Catching Up with the Coyotes

Red Envelope Week is coming! The Canyon View Foundation’s BIGGEST FUNDRAISER of the year will take place between September 15 and October 3. What is the Red Envelope Fundraiser? The Canyon View Foundation's Red Envelope Fundraiser is a direct-ask campaign designed to support our students and school community by funding vital educational programs, including funding our instructors for our special programs such as Art, Music, P.E., Science, and IMPACT Reading. Your donations also support the Innovation Station Lab, technology, software licenses, playground equipment, and much more. These enriching programs and resources are not currently covered by PUSD's annual budget so we must turn to our school community to raise the funds ourselves. The Canyon View Foundation’s goal is to raise $150 per student during the Red Envelope campaign, which will cover half of our school's total expenses for these programs for the school year.

Individual, class and school-wide participation prize opportunities as well as theme spirit dress-up days are some of the things students can look forward to during Red Envelope Week. Donate in person at our Movie Night Kick Off on September 19th, via cash or check by returning your donations with the form that your child will bring home this week, or online at bit.ly/CVES-RED-ENVELOPE .

Participation is voluntary and not required.

• Mon 9/22-Sun 9/27: Red Envelope Week!
• Tues 9/23: Make-Up Picture Day
• Sun 9/28 & Mon 9/29: Great Wolf Lodge*
• Mon 9/29: NO SCHOOL: Staff Professional Growth Day
• Mon 9/29- Fri 10/10: Costume & Coyote Gear Exchange
• Tues 9/30 - Thurs 10/2: Soapy Joes Fundraiser - 5th Grade Committee
• Wed 10/1 - Fri 10/24: Trunk or Treat Sign Ups, Candy Donations & Volunteers Open

*Participation in fundraising and social events are voluntary and not required.

• Monday 9/22: Pajama Day
• Tuesday 9/23: Sports Day
• Wednesday 9/24: Crazy Hair & Mis-Matched Outfit Day
• Thursday 9/25: Neon Day
• Friday 9/26: Red and White Spirit Day

Monday, September 29th is a non-student/no school day. CVES Teachers and Staff will be participating in Professional Growth Development.

Dear Coyote Families,

It was another wonderful week at Canyon View Elementary! Our Foundation-Funded Specials are underway. Students are beginning to experience Art and STEAM lessons with Mrs. Dawson, Science Lab with Mrs. Cortez, Choral Music with Mrs. Serrano, P.E. Enrichment with Coach Chase. Students Generally have one 1-hour special class per week, plus 30 minutes with Coach Chase. Grade levels rotate through music education - right now, 2nd graders are enjoying this opportunity! Ask your child what special they had this week!

I want to take the opportunity to remind you of two important ways to get involved at Canyon View.

1. Red Envelope Week! Help your children to participate in the Spirit Days and donate if you are able to do so:
2. Nominate Yourself for School Site Council: This is a low time-commitment way to learn more about our academic programs and be more involved in our School Plan for Student Achievement. School Site Council nominations will be accepted for an additional week.

Let's Make it a GREAT week!

Warmly,

Erica Edmonston

Principal, Canyon View Elementary School

eedmonston@powayusd.com

858-484-0981

The SSC at Canyon View is a ten-member council responsible for overseeing Canyon View’s Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA) and Comprehensive Site Safety Plan. As a SSC member, you can expect to be involved in the development of the school’s improvement plan, oversight of the plan’s implementation, and assessment of its impact on students.

The SSC is comprised of five staff members and five community members, elected by peers, to serve a two-year term. Presently there are TWO voting positions open for parents on the SSC. Members are expected to attend all meetings. Our first zoom meeting for this school year will be scheduled in October/November.

If you would like to become a member of the SSC, please email Complete this Google Form by Saturday, September 28, 2025, indicating your interest and including a sentence or two about why you wish to serve on the council. This information will be included on a ballot that will be sent to the community for voting.

Did your child miss Picture Day? A make up picture Day will be available on Tuesday, September 23rd. No need to send money at this time. Proofs will be delivered to you after Picture Day so you can place an order online and/or select your child's yearbook photo. Purchase of a photo package is not required for your child to be included in the yearbook.

