Fox Tales

Website: https://www.cherrycreekschools.org/foxhollow
Location: 6363 South Waco Street, Aurora, CO, USA
Phone: 720-886-8700
Twitter: @FHE_Foxes

Fox Families,

Happy New Year! I hope this message finds you and your family rested and rejuvenated after the holiday break. As we step into a new year, I am filled with excitement and optimism for all that 2025 has in store for our school community.

January is a wonderful time to refocus and set fresh goals, both academically and personally. In the coming weeks, our teachers will be guiding students through new lessons and activities designed to engage their curiosity and build on the skills they’ve already developed this school year.

I’d also like to remind families to review our updated winter weather procedures, especially regarding delays and closures. Please make sure your contact information is current so we can keep you informed. Use the link here to read the Cherry Creek process.

Thank you for your continued support and partnership. Here’s to a fantastic start to the new year!

Warm regards,

Ashley Gray

Principal

Laurie Condon

Asst. Principal

• • Jan. 15: Exceptional Volunteer Event
    
  • Jan. 16: Author Visit
    
  • Jan. 17: Donuts with Dear Ones (Cafeteria 7:30 am)
  • Jan. 17: 5th grade field trip to Liberty Middle School (students will enjoy a concert and tour)
  • Jan. 20: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, No school
  • Jan. 21: PBIS PM Assembly
  • Jan. 22 - VOICES of Color Meeting - 6:00-7:30 p.m. @ GVHS
  • Jan. 24: Family Event: Fox Hollow's Spectacular New Year Bash 6:00 - 7:30 PM. All funds raised will support 5th grade adventures!
  • Jan. 29: 5th grade Parent Night at Liberty Middle School
    
  • Jan. 31: 3rd grade field trip to Nature and Science Museum
  • Jan. 31: 100th day of school!

This event will be held in the school cafeteria. Please enter the school through the cafeteria door near the bus loop. Because the time prior to the bell is teacher plan time, we will have access to the halls closed. Students will be expected to stay in the cafeteria with you or line up outside at the regular door entrance.

PLEASE try to walk to school and leave the spots in the parking lot for staff.

Thank you! We look forward to seeing everyone!

Hello Fox Hollow families! We are excited to share with you some exciting news for the school in the next month. In December, we had the Fox Hollow Spelling Bee, Penguin Patch Holiday Shop, Rich Morrow Math Challenge, and Winter Break. Tyler (5th grade) won the spelling bee, followed by Chloe (4th grade) in second place, and Greyson (3rd grade) in third place. 5 awards were given to Fox Hollow at the Math Challenge. Coming up in January: In the new year, we are looking forward to Donuts With Dear Ones on the 17 of January at 7:30 a.m. as well as making new year's resolutions. We hope you have a wonderful January!

-Tyler, Jack, and Archer

Congrats to Jill Armayor, who is currently serving as the PTO President and has been a part of our PTO for the last 6 years. She has been instrumental in creating our community business sponsorship and works to find many ways to provide support to Fox. She has been selected as our Volunteer of the Year! We appreciate all that every volunteer does for Fox Hollow as we would be lost without every single one of you! Jill will be honored by Cherry Creek on Wednesday, Jan. 15.

Thank you to everyone that attended our Literacy Night! It was such a great way to learn new ways to support our kids in Literacy.

Hello! Some of our classes are doing hockey, while some are doing lacrosse! Students are working on stick handling, passing, shooting on goals, and skills used in game play. Students who are doing lacrosse are seeing the similarities between lacrosse and hockey. The hand-eye coordination is improving each day!!!

Kindergarten students have been working all year on being able to say their full name. We have moved on to family names – not Mom and Dad, but Karen and Tom, for example. We are also working on knowing a phone number to call in case they would get separated from you in a store or something and addresses! As far as physical activity, students are working on throwing, catching, defending a target, sportsmanship, and teamwork. Ask them to tell you about the games they are playing!

Once again, here is your friendly reminder that we will have Field Day in May. Mark your calendars for Friday, May 9, 2025! This fun-filled day is a student favorite and we LOVE to have lots of parent volunteers for it! There will be more information about this in 2025!

