Pine Lane Updates 5/32024
May 3rd, 2024
Pine Lane Crew,
I am calling this Field Trip Marathon Week. On Monday, our 4th Grade visited the History Colorado Center. On Tuesday, Kindergarten visited the Zoo, and tomorrow, 3rd grade will also be visiting the Zoo. Wednesday, some of our 6th graders competed in the Chaparral Feeder Hexathlon and did a phenomenal job. We also had a number of students display art in the District Art Show. Next week, our 6th grade will be headed off to PLUM, an incredible right of passage for them. A huge thank you to our teachers for planning these incredible learning experiences for our students!
This week our Crew has also been working hard on our end-of-the-year iReady Assessment. And preliminarily, I am very pleased with the growth and achievement our students are showing. This is a testament to our amazing staff and the efforts of your children. Thank you for your continued partnership to support Pine Lane and for encouraging your child to put forth their best effort each and every day.
The famous philosopher Unknown relayed, “Teaching is the profession that teaches all other professions.” There is much truth in that statement. Each of us has had teachers to help guide, instruct, and inspire us to get to where we are. Sometimes those teachers are the formal teachers we had while in school and other times it is mentors, friends, and family that come alongside and do life with us. Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week and I am extremely grateful for the amazing staff we have at Pine Lane that are committed to our mission to “empower excellence in character, achievement, and contribution to a better world.” I would encourage you all next week to reach out to those staff members who have made a difference for your child and let them know your gratitude. Staff, I wish you all a Happy Teacher Appreciation Week.
As we move through May, we continue to have a lot of things happening. Pay close attention to our communications. We are about to launch our final fundraiser and community event Bear Crawl which will culminate on May 21st. Our goal in these efforts is to raise $25,000 toward classroom furniture. On May 15th we have our final SAC meeting of the year in which I will share our end-of-year celebrations and data.
Have a great weekend! And remember, we are Pine Lane! We are Crew!
Chris Stairs
Principal
Pine Lane
Yearbooks Available Now!
Pre-purchased yearbooks were sent home with students this week. If you ordered one and your student did not bring it home first reach out to the teacher to verify they sent it home.
We do have a limited number available for sale. Price is $30.00, and we will only take online orders using the link below.
If you have any questions please email our Yearbook Advisor Ashley Mooney @ pinelaneyearbookcrew@gmail.com
Student's, Staff and Volunteers will all receive a Bear Crawl T-Shirt
T'shirts will be Kelly Green with the logo PLE Bear Crawl 2024! This will be a reminder for years to come and students can come together as one on our PLE Bear Day's on Friday's.
Our cost for T-shirts is 6.00 each. If you would like to help offset the cost of the t-shirts please make a donation here: PLE Bear Crawl T-shirts.
Volunteers Needed!
We are looking for 3 volunteers for each teacher to help.
- Volunteers will help mark laps, hand out water to students and assist with organized chaos!
- Volunteers will need to arrive 15 mins before the start of each run time.
- Sign up here: PLEA Bear Crawl Volunteer Sign Up
All Volunteers will receive a Bear Crawl T-Shirt!
INCLEMENT WEATHER SCHEDULE
Because its Colorado.................
In the event of Inclement Weather, the Bear Crawl - Fun Run will become a Glow Run Inside at the South Campus Gym.
This will be our Inside Schedule should that occur:
- 9:30 AM — 6th + 5/6 Discovery
10:15 AM — 1st & Pre K
11 AM — 2nd + 2/3 Discovery
12:15 PM — 5th + 4/5 Discovery
1:00 PM — Kindergarten & Pre K
1:45 PM — 4th + 3/4 Discovery
2:30 PM — 3rd
It is that time of year that storms start to roll in, during the afternoon. Please take a few moments and familiarize yourself with our polices in the event we need to shift our end of day dismissal.
Every class over the next 4 months will be participating in some type of Field Trip. This could be off campus or presentations that come to Pine Lane. Here is a list by date of our upcoming trips:
At a Glance:
- May 3rd - 3rd Grade Denver Zoo & Gerren- Register by April 19th
- May 13th-1st Grade Swallow Hill Music presentation @PLE - Register by April 29th
Click on the link below for specific information about our Field Trip Procedures and registration links for all upcoming Field Trips.
FOUNDATION COMMUNITY EVENTS 2023
Information and ticket link for all Foundation Community Events is: https://www.foundationdcs.org/community-events
