IN THIS WEEK'S NEWSLETTER:
- WHAT'S NEW @ CTE
- STALLION SPOTLIGHT
- STAFF CHAT - MRS. PETTY
- PSP NEWS
- FAMILY CODING NIGHT
- STUCO PRESENTS PARENTS' NIGHT OUT
- FROM THE LMC
- DECEMBER - COUNSELOR'S CORNER
- FROM THE AP
- FROM THE PRINCIPAL
- NEW FLYERS
- GIFTED & TALENTED NEWS
WHAT'S NEW @ CTE THIS WEEK?
Family Coding Night - all are welcome at Sierra Middle School, Thursday 6Dec @ 6:00pm
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STALLION SPOTLIGHT - get to know more about our amazing classrooms!
Ms. Kelley's 2nd grade postcard project.
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STAFF CHAT - THE PRINCIPAL'S PODCAST
NEW: Mr. Miller has posted a podcast for his weekly Staff Chat. Each podcast is available on CTE's YouTube channel - please subscribe and never miss any of the fun! Each week he will have a short interview with one of our staff members. Please enjoy the latest episode of season 2 with Rachael Petty.
PSP NEWS
Restaurant Night: Join us for the next Restaurant Night at Chick-Fil-A, Tuesday, Dec. 4th from 4:00pm - 8:00pm. Let them know you are there to support CTE and we will receive a portion of the sales! Thank you for supporting our school!
Help Wanted: Would you like to offer your talents to show appreciation for our CTE staff? We are in need of a volunteer or volunteers to organize Teacher Appreciation Week and other Teacher Appreciation Gifts throughout the school year. If this is a task that would suit you please send us an e-mail.
FAMILY CODING NIGHT 2018 - ANNA HYLTON
The eight schools of our Chaparral feeder are hosting a Family Coding Night on Thursday, Dec. 6th from 6:00-7:30pm at Sierra Middle School. Please join us for this hands-on event to expand your family's knowledge and passion about computer programming.
What is coding anyway?
Why is it important?
Is it for your child?
Do you want to know more?
Come explore a variety of robots, computer websites, and even non-electronic stations to see the variety of tools available in our schools.
Computational thinking and reasoning skills are valuable in every subject - come experience the possibilities of computer science!
ALL families in the Chaparral feeder area are welcome: girls, boys, moms, dad, siblings.
Click HERE for more information on the event, and if you are planning to attend please register HERE.
If you have questions, feel free to email ANNA HYLTON. Come join the fun!
Mark Zuckerburg of Facebook teaches REPEAT LOOPS @codeorg
STUDENT COUNCIL PRESENTS: PARENTS' NIGHT OUT
Cherokee Trail is hosting a Parent's Night Out (flyer)! Enjoy a night to do whatever you would like to do, all while your children are playing games and eating pizza at school! Parent's Night out will be December 14th, 4:30-7:00pm. Please use this link to RSVP. One child is $20 and each additional child will be $10 (K-6th grade only). Cash or checks made out to CTE are due no later than December 11th. All proceeds will go towards Make A Wish 2019!
We hope you can enjoy your evening on us!
FROM THE LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER - KAREN NOTTINGHAM
A big THANK YOU to the CTE Community for another successful Book Fair! Your purchases help fund the purchase of library books for all of our students to read.
The following people made the Book Fair possible - we could not have been successful without your help!
And a big shout-out to Mr. Miller and Mrs. Hunt for the Principal's Storytime at the Family Glow Event!
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Audrey & Arika Beckman
Carrie Bingham
Sydney Brown
David Bruce
Ali Burrow
Cheryl Callahan
Christina Clements
Anita Concialdi
Joan Davis
Katy Egle
Leena Ettachfini
Stacey Evans
Lindsy Harris
Melinda Harward
Shari Housh
Ralph Hubbard
Lisa Hum
Jami Johnston
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Mhairi Jones
Kendra Kessel
Megan Lapidus
Camryn Leland
Angie Lenth
Angela Liew
Sharon Littenberg
Lisa Loomer
Rob Maurice
Cassie McNeely
Josh Meade
Nadine Montoya-Donoho
Pam Nordini
Joshua Parnes
Jodi Payne
Jennifer Richmond
Megan Sobeck
Marie Spence
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Krissi Spohn
Lucretia Stephenson
Vickie Swa-Jones
Carin Tarka
Kari Tawater
Mary Trombley
Alicia Turner
Megan Tussing
Michele Whittingham
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DECEMBER: COUNSELOR'S CORNER - JANE STEINER
Looking to build your child’s character this holiday season? Instead of buying gifts, encourage your child to make “tickets”. They can be good for things such as playing games with a sibling or helping a parent with housework. He or she can draw the tickets on paper and decorate them with markers. Another idea is to have your child create artwork to give as presents. As people show their appreciation for their gift, your child will feel valued and a sense of mastery.