Thank you!

Sabrina McKenna

Happy New Years from the Music Room!

I have two big announcements for this upcoming half of the school year.

1. Choir Club is starting back up again! We meet on Tuesdays from 2:45-3:40. I am opening up Choir Club to 3rd Graders this semester! We will have several performances this semester including a possible performance at a Rockies game! Use the link below to sign up! First rehearsal will be on February 11th.

2. 3rd and 4th Grade will be starting a Recorder Unit very soon. I’m asking each family to provide a recorder for their students. Click the links below for more information.

3rd graders: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t5RawhWWXfIzPai1GNtgarcjLFoAD5yK/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=118134491971478335079&rtpof=true&sd=true

4th Graders: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_0u0q1ioq-bcDGd3RkqDlG3xs4WAXQel/edit

Dear Fox Families,

Thank you for your continued support of the Arts at Fox Hollow! All grade levels are currently working on their clay projects, we are having fun exploring with the messy materials! All art projects will be returned in the spring after the Art Shows.

Important Dates:

April 22, 2025

• Student work will be selected and you will be notified by invitation.

• Anyone is welcome to come celebrate!

• More details to come!

May (TBD)

• WHOLE school Art Show and Community Event!

• A mural for students to participate in!

• And much more!

Art Club Sign-Up information will be in the next newsletter!!! Stay Tuned!!!

Thank you Kindly,

Ms. Z

If you have any questions please contact Ms. Z at lzeman2@cherrycreekschools.org

This round in STEM, students will be programming DASH robots. Fourth and fifth graders will program the robots using block coding to run Winter Olympic events. Second graders will be programming the robot to be the wolf in the story of The Three Little Pigs.

Typing resources: If you are interested, a site that my own personal children used to learn to type is edclub.com and the product typingclub. The site is free and you can create an individual account for your child. The site has lessons and tracks progress. This is a great activity for all!

Kate Pollick

Health and Wellness Reminders from CCSD Health Services

More information can be found at The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE)

How Sick is Too Sick? / (¿Qué tan enfermo es demasiado enfermo?)

The best way to remain healthy and prevent illness from spreading is through good handwashing habits (washing hands for 20 seconds with soap and warm water after using the bathroom, blowing nose, sneezing/coughing, and before/after eating), getting vaccinated for preventable diseases, and staying home when sick!

Stay home when sick!

• If your student is not feeling well enough to take part in their usual activities, due to illness symptoms, they should stay home.
• If your student needs to be picked up from school, have a plan in place to pick them up as soon as possible.

Fever

• Defined as a body temperature over 100.4° F.
• Students may return to school after being 24 hours fever-free without the use of fever-reducing medication such as Tylenol (acetaminophen) or Motrin (ibuprofen).

Vomiting/Diarrhea

• Students may return to school 24 hours after the last episode of vomiting and/or diarrhea unless it is caused by an illness that requires them to stay home longer.
• If your student has a medical condition that causes them to have a baseline of spit-up, reflux, or loose stools regularly, notify your school nurse, so we can best support your student's success.

• Remind students to cough into their elbow, this helps keep the hands clean from illness and can decrease the spread of illness.
• Keep your student home if the cough is severe or uncontrolled.
• If a cough lasts longer than 2 weeks, we encourage checking in with your healthcare provider.

Lice

Signs of lice:

• Itching of the scalp, presence of live lice, eggs attached to the hair shaft, and/or small pinpoint scabs at the base of the hairline.

• If live lice are present, students may remain in school until the end of the school day; however, they cannot return until after receiving an approved pediculicide treatment per CDPHE guidelines.
• Reminder: lice is a nuisance and not a public health concern.
• This means it is not a reportable infectious disease, as it does not spread disease.
• It is not due to poor hygiene habits.
• We do not send notification letters home when cases of lice are present.
• We do not perform routine classroom-wide lice checks.

Vaccines

• Many childhood/school-aged illnesses can be prevented by receiving routine vaccines. Talk with your provider or school nurse for more information.

Wishing all students, parents/guardians, and staff a healthy school year!

