Dear Cartwright Parents and Guardians,
Please join Bret R. Tarver Leadership Academy for Raising a Reader, a free literacy program for families with children from birth to age 5.

Program Details:
When: Mondays starting February 2, 2026 at 11 AM
Length: 8-week program
Location:
Bret Tarver Leadership Academy
4308 N. 51st Ave. #102
Phoenix, AZ 85031

To Register or for More Information:
Please contact Stacy Matta, Parent Liaison, at 623-691-1900.

We have picture retakes tomorrow, along with winter sports pictures! Boys basketball, boys soccer, and girls soccer will be taken tomorrow ! If you have an account with United already, you can pre-order for your child. If you do not have an account you can make one here, www.OrderPhotos.com, using the Session # Charles W. Harris Elementary - AZ101145-008100

We will also have spring pictures for all students on 2/17 as well!

If you have any questions at all, please feel free to call the office!

We love our smiling scholars! :)

Harris Spirit Week will begin next Monday, January 26th! Take a look at the dress down days to plan the best spirit week outfit! 🧢🤠💙

There will be a parent meeting tomorrow, please see the fliers below for details!

🏀 Go Boys Basketball! 🏀 We’re cheering you on every step of the way!

Check out our amazing boys soccer team! Go Harris Hawks ⚽❤️💛

We love our girls soccer team! Go Harris Hawks ⚽❤️💛

Enroll your child in a nurturing Kindergarten focused on growth, safety, fun, and early learning.
Open enrollment is ongoing for the 2026-2027 school year.
(623) 691-1961
www.csd83.org

❄️ Winter Break Reminder ❄️
Our school is officially on Winter Break! We hope all of our students and families enjoy a restful, fun, and safe break. We look forward to welcoming everyone back refreshed and ready to learn.

🎉 Spirit Week is here! 🎉
We love the school spirit! Just a reminder that all outfits still need to follow the dress code. Check the calendar for each day’s theme and let’s have fun! ✨

Enroll your child in a nurturing Kindergarten focused on growth, safety, fun, and early learning.
Open enrollment is ongoing for the 2026-2027 school year.
(623) 691-1961
www.csd83.org

📚✨ Celebrating Literacy Week! ✨📚

Last week was an incredible celebration of reading, learning, and the joy of stories during our Literacy Week! Our students had so much fun engaging with books, activities, and special reading moments that reminded us just how powerful literacy is.

We would like to send a huge thank you to all of our guest readers who took the time to visit our classrooms and share their love of reading with our students. Your presence made the week extra special and helped inspire a lifelong love of books.

Also a HUGE shout out to Ms. Garcia, our wonderful librarian, for planning and coordinating this week for our students!!

Thank you again for supporting our students and helping make Literacy Week such a success! 💙📖

Last week was filled with music and fun! We had our K-2nd Winter Concert, 3rd-5th Winter Concert and our Band Concert as well. All of our scholars performed beautifully and showed up looking amazing and full of winter cheer! ❤️🎶

Congratulations to these two brilliant scholars for placing first and second in our school Spelling Bee yesterday! We are so proud of you guys! 🐝🐝🐝

We are having cheerleading try outs this week on the 10th and 11th from 3:45-4:30 in the gym! 🎉 This is for students in grades 5th-8th. If students are trying out, they need be picked up by 4:30. See the flier below for more details! 😊

Next week is Literacy Week! To celebrate our love for reading, we are having literacy themed spirit days! Check the flier below 📖❤️

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the December 3, 2025, Governing Board meeting has been postponed to next week—Wednesday, December 10, 2025, at 6:00 pm.