Please refer to our district website/app for a letter to the CUSD #5 school community. #BulldogPride

Reminder to Parents/Guardians - Please complete this survey regarding 3rd Quarter Instruction placement in this text notification or on the school website today if you haven't completed it. #BulldogPride https://forms.gle/gMXfxWvUNzVAJ5JA7

Reminder: Parents/Guardians - Please complete this survey regarding 3rd Quarter Instruction in this text notification or on the school website by December 11th. #BulldogPride https://forms.gle/gMXfxWvUNzVAJ5JA7

Parents/Guardians - Please complete this survey regarding 3rd Quarter Instruction in this notification or on the school website by December 11th. #BulldogPride https://forms.gle/gMXfxWvUNzVAJ5JA7

We are proud of our community and C-WC #5 family for being able to provide in-person education for almost a full semester. With COVID-19 surging, we would like to remind families that we will continue to educate our students face-to-face as long as we can, but we can only do so with the help of our families. Please keep students at home until they are 48 hours symptom free without medication. If anyone living in your home is tested for COVID, please quarantine all members of the home until the results come back. Have the doctor’s office fax the school a copy of the results. The district website (www.carmischools.org) is updated when there is a positive COVID case in the district. This information can be accessed by clicking on the Coronavirus tab. Thank you for your assistance in educating our students. #bulldogpride

Carmi-White County CUSD #5 would like to say “Thank You” to all of our parents for your patience, cooperation, and partnership as we worked through some difficult transportation issues due to COVID 19. As a result of your partnership, and some incredible substitute school bus drivers, we will be able to begin running our normal bus routes starting Monday, November 9th.

Carmi-White County CUSD #5 would like to say “Thank You” to all of our parents for your patience, cooperation, and partnership as we worked through some difficult transportation issues due to COVID 19. As a result of your partnership, and some incredible substitute school bus drivers, we will be able to begin running our normal bus routes starting Monday, November 9th.

Please refer to our district website for information regarding CUSD #5 Coronavirus updates. #BulldogPride

Reminder- There will be No School for Carmi-White County Unit #5 Schools on Tuesday, November 3rd for Election Day. #BulldogPride

We appreciate partnering with our parents! Reminder: Lincoln & Jefferson Parent/Teacher Conferences tonight (Oct. 26) by appointment from 3:30-6:30. Please wear a mask and social distance. Temperature checks will be conducted upon arrival. Thanks!

Lincoln & Jefferson Red Ribbon Week 2020! Theme: Vote Yes for Your Future-Drug and Bully Free Monday (10-26): Elect to be drug and bully free and make your dreams come true. Wear your pajamas to school. Tuesday (10-27): Vote for a peaceful school. Wear tie-dye to school. Wednesday (10-28): United we stand in a drug and bully free land. Show your American pride and wear red, white, and blue. Thursday (10-29): Elect to keep drugs from turning your life inside out. Wear your clothing inside out. Friday (10-30): Vote to be Unique. Silly Dress-up Day.

Please refer to our district website for information regarding CUSD #5 Coronavirus updates. #BulldogPride

Please refer to our district website, app, or the link below for information regarding Second Quarter schedule & calendar changes. #BulldogPride https://5il.co/m78n

Please refer to our district website for information regarding CUSD #5 Coronavirus updates. #BulldogPride

No school tomorrow (Oct. 9) due to a teacher inservice. No school Monday (Oct. 12) in observance of Columbus Day. We appreciate your support in allowing us to serve your family. Have a great weekend! #BulldogPride

Reminder to all Carmi-White Co. Families- NO SCHOOL for students this Friday, September 11th. #bulldogpride #togetherwecan

Last week the National School Lunch Program, through the US Department of Agriculture and the ISBE, announced that they have approved a waiver for all students to receive a free breakfast and a free lunch each day through the end of December. Beginning Tuesday, September 8, 2020 Carmi-White County Schools will be participating in the Summer Food Service Program allowing all enrolled students, whether face-to-face or remote, to receive these meals during school days. Please keep in mind that the waiver does not eliminate any lunch/breakfast debt that is currently owed nor does it include any a la carte, extra milk, or extra food items outside of the standard meal. #BulldogPride

Reminder- Please refer to our district website for information regarding First Quarter schedule & calendar changes. #BulldogPride

