Fox Tales
It's a GREAT day to be a FOX!
September 2023
School Year 2023-2024
Website: https://www.cherrycreekschools.org/foxhollow
Location: 6363 South Waco Street, Aurora, CO, USA
Phone: 720-886-8700
Twitter: @FHE_Foxes
23-24 Fox Hollow Staff
FOX FAMILIES,
What a wonderful start we've had to the 2023-2024 school year! I am Melissa Smith, Assistant Principal, and proud Fox Hollow community member. I taught at Fox Hollow for almost 10 years and served in a district literacy position before returning here as an administrator so it's clear to say I love this school, the staff, and our families.
To our returning students and families, welcome back! Your knowledge of our school's values is imperative in shaping the positive atmosphere that defines Fox Hollow. To our new students, welcome to the Fox Hollow family! We're so glad to be a part of all the amazing things you'll do and achieve throughout your elementary school experience.
The staff picture above was taken after our first whole school welcome assembly. I love these people and the joy they bring to our students and I'm looking forward to a wonderful year together.
Best,
Melissa Smith
Fox Hollow Happenings
9/1: Donuts with Dear Ones https://www.foxhollowpto.org/donuts-with-dear-ones
9/4: Labor Day -No school
9/7: Room Parent Coffee (assigned by teachers)
9/8: Spirit Night https://www.foxhollowpto.org/spirit-night
9/13: PTO Staff Luncheon https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4DABAC28A7FCC25-back1#/
9/15: Field Day https://www.foxhollowpto.org/field-day
9/18: Fox Hollow SAC (School Accountability) and PTO General Meeting
@5:30 pm Fox Hollow Library
9:19: Food Donation Drive https://www.cherrycreekschools.org/DonationDrive
9/21: Running to the Max https://www.foxhollowpto.org/rttm
9/22: No School Teacher Workday
9/26: Grandview Spirit Bus: Homecoming week!
•EVERY Wednesday... Dismiss at 1:45!
•September 18th:
5:30pm:
Please join us for our first School Accountability Committee Meeting. We are so excited to share with you our current school data.
6:00pm (or as soon as SAC is over)
PTO general meeting
Our PTO board will be sharing the plans for the school year with you.
*The doors will close at 5:30 so please be on time. I will not leave them open or unlocked.
Interested in working at Fox Hollow?
•Bus Information:
•CCSD Food and Nutrition:
We provide breakfast in the cafeteria for students starting at 7:40 a.m. daily.
The Titan Family Portal is a secure, online system that allows parents to:
- Make an online payment to their children's cafeteria meal accounts
- Remotely monitor their children's accounts
- Set up automatic recurring payments
- Submit an online application for free and/or reduced meals
More information can be found at CCSD Food and Nutrition Services.
•Before and After School Care:
Our Before and After School Care program ("Discovery Club") runs before school between 6:30-8:00AM and after school between 2:45–6:00PM (1:45–6:00PM on Wednesdays). Please call 720-886-8761 for more information. https://www.cherrycreekschools.org/cms/lib/CO50000184/Centricity/Domain/25/Discovernew.pdf
Donation Drive
Hello Fox family!
I am very excited to start this new year with you all! Below you will find information about what we are up to in music, and information on how to sign up for choir!
Choir: sign up is now live for any fourth or fifth grade students who would like to join our singing club at Fox Hollow! Our first club meeting is September 5th and will be held from 2:45pm-3:45pm in the music room. Please check out the sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5fShYcvy1OPHJTgUj902AXp597Oky8o5caXIfGBJwMYGaAw/viewform
In music specials, Every grade is currently working with their first instruments of the year, while also playing music games, singing, and creating music!
Please let me know if you have any questions!
Stay Awesome,
Mrs. Grachek
Art Update:
We are off to an amazing start in the Art Room and have so many wonderful opportunities ahead to create and explore!
Art Club:
COMING SOON!!! I will be hosting TWO Art Clubs starting mid-September, there will be sign-up information sent out to families soon.
Here are a few details:
3rd-5th Grade will be held on Mondays
1st-2nd Grade will be held on Tuesdays
Time: 2:45-3:45 pm
Note: Priority spots will be considered for students who joined Art Club in the Spring, as the Spring Session was canceled.
Art to Remember:
Hi Families and Friends,
Our school is participating in a creative fundraiser with Art to Remember again that allows you to purchase keepsake products customized with your child's art. We will open the fundraiser in October.
There are over 60 products and many are less than $15. These make great gifts and a percentage of every purchase goes right back to our school. The exciting part is that you can select any piece of artwork from home! You can choose a piece from earlier in the year, or create something new.
You will receive more information and a specific link to participate in this online fundraiser.
Thank you for your time!!!
Mrs. Z
Field Day Information!
Friday, September 15, 2023
Grades 3rd, 4th, and 5th – 8:30 – 11:15
Grades Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd – 12:20 – 2:35
Fox Hollow Field Day is a “Don’t Miss Event!” We do our Field Day in the Fall to build camaraderie, class cohesiveness, sportsmanship, and to avoid the unpredictable Spring weather! Students will be outside for most of their designated time. They will rotate around to different stations participating in several events! The students LOVE the stations with water, so we have SEVERAL of those!
Please have students come with a water bottle and dressed to play*! I also suggest sunscreen and a hat.
Classroom teachers may assign a specific shirt color for kids to wear.
Parents are invited to watch most stations, but will stay outside the building for the one station that is inside. During that time, feel free to participate in the station that is right outside the gym!
We also still need volunteers to run a station!
Sign up with this link https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050D48AFAB22AB9-field4
See you there!
*3rd – 5th graders might want to bring a change of clothes for the afternoon!
VISION AND HEARING SCREENINGS
We will be having vision and hearing screenings on the following dates:
9/20/2023: hearing screenings for preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade
11/16/2023: hearing screenings for 2nd, 3rd, 4th (if new to the district or have an IEP) and 5th
11/29/2023: vision screenings for kindergarten, 1st- 3rd grades, 4th (if new to the district or have an IEP) and 5th
You will be notified if there are any concerns with your child’s hearing or vision. Otherwise assume “no news is good news.” If you do not want your child to participate, please email Nurse Angie at aschiermeyer@cherrycreekschools.org.
KINDERGARTEN and 1st GRADE PARENTS
Please send in a change of clothes in your child’s backpack. This is so nice for “just in case” they have an accident at school.
**If your child has had an accident at school and is given clinic clothing, please wash them (shirts, shorts, pants) and return them as soon as possible.
Angie Schiermeyer BSN, RN, NCSN
Fox Hollow Elementary School Nurse
Clinic: 720-886-8710
Fax: 720-886-8788
aschiermeyer@cherrycreekschools.org
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