Student Belongings - Pick Up Information

We have arranged times for students to be able to come to school to pick up belongings they left in the classroom.  Parents should create a Name Tag with their child’s name and teacher name to put in their front passenger windshield.  Cars will pull up in the bus circle and our staff will direct you to a station.  Families should remain in the car.  Staff will bring out your child’s belongings.  When they do, please open your trunk and a staff member will place a bag with student belongings in the trunk. If your child earned any certificates since Spring Break, these will be given to your child during this time.

This is also a time when your child can return things to school, such as library books.  At one of the stations in the bus circle, there will be a staff member with a bin for you to place these items in.  Students in all grades who have a district computer should keep the computer over the summer.  The exception is if your family is moving out of Pinellas County, you should plan to return your computer at this time.

If you have students in multiple grade levels, you may pick up the belongings for all your students at one time.

Here are the scheduled times to pick up belongings:

Tuesday, May 26                 12:30 – 3:30              Pre-K and Kindergarten

Wednesday, May 27             8:30 – 11:30             1^st grade and 2^nd grade

Wednesday, May 27            12:30 – 3:30              3^rd grade and 4^th grade

Thursday, May 28                 8:30 – 11:30             Make up time for any grade PK – 4^th grade

Thursday, May 28                12:30 – 3:30              Make up time for any grade PK – 4^th grade

Friday, May 29 at 12:00 (noon) our 5^th grade will have Drive-In Awards Celebration and belongings pick up.

5th Grade Virtual Awards Ceremony

Please click the Title link to see our award winners for 5th grade

Virtual PAWS to Remember

A visual goodbye graduation to 5th grade awards ceremony

Bobcat of the Year

Please click the link below to see our special presentation of the Bobcat of the Year as nominated by your child's teacher or specialist.

Bobcat of the Year 2020

Bobcat of the Month

Please click the link below to see our Bobcat of the Month Assembly for May.  

May Bobcat of the Month

Summer Bridge Information: New 5/14/2020

This is for all current grades K-8 students, including current 8th graders who will be 9th graders in the school year 2020/2021

Pinellas County Schools has designed a highly engaging, theme-based virtual summer bridge program for all students this coming summer. Students will have the opportunity to receive instruction on standards that have been deemed essential in preparation for the upcoming school year. They will be engaged in virtual field trips, high-interest text each week that is connected to the weekly theme, as well as small group instruction for students requiring additional support. We will have teachers from Cross Bayou Elementary supporting our students in grades K-4, so they will have a familiar face this summer.

There will be opportunity for enrichment, as well as remediation based on the individual need of the student.

The dates and times for students for virtual summer bridge will be June 8 – July 16, Monday – Thursday for 2 hours each day.  Your child’s time will vary based on small group instruction times but should be between the hours of 8:00 am – 1:00 pm.  More information for times will be provided from your child’s summer bridge teacher when we know which students will be participating.

Current 5^th grade students are eligible to participate in the summer bridge program at the Middle School they will be attending.  Use the summer bridge link on our website to register.

At this time there is no summer VPK scheduled because it cannot be conducted virtually.  If additional information about summer VPK becomes available, I will send information to families via a phone message.

For information about Summer Bridge, please click this link:  www.pcsb.org/summerbridge

PCS continues to distribute six days of meals, once a week

On Wednesdays, families can pick up a combination of hot and cold breakfast items and hot lunch entrees, with easy heating instructions. The new schedule will continue through the end of the school year. More information and a link to other community meal locations are available at www.pcsb.org/foodlocations.

Take Home Computer Repair Information

You will need to contact Cross Bayou School at 727-547-7834 and ask the secretary to get a message to the staff members that are handling this.

If parents or students are having issues with device operation, you can email Mr. Wirth (wirthr@pcsb.org) or call our school phone number to have our office staff send Mr. Wirth a message to call the family.

If you need repairs that cannot happen onsite, district sites are available:

If you have an existing device at home, you can use it to access Clever and Microsoft Teams.   Here's how to do it:

• Go to pcsb.org
• Click on the Clever logo (the big C on the top left of the page)
• Click on login with Active Directory
• It will ask for login email address  (it is your child's username:  r2.d2 with @pcsb.org at the end.  Ex: r2.d2@pcsb.org)
• It will ask for their password (it is their s. and 8 digit number.  Ex:  s.17008331)
• You are NOW into Clever.  You will see TEAMS near the bottom to do Virtual Learning with your teacher.

If you have any concerns or special needs, please contact the school at 547-7834 or email Mr. Wirth at wirthr@pcsb.org and leave a phone number to call you back.  We want to ensure all families have the necessary technology and Internet access to engage in online learning while school is closed.