Happy Holidays!
FROM THE AP - ROBIN HUNT
What's Happening at CTE (calendar)
| 30-Nov |
3 - 3:30pm |
Zavadil STEAM Day |
| 3-Dec |
4 - 6pm |
Kindergarten Registration |
| 4-Dec |
4 - 8pm |
Restaurant Night - Chickfila |
| 5-Dec |
9:45am - 1pm |
3rd Grade Symphony Field Trip |
| 5-Dec |
3:30 - 4:30pm |
Battle of the Books |
| 6-Dec |
3:30 - 4:15pm |
Film Club - Library |
| 6-Dec |
6 - 7:30pm |
Feeder Family Coding Night Sierra Middle School |
| 7-Dec |
8:45 - 9:30am |
3rd Grade STEAM Day |
| 8-Dec |
2 - 3pm |
Orchestra Concert at Tagawa |
| 12-Dec |
7:45 - 8:30am |
Student Council |
| 12-Dec |
3:30 - 4:30pm |
Battle of the Books |
| 12-Dec |
6:30 - 7:30pm |
Winter Band Concert at Prairie Crossing |
| 13-Dec |
3:30 - 4:15pm |
Film Club - Library |
| 13-Dec |
6:30 - 7:30pm |
Choir Concert - Gym |
| 14-Dec |
11 - 11:30am |
Hegre STEAM Day |
| 14-Dec |
2:50 - 3:20pm |
Jones STEAM Day |
| 14-Dec |
3:30 - 8pm |
STUCO Parents Night Out |
| 17-Dec |
6:30 - 7:30pm |
6th Grade Band Concert at Chap. |
| 17-Dec |
6:30 - 7:30pm |
Choir Concert - Downtown Parker |
| 18-Dec |
2:45 - 3:15pm |
EPIC Assembly |
| 19-Dec |
2 - 3pm |
2nd Steam Day |
| 19-Dec |
2:30 - 3:15pm |
5th Grade STEAM Day |
| 19-Dec |
3:30 - 4:30pm |
Battle of the Books |
| 19-Dec |
5:30 - 7:30pm |
Orchestra Concert in the Gym |
| 20-Dec |
9 - 10am |
1st Grade STEAM Day |
| 20-Dec |
10 - 11am |
6th Grade STEAM Day |
| 20-Dec |
2:45 - 3:15pm |
Holiday Sing A Long - Gym |
| 20-Dec |
3:30 - 4:15pm |
Film Club - Library |
| 21-Dec-4-Jan |
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NO SCHOOL - Winter Break |
FROM THE PRINCIPAL - JOSH MILLER
The Principal Chronicles continue ... Thanksgiving has come and gone and I guess we are officially in the holiday season. Such a magical time of year, I truly love going around and seeing all of the lights and just the whole sense of giving. This time of year is one of my favorites.
Thanksgiving in our house was fairly non-traditional this year. Being a blended family we are always pulled in a hundred different directions and we decided that this year we were going to make our own traditions. Tradition number 1: instead of Thanksgiving dinner we did brunch. Since we have one vegetarian and one who doesn't eat meat off of a bone, it makes it fairly challenging to have turkey. So we decided to have everyone in our house make two items to bring to our brunch - whatever they wanted. Our official menu included the following in no particular order: homemade applesauce, a German pancake, shortbread cookies, purple potato crusted frittata with bacon, jello, cranberry sauce, lemon bread, and a homemade swiss cake roll. I'm not sure which we had more of: food or total grams of sugar?!
If that wasn't enough our second tradition was going out to dinner Thanksgiving night. I started looking for reservations before Halloween only to discover most places were already booked for the year. I found it a bit odd that people were thinking about Thanksgiving reservations in the summertime but I digress. We ended up at Simms Landing which has been a fixture in Lakewood for about 300 years. The dinner was decent, they had a chocolate fountain which was a big hit with the two youngest members of our household. I was a little surprised to see when we walked into the room that housed the buffet, that the first tray which you saw was a giant array of doughnuts. Turns out that the buffet was half traditional Thanksgiving food and half brunch-type fare. It is always interesting to serve yourself a pile of mashed potatoes immediately followed by serving yourself a big pile of breakfast sausage. Let's just say that I made countless poor food choices and those of you who know me know that I very rarely make poor food choices. I cannot confirm or deny taking large quantities of pepto after dinner that evening.
That is it for this week, stay tuned next week when the Principal Chronicles continues....
NEW FLYERS (ALL)
- Allergy Open House - Parker - flyer
- Chaparral Wrestling Club - flyer
- Stone Canyon is partnering with the Zoology Foundation to offer a NEW fall break camp!
- Drawing Classes from Young Rembrandts - new session! flyer
- after school Spanish at CTE
- Strategic Kids Chess at CTE
- Strategic Kids LEGO at CTE