Answers

Contact Info:

Covenant Day School
800 Fullwood Lane
Matthews, NC 28105

Website: www.covenantday.org

Main: 704.847.2385
Attendance Hotline 704.814.1043
CDS Sports Hotline: 704.708.6156
Fax: 704.849.2249
Facility Map: Mapquest

CDS High School
200 Covenant Church Lane
Matthews, NC 28105
Main: 704.814.1066

Warner Park (Athletics) Athletic Facilities Map
515 Matthews Township Parkway
Matthews, NC 28105

Absent? Who You Gonna Call?

If your student is absent from school, please call

704-814-1043 by 9:00am that morning.

This is the Covenant Day School attendance voice mail that will allow you to leave a message for the LS, MS or HS administrative assistants. If we have not heard from you, we will call your home to inquire.

Medications At School

If your children need to receive medications at school you must complete a Medication Authorization Form and provide the medication in its original container. Prescription medication must be in the prescription container with the appropriate dosage and this must match the authorization form-no exceptions. No student is to carry medication on campus unless previously authorized in advance for an urgent medical condition.

Are You Approved to Drive for CDS?

Please click here for the required form to sign. Once a parent is approved to drive for the school, it is effective for two years from the approval date. Please complete this form early - it helps our teachers!

When to Return to School?

Students must be fever free (temperature below 100) for twenty four hours and also not vomiting or having diarrhea for twenty four hours before they can return to school.

Please be considerate of others!

Uniform Ordering

Lower School

Middle School

Land's End preferred Customer Number for CDS is : #900074477

Half Day Schedule

K dismisses at 11:15
1^st-5^th dismiss at 11:30
6-8^th dismiss at 11:45
9-12^th dismiss at 12 noon.

DROP OFF TIMES IN THE MORNING

LOWER SCHOOL (AFTER 7:30 AM)

Lower School Parents, please do not drop your students off at the A building (gym), before 7:30am as there is no adult supervision until that time.

NEW IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS

Parents, please note that North Carolina has changed the rules regarding vaccination of school-aged children. All private schoolstudents who are 12 years of age on or after August 1, 2008, if five years or more have passed since the last dose oftetanus/diphtheria toxoid, are required to have a booster dose of Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, andacellular pertussis) vaccine before starting school this fall. This administrative rule change also impacts mumps vaccinations.

Students starting Kindergarten this fall are now required to receive a second dose of mumps vaccine before enrolling in school for the first time. The vaccines will be provided at no charge; however, the physician may charge a small fee to administer it. Please turn in a copy of the Certificate of Immunization showing these changes to the school offices on or before the August 19, 2008, the first day of school.

ROOM MOTHERS

WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A ROOM MOTHER NEXT YEAR? We are in the process of preparing for next school year and would like to know if you would consider being a room mother.

If you are interested, please respond to Sue Todd at sunsetnc@bellsouth.net or leave a note in the Room Mother’s box in the LS office. Please include your name, phone number, grade(s) of your child(ren) for next year, and whether you would like to be a Room Mother or Assistant Room Mother.

Thank you for considering this opportunity to become involved in your child’s class.

PRAISE DANCE AT COVENANT DAY

2008 / 2009 school year

Teachers: Crystal Coleman & Deborah Ross

Day: Wednesdays

Place: Fireplace Room

Times:
1st through 3rd grades - 2:15-3:15
3rd through 8th grades - 3:15-4:45
*Other classes TBA.

Contact:
Crystal Coleman @ crystalccoleman@wmconnect.com
704-221-9337
or
Deborah Ross @ Deborah@DeborahRossMinistries.com
980-722-8764

No audition necessary
*K-5 Dancers Are Accepted Upon Approval After a Trial Class or Audition - Class Time - 2:15

CDS Ambassadors (formerly Host Families)

Help welcome a new family to CDS!

Think back to your first year at CDS… Do you remember all of those questions you had and didn't know who to ask? You can help by becoming an ambassador to a new family at CDS.

We are looking for people who have the gift of hospitality and would be willing to:

Be matched with one or two new CDS families.
Meet with your new families during the summer for dinner or dessert (at a restaurant, in your home, at a park, be creative!). Welcome them and help answer any questions they may have.
Schedule a “play date” (at the pool, at a park, at your home, it’s up to you!) for your new students and a couple of other students in their grade.
Attend the new family social with your new CDS family the week before school starts.
Follow up with your new CDS family during the year with a periodic phone call. Sign Up Today>>

Prepackaged School Supplies for Sale:

Parents, please look for information that came home on Monday, May 12, about purchasing prepackaged school supplies for the 2008 school year.

Look at the change in the way you can order the School Supply List!
On line ordering – easy and quick.
Delivered directly to the school in August!
We will no longer take orders at school… online only!!

Lower & Middle School

Children are to be supervised on the playground just after school before MS pick up.

Some students have been throwing small candies, etc. at other children.

Please help us with this potentially dangerous play. Thank you

We would like all carpool pick-ups to flow safely. Here are some reminders which help during that crucial time of child movement.

Please refrain from using the cell phone during the actual pick up and drop off. Your child will love your warm greeting when they get in the car.
Adults opening car doors do not have to open any cars that have dogs in them. If you choose to bring your dog in the car at carpool time, please contain them in such a way that they cannot have contact with the adult opening the car door.
No child should walk between cars to get to the parking area. All children need to be with an adult, supervised at all time.
If Sharing a Ride (lower school)

If you plan on having your student ride home with someone else, please send a note that morning. Please make sure this has been agreed on by the other parent taking them home.

If your child is not picked up during carpool time they will be taken to the B building, 1^st floor, B124, After School Care. Also children that have a cancelled music lesson or tutoring, will be brought to After School Care, where they will be able to call a parent and let them know their class is cancelled.

Parents must come in and sign their child out, (for their child’s safety). ---Carmen Welty, Director

After School Brochure

After School Registration Form

WHEN YOU GET A CALL FROM COVENANT DAY SCHOOL:

If your student calls you from CDS, please note that unless they leave you a message, we do not know which phone in the school they may be calling from. All of the phone lines appear as 704-847-2385. Make sure your students know to leave you a message if they call you from any school phone.