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Weekly News for King Elementary December 16-20

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In This Issue:

Health Room clothing reminders

Please return and/or donate items

What's happening this week?

Holiday Spirit Days
Christmas Unlimited- Toys being donated on Dec 17
Wednesday, Dec 18 - Chuck E Cheese
Friday, Dec 20th - PTA Popcorn Friday
Does your child need a coat from our PTA coat drive?
Lost and Found - Donations Reminder

Recent events at King:

Band Orchestra Concert
PTA Giving Mart

New Attendance Goal

Upcoming Dates

PTA News

Next meeting- January 13th

Reminders

Buddy Bench Donations
Crossing guards needed
Mental Health Support for students and families

District News

D11 Family Literacy Program

Links

Health Room Clothing Reminders

Please return clothes that come home

Reminder: If your student comes home with an extra set of clothing. we ask that you please launder all items (except shoes) and return them to the office as soon as possible. We would like to keep our supply of donated items available for any student who may need them. This could include shirt, pants, underwear, socks and shoes.

Health Room Needs

Our Health room could use some clothing donations. Specifically, we could really use some girls and boys K-2 pants (Size 5-7).

Holiday Spirit Days

Christmas Unlimited Donations will be donated on December 17th

King Families,

Every year D11 Food and Nutrition gathers and donates toys to Christmas Unlimited to help our community. This year there is such a high demand for help, we have been asked to see if our school would love to help us out. So, we are asking all of our amazing King families to help collect toys. If you would like to help, please bring a new unwrapped toy to the office by Dec 17th.

D11 Food and Nutrition Services greatly appreciates any help and thank you in advanced!

Chuck E Cheese December 18th

We hope to see you on Dec 18th.

Popcorn Friday - Dec 20

Does your child need winter clothing?

Our PTA has received many donations of coats, etc. Please drop in or call the office to let us know your child needs a coat and we will help them choose one.

Lost and Found Clothing Donations

Please stop by and check the lost and found. All Items will be donated over winter break.

Families, it is typically this time of year that we start to see items collecting in our Lost & Found. With the weather getting cooler, we want to ensure students have their jackets, gloves, and hats! As you can see, there are a number of items needing to find their owner! Please feel free to stop in and check out our Lost & Found. One thing to note, we donate all items that are left in our Lost & Found twice a year! Our first donation of items happens over winter break and then we will donate again at the beginning of summer break!

Recent King Events

PTA Giving Market

A great big thank you to PTA for helping our King lions pick out and purchase gifts for family and friends. Thank you to all King parents and community members who volunteered their time.

Band and Orchestra concert

Congratulations to our incredible 4th and 5th grade Band and Orchestra students for a wonderful performance tonight! A huge thank you to Ms. Liske for her guidance and support in helping these young musicians achieve such a wonderful result. Keep making beautiful music!

Help us reach our next Attendance Goal

We're climbing towards reaching our goal of 95% attendance. Our next goal is to spell the word COOKIE by having 95% or higher attendance for six days. When we reach our new goal students will get to enjoy a fresh baked cookie. Our goal is 95% because we understand that there will be absences for illness and emergencies. We are hoping that outside of illnesses and emergencies all students will be attendance.

December

December 16-20: Spirit Week- see above

December 18: Chuck E. Cheese Restaurant Night

December 20: Popcorn Friday

December 23-31: Winter Break

January

January 1-6: Winter Break

January 7: Students Return

January 13: SAC Meeting 5pm, PTA Meeting 6PM

January 16: Panda Express Restaurant Night

January 20: Martin Luther King Day - No School

Our next meeting will be Monday, January 13th at 6 PM. We would love to have you join us!

School Reminders

Buddy Bench in memory of Tristan Rael

A buddy bench is a special place where students can sit if they’re feeling lonely or need a friend. It promotes kindness, inclusion, and friendship among students. Mr. Abbott, husband of Mrs. Abbott, is building a special buddy bench for the King playground and we are dedicating this special bench to Tristan Rael, a student that tragically passed away last year. We want to give our families and community members who are interested an opportunity to help purchase materials for our buddy bench. There is no obligation to donate but if you are interested in donating there is a link below. If we collect more than we need to purchase materials we will use those additional funds to buy additional playground equipment for our students.

How You Can Help:

Donate: Any amount helps! Every contribution brings us closer to our goal.
Spread the Word: Share this message with friends and family.

Thank you for helping us fund our buddy bench!

Click here to donate to our Buddy Bench

Crossing Guards

King Elementary is looking for a Crossing Guard for after school. If you are interested, please email Mrs. Krueger, tammy.krueger@d11.org

Mental Health Support for students and families

If you or a family member are looking for help with mental health or substance use, Care Solace can help you quickly find treatment options matched to your needs regardless of the circumstance. Care Solace is a complimentary and confidential service provided to students, staff, and their families by Colorado Springs School District 11. Care Solace’s team is available 24/7/365 and can support you in any language.

If you would like to use Care Solace to help you find a provider:

· Call 888-515-0595 available 24/7/365

Visit www.caresolace.com/d11 and either search on your own OR click “Book Appointment” for assistance by video chat, email, or phone.

Optional Disclaimer:
Information on individual treatment providers was gathered by Care Solace based on criteria such as geographic proximity, whether the provider accepts the authorized user’s insurance, and whether the provider is accepting new patients. The school district does not recommend, endorse, promote, or refer to any of the individual treatment providers.