Sunset Elementary School Newsletter
December 2024
3101 Sheridan Avenue, Cody, WY 82414
307-587-4279; FAX: 307-587-6405
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The Holiday Season is around the corner and we are almost ready to perform! Here are some dates to mark on your December calendars.
Kindergarten & 1st Grade Musical Performance:
Thursday, December 5th: Kindergarten and 1st grade musical performance: A Prehistoric Christmas at CHS Wynona Thompson Auditorium. Performance time: 6:30 p.m.
Kindergarten and 1st grade students singing on risers are to please be at the High School auditorium by 6:10 pm. All students are to be seated with their parents in the auditorium before the performance.
All 1st grade students with Dinosaur speaking parts, please be at WTA at 5:35 p.m. for costumes and makeup.
All 1st grade students with Reindeer speaking parts, please be at WTA at 5:50 p.m. for costumes and makeup.
Santa, please be at WTA 5:45 p.m. for costumes and makeup.
Kindergarten and 1st grade students will be invited by class, to come up on the stage and get in place on the risers. Please dress in your Sunday best for the program. If you have any questions, please give me a call at school and I will get back to you as soon as possible. (587-4279) Thanks
Kindergarten and 1st grade will also be performing at Pinnacle Bank on Wednesday, Dec. 11th from 1:00 - 1:30 p.m. All students will be bused to and from this performance.
Honor Choir Performances:
1. Monday, Dec. 9th: Honor Choir Absaroka Assisted Living performance
Performance time: 11:15 am
2. Wednesday, Dec. 11th: Honor Choir at Pinnacle Bank Open House performance
Performance time: 11:30 am
3. Saturday, Dec. 14th: Honor Choir downtown caroling starting at the Irma
Performance time: 2 p.m.
If you have any questions about the performance dates listed above, please call me at school. I will return your call as soon as possible. (587-4279).
Miss Pinney
Free swimming lessons are being offered by the Rec Center to 2nd graders, the last session is December 2 through December 12; Mondays through Thursdays, unless otherwise noted. Class sizes are limited to 8 students per class. Due to class sizes and to maximize the time allowed for teaching swim classes, there are two different time slots; 3:45 to 4:15 p.m. and 4:15-4:45 p.m. Once all 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 September. 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!
Happy Holidays!
December is always a fun and busy month at Sunset School. Many classrooms will have holiday celebrations for the students to enjoy. I am asking you to keep food allergies in mind as the holidays approach. We have many students with food allergies, some causing skin or stomach issues while others are life-threatening. Please contact your child’s teacher or myself for any questions regarding food allergies in your student’s classroom. If your student has food allergies, consider offering alternative snacks for them to enjoy if there are snacks in the classroom that they can not eat. Thank you for working with me to keep all of our students safe. I wish you all the best!
-Nurse Windy
Doctor's notes for absences
Parents, just a reminder about absences due to illness or doctor/dentist visits. If your student is sick and they see a doctor, please get a note from their doctor regarding their illness. This will excuse their absence from school. The same is true for a doctor or dentist appointment, a note from the doctor/dentist will excuse their absence.
A big thank you to Park 6 Administration and Board of Trustees for purchasing book vending machines for our schools, including Sunset School! Our book vending machine will be used to celebrate Kids of Character.
We are focusing on raising awareness of our Sunset School Creed "I will be a kid of character, worthy of trust. I will be respectful and responsible, doing what I must. I will always act with fairness, I will show that I care, I will be a good citizen, and always do my share." Each month will focus on one of the pillars of character, responsibility, caring, respect, fairness, trustworthiness, and citizenship. November and December’s focus is responsibility. When a teacher or staff member sees a student exhibiting behaviors that epitomize responsibility the student will be awarded a token and explain why they earned it. During a break in their day, the student will accompany the staff person to use the book vending machine to get a book. Parents will receive a phone call about their kid of character, why they earned the token and the book they chose. If parents prefer a different book, the student will choose a different one.
The machine is filled with books that engage and inspire kids, and that parents in our community will appreciate. Any books placed in the machine are first recommended, vetted, and approved by our Library Committee which consists of parents, teachers from every grade level, our District Librarian, and the principal.
