We hope that each of you had a wonderful holiday season! As we continue to navigate the uncertainty associated with COVID, Mountain Brook Schools continue to adjust our reopening plans to address the current community situation.  Due to the recent increase in COVID cases in our community, we will limit visitors in our building (including volunteering in classrooms, eating in the lunchroom, etc.) during the month of January. In addition, students will return to eating lunch in their classrooms for the next two weeks. Finally, our teachers are continuing to emphasize social distancing in our classrooms to minimize close contacts. Masking continues to be optional but highly encouraged as we face this new wave of COVID transmission. Thank you for your continued partnership during this highly changeable time.

Please join the counselors, Liz Fry and Leah TreadwellTHISFriday, January 14th from 11:30am - 12:30pm in the CES auditorium.

Our counselors will share information about guidance counseling resources and materials used in our counseling program, as well as answering any questions.   

We will honor all COVID protocols and asks that all parents mask.

The Nominating Committee would like to present the Crestline PTO Executive Board Slate for 2022-2023.  

President- Ann Bailey White

President Elect- Dawson Cooper

Treasurer- Katie Bee Marshall

Treasurer Elect- Tyler Buck

Secretary- Mary Beasley Kohn

VP Communication- Calee Yoe

VP Fund Development- Emilia Osorio

VP Volunteers- Harris McCloud

VP Technology- Jessica Donald

Parliamentarian- Taylor Brown

Immediate Past President- Shannon Holt 

The slate will be presented at the General PTO Meeting on February 24th for a full vote.  

Don't forget the Expressions Art Contest registration is going on NOW! The theme this year is Beautiful Mistakes.  Students from K - 6th grade can participate in two entries per category.  The categories are as follows: Photography, Visual Arts, Creative Writing, Videography, and Vocal/Instrumental.  

Important Dates:

• Online Registration Forms due- January 24th at 9pm. You can find that form here.
• Turn in Date- January 27th
• School Receptions- the week of February 7th
• District Announcements- March 3rd

For more information, visit here or contact Maria Bellot (bellotmaria@yahoo.com), Clayton Trotter (clayton.trotter25@gmail.com), or Randi Rhone (randirhone@yahoo.com).

Please read the following update to the Mountain Brook Schools COVID policy:

If your child tests POSITIVE for COVID:

PLEASE report a positive test to the Crestline nurse!

1.  If asymptomatic, isolate for 5 days and return in day 6 with strict masking through day 10.

2. If symptoms, isolate for 5 days and return on day 6 if improving symptoms and fever free for 24 hours without medications. Strict masking through day 10.

3.  If still have fever on day 5, return after 24-hours fever free without medications.  Strict masking through day 10.

If your child is a CLOSE CONTACT of someone who tests positive:

* Count days with the date of last contact with positive individual

1. Students who are fully vaccinated or had a positive COVID diagnosis within the past 90 days, return immediately with strict masking for 10 days.

2. Students who are unvaccinated must stay home for 5 days and then return on day 6 with strict masking through day 10.

** Non-disclosure of vaccination status will be presumed unvaccinated.

FOR ALL OF THE ABOVE: If unable to comply with the mask requirement, then 10-day school exclusion will be instituted.   

Congratulations to Crestline 3rd grade teacher Laura Rives for being named Teacher of the Year for the Mountain Brook Schools! We are so proud of Laura and could not think of a more deserving educator.

“Laura Rives is the epitome of a true educator. Not only does she challenge herself to continuously grow in her craft, she also holds that same expectation for her students daily. She partners alongside students and families to build a community that is collaborative, curious, vulnerable, risk-taking, and engaging.  We were honored that she was chosen by our faculty to represent Crestline Elementary School as the 2021-2022 Teacher of the Year!” - Christy Christian, Crestline Principal

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!  Thank you for all you did to make the season brighter for 45 students at Brookville Elementary.  The holiday gifts we collected for these students filled a school bus and five SUVs!  The Community Outreach Committee would especially like to thank Mrs. Fry, Mrs. Treadwell, Student Council and the countless volunteers who wrapped donation boxes, shopped for extra donations and  delivered the gifts to Brookville.  The generosity of our community is a perfect example of how Crestline Cougars SERVE!

Each month Crestline focuses on one character trait.  January's trait is SELF-CONTROL.  Self-control is choosing to do what you should even when you don't want to.  The students will learn about self-control in counseling and the trait will be incorporated in their growth and learning. 

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