Parent Post 11/15/2024

Posted November 15, 2024

Message from the Principal 

Cory Families, 

We want you to know that Joan Wieser will be on intermittent leave in order to care for a family member. During this time, Anna Meyer will be stepping in as acting principal, ensuring that all school operations continue smoothly and that our students’ needs remain a top priority.

We understand that changes like this can raise questions, and we want to assure you that the well-being of our students and the quality of their education will remain unaffected. Our leadership team is fully committed to providing the support and continuity that our school community relies on.

We kindly ask for your understanding and support during this time. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to the school office, and they will be happy to assist you.

Thank you to everyone that came to our STEAMM Night as either a participant or volunteer! It was a great event and we especially want to shout out Cory’s incredible art teacher, Shannon Murphy, for coordinating it. 

Our Book Fair was a huge success! Thank you for supporting our students’ love of reading and thank you to the PTA for ensuring the Book Fair always had plenty of volunteers. 

We hope to see you on Thursday for our Family Thanksgiving Lunch. Please see the updated schedule at the bottom of the post for the time and location of each class. 

Each month Cory will focus on four words as a whole school. Our hope is you will partner with us and attempt to use these words in your life outside of school. Students will be able to share when they heard or used the words each month by writing about it and placing it in the bucket outside room 204. 

November’s vocabulary words are: cornucopia, eleemosynary, crepuscular, sublime

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Upcoming Events
 Nov 16 – Fall Clean up 10 – 1
Nov 21 -Family Thanksgiving Lunch 
Nov. 21- CSC meeting at 4:00
Nov 25 – 29th Fall Break
 Dec 2 – All students back to school
 Dec 11 – Colorado Gives Day! 
Dec 12 – Band Concert 
Dec 23 – Jan 6 Winter Break  
Jan 6 – Non-Student contact Day 
Jan 6 – BESS Student/Teacher Screening Window Opens
Jan 15 – Choice & Enrollment open for the 2025-2026 School year

Message from the District: Prioritizing Attendance Around the Upcoming Holiday Breaks

As we transition into the holiday season, we want to take a moment to remind you of the importance of consistent school attendance. Regular attendance not only builds students’ ability to follow daily routines but also is important to their personal, social, academic and emotional development.

With the upcoming holiday breaks, we encourage you to plan family activities around our school calendar to ensure your child is present in school all day, every day. Each day of instruction is vital in helping our students meet their educational goals and maintain their learning progress. Make-up work does not fully help students recover missed instruction, and one student’s absence affects classmates’ progress due to the collaborative nature of learning.

Access the 2024-25 school year calendar to plan appointments and travel around the following breaks:

  • November Break: Nov. 25-29
  • December Break: Dec. 23, 2024 – Jan. 6, 2025

We appreciate your partnership in supporting your child’s education and look forward to seeing them at school each day!

Cory TSEAL Daily Lessons 

Random Acts of Kindness (RAOK) 

https://www.randomactsofkindness.org

We have taken our CASEL approved, highly effective, evidence-based Kindness in the Classroom® social emotional learning curriculum and made it better. By including a focus on equity, teacher self-care, and digital citizenship, we are excited to share a more engaging, relatable, and inclusive curriculum. 

Free lesson plans: ​​https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/kindergarten-grade-5-lesson-plans

Second Step 

https://www.secondstep.org

DPS TSEAL Manual 24/25 

Parent Restorative Practices Toolbox

Parent/Care Taker Dashboard: https://thebloombeehive.com/coryRetake pictures are ready to view and order. This is also a good time to order your original pictures from September and your student’s classroom picture

LUNCH RULES: 

School lunch is free for all Colorado students if they take a full hot lunch that includes an entree, milk and fruit/veggie bar. 

If a student only wants milk OR fruit/veggie bar, they need to have money in their Myschoolbucks lunch account.

Please see the Updated Schedule

Thursday, November 21, 2024 

Thanksgiving Luncheon Schedule 

Welcome to Cory’s Thanksgiving luncheon! Please plan to arrive a few minutes early, enter through the main door, make sure you have your lunch ticket and have paid for your meal. As a friendly reminder, the parking lot will be busy as we are anticipating around 300 family members. Please plan on meeting your child’s class in their designated lunch location. If you would like to take your child home after the luncheon, please be sure to sign them out with their teacher and at the front office. Please exit through the main entrance. We are so happy to have you here celebrating with us! We are grateful. Enjoy!

Time          Teacher & Location  
1st Mr. Doyle – 10:50 – 11:20 
Mr. Hill – 11:00 – 11:30 
Mrs. Keldin – 11:10 – 11:40 

Mr. Doyle – Cafeteria
Mr. Hill – Gym
Mrs. Keldin – Cafeteria & Gym
2nd Ms. Tilson – 11:20 – 11:50 
 Mrs. Guerrero – 11:30 – 12:00
 Mrs. Nagel – 11:40 – 12:10  

Ms. Tilson – Cafeteria
Mrs. Guerrero –  Gym
Mrs. Nagel –  Cafeteria & Gym
3rd Mrs. Shamis – 12:00 – 12:30 
 Mrs. Saul – 12:10 – 12:40
 Mrs. Trujillo – 12:20 – 12:50  

Mrs. Shamis – Cafeteria
Mrs. Saul – Gym
Mrs. Trujillo – Cafeteria & Gym
4th Mrs. LaVenture – 12:20-12:50 
Ms. Miller – 12:30 – 1:00
 Mrs. Hanock – 12:40 – 1:10  

Mrs. LaVenture – Cafeteria
Ms. Miller-  Gym
Mrs. Hanock – Cafeteria & Gym
5th Mr.  Egland – Lunch -12:40-1:10  
 Mrs. Weaver- Lunch -12:50 – 1:20  
 Mrs. Sherrill – Lunch – 1:00 – 1:30 

Mr. Egland –  Cafeteria & Gym
Mrs. Weaver – Cafeteria
Mrs. Sherrill –  Gym