November 2015 - Cache La Poudre Elementary

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NOVEMBER 2015
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Pirate Pages
Cache La Poudre
Elementary School
3511 W. Cty. Rd. 54G
LaPorte, CO 80535
Principal
Landus Boucher
Dear CLPE Families,
Vice Principal
Kelly Hirneisen
General Information
Office Hours
8:00am - 4:00pm
Phone Numbers
Office 488-7600
Fax
488-7676
Attendance Line
490-3070
*If your child is ill or will not
be at school, please leave a
message on the Attendance
line.
School Hours
8:55am - 3:40pm
Supervision begins at
8:40am
October came and went in a blur! We were busy and had a variety of exciting
activities.
The Pirate Peg Leg run was a great success! It would not have been so
successful without the tremendous amount of work from our P.T.O. It was well
organized and the students had fun while they ran! Thank you so much for your
support of this annual fund raiser!
Of course, October couldn’t conclude without our annual Halloween costume
parade. I would like to thank the parent volunteers for supporting the
Halloween festivities. I know that the children enjoyed the parade and
afternoon celebration.
Thank you to all the parents for attending our Parent Conferences in midOctober. There was a lot of anticipation and excitement in the air during
conference days as we celebrated students’ successes and talked about ways to
continue academic and social growth. Although we host parent conferences in
Part Time Kindergarten
Monday
8:55am - 11:55am
Tuesday/Thursday
8:55am - 3:40pm
Preschool
AM 8:55 - 11:40
PM 12:10 - 3:40
Website
https://cpe.psdschools.org
Advertising in this newsletter does not imply endorsement by Poudre School District.
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Principal’s Note
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the fall and spring, the CLPE staff feels that communication should be frequent
and ongoing. Please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher at any time
to discuss progress. Our teachers are happy to use a variety of tools to share
student progress and classroom happenings. Phone conversations and emails
are always welcome as well as face to face meetings.
At the end of October we hosted our 2nd CREW assembly and honored
October’s Pirates of the Month. The honored students and staff demonstrated
CLPE’s traits of Cooperation, Respect, Empathy
and Integrity in an exemplary manner. Each
month every classroom will receive a book to
read and reflect on to continue the book of the
month club. The books were chosen by each
grade level because they provide good examples
of the IB Learner Profile Attributes we are all
working to demonstrate! We were able purchase
the books for the year through a donation we
received from Walmart. Brandon Tarango
nominated our school to receive the “Safe Miles for Education” donation of
$2,783.34. We are super appreciative of this donation and want to send a huge
thank out to both the Tarango Family as well as Walmart!
Our fast pace doesn’t seem to slow down as November promises to bring more
exciting times. As I reflect on these first few months of the 2015-2016 school
year at CLPE, I am so grateful to have the opportunity to be the captain of this
wonderful pirate crew! I am thankful for the support of our parents and
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Principal’s Note
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families. I have extreme appreciation for the
commitment and dedication to the success of our
students that the CLPE staff shows every day.
Getting to come to work each day to be a part of
genuine, kind, reflective, and intelligent students’
lives is an honor. I would like to wish all our
families a peaceful and relaxing Thanksgiving
break. Enjoy this time with your family and
friends!
Best,
Landus
Vision/Hearing Screening
Vision/Hearing Screening is on Tuesday, November 17 th from 9-12.
We screen all children grades K-3 & Grade 5. This is just a screening to let us know
if a student may need further evaluation. It is important and we hope you will
make every effort to have your student at school on this day. We do not screen
4th graders, however if a parent or teacher would like to have a 4 th grade
student screened, we will happily do so. Call the office at 488-7600 if you
would like further information. We are looking for a few more volunteers to
help with this screening!
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Running Club
No running club on Nov 4th. Our last running club meeting is
November 18th . We hope to start up again in the spring!
Lost and Found
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE CHECK THE LOST AND FOUND. THERE ARE SO MANY
HOODIES, SWEATSHIRTS, SHIRTS, JACKETS and other items just waiting to be
claimed. If you write your child’s name on the tag on their clothing, we will
return it to them. All items that remain in the lost in found at Winter Break
will be donated to charity.
Spelling Bee
It’s almost time for the annual CLPE spelling bee, which
happens in December each year. Third, fourth, and fifth
graders will get the chance to compete. Classroom spelling
bees will be happening at the end of November. Top spellers
in each class will go on to compete in the school-wide bee.
Watch for further information coming soon. Please ask Mrs.
Flail or Mrs. Mosley if you have any questions.
