Dear CRUNFamily,

Thursday night's Art and Culture night was a beautiful way to end our week. We had so many families from our CRUNFamily come and represent their heritage and share food and other artifacts from their country. Mrs. Joines also held a fabulous night of creativity with lots of projects that our kids got to participate in from pottery to jewelry making. Thank you to Laura Butler, who ran the hallway crafts which were a big hit with our kids! A huge thank you to Allena Kendall, Hila Hasid and Lulu Gao for organizing culture night and Megan Norradin and Abby Durrant for running the entry table and pizza and Holly Quirk for helping run a craft table along with other high school volunteers. Also a thank you to the families who put together a table to represent their family's culture. France, Kozlovic Fam; Netherlands, Myers Fam; Israel, Hasid Fam; Ukraine, Sivkov Fam; Mexico, Diaz Fam; Bolivia, Fernandez Rodriguez & Matias Fam; Brazil, Kenzors & Tiltons; Peru, Martinez Fam; Russia, Elovikova Fam; Germany, Henderson Fam; Iraq , Noraddin Fam; and Colombia, Lopez & Fonseca-Machado Fam were all represented by our families. This fabulous night of art and culture has become an annual tradition at Cougar Run and gets better every year!

Hello #CRUNfamily

Thank you all for making the Art and Culture nights success! We loved seeing you all learn about our schools many cultures and creating fun crafts!

Next week, December 10-12 will be the Holiday Market 3:15-5pm each day! All profits will be given to CRUN families in need! This is a great opportunity to shop for families and friends! The wonderful ROCKS Council group will be manning our gift and gift wrap stations, but we are looking for some adult volunteers to help pass out shopping bags and monitor our student volunteers. If you are interested, then please check out our sign-up at https://signup.com/go/GCjOjgJ. Thank you so much for your support.

Please feel free to join our next PTA meeting December 13th in person or join on Zoom. We always love seeing new and returning faces! Join the Zoom: HERE

Don’t forget to check out the PTA website for all things PTA, reserve the Rock, and keep up to date on School happenings!

As always, THANK YOU to our business sponsors this year!!! We are so grateful for the community support you provide:

• Wanderlust with Laura
• AGG Law Firm
• Math Tutoring
• Dr. Holt Orthodontics
• Sunny Party Rentals
• Spenga
• School of Rock
• Bad Boy Boards
• Children's Wellness Center of Colorado
• Andy's Frozen Custard
• McMannis Wealth
• Aaron Lebovic, Realtor
• Playwell Group
• Strive Learning
• Master Je Taekwondo

The CRUN PTA

We have 4 sections of Kindergarten this year, along with three fabulous educational assistants helping to support our sweet 5 years olds in their first year of elementary school. There isn't a better kindy team in Douglas County that loves, teaches and grows kids like this team! We are so fortunate to have these incredible educators at the helm of all things kindergarten, ensuring that year one of elementary school for our babies is beyond the best experience you can imagine for your kids. These ladies understand the developmental needs of our youngest elementary school kiddos and are able to achieve academic and social/emotional growth for kids that is truly remarkable. Kids leave kindergarten with the confidence and skills to navigate the rest of their educational careers because of the careful nurturing that these ladies provide. Mrs. Leeper, Mrs. Lazzaro, Mrs. Ellerson and Mrs. Onouye, are the best in the biz and are supported by a fabulous team of EAs, Mrs. Diaz, Mrs. Schuessler and Mrs. Murk. This crew can't be beat and we are so grateful for their love and committment to all things kindy!

We received great news that our Cougar Run bus route is now fully restored for the rest of the school year. This means that there are no longer canceled routes in the AM or PM for the rest of the year! Bus Driver Buck is so excited to be able to serve our kids every day of the year moving forward. What a great way for us to go into Thanksgiving Break!

Teacher & Staff Wishlists

Want to celebrate CRUN Teachers & Staff, but don’t know what they love? You can find out their Favorite Things HERE!

Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities

December 9th-13th - Holiday Shoppe

The PTA is raising funds for CRUN families in need at the Holiday Shoppe. The PTA could use adult cashiers. Please use this SignUp https://signup.com/go/GCjOjgJ.

January 31st, 2025 - Muffins with Mentors

SignUp Coming Soon

A pride and joy at Cougar Run is our Watch Dog Dads program that is headed up by none other than Mr. Matt, our Campus Security Specialist. Dads and male role models are so needed in elementary schools and we are so glad to have these special men coming into our school to be extra layers of safety as well as incredible role models for our kids. It is such a fun way for dads, uncles, grandpas and father figures to get involved at school and help us keep eyes and ears on our kids to ensure they have a safe and loving place to learn and grow. If you are interested in being a Watch Dog Dad, SIGN UP HERE Matt will train you on the spot when you come in. We look forward to having you join the team of great male role models here at CRUN!

We are notifying our community early that we will be doing a "Power of ONE" spirit week the week of December 16th as a CRUNFamily. Our ROCKS Council students are heading up a cause for us as a community to use our Power of One to make a positive difference in the lives of others this holiday season. Please check out the flyer below and get excited for this great opportunity to use your "Power of ONE" to give back to those in need!

Hello Folks,

We have a few choir events coming up so check them out below.

5th and 6th grades interested in DCSD Honors Choir

Art To Remember

Hi families and friends,

Our school is participating in a creative fundraiser with Art to Remember that allows you to purchase keepsake products customized with your child's art. There are over 60 products and many are less than $20. These make great gifts and a percentage of every purchase goes right back to our school. Click on the link below and enter the online order code shown on your child's order form or to search for your child's artwork. Then, have fun shopping!

https://arttoremember.com/school/4WEEK9

Also, check out how cool Art Night was this past week with the pics below!!

Parents,

We are excited to create a memorable keepsake for students this year, but we cannot be everywhere to photograph every event nor every classroom. We have to depend on YOU to submit photos in order to create this keepsake. Please submit your information and photos to this form. You can fill out the form as many times as you would like! Thank you for being the eyes and the photographers to make this successful!

HERE is the Yearbook Submission Form.

December 9-13- CRUN Holiday Shoppe (Hosted by PTA)

December 10-CRUN Restaurant Night

December 12- ROCKS Assemblies 9:00 PK-2nd Grade, 2:15-3rd-6th

December 13- 8:45am PTA Meeting in the LC (All Are Welcome)

December 20-January 6- NO SCHOOL WINTER BREAK-School Resumes January 7th

January 10-8:45 PTA Meeting in the LC

January 14-CRUN Restaurant Night

January 17-No School for Students Professional Development Day for Teachers

January 20-No School DCSD Closed Martin Luther King Jr Day Holiday

January 31-7:30 Muffins with Mentors