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14 AUGUST 2025
1SEP | NO SCHOOL - Labor Day
4SEP | WRITING CLUB - Cold Stone 12-10pm
3SEP | PSP RESTAURANT NIGHT - Cold Stone 12-10pm
8SEP | FUN RUN KICK OFF ASSEMBLY
8SEP | BAND PRACTICE - (Mondays & Wednesdays) @ 7:15am
9SEP | ORCHESTRA PRACTICE - (Tuesdays & Thursdays) @ 7:15am
9SEP | PSP MEETING @ 5:30-6:30pm
9SEP | SAC MEETING @ 6:30-7:30pm
10-12SEP | 6TH GRADE OUTDOOR ED @ Stone Canyon
13SEP | CLARKE FARMS FESTIVAL - 3-7pm
15SEP | VISION & HEARING SCREENINGS
16SEP | FUN RUN @ 9am-12pm
22SEP | NO SCHOOL - Teacher Work Day
23SEP | CHAPARRAL HOMECOMING PARADE @ 5-7pm
24SEP | PICTURE RETAKES
26SEP | FIELD DAY - grades 1-6
RESTAURANT NIGHT AT COLDSTONE - 3 SEP @ 12-10pm
Come enjoy delicious ice cream scooped by none other than your favorite teachers & staff!
4:00-4:30: Mr. Miller, Ms. Bri, Ms. Denise
4:30-5:00: 5th grade team!
5:00-5:30: 4th grade team!
5:30-6:00: Preschool team!
6:00-6:30: Ms. Kerry, Ms. Chelsey
6:30-7:00: Dr. Ormsby, Ms. Friel, Mrs. Crawford
7:00-7:30: 6th grade team!
7:30-8:00: Ms. Zavadil
8:00-8:30: Ms. Zavadil
PSP MEETING
Want to learn more about PSP? Come join us September 9th at 5:30 PM for our first meeting!
Click on THIS LINK below to find out more about PSP!
FILL UP THE STAFF LOUNGE
Please help PSP fill the CTE Staff Lounge with snacks! Our staff enjoys having a quick snack to grab while on the go ... thank you for your support! Check out the list on Amazon
BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION
Did you know that CTE can earn money every time Box Tops Products are purchased?1. download the app HERE
2. enter the referral code: L6LX2B40 for additional bonuses now thru 9/30/2025
3. create an account
4. start scanning receipts!
Reach out to ctepsp@gmail.com with any questions. Thank you for supporting CTE!
THIS IS HOW WE CTE
DCSD BOND UPDATE - PARKER REGION
Student Council is Back!
Student Council is back for the 2025-2026 school year and is open to all fifth and sixth-grade students. This is a great opportunity for students to become leaders in our school and community by participating in various events and projects.
The Student Council will have a sense of pride and accomplishment by the end of the year, knowing the positive impact they have made on Cherokee Trail and the surrounding community. Meetings will begin mid-September.
If your child is interested, please complete this application. Invitations to join the council will be emailed on Monday, August 26.
We look forward to a great year and are excited about the possibilities! If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Weyhrich, Mrs. Holmes, or Mr. Jones.
FROM STUDENT COUNCIL
Student Council is Back!
Student Council is back for the 2025-2026 school year and is open to all fifth and sixth-grade students. This is a great opportunity for students to become leaders in our school and community by participating in various events and projects.
The Student Council will have a sense of pride and accomplishment by the end of the year, knowing the positive impact they have made on Cherokee Trail and the surrounding community. Meetings will begin mid-September.
If your child is interested, please complete this application (due 8sep25). Invitations to join the council will be emailed on Monday, August 26.
We look forward to a great year and are excited about the possibilities! If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Weyhrich, Mrs. Holmes, or Mr. Jones.
CTE WRITING CLUB
WRITING CLUB
Creative Stories & Comics with Mrs. Weyhrich & Mrs. Jakubowski
Start the day with some writing!
