Fox Tales
January 2025
School Year 2024-2025
Website: https://www.cherrycreekschools.org/foxhollow
Location: 6363 South Waco Street, Aurora, CO, USA
Phone: 720-886-8700
Twitter: @FHE_Foxes
Fox Families,
Happy February! February is a wonderful time to encourage kindness, both at home and at school. We will be focusing on acts of kindness around the school throughout the month. We loved seeing so many of you at our First annual New Year Bash. It was such an exciting night.
Reminders & Announcements
✅ Winter Weather Preparedness – Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for colder temperatures, as we still have outdoor recess when the wind chill is above 20 degrees. In case of inclement weather, school closures or delays will be communicated through email, phone, and CCSD website.
✅ Car Loop: HAVE PATIENCE! :)
MORNING reminders: Please remember to be patient on cold, icy and snowy days. When we have bad weather our number of drop-offs increases and it takes much longer for us to get kids out of cars and into the building safely. PLEASE pull all the forward and try to keep the line moving. PLEASE Stay in your car and if your child needs help we can help. PLEASE do not let your child out of the car until you get past the picnic tables. If you let them out before this, it backs up the cars into the street and causes issues at the light.
AFTERNOON reminders:
PLEASE pull up as far as you can and keep the line going. We will send kids to you if you have to move past your child. Please leave the 3 parking spots near the crosswalk open for our students in car services. Please watch the crosswalk and the crossing guard (staff member). If you are walking to the school or back to the parking lot, ONLY cross over at the crosswalk. PLEASE try not to park in the fire lane and behind other cars.
✅ Scooter Parking CHANGES!
Scooters must be parked at the bike racks moving forward. The scooters inside the building are creating safety issues. See below!
✅ Parent-Teacher Conferences – Keep an eye out for sign-ups coming soon! This is a great opportunity to discuss your child’s progress.
✅ Attendance Matters! – We appreciate your efforts in ensuring your child arrives at school on time and ready to learn each day. If your child is sick, please remember to report absences through the attendance line at 720-886-8795 or the app CAMPUS HUB.
Thank you for your continued partnership in your child’s education. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Ashley Gray
Principal
Laurie Condon
Asst. Principal
PARENTS... please talk with your child about these NEW changes!
Due to the abundance of scooters in the halls we have decided that moving forward ALL scooters that can not fold up and go in a cubby will need to be parked/ locked up at the bike racks. We are looking for a solution to this growing problem but for now we need to move the scooters out of the halls. Currently we have scooters blocking halls and causing a hazard to the safety of all in the building. We did make an announcement at the end of the day and will add this to announcements the rest of the week. Please help your child with a lock and how to lock them at the racks.
Yep! It is Winter in Colorado! That being said, when your child(ren) have P.E., please make sure that they have gym shoes, tennis shoes, sneakers for class. This makes it easier for them to move and saves the floor! I appreciate your support with this!
All classes have finished hockey now, some are doing lacrosse while others are doing a scooter unit! Students are definitely keeping busy in the gym!
Kindergarten students have made great growth on their phone numbers and addresses! This is an easy activity for you to practice with your child(ren). As far as physical activity, students are continuing to work on throwing, catching, defending a target, sportsmanship, and teamwork. Ask them to tell you about the games they are playing!
We have even had a couple of days of PARACHUTE! I always tell kids that the parachute is such a fond memory for most people’s elementary school days. Do you remember it?
Once again, here is your friendly reminder that we will have Field Day in May. Mark your calendars for Friday, May 9, 2025! This fun-filled day is a student favorite and we LOVE to have lots of parent volunteers for it! There will be more information about this in 2025!
Thank you!
Sabrina McKenna
We are getting even closer to the start of both Choir Club and Recorder Units here at Fox Hollow. Please take a look at the announcements below if you have a student in 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade.
1. Choir Club is starting very soon, February 11! We meet on Tuesdays from 2:45-3:40.Choir Club is open to 3rd-5th graders. We will have several performances this semester including a possible performance at a Rockies game! Use the link below to sign up!
Art Update: ART CLUBS
Who and When:
-Monday’s 3rd-5th grade students
-Tuesday’s 1st and 2nd Grade Students
There are separate sign up links per grade level, Art Club Sign Up will be available on February 5th at 7:00pm.
This is a first come first serve sign up, there will be twenty spaces in each club. Please see the directions below on how to sign up. The Art Club will take place on Monday and Tuesday afternoons at 2:45pm-3:30pm. In the Art Room. START DATE: February 10th, 2025. END DATE: April 7th, 2025. The cost for the club is $20.00
We will explore a variety of Drawing and Painting Techniques. Come join us!!!
HOW DO I SIGN UP
Sign up for a log-in at Eventbrite.com. I recommend making sure you have a log-in set up prior to the registration date and time. On Feb. 5th at 7:00 pm registration will open on Eventbrite.
For 3rd-5th grade sign -up:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/monday-art-club-3rd-5th-grade-tickets-1230813078049?aff=oddtdtcreator
For 1st and 2nd grade sign-up:
The page is live now, so you can bookmark it ahead of time. When registration opens at 7:00 pm, you will be able to click the registration button to sign-up. Eventbrite will send you a ticket to confirm your registration, but you do not need to print out or present your ticket to us.
Registration will close when 20 people have enrolled in each class. I will use the e-mail provided in your Eventbrite registration to send families an official registration form within 48 hours of registering. This form needs to be completed prior to our first meeting on the week of September 23, 2024.
If you have any questions please contact Mrs. Z at lzeman2@cherrycreekschools.org
This round in STEM, students will be programming DASH robots. Fourth and fifth graders will program the robots using block coding to run Winter Olympic events. Second graders will be programming the robot to be the wolf in the story of The Three Little Pigs.
Typing resources: If you are interested, a site that my own personal children used to learn to type is edclub.com and the product typingclub. The site is free and you can create an individual account for your child. The site has lessons and tracks progress. This is a great activity for all!
Kate Pollick
EVERY Wednesday... Dismiss at 1:45!
The last two years, we dismissed all elementary schools one hour earlier (1:45PM) every Wednesday to enhance our elementary teachers' professional development and training opportunities. We had such success with this time we will be continuing this again this school year. In addition, for families who participate in after-school childcare, the after-school program will be extended every Wednesday at no additional cost. For families who need care, you can register with our school's program. See Section "Before and After School Care" for additional information.
