IN THIS WEEK'S NEWSLETTER:
- PSP NEWS
- THIS IS HOW WE CTE
- STEAM NIGHT
- BE EPICER
- AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM
- DCSD FUTURE FUNDING NEEDS INFO NIGHT
- WHAT'S HAPPEING IN WELLNESS
- COUNSELOR'S CORNER
- CALENDAR
- FROM THE PRINCIPAL
- NEW FLYERS
PSP NEWS
PSP meeting: Tuesday, 23aug22, 5:30-6:30pm in the LMC
PSP restaurant night: Tuesday, 23aug22, 4-8pm, Papa John's
What is PSP?
We are the Parent Teacher Group of Cherokee Trail Elementary.
We are a chapter of The Foundation for Douglas County Schools.
We work hard to enhance the goals and visions of our school.
What does PSP do?
We sponsor community events and fundraisers to support Cherokee Trail Elementary.
Would you like to help build our school community and support our amazing staff?
Please join us for our first meeting Tuesday, August 23rd, 5:30-6:30pm!
THIS IS HOW WE CTE
Welcome to a new video series from Mr. Miller about all things CTE! Watch as he explains many of the activities around Cherokee Trail and what the rules and expectations are around each of them.
This week:
* CARPOOL LANE
* CROSSWALK
* VISITING CTE
Cherokee Trail Elementary’s 1st Annual STEAM Night!
You won’t want to miss this amazing night!
Thursday, August 25th 4:30-6:00pm
Come and experience teacher-led STEAM experiments, demonstrations, art projects, and read alouds! ALL HANDS-ON!
Snacks will be available at concessions for PURCHASE
**CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT
BE EPICER @ CTE
At Cherokee Trail we focus on six traits, teaching and fostering them in our classrooms and school-wide in order to create learners who are strong academically and socially. They are:
ENTHUSIASM * PERSEVERANCE * INTEGRITY * COURAGE * EMPATHY * RESPECT
Read more on the EPiCER page!
FROM DISTRICT IT
The Affordable Connectivity Program is an FCC program that helps connect families and households struggling to afford internet service.
The Affordable Connectivity Program provides:
▪ Up to $30/month discount for broadband service
▪ Up to $75/month discount for households on qualifying Tribal lands
▪ A one-time discount of up to $100 for a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet purchased through a participating provider if the household contributes more than $10 but less than $50 toward the purchase price.
More info here.
DCSD FUTURE FUNDING NEEDS
Chap Family Info Night for My DCDS Future Funding Needs
Aug. 22 at Sierra Middle School from 6:00-7:00 pm.
Save the date for this feeder-wide event to learn about the funding needs of DCSD and specifically how the Chap feeder would benefit from the recommended Bond and Mill Levy Override.
Sara Curto - Principal - Sierra Middle School
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WELLNESS - NOELLE DUNKER
K: Understanding feelings and emotions is our focus for the week.
1/2: This week will review feelings and emotions and begin identifying how to recognize that we are feeling an emotion.
3/4/5/6: We will review our previous work around feelings and emotions.
Click here for a way to support our Wellness class.
AUGUST COUNSELOR'S CORNER - JANE STEINER
Welcome Back! My name is Jane Steiner and I am the School Counselor at Cherokee Trail Elementary. I am excited and honored to start my 5th year with my amazing CTE family and my 17th year as a school counselor! I am committed to encouraging, supporting, and empowering our students to become their best selves. My primary task is to help ALL students become better learners by providing a comprehensive and developmental counseling program that meets their academic, personal/social, and career development needs.
While following district and state protocols, I will be meeting with students individually and in small groups, conducting classroom lessons to build student success skills, and collaborating with parents and staff.
Support provided can be therapeutic, but the role of a school counselor is not to diagnose or provide therapy. I am able to provide temporary/short-term support to help students overcome acute issues having an impact on their school performance. I am a resource similar to the school nurse in that she can provide help, but refers out for more serious problems. Licensed mental health counselors are the appropriate resource to provide ongoing therapy sometimes needed by families and children.
As the counselor, I have the privilege of providing support to every student at CTE. Confidentiality is respected, unless they plan on hurting themselves, hurting someone else, or someone is hurting them. Although I do not require parental consent, if you would like to request I meet with your child for a specific concern, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
I look forward to a great school year and supporting all our wonderful students at CTE! Feel free to email me: [email protected]
IMPORTANT LINKS
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
Free/Reduced Meal Benefits
Parent Articles:
Transitioning to Kindergarten
Your Five Year Old
Wait Until 8th (Balancing your child’s phone use)
Social media overuse in young adults
UPCOMING CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS
FROM THE PRINCIPAL - JOSH MILLER
The Principal Chronicles Continue ....
First week of school? Check. Second week of school? Almost check. This is the first "real' week of school with our double specials starting and our staff with all of their meetings back on the calendar. Basically, things just got really busy for everyone. Our teachers have been spending their time establishing routines and building their classroom community. Now they are ready to jump in and start getting to actual instruction. We are so happy to get down to business.
Coming up in the next few weeks is our Fun Run. This is our big fundraiser of the year and a great chance to support our school. Look for more information coming out soon.
On the personal side, my baby girl is now 15 and has her driver's permit. Who knew time would fly by so fast? It seems like only yesterday that she was off to her first day of Kindergarten and now she is a sophomore in high school. One of the super fun things about having a daughter with a permit is now we get to spend our free time risking my life teaching her to drive. We started over the summer in the parking lot of Regis high school going slower than I thought my car was physically able to go. We practiced parking and turning with a high degree of success on the turns and a very low degree of success on parking. Now that it has been a few months we have now graduated onto the actual road around our neighborhood. Since I am writing this, know that I didn't die, although my daughter tried a few times to drive us off the road or drive us into oncoming traffic. Thank goodness I have an automatic or else I would probably need a new car and a pile of hospital bills. Fingers crossed that I live long enough to see her get her actual license.
That is it for this week's edition. Stay tuned for next time when the Principal Chronicles continues....
NEW FLYERS
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ARCHIVED FLYERS (ALL)
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