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Counselor’s Corner
Hello CLPE parents. October was National Anti-bully
month. So during the month of November, I will be
taking our IB Learner Profile of Open-mindedness
and coaching students on the strategy of being an
Upstander-someone who speaks out against bullying.
We will be talking about the responsibility of
upstanders when a bully is targeting another
student. We will also discuss strategies that students
can use when they are being targeted by a bully.
“Bullying is not allowed at CLPE!” Through discussion and role play, students
will practice strategies through role play activities as we continue to work
towards a bully free school. I would like each grade level to come up with an
action plan to insure that all students are safe at CLPE. As always thank you
for your support in having these discussions with your children at home!
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Music Notes
Greetings from the music room!
Our busy fall continues as choir,
modern band, and the third
grade program preparation are
in full swing!
RiverSong Choir began the
second week of school in
preparation for our
performance at the Colorado Music Educators Association Clinic/Conference
at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs in January. We have just
received a slight adjustment to our performance time: our concert will be
Thursday, January 28, 2016, at 4:20 p.m. Much more information will go
home with choir students in the coming weeks and months. Remember that
choir is Wednesday mornings from 7:45-8:40, with students able to arrive as
early as 7:30. Thanks for a great Culver’s Night! It was amazing to hear our
pirates singing in such a crowd! Please mark your calendars for after-school
practice on Tuesday, November 10, until 5:00 p.m. Also, the choir will sing in
the afternoon on Grandparents’ Day, November 24.
Little Kids Rock Club is in full swing. Guitars are being loaned
to members for use at home, and we are working on songs.
The club meets after school on Thursdays until 4:30,
including the Little Kids Rock Captains, who also meet at the
end of choir on Wednesday mornings. Watch for
information about performances from this Band of Pirates,
and a huge thank you to Mrs. Rundquist and Mrs. Schneider
for their help in making this group a success!
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Music Notes
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Mark your calendars for our Thursday music program dates:
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November 19 -Third Grade
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December 17- First Grade
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February 4- Kindergarten
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February 25-Second Grade
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April 28-Fourth Grade
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May 5-Choir
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May 19-Fifth Grade Program
Programs are performed for the school at 2:30 p.m., and then for parents,
friends, and family at 6:30 p.m. More specific information will be sent home
about a month before each program. Students usually need to arrive at school
at 6:10 p.m. the night of the program.
We were fortunate to receive a grant from The Kayla Foundation,
memorializing Kayla Adsit, a former Rocky Mountain High School student who
loved music and was taken from this life in a car accident before high school
graduation. These funds provide choir T-shirts to students who can’t afford
them, recorders for all 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders, and color-coded drumsticks
(coming soon!). We are grateful for their continued support.
As always, please contact me with any questions or concerns. I am at CLPE on
Tuesday, Wednesday, and in the afternoon on Thursday.
Melissa Flail, [email protected] 488-7645
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Physical Education
Time Again for Morning P.E.
Morning P.E. is back for another year! Funds raised from the Pirate Peg Leg
Walk will be used to help pay for this program in 2015-2016.
Schedule:
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Meeting time is 8:00-8:50.
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Grades 3-5 will start meeting Friday October, 30th.
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Grades K-2 will start meeting on Friday, November 6th.
The two grade level groups will alternate Fridays for the remainder of the first
semester. See the schedule below!
Things to Remember:
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There is no cost, and no sign up.
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Students will enter the school building through the East Gym door
(which will be propped open).
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Please do not enter the school building through the front door.
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Students need to come prepared for physical activity (tennis shoes
required).
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Students who attend will be expected to participate in all activities.
Dates:
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10/30 – Grades 3-5
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11/6 – Grades K-2
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11/20 – 3-5
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12/4 – K-2
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12/11 – 3-5
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12/18 – K-2
Please call or email Mr. Haas for questions. (970)488-7600 or
[email protected].
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Spanish Class
Hi CLP community,
Here are current happenings in Spanish class:
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K, 1 and 2 - We work on counting, the
calendar, and talking about the weather each
week during our welcoming activities. We
recently finished asking How are you? working
with the following words: cómo estás-how are
you, bien-well, así así-so so, mal-bad, dice-says. We are just beginnning
working on this new vocabulary: hay-there is or there are, se llama-calls
himself/herself/itself, el muchacho-boy, muchacha-girl, él-he, ella-she.
We acquire the words through song, games, art, reading, and
storytelling.
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3 - Third graders finished acquiring a story called el Bebé Malo or the
Bad Baby. Ask them to retell the story to you in English or in Spanish!
