Posted April 22, 2022
April 22, 2022
Hello SKCEE Families, Happy Earth Day!
🐬🌎As I have been in the classrooms this past week, I have heard students becoming stewards of our planet by increasing their understanding of reduce, reuse, and recycle to minimize waste. Some of our students are very passionate about keeping our planet Earth clean and are eager to share their thoughts. 🦋
😯👖🩲Clothing supplies needed! Our SKCEE health office is in need of girls and boys underpants, and pants, sizes 4,5,6,7,8. When students have “uh ohs” and need a change of clothes, we rely on our clothing supply which is now almost depleted.
🚗 Parking wars are happening, yikes!! Please do not parallel park along the front of the school if you are not one of the auction designated parking families. Parking parallel to the school blocks other cars and also interferes with the parking of our Kinder shuttle. 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!
🥑🥕🍗The PTA has its final Dine-Out of the year scheduled for May 4th from 11:00 a.m. -9:00 p.m at Modern Market Eatery’s (“Modmarket”) Glendale location (1000 S. Colorado Blvd., Glendale, CO). We need your help to confirm our event. You can RSVP at this link
Thank you for supporting the SKCEE PTA’s final Dine-Out of this school year!
💕May 2nd-6th is Staff Appreciation Week! PTA has some wonderful staff appreciation things planned. See this link for the week’s planned events. If you would like to help, please email knightceepta@gmail.com ❤️ Our PTA sponsored Spring Fling date is Thursday, May 26. Volunteers needed.
Field Day information below from Sara Whatmore!
(volunteers needed)
We need YOU!! Please use this link to learn how you may help SKCEE as we prepare for next year.
Respectfully,
Joanne P. Lander
720-424-6502
📆Upcoming Important Dates
💙 PTA Update
PTA Scholastic Book Fair fundraiser ends soon!
👀🦋Thank you for your support of our SKCEE PTA Scholastic Book Fair online and during our in-person opportunity held this week. There is still time to order online! (see the information/link below)
The Scholastic Book Fair runs from April 14th -27th. Virtual ordering!!
Book Fair homepage: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/pta
Goal: 375 Books
🥇PE Update from Mrs. Whatmore
Field Day is scheduled for May 6th, and I am excited to get back to having a “normal” Field Day with families and volunteers. Please see the following schedule to find out when your child(ren) will be on the field:
| 8:45-9:45 | Ronda Bailey, Michelle Morales, Corina Gurule, Hillary Conlon AM |
| 10:00-11:00 | Quinn Duvall, Shannon Mathiebe, Bev Kretz, Jen O’Donnell, Jess Perez AM, Bryan Kottke AM |
| 12:45-1:45 | Kenny Gurule, Cara Havenar, Cory Starkey, Kathy Kuskulis, Jess Perez PM, Bryan Kottke PM |
| 2:00-3:00 | Brittany Kline, Salynthia Russell, Demi Molina, Hillary Conlon PM |
Classroom teachers will be sharing more information about any planned classroom-based activities soon (special lunch or other treats, etc.). For now, I would like to invite family members to volunteer for setting up, managing a station, and cleaning up. I can’t do it without you😃. Please see this SignUp Genius link to see what is available. Thanks so much for considering volunteering. More Field Day updates are coming soon.
📚Library Update
💕 Thank you to those that volunteered for helping our student library get up and running. Training is beginning, yay!! If you are interested in volunteering, please let me know asap!
✔ DIscovery Link/ Enrichments Update
All enrichment classes end at 4:15pm. Please make sure you are here to pick up your child by 4:15pm. If you are unable to be here on time, please look into signing your child up for Discovery Link. As a friendly reminder, the SKCEE main office closes at 4:00pm. 👀 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!