“Croton chronicle” Croton Elementary February 2026

1449 Croton Road, Melbourne, FL  32935    321/259-3818 – Office   321/877-0976 – Fax   Croton Elementary Website

Wendy Honeycutt, Principal                   
Tara MacPherson, Assistant Principal

 (Boletín traducido al español y portugués en el sitio web de Croton)  (Boletim traduzido em espanhol e português no site da Croton)

“BPS’s mission is to serve students with excellence as the standard.”

 Important Dates     
 
Thursday, February 5th 
Jersey Mike’s Night, 4:00-8:00 pm
Friday, February 6th 
~Interim Ends
~ Early Release, 1:30 pm
Tuesday, February 10th 
Club/Class Photos
Friday, February 13th 
~ Interims Issued on FOCUS
~ Early Release, 1:30 pm
Monday, February 16th 
Presidents Day, No School
Tuesday, February 17th   
SAC Meeting, 3:00 pm
Wednesday, February 18th 
Domino’s Night, 4:00-7:00 pm
Friday, February 20th
Early Release, 1:30 pm
Friday, Feb. 20th - Feb. 27th  
Book Fair
Friday, February 27th
~ Spirit Day, Wear Croton Shirts
~ Early Release, 1:30 pm

Field Days

Wednesday, March 18th
K - 2nd Grades

Thursday, March 19th
3rd - 6th Grades
Please wear closed-toe shoes!

Science Fair Winners:

Physical and Astronomy:
1st- Mason Petrae: How does the angle of a mirror affect the intensity of light reflecting from it?

2nd- Benjamin Whitaker: What material will create the most static electricity?

3rd- Luther Bresser: What type of electromagnet is the
strongest?

Plant Sciences:
1st- Kayden Alexander: How quickly can a plant absorb color?

2nd- Yordanis Vinas Cedeno & Stefano Quiroz: What type of
soil makes plants grow the fastest?

Animal Sciences:
1st- Marcus Berg: Which foods do hermit crabs prefer?

Human Behavioral Sciences:
1st- Olivia Geoghegan & Abigail Engel: The Stroop affect: Does age affect reaction time?

2nd- Tobias Dillon: Can background noise levels effect how well we concentrate?

3rd- Carleigh Hamaduk: Does smell affect taste?

Chemistry:
1st- Daniel Hitchcock: Does the color of an egg affect the rate it
cooks?

2nd- Arthur Do: What acidic liquid can turn milk into plastic?

3rd- Ashlynne Wilt: Which type of flour affects the height of cupcakes?

Computer Sciences:

1st- Haper Alonso: Can I use a robot to train my dog?

Environmental Engineering: 

1st- Lila Allen & Lilly Bizzarro: What material works best in a sandbag for blocking floodwaters? 

Earth & Environmental Sciences:
1st- Emily Jackson: What type of filter will filter water with
sand the best?

2nd- Mia Carias: Does the amount of salt in water effect the amount of precipitation produced?

3rd- Angela Sub Cucul: Does the sun heat saltwater and
freshwater at the same rate?

Engineering and Mechanics:
1st- Willow Commesso: What kind of clay boat model can hold the most marbles without sinking?

Monitoring of Social Media

Parental awareness and monitoring of social media has become essential to prevent risky behaviors and protect children’s health. It’s important to set limits and have rules regarding when and where media can be used and be vigilant about Internet safety.

Monitoring of Video Games

Violent video games can increase a child's aggressive thoughts and behaviors. Invest in video games that are rated for their age and develop their social-emotional skills. Help your child develop self-control by allowing only limited amounts of gameplay.

Impact on Sleep

Screen time may have a harmful impact on your child’s sleep habits. Even calm videos can disrupt a child's sleep. Make bedrooms device-free zones and keep off screens at least 30 to 60 minutes before bedtime. You can help your children fall asleep by sticking to a healthy bedtime routine like:

Take a bath and brush teeth

Snuggle up and relax under a blanket

Read books together

Kindergarten and VPK Enrollment April 6th - 10th

Attendance Reminder:

If a student is not in school, then we cannot teach the student. One of the biggest issues at Croton is the attendance, early check-out, and tardy rates of our students.There are many research studies on attendance (including timeliness) as an indicator of school success. Students may arrive on campus at 7:30 a.m. and head to the cafeteria for a well-balanced breakfast. Children need breakfast to help with their developing brains and growing bodies and studies show that children who skip breakfast are tardy and absent from school more often than children who eat breakfast on a regular basis.

To encourage these positive habits, our school is launching a school-wide attendance incentive. Each grade will work together to fill in the letters in the phrase “Perfect Attendance.” On any day when no students are absent in a classroom, that class earns one letter to color toward completing the phrase “Perfect Attendance.” Once all letters in the phrase are filled in or colored, the class will receive a reward to celebrate their commitment to being present. After a class completes the phrase and receives its reward, the challenge starts over, and students have
another chance to be recognized for their attendance. 

Your support at home makes a big difference. Together we can help students build strong habits that will carry them into a bright future. We thank you in advance for partnering with us to make attendance a priority and for supporting our school-wide attendance incentive this semester.

Book Fair Dates:  February 20th  -  February 27th

Students will be visiting the Fair during regular Media time. In addition to a wide variety of books, the Fair has computer software, posters, pencils, parent resources, and many other items. Permission slips were sent home in October and are good for the year.

Families can visit our Book Fair homepage and get started with eWallet and online shopping at http://www.scholastic.com/bf/crotonelementaryschool.

Struggling to provide for your family? WE CAN HELP

SNAP (food stamp) application assistance available. Apply Online: www.myflorida.com/accessflorida

National School Breakfast Week

Save time on busy weekday mornings, choose school breakfast.  March  2    – 6, 2026 is National School Breakfast Week. Our district is celebrating the school breakfast program with the “The Quest for School Breakfast” campaign. Brevard County has a ‘no cost’ breakfast program every day, and encourages students to eat breakfast every morning.

Suspicious Activity Reporting App

FortifyFL is a suspicious activity reporting tool that allows you to instantly relay information to appropriate law enforcement agencies and school officials. FortifyFL was created and funded by the 2018 Florida Legislature as part of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act.