Coyote Creek News

Welcome back to the 2024-2025 school year! It is so crazy to think that I am embarking on my fifth year as the principal at CCE. I truly love this community and am looking forward to filling our halls with the sounds of little voices learning. Our teachers are gearing up to continue the excellence that has been established the last couple of years while also making learning fun. I am so proud of the work that each and every member of our community has done and we look forward to welcoming new members to our pack. I still love the excitement of the first day of school even after doing it for 27 years! I look forward to making this year a success for our students and families. I encourage you all to get involved in any way that you can.

Thank you for your continued support and partnership. Here's to a fantastic year ahead!

Amy Rahne

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

Friday, August 2nd

• Teacher assignments will be available (after 4:30pm) - Log into your Parent Portal and click on 'Schedule'. Please click HERE for FAQ's for Parent Portal.

Tuesday, August 6th

• Supply Drop off - Come by any time between 4:00-6:00pm to drop off supplies and meet your teacher
• Click HERE for grade level supply lists
• Free Kona Ice (5:15-6:15)

Wednesday, August 7th

• First Day of School for Grades 1st-6th (Meet your teacher on the back field at 8:30am)

Thursday, August 8th

• Kindergarten Round Up (Kindergarten Students Only) (4:30-5:30pm) - More information below

Friday, August 9th

• First full day of kindergarten - 8:40am Teachers will meet students outside the west doors near the fenced in playground, and walk students to their classrooms. Doors will be locked shortly after drop off.
• Student release will be 3:25pm at the west facing doors (same place as drop off).
• Kinder Tea (for parents of Kindergarteners only) - Please stop by the cafeteria after you drop your student off on Friday at their kindergarten class. (8:30-9:00am)

Monday, August 12th

• Back to School Night (5:00-7:00pm) - More information at a later date.
• Outdoor Education Meeting - For 6th grade parents only (7:00-8:00pm)

Saturday, August 17th

• CCE Carnival (1:00-3:30) - More information below

Tuesday, August 20th

• PTO Meeting (6:00-7:00pm)

Wednesday, August 21st

• Fall Individual Pictures - More information at a later date

Friday, August 23rd

• New-dle Night - For families NEW to CCE (6:00-8:00pm) - More information below

Correction on Month: Wednesday, August 28th - Friday, August 30th

• 6th Grade Outdoor Ed - See 6th grade teachers for more information

Please join us in 'Spirit Wear Wednesdays'

Here at CCE, we like to have fun! Every Wednesday, students and staff can participate in our 'Spirit Wear Wednesdays'. This is where students and staff dress in a specific theme for that Wednesday. Participating in 'Spirit Wear Wednesdays' is completely optional, but definitely a fun way to celebrate the middle of the week. See below for Wednesdays in August:

8/14th - CCE Spirit Day

8/21st - Dress nicely for Picture Day

8/28th - Wear your favorite hiking gear (all grades) to support the 6th graders leaving for Outdoor Ed

Please welcome CCE's New Staff

Mr Getchell -Assistant Principal

Brianna Conroy - Art Teacher

Leanna Forbes - Learning Specialist

Ashley Scott - 5th Grade Teacher

Michele Thompson - Social Worker

Sara Welles - Instructional Assistant

Sarah Underbrink - Instructional Assistant

Kiley Haack - Kindergarten Teacher

For more information on each teacher, feel free to visit the Coyote Creek Website and read their bios.

New kindergarten students, please join us for our CCE "Kindergarten Round-Up"!

When: Thursday, August 8th

Time: 4:30-5:30pm

Who: New Kindergarteners Only

Parents, please stop by with your new kindergartener anytime between 4:30-5:30 to drop off your kinder supplies, meet your teachers and join us for popsicles and a scavenger hunt.

If you’re a new family to CCE (you have a Kindergartener or a new student in any grade at the school), your family is invited to enjoy a free dinner on Friday August 23rd from 6:30-7:30pm to welcome you to our school community! Not only will there be yummy noodles (spaghetti etc) and dessert, this will also be a great way to meet other new families, Principal Rahne, and learn about the CCE community.

Please RSVP by August 20th to Liz Wyknenko at liz.ccepto@gmail.com. Please include the number of people attending, the name/grade of your student(s), and if you need a gluten free pasta option.

The Carnival wristbands are now on sale on My School Bucks from now until August 12th. To find the Carnival wristbands, click on the CCE Store>Browse All Items and you should see them there.

Carnival Date: Saturday, August 17th

Time: 1-3:30

Cost: The presale cost is $16 per child, and they will also be on sale for $20 at the door for those who don’t buy presale.

What you will get: Everyone with a wristband will receive a Kona Ice, popcorn, cotton candy, carnival games, prizes, face painting, balloon animals, and bounce house fun!

Volunteers: Here’s the link for volunteer signups for the Carnival. We need both adult and student volunteers:

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10C0B48A5A62DA64-50057341-2024

Dear Parents,

As we are getting ready to get back to school we wanted to make sure you have the information in regard to your student's medication. If your student requires medication stored in the Health Room, you can drop off the medication at the front office on the first day of school.

• Please do not have your student drop off the medication. All medications need to be dropped off by an adult.
• The medication should be in a gallon size baggie, with the student's name on it, date of birth, and teacher's name.
• We will need a new medication release form signed by a doctor and a parent. The medication must match the doctor's orders on the medication form.
• Find two medical release forms HERE and HERE. These two forms are required with medications.

Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you in the new school year!

Express Check-In is a Douglas County School District application that allows parents to update household information, sign off on district forms, update health conditions and select school fees. This application helps prevent families from manually entering in a full batch of information for numerous children in the household when checking in prior to the start of the school year.

Click HERE to begin Express Check-In.

