Second grade has been learning about properties of matter and recycling. This week, Mrs. Hill’s class was able to bring recyclable items to school. They sorted them according to their properties and took them to be recycled.  Way to go second grade, we sure love that you are learning about science and recycling at the same time.  

Mrs. Truscott's class has a fun basic engineering task that not only allowed students to complete a friendly class competition, it gave them authentic practice with communication and negotiation skills, as well as using the habit of synergizing.  

We hope you all enjoy spending time with family and friends during the fall break.  There is no school on Thursday October 14 - Friday October 15th.  We look forward to see students back on Monday October 18th.  

Little Caesars Pizza and Sunpro recently partnered with the Cherry Creek PTA to reward students during the book fair week.  Miss Pullan's class visited Sunpro where the highlight of the tour was the requested chain saw section.  They popped some corn for students and answered 2 million 3rd grade questions.  Then students went to the gas station.  Here they learned about safety measures gas stations take.  They learned that about once a week customers accidentally drive off with the gas nozzle still in their car.  The nozzle is designed to detatch safely from th

This week, we had a Tie!  Both Mrs. Truscott’s class and Mrs. Frossard’s class had 100% of their students Rocking the Red!  Congratulations!  

There was a 3 way tie! Mrs. Truscott’s class, Mrs. Nielson’s class and Mrs. Jarvis’ class all had 95% of students wearing Red for Spirit Friday!  Congratulations!  

Thanks to the local power plant for hosting the 4th grade students on a fun and educational field trip. The students had a lot of fun learning about how electricity is generated, how it works, and how to be safe.  We love learning about science and seeing the application in the real world!  

The PTA is in need of volunteers to help run the book fair that is running Monday Sept 27 - Friday Oct 1st.  Click the link to sign-up

https://volunteer.scholastic.com/#/signup/n4KpQKyfj

We are looking forward to welcoming families and community members back into the school and allowing our students to showcase the Leader in Me 7 Habits.  We realize that Covid-19 may limit some of you from being in person with us, so we will be streaming the event on Facebook live.  Look for that Friday the 24th beginning at 2:00 p.m.  We are excited to see our students teaching about the 7 Habits, and all of our visitors.  

The date for SEP conferences is also coming up so it has been added to this info. You will be contacted to setup appointment times to meet with teachers. We are looking forward to inviting you back into the school for Leadership Day and SEP conferences. Virtual options will be available as well.