The Stallion Scoop: 9Jan20

Posted on 01/09/2020

IN THIS WEEK'S NEWSLETTER:

PSP NEWS
JANUARY COUNSELOR'S CORNER
HEALTHY TEEN SERIES EVENTS
FROM MRS. HUNT
WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CTE - CALENDAR
FROM MR. MILLER
FLYERS (NEW & ARCHIVED)

All School Dance: The annual dance will be Friday, Jan. 24th from 6:00pm - 8:00pm. This is always a popular, well-attended event at our school! We ask that parents attend with their student and it is for CTE students only. With so many people in the building we could use some help monitoring the halls and the entrances & exits. Please consider signing up to help us make this a safe & fun event! Middle school and high school students are welcome to volunteer and will receive service hours for their time. Thank you!

JANUARY COUNSELOR'S CORNER - JANE STEINER Happy New Year! I can’t believe we are now in the second half of the school year! The students at CTE have been learning a lot about themselves and others through our Social-Emotional curriculums. The students are learning how to regulate their emotions as well as how their actions impact others. In Kindergarten, I will be implementing the Safer, Smarter Kids curriculum to teach students how to identify unsafe situations and tools to use in them. Fourth grade students are continuing to learn about mindfulness, now focusing on mindful movement through the Mind Up curriculum. Fifth grade students have broadened their perspective and knowledge about the world and others by learning about Human Rights through a series of lessons. In sixth grade, we are starting a new unit from the Second Step Program on thoughts, emotions, and decisions. Students have really enjoyed learning about the adolescent brain and how it relates to their emotions and behaviors. We are also expecting a visit from the counselors at Sierra Middle School this month to present information about middle school and electives.

FROM THE PARKER AREA COUNSELORS FOR PREVENTION Healthy Teen Series - Start the Conversation: How to talk to your Child about Vaping, Juuls, and Other Nicotine Devices This event will be held next Wednesday, January 15th at 6:30 PM @ Cimarron. This, we believe, is especially relevant to not just middle school parents, but sadly, elementary school age parents as well since research suggests that students are using vape pens at a younger and younger age. As we are sure you are well aware, vaping use among youth has become quite the epidemic. In order to truly tackle the issue, parents need to be part of the conversation and part of the solution. Often times parents are unsure of how to approach a conversation regarding vaping. This night is all about equipping parents with tools and skills to do so (flyer). Sources of Strength Healthy Activities (flyer) Healthy Activities Night will be held Thursday, January 23rd from 4:30 - 6:30 PM @ Sierra. Any and all Cherokee Trail students and their families are welcome to attend. The flyer is attached below. I also would love to stop by sometime this week with printed flyers for 6th graders hoping they can be placed in Thursday folders for parents.

FROM THE AP - ROBIN HUNT

Welcome to a new decade at school! We have missed everyone and are so happy to be back into our routine. School Dance and Candy Gram Sales

On January 24th, we will have our Annual All School Dance. Please mark your calendars for this fun event...here are the details. Student Council will be selling Valentine Candy Grams at the dance - $2 for one and $5 for three.

What's Happening at CTE (calendar)

9	JAN	7:30 - 8:30am	Orchestra Practice
		8 - 8:30am	Mindful Mornings (3-6th grades)
		2:30 - 4pm	CTE Spelling Bee Cafeteria
14	JAN	7:30 - 8:30am	Orchestra Practice
		8 - 8:30am	Mindful Mornings (3-6th grades)
16	JAN	7:30 - 8:30am	Orchestra Practice
		8 - 8:30am	Mindful Mornings (3-6th grades)
		9 - 10am	Kid's Heart Challenge Assembly
20	JAN	All day	NO SCHOOL: MLK Day
21	JAN	7:30 - 8:30am	Orchestra Practice
		8 - 8:30am	Mindful Mornings (3-6th grades)
		9 - 10:15am	6th grade Middle School Visit (electives)
		2:15 - 2:45pm	PSP Meeting
22	JAN	7:45 - 8:30am	StuCo
23	JAN	7:30 - 8:30am	Orchestra Practice
		8 - 8:30am	Mindful Mornings (3-6th grades)
24	JAN	6 - 8pm	All School Dance

