Posted May 10, 2022
May 6, 2022
Hello SKCEE Families,
🦋 This week held our Kindergarten performances showcasing what they have learned about the water cycle and advocacy for our planet’s resources. Students were excited to share their songs and learning with parents and teachers. Thank you to Ms. Cookie for her work with our future planet advocates.
💕Thank you to our families and PTA for showering our staff with appreciation this week. Our staff took advantage of the yard sign for photo opportunities and we were treated with flowers, lots of yummy food, a barista/coffee bar, and more! Our staff truly felt appreciation! Again, thank you! ❤️
😎🏃♀️🏃♂️Field Day was a great success and so nice to have the sunshine and families gathering together again at SKCEE. Thank you to volunteers and to Ms. Whatmore for facilitating such a successful event. It is a huge undertaking for Ms. Whatmore and she couldn’t do it without our parent volunteers. The smiles and laughter were wonderful!
🦋 HELP needed….Do you have a “green thumb?” We need volunteers for grounds clean up: raking the grass, raking wood chips, pulling weeds and preparing for summer. Join us on Saturday, May 14, 2022 from 7:00am – 12:00pm. Please meet Junior, our Facilities Manager, at the front of the school. Please bring your own garden tools (rake, shovels, etc) (no lawn mowers) trash bags and gloves! Click here to sign up! We need a minimum of 10 volunteers for the “green thumb” opportunity.
🐣🌼 The PTA sponsored Spring Fling date is Thursday, May 26. Volunteers needed.
knightceepta@gmail.com The final PTA meeting will be 5/17/22 at 5:30pm and we’ll be electing 2022-2023 PTA Board (see link below)
👀PLEASE see the logistics for June 2nd and June 3rd below. There are some important SKCEE updates!!! (Specific Kindergarten ceremony logistics will be sent separately soon.)
Respectfully,
Joanne P. Lander
720-424-6502
📆Upcoming Important Dates
Next year’s PTA is being formed and all positions need filling…we need YOU!!
Please use this link to learn how you may help SKCEE as we prepare for next year.
Thank you parents for your generosity during Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week!
The last PTA meeting will be 5/17/22 at 5:30pm and we’ll be electing 2022-2023 PTA Board
Logistics for June 2nd and June 3rd
June 2nd– Last day for all ECE students and final activities (full day and ½ day ECE students); optional attendance on June 3rd (½ day) for parents needing coverage until 11:30.
June 3rd– Last day for Kindergarten students. Kinder continuation ceremony from 9:30-10:30. Dismissal is 11:30. (Lunch for any student wanting a school sack lunch for June 3rd, must be ordered by May 17 with the child’s teacher. Lunch available at 10:45.)
Reasoning: This will allow the available ECE staff to help with the needs of running the Kinder ceremony and festivities on 06/03/22. It will allow ECE teachers to help celebrate with their former students. It will also even-out the ½ day student programming. Additionally, this will also ease the parking wars we have at dismissal.
Our lost and found area is overflowing with coats, water bottles, lunch boxes, prescription glasses, hats, shoes, and much much more. The lost and found is located across from the office next to the auditorium doors. Please take a look to see if an item is your child’s. Items will be removed on June 3rd.
🚗 Parking wars are happening, yikes!! Please refrain from parallel parking along the front of the school if you are not one of the two auction designated parking families. Parking parallel to the school blocks other cars and also interferes with the parking of our Kinder shuttle. Also, please do not park in our handicapped parking spaces unless you have a handicapped placard. We recognize that traffic and parking are stressors with limited parking. Safety first! 👍
😍👂Have you heard the news? SKCEE is beginning the exciting transition to mixed age classrooms! We are beginning 2022-2023 with seven classes transitioning, and a full implementation in 2023-2024 as we work towards the National Association of Education for Young Children (NAEYC) accreditation. DPS has four ECE centers and all are working towards the NAEYC accreditation. Please use this link to find out more about the SKCEE data that helped guide the decision, the research, and the plans for SKCEE. We are thrilled to begin the shift in programming!👀 Let’s talk about some safety guidelines for late arrivals and early dismissals: Parents/guardians will need to come to the main office doors, check-in at the office and receive a date stamped sticker to wear, indicating checking into the office. A tardy slip will be given to you to give to the receiving classroom teacher. The parent/guardian will walk their child to the classroom for a sign-in with the teacher, if ECE, (Two sign-ins, one at office and one with the ECE teacher, and quick parent release of the student. The same procedures will occur for students needing early dismissal. (Check-in at office, wear a sticker, give early dismissal slip to teacher, sign-out student with the teacher, if ECE). Two sign-ins, one at the office and one with the ECE teacher. Please remember to exit the building at the front doors for security reasons. 🦋😍 Thank you,.💕we appreciate you!