November at a Glance 

11/18 Homework Help 3:05 - 3:55 pm
11/19 Friendship Club 3;05 - 3:55 pm
11/19 Music Club 3;05 - 3:55 pm
11/19 Girls Basketball Practice 3:05-4:30
11/20 Homework Help 3:05 - 3;55 pm
11/20 Art Club 3:05 - 3:55 pm
11/21 Girls Basketball Practice 3:05-4:30
11/21 Homework Help 3:05 - 3:55 pm
11/21 Friendship Club 4:15 - 5:15 pm
11/25 Girls Basketball Practice 3:05-4:30
11/25 Homework Help 3:05 - 3:55 pm
11/26 GrandFriends Day (8:30-12:00 pm) / Early Dismissal 12:00 pm
11/27 - 11/29 School Closed - Thanksgiving Break

Girls Basketball Grades 5th to 8th- If interested, click the link below.

 Girls Basketball Information and Sign-Up

Save the Date: GrandFriends Day, Tuesday, November 26: Mark your calendars for Tuesday, November 26, 2024, from 8:20 AM to 12:00 PM at The Craig Lower & Middle School! This special event gives your child the opportunity to invite their VIP- whether it’s a grandparent, aunt, uncle, tutor, or close family friend - to spend the day with them. Parents are welcome to join, but it’s not required. We can't wait to celebrate the important people in our students' lives. Stay tuned for more details!

CALLING ALL CHILI CHEFS-Register Your Chili for The Annual Craig School Chili Throwdown (Sunday, December 15th): We have our save-the-date for this year’s Craig School Chili Throwdown (Sunday, December 15th from 1PM-3PM on our Montville Campus). Now we need our Chili Chefs! 

We have crowned quite a few Chili Champs in the past 20 years and are looking to make this year’s the biggest and best Chili Throwdown ever.  In order to make that happen, we need the best Chili that the Craig Community has to offer so we are looking for our Craig Families to break out that family chili recipe and register to put it to the test.  Here are the Chili Awards Categories that are awaiting this year’s champs. 

Craig School Chili Awards 2024

• The "Master Chef Junior" Award (Student Chili)
• The "Where is the Beef" Award (Best Vegetarian Chili)
• The "Disney” Award (Best Mild Chili) 
• The "Off the Scovil Scale" Award (Spicy Award) 
• The "Enigma" Award (Most Unique Chili/Original Ingredient)
• The "Golden Ladle" Award (Best Overall)

We are looking for Mild to Spicy, traditional to one-of-a-kind.  We are also looking to crown a student champ in our “Master Chef Junior” category!  You can use the following link to register your Chili (Chili Cook-Off 2024)  and don't worry if you don't know what kind of Chili you're going to make right now.  Just enter TBA in that line.  All you need is a Crock Pot, a Ladle, and a great name for your family chili!  Any questions, email Mr. Furlong at NFurlong@craigschool.org 

Dear Craig Families,

The Craig Lower, Middle, and High School are excited to begin the process of accepting submissions for our 3rd Annual Literary Magazine. Our last three  Literary Magazine have been nothing short of amazing!

As we get started, we need YOU once again to help make our magazine a great success! Both the Lower-Middle school and High school will have an opportunity to showcase superior works of art including poems, essays, journal entries, short screenplays, photography, sculptures, and drawings. The goal, once again, will be to provide students with a special place to publish their most prized pieces of literature and art. Please encourage your child to participate in this venture. Save any art or special writing pieces that get sent home and consider submitting them to me ASAP!

The Literary Magazine will be published and distributed in June. All student submissions should be sent to me ASAP or no later than March 30, 2022. Spots are limited, so we encourage submissions as work is completed. We ask that a guardian or teacher previously edit all handwritten and typed submissions before being sent to me. That said, we must honor where our students are in their writing, development, & education. We aren’t looking for perfect; we are looking for bravery, creativity, innovation, originality, and above all to foster the love of artistic expression! 

Finally, if you are interested in creating our cover page this year,  please let Mrs. Kutcher or me know ASAP. 

We look forward to your artistic creation & participation!

Best regards,

Mrs. Brielle Miller

Bmiller@craigschool.org

Dear Badger Families,

Our annual Grandfriends’ Day event is right around the corner. Please join us on November 26th for a Wizard of Oz inspired day celebrating literacy. This yearly tradition is held the day before we break for Thanksgiving. It is such a fitting way to spend the day as I know we all leave feeling grateful for our Craig community. An RSVP form with full details is below and will be emailed as well.  

GRANDFRIENDS' DAY SIGN UP

Have a great weekend,

Jennifer Guthrie

Director of the Lower & Middle School