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CES Holiday Food and Gift Card Drive

Help us provide support to our families who may be in need during the Thanksgiving and Winter Holidays!!  It’s more important than ever that we support our families who may be struggling this year. In 2020, CES and the River Hill High School PTSA began a donation drive to provide at-need families support during the Thanksgiving and Holiday season. You can help!

Holiday Gifts – Monetary or Gift Card Donations!

We are collecting monetary or gift card donations to help families with holiday gifts. By
Friday, November 18:
● Purchase a gift card to Safeway, Giant, Target, Walmart, Uber or Amazon; and/or
● Provide a financial donation in the form of cash, check made out to the CES PTA (note holiday gift card in subject line) or Venmo (@Jennifer-Palich).
● Checks and gift cards can be sent with your student or dropped off at the front office between 9:30 am and 3 pm.


Food Donations!!

By Friday, November 18, please send in the following food items with your student, depending on their grade:
● Kindergarten – Non-perishable dessert items like prepackaged cookies or cookie/cake mix
● First Grade – Canned or boxed (packet) gravy
● Second Grade – Boxed stuffing or cornbread mix
● Third Grade – Boxed mashed potatoes or boxed macaroni and cheese
● Fourth Grade – Cranberry sauce or canned yams
● Fifth Grade – Canned vegetables like green beans or corn
As part of our food donations, we are also looking for $25 gift cards to Safeway or Giant to provide families with the option to purchase a turkey, ham or other chosen food item.

In summary, if you would like to help with food donations…by Friday, November 18:

● Provide a food item listed above; and/or
● Provide a gift card to Safeway or Giant in the amount of $25 for a main dish; and/or
● Or provide all the food items listed above and a $25 gift card to Safeway or Giant.


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The Rube Goldberg After School Program

Rube Goldberg After School Program

Sign up forms are now available for the Rube Goldberg After School Program. This program is open to enrollment to 4th and 5th graders. Enrollment forms are due by 4pm on Monday, November 7th.

 Click here to access the form.

Program description: 

How creative can you be with your lunch? Take the Rube Goldberg Challenge, competing against other teams from around the country. Students will work in teams to transform everyday materials into a wacky innovative

machine that accomplishes the given task of building a lunchable. However, instead of just “solving” the problem, students are charged with making the solution as complicated and convoluted as possible! While designing

and building the machine, students will incorporate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) concepts into their creations.

Instructor: Micah Levine

Brought to you by the CES PTA and The Enrichment Zone, LLC

Registration is LIMITED to a first come, first serve basis.

Important Information:

Where: Clarksville Elementary School 

When: Mondays: 11/14, 11/28, 12/5, 12/12, 12/19, 1/9, 1/30, 2/6, 2/13, 2/27, 3/6, 3/13, 3/20

Competition Submission Deadline is 3/23.

Time: 4:05 – 5:15

Who: Grades 4, 5

Cost: $295

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Donations Needed

The CES staff is looking for donations for the following:

BOOK DONATIONS NEEDED

The Media Center is accepting gently used Picture Books in other world languages and Board Books in English. Book donations may be dropped off in the front office.

The Media would like to add a section of picture books in various world languages such as Chinese, Korean, Spanish, etc.! We would love for students to see their native language represented in the library. If you have any new or gently used picture books in other languages, please donate in the front office.

In addition, the Media would like to expand their collection of board books for our ALS students who would benefit from thicker pages. Please donate new or gently used! Any childhood themes are welcome!

ALS Donations

The ALS Department would love donations of the following (good condition items only please). Donations may be dropped off and labeled with Mr. O’Hara’s name on them.



  • 1 or 2 pull wagons
  • Dinosaur or animal figures
  • Musical toys
  • Board Books
  • Puzzles with very large pieces

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Support the Homewood School’s Treasure Sale!! 

See the below message from Homewood: 

“More than 90% of Homewood students qualify for Free and Reduced Meals and we do not have a PTA. We need new items to stock our Treasure Sale so our kids can use their hard-earned grades to “purchase” holiday gifts for their loved ones. Thank you for supporting our Homewood Family! This year, we need our friends, families, and community more than ever. We have a goal to collect over 1,000 new items using the Homewood Treasure Sale Wish List. Amazon will ship your donation directly to Homewood Center. Thank you for making this a special December to remember!!”

Shop the Homewood School’s Wish List

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CES FUNd Run 2022- October 16th @ 3-5pm

The CES FUNd Run has officially kicked off!

Fundraiser packets have been sent home and donations have started rolling in.

Please help support CES by setting up your personal donation page and sharing the fundraiser with your friends and family. All details and directions are in the yellow fundraising packet and can also be accessed at the following link:

http://www.99pledges.com/fund/fundrunfun

For every $10 donation to your page you will earn a raffle entry.

Example:

$10 pledge = one raffle entry

$100 pledge = 10 raffle entries

$250 pledge = 25 raffle entries

Some of the prizes are:

  • Beats by Dre
  • A Scooter
  • SkyZone Jump Passes
  • Blowfish Poke Gift Cards
  • 3 – Dream Auto Mobile Detailing Gift Certificates
  • Crazy Mason Milkshakes
  • FREE Tickets to the Spring Fling
  • The Ultimate Fidget Bundle

and more…

The student with the highest donations in the school will win a $50 Amazon Gift Card!!

Each Grade will compete to raise donations by class for a prize. The class of each grade that raises the most will win a special class prize and the teacher of that class will also win a very special teacher prize.

We have a school wide goal to earn $8,500 and when we meet our goal we will have an extra special school wide treat!!  As of today we have raised $825 in funds and the classroom in 1st place so far is Mrs Raffael’s Kindergarten class.

Everyone is invited to the fun run, you do not need to raise funds to run and have fun!

Details for the day of the FUNd Run:

  • – You do not have to raise any funds to attend the Fun Run and Run.
  • – Show up to run with your classmates wearing your school spirit CES School Colors!!
  • – Families can run with you or cheer you on!!
  • – The run is one lap and approximately 1/2 mile on mostly grass with some mulch terrain.
  • – Every participant on the day of the run will receive a participation medal and keepsake charm.
  • – Donations are needed for Raffle Entry.
  • – The FUNd Run will be 3:00-5:00 rain or shine
  • – Kona Ice and BullHead Pit Beef will be there!

We look forward to seeing many of you in your school colors at this FUN event!!

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Support the PTA with RAISE RIGHT

Here is an EASY way to help raise money for the PTA:

RAISE RIGHT by Shop with Script!

Shop & RAISE! Raise donations for Clarksville Elementary

School PTA with the purchases you’re already making. –

Groceries, Restaurants, Gas, Oil Changes, Clothes, Tickets,

Flights, Everything!

Step One: Go To: www.shopwithscrip.com or Download the “RAISE

RIGHT” mobile App

Step Two: Enter our CES PTA Enrollment Code: FBe15df99L388

Step Three: Create your personal account to buy gift cards or e-cards for

the grocery, restaurant, or wherever you’re headed!

Click here to watch a Raise Right YouTube Tutorial!

Visit CESpta.net or

email clarksvillemdptafundraising@gmail.com

For more info click here!

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CES Flu Clinic- October 14, 2022

Flu vaccinations are coming to your child’s school on Friday, October 14, 2022.  They will be given at NO CHARGE TO YOU.  Now, more than ever, it is important to protect your family through vaccinations!  

If you would like your child to be vaccinated, you must register BEFORE Friday, October 7: 

Fill out the consent form online at: 

https://www.marylandvax.org/appointment/en/reg/5015296082