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CMP AMERICAN RIVER - RAPIDS!

Omani Guy, Principal
Tiffany Niitani, Interim Dean of Students
 
 

CURRENT CLASSROOM CONFIGURATIONS

Primary Group - TK/K classrooms
Lower Elementary 6-9 Group - 1st/2nd/3rd grade classrooms
Upper Elementary 9-12 Group - 4th/5th/6th grade classrooms
Middle School - 7th/8th grade classrooms
 

HOURS OF OPERATIONS

Office Hours: 7:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
TK/Kindergarten Class Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
1st - 6th Grade Class Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Middle School Class Hours: 8:30 a.m - 3:15 p.m.
Early Release Days - school ends at 1:00 p.m. (1:15 for Upper El and Middle School)
 

CLUB MONTESSORI (BEFORE & AFTER SCHOOL CARE)

Before School: 7:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.
After School: 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Kindergarten Supplement: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
 
HOT LUNCH PROGRAM
 
Provided by San Juan Unified School District
Cost: $3.00 daily (K-5th grade) - currently free for 2024-25 school year
$3.50 daily (6th-8th grade) - currently free for 2024-25 school year
Free & Reduced lunch available if eligible. Apply online at http://mealapps@sanjuan.edu.
 
 

CMP American River welcomes all parents and caregivers to information sharing events including monthly Principal's Cafes and Campus Advisory Council meetings.

  • Principal's Cafe's for the 2024-25 school year will be held @ 9-9:30 am on 9/11, 10/9, 11/13, 12/11, 1/8, 2/12, 3/12, 4/9, 5/7. Dates subject to change, updates will be posted to ParentSquare.
  • CAC meetings for the 2024-25 school year will be held via ZOOM @ 4-5:00 pm on 9/25, 10/23, 11/20, 12/18, 1/22, 2/26, 3/26, 4/23, 5/21. Dates subject to change, updates will be posted to ParentSquare.

 

CAMPUS EVENTS

Meet & Greet Classroom Visit Day – Family Picnic – Montessori 101 Parent Education Presentations Monthly Principal’s Café – Family Night Out Fundraisers – Harvest Festival – Peace Walk – APEX Fun Run– Character Trail Assemblies – Spelling Bee – Variety Show – World Fair– Read-a-Thon – Scholastic Book Fairs – Watch-Me-Work Night – Art Festival – Wax Museum – Science Fair – Field Day – Spirit Days

PARENT MEETINGS/REPORT CARDS
Orientation for new families in August; Parent Volunteer Workshops (September/October); Fall/Spring Parent Conferences (October/March); 1st Trimester Report Card (November); 2nd Trimester Report Card (March); 3rd Trimester Report Card (June)
 
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Field Trip Chaperones/Drivers; Classroom assistance (reading with students, conducting spelling tests, launder rugs, special events); Art Docent; Campus Beautification Days; Picture Day; Campus fundraising events; CAC Committees
 
ENRICHMENT & MILESTONE FIELDTRIPS
  • TK/K: Fog Willow Farm; Nimbus Fish Hatchery; Effie Yeaw Nature Center; Aerospace Museum; Folsom Zoo; Brooktree Park
  • Lower Elementary: Recreate; Yolo Basin Wetlands; Railroad Museum; Crocker Art Museum; Powerhouse Science Center; B Street Theater; Mondavi Center at UC Davis; Sacramento Zoo; Sutter’s Fort
  • Upper Elementary: A Touch of Understanding; Black Chasm Caverns; Explorit Science Center; IMAX Documentary Series; Coloma Outdoor Discovery School; Mission Springs Science Camp; Rusch Park
  • Middle School: CSUS Aquatic Center; Sacramento Food Bank; Soil Born Farms; California Academy of Sciences; Calaveras Big Trees; Ashland Oregon Shakespeare Festival/Southern Oregon University program