Family Newsletter - 9-28-26

The District 21 Community is excited to welcome everyone to the 2026-2027 school year and to share the September 2026 District 21 Newsletter! This edition highlights important updates, upcoming events, student and family opportunities, and celebrations from across our district.

We are kicking off our Cavallaro kindness shout outs today. Our SGO will have their own bulletin boards on the 1st floor, where they will post SGO info, as well as create a Cavallaro Kindness tree to display all of the shout outs submitted.

Our Student of the Month awards will be revised to represent students who exemplify the 6 competencies in the Portrait of a Graduate framework (see attached). Our talent teachers will be reviewing the NYS “The Portrait of a Graduate” framework with their students next week, and incorporating it into their PBL units, which will result in our students creating their own "Portrait of a Graduate" portfolios.

 Phase 1 of our Student Government Organization elections have concluded. Congratulations to all of our newly elected Class Representatives, may you be the voice for your peers as we move into the school year. Next, we will be electing our SGO cabinet, 6th grade treasurer, 7th grade Vice President, and 8th grade Student Body President. The due date for teacher recommendations/signed student contracts is Wednesday, September 30th. Students are responsible for obtaining those contracts/teacher recommendations on their own, as well as writing a paragraph of intent. 5 candidates from each grade will be selected to compete in the annual elections after being reviewed by the SGO Advisors.  If selected, students will need to prepare for grade assemblies and voting on October 13th.

Our Cavallaro before and after school sports programs will begin in October. If your child is interested in trying out for Soccer, Basketball or Volleyball, please see the tryout dates below. They must have a permission slip to attend, which can be picked up from their PE teachers during gym.