Dear Claypit Hill Caregivers,

We are excited to write to you this week in anticipation of Family Math Night. This event for all elementary students will be hosted at Claypit this year. The event will run from 6:00 to 7:15. We look forward to sharing our curriculum with you. We are in our third year with Bridges in Mathematics. This curriculum is an example of high quality instructional materials that meet the needs of all learners. Please consider joining us with your young mathematicians so that you can play games together that build number sense and procedural fluency, check out how Bridges in Mathematics challenges all students through Quests, and discover how the various components of the program like Number Corner and the Core Lesson build grade level proficiency. We believe that all students are capable of making sense of high level mathematics and that math should be fun. We’d love to show off our mathematicians and our curriculum! Many Claypit Hill educators will be joining us for this special event! Also, our PTO will be providing some really great snacks!

As you will read below, our Lost and Found is chock full. We are getting ready to make a large donation of unlabeled clothing, etc. In addition, our little table outside the office, where caregivers can drop off items forgotten for their children, is also often full. Please continue to encourage your children to ACT RESPONSIBLY by taking care of their own school belongings. Setting the expectation that your child returns home with their belongings and that your child takes the time the night before to pack everything needed for the next school day are reasonable expectations that with practice, even our youngest students can meet. Please do your best to NOT hurry lost items to school. There are few things that a child can’t live without for one day. Having to face natural consequences, like using the water fountain, as opposed to the child’s water bottle when it is forgotten, will serve as a good lesson and your child will be more motivated to remember next time. Let's collabrate toward our shared goal of raising independent children who need us less!

Thank you for your continued support of our attendance policy and for working hard to ensure that your children arrive at school on time. The efforts you make positively impact learning in our classrooms and help to form the characters of tomorrow’s leaders!

Sincerely,

Marie, Kate and Naomi

Parents & Caregivers of 1st and 3rd Grade Students:

Beginning the week of March 9th and continuing until the end of the month, your children will participate in a program designed to educate students about sexual abuse prevention. Claypit Hill counselors will spend time in classrooms showing and discussing a video. The goal of the program is to help children: 

All information is presented in an age-appropriate format at different developmental levels for the span of age groups involved. After watching the video and engaging in some discussion, the children will be asked to discuss it with you. Please contact me if you have questions about the program, concerns about your child, or wish for more information or additional resources,

Sincerely,

Mrs. Alvarez

School Adjustment Counselor

Grades K, 1 and 3

The lost and found is full! All unlabeled, unclaimed items will be donated on Friday, March 6th at the end of the school day. Please have your students look for lost items. Thank you! 

We're so excited to be hosting Math night at Claypit Hill!

Claypit Hill Art Show is coming up at the end of March! Claypit's cafeteria will be transformed into an art gallery featuring each student's favorite masterpiece from this year. We will need volunteers to help prepare student art to go on display. There are several ways to help; if you are interested, please sign-up here:

Thank you in advance, this event wouldn't be possible without your and PTO support!

Claypit Hill School will welcome author Jennifer Swender on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. More information can be found here.

123 students entered this year's bookmark contest! Claypit Hill School has many talented artists. This year's winners are:

Grades K and 1

Third place, Adeline Haney, Kindergarten

Second place: Lila Donnell, first grade

First place: Svara Iyenger, first grade

Grades 2 and 3

Third place: Brayden Doherty, Grade 2

Second place: Amaliia Dadashian, Grade 3

First place: Sage Guo, Grade 3

Grades 4 and 5

Third place: Olivia Brown, Grade 5

Second place: Emily Fortunato, Grade 5

First place: Neel and Kris Shetty, Grade 5

Neel, Kris, Svara and Sage's bookmarks have been entered into the statewide contest!

Congratulations to all our winners and thank you to all who participated!

View the bookmarks here.