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4NOV | ELECTION DAY

7NOV | DONUTS WITH GROWNUPS @ 7:30am

7-14NOV | BOOK FAIR

18NOV | PSP MEETING @ 5:30pm

18NOV | SAC MEETING @ 6:30pm

24-28NOV | THANKSGIVING BREAK

3DEC | PSP RESTAURANT NIGHT - CHIPOTLE @ 4-8pm

6DEC | CLARKE FARMS WINTER SOCIAL @ 4-8pm

11DEC | CHOIR PERFORMANCE @ 9am

19DEC | NO SCHOOL - TEACHER WORK DAY

22DEC25-5JAN26 | WINTER BREAK

6JAN | 1ST DAY BACK FOR STUDENTS

PSP BOOK FAIR
The Book Fair is coming to CTE!!! It will kick off with our Donuts with Grownups event on Friday, 7NOV, and run through 14NOV in the LMC.

VOLUNTEER AT THE BOOK FAIR - LINK

ONLINE BOOK FAIR LINK

PSP MINUTES
Please read the meeting minutes from the 21OCT PSP meeting. (LINK)

BUTTER BRAIDS

Just in time for the holidays, Butter Braid will again be available for order this year! Look for order forms in your student's backpack Monday, 27OCT, or just visit the ONLINE STORE!

Hello,

We would like to hear from parents about your child's experience with the Colorado READ Act and its observed impact.

As you may know, the Colorado READ (Reading to Ensure Academic Development) Act provides funding and a framework for improving literacy outcomes for kindergartners through third graders, particularly those with “Significant Reading Deficiencies” (SRDs) who are at risk to not read at grade level by third grade. The Colorado Department of Education (CDE) has been working with WestEd and its partners to conduct a legislatively mandated evaluation of the READ Act since March 2020.

The survey should take no more than 10-15 minutes to complete, and all responses will be kept confidential.

Thank you in advance for your participation in this parent survey. We greatly appreciate your time and willingness to share your experience.

Please click on the link below to participate in the survey: https://westedk12enterprise.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6Vg7ME5659uoRLg

Thank you!
Josh Miller - Principal

At Cherokee Trail we focus on six traits, teaching and fostering them in our classrooms and school-wide in order to create learners who are strong academically and socially.
They are:

ENTHUSIASM * PERSEVERANCE * INTEGRITY * COURAGE * EMPATHY * RESPECT

Read more on the EPICER page!

In September we will be focusing on ENTHUSIASM. Here are the student indicators:

* I show a positive attitude at all times

* I am eager to learn

* I show active engagement throughout my day

AT HOME: Discuss with your student: "Challenge: Set a goal to work on learning something new."

5TH GRADE

6TH GRADE

SPECIALS

GIFTED & TALENTED

ACCESS FLYERS IN PEACHJAR

DEBORAH ORMSBY

I really enjoyed seeing so many of you at the Fall Festival - it is always an eye-opening check on where I am in relation to trends and pop culture; this year taught me that I really need to up my game! And with all of the candy comes the germs. The health clinic has been a busy place this last week. . . and I finally caught the crud myself.

We know that when our kids get ill, they tend to miss school. Weekly, we review student attendance to ensure that all students are regularly at school. When students attend regularly, research shows that they are much more likely to read proficiently by third grade, do well in middle school, and graduate high school.

I know, as a parent, the balance is hard: I don't want to send my kiddo to school if they are going to get other kids sick, but I also know that they need to be in school as much as possible. We trust that you are going through the process and making the best choices for your student(s) when they are under the weather. If you are seeing a lot of days where your child is not really ill, but is resistant to coming to school, sit down with your student and have a heart-to-heart conversation: maybe there's something else going on that is worrying or stressing them out about school. We are always happy to partner with you to work through those situations, so please reach out

Of course, we know that students will need to miss school for various reasons, like the current germs going around. When your student(s) will be missing school, please call the attendance line at (303) 387-8127. - Even if you communicate directly with your child's teacher, you should also call the attendance line. This allows us to ensure that we have clear communication about where students are supposed to be and keep them safe.

As I write this, it is Tuesday, the week of Halloween. I feel like Halloween is a holiday that you either love or it's not your favorite. There doesn't seem to be any in between. As you drive around the neighborhood by CTE, you see some houses that are all decked out in everything scary and right next door, there aren't any decorations at all. In talking with staff this week, you can easily tell which staff members LOVE Halloween and which ones wish it was already over. Luckily, this year, Halloween lands on a Friday, so when the kids go completely nuts for a day, they have two days to recover before we get back to learning. Last Friday was our Fall Festival, we had a TON of families turn out. It was really fun to see all of the students (and parents) dressed up to walk through our school. I'll be pretty excited to see all of the costumes on Friday. I hope to see our community come in to hang out with us.

On the home front, my one and only got her "big' the other day at CSU. Allegedly, when you join a sorority as a freshman, you are assigned an upperclassman in the sorority to be your big sister for the year. It is a way for the freshman to be more connected in the sorority.
At the start of last week, my daughter got a gift basket filled with clues as to who her big sister was. Apparently, it is supposed to be this giant secret, and part of the experience is finding out. My daughter got tons of skin products, ginger ale, and snacks. I guess those items were considered clues. So my daughter's big sister allegedly loves to eat snacks, has bad skin, and doesn't like regular soda? I'm pretty confident that during the course of the week, her identity is not in jeopardy of being revealed.
On the last day, my daughter got a giraffe onesie that she had to wear to the big reveal. So she dressed up looking like Big Bird's evil step-twin and went to the Kappa Delta house. Her big sister was wearing a "jungle" outfit with a sign that said "Welcome to the Jungle, Ellinor". Hugs were had, smiles were shown, and TikToks were made. Either my daughter is the teenage version of Matlock or the clues were super obvious, as she said she figured out who her big sister was early in the week, and she was "super excited". I'm happy for her and truth be told, I will be checking my mail every day this week looking for a bill that says "Big Week Kappa Delta" and I owe $750.

That is it for this weeks episode, stay tuned for next week when the Principal Chronicles continue ...

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