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AT A GLANCE
November 7 - Student Council meeting, 3:15-3:45 pm
November 7-10 - Sunset Library Book Fair
November 7 - 16 - 2nd grade swim lessons, no Fridays
November 8 - Parent Teacher conferences, 3:30-7 pm
November 10 - Veterans Day Celebration, 8:30-11:30 am
November 10 - Parent Teacher conferences, 3:30-7pm
November 14 - No school!
November 15 - Sunset PTO meeting, 3:30pm, Sunset Library
November 18 - TOWN
November 21 - In the Know, Parent Information Series, 6-7 pm
November 23-25 - Thanksgiving holiday, No school
December 6 - 2nd/3rd grade music program, Christmas at the OK Corral, 6:30 pm, Wynona
Thompson Auditorium
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Parent-Teacher conferences are Tuesday, November 8, and Thursday, November 10, from 3:30 to 7 p.m. Your student brought home a slip from their teacher with the conference day and time. Please make sure you see it, confirm that the day and time works for you, or not, and return it to their teacher.
Parent-Teacher conferences are an important part of your student’s successful education. Please make sure you make time to meet with their teacher!
From the Music Room
On Thursday, Nov. 10th, our students will be bused in the morning to the CHS Sweitzer Gym for our District 2022 Veteran Program. We would like all Sunset students and staff to dress in their best red, white, and blue for the program. Please remember no face paint, hair dye, or shorts. Nice jeans, dress pants, patriotic shirts, and dresses with leggings will look great.
*1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classroom ambassadors are asked to dress in camo
shirts and jeans.
*3rd, 4th, and 5th grade student council representatives are asked to dress in nice clothes
for the Veteran pie social after the program.
The second and third grade classrooms are busily working on their music program. We
will perform the musical, Christmas at the O.K. Corral, on Dec. 6th at 6:30 p.m. The
performance will be at the Cody High School Wynona Thompson Auditorium. A costume note
will be sent home soon. Please remember to mark your calendar!
Thank you for all your help and support. If you have any questions, please call the school and I will return your call as soon as possible.
Kari Pinney
From Our Guidance Counselor
Gratitude is one piece of the character trait of being caring and is more than the cursory "thank you" Real thankfulness requires thought, energy, and more than just doing the right thing. Thankfulness impacts the giver as well as the receiver.
In celebrating by giving thanks this season, our scholars made thank you cards for their teachers. We want to make sure we celebrate all the hard work that our teachers do to prepare us for life.
THANK YOU, TEACHERS!
Linda Baumstarck, Guidance Counselor, Sunset School
Title One Tidbits
A HUGE Thank You to all of you who attended the Sunset Fall Family Festival Night and joined us for dinner, stories, and games.
A Large Llama Thanks to the Mayton family for bringing Bert and Ernie along to greet everyone outside our front doors!! They were the best Llama welcoming team ever!
Thank you to Ms. Holly for being our honored guest reader, and to Ms .Tami for her parent presentation.
...... And thank you to all the great staff and CHS student volunteers who pitched in to help set-up, clean-up and run everything in between!
Be sure to check out these great Family Reading Sites for Tips on helping your child read fluently and how Little Lunch Box notes can help model writing - there's even FREE illustrated note paper available!
https://www.readingrockets.org/article/fluency-matters
Build literacy skills with lunchbox notes: https://www.readingrockets.org/notes
Sunset PTO
Sunset PTO is spearheading the volunteer effort for several school events coming up for our school.
Sunset PTO is providing volunteers to help with the Sunset Book Fair, November 7-10. If you are able to help, please click on the link below for a time slot.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F48ABAF2CA6FDC70-sunset3At the conclusion of the Veterans Program on Thursday, Nov. 10, attending veterans are served pie, provided by each of the elementary schools. If you are available to make and bring a pie towards this effort, please click on the link below.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F48ABAF2CA6FDC70-piefor
Thank you!
Preschool Liaison Programs for November 2022
All programs are FREE and open to children of ALL ages!! Attending any of these programs is a great way to support and extend the learning your child is already doing at his/her preschool or at home. Please note that parents must remain in the classroom for the duration of each program and are expected to be active participants with their child(ren).
Nov. 2- Book Club, Wednesday, 9:00-9:45 and 10:00-10:45 a.m., Livingston
A chance for parents and children to learn and play together while focusing on early literacy skills, such as rhyming, letters, and sounds. Maximum of six families in attendance per session.
***NEW *** Nov. 7- Movement Monday, 1:30-2:00 p.m., Sunset
Get the wiggles out with fun activities geared towards strengthening gross motor skills (large, whole body movement). Parents, get ready to help your child run, jump, kick, and throw, and more! Maximum of ten families in attendance per session.
