Parent Post 1/21/2022

Posted January 21, 2022

Principal Smiley working hard! She did a great job leading the building. We did not plan to dress alike. 
Bryce running our fire drill this week! He did a great job! 
Cory Students had a virtual assembly around flexing their growth mindset! Ask your students what they learned from NED! 

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Hi Cory Families,

This is the student principal, Mrs.Smiley reporting on how school was today.

Mrs.Wieser and I stopped in the first grade classrooms and took a photo with Mrs.Fuch’s Class because she was my first grade teacher. 

We observed many classrooms and had many meetings today.  I really enjoyed seeing kids working and learning. A student in  Mrs.Hanock’s (4th grade) was speed reading! Can you believe one student read 100 pages in 4min with perfect comprehension! Then we helped set up dividers for indoor lunch. We pulled students to do the Morning Welcome Video for Monday.  I also had the opportunity to make announcements to the entire school.  Then we went out for first grade and had lunch! We had a very busy morning! 

Best, 

Ms. Smiley 
Student Principal 

If you are interested in being a sub at Cory,  please follow this link. Having an adequate number of subs will support keeping Cory open and not have to pivot too remote because of an operational closure.  If you are interested and have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me. 

DPS has updated the COVID 19 Screening and Testing Decision Tree.  Please use this document to support any decision making with your students.  

Please don’t forget to check lost and found! We will bring all lost and found items out on the blacktop next Friday! Have a wonderful weekend! We will see everyone back on Monday! 

Joan Wieser
Principal
Cory Elementary 

SAVE THE DATE:

It is that time of year again for Vision, Hearing, and Dental Screenings!  

When February 1st and 2nd with rescreening on Feb 3rd

Please make sure your child has their glasses, contact lenses, or hearing devicesIf you would NOT like your child to participate in screenings

Email the School Nurse you would like your child to Opt Out Of Screening

Please leave me your child’s name, teacher, and grade level

Tiffany_Stevenson@dspk12.net




Discovery Link News
In order to better assist our families and respond to their feedback, we will be keeping registration for Enrichment Classes open until December 31st at 5pm. We still have openings in a number of classes! 

Although it is months away, this warm December weather has us thinking about next Summer. For Summer 2022, ELCS will offer traditional Discovery Link summer camps, as well as the return of Enrichment Exploration Camps. Discovery Link summer camps will run from 6/13/22 – 8/5/22, Monday – Friday, between the hours of 7:00am – 5:30pm (with no camp on 7/4/22). Enrichment Exploration Camps will run the same dates from 7:30am – 5:30pm. Registration for camp will open in late January/early February – you will receive more information in the following weeks. We can’t wait to spend Summer in the City with you!

Empower Affiliates 
Please see this flyer for some fun after school activities. 

Are you using Amazon Smile?

Support Cory when you purchase through Amazon online! Mobile and desktop purchases are now eligible. Log onto https://smile.amazon.com and select “John Cory Elementary PTA” when making your Amazon purchases online.

Parent Support Needed on January 21 & 26

Ms. Wilberg (our school psychologist intern) is planning for Ned’s Mindful Mission to present a schoolwide show on growth mindset! To host this show for no cost, the Cory PTA must sell some of Ned’s products afterschool on January 21 and 26. We are looking for a few parent volunteers to help manage the sales table. If you would like to help, please use this sign up link.  

MERRILL MIDDLE SCHOOL 

Get your future Jaguar geared up with Merrill Schwagg!  You can purchase Merrill-branded clothing and items here.  These make perfect holiday gifts and you receive 20% off with code:  DEC21 through this month!

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We embrace challenges with the courage to do our best.
We persevere.
We show respect for our community through caring, responsible actions.  
We celebrate each others’ differences and accomplishments.
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