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24OCT | FALL FESTIVAL @ 5:30-7:30pm

28OCT | CHAPARRAL SWEET STREET @ 5:30-7:00pm (see flyer below)

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

19DEC | NO SCHOOL - TEACHER WORK DAY

22DEC25-5JAN26 | WINTER BREAK

6JAN | 1ST DAY BACK FOR STUDENTS

FALL FESTIVAL CANDY WARS

The Candy Wars have been a great success! You fed the monsters, and now we're all stocked and ready for the Fall Festival tomorrow! See you all there 🎃
Are you available to help at Fall Festival?? Please SIGN UP HERE!

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.

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: "A growth mindset is believing your brain can grow and you can learn many new things. How do a growth mindset and perseverance connect?"

5TH GRADE

6TH GRADE

SPECIALS

GIFTED & TALENTED

ACCESS FLYERS IN PEACHJAR

DEBORAH ORMSBY

For those of you who have read my installments in the Stallion Scoop over the past year or so, you know I am always looking to balance and connect my work at Cherokee Trail with my own kids. When I was a teacher, I was always rushing to start the day with students after barely getting the boys out the door to school with clean clothes, teeth brushed, and lunches, followed by a long commute from Lakewood up to Northglenn. It was always important to me that my students had the opportunity to start the school day calmly and peacefully with my full attention, but that required that I be able to have a predictable (as much as possible) start to the school day. What conflicted with that was my desire to connect with parents whenever they showed up and my understanding that, as a working parent myself, an engaged family is something to value. Over time, I realized that I could only do so much in a day, and that meant focusing on students and finding other times to communicate and connect with families other than the start of the day.

At CTE, we truly believe that partnering with families is the very best way to help every single one of our students shine! Your child's teacher is always happy to connect with you to discuss your student's progress, celebrate their successes, and figure out the best ways to support them if they are facing a challenge.

In this, timing is everything! We know that drop-off and pick-up times can sometimes feel like the only chance to see your child's teacher. However, those times are very busy for our staff. Teachers are focused on making sure all students arrive safely, are supervised, and transition smoothly into or out of the school day.

Because of this, drop-off and pick-up are not the best times to have extended conversations about a student's progress, a recent assignment, or a change in their behavior. It's just too difficult to give you and your child's needs the full attention you deserve while also supervising the rest of the class. If you would like to have a longer conversation about your student, please reach out to your child's teacher by email to schedule a meeting or a phone call. This way, the teacher can prepare any necessary information (like work samples or test data) and give you their undivided attention at a time that works well for both of you.

Fall break is over, and we are back in school for the holiday stretch. This is a super fun time of year and one that the majority of the staff looks forward to every year. Here at school, we are gearing up for our Fall Festival, which our wonderful PSP puts on. Last year was amazing to see all of our students dressed up and parading through our school picking up candy. I am really looking forward to seeing all of the costumes this year. Outside of that, several staff members and I presented at the State Conference for Gifted Academics. We had three presentations overall about all of the different things we do at CTE to support our gifted learners. It was a bit nerve-racking, but also nice to be able to brag about our school a little bit. Our middle presentation, on Depth and Complexity, had over 100 people attend. That was the most we have ever had at any of our presentations. Next up for us is to present that same information at the National Gifted Conference in November. The sad thing is, the conference is in Pittsburgh, and I am not sure anyone intentionally goes to Pittsburgh in November.

On the home front, I spent the last half of Fall Break up in Fort Collins attending CSU's homecoming weekend with my daughter. There were about 8 million parents up there, many of whom acted like they were right back in college again. I was really surprised at the amount of adult beverages that were consumed by folks who were my age and older (that is really old, by the way.) We went to the bonfire, saw a drone light show, watched the homecoming parade, and then watched the football team play. I have to say, I am not a huge football fan, but holy cow, the CSU football team is not good. At all. The quarterback couldn't hit the ocean if they were standing on the beach, and I don't think anyone who played defense could tackle anyone, even if they were inside a phone booth (a phone booth is a very small confined space where something called a telephone was located and you had to pay in physical coins to use it). As I said, I am old. Overall, it was a lot of fun, not sure I would ever go back to eating dorm food ever again, but otherwise, all the other places we ate were pretty good.

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

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Website: cte.dcsdk12.org
Location: 17302 Clarke Farms Drive, Parker, CO, USA
Phone: 3033878125
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