FROM THE PRINCIPAL - JOSH MILLER The Principal Chronicles continue ... (2020 version) We have hit a new decade which is still a bit surreal to me. It is also just a bit weird that we are about to be in the 2020-2021 school year which is extremely hard to say out loud. Here at school we are entering some of our best teaching months of the school year. Students come back to school well rested and eager to get back to work. Even though the weather typically isn't the best, the work we do inside the building really takes off. As for my break, it was very uneventful. We didn't have our girls this year from basically Christmas until we went back to school so it was relatively boring, to be honest. You can only do so much around the house and not having the girls home made it a very quiet house. My oldest did get an Alexa for Christmas so now the lights don't work in her room unless you ask Alexa to turn them on. In addition, apparently Alexa has super hearing because we also have an Alexa by our downstairs TV (Santa thought we moved in our house too much and we were going to strain ourselves turning on and off our TV with our remote) and if we ask the downstairs Alexa something, the upstairs Alexa also responds. Not only that, we now have two more females added to our already female-dominated house. I was hoping for an Alex (not sure if that is a thing Amazon has) so I would at least have another guy to talk to in our house. Yes, I realize both of our dogs are male but they are so spoiled by Renee they are practically female dogs anyway. What's a guy to do?? That is it for this week. Stay tuned next week when the Principal Chronicles continues...

NEW FLYERS
ARCHIVED FLYERS (ALL)

* Tennis and Golf will be offered after school at CTE starting in February. CLICK HERE to view more info and to register. * 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)
* StrategicKids LEGO - flyer * StrategicKids Chess - flyer * order school picture packages online via Lifetouch.com
* 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

NONDISCRIMINATION NOTICE: The Douglas County School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, age, marital status, genetic information, or physical characteristics, disability or need for special education services in admissions, access to, treatment of, or employment in educational programs or activities. The School District’s Compliance Officer is Ted Knight, Assistant Superintendent, 620 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, [email protected], 303-387-0067. Complaint procedures have been established for students, parents, employees, and members of the public.

In compliance with Titles VI & VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, and Colorado law, the Douglas County School District RE-1 does not unlawfully discriminate against otherwise qualified students, employees, applicants for employment, or members of the public on the basis of disability, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, religion, ancestry, or need for special education services. Discrimination against employees and applicants for employment based on age, genetic information, and conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth is also prohibited in accordance with state and/or federal law. Complaint procedures have been established for students, parents, employees, and members of the public. The School District's Compliance Officer and Title IX Coordinator to address complaints alleging sexual harassment under Title IX is Aaron Henderson, 620 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, [email protected], 303-387-0127.

Outside Agencies

Complaints regarding violations of Title VI, (race, national origin), Title IX (sex, gender), Section 504/ADA (handicap or disability), may be filed directly with the Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, 1244 North Speer Blvd., Suite 310, Denver, CO 80204. Complaints regarding violations of Title VII (employment) and the ADEA (prohibiting age discrimination in employment) may be filed directly with the Federal Office of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 303 E. 17th Ave., Suite 510, Denver, CO 80202, or the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, 1560 Broadway, Suite 1050, Denver, CO 80202.

NOTICE OF DESTRUCTION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION RECORDS

Special Education records which have been collected by Douglas County School District related to the identification, evaluation, educational placement, or the provision of special education in the district, must be maintained under state and federal laws for the period of five (5) years after special education services have ended for the student. Special education services end when the student is no longer eligible for services, graduates, or completes his/her educational program at age 21, or moves from the district. This notification is to inform parents/guardians and former students of Douglas County School District's intent to destroy the special education records of students who exited special education services as of June 30, 2016. These records will be destroyed in accordance with state law unless the parent/guardian or eligible (adult) student notifies the school district otherwise. After five years, the records are no longer useful to the district, but may be useful to the parent/guardian or former student in applying for social security benefits, rehabilitation services, college entrance, etc. The parent/guardian or eligible (adult) student may request a copy of the records by requesting the records at this link ( Douglas County School District Transcripts and Records Requests ).