Coyote Creek News

If your student will be absent or will be late to school, please call the CCE Attendance Line at (303) 387-6177 or click on 24-25 Absence Form.

Monday, September 2nd

• Labor Day - No School

Tuesday, September 3rd

• Meet the Band and Orchestra Teacher/Rent an Instrument Event (5:15-7:00pm) at Ranch View Middle School -More information below

Tuesday, September 10th

• PTO Meeting (6-7pm)
• SAC Meeting (7-8pm)

Wednesday, September 11th

• Scurry Fun Run - More information below

Monday, September 16th - Thursday, September 19th

• Book Fair - More information below

Wednesday, September 18th

• Parent Teacher Conferences - More information at a later date

Thursday, September 19th

• Parent Teacher Conferences - More information at a later date

Friday, September 20th

• No School - Professional Development for Teachers

Tuesday, September 24

• Restaurant Night at High Society Pizza -(11am - 9pm) phone or in-person - Just say "Coyote Creek" - Click HERE for more information

Please join us in 'Spirit Wear Wednesdays'

9/11- Best Running Gear - Fun Run Day

9/18 TRHS or blue and green for TRHS Homecoming Week

9/25 CCE Spirit Wear

Do you question whether you should send you child to school when they are not feeling well? Click HERE for our district guidelines.

Thank you!

Below is the rolling cancelation schedule for DCSD bus routes for the 2024-2025 school year. As a reminder, this rolling cancelation schedule is for general education bus routes only. Special Education students who have transportation as a related service will not experience any route cancellations.

Please click HERE for the cancelation dates.

The Coyote Creek Scurry is almost here! This is our annual Fun Run and is also our largest fundraiser of the year! We are asking each student to set a fundraising goal of $100 so that we can reach our school goal of $47,000. We will be using the funds raised for field trip opportunities, classroom furniture, and playground enhancements! Family and friends can support the school by giving flat donations or donating per lap that your student completes on Run Day - which will be Wednesday, September 11th! Save the Date if you'd like to cheer your student on!

Run Day Schedule - September 11th:

8:45-9:15 4th and 5th grades

9:20-9:50 Kindie and 2nd grades

9:55-10:25 1st and 3rd grades

10:30-11 6th grades

Students in K-5th grades will be attending an assembly with more information next Wednesday August 28th, and flyers with more details will go out in backpacks that day - so keep an eye out for that information. Our fundraising website will go live that day. Students will have the chance to win fun prizes based on their donations --- like a Foam Party on Run Day, a turn in the giant Hamster Wheel, or a giant stuffed animal classroom mascot!

Interested in Volunteering? We need parents to help give out bracelets to the kids to count their laps, and hand out popsicles afterwards. Sign up here for a shift: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B48A5A62DA64-50801494-2024#/

Interested in being a Corporate Sponsor? If you have a small business or know someone who does, consider supporting our cause! Please contact Liz Wyknenko at liz.ccepto@gmail.com for more info.

Dear Families,

Get ready—the Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our school! This is a great opportunity to connect with your child over the thrill of bringing home new books to dive into again and again. Studies show that kids read more when they choose books for themselves. And fostering a love of independent reading leads to a wide variety of benefits—including academic success and improved mental health.

Here’s everything you need to know about the Book Fair:

Dates: September 16th - 19th

Location: CCE Library

There’s even more info on our school’s Book Fair homepage:

https://www.scholastic.com/bf/coyotecreekelemsch2

While you’re there, set up a Book Fair eWallet, the digital payment account that allows your child to shop for books at the Fair without cash. Then share your eWallet link so friends and extended family can add funds.

When you fund an eWallet, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to a giving initiative called

Share the Fair™. Your contributions directly support our students who need help buying books

from the Fair.

Many of us still remember the rush of finding the perfect book at a Scholastic Book Fair. I hope you’ll join your child at our school’s Fair and share a reading experience they’ll remember forever.

Happy reading,

Amy Rahne

Principal

Coyote Creek Elementary

PS: Need one more reason to visit the Book Fair? Every purchase at the Fair benefits our school!

