It is such a joy to watch students learn how to engage in deep dialogue about academic content. Our Action Plan work to deepen "full engagement" strategies around the building is resulting in exciting learning for each and every child. For a quick summary of how we ensure full engagement strategies with academics, click here: https://www.smore.com/06vy6-7-steps-interactive-lang-class

Shinrin- Yoku, or forest bathing (figurative) is a preventative health care therapeutic that originated in Japanese medicine. The practice includes spending time amongst the trees in an intentional manner of leaving behind emotional burdens while fully taking in the environment through your senses. Side effects include reductions in stress, anger, anxiety, depression, and sleeplessness. (Sounds better than the side effects we hear about on television- right?)

Read more here: https://www.growwilduk.com/blog/5-simple-steps-practising-shinrin-yoku-forest-bathing

*Applications accepted online beginning Tuesday, March 1st!

We have a limited capacity for 15 children in our preschool class, so we will be filling those spots first to in-district children prioritizing children with special needs along with considerations such as balancing girl/boy ratio, age ratio, risk factors, etc. There is no enrollment guarantee, as preschool is currently an optional program.

• Out-of-district applicants will be placed on a waiting list and notified in August if there is space available.

• Your child must be 3 or 4 by September 1st and must be fully potty trained.

• Please check out important information about our Preschool program on our website.

You will need to fill out a registration/application on the school district website at:

http://www.mssd14.org/cms/one.aspx?portalId=57448&pageId=14777553

We will notify in-district preschoolers of their enrollment status by the end of April.

For more information, call 685-2227 / or email lgrieb@mssd14.org

Congratulations to the following 4th and 6th grade students whose artwork has been selected for a display in the Ute Pass Public Library in Cascade. Be sure to check out the artwork next time you go to check out a book!

4th Grade

Miller

Henry

Abigail

Emmie

Demarest

Phoenix

Elliott

Sawyer

Harper

Aspen

6th Grade

Ian

Atticus

Karsynne

Maggie

Benjamin

Fitzgerald

Natalie

Meheretab

Dominic

Noshan

Nolan

We will continue to offer after school care at Manitou Springs Elementary and provide transportation from Ute Pass to the site. Champions will be coming in starting February 7 to run the after school program. The program will go from 3-6PM, Monday-Friday. Payments will continue be made through MySchoolBucks or checks will be dropped off at the front offices ($80 weekly) until Champions takes over.

If families are interested in signing up, you will need to to register through the Champions website. Once Champions takes over, all registration and payments will be made through their program.

A play by Finegan Kruckemeyer will be shown at the District Aud on Feb 5 at 3 pm. It's a children's piece about a girl who wants to go to sea, but only boys do that. Until Suzette! The show is about 45 minutes long, free admission.

FEBRUARY

1 - 6th to Sanborn Camps

2 - Late Start

11 - Early Release 12:30pm

16, 17 & 18 Book Fair

17 - 12:30pm Early Release/Parent-Teacher Conferences

18 - No School/Parent-Teacher Conferences

21 - No School/Presidents Day

MARCH

1 - Application Portal for Preschool Opens

2 - Late Start/Read Across America

4 - Book Character Day

9 - Late Start

16 - Late Start

21-25 Spring Break

30 - Late Start

March 2

March 9

March 16

March 30

April 8

*** Please Note: April 13 Late Start has been removed from the calendar

April 27

May 4

May 11

May 18

at the foot of Pikes Peak in the Rocky Mountains.

Email: dhainds@mssd14.org
Website: http://upe.mssd14.org/
Location: 9230 Chipita Park Road, Cascade, CO, USA
Phone: 719-685-2227