IN THIS WEEK'S NEWSLETTER:
- WHAT'S NEW AT CTE
- PSP NEWS
- CTE FUN RUN
- BE EPICER
- WHAT'S HAPPEING IN WELLNESS
- COUNSELOR'S CORNER
- CALENDAR
- FROM THE PRINCIPAL
- NEW FLYERS
WHAT'S NEW AT CTE
By now many of you have had your children coming home and telling you about the CTE teams. If not, here is the BIG DEAL that is going on. In mid August, our school had an assembly where the students found out which of our 3 teams their class belongs to. Since then, the contest has been on! Each team represents a different artist (each year we pick one of the STEAM elements and we are currently on Art).
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PSP NEWS
Please join us for a spirit night at Chick-Fil-A on September 7th, 4-8pm. Let them know you're there for Cherokee Trail Elementary and a portion of proceeds will be donated to the school!
The easiest way to earn money for our school is to link your King Soopers account to CTE! Follow these simple instructions and every time you shop at King Soopers a portion will be donated to our school!
1. Go to – www.kingsoopers.com
2. Sign in or create an account if you don’t have one already.
3. Under the “Rewards” tab find Community Rewards.
4. You can search for Cherokee Trail Elementary PSP or enter the code DW799
You can order your CTE 2022-2023 Yearbook online here CTE Yearbook
CTE Spirit Wear can be purchased here CTE Spirit Wear
Save the Dates:
September 20th: FUN RUN during specials
September 27th: PSP Meeting 5:30pm
October 4th: Fun Run Prize Day
October 6th: Spirit Night at Freddy's
CTE 10th ANNUAL FUN RUN
Our biggest fundraiser of the year is coming - The CTE FUN RUN!!!!
We are excited to announce our 10th annual Fun Run school event and Fundraiser!(flyer) Our school will earn a substantial profit from every donation and these funds will be used to benefit all students.
Your donation is 100% tax deductible.
ALL students will participate in the Fun Run during school hours and will receive a FREE Fun Run T-Shirt.
To reach our goal of $15,000, we are asking students to set a fundraising goal of at least $50.00. Check out our school Fun Run Website for exciting event details, student prizes and website tools to make our school fundraiser a HUGE success!
Donate Today at: www.r4funds.com/schools/cherokeetrailrun22/
Or turn your cash and check donations into the office by 9/27, making checks payable to CTE PSP -or- scan here to donate and see important details about our Fun Run Event! (more info)
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!
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WELLNESS - NOELLE DUNKER
All Wellness students: Please wear shoes that slip off and on easily for our stretching portion of Wellness.
Grades K/1/2: Students will learn strategies to help stay calm, practice managing BIG EMOTIONS, and identify when it’s time to calm down.
Grades 3/4/5: We will practice ways to build trust within our class family.
Grade 6: Sixth graders will practice ways to feel connected within our class family.
Click here for a way to support our Wellness class
September Happiness Calendar
Hello Families! We are off to a great start to this school year! Over the past few weeks, I have visited every class in grades 3-6 to talk about my role as a school counselor and how I can support them. I will be visiting the rest of the students over the next few weeks to do the same. Our lesson included what domains I work with students in (social/emotional, career, academic). I also shared that I visit classes to teach lessons and meet with some students in small groups or individually.
Classroom teachers also teach weekly lessons from our social-emotional learning curriculum called Second Step. Second Step’s units cover skills for learning, empathy, emotion management, and problem solving.
Does your child need additional support to learn/practice social skills? Denver Behavioral Consultants facilitate social skills groups in the Parker area. Click for more information
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:
Tips for Back to School Anxiety
UPCOMING CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS
FROM THE PRINCIPAL - JOSH MILLER
The Principal Chronicles Continue ....
Now that Labor Day is over, we buckle down and really start our labor here at school. By now all of our students know the routines and expectations and we dive deeply into content and get going on some serious learning. For Literacy, we start unit one of Benchmark, and for math our teachers continue pushing through the content from Ready Math. Also, if you haven't seen any of our "This is How We CTE" videos please check them out to understand everything about our wonderful school. They are all located on our school's website (CTE/OUR SCHOOL/PHOTO GALLERY/ THIS IS HOW WE CTE)
On the personal front, Labor Day was pretty uneventful. Things here at school have been so busy with a ton of late nights that really all I wanted to do was relax. Plus I didn't have my daughter over the weekend so I was able to just get some things done around the house. With Outdoor Ed, coming next week I know I'll have some good stories to share coming up.
Sorry this episode is so lame so stayed tuned for next weeks edition which hopefully will be way more exciting. See you next time when the Principal Chronicles continue ...
NEW FLYERS
* Chap Dance Team - The Mini-Wolverines (flyer)
* Robotics & Coding Club (flyer)
ARCHIVED FLYERS (ALL)
* DCSD Healthy Kids Expo (flyer)
* CTE STEM CLUBS from Science Matters (link)
* Cub Scout Pack (flyer)
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