Cherokee Trail

• PSP NEWS
• KIDS HEART CHALLENGE
• MILL BOND EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE
• SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING
• EPICER @ CTE THIS WEEK
• COUNSELOR'S CORNER
• CALENDAR
• FROM THE PRINCIPAL
• NEW FLYERS 

Save the dates: 

Cherokee Trail Elementary School is wrapping up Kids Heart Challenge with the American Heart Association. Thank you so much for helping our campus stay heart-healthy and save lives at the same time! Every dollar makes a difference, and we hope you will take 1 final action to help us reach our goal.

LAST CHANCE TO HOP ON BOARD!

Step 1. Visit www.heart.org/KidsHeartChallenge OR download the Kids Heart Challenge App to search for our school and sign up!

Step 2.  Check your progress towards completing Finn’s Mission!

¡ÚLTIMA OPORTUNIDAD!

Paso 1. Descargue la APLICACIÓN - Kids Heart Challenge o visite www.heart.org/KidsHeartChallenge para registrarse.

Paso 2. Completa LA MISIÓN DE FINN: ¡esta será tu hoja de ruta!

Our school district seeks committee members for the newly formed Mill Bond Exploratory Committee. 

The charge of the Mill Bond Exploratory Committee (MBEC) would be to explore the needs of the district, both ongoing operational and capital needs, and to assess the feasibility of a successful Mill Levy Override (MLO) and/or Bond issue on the November 2022 ballot. Board of education President Mike Peterson reiterated that the MBEC would be advisory in nature. Any decision regarding a potential Bond and/or MLO would be the decision of the Board of Education.

FROM SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING - NOELLE DUNKER

What’s Happening in Social Emotional Wellness?

K/1/2: We will continue with our focus on how to make friends.  Students will practice asking others if they want to play.  We will also talk about being a good listener for others.

3/4/5/6: We will continue talking about emotions and emotional health.  Students will be introduced to important things to know about their emotional health.

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EPICER @ CTE THIS WEEK

Each month we focus more closely on one trait - this month's EPICER trait is: COURAGE.

   * I am willing to take risks in my learning

   * I stand up for what's right at all times

   * I have self confidence

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FEBRUARY COUNSELOR'S CORNER - JANE STEINER

Mental Health Resources

* Is your child or someone you know struggling with anxiety?  The district has partnered with Dr. Scott Cypers to release a series of videos for parents with a ton of information and how to help someone.  All the videos can be found here. * I Matter – Parents and youth (ages 12 and older) can take a brief mental health screening and schedule 3 free counseling appointments.

   STEM Center for Strength – mental health and well-being resources Free parenting groups January – March at Shiloh House

 

Safe 2 Tell Colorado

Do you know how to report a concern that threatens you, your friends, your family or your community? Safe 2 Tell Colorado is an anonymous reporting tool for parents and students.  There are 3 ways to make an anonymous report – via website, app, or phone call.  

 

Parent Articles

   Recognizing PTSD in Teens

   Parents Ultimate Guide to TikTok

   12 Apps that every parent of a teen should know about

   Common Sense on Cyberbullying

 

Family Resources

Weekly snack/food bags provided by Parker Task Force – If your family is interested in having a bag of snacks/food sent home in their student’s backpack weekly, please fill out this brief form.

   Families with housing instability

   Universal Free Meal Benefits

The Principal Chronicles continue....

It finally feels like winter with all of the snow and the cold weather. It is also the last week in January which seems crazy that we are already through the first month of the new year. As I have said many times, this time of year truly flies by. As I write this, I'll be getting my school budget for next year, and living in two different school years officially begins. It is such a weird part of my job to be working in our current school year and simultaneously working on next year as well. The next school year seems so far off and so many things change between now and then but this is the nature of the beast. We plan ahead and then make adjustments along the way, it kind of sounds like the life we all have been living for the last two years.  

On the home front, not a lot is going on. For the second straight year, I am spending my time away from school packing and preparing to move (again) at the end of February. Moving is not an enjoyable experience, especially since we just moved 11 months ago. Assuming I don't have to sell my kidney to afford a house, we should be able to settle into someplace and stay for a few years until my daughter goes off to college. I really wish I had some better stories but honestly, my life is really: get up, workout, go to work, come home, pack, go to sleep, rinse, and repeat. Over and over and over again. I guess it really is Groundhog Day.

That is it for this week's edition, stay tuned next week when the Principal Chronicles continue. See you next time. 

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