Arrowhead Update

Dear Families,

November is going to be an exciting month for Arrowhead! This week we are hosting our Fall Conferences. This is a chance for you to sit with your child's teacher to learn more about your child's experience at school. While our teachers have plans for what they would like to share with you, this is also an opportunity for you to ask questions that you have. If there is anything specific that you would like the teacher to address, it is helpful for the teacher to know ahead of time so that they can plan the conference accordingly.

Tomorrow (November 8) is Election Day and our students and staff will be voting for our new mascot! Families and community members are invited to stop by the office to vote through tomorrow at 5:00 pm. We will reveal the new mascot on November 29!

Stay tuned for whether we will be the Arrowhead Foxes, Lions, or Stegosauruses!

Kind regards,

Kelsey Jones

Principal

Arrowhead Elementary

It's not too late to RSVP for our Veteran's Day Celebration! Please share the flyer below with the veterans and military members in your life. You may RSVP by clicking here.

If you are able to donate breakfast food (baked goods, fruit, etc.) for our celebration, please call the office at 720-886-2800.

We will be wearing red, white, and blue on Thursday, November 10 in honor of Veteran's Day!

Please be sure to check the Lost and Found while you are at school this week! All remaining items in the Lost and Found will be donated on Friday.

We are excited to introduce our new Community Liaison, Amy Rohr! Mrs. Rohr has been serving as the Library and Technology Tech at Arrowhead since last year and brings a wealth of experience to this new role. As Community Liaison, she will be able to support families in getting connected with resources, navigating educational systems, and supporting the planning of school community events. Mrs. Rohr will also be working on establishing our "Community Marketplace," which will be a resource for Arrowhead families in need of food, clothing, and household items. She will share more in the coming months. If you have any questions for Mrs. Rohr or if she can support you in any way, please reach out to her at arohr@cherrycreekschools.org.

Arrowhead volunteers need to go through our background check process by filling out the district's volunteer application. It can take some time for it to clear through the system, so please fill it out 24-48 hours before you will be volunteering. We can only have volunteers who have filled out that application. Thank you for your cooperation and helping to keep our students safe!

We are excited to announce a new adult English language program coming to Arrowhead!

Free English Classes!

Learn English, improve your basic skills, job readiness,

and prepare for continuing education while

learning how to help your child in school!

For more information call Andrea Martinez at 303-957-2841

Child program for children not yet in school on a first-come, first-served basis.

Arrowhead's PASS (Partnerships for Academically Successful Students) Committee is comprised of parents/guardians, teachers and administrators, and community members.

Our goal is to foster an inclusive and safe environment to support the success of students of color. We do this by:

• Engaging community members in meaningful and effective partnerships
• Building relationships between schools and family communities
• Providing parents and guardians of students of color voice and direct access to the administration

Our second PASS meeting will be held Friday, December 9th at 8:00 am in the Arrowhead Library. Coffee and pastries will be provided! If you would like to attend but need an interpreter, please email kjones100@cherrycreekschools.org.

There is also a District PASS Committee that meets monthly. Their next meeting is November 16 from 6:00-7:30 pm at Cherry Creek High School. Email CCSDEquity@cherrycreekschools.org for more information.

Let's help our staff during conference week by supplying snacks during the week and dinner Thursday (taco bar)! Donations can be brought to the Main Office anytime the school is open. On Thursday please have taco bar items to the school by 3:30pm. Please review the available slots here and sign-up for what you are able to provide!

Save the date for the following PTCO events:

January 18- Skate City Night

January 24- Chipotle Night

If you or someone you know is interested in working at Arrowhead, please fill out an application and apply to our positions here. The positions we have open are:

Administrative Assistant (8 hours/day): Support our main office by greeting visitors, answering phone calls, serving as the school Registrar, providing administrative assistance to the Assistant Principal (managing her calendar, assisting with clerical tasks, etc.), maintaining student files, etc.

Severe Needs Para Educator (7 hours/day): Support students in our ILC program by providing accommodations, academic modifications, and supporting students in self-care as needed. Experience is preferred but not required, as new para educators will be provided with extensive training.

We are also always looking for substitute para educators who are able to fill in when one of our para educators is out. Please contact our Assistant Principal, April Hrovat, at 720-886-2806 or ahrovat@cherrycreekschools.org if you are interested.

For information on working for Cherry Creek Schools, please visit the Cherry Creek Human Resources page: https://www.cherrycreekschools.org/domain/1417

Week of November 7-11- Conferences and Book Fair

November 10- Arrowhead Veteran's Day Celebration 7:30 am

November 11- No School (Conferences)

November 16- District PASS Meeting 6:00-7:00 pm at Cherry Creek High School

November 23-25- No School (Thanksgiving)

November 30- Hearing Screenings for 2nd, 3rd, and 5th graders

December 1- IPAC Meeting 6:00-7:30 pm (virtual)

December 8- STAR Awards Ceremony 1:45 pm, Choir Concert 6:00-7:00 pm in the Gym

December 9- PASS Parent Coffee 8:00-9:00 am in the Arrowhead Library

December 23-January 9- Winter Break (No School)

January 10- First day back from Winter Break

The IPAC committee is comprised of Indigenous parents/guardians and staff. The committee meets monthly and focuses on the following:

• Illuminating the presence of CCSD’s Indigenous community

• Affirming and honoring Indigenous students’ presence and cultural identities

• Amplifying the voices of the Indigenous community by working directly with district leaders to make changes necessary to better serve Indigenous students and families

• Forming cross-district partnerships to strengthen the Indigenous community network

• Naming the continuous problems of practice embedded in the CCSD learning experience interfering with Indigenous students’ academic and social-emotional success

Further information and meeting dates can be found here.

