Eagleside Elementary

Welcome to September! We hope everyone had a great Labor Day holiday weekend. We are officially one month into the school year, and we have some fun events lined up for September. We are holding our book fair, we have our curriculum family night, and we have an opportunity for our families to come join us for morning meeting. Please see below for more information.

A reminder of our habits of excellence this year...

R—Respect for all

I—Integrity always

S—Strength to persevere

E—Empathy for others

We will be tying these in to our essential skills of communication, collaboration, and problem solving and we will have a monthly focus. For September, we are working on integrity (doing the right thing, just because it is the right thing to do) and strength (how do we persevere when faced with challenges).

Thank you for all you do to support your child(ren)'s learning and Eagleside! As always, if you have any questions, please contact us.

Warm regards,

Anne Warren, Principal

awarren@ffc8.org

• Thursday, Sept. 5--PTO meeting
  
• Tuesday, Sept. 12--Mid-quarter progress reports available in OTUS; Book Fair wish list day
  
• Monday, Sept. 16--Picture Day
  
• Thursday, Sept. 19--Family Night--It's Back to School! 4:30-6:00pm
  
• Thursday, Sept. 26--Morning Meeting and Coffee with the Counselor

October

• Field Day--Friday, Oct. 4
• Parent/Teacher/Student conferences are on Tues. Oct. 15 from 3:00-7:00pm, Wed., Oct. 16 from 7:00am-3:00pm, and Thurs. Oct. 17 from 7:00-11:00am.
  

PTO had a productive meeting last month; please click below to view the agenda and meeting notes. We have our book fair coming up this month and the theme is camping! Please see the flyer included in this newsletter for theme dress up days, shopping opportunities, etc. Please note that students will be allowed to shop at school during the appointed time for their class, but we are also offering after-school options for parents to come in and shop as well. Please let us know if you have any questions!

Fountain Fort-Carson is moving to a new platform for grading. You will be given your child's specific access code at Meet the Teacher night. Please take a few minutes to watch the video for more information on how to navigate this platform:

https://www.ffc8.org/academics/grading-in-ffc8

Please note: Individual student login codes were handed out at Meet the Teacher. If you were unable to attend, or did not receive your child's code, please contact your child's teacher or the front office for that information.

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Parents, if you drop your child off in the morning, please use the drop off line in front of the school. Pull up as far as possible and have your child(ren) exit the vehicle. Do not stop you car or get out in the drop off line as this causes delays and backups in the line. If you need to exit your vehicle, please park in the parking lot and cross at the crosswalk.

When picking up students please note:

• Car pick up:
  
• Pull forward as far as you can
• When teacher has a visual, they will release child to come to the car
• Pick up--parking in the parking lot:
• Parents must exit vehicle
• Parents will wait on the median between lot and school sidewalk
• When teachers have a visual, they will release child to cross with the crossing guard to meet parent
• Parent pick up--walking from neighborhoods
• Parents who approach from Sentry will wait behind the sign at the corner of the brick wall and fence of the kinder playground
• Parents who approach from Trackage will wait behind the sign in front of the cafeteria
• This helps with safety and keeping congestion on the front sidewalk to a minimum
• Please ensure that your child's teacher knows where to look for you.
  
• Walkers with no parent pick up will be released at the yellow curb on the west side of the building

If you have a change in how your child will be going home, please notify the front office (719-382-1520) prior to 2:00pm.

Please see printable version of the dismissal map below.

We love our classroom rewards and celebrations. In order to balance recognizing and celebrating hard work with safety and maintaining the integrity of our learning environment, we are making some shifts in expectations. Items such as stuffies, toys, etc. are to remain at home. Designated pajama days are an extremely popular classroom reward and we have those frequently. Pajama days will occur only on Fridays (unless it is a special school event theme day), you will receive advance notice from your child's teacher that the class has earned that reward, and they are limited to school-appropriate pajamas only. Stuffies, pillows, blankets and slippers are not appropriate for the school environment and students need to leave these items at home. Thank you in advance for your support.

We are excited to share that we are once again offering free breakfast and lunch to all students.

Breakfast is served from 7:05-7:25 am. We will not have supervision prior to 7:10 am except for in the cafeteria. First bell rings at 7:25am; students are tardy after the 7:30 tardy bell. We are moving to a new nutrition website this year; please scan the QR code to access the website. It includes daily choices, nutrition information and more!

In order to support our staff in creating a work/life balance and to honor time with their families, we are implementing a new practice at Eagleside this year. We will respond to messages and communicate with families between the hours of 7:00am and 5:00 pm, M-F. Any message left for staff will be answered by the end of the next school day. Please know that if you send a message to staff during the day, they may not respond immediately as their first priority is their time with your children engaging in teaching and learning. If a message is sent after hours, it will be responded to the next day. All professional communication will be through a phone call, in-person meeting, district email or Remind.

Our main office is open from 7:00am-3:30pm M-F and we can be reached at 719-382-1520. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out!

Thank you for your understanding and support.

Please click the link below to access a general information sheet about Eagleside.

Website: https://eagleside.ffc8.org/
Location: 9750 Sentry Drive, Fountain, CO, USA
Phone: 719-382-1520
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EaglesideCowboys