Douglas County School District uses My School Bucks to assess student fees and allow parents to pay for those fees. Each year new fees are assessed to each student for that school year. If you do not pay for your student's school fees each year, they will accrue and follow your student throughout their time in the DCSD.

Fees that have been approved by the BOE are automatically added to your student's MSB account. Below are the BOE approved fees that will be automatically added to your student's account.

• Instructional Fees (All students)
• Student Planners (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grade)
• Outdoor Education (6th grade only)

It is very important that you create a My School Bucks Account. Even if you have not created an account, fees are still being added each year and you will be responsible for those fees. To create a My School Bucks Account, please follow the below directions:

Click on myschoolbuck.com , click on "Sign Up Free" and follow the prompts. Feel free to call Hayley at (303) 387-6179 if you have any questions.

The other type of products you will find on My School Bucks are things that are "Optional". We cannot put "Optional" products automatically on your account (unless you participated in something and did not pay for it beforehand). Depending on grade level, the "Optional" products like choir or running club, field trips or your 4th grade recorders. To purchase "Optional" Products, please follow the directions below:

Log into your MSB account

Click on the CCE Store

Click on Browse All Items

Click on the 'Product' you are purchasing and put it in your cart. Pay from there.

At this time, there are no additional products for you to purchase other than the BOE approved fees.

If you have any questions regarding your My School Bucks account, please contact Hayley Brown at (303) 387-6179.

Please click HERE for the CCE Fee List.

Please click HERE to apply for Free and Reduced

Students can enter CCE in the morning through the back and front doors. They may not enter through the 'Garden' Door.

Grade level door dismissal locations are as followed:
Kinder - West side of the building where there is a gated playground

1st - Garden Door (Correction- 2nd will now be released from the front door)

3rd and 4th - Back Door

2nd and 5th - Front Door

6th - Will be release at the 'Cottages'

If you plan to drop your child off at the front of the building, use the drop off lane next to the curb and keep pulling forward. Only the front and back doors will be used for students to enter in the AM (no garden door access this year).

If you need to assist your child getting out of the car, you must park in a parking spot and walk them up to the sidewalk. No parking in the drop off lane or next to the dumpsters. Please use crosswalks for everyone's safety.

Please open car doors on the curb (passenger) side of the vehicle. Drivers must stay in the car and students need to be able to get out of the passenger side door on their own. Staff can assist by opening doors when needed.

Finally, please be patient with our buses. Our buses need to stop at specific locations to unload and load our students. A staff member should be out there helping direct traffic around the buses.

Thank you!

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.

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!

We are so excited to have our volunteers back at our school. Volunteers are welcome back after Labor Day and teachers should be sending out information about volunteering in their classrooms before that time. As each teacher may do parent volunteering a little differently, please wait until you hear from your child's teacher to set up a scheduled time to come and volunteer. More information should be available at Back to School Nights.

In order to volunteer, you will need to bring your ID with you each and every time. Even if you are one of those wonderful people that volunteers at our school every day, you will still need to bring your ID each time.

Thank you!

Here at the front office, we really try to remember all the parents faces when you come in to pick your student up for an appointment. With so many new faces though, this is not an easy task.

When you come to pick your student up early, PLEASE bring your ID.

Thank you for your continued support!

It is always so special to come and eat lunch with your child at school. Some of my best memories are sitting with my kids during lunch at their school, talking with them, their friends and other parents. As with most things these days, we are doing this a little differently.

1. Parents are welcome to have lunch with their students on their birthday only (+/- a few days).
2. You will need to have lunch during your student's scheduled lunch time (not before or after). Please call the front desk if you need your student's lunch times.
3. Parents will not be allowed in the cafeteria but will be able to have lunch on the front grass with only their child (not child's friends) picnic style.
4. If weather does not permit you to be outside, you can eat at any of the tables set up in the front hallway.
5. You will need to call the front desk to let us know you will be coming prior to your student's birthday.
6. As always, it is up to you if you want to pull your child out of school and take them to lunch off school grounds for their birthday.

Don't forget to have your student bring their water bottles to school everyday. Each grade level has their own filling station. CCE does not provide water bottles to students.

We all love our pets...we even love your pets, but just not on our campus. Dogs (or any animal... I don't want to discriminate) can be in your cars as you pull-up to pick up your child and they can be on the public sidewalks around the school, but they cannot come on our campus. This includes small dogs too.

Thank you for your understanding

• Lightning Dismissal

  
  

  • We use “Weather Bug” to determine if we will call a “Lightning Dismissal”.

  • “Lightning Dismissal” will be called if lightning is occurring within 8 miles of Highlands Ranch.

  • Parents will be notified at 3:10pm of the Lightning Dismissal” through an email or text message. If you want text messages, please remember to check the box off when you are doing your Express Check-In.

  • At 3:25pm parents will be allowed to come to their student’s classroom to pick their students up at the door.

  • Students will not be released at the front office between 3:10 and 3:25pm.

  • Please sign out your student using the sign out sheet provided by the teacher.

  • All persons picking up students need to be on the “Primary Household” or “Emergency Contact” lists. Please update your IC account Emergency Contacts.

  • Students who walk home will be dismissed once the 'Lightning Dismissal' has been lifted. In the event of a lingering storm, parents will need to pick their student up.

  • No one under the age of 18 will be allowed to pick up a student

  • Students riding the bus will be dismissed when we feel it is safe to transport them. Please understand they will be late getting to their bus stop.

  • You can use your SMART Tag app to track the bus departure.

  • If your student goes to BASE, they will go directly to the cafeteria with the BASE employees.

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

Please click HERE for information and registration for KidStage.

Please click HERE for information and registration for Overtime Athletics.

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

Marques 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.