We will begin preparation to start reading our first novel in Spanish, las
Aventuras de Isabela or the Adventures of Isabela. We will discuss
strategies for reading in another language and do some activities to
build confidence before we begin!
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4 - Fourth grade also acquired a story called el Bebé Malo or the Bad
Baby during October. Ask them to retell the story to you in English or
in Spanish! We are just beginning to use some words from the novel we
will be reading, Isabela captura un congo or Isabela captures a congo.
It is the 2nd book in a series that they read in 3rd grade. Ask your
student to fill you in on Isabela's adventures in Costa Rica!
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5-Fifth grade students spent October telling the silly story about a
mythological creature from Puerto Rico, el chupacabra. During the last
week of October, students drew and wrote about the myth in Spanish.
We will begin having discussion using words from the first chapter of
the novel we will be reading in 5th grade, Berto y sus buenas ideas, or
Berto and his Good Ideas.
Please keep encouraging your students to make connections to language
learning outside of the classroom! The blue certificates are abundant this year!
Gracias,
Leah Swanson [email protected] (970) 488-7602
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2nd Grade
Hello second grade families! WOW! We have
been working hard on being scientists and
entomologists! We are continuing our study
of insects and habitats in science and the
students are doing an amazing job showing
curiosity. Our trip to the Butterfly Pavilion
was a great success. We are continuing great
work in math on single and double digit
addition and sharing our strategies for
tackling tricky math tasks. The students are also enjoying doing a little
research on the insects we have been studying. Great job second graders!!
Thank you for all of your help and support during the busy month of October!
Mrs. Donovan and Ms. Campbell
5th Grade
Currently in math, students are studying how to perform operations (addition,
subtraction, multiplication, and division) with multi-digit numbers and with
decimals to hundredths.
In Language Arts, students have been and
continue to create personal and fictional
narratives with the goal of a developing a
strong personal voice. Using narrative
techniques, such as dialogue and
description, to develop experiences and
events or show the responses of
characters to situations are our learning
targets.
The Central Idea of our current unit of
study is Forces cause transformation, adaptation, and motion. Our lines of
inquiry include: The Earth’s surface changes through a variety of processes,
interactions among a variety of factors affects an area’s weather and climate,
and human adaptations to natural forces.
Mr. Clark and Mr. Mosley
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November
3
PTO Meeting
2:30
4
Choir
7:45
Young Rembrandts-Last class for Session #2
3:45-4:45
Chessmates
3:45-4:45
Little Kids Rock
3:45-4:30
Choir
7:45
Running Club
3:50-4:30
5
11
Young Rembrandts Session 3 Class #1
12
Chessmates
3:45-4:45
Little Kids Rock
3:45-4:30
13
No School (K-5)-Teacher Work Day
17
Vision/Hearing Screening
9-12
18
Choir
7:45
Running Club-last day
3:50-4:30
Young Rembrandts-Session 3 Class #2
19
Chessmates
3:45-4:45
Little Kids Rock
3:45-4:30
3rd Grade Music Program
6:30
24
Grandparents Day
2:30
25-27
Thanksgiving Break
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December
2
Choir
Young Rembrandts Session 3-Class #3
3
Chessmates
3:45-4:45
Little Kids Rock
3:45-4:30
9
Choir
9
Young Rembrandts Session 3-Class #4 –Last class
10
Chessmates
17
1st Grade Music Program
21
Winter Break begins
6:30PM
Pirate Peg Leg Parade Results
Dear CLPE community,
Thank you so much for another great Pirate Peg Leg Parade! We raised $8641,
more than any other year. In addition, our students, teachers and staff
collectively ran and walked 1900 laps (475 miles)!
A huge thank you to you, your child(ren) and their pledge donors for
supporting this year's successful fun run. Please say "thank you" to our
generous business and community supporters.
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Healthy Hids Club of UC Health
Scott’s Towing
Steel Ops
Rodelle, Inc.
Poudre Fire Authority
Mountain White Water Descents
Laporte Hardware
The Edge Sports Center
Fort Fun
Snooze
Karate West
Inner Strength Rock Gym
Sincerely, CLPE PTO
• GK Gymnastics
• Mountain Kids Gymnastics,
Dance and Preschool
• Trader Joes
• Walmart
• Fly High Trampoline Park
• Jumpin’
• Whole Foods
• Chipper's Lanes
• Fort Collins Bike Coop
• Rollerland Skate Center
• Sprouts Farmers Market
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