Planning for our 4th Annual STEAM Fest is officially underway! The Canyon View Foundation is pleased to host this event on Saturay, January 31, 2026. This year's event will be during the day from 10 am to 1 pm and will feature hands-on activities and demonstrations. We invite you to save the date for this family-friendly event! If you or someone you know has a career or passion in the science, tech, engineering, art or mathematics field of study, this event is a great opportunity to get involved. We are looking for volunteers, booth hosts and sponsors. Please visit https://www.teamcanyonview.org/steam to sign up and get additional information on how you can be a part of this event that inspires this generation of young minds.

Run Club has begun at Canyon View! Open to all Coyotes in Grades 1 through 5, this program gets their hearts started and ready for the day. Daily from 8:20 am till 8:40 am. We need volunteers to run and supervise this activity, including cone set up, tear down and lap counting. We need at least 2 volunteers per day to open Running Club. Your help is makes a difference! Please contact Casey at caseymac81@gmail.com for info or to sign up.

The Canyon View PTO is pleased to present our annual Trunk-or-Treat event on Friday, October 24. This is a free-to-attend family friendly event. Our sensory sensitive kiddos are invited to begin at 5:00 pm and the rest of our community is welcome to join from 5:30 to 7:00 pm. There will be some other great activities to participate in during this event. please stay tuned for details.

If you would like to host a trunk, please visit bit.ly/2025TOTsignup . Space for hosting a trunk is limited so please register early. Due to the popularity of this event, we ask all guests to be mindful of their visit to each trunk to ensure everyone has an opportunity to get a treat.

Toy weapons should be left at home for this event. For questions, please contact Stephanie at stephanie.entzminger@gmail.com. As a reminder, this is not a drop off event. Please plan to attend and supervise your children. Participation in our Trunk-or-Treat event, including all fundraisers associated with the event, is voluntary and not required and a donation is not required to attend.

We are preparing for one of our most popular events of the year: Trunk or Treat! Trunk Host Sign Ups and Volunteer opportunities are available now at bit.ly/2025TOTsignup . In addition, our families who are hosting trunks could use our help! We are holding a candy and small party favor toy drive from October 1 through 24. This community, family-friendly event draws as many as 500 guests so it is no surprise our hosts go through a lot of giveaways! If you would like to donate, we will be collecting candy and small toys/party favors in a bin outside of the front office.

For the safety of our allergy sensitive Coyotes, please ensure all candy donations are nut free. For questions, please contact Stephanie at stephanie.entzminger@gmail.com. Participation in our candy drive and and Trunk-or-Treat event is voluntary and not required and a donation is not required to attend. Thank you for your generosity and hope to see you there!

Team CV is hosting a Halloween Costume & CV Spirit Wear Drive from September 29th through October 10th. Drop off your gently used, no longer needed, unwanted or outgrown costumes and/or Coyote Gear in the collection bin in the front office and then come and shop for free, new (to you) costumes and spirit wear at the Ice Cream Social on Friday, October 10th from 5 to 7 pm!

Please note that donating a costume or Coyote Gear is not required for participating in any event and that participation is voluntary and not required. For questions, please contact Casey at caseymac81@gmail.com

We are excited to already have 97 Coyote families booked for the Great Wolf Lodge Take-Over! At this time, we are extending the opportunity to Coyote friends and family to join the fun (at the non-PTO rate). Spaces are still available for PTO members at the PTO rate.

This fundraiser offers a Canyon View group rate with check-in on Sunday, September 28th for a 1-night stay till Monday the 29th, a no-school day due to Staff Professional Growth.

A portion of all bookings will go back to support the Canyon View Foundation. Come as early as 1 pm on the 28th and stay to play till close on the 29th and take full advantage of the water park. Space is limited and available on a first come-first served basis until September 10th or when rooms sell out, whichever comes first. Please see the flyer for details.

To register, please complete the registration form by visiting https://www.bit.ly/CVESatGWL2025 . Payments are non-refundable and only accepted via Zeffy this year. The registration form will automatically close after we sell out. In the event of other online promotions, the rate will not be adjusted.

Participation in this fundraising opportunity is voluntary and not required.

We need your help! Each year, we rely on PTO membership donations to keep our amazing events going strong!