Cherry Creek School District Health Services Department

Greetings VOICES of Color Community,

Thank you for the engagement at Eaglecrest High School during the EHS Student Panel and Mental Health presentation. Both were engaging and provided important insights for us regarding belonging!

An applause to our District VOICES of Color Steering Committee members, Keith Frazier and Stacia Harris, who facilitated the space!

District VOICES of Color engages community members in meaningful and effective partnerships that lead to positive outcomes for all students, but more specifically, students of color.

We will miss you in December as there will not be a meeting. Please have a safe and enjoyable holiday season with your loved ones and join us for the January opportunity!

When: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Where: Grandview High School Library - 20500 E Arapahoe Rd, Aurora, CO 80016

Topic: Career and Technical Education (CTE) in CCSD

Please note, child care will be provided as well as interpreter services for our Spanish speaking families. For other language interpretation, please submit a request to the email address below at least five days prior to the meeting.

Additionally, District Voices of Color meetings are not recorded nor live streamed.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email CCSDEquity@cherrycreekschools.org.

For more information about District Voices of Color visit the Cherry Creek School District website: https://www.cherrycreekschools.org/Page/12789.

Thanks,

CCSD Equity, Culture and Community Engagement

This month we will have our monthly fire drill/ evacuation drill and a shelter in place drill. The shelter in place is what we use if there is a tornado or extreme weather.

Click the picture below to learn more about our safety protocols. It will take you to the I LOVE YOU GUYS Foundation website.

The last two years, we dismissed all elementary schools one hour earlier (1:45PM) every Wednesday to enhance our elementary teachers' professional development and training opportunities. We had such success with this time we will be continuing this again this school year. In addition, for families who participate in after-school childcare, the after-school program will be extended every Wednesday at no additional cost. For families who need care, you can register with our school's program. See Section "Before and After School Care" for additional information.

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.

English:

Please contact Fox Hollow office for support with this resource in your language.

Amharic:

እነዝህን መረጃዎችን በተመለከተ በቋንቋዎ ዕገዛን ለማግኘት ከፈለጉ እባክዎን ተሊሌን በዝህ እሜይል ያግኙዋት thirpa@cherrycreekschools.org

Arabic:

يرجى االتصال بـ )جميعة صباحي أو جاودة العلمي( على ) org.cherrycreekschools@jsebbahi أو org.cherrycreekschools@jdajanialami للحصول على الدعم مع هذا المورد باللغة العربية.

Chinese:

如有需要，请经由 ctaylor9@cherrycreekschools.org 与凯瑟琳•泰勒联系，以您的语言获得此资源 的支持。

Hindi:

अपनी भाषा में इस संसाधन के समर्नथ के लिए कृपया जेम्स रसाइथिी को

jrasaily@cherrycreekschools.org पर संपकथ करें।

Korean:

귀하의 언어로 이 자원에 대한 지원을 원하시면 (리아 리) 에게 (llee6@cherrycreekschools.org) 로 문의하십시오.

Nepali:

कृपया जेम्स रसाइथिीिाइथ jrasaily@cherrycreekschools.org मा तपाइथको भाषामा यो संसाधनको सहयोगको िागी सम्पकथ गननहथ ोिा।

Russian:

Пожалуйста, обращайтесь к Ларисе Бака по адресу: lbaca3@cherrycreekschools.org для получения поддержки с помощью этого ресурса на своём языке.

Somali:

Fadlan la xiriir Omar Nur cinwaanka emaylka onur2@cherrycreekschools.org si aad u hesho macluumaad ku qoran luqadaada.

Spanish:

Si necesita ayuda con este recurso en su idioma, póngase en contacto con Ilse Chavez Maldonado en ichavezmaldonado@cherrycreekschools.org, Rosa Han en rhan4@cherrycreekschools.org, Helena Gognat en hgognat@cherrycreekschools.org o Monica Pantoja en mpantoja@cherrycreekschools.org

Vietnamese:

Vui lòng liên hệ với Thuý Ngọc tại Lchung2@cherrycreekschools.org để được hỗ trợ về tài nguyên này bằng tiếng Việt.