Specials' Team Newsletter

Art, Computer Lab, SEL, Library, Music, & PE

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On February 12th, our school will be hosting a school-wide Kids Heart Challenge/Jump Rope for Heart event! Over the past few weeks, students have been learning about how to keep their heart healthy while taking part in fun, cardio-based jumping activities. They have also been raising money for the American Heart Association to help support children with special hearts.

During the event, each grade level will head outside to show off their jump-roping skills, both on their own and with classmates. Our jump rope unit will wrap up the week of February 9th.

The week of March 9th, we’ll kick off our dance unit, which will end with a school-wide dance-a-thon on March 13! Glow sticks will be available for purchase for $1 starting March 9th. Please note that outside glow sticks will not be allowed.

Hi Conlee Family! Your musicians have been doing an excellent job this year! So far, we have been focusing on steady beat, how to sing, and read music through dancing, folk songs, and much more. Here is what we can look forward to for the remainder of the year.

5th grade has been working extremely hard learning their recorder. We have been learning Recorder Karte and earning belts by mastering different songs. Recorders will be stored in the music classroom until the end of the school year.

4th grade has been exploring how to compose/ create their own music on Ukulele. They will be learning how to read music notes and start preparing for their 5th grade curriculum.

2nd grade through 3rd grade will continue to learn about music around the world through singing, playing Orff instruments, and through the history of composers. They will be having upcoming concerts in February. You will be receiving a letter in their backpack containing all the details pertaining to these events.

1st grade and kinder will continue to learn about steady beat, note values, and rhythms through Orff and percussion instruments.

Thank you for your continuous support!

Hello My Amazing Conlee Artists and Amazing Conlee Families!!

I feel so blessed to be teaching at Conlee and teaching all the wonderful students here! All the students have worked so hard. This is a new season and new art shows and displays will be happening all over Conlee and Las Cruces. In April there will be new elementary art including work from Conlee students at the Dona Ana Government Building and in May there will also be the Elementary Art Show at the Karen Trujillo Central office and The Learning Center buildings. Keep up all the amazing work!!

Ms. G. (Ms. Guillen)

Welcome to Conlee library!

My name is Ms. Wood and I am the librarian. I hope to make the library one of the favorite places for students to visit. There are so many wonderful books in our library just waiting to be discovered!

Some helpful Library Information

• Students have book check out every week. Please ask your child when their library check out day is. Books need to be returned or renewed weekly.

• Students are working toward earning an Inchy coin for the book vending machine by reading at home and turning in their reading logs to their teacher. We go to the vending machine to redeem the coin they earned for their free book monthly.

• The Conlee library has ebooks available for students to read. The ebooks are available after school hours, so students are able to use them at home. Please see the tutorial on how to access them below.

• If your child has a library fine, you can take care of that on School Pay via Parent Vue. There is a tutorial on finding School Pay below.

Happy Reading!

Hi, my name is Mrs. Valdez and I am the Computer Lab teacher. I'm excited to begin code lessons with all of our students K-5th grade. Kinder-2nd are learning how to drag and drop and manipulate object with basic block code. Third-fifth grade are learning how to use loops and create sprites or characters. They are learning how to use code to have their charcters move and complete commands. The students are enjoying the lessons and are learning so much! Soon they will turn their knowledge into hands-on learning through robotics. Students have access to online coding games. Click the link below to explore the world of code in Computer Science. Happy coding!

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Hola, mi nombre es la Sra. Valdez y soy la maestra del laboratorio de computación. Estoy emocionada a comenzar las clases de programación con todos nuestros estudiantes de kínder a quinto grado. Los alumnos de kínder a segundo grado están aprendiendo a arrastrar y soltar objetos y a manipularlos con código de bloques básico. Los de tercero a quinto grado están aprendiendo a usar bucles y a crear sprites o personajes. Están aprendiendo a usar código para que sus personajes se muevan y ejecuten comandos. ¡Los estudiantes están disfrutando de las clases y están aprendiendo muchísimo! Pronto pondrán en práctica sus conocimientos a través de la robótica. Los estudiantes tienen acceso a juegos de programación en línea. Hagan clic en el siguiente enlace para explorar el mundo de la programación en la informática. ¡Feliz programación!

Hello Amazing Conlee Colts. My name is Barbie Wylie, Conlee Elementary's newest social worker and your go-to expert in turning school-day stress into success! With a name that sounds like I should come with a Dreamhouse and a convertible, this Barbie instead rolls up in crazy clothes, a clinical license, a calm demeanor, and a heart full of dedications. I bring years of experience form private practice, state government, and public schools- so whether it's a meltdown, a mix-up, or a mystery, I'm her to help solve it, and probably have a color-coded chart for it. I'm her to champion our students' social, emotional, and academic journeys- because at Conlee, we don't just grow minds, we nurture hearts too!