WE ARE SO EXCITED TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL! We would like to invite in-person students and one parent/guardian to our Lincoln Back-to-School celebration on Tuesday, August 18th! Students should bring in their school supplies and MEET THEIR TEACHER! An administrator can also answer questions about safety precautions and/or other issues. Kindergarten Come-and-Go at your convenience during your class’ time! We ask that only ONE adult accompany each student. Ms. Whitsitt & Mrs. Winkleman’s classes come and go between 5:00pm to 6:00pm Mrs. Kuhlmann & Mrs. Courty’s classes come and go between 6:00pm to 7:00pm Mrs. Atteberry will meet with remote students and their families at another time. Keep watching for that information to be announced. 1st Grade Teachers will email parents their invitation to reserve a time that works best for you. We ask that only ONE adult accompany each student at the scheduled time. Each family will be given no more than 10 minutes with the teacher. Mrs. Pesavento will meet with remote students and their families at another time. Keep watching for that information to be announced. Please remember that in order for us to start the school year in a safe manner, we must keep the health of our students and staff at the forefront of all we do. Therefore, ALL students and adults entering the building will be symptom checked prior to entering the building, and everyone must wear a face covering. For those families who are not able to attend or do not feel comfortable, we hope to have a video out prior to the first day of student attendance.

C-WC #5 Question and Answer Addendum to the Back to School Plan #BulldogPride https://5il.co/je1q

C-WC #5 Return To School #BulldogPride https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIpzmJpvGEE&feature=youtu.be

VOLUNTEER & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES - With the start of the school year approaching, the Carmi-White County Unit #5 School District is looking for individuals who would be interested and willing to help at each school building starting August 20th. The District is looking for individuals willing to volunteer with temperature checks on school buses and buildings as well as those interested in temporary substitute nurse aides who would be interested in working 3-5 hours daily to help with temperature checks and tracing. Anyone interested in either of these opportunities should contact building administrators as soon as possible.

Our NEW online registration opens TODAY! Please view the online registration directions prior to registering on our district website. Students can be enrolled via a registration link on our district's website, app, and Facebook pages. We encourage parents/guardians to register online, including payment. All classroom fees, lock & agenda fees, and Chromebook insurance fees have been combined to one nominal fee. For most buildings, this has resulted in a reduced registration fee for families. Since registration for the 2020-2021 school year will be solely online, staff will be available to assist with online registration and payment via cash or check, on Thursday, August 6th in each building from 9am to 7pm. While registering your student in person, masks or face coverings will be required, and social distancing guidelines will be followed. In addition to online registration, please remember to fill out the Return-to-School Survey to let us know if your child(ren) will be attending in-person, remotely, or have chosen another option if you have not done so already. As soon as these surveys have been completed, we will be able to assign classroom teachers & schedules.

Please click on the link below for a News Release from the Superintendent regarding the opening of school. https://5il.co/ipl9

Please click on the link below to complete the Return-to-School survey. https://form.jotform.com/202037227487051

Please click on the link below to view the Back-to-School Considerations. https://5il.co/im4b

Letter from the Superintendent 7-21-2020 Please click on the link: https://5il.co/iguk

Click here to see the Fall 2020 Return-to-School Plan! https://5il.co/ige3

Guidelines for Board Meeting 7-20-20 THIS IS A REMINDER: The Carmi-White County CUSD #5 Board of Education will meet Monday, July 20, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. at the Junior/Senior High School cafeteria. At this meeting, the Board and other attendees will practice social distancing. When entering the room, please maintain a 6-foot distance between other members of the public. Guidance from the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) states that everyone entering a school building must wear a face covering at all times, even when social distancing is maintained. Therefore, all attendees at School Board Meetings will be required to wear a mask. Attendees at tonight’s meeting will also be asked to self-certify, by signing a form, stating they that they do not have any of the following symptoms: temperature above 100.4 degrees cough shortness of breath or difficulty breathing chills fatigue muscle and body aches headache sore throat new loss of taste or smell congestion runny nose nausea vomiting diarrhea We ask that anyone who exhibits these symptoms not attend tonight’s meeting. ALSO, Attendees at tonight’s meeting will be required to wear a mask or will not be allowed to enter the building, as per guidelines from the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

Please fill out the following C-WC Unit #5 Back to School Survey: https://forms.gle/n6zoH1q3FNZgpn529

Transition Planning Phase Update (6/24/20)

Please visit our District Website/District App under News, for a district statement regarding Building Bulldog Pride-Facilities Update. #BulldogPride

Congratulations to our students who successfully completed the school year with PERFECT ATTENDANCE! Henry Bullock Toby Skinner-Henson Elijah Allen Avery Hill Triston Smith Zenley Templeton Makinzie Tucker Mossyn Blazier - 2 years perfect attendance!!

