Cherokee Trail

• PSP NEWS
• FROM STUDENT COUNCIL
• NOVEMBER COUNSELOR'S CORNER
• NOVEMBER HEART PROJECT
• BOOK FAIR INFO
• DISCOVERY EDUCATION APPLICATION
• FROM MRS. HUNT
• FROM MR. MILLER
• FLYERS (NEW & ARCHIVED)

Pre-School: mac-n-cheese 

Kindergarten: canned cream of mushroom soup

1st grade: green beans 

2nd: instant potatoes 

3rd: canned fruit

4th: gravy jars or packets

5th: stuffing 

6th: cranberry sauce 

Bonus Items: Turkeys, turkey pans, butter, dinner rolls, sweet potatoes, pie, cool whip

We are in full swing of our CTE Gratitude Heart Project! Our StuCo Kindness Committee is working hard to fill our school with hearts! The student council Kindness Committee's focus is to spread kindness throughout our school by using positivity.  Our dream is to have kids naturally doing kind things for others without even thinking about it. Be on the lookout for extra hearts to fill out as a family. Even with our youngest learners, one word or a picture makes an impact! We all have so much to be thankful for! This project is a reflection of our community inside AND outside of our school walls. "Gratitude is our new Attitude."

NOVEMBER COUNSELOR'S CORNER - JANE STEINER I began the month of November visiting the 1st and 2nd grade classes to read a book in honor of Veteran’s Day.  It was heartwarming to see the compassion and pride our students have for our soldiers and their families.  In 6th grade, we are starting a new unit from our Second Step curriculum that teaches about values and friendships.  In 4th grade, we are also beginning a new unit from the MindUp curriculum that teaches students how to sharpen their attention and use sensory experiences to enhance memory, problem solving, relationships, creativity, and physical performance. Are you looking for information to help navigate your child’s internet usage safely?  Check these articles out!

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BLIZZARD OF BOOKS HEADED THIS WAY! 

Our Arctic Adventures Book Fair arrives 

November 15th - 22nd!

We open with Donuts & Dudes!  The excitement begins during Donuts with Dad on Friday 11/15: shop early at the fair beginning at 7:30 am. Our Chill-Out Green Screen will be open for photos; $1 donation goes to the All For Books charity. We have all the books to make holiday wishes come true! We're open LATE until 8:30 pm on Tuesday, November 19th! We're holding a Family Literacy Event From 5:30 -7:00 pm where we'll be getting literacy tips from our Reading Specialists, creating bookmarks, buttons and breathing beads, meditating with Mrs. Dunker, and enjoying our Principals storytime along with cocoa and cookies. There will also be RAFFLE Prize chances for those attending! Don't get left out in the cold - be sure to donate $1 for All For Books charity and put on your coziest PJs, polar bear onesie or fuzzy slippers! We will be holding a Coin Challenge for the All For Books charity the week before the Fair, 11/12-11/15. Each day we will award points to the grade level  that collects the highest total for that day. The grade level that collects the highest overall total will receive a movie party. The class to beat from last year is 4th grade! Toboggan Tuesday:Bring your PENNIES and wear your favorite winter hat and scarf 

Wacky Socks Wednesday: Bring your NICKELS & wear wacky or mismatched socks

Silly Sweater Thursday: Bring your DIMES and wear your silly holiday sweaters

Frosty Friday: Bring your QUARTERS and wear your cozy flannel shirt with your Dad at Dads & Donuts! With Snow Much To Do, we need you!  Be sure to let Mrs. Nottingham know at [email protected], at 303.387.8136 (library)  OR Sign Up online at our Book Fair and Check out our Book Fair Home Page for all our event details. So grab your cuddle duds and slipper socks, and don't miss out on this Blizzard of an Event. Thanks for helping our students know that there's always Snow Much to Read at the library!

Personally, I am looking forward to Thanksgiving. Actually I am celebrating Thanksgiving twice this year since we don't have our girls this year. We will be heading up to Estes in a couple of weeks to celebrate (read, stuff our faces) to be with my parents, and then on Thanksgiving we will be heading to Evergreen to celebrate (read, stuff our faces x2) with Renee's sister. For our trip to Estes, our biggest conundrum has been what to bring. My family is very traditional in what they like to serve on Thanksgiving and I personally take a great deal of pleasure in bringing food items that are anything from traditional (it's sad, I know, but it's so much fun). One year we were asked to bring the turkey so we brought an ice cream turkey from Baskin Robbins. It was awesome but fairly poorly received by my family, though we sure thought it was funny (we did bring an actual turkey breast as well). Our plan for this year is to bring several "controversial" items (this is me smiling devilishly to myself). We are going to bring Tunis Cake. What is Tunis Cake? I have no idea but we watched an episode of the British Baking Championship and Renee is convinced she can make the cake. It should be interesting but I am pretty confident she will be able to pull it off. As for me, I am struggling with a little bit of inner conflict about what I want to bring. I cannot decide. I have narrowed things down to two (I may do both): I would really like to bring Challah bread (which I have made before) but add a little twist to it. Since Challah bread has three strands, I would like to have three different flavors of bread woven together into the braid. I've been debating going with a whole wheat bread strand, a white bread strand, and a raspberry bread strand and call it my Neapolitan challah. Of course, that may taste disgusting but look cool. Plus I talked to Ms. Levine and she mentioned adding a strand of cinnamon whole wheat which wouldn't be as cool visually but probably taste a lot better. My other option is to attempt to make Hot Cross Buns. Again we saw them on the British Baking Championship. They are a bit complex but definitely non-traditional which is the whole goal.
You may be wondering about our fascination with British Baking Championship. Well, it simply boils down to all of the female members of my family (which is all but me) like to speak to one another in a British accent. The show gives them all the fun words they like to say to one another such as calling each other "love". Always good times going on in our house. Happy Wednesday and that is it for the week's edition. Stay tuned for next week when I just may reveal what exactly I am bringing for Thanksgiving even though I think most of my loyal readers could care less - but it's my attempt to create a slight cliffhanger to get you to read this strange blog again next week. See you next time when the Principal Chronicles continue.

* We conduct after-school tennis and golf classes at elementary schools in Douglas County and will be having winter classes that will be open to students of other schools. We want kids to stay active and play sports throughout the winter and we would love to see your students in our classes. (flyer) * Young Rembrandts Drawing Classes, new session - (flyer) * Chaparral Performing Arts - November events (flyer) * Art Show - you're invited to come see Mr. Barton's work (flyer with corrected address) * IFCS family Holiday Baskets (flyer)
* StrategicKids LEGO - flyer * StrategicKids Chess - flyer * order school picture packages online via Lifetouch.com * A Taste of DCSD - flyer
* Milk Caps for Moola - flyer
* Join Mrs. Dunker on Tuesday and Thursday mornings to learn how to be more mindful in your life.  It's a wonderful, peaceful way to start your school day. Mindful Mornings is open to students in grades 3rd - 6th.  See below for information about how to sign up and be part of this joyful journey into mindfulness. You can sign up at Mindful Mornings Sign-up

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