THURSDAYS 8:00-8:30am 9/4, 9/11, 9/18, 9/25, 10/2, 10/9
Register HERE
BE EPICER @ CTE
At Cherokee Trail we focus on six traits, teaching and fostering them in our classrooms and school-wide in order to create learners who are strong academically and socially.
They are:
ENTHUSIASM * PERSEVERANCE * INTEGRITY * COURAGE * EMPATHY * RESPECT
Read more on the EPICER page!
In September we will be focusing on ENTHUSIASM. Here are the student indicators:
* I show a positive attitude at all times
* I am eager to learn
* I show active engagement throughout my day
CLASSROOM NEWSLETTERS
ACCESS FLYERS IN PEACHJAR
FROM THE AP
As we close out the second full week of school, I hope that you and your student(s) are beginning to get back into the swing of things. My teenager still complains about getting up early every morning, while my 7-year-old is up before I am, but we all manage to make it out the door on time! I have enjoyed getting into classrooms over the last two weeks. In STEAM, I got to hold a tree cookie (yes, that's a real thing, and you don't eat it) and practiced writing a gist statement with our fourth graders. This week, we started our fall iReady testing, which is less exciting to observe, but so important in helping us know how students are doing academically!
SAFETY AND SECURITY UPDATES
As you know, we have made some changes this year to ensure that students and staff are safe at CTE. Thank you for your support thus far. Our top priority is safety. After all, how can students learn if they are not safe?
A couple of reminders and updates:
- All parents and family members must enter the building through the main entrance and check in at all times (this includes before and after school)
- From now through Friday (8/29), parents must enter and sign in at the main entrance when walking their student to class in the morning. You must use the Raptor Safe app QR code or have your physical driver's license to sign in. The main office will provide you with a visitor sticker, which must be worn and visible while you are in the building
- Starting Tuesday, September 2, we are encouraging all students to walk to class with their peers. We will no longer be signing family members into the building to walk with their students to class. We will have staff members at the front entrance to assist those students who need support in getting to class. While this move is primarily for safety reasons, it is also important that students build skills to get to class on their own in a timely manner
- Starting Monday, September 1st, parents and families will also no longer be able to enter the cafeteria during breakfast with their students
CARPOOL UPDATES
Now that the year has started, it is time for the annual fall carpool reminder! We are always watching out for student (and staff) safety during drop off and pick-up, especially since there are a lot of people and cars in motion. To keep everyone safe, please observe the following guidelines:
At carpool in the morning:
- Please do not park and/or leave your car unattended in the drop-off lane or in the "U" at the east end of the parking lot. If you need to get out of your car for any reason, please park in one of the designated parking spaces.
- All students should be dropped off in the right-hand lane (closest to the building). The left-hand lane is for exiting the parking lot once your student(s) have been dropped off.
- Have students exit your car next to the sidewalk (the right side of your car)
- Staff will help your student(s) gather their belongings, exit the vehicle, and have a great start to their day at school.
- Please be a good neighbor in Clarke Farms and do not block driveways in our community! Parker Police reminds you that you must not park within 5' of a driveway
At carpool in the afternoon:
- Please do not park and/or leave your car unattended in the carline off lane or in the "U" at the east end of the parking lot. If you need to get out of your car for any reason, please park in one of the designated parking spaces.
- All carline students will be located in the CTE"sidewalk art in front of the school.
- Please be prepared for your student(s) to enter your car on the right side (next to the sidewalk).
As always, we ask that you drive slowly (even after your students have left the car) to ensure all students' safety.
ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES
Please only use CTE's accessible parking spots if you have an accessible placard or license plates. We have members of our community who are only able to park there, and we want to make sure the spaces are available for them.
For more information, please view the attached carpool map and Mr. Miller's amazing video!
THE PRINCIPAL CHRONICLES
The Principal Chronicles continue ...