NEW! OPENS TODAY! ONLINE KINDERGARTEN PRE-REGISTRATION Lincoln Attendance Center will conduct online pre-registration for students who will be attending Kindergarten in the 2020 – 2021 school year. Children who are five years of age on or before September 1, 2020 are eligible to start school in August. The pre-registration portal will be open TODAY and will close Friday, May 29th. Please go to the CWC district website and click on the link to begin the pre-registration process. If you have any questions with this process, please contact Lincoln School at 384-3421 from 8am to 11am. Information obtained at this early registration provides us with a tentative number of kindergarten students. The data helps us purchase supplies, finalize staffing plans, and prepare bus routes for next year. Because of the current shelter-in-place order, we will not be able to conduct speech screening or the readiness assessment with each potential kindergartner in person, so we are hopeful that each parent will conduct the screening at home with their student and input the results. This is the beginning of the registration process. District-wide registration will be August 6th from 9:00am to 7:00pm in order to finalize registration, update records, and find out who your child’s teacher will be for the school year. We would appreciate you telling friends and family about this online registration if you know of a child who will be five years old by September 1, 2020. Amy Dixon, Principal * adixon@carmischools.org Lacey Moore, Dean of Students *lmoore@carmischools.org Lincoln Attendance Center * 113 Tenth Street * Carmi, Illinois * 384-3421

It’s time to turn in the required completed work for the school year! Come pick up these adorable summer learning pails from 8-11 TODAY!!!

It’s time to turn in the required completed work for the school year. We will collect items via a drive-through system on Monday, May 11th from 8-11 a.m. Please return required work, library books, textbooks, and any Relay for Life bags that you decorated. We will also be collecting any unpaid fees/lunch bills. Report cards will be mailed home on Monday, May 18th. A final fun summer learning packet will be sent home. This is optional and nothing needs returned, but it will definitely give your child a jumpstart for next year. Most of all, we want to thank you for your help and support the past several weeks! We know it’s been stressful. We are devastated that we didn’t get one final chance to love on them and say our goodbyes, but we appreciate your help through this difficult situation. Call us if we can assist you in any way. Stay safe!

Interested in PreK for the 2020-2021 School Year? PreK Screenings will look differently this spring. If your child turns 3 before Aug 17, 2020, please call Washington Attendance Center's school office at 382-4631. Office hours are 8-11 am M-F. Once we get your information, a packet with screening information will be mailed to you.

‪Our LAC & JAC staff work so hard to create great learning packets for our students!🐾 We also have the BEST parents who make it a priority to pick them up and help ensure they get completed!!! ❤️ #BulldogPride ‬

Carmi-White County Unit #5 Update (4/27) Though this is not how we hoped the school year would end, we are very proud of the collaboration between our students, parents, teachers, and staff during this remote learning time. Our community has pulled together to protect, feed, and educate our students. We appreciate everyone’s efforts and understanding. It is obvious that we live in a great community that is supportive of our students. Moving forward, all required assignments will need to be submitted electronically or turned in at the respective buildings by Monday, May 11th. Grades will be posted in TeacherEase for grades 2-12 by Friday, May 15th, and report cards will be mailed on Monday, May 18th. Further details about Chromebook collection, collection of students’ personal items, awards days, and graduation will follow. CWC #5 Administrative Team #BulldogPride

Happy Administrative Professional's Day/Secretary Appreciation Day to our very own Mrs. Amanda Buttry for all that she does for our students and staff at Lincoln School! We would also like to thank all of the secretaries in the CWC district for going above and beyond to help kids, families, and our staff! We are lucky to have ALL of you!

Updated School Information (4/20/20) #BulldogPride

Kindergarten Pre-Registration POSTPONED! Kindergarten pre-registration was originally scheduled for this Friday, April 24th. However, due to COVID-19, that will be postponed. Please continue to check the CWC app for more information to come!

Reminder- We are serving meals today for our students!#BulldogPride

Thankful for our custodians who are working hard daily to sanitize our buildings!

We are here until 11 (4-13) for you to pick up your learning packets!

We hope everyone had a great Spring Break! Reminder that we will be serving meals on Monday & Wednesday. #BulldogPride

This week has been National Assistant Principals (Dean) Week! We are blessed with the BEST! Thanks Mrs. Moore, for all you do for our students and staff. We love you! #BulldogPride #APWeek20

Please pick up learning packets from Lincoln and Jefferson on Monday, April 13 between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. Required assignments will need returned on Monday April 27th. Please call the school office as you drive or walk up and we will bring them to your car. If you have a car sign with your student’s name, please use it to assist us in delivery. We have partnered with Hucks to provide a treat for our students so don’t miss out!

Please check out our District Website & App for updates regarding district information. Please call our school offices if you need assistance. #BulldogPride

Our Volunteers are hard at work preparing student meals & also adult meals sponsored by the Kiwanis today. We are so appreciative of all our volunteers! #BulldogPride

Our Volunteers are hard at work preparing student meals & also adult meals sponsored by the Kiwanis today. We are so appreciative of all our volunteers! #BulldogPride

Please continue to check out our District Website for updates regarding our district information. Please call our school offices if you need assistance. #BulldogPride

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This science day required a quick field trip! 🐾❤️ #BulldogPride

Look at this 3 year old working hard! ❤️🐾 #BulldogPride

We are thankful for our staff & volunteers as they prepare student meals today! #BulldogPride

I can’t get enough of these ❤️🐾 #BulldogPride

Makes my heart happy to see students learning! Keep the pics coming!

Almost ready to go! Thank you to everyone for their help & support! #BulldogPride

Almost ready to go! Thank you to everyone for their help & support! #BulldogPride

Almost ready to go! Thank you to everyone for their help & support! #BulldogPride

ago CUSD #5 Food Service Staff are ready to serve our students in a new way today! We can’t say thanks enough!

Due to the directive of Governor Pritzker and the closing of all Illinois schools from Tuesday, March 17th through Monday, March 30th, Carmi-White County CUSD #5 will provide the following learning opportunities: * Pre-K through 3rd grade, learning packets will be sent home. * 4th through 12th grade students will have Chromebooks sent home. Online learning opportunities will be provided by individual teachers via Google Classrooms. Students whose families do not have internet access should notify their respective school. *Brownsville School students will also have materials sent home. Students who are not in attendance on Monday will have an opportunity to pick up materials on Tuesday, March 17th from 8am to 1pm. School office hours will be from 8am to 1pm from March 17th to March 20th. Please contact the office for any assistance needed. This situation is ever-changing, and updated information will be pushed out through the district website and C-WC app. Please download the app for the most up-to-date information. As previously stated, all extracurricular and co-curricular activities will be cancelled from Tuesday, March 17th through Monday, March 30th. We appreciate your understanding and support. C-WC #5 Administrative Team

Student Meals during State Mandated Break. #BulldogPride

We have just received word that Governor Pritzker has issued a directive that all public and private schools in Illinois will be close from Tuesday, March 17 through Monday, March 30, along with all extra-curricular and co-curricular activities/practices. School is scheduled to resume on Tuesday, March 31 unless we are told differently.

Bulldog Bone Winners!

CUSD #5 will be postponing school dismissal for today 3/12/20 due to severe weather warnings. Students will be dismissed as soon as weather permits.

We are not dismissing until the storm passes. Buses will be running behind schedule. After school tutoring today has been canceled.

Due to a scheduling conflict, we had to change the date for Lincoln's Spring Pictures. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause, but Spring Pictures at Lincoln will be on Tuesday, April 21st. New picture forms will be sent home soon!

Coronavirus Disease Information from the CDC https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

Look who this young man hopes to grow up to be??? #BulldogPride!

More Read Across America Week FUN!

Read Across America Week has been so much fun! We would like to challenge all of our Lincoln families this weekend to keep the fun going! Read a story together as a family this weekend. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”

Bulldog Bone Winners

Read Across America Week is this week!

Our Bulldog Bone Winners are ready to LEAP into MARCH!

Kindergarten Pre-Registration April 24, 2020 9am to 4pm Lincoln Attendance Center Students MUST be 5 years old by September 1, 2020.

Congratulations to our top candy bar salesmen (we had a tie for 3rd place). Woo! Hoo! We have more candy bars to move if you would like to help us get rid of the remainder of our supply. Call us at 384.3421.

Bone Winners for the Week! Have a great weekend and read a book together! #BulldogPride

Missed getting a candy bar and supporting Lincoln School? We’ve got you covered! Even though our competition has ended, we still have candy bars!!! Let us know if your would like to help us sell what’s left.

Congratulations to Kara for winning the coloring contest sponsored by Stein’s Flowers!

SWEET little Bulldog Bone Winners

Happy Valentine’s Day Bone Winners!

Lincoln school dismisses at 11:50 a.m. tomorrow (Friday, February 14th) for a teacher inservice. Happy Valentine’s Day! No school on Monday (February 17th) in observance of Presidents’ Day.

Candy Bar Sales coming to an end

Bulldog Bone Winners

Skate Night for Lincoln and Jefferson (February 13th) will be rescheduled due to a small fire at the facility. We will let you know the new date as soon as they reopen.

Attendance Matters!

White County Soil and Water Poster Winners

Yearbooks are on sale now for $12.00. Order forms were sent home and are due back by February 14th!

Check out the Lincoln Attendance Center "news" tab of the CUSD 5 app for the latest school newsletter and the "dining" tab for current breakfast and lunch menus!

Candy bars have arrived!!! Our Lincoln School fundraiser will start on Friday (January 31st)!!! If any business would like a box to offer customers, please contact the school office at 384.3421 and we will deliver a box to you. Thanks so much for supporting our students!

Happy 100th Day of School! A big thanks to First Bank for showing our students many different way to count money to $100! #bulldogpride

We're thrilled to announce Carmi-White County School District #5's new app! Access sports scores, cafeteria menus, news updates, even emergency notifications! Download the app on Android: http://bit.ly/34YffQb or iPhone https://apple.co/367Cs2B

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