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TAYLOR TORNADOES
MAY 2024 NEWSLETTER
Important Dates & Upcoming Events
May 2 - Special Olympics
May 4 - Girls on the Run 5K in Fruita
May 6 - Teacher Appreciation Week
May 8 - School Nurse Day
May 9 - PTO Meeting & SAC Meeting @ 4:15pm
May 9 - Kinder Music Concert @ 6pm
May 10 - NO SCHOOL
May 10 - Parent/Teacher Conferences
May 13 - PHS Senior Walk @ 9:10am
May 17 - NEHS $1 Hat Day
May 21 - 5th Grade Talent Show (during school hours)
May 22 - Field Day
May 23 - 5th Grade Continuation @ 9:30am
May 23 - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
STUDENT(S) OF THE MONTH
In APRIL the school focused on INCLUSIVITY and our Student(s) of the Month were nominated for demonstrating this trait during the month!
Peach Fest Ambassador
This opportunity is open to 3rd Grade - Seniors
As a Palisade Peach Ambassador, you'll have the chance to showcase your love for our community. Click on this flyer to find out more.
Student Med. Pick Up
Remember to pick up student medication before the end of the school year. We are obligated to discard it if not picked up by the last day of school. Medications cannot be sent home with students.
Spring Conferences
Teachers will be in their rooms during the posted hours with a lunch break 12-1pm.
Swing by and say hello!
A WORD FROM PRINCIPAL WILSON
Dear Taylor Families,
It’s crazy to think that this will be our last newsletter of this school year. I have had the best year at Taylor, and I am so honored to get to spend each day with your students! We have an exciting, but jam-packed month ahead of us.
We will be having some of our Taylor Tornadoes participate in the Special Olympics on May 2nd. Our school will be cheering them on as they head out that morning. We are so proud of them and know they will do an amazing job!
Teacher Appreciation Week is coming up the week of May 6th-May 10th. We have the most amazing staff members who work hard every day and deserve a special week to know how much they mean to us! Thank you, PTO, for making this week special for every staff member!
Here are some fun ideas to thank your child’s teacher for all they do:
Sweets & treats
Thank you/appreciation card
Poem or drawing
Bring or make Flowers
Coffee/Tea
Our 5th grade students are nearing the end of their time in elementary school. I have had the pleasure of getting to know them this year. I know they are leaving Taylor better humans and ready to take on anything they pursue in their futures!
Theme of the Month:
For the month of May, our theme will be Generosity. We want all of our students to give or share with kindness in their hearts. Teachers will be talking with their students this month about ways they can show generosity to others. It can be as simple as opening a door for someone or sharing a basketball at recess. Let’s all commit to showing generosity throughout this month!
I hope you all enjoy your summer break and do something you love with your family.
As always, please reach out if you have any questions.
Respectfully,
Shawn Wilson
Taylor Principal
2024-2025 Registration
Online registration starts July 18 for the 2024-2025 school year.
Lost & Found
Be sure to look at the lost & found when you pop by for conferences. After May 23 all items will be donated.
Community Donation Giveaway
Stop by Palisade Christian Church (former Noah's Ark) this Thursday (5/2) & Friday (5/3).
COUNSELOR'S CORNER WITH MS. SERENITY
It is hard to believe that the school year is almost over! Your children have learned so much this year in our social emotional learning lessons. May lesson topics are as follows:
5th graders will be writing a letter to their 12th grade selves to reflect on who they are today and who they hope to be in 7 years.
4th graders will be generating safe and respectful solutions to common problems and they will be weighing the positive and negative consequences of those solutions.
3rd graders will be applying the problem solving steps to typical playground and classroom problems.
1st and 2nd graders will be reviewing all the skills we have learned this year in our lessons (skills for learning like active listening and positive self-talk, emotion identification and empathy, emotion management and how to calm down, how to play fair and how to solve problems).
Our kindergarten students will work with their 5th grade buddies to complete an online personality survey for kids. I’ll hang onto these and give them back when these kindergarten students are in 5th grade so that they can see how far they’ve come.
We finished up our 4th grade girls’ Lunch Bunch last week by sewing the patches we earned onto pennants. Our fifth and final cohort of Calm Ninjas Group wrapped up in mid-April. Grief Group continues on Fridays through the end of the school year. Our Changing Families Group is on week seven and will conclude on May 8. It’s been a great year with so many skills to learn and practice to help us all be the best learners we can be! As always, if you have any questions about the comprehensive school counseling program at Taylor Elementary, please reach out to Ms. Serenity at 970-254-4870 ext 63100 or serenity@d51schools.org.
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