Colfax Elementary School District

Dear Colfax Elementary Families, For the 2023-2024 school year, we are proud to partner with the Placer County Repertory Theater to provide an after-school Visual and Performing Arts Academy. The Academy runs the entire school year and is free and available to students in grades TK-8th grade. To participate, student attendance is required five days a week from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. There is also an option for students to attend longer from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. each day. Participation is limited to 32 students and is determined on a first come, first served basis by grade for students who submit a complete registration form. Registration begins August 1st! Please turn completed registration forms into our main office for time/date stamp. If you have any questions, please contact us at 530 346-2202 starting on August 1st.

Please go to the CES website at https://tinyurl.com/mpfre8sf for the 23-24 class supply lists. Buying supplies is not required but appreciated. Your child will participate fully regardless. Donating extra supplies is also welcomed. Items should have your child's name on them except K and 1st grade. Thank you!

You are cordially invited to the 15th Annual Summer Festival Free School Supply Giveaway. The festival is for all students K-12 on Saturday, July 22nd 9:30-11:30am. Please park at Colfax Elementary School and you will be safely guided to COLFAX BAPTIST CHURCH LOCATED AT 24850 BEN TAYLOR ROAD. There will be a large jump house, face painting, cotton candy, popcorn, multiple community organizations with giveaways, a "selfie" photo booth, prize drawings (and other giveaways), a canon that shoots out soft toys, a bracelet and keychain making booth, and much more. Students MUST be present in order to receive supplies.

Colfax Elementary is looking for qualified individuals to substitute teach. Daily pay is $200 per day! If interested, submit an application at https://www.edjoin.org/Home/Jobs?keywords=colfax%20elementary&searchType=all

Come be a Bulldog and join our amazing team! Colfax Elementary is hiring a full-time special education paraprofessional. Hourly pay is $17.24 to $23.32 per hour with health and welfare benefits. If interested, submit an application at https://www.edjoin.org/Home/Jobs?keywords=colfax%20elementary&searchType=all

Auburn Interfaith Food Closet will host another food distribution on Wednesday, July 5th from noon to 2 p.m. at the Sierra View Community Center. A reservation with minimal information is required by June 30th. Call 530.885.1921 for more information.

The City of Colfax is asking for input on the Downtown Connectivity and Main Street Improvement Plan. To provide input and ideas on possible improvements, you can take the survey at https://ghd.mysocialpinpoint.com/colfaxmainstreet/map. The City of Colfax will also have a booth at the July 3rd Celebration on Main Street where you can learn more about the exciting changes planned to improve walking, biking, and shopping in the downtown area. For more information you can contact Summer Lopez at 916.245.4204 or email summer.lopez@ghd.com.

Dear Colfax Elementary Families, In observance of Juneteenth as a Federal Holiday, Colfax Elementary will be closed on Monday, June 19th. Our office and summer school programs will once again resume on Tuesday, June 20th at 8 a.m. Thank you!

Colfax ESD is actively hiring! Are you interested in being an Assistant Cook, or an After-School Coordinator, or a Campus Supervisor? Outstanding wages, retirement, and benefits! If so, please go to https://tinyurl.com/yajc9sjb to submit your application using Edjoin. For questions, call (530) 346-2202.

Dear Colfax Families, Wednesday and Thursday are minimum days for Colfax Elementary. School dismissal will be at 11:45 a.m. for both days. Tomorrow is our annual Colfax field day. Please send your students in clothes that can get wet and have students wear sunscreen, sunglasses, and hats as needed. Field day will be from 9:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. following our Bulldog Blast at 8:15 a.m. Thank you.

We are excited to offer two summer programs for our students to keep them busy and learning this summer. We have a morning summer school where students will play games to practice reading and math skills and participate in fun STEM design challenges. We are also offering an all day visual and performing arts program. Students can do both - go to summer school in the morning, have lunch, and then participate in the VAPA program until 5pm. These are great ways to keep your students busy and active this summer. Enrollment forms for these programs are in the school office and need to be completed before Thursday this week!

Dear Colfax Families, At approximately 3:57 this afternoon, a residential vegetation fire broke out across the street from our school. Cal Fire responded quickly and put out the fire right away. All students were safe and were never at risk of harm. If you have any questions, please contact our school tomorrow morning at 530 346-2202. Sincerely, Andy Giannini Superintendent

Last week, Placer Repertory Theater and Colfax Elementary were recognized by Broadway World Sacramento for their partnership in bringing visual and performing arts education to our students during our VAPA Summer Program running from May 30th to June 30th. To learn more go to https://www.broadwayworld.com/sacramento/article/Placer-Rep-VAPA-Academy-Offers-Free-Summer-Program-20230518. There are still spaces available in this amazing program and registration has been extended to May 25th. To sign up, use please fill out the attached registration form and bring it to the school office.

Congratulations to Rosie Joe Herrnberger for recently being recognized as Colfax Elementary's Site Word Buster Coordinator! Rosie Joe does an amazing job supporting our parent volunteer program that builds reading fluency through high frequency word recognition. Thanks, Rosie Joe!

The Auburn Interfaith Food Closet invites Colfax Elementary families to join their pilot program that distributes food once a month. The first distribution will be June 6th from 12-2 p.m. at the Sierra Vista Community Center in Colfax. A reservation is required. Information is kept confidential. Please sign up by May 30th by visiting https://auburnfoodcloset.org/remote-distribution-program/. Please contact Auburn Interfaith Food Closet at 530-885-1921 with questions.

Congratulations to Danielle Hicks who received Colfax Elementary's Teacher Who Makes a Difference award this evening. Thank you Ms. Hicks for all you do to enrich the lives of your students to provide great opportunities for our children!

Dear Colfax Families, Tomorrow night is Open House at Colfax Elementary! We are excited to have our students, families, and friends tour the classrooms to see all the wonderful academic growth our students have made this school year. Open House will be from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. To start things off, we ask all families to join us in the gym at 6:30 p.m. to introduce our staff before the evening begins. For all families of incoming preschool, TK, and kindergarten students, there will be a parent information session in Room 1 at 6:00 p.m. before Open House. At this session, you will learn all about our early education classrooms from our fabulous teachers. We are accepting enrollment for students at all grade levels. You can enroll now by going to https://www.colfax.k12.ca.us/o/cesd/page/enrollment-registration. I look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow evening! Sincerely, Andy Giannini, Ed.D. Superintendent

CHS Cheer Tryouts will be held on May 18th at 4 p.m. See attached flyer for details!

Congratulations to Jeanne Gardner for receiving the Placer Area Reading Council Seeds of Literacy Award for 2022-2023. Mrs. Gardner is a tremendous support to all of our students as our early intervention reading teacher. There is no better deserving person for this honor than Jeanne Gardner. Congratulations!!

This Thursday, before Open House, Colfax Elementary will be hosting an information session for all families of incoming preschool, transitional kindergarten, and kindergarten students. The information session will be in Room 1 from 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Come join us for information on our outstanding early education programs and what your student can expect when they come to our school. The session will be presented by our Colfax Elementary preschool, TK, and kindergarten teachers. After the presentation, parents and students will be able to tour the classrooms. To register your student for preschool, TK, or kindergarten please go to https://www.colfax.k12.ca.us/o/cesd/page/enrollment-registration. See you there!