Book Fair Times

September 16th - 3:45pm to 4:30pm

September 17th - 3:45pm to 4:30pm

September 18th - 7:30am to 9:00am and 3:45pm to 7:00pm

September 19th - 3:45pm to 7:00pm

Please sign up here to help make the book fair a success!

Colorado weather tends to be more stable and predictable in the fall than the spring. For the past several years, spring field days had to be postponed due to weather conditions. Field Days this year are scheduled for the following dates:

Grades K-5 - Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Grades 3, 4 & 5 - 9:00-11:30 AM

Grades K, 1 & 2 - 12:30-3:15 PM

6th Grade - Friday, October 11, 2024

9:00-10:15 AM Staff vs. 6th grade kickball game

10:30-11:45 AM - 6th grade individual class games

Megan Balfe

Physical Education Teacher K-6

Coyote Creek Elementary

Hello 4th grade families,

CCE Music will start recorders soon. If you have not already done so, please log into your My School Bucks account and go into the CCE Store (then click on 'Browse All'). You will choose the 24-25 4th Grade Recorders. The quicker your students have their equipment, the more time we will have to work on them this year! If you have any questions about recorders, feel free to reach out to me (Mrs. Balchuck) at esbalchuck@dcsdk12.org or if it is a question regarding MySchoolBucks, you can contact Hayley in the front office.

Thanks so much,

Mrs. Balchuck

Exciting News! Choir is starting back up. Mrs. Balchuck will be doing 2 semesters of choir. The first semester of choir will begin on August 19th and run until the week of December 16th

Day: Mondays

Time: 3:30-4:30

Where: Library

Cost: $30 (An additional $15 if you need a T-shirt)

Please sign up through your My School Bucks account

Click HERE for more information

Come to our Instrument Rental / Meet the Band/Orchestra Teacher Event on Tuesday the 3rd!

What: This is a chance to rent your child's band/orchestra instrument and ask any questions you might have for the Band or Orchestra Teachers

When: Tuesday, Sept. 3, 5:15 - 7:00 p.m.

Where: Ranch View Middle School

Why: Convenient location and chance to connect with your child's teacher

Can't attend? You CAN do this virtually: https://www.treim.org/virtual-rental-options and you CAN email the Teachers with questions: https://www.treim.org/meet-the-instructorsadmin

P.S. Info on supplies needed here: https://www.treim.org/course-materials

Hope to see you there!

Please click HERE for the flyer

CCE Parents,

Exciting News! Your children have the opportunity to participate in Band and Orchestra classes this year as an extra-curricular activity through our Douglas County Youth Orchestra program, TREIM.

Band at Coyote Creek

Beginning Band: Wednesdays & every other Friday, 7:25 - 8:25 a.m.

Intermediate Band: Thursdays & every other Friday, 7:25 - 8:25 a.m.

Instructor: Mr. Sevy (Video introduction)

Beginning Band starts Sept. 6.

Iterrmediate Band starts Sept. 5.

For more information: bensevywoodwinds@gmail.com

Orchestra at Coyote Creek

Beginning Orchestra: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 3:35 - 4:20 p.m.

Intermediate Orchestra: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 3:35 - 5:05 p.m.

Instructor: Mr. Henning (Video introduction)

Class starts Sept. 5.

For more information: kurtthetuner@gmail.com

Information is available on the band and orchestra website: www.treim.org

Also, note band and orchestra will be having a Meet the Teacher/Rent an Instrument Event on Tuesday, Sept. 3, from 5:15 - 7:00 p.m., at Ranch View Middle School!

No new activities

Join us at Coors Field for School Fundraiser Weekend from Sept 13-15! Invite your friends and family and purchase tickets for any game that weekend, in one of six different areas through the ballpark. Tickets are sold online at www.rockies.com/SchoolFundraiser. Tickets must be purchased through the Coyote Creek buy button to receive credit toward our fundraiser. See flyer for more info!

This is the 4th year CCE is teaming up with the Backpack Society. If you are unfamiliar with the Backpack Society, please click HERE for more information about the wonderful work they do providing food for students and families.

Click HERE for more information about their Food Assistant Programs.

