to work! Teamwork + learning = a pretty great day in 2nd grade! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Tomorrow starts Homecoming Week, here are the dress up days.

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Fundraiser items are due TODAY!!!

Please make sure that all fundraiser order forms and money are turned in today by noon.

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Menu Change for Friday September 18th

Friday9/18
Cheesy Baked Potato
or
Mama Mia Pasta
w/ seasoned corn

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Our first graders have been busy creating in Mrs. Ratcliff’s Art class! After reading Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, students focused on letters by drawing the first initial of their names. They used oil pastels to create their letters and unique designs using primary colors, then painted right over the top with watercolors! The watercolor resists the oily pastels, creating a fun technique called oil resist. 🎨✨ Learning our letters AND learning a new art technique — we love seeing these little artists at work! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE