FUNDRAISER

ATTENTION all Cattell families!!! Cattell Elementary is having a fundraiser starting NOW through October 26. All order forms are due by Monday, October 26 to their homeroom teacher. Items will be delivered to the school on Monday, November …

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Iowa Healthy State Walk

Cattell Elementary participated in the state wide Healthy Walk initiative by walking one mile. The students walked to Grand View, down to SE 9th, and back up to Cattell. As you can tell from the photos, it was …

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Grand View Bucks for Books

Grand View University Education Club is partnering with Cattell Elementary! Cattell Elementary is a block away from Grand View University, which is great for practicums and observations! They thought it would be amazing to “adopt” Cattell Elementary and …

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Tutoring Sign Up for Title I Students

Students who attend a Title I school in Des Moines like Cattell may be eligible for tutoring services at no cost to their family. In order to be eligible, students must attend one of the 28 Title I schools in Des Moines and meet low income guidelines. To learn more and to register, click on the headline.

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Cattell implements new fire drill lessons

Cattell is implementing a new Fire Safety Program this year!  The program will combine building fire drills at school and lessons designed to help students and families be prepared at home in case of a fire. We are …

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United Way Day of Action

Wednesday, September 16, 2015 was the United Way’s Day of Action at Cattell. Every 3rd grader at Cattell Elementary was paired up with a United Way team member and read a book together.

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Athene helps ALL Cattell students

Once again, Athene has generously volunteered their time and money to purchase every student at Cattell Elementary a winter coat and winter boots. Monday, August 31, 2015 all students were able to meet Athene volunteers and try-on the …

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2015-2016 Supply List

Kindergarten- 2- boxes of Kleenex, 1- Container of Clorox Wips, 4- Wide ruled (70 sheet) Spiral Notebooks (1 of each color-red, blue, yellow, & green, 2- solid color pocket folders (without tabs), 2-solid color pocket folders (with tabs), …

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Learn About School Choice for 2015-16

Under the federal No Child Left Behind law, this school will be offering school choice for the 2015-16 school year. This is required by NCLB of schools “in need of improvement.” Click the headline for more information and to download a School Choice request form. All forms are due no later than July 1. Late forms will not be accepted.

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Cattell’s Next Principal: Tiona Sandbulte

Des Moines Public Schools has announced four new principals starting in the 2015-16 school year, including at Cattell Elementary School. Tiona Sandbulte, the school improvement leader at Harding Middle School, will be joining Cattell as our new principal next July. Click the headline to meet all of the new principals at DMPS.

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