Cory Caregivers,
Thank you to everyone that attended our Family Thanksgiving Lunch. It was a wonderful time to celebrate together! Thank you to the PTA for making the day special with decorating the spaces to enjoy the holiday season!
Please remember that if you pick up students from the cafeteria for Discovery Link in the afternoon, the rest of the school building is closed while the facilities team cleans classrooms. Please do not enter classrooms after school.
Wishing you a joyful holiday filled with love, rest, and meaningful connections. Enjoy the time with family and friends — we look forward to welcoming everyone back on December 1st!
🎉 Cory Teacher Shoutouts - Is there a Cory staff member you would like to recognize? Send them a celebration! With just a few kind words, you can brighten an educator's day and remind them how much their hard work means. After you submit your message, we will find the best way to share the celebration. Let’s make the end of 2025 extra special for our educators! 🎉
Nov 24th - Nov 30th - Fall Break
Dec. 2nd - Parent Education Night about bullying and internet safety @ 4:00-5:30 (childcare will be provided)
Dec 5th - PTA meeting @ 8:30
Dec 8th - Winter Band Concert @ 6:00
Dec 10th - 2nd Grade Music Performance @ 5:00
Dec 11th - CSC Meeting at 4:00
Dec 11th - 3rd Grade Music Performance @ 5:00
Dec 18th - Rainbow Club meeting @ 3:20
Dec 19th - Coffee with the Principal and Assistant Principal @ 8:30
Dec 21st - Jan 5th - Winter Break
Jan 6th - Welcome students back to school
Food for Families
We are partnering with the Merrill Middle School food pantry/ backpack program to ensure all families have access to food. If you are in need of food during this time for your family, please read below! If you would like to receive extra groceries one-time per month, please complete this private and anonymous survey, so we can provide the food items that your family likes to eat and match your preferences. Anonymous survey
Food will be anonymously dispersed on: Friday, December 12 / Friday, January 16 / Friday, February 6 / Friday, March 6 / Friday, April 10 / Friday, May 8
Mental Health Corner:
What is TSEAL? Transformative Social Emotional Academic Learning
“Transformative SEAL” is a process whereby young people and adults build strong, respectful, and lasting, relationships that facilitate co-learning to critically examine root causes of inequity, and to develop collaborative solutions that lead to personal, community, and societal well-being.
This form of TSEAL is aimed at redistributing power to promote social justice through increased engagement in school and civic life. It emphasizes the development of identity, agency, belonging, curiosity, and collaborative problem solving
It's critically important that school wide TSEAL implementation intentionally nurtures an environment in which educators gain social and emotional competence by learning, collaborating, and modeling their social and emotional skills. Along with these social and emotional skills, schools must also fold in conversations about race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, language and ability so that the conversation about TSEAL takes into account the student’s fullest identities. It is recommended that schools do a deep dive into understanding how educators, students, and community can navigate conversations about race, sex, gender, ableism and other social identities in order to establish systems and supports that strengthen both adult and student Social Emotional Academic Learning.
Come along on our Cory TSEAL journey!
Unit 1: Positive School Culture and Classroom Community - Value of the month is Caring
Unit 1 Part 2: Sportsmanship - Value of the month is Caring
Unit 2: Self-Awareness - Value of the month is Caring
Unit 4: Unit 4: Social Awareness & Gratitude - Value of the month is Inclusion
Unit 5: Relationship Skills and Responsible Decision Making: Bullying Prevention and New Value of the Month: Respect - starting Monday, December 1st!
GT Corner -
Events for Families of Gifted Students:
Did you know DPS has a parent facing newsletter for our Gifted and Talented families? Check it out here for all the new updates related to GT!
The Art of Storytelling! A Student Showcase Project
Share with your students and/or families: Does your student love graphic novels or comics? Library Services encourages students in first through 12th grade in non-charter schools to participate in the The Art of Storytelling Cartooning Student Showcase! Middle and high school students can also submit speech bubbles and artwork for the The Art of Storytelling Interactive Cartoon Panel/Comic Strip! Prizes and activities will be featured at the Steam Expo on May 2, 2026. Reach out to Library Coordinator Jenn Brown if you have questions.
