What a great turnout we had on Monday, September 15, at the PTA sponsored Family Reading Frenzy Pajama Party.  Every child received a free book from our awesome PTA!!! Refreshments were served in the lunchroom. A popular rotation was in the Collaboration Center with the BYU athletes. One of our special guest readers was Lela the Puppeteer. Mrs. Taylor, Cherry Creek's secretary, shared a story in the library. For a Spanish option, Miss Ferguson shared her talent. ELSA was another guest reader.

Mrs. Golding's class has been watching 2 Monarch caterpillars go from caterpillar, to chrysalis, to butterfly!! We released "Elsa" on Friday and Mrs. Golding released "Anna" on Saturday after she hatched! We've loved every second of watching them and learning all about butterflies!!!

United Way and Questar teamed up to make a wonderful Day of Caring. Volunteers from United Way repainted the playground games such as hopscotch, the United States Map, and four square. Questar cleaned up a lot of our school, especially on the west side of the building. They took out old plants and weeds and replaced areas with fresh soil. Thank you so much to United Way and Questar for making Cherry Creek look even more beautiful!

Students were able to roll up their sleeves and dive into a delicious lesson on place value. Using marshmallows and fruit loops students were able to use their knowledge to create six-digit numbers and determine the value of each digit. It was educational and delicious!

Fourth grade students in Mrs. Kutcher's class Begin with the End in Mind to build Spaghetti Towers!