Our wonderful PTO makes a great effort to get information to all our CCE families. As much as we try to include everyone, sometimes a few families may fall between the cracks and do not receive PTO emails. If you have not been receiving PTO emails, please email Sara Welles at cceptocomm@gmail.com and she can get you on the mailing list.

Thank you!

EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS: Text notifications for emergency situations (such as lightning dismissals) will still be sent, but you might need to enable these notifications in order to receive them. You can enable text notifications in the Infinite Campus Portal.

Directions:

• Go to Infinite Campus Portal. Log in to Campus Parent

• Click on the icon of a person in the top right corner

• Choose Settings

• Choose Contact Preferences

• Go to Phone. Choose your preferences for SMS (text)

• Click Save

• If you have any issues with your Infinite Campus Portal account, please see this website

School breakfast and lunches are free this year for all students for the 24-25 school year. Please click HERE for more information.

Click HERE for the Menu.

Please click HERE for the DC Community Resource page. You can find anything from information about local resources during Covid 19, Government resources, food assistance and much much more!

Crisis Support is available 24/7/365

Call 1-844-493-TALK (8255)

Text "TALK" to 38255

Visit www.ColoradoCrisisServices.org or Safe2Tell.org

The Pop Tab Recycling Program is a fundraising project to support Ronald McDonald House Charities of Denver. The Ronald McDonald Houses in Denver and Aurora serve as a home away from home for many families whose children are seriously ill and are undergoing treatment at a local hospital.

How the program works

Aluminum beverage can tabs are collected and sold for cash. Also tabs from soup, tuna, and fruit etc. cans can be collected.

Please collect your tabs and bring them to the main office. Thank you so very much for helping!

Thank you to the CCE families who are also Longmont Dairy customers who continue to donate their milk caps (CCE receives money from the Dairy when we turn them in.) Please give your caps to your kids to give to their teachers or hand them to any staff member at drop off or pick up.

Coyote Creek Elementary benefits from the King Soopers' Community Rewards Program. It's free, easy to sign up, and all your King Soopers purchases benefits our school!

When you enroll online to participate (it's free and easy) all King Soopers purchases you make when using your card or alternate identifications number will benefit CCE! Encourage family members to also participate!

Step 1 - Visit www.kingsoopers.com

Step 2 - Click on "Savings"

Step 3 - Click on "King Soopers Community Rewards"

Step 4 - Search for "Coyote Creek PTO" as the organization name, or you can enter our organization number "WX862"

Click ENROLL and you're all set to shop!

Need a few items to spruce up your wardrobe? We think you'd look great in something with the CCE logo on it! Click HERE for the Spirit Wear Link.

Rent the rock and/or the school’s electronic marquee to recognize a student’s birthday, show school spirit, thank or recognize teachers or staff members, congratulatory events, etc. (Reservations for the marquee need to be made at least one week in advance. Also, marquee is not available on the weekends, during the summer or holidays when the school is closed.)

Rock Sign Up Link HERE

Marquee Sign Up Link HERE

In compliance with Titles VI & VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, and Colorado law, the Douglas County School District RE-1 does not unlawfully discriminate against otherwise qualified students, employees, applicants for employment, or members of the public on the basis of disability, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, religion, ancestry, or need for special education services. Discrimination against employees and applicants for employment based on age, genetic information, and conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth is also prohibited in accordance with state and/or federal law. Complaint procedures have been established for students, parents, employees, and members of the public. The School District’s Compliance Officer and Title IX Coordinator to address complaints alleging sexual harassment under Title IX is Aaron Henderson, 620 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, complianceofficer@dcsdk12.org, 720-433-1083.

Outside Agencies

Complaints regarding violations of Title VI, (race, national origin), Title IX (sex, gender), Section 504/ADA (handicap or disability), may be filed directly with the Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, 1244 North Speer Blvd., Suite 310, Denver, CO 80204. Complaints regarding violations of Title VII (employment) and the ADEA (prohibiting age discrimination in employment) may be filed directly with the Federal Office of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 303 E. 17th Ave., Suite 510, Denver, CO 80202, or the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, 1560 Broadway, Suite 1050, Denver, CO 80202.