PIN’s mission is to provide informative local and national speakers on topics relevant to current parenting and youth-related issues and to provide a forum for parents to connect and create a caring community. Presentations are held throughout the year at 9:15 am at the Fremont Building (14603 E Fremont Ave, Centennial, CO 80112).

More information can be found at: https://www.pinccsd.org/

It's not too late to apply for free or reduced-price lunch and breakfast! The federal government is no longer funding free breakfast and lunch for all students. If you would like your child to purchase breakfast and lunch at school, they will need to pay for it unless your family qualifies for the National School Lunch Program (free and reduced-price meals). Information about school meals can be found here: https://www.cherrycreekschools.org/Page/4035

Many families will qualify for the National School Lunch Program, which provides free or reduced-price school meals for students who qualify. We highly recommend that all families apply. In addition to receiving free or reduced-price meals, students who qualify will receive discounts at CCSD before/after programs, reduced or waived activities and athletic fees, and reduced or waived school fees. Information can be found here:

English

Spanish

To apply for free or reduced-price school meals, please complete this application as soon as possible. You can apply the following ways:

Online: https://family.titank12.com/application/new?identifier=7E9BB5. The application is available in English, Spanish, Burmese, Chinese, French, Korean, Russian, and Vietnamese.

Download a paper form and return to school: English Spanish

Pick-up a paper copy at school: We have paper copies available in the Main Office.

Instructions for filling out the paper forms can be found here:

English

Spanish

Further information about the National School Lunch Program can be found here: https://www.cherrycreekschools.org/Page/4041.

8:00 am-2:45 pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

8:00 am-1:45 pm Wednesday

If your child is eating breakfast at school, they may arrive at 7:40 am and enter through door 8 on the south side of the school (Cafeteria doors). Students not eating breakfast may arrive between 7:45-8:00 am and should enter through the doors closest to their grade level (see map below). Please note that supervision will not be provided before 7:45 am except for breakfast. The bell rings at 8:00 am and students who arrive after 8:00 am need to enter through the main office doors. Students eating breakfast in the cafeteria will be sent to their classrooms at 8:00.

The school day ends at 2:45 pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. On Wednesdays, the school day ends at 1:45 pm. Students will exit from the same doors they entered.

If you are interested in our before and after school child care program, please contact Bobbie Smith at 720-886-2853. They open at 6:30 am to provide before school care and are open until 6:00 pm to provide after school care. They can only accept students who have been registered in advance. They accept Colorado Child Care Assistance Program (CCCAP) for families who qualify and give discounts for families who qualify for free or reduced price meals.

If your child will be absent, please call our attendance line at 720-886-2895 to report the absence.

Please note that dogs are not allowed on school grounds. If you would like to bring your dog to drop-off or pick-up your child, please remain on the sidewalks around the perimeter of the school or in the field past the last goalpost.

We have 460 students that we need to get safely to and from school each day. Please help us by driving safe in the areas around the school. Both South Ceylon Way and East Bates Avenue are no u-turn zones. Please do not make u-turns in those areas. Please also slow down, use crosswalks, and do not double park. If you see unsafe driving, please report it to Aurora Police. We have requested that they patrol this area.

Please help us keep kids safe by following our parking lot procedures. Please refer to the map of our parking lot below for where you can safely drop-off/pick-up.

Drop-Off/Pick-Up (Teal): This is a space for you to quickly drop-off and pick-up at the beginning and end of the day. This is a fire lane, so you must remain with your car at all times. Students should enter and exit the car on the curb side (right side), as cars will be passing in the through lane on the left side of the car.

Red Curve: This is a no parking or waiting zone, as our buses need to be able to get around that corner safely.

Bus Parking (Yellow): Only buses may park here. Cars parked in this space will be asked to move to make room for buses. Once the buses have departed, this may be used as additional space for pick-up.

Through Lanes (Green): These lanes should continuously move. Please do not wait or park here and at no time should cars be double parked.

Parking: The only space where you may park is in a marked parking spot. If there is not a spot available, please park on the street and walk in.

Right Turn Only (2:45-3:00 pm): When exiting the parking lot during afternoon dismissal, all cars need to turn right out of the parking lot and loop through the neighborhood. For safety reasons, please do not make a u-turn in the areas around the school (signage indicates where u-turns cannot be made).

Email: kjones100@cherrycreekschools.org
Website: https://www.cherrycreekschools.org/Arrowhead
Location: 19100 E Bates Ave, Aurora, CO, USA
Phone: 720-886-2800