Week two is here, and school is starting to settle into its regular routine. For the most part, the students understand their routines and know what is expected of them. This week, the students are starting their beginning-of-the-year diagnostic. This is where our students take their first big overall test of the year, so we can determine the best course of action to support them academically. The data we get is invaluable, and we are all excited to see the results. Hopefully, by the end of the week, we will have our data and will begin to get started on our first units.
On the home front, I dropped my daughter off at college last week. As expected, it was a pretty emotional experience. Last Wednesday, I took a half-day to move her in. When I arrived at her mother's house to begin the move, there were exactly 0 things loaded into cars, and there were exactly 0 people ready to go. Since we had to move into the dorms within a certain time frame, I had about 15 minutes to load two cars. I guess I should have known that my daughter, who is moving into a fully furnished dorm room, needed to bring enough stuff to fill two cars. I barely made it, and off we went to Fort Collins. Since my daughter was going to leave her car at my parents' house, we had three cars in our little caravan. Since my daughter's mother was first in line, it took us close to two and a half hours to get there, since she drives slower than Driving Ms. Daisy.
When we arrived on campus after dropping my daughter's car off, I quickly realized that we would not be the only people dropping off their children. In fact, I think the entire student body of Colorado State University came to drop off their child at the same time we did. After parking a short 3/4 mile from her actual dorm and then walking the 3/4 mile back to her dorm, we checked in to get her keys. Fun fact, when you check in to get your keys for your dorm, you need a form of identification. Lo and behold, can you guess who forgot to bring any form of identification? So off we went back to the car, a 1.5-mile round trip. We got her keys and went back to the car to load up and start moving. 1.5 miles later, we were in her dorm looking for her building and her floor. Another fun fact, her dorm does not have any air conditioning, which wasn't a big deal, and there is no elevator in her section of the dorm. Super. By this time, her mother had shown up and declared that she was in charge of cleaning and would not be participating in any sort of moving of things.
If you were another family moving in their student and looked over at my daughter and me moving in her things, you would have seen me trying to carry multiple bags and large items, and my daughter carrying 7 hangers. 11 trips up and down the stairs and three more 1.5-mile trips later, everything had been moved from car to dorm room. After that, I had to move my car even further away since my coveted space had a 60-minute time limit and it clearly wasn't far enough from my actual destination.
I spent the next three hours unpacking and shaking my head at the sheer amount of junk that my daughter brought to college. She legit brought a large folding chair. Where on Earth did she think we were going to put that? Luckily for us, her roommate wasn't slated to move in until the next day, otherwise, there is no way she could have fit anything in. My daughter's suitemate was moving in, so we got to meet them as well. Have you ever met someone at a time when they are so preoccupied with something that normal social cues go right out the window? Me too, and that would be my daughter's suitemates' parents. So here I am trying to raise my daughter's bed so she can shove a bunch of unnecessary crap underneath it. I am literally underneath the bed frame, trying to push up and balance the frame and mattress with my back so I can keep my hands free to push up the bed post higher. This would be the exact time her suitemates' parents decided to introduce themselves to me. Not only introduce themselves, but also go into a narrative about their origins of their entire life history. This entire conversation happened, including multiple handshakes, all while I am balancing a mattress and bed frame on my back. They were really nice people, not that I would know what they looked like since I was stooped over, but nice people.
After all of that fun and excitement, it was time for me to head home. This is where it got really hard. My daughter hugged me, burst into tears, and would not let go. We cried together for about 5 minute until a girl who lived down the hall busted in and asked us if we had a tape measure (again, the gravity of the moment was completely lost on her). As I headed out, I had to leave my baby girl and as I walked down the hall I could hear her sob, "I want my Daddy, I miss my Daddy". Ugh, it was awful. She was completely fine the next day, which mended my broken heart, but it sure is quiet at home now.
That is it for this week's episode, stay tuned for next week, when the Principal Chronicles continues......
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Website: cte.dcsdk12.org
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Phone: 3033878125
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