Coyote Creek News 24-25
News for the Week of December 9th - December 13th
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.
25 - 26 Kindergarten Registration opened December 2nd. Here is the LINK to start the registration process.
Wednesday, December 11th
- Zells Restaurant Night
- Date Change (it was scheduled for Dec 18th)
- 8:00-2:00 pm at the Highlands Ranch location
- 7:00 am- 7:00 pm at the Centennial location
Thursday, December 12th
- 4th Annual Tour of Lights (5:30-7:00) - More information below
Thursday, December 19th:
- Skate City Night 6-8 pm
Friday, December 20th - Monday, January 6th
- Winter Break - No school on Friday December 20th or on Monday, January 6th
Tuesday, January 7th
- Return to school
The Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) was given to all 6th graders and some 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students in mid November. If your student took CogAT, you should have received your child's scores in the mail over Thanksgiving Break.
If you would like to learn more about their scores and these scores are used in our school and district, please consider joining our Gifted and Talented Facilitator, Amber McFarland, for our Winter CogAT Parent Information Session.
When?: Tuesday, December 10th from 8:45 - 9:20 am
Where?: Coyote Creek Library
What to bring?: Your child’s CogAT score report (optional)
Questions?: Please contact Amber McFarland at almcfarland@dcsdk12.org
Amber McFarland
Gifted and Talented Facilitator
Coyote Creek Elementary School
Please HELP!!! We would love to put you on our "Tour of Lights" map! If you plan to decorate your house for the holidays or you have a neighbor who has decorated their house, please fill out the form
HERE.
The 4th Annual "Tour of Lights" at Coyote Creek will be held on Thursday, December 12th from 5:30pm-7:00pm.
Please drive through the main parking lot to get in line to pick up hot chocolate, a treat, and a map showing all the decorated houses in our community,
Please Note: We will be collecting food items to donate to the Backpack Society. Donating food items is completely optional, but feel free to drop something off as you pick up your hot chocolate , a treat and a map. Click HERE for suggested food items.
T-Shirt Design Contest! TRHS students have asked each elementary school to create their own t-shirt for Grizzly Gives. We are looking for submissions that go with the theme Coyotes Care.
- Create a design that we could have printed on the t-shirts that we will sell this spring.
- Please have your student use an 8.5 x 11 piece of paper to create their design.
- Designs should be brought to the front office by the end of the day on Friday, December 6th.
- Decisions will be made before winter break.
Required: The following information will need to be included in the t-shirt design:
- The words "Grizzly Gives"
- Your school name
- ThunderRidge's name
- Design including a grizzly bear, ThunderRidge logo, designs, etc.
Dear Parents,
Every year, around the holidays, Coyote Creek supports families in need for our school holiday outreach, through Developmental Pathways. Many of these families have children with disabilities or special needs and are financially struggling. Each grade level has adopted one family and created a sign-up genius for families to contribute if they want to participate.
After purchasing a gift, please wrap it and add the recipient's name and the family number directly on the wrapping paper, which should be on the sign-up genius for your reference. Please have the wrapped gifts to your teacher by December 9th.
If you would like to purchase gifts for families outside of your classroom, I will be listing the links below for your convenience.
As always, our community is so giving and every year Coyote Creek makes the holidays special for so many families! So, THANK YOU!
Kinder Link HERE
1st Grade Link HERE
2nd Grade Link HERE
3rd Grade Link HERE
4th Grade Link HERE
5th Grade Link HERE
6th Grade Link HERE
Front Office Link HERE
It's the most wonderful time of the year and it's time to spoil or amazing CCE staff with another gift card tree! This has been a big hit with all our CCE staff and it only works because of all the amazing help from parents! The overall goal is to provide one $25 gift card to every employee who enters CCE (this includes Preschool, Aides, Custodial staff, Admin, Teachers, etc). Please spread the word and sign up for as many slots as you want! Remember, these are $25 gift card increments. Please deliver to me by Sunday, Dec. 15th. You can deliver to my doorstop and I will have a box on my front porch which I will check multiple times a day. Address is 10108 Silver Maple Circle. If you have any questions please feel free to text me at 352-213-2816. Thank you for your help in making our staff feel extra loved!
Please click HERE to sign up.
Jennifer Mitkowski
PTO
Dear Coyote Creek Families,
Thank you for your incredible support of our Kids Heart Challenge program! The KHC special movie night hosted by ThunderRidge High School’s DECA students gave them the opportunity to lead a philanthropy event and we thank you for your generosity with your time and donations. If you’d still like to contribute, donations can be made by texting CoyotesGive to 41444.
We’re so grateful for your kindness and commitment to heart health. Together, we’re making a real difference!
With gratitude,
The American Heart Association
The Talent Show is coming up! This is one of our favorite events of the year! Sign ups are going on now. All grades and all talents welcome! Musical acts, comedy, dance routines, group skits, magic, hula hooping…the world is your oyster! CCE’s Got Talent will be held on Friday January 31st at Ranch View. There will be a rehearsal held earlier that week as well.
Please email Melissa Stillman (stillman.melissa@gmail.com), Anna Bracht (annakbracht@gmail.com) or Rachel Grundner (rachelgrundner@gmail.com) if your student wants to participate. Students do NOT need to know their act yet, this is just to indicate an interest in participating.
Time to order yearbooks for the 2024-2025 school year. They are 10% off through October!
Link to order:
https://www.treering.com/purchase?PassCode=1014303369244254
Books will be shipped to homes this year, which is a change from prior years.
Questions?
Please click HERE for more information about the Backpack Society's Winter Holiday Meal Program.
Click HERE for more information about their Food Assistant Programs.
The Backpack Society desperately needs volunteers to deliver food items to our partner schools on Thursday mornings. If you are interested in delivering food items for the Backpack Society, please click on this link https://www.backpacksociety.org/volunteer
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
Crisis Support is available 24/7/365
Call 1-844-493-TALK (8255)
Text "TALK" to 38255
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!
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