Eagleside Elementary

Happy March!

Congratulations to our Assistant Principal, Mrs. Legg! She will be Eagleside's new principal for the next school year as I transition into retirement and a new chapter.

We have a busy month ahead of us with our Morning Meeting/Coffee with the Counselor, Community Night, field trips, performances and more!

Coming up this month:

• Morning Meeting and Coffee with the Counselor is on Tuesday, March 4. Click the link or scan the QR code in the flyer below to sign up. https://forms.gle/XUchVToFm6ZFkQKG8
• Join us for our multi-cultural community night of "Math Around the World" on Thursday, March 13, from 4:30-6:00 pm!
• March menus (and printable versions) are located below.

Reminders:

• This is the time of year when we can have gorgeous weather one day and bitter cold the next. Please ensure that your child(ren) are dressed appropriately for the weather keeping in mind recess times outside.
• When we have a delayed start there is no breakfast service. Please ensure your child(ren) eat breakfast before coming to school on those days.

We are looking forward to a great month!

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

March

Monday, March 3--Class pictures; Kindergarten Kick-off (for incoming kinders 2025-2026)

Tuesday, March 4--Morning meeting/Coffee with the counselor

Wednesday, March 12--1st Grade Musical (parent performance)

Thursday, March 13--Community night-Math Around the World

Monday, March 24-Friday, March 28--Spring Break

Hello from PTO!

PHEW! February was a busy busy month for us. We kicked off the month selling Valentines Grams. In the end we sold 69 sets of Valentine Grams, with a final total of 1,730 Valentine Grams were passed out. We raised $311 to help lower the cost of field trips for students!!

Zoo Who? Book Fair was a huge success! With the help of our amazing students and families, 72 books were purchased to go back into classroom libraries and our Eagleside Library for students to check out. We were able to buy extra books for students to take home 2 new books at the end of the school year. In total, we sold over $7,750 worth of books and trinkets!! Thank you families for your continued support, we appreciate it!!

In an effort to help clarify our 1-4 grading scale, District 8 has created the following one-page explanation in terms of the levels of mastery. As always, if you have any questions, please reach out. We are happy to help! *This document is also attached below in a printable version.

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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