Canyon Creek Elementary

Novemeber 8, 2024

IMPORTANT DATES

Monday, November 11-15 - Book Fair

Monday, November 11 - Enrichment Classes & Chess Club

Monday, November 11 - 5th Grade Veteran's Day Performance & PTA Meeting @ 5:30pm

Tuesday, November 12 - Enrichment Classes & Singing Stars

Wednesday, November 13 - Annual Thanksgiving Lunch

Thursday, November 14 - Kona Ice After School

Thursday, November 14 - Mandarin Club

Monday, November 18 - Enrichment Classes & Chess Club

Tuesday, November 19 - Enrichment Classes & Singing Stars

Thursday, November 20 - Mandarin Club

Friday, November 21 - Kinder Thanksgiving Parade

November 25-29 Thanksgiving Break

Campus News & Celebrations

Notes from the CCES Office & Admin

November 8, 2024

It’s hard to believe we only have two weeks until Thanksgiving Break. We have lots of fun events scheduled on campus next week. Please remember to bring your ID for all events during the school day. We thank you in advance for your patience as we ensure school security and safety.

Helpful tip… come 10-15 minutes early for Thanksgiving lunch if you RSVPed. You will need to have time to collect your badge and purchase your ticket for lunch. If you missed the RSVP you are still welcome to come, just make sure to bring lunch. We can not sell tickets to people not listed on the RSVP.

A BIG thank you to all our CCE families that contributed to the 2nd Annual Grizzgiving Community Event. We were able to deliver a bundle of canned evaporated milk and canned cranberry sauce to GMS this afternoon. We hope to see you on November 19th for Grizzgving at GMS.

Annual Thanksgiving Lunch

We hope to see you on Wednesday, November 13th for our Annual Thanksgiving Lunch.

The meal price is $5.00 for all guests (exact dollar amount is greatly appreciated). If you RSVP’d to eat, please be sure to bring cash to pay for your meal. If we have already scanned your ID this year, you can avoid waiting in line and have your badge pre-printed. If you did not RSVP for the lunch but want to attend, you are welcome to bring a sack lunch and join us!

Tag Referral Reminder

Do you want to have your child tested for TAG in RRISD?

Please visit the RRISD TAG website to find more information as well as the link for referral.

The referral window opens Monday November 11th at 8:00 AM and closes Friday December 13th at 4:00 PM. Late submissions will not be accepted.

Contact Jamie Gauck or Melissa Hamilton, CCE TAG specialists, with questions

jamie_gauck@roundrockisd.org

melissa_hamilton@roundrockisd.org

Volunteer Reminders

Always bring your ID when coming onto campus in order to badge in. If you would like to volunteer, you must be approved through RRISD. Please see below for link to register.

https://partners.roundrockisd.org/volunteer/

RSVP Here - 2nd Annual Grizzgiving

Volunteer Here

Book Fair is here!

Come shop November 11-15

CCE Book Fair Website

Late Night shopping on Monday!

Monday 7:20a - 7:30p

Tuesday - Friday 7:20a - 3:30p

Set up your eWallet Here!

Check your child's backpack today for their wish list and the Book Fair flier.

Notes from the Counselor

Support for our CCE No Place for Hate Coalition:

Our 5th grade No Place for Hate Coalition wants to make sure our amazing school's diversity is celebrated! We are planning a schoolwide No Place for Hate activity in which students will be listening to the book The Sandwich Swap by Queen Rania Al Abdullah and Kelly DiPucchio while learning about the delicious foods of different cultures. We'll also be talking about ways to show respect and kindness about foods that may be different from ones we've tried before (we won't be eating any food during this activity, just talking about it!).

To add to this activity, we'd like to give CCE families the opportunity to submit one of their family's favorite recipes so we can compile them in a CCE Recipe Book to share with other CCE families. If you would like your family's favorite recipe added and shared out with other CCE families, please complete this form so all of our families have the chance to try some delicious, diverse new meals!

Last, we’d like to ask families to bring an empty box/container of a food your family loves or from your family’s culture or family traditions. Our hope is that we receive enough boxes to create a domino effect display, showing that kindness and acceptance (not just tolerance) is like a domino effect - what starts with one can spread to many! We’ll end by creating a display of the different food containers to show what a beautiful and diverse menu we have within our families! If your family would like to bring an empty food container, please bring it to Mrs. Hougham’s office in the next few weeks.

We appreciate your time and participation!

AUSTIN SUNSHINE CAMP

Austin Sunshine Camps is a 100% free and nationally accredited non-profit, overnight summer camp for students ages 8-15, who either qualify for free/reduced lunch (based on household income) or are part of the foster-care system. They serve families who live within a 2-hour radius of Austin. Campers who qualify get to participate in a 10-day, 9-night* traditional summer camp completely for free, which includes activities like hiking, arts & crafts, s'mores, a high ropes course, canoeing, and many other great activities.

*8 year old campers participate in a 7-day, 6-night session and 9 year old campers can choose between the 10-day or 7-day options. Austin Sunshine Camps is hosted in two locations, with 4 sessions at each location: Zilker Lodge in Zilker Park for campers ages 8-11 or Lake Travis for campers ages 12-15. As part of the application process, First Time Campers who meet our eligibility criteria must attend one FREE First Time Camper Day during the school year. There are 6 of these events throughout the spring semester, hosted at our Zilker Lodge location (2225 Andrew Zilker Rd). There are application steps for 2025 and information on how to register for free First Time Camper Events for families during the school year. More information about our summer programs can be found in their 2024 Family Guide (Spanish version).

Coat Distribution Project

Keep Round Rock Warm is a Coat Distribution Project of the Round Rock Area Serving Center. Students who attend Round Rock ISD and are enrolled in the Free or Reduced Lunch Program qualify for free coats through the Round Rock Area Serving Center (1099 E. Main Street, Round Rock, Texas 78664, 512-244-2431. Families can apply for coats at www.rrasc.org from November 1, 2024 through December 20, 2024.

ROUND ROCK AREA SERVING CENTER

The Round Rock Area Serving Center food pantry is in need of your help during the holidays to provide groceries to families in our community who are less fortunate. You can send your food donations (canned and non-perishable food) to school with your child during the food drive November 1-15. If it is more convenient to give monetarily, please make checks payable to RRASC, and mail to: Round Rock Area Serving Center, P.O. Box 5006, Round Rock, TX 78683-5006, or, donate online at www.rrasc.org. Your financial contribution is tax deductible. The Round Rock Area Serving Center thanks you!