IN THIS WEEK'S NEWSLETTER:
- PSP NEWS
- SAC MEETING MINUTES
- SUMMER READING PROGRAM
- CLASS OF 2022 CLAPOUT
- EPICER @ CTE THIS WEEK
- COUNSELOR'S CORNER
- CALENDAR
- FROM THE PRINCIPAL
- NEW FLYERS
PSP NEWS
Teacher Appreciation week is May 2nd-May 6th! Please help us shower ALL our CTE staff with gratitude! See below the weekly plan! (flyer)
Sign up here for the Breakfast potluck
Here is an EPICER certificate you can print, have your student fill out, and give to a teacher.
PSP will be at the school on Sunday, May 1st at 6pm (weather permitting) to decorate the sidewalks with chalk drawings and words of affirmations, we'd love for you to come help!
Also, Morning with Moms is Friday, May 6th from 8:00-9:00am. All moms (or grandmas, aunts, guardians, etc.) are invited to come have a donut and juice with your student in the gym, win prizes, then spend the first 20 minutes in their classroom!
The All School Dance is Friday, May 13th, 5-7pm!
Games Night THANK YOU!
It was such a fun and successful game night last Thursday playing games, winning prizes, and eating ice cream. Thank you to all who attended and joined in on the fun, and a very special thank you to the wonderful vendors who supported our game night with donations to ensure that we had plenty of prizes and ice cream to go around.
Boondocks
Chik-Fil-A
Dean Boykin
Glitter GaGa Bath Bombs (follow her page on Facebook)
Home Depot
Keurig Dr. Pepper
King Soopers
Parker Rec Center
Pindustry
Red Robin
Safeway
Sonic
Target
Twisted Wardrobe Designs
Wal Mart
Wendy’s
Various friends and neighbors of CTE
Be sure to thank them on your next visit!
Upcoming events:
5/2-5/6 Teacher Appreciation week
5/6 Morning with Moms 8am
5/13 All School Dance 5-7pm
SAC MEETING MINUTES
FROM THE LMC - KAREN NOTTINGHAM
Unlock the Magic of Summer Reading! For more information and to register, visit DCL.org/summer-reading. Preregister online beginning May 1.
GRADUATING CLASS OF 2022 CLAP-OUT
Please join us to celebrate your class of 2022. You will be able to walk through the halls of CTE one last time before your graduation. On Monday, May 16th at 2:30, please meet in front of CTE for a photo before we have our current CTE students do a Clap Out. We are so excited to have you come back to visit. Please spread the word to former CTE students who are graduating and may not know about this!
[complete this form to participate]
EPICER @ CTE THIS WEEK
We have explored each EPCER trait in detail throughout the school year - and for the last 2 months we will bring them all together and see how they work together in our world!!
For the EPICER lesson in April/May, each classroom will brainstorm an activity which exemplifies being EPICER - they will carry out their activity and for our last EPICER assembly of the year (on 20May22) we will show a slideshow of all the classes efforts!
APRIL COUNSELOR'S CORNER - JANE STEINER
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. The latest segment has just been released - all the videos can be found here.
Parent Articles
Finding a healthy balance with electronic devices
Screen time conversations with older kids and teens about their habits
Mental Health Resources
Masks may be coming off, but kids are still struggling from the pandemic. Here is a 3 part series from UC Health (7 min each) with tips from a doctor on managing the stress.
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
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.
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
UPCOMING CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS
FROM THE PRINCIPAL - JOSH MILLER
The Principal Chronicles continue ...
I cannot believe that May is here. As I write this, we are nearly done with CMAS and are about half way through our end of the year diagnostic. After this week, I am sure our students will be done testing for a while. It's funny, last year we left a week in between CMAS and our end of year diagnostic and our staff complained that the students didn't take the diagnostic test very seriously. This year we had them back to back and our staff thought it was too much testing right in a row. Maybe next year we will figure out something that is perfect. Having said that, our first few glances at the diagnostic data the scores, especially in literacy, ARE THROUGH THE ROOF. We can't wait to see the final results. Everything is due on Friday so we won't have to wait long. I know our staff has given their heart and soul to our new curriculum and there is nothing more gratifying than to have your hard work pay off. I am so proud of our staff and our students.
On the home front, I have been busy packing (again) but at least this time, most of our stuff is already packed and in storage. We move next week and I can't tell you how nice it will be to essentially be settled in one place for an extended period of time. After having my living situation be in limbo for a year and a half now, it'll just be nice to be permanent somewhere. It'll also be nice to stop living out of multiple duffle bags, and have my own stuff around, and park in a garage again. Next year for the first time in a very long time, everything in my personal life will be set and grounded. Until, of course, when July rolls around and my daughter gets her driving permit. Ugh....
That is it for this week. Stay tuned for next week when the Principal Chronicles continues....
NEW FLYERS
ARCHIVED FLYERS (ALL)
* Stone Canyon Summer Camps (flyer)
* TGA Tennis & Golf (flyer)
* Pop Warner Football (flyer)
* Science Matters STEM club (flyer)
* Chaparral Wrestling Club (flyer)
* join CUB SCOUTS (flyer)
* SARAH'S SPANISH SCHOOL (flyer)
* STEM CLUBS (flyer)
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