Second Grade tested out properties of materials. Their challenge: being stranded on a desert island and needing to create a hat for shade. It needed to be absorbent, provide shade, and be comfortable. What creative minds!

Monday, September 18th, is a Teacher Development day, so there will be NO school.  
See you back at school on Tuesday, September 19th!  Enjoy the day off and be safe!

Congratulations to Mrs. Golding’s 1st Grade Class for taking the first Spirit Day Trophy of the year!  Don’t forget to show your school spirit on Fridays by wearing Red or your Cherry Creek School apparel!  Let’s get a tidal wave of Red going every Friday!

Day of Caring is an annual day of service that takes place on the second Thursday of September. United Way invites organizations across the county to come together in completing various projects that benefit the community, with over 1,500 volunteers completing over 60 service projects. Volunteers from United Way and BYU came to Cherry Creek to repaint some fun playground activities like Mirror Me, Hopscotch and other colorful activities.  We were surprised to find out that one of the volunteers from BYU was a dad of one of our own Cherry Creek Crocs.  Thanks Mr. Walch!

We unveiled our 2 WIGS (Wildly Important Goals) at our Leadership Assembly on Monday. Our First WIG:  All students will earn 2 Croc Claws during the year.  A Croc Claw is given to a student when they exhibit living one of the Covey 7 Habits at school:  Be Proactive, Begin With the End in Mind, Put First Things First, Think Win-Win, Seek First to Understand Then to Be Understood, Synergize, Sharpen the Saw and Find Your Voice.  Our 2nd WIG is for each student to earn a ticket each week for the Reading Carnival in the Spring.

Just a reminder, School Pictures are tomorrow, Wednesday, September 13th.  Don't forget to bring your picture packet if you are ordering printed pictures.

Cherry Creek Crocs & Parents, 

Don’t forget that on Monday, we are  celebrating the Culture of Creek so wear your Cherry Creek school shirts or wear red.  Remember that Monday evening from 4:30-6:30 is Leadership & Family Night.  See you Tomorrow!

Yesterday, we celebrated the Cultures of Utah.  Many students represented their cultures dressing as Cowboys, Pioneers, Native Americans, as well as skiers, soccer players and firefighters.  Autumn,  shown in the middle picture, is of American Indian descent through her Great Grandmother.  She wore an Indian dress and leather moccasins that she believes belonged to her Great Grandmother.  It’s been a great week learning about the different cultures of the world and of Utah.

Today we celebrated the Culture of America by wearing Red, White and Blue.  Here’s how some of our Cherry Creek Crocs celebrated the day!

It's been a fun week celebrating and learning different  cultures around the world.  Here's what's instore for the rest of the week.