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Dear Bison Families,

Welcome to December! This short month brings a lot of fun events to our school, including our annual Find Buddy, Musicals from our music department, special book reading times and classroom parties. We hope you can join us for these! Don't forget to pre-register for the classroom parties, unless you are a regular volunteer or member of the PTO and already have a badge in the office.

Attendance continues to be important and necessary. As the weather gets cold, it might become more difficult to come to school on time. Snow returns and makes traveling hard. With a little planning, you can make it a goal for your family to be at school on time - everyday! As we approach the season of gifts, coming to school on time and everyday is one of the best gifts you can give your child. It is the gift that will keep on giving all throughout their lives!

We continue to be extremely thankful for our PTO, and all they do for our school culture. An update: Today I met with Matthew Whipple (our architect) and a couple of district project managers to finalize plans for our Outdoor Classroom. I know this has been a long time coming, but the dream is not dead and we are actually closer than ever to get this project started. I am also in conversations with our district about purchasing interactive white boards for our modular classrooms. The devices are waiting for district approval, and we should hear back sometime in January. Everything that is done to our school building has to go through a district process - and sometimes the process takes longer than we wish. We continue to push forward and I will update you as soon as a new development comes my way. We could not have started any of these projects, without the generosity of all of you, and the hard work of our PTO.

Report cards will be available to all through Infinite Campus on December 24th. This is the new format we are piloting. You can find lots of information on this by visiting THIS WEBSITE. Please make sure your Parent Portal is up-to-date and you are able to access information through it. If you have an issue, we can help you at the office.

Thank you for sharing your children with us, each and every day!

Ana Marlatt

Our district is selecting a new, elementary science program, and we want to hear from YOU!

27J has four Open House opportunities for you to get an up-close, hands-on look at the two programs. Then, you let us know how each would help your child learn.

• December 6 from 3:30-5:30 PM at West Ridge Elementary

If you can't make it to one of the open house events, you can still review the programs through videos provided by the publishers and then share your feedback.

Order now! Prices increase to $25 on January 9th.

You will receive information from your classroom teacher about parties very soon. If you plan on attending, please know the following:

• All adults attending need to pre-register and receive a badge.
• Pre-registration starts on November 28th.
• Last day for pre-registration is Thursday, December 21st.
• Badges can be picked up anytime on the day of the parties.
• If you are a volunteer (PTO or classroom volunteer) and you already have a badge (paper or plastic badge) that you often use when coming in to volunteer, you can wear your already-issued badge the day of the parties. If you volunteer once in a while and don't have a badge, please stop by the office and pre-register.
• All adults visiting must be wearing a badge to enter the building.
• No school-age children are allowed.

We share lots of information and fun pictures on Facebook. Join us and never miss a thing!

Due to the cold weather we are closing our front doors at 7:50am.

If you are dropping your child off after 7:45am, you must come in the office to sign your child in.

The students and staff had a wonderful time with this fun "war". The sabotaging was pretty incredible! PTO will be counting everything after school today. We will announce winners soon (see PTO news below).

Thank you for your help by sending coins and bills for your students to share! Thank you PTO for all the hard work to create a fun experience for our kids!

12/14 through 12/20 - Find Buddy! (winner gets pizza party on 12/21)

12/21/23 - 6pm - 1st Grade Musical in the gym

12/22 - starting on or after 2:30pm - Classroom Parties (families must pre - register)

12/22 - End of First Semester - Grades available in IC on 12/24

12/23/23 - 1/08/24 - Winter Break (we return on 1/09/24)

If you are a returning family to Second Creek, you know our parking lot is small and needs special care during morning drop off and afternoon pick up. Thank you for contributing to the overall safety of our staff and students!

If you are a new family to Second Creek, please read the information below carefully. Staff and sometimes Commerce City police are out during morning drop off and afternoon dismissal to make sure everyone is safe.

Parents, it is very important that we do not park on the bus lane before or after school. Blocking the bus causes delays that go beyond our school.

Here are a few reminders about our drop off and pick up procedures. You know that Commerce City police pops in once in a while and issue tickets to vehicles that are not following our safety rules... so please make sure you are doing what you can do keep our students and staff safe!

• No parked cars in the "no parking zone" - which is by the sidewalk from the beginning of the parking lot all the way to the front doors. This is a fire lane and also a bus lane. There is NO PARKING anytime. Only drop off or pick up. We have noticed many cars parked waiting for the school to open in the morning, blocking the bus and causing lines of cars that go all the way outside the parking lot. Please drop off your student and go - no parking.
• Same rules apply for pick up after school.
• Students can be dropped off at 7:30am. We do not have supervision for students who are dropped off before these times.
• If you drop your student off late, you have to come in and sign your student in at the front office.
• Students must be picked up at 3:30pm every day. We do not have staff to supervise students after school.
• Let us know if you need information about our before and after-school program.
• Please only use the handicap parking if you have a handicap license.
• The Staff of the Month parking is for staff only at all times.

We appreciate your cooperation!

The following businesses continue to sponsor Second Creek in wonderful and amazing ways!

Website

Eng Orthodontics

https://www.5280heroes.com/

Website: https://www.sd27j.org/Domain/10
Location: 9950 Laredo Drive, Commerce City, CO, USA
Phone: 303-655-7555
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