How You Can Help:
• Become a PTO Member - Every membership makes a difference. Your membership dues are used to fund our events and pay for operating expenses. You also become an official member of the PTO which gives you voting rights and discounts at several community businesses through our PTO Discount Card, and even some of our school events!

• Sponsor an Event - Love Trunk-or-Treat, the Coyote Round Up or our annual Spring Dance and want to make sure we keep it going? Families and businesses can sponsor a specific event with name recognition or choose to give anonymously.

Join or donate today at: bit.ly/teamcvmembership2025 or bit.ly/teamcvsponsor2025 . Your support ensures students continue to enjoy the activities and programs that make our school special.

Participation is voluntary and not required.

Interested in helping in the Canyon View Frienship Garden? We are looking for one or more parent volunteers per classroom to be a class garden helper. Share the joy of gardening with students in the your child's classroom by joining us for short garden lessons, planting, harvesting, and caring for our school garden. Minimal time commitment on your schedule, however all volunteers in the garden need to be cleared as volunteers through the district. For more information, or to sign up, please contact Terri Wrider at terri.l.lane@gmail.com

We know the year has just begun, but our yearbook committee is already gathering content for our 2024-2025 Yearbook! Yearbooks are on sale through TreeRing from now till until April 4, 2025. Order by October 31 and receive a 10% discount. You get 2 free custom pages when purchasing a yearbook and a portion of sales goes back to our school.

1. DOWNLOAD the TreeRing App or go to https://auth.treering.com/
2. LOG IN OR SIGN UP using School Code 1016614007931697 and update info if prompted.
3. CLICK on "Explore Yearbooks" and select your child's name at the top.
4. SELECT soft cover or hard cover in the drop down.
5. CUSTOMIZE your 2 free pages by APRIL 3, 2026!

Under "Yearbook To-Dos", click "Upload School Photos"
and UPLOAD your best, high resolution photos in the appropriate folder for the Yearbook Committee.
ORDER BY OCTOBER 31st FOR 10% OFF AND BY APRIL 3rd for free delivery to your child's classroom.
Participation/ purchase is voluntary and not required.

Place an order for Coyote Gear by August 23rd and receive free shipping to the school. Orders will be delivered the week of September 12th to your child's classroom. Visit https://shop.teamcanyonview.org/ and check out our new collections including pink gear, glitter and gear to represent the Dad's Club. Purchase is voluntary and not required.

Every year from mid-September to mid-October, we recognize Hispanic Heritage Month to celebrate the perspective, influence and contributions of Hispanic and Latine Americans to the United States. What better way to honor Hispanic culture and history with kids than with a picture book? Enjoy!

**Book cover images are linked to YouTube read-alouds - Use caution, advertisements may appear**

Pepe is so excited to attend his first Hispanic Day parade. With new food to taste, music to dance to, and a parade to watch, Pepe couldn't be more thrilled to celebrate and share his Hispanic heritage. Many of Pepe's friends also attend the festival, celebrating their own Hispanic ties. Mexican, Dominican, Panamanian, Colombian, Honduran, Nicaraguan, Chilean, Puerto Rican, Salvadoran, Guatemalan, and Cuban cultures are all represented in the parade. A day filled with joy and pride, Pepe and the Parade is a jubilant celebration of culture and identity.

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• Please do not park along Adolphia Street between Black Mountain and the school entrance. Parking in that location pushes out the line of stopped cars waiting to get into the school, and blocks the only traffic lane, which then causes the stopped cars to back up all the way out onto Black Mountain Road. It is very dangerous!
• Park in marked spaces only: No curb parking along the perimeter of the lot, No parking in Reserved spaces, No parking in the BUS ONLY area.
• If you are driving to pick-up, use our pick-up lane. Meeting up in alternate areas in or around the parking lot is a safety hazard and is not permitted.

Green Cone Zone:

The Green Cone Zone is located on the east side of the parking lot. This area is reserved for loading/unloading of students in our preschool and Special Day Classes who require additional assistance ONLY (Ms. Marty, Ms. Morrison, Mrs. Ruble, and Ms. Dobson's classes). This is not a parking area for TK.

Visit the link below for more information. Please reach out to Erica Edmonston, Principal, at eedmonston@powayusd.com if you have any questions.

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