Nov. 8- Preschool Tuesday, 2:00-3:00 p.m., Sunset. A place for parents and children to learn and play together while experiencing a variety of hands-on opportunities. Some stations include sensory table, art center, kitchen area, blocks, car table, and more! Maximum of six families in attendance per session.
Nov. 17- Math-tastic Thursday, 9:00-9:45 and 10:00-10:45 a.m., Eastside. An opportunity for parents and children to learn and play together while focusing on early math skills, such as counting, sorting, and identifying shapes. Maximum of six families in attendance per session.
Nov. 18- Preschool Friday, 10:00-11:00 Sunset (PCSD 6 KinderBoost students will be active participants during this program). A place for parents and children to learn and play together while experiencing a variety of hands-on opportunities. Some stations include sensory table, art center, kitchen area, blocks, car table, and more! Maximum of five families in attendance per session.
Nov. 22- Preschool Tuesday. 2:00-3:00 p.m., Sunset. Maximum of six families in attendance per session.
Families MUST register for each program by texting Brooke Sieg at (307) 272-0153. Even if you text the day of or last minute, that’s ok!!
Pop Up Preschool Friday- Play date at a local park from 10:00-11:00 (one per month) No registration is necessary for this program. Join the fun for a play date at a local park once a month! Ms. Brooke will monitor the weather and if it looks like it will be nice outside on Friday, then she will make a post on Facebook and send an email on Wednesday stating which park to be at. No registration is necessary. No limit.
For further information contact:
Brooke Sieg PCSD 6 Early Childhood Community Liaison
Call or text: (307) 272-0153
Email: brookesieg@park6.org
Facebook: Cody Early Community Liaison
2nd Grade Swimming Lessons
The last session of free swimming lessons being offered by the Rec Center to 2nd graders is November 7 through November 17, Mondays through Thursdays, unless otherwise noted. Class sizes are limited to 12 students per class. Due to class sizes and to maximize the time allowed for teaching swim classes, there are two different time slots; 3:40 to 4:10 p.m. and 4:15-4:45 p.m. Once both lessons are complete all children still in the pool will be directed to the locker rooms to change.
Rec Center registration forms and information about the swimming lessons were sent home in August, information about the lessons are also on the Sunset website at https://5il.co/1gta1 . Completed registration forms need to be returned to the Rec Center. A bus will transport students from Sunset School to the Rec Center, parents will pick up their student after the lesson. Parents must pick their student up at the Rec Center NO LATER than 5:00 p.m.
Make sure your student leaves home with their swimming clothes and a towel!
TOWN!
At Sunset Elementary, 4th and 5th grade classrooms have an educational adventure called Town. Town is an experience where our students busily hawk goods and services to prospective buyers; money is counted with fervor; and conversations abound, all the while improving their communication skills, math, English, and social sciences. Our 4th and 5th grade classes at Sunset build towns, have elections and establish laws. Our citizens are paid with Town money which covers any fines, pays desk rental fees, utilities, as well as goods or services to purchase on Town day.
Why do you do Town?
Town helps develop academic and social skills. Town includes subjects like math, economics, and citizenship. It serves to motivate character traits and reward responsible independent reading habits. Citizens who don’t meet the reading requirements for the trimester aren’t able to participate in Town. Students who need additional time for reading have a study hall during Town.
Which state standards does Town support?
We believe that the 60 to 75 minutes once every trimester used for Town is a good use of learning time. Some of the state standards students work on during Town include Careers, English, Mathematics, and Social Sciences.
How much money should we spend for Town?
Each student may only spend a total of $10 (real money) per town. Our desire is for students to use their own money or earn things they need. We do not want Town to be a burden on family expenses. There are lots of businesses that children can do that have little or no outside cost.
What businesses will there be at Town?
Students work with a partner to come up with a business plan. The plan includes developing goods or services, a plan for sharing the workload, financial partnership guidelines, and accounting procedures. Students' business plans need to be cleared with parents and teachers before they are approved. Students must go through the same process if they change what they are selling or if partnerships need to be dissolved.
How often do you do Town?
Town usually occurs once a trimester. It is our hope that this schedule allows most students the time to be successful in completing their independent reading.
How do the children earn Town?
Students must have all work completed and turned in to the teacher by a week before the date of Town. Students are given notice of missing work well in advance, so it should not be a surprise if they have missing work. In addition to independent reading, students need to have a balance of $1500 or more in their checking account. Students will be excused from Town if they have forgotten their Town supplies.
Parent Involvement
We love having parents come to TOWN. However, we want the focus to remain on the students/entrepreneurs and the hard work they put into their business with their partner. Parents can drop off supplies for their child’s TOWN business on the morning of TOWN. Parents will be invited along with other classes from Sunset to the final TOWN (third trimester). Also, parents will be given a set amount of money to spend to keep it equitable. If you have any questions about these new guidelines, please contact your child’s teacher.
Thank you,
The 4/5 Grade Team
