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Page 1 December 2013 Peck Elementary School Newsletter

December 2013

Principally Speaking….

Dear Parents, Guardians, and Community Members,

Winter Break is quickly approaching and our staff would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who invests time in our students. We have had a successful first half of the year and our students are making great growth in so many areas of their academics. We recognize that it takes all of us working together to create a learning environment where our children can succeed.

We hope that everyone will have a safe, restful and fun winter break. We look forward to seeing everyone return on Wednesday, January 8.

Peck Elementary School Newsletter

Peck Elementary School

6495 Carr Street, Arvada, CO 80004

Office: 303-982-0590 Fax: 303-982-0591

ATTENDANCE: 303-982-0581

John Katsanis Chris Nielson Cheryl Glassmeyer Cathy Spence Kristi Harris Andi Johnson Sharon Nigh George Coppola Julie Henry Rica Powers Danielle Crowell Angela Herbers Michelle Poisson Jen Samp Julie Flann Jeanine Rodriguez Vicki Wolf Amy Parris Dawn Safranka

Barb Beasley Pat Colley Carrie Hall Lauren Kreider Sandy Rubino Nycole Bennecke Nicole Iselin Vicki Stewart Dianne Taylor Fiona Bergeron Tova Sarrow Jim Baldwin Milissa Mills Nick Rubino Shelly Tame Leanna Rutka Amy Woodley Rachel Avila Eve Bargas

Suzette Pohl Betsie Alves Dianne Vogler Barbara Hatch Kellan Schmidt Giselle Carrero Sabrina Andreason Lynn Crimi Michele Green Dona Mutchler Lena Rotola Amber Sasina Claudia Seaward Sandra Stemmler Nicole Svidal Jean Thayer Trish Walker Sara Wampler Kristen Wethington

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PTA News You Can Use

Denise Wasil made the cupcakes for Ram PRIDE awards. They were divine! Thank You Mrs. Wasil!

I would like to thank everyone who helped serve/set up/clean up at the RamPRIDE Ceremony. It was really nice to get to watch my son get his award and not have to worry about serving cupcakes.

A BIG thank you to Mrs. Aubrey Jensen for setting up the food drive. Food collected for our food drive was delivered and very much appreciated by the food bank. I would personally like to thank Nicole Svidal and Sharon Nigh for helping handle the delivery.

*Winterfest is coming up Thursday January 23rd from 5pm-7pm. Please come and join us for a FREE yummy evening of spaghetti, salad and bread. Plan to enter our annual sauce contest. Top 3 winners win gift cards. We will also have a family photo booth and some other fun things. Well worth the trip out.

*Box Tops Top 3 Winning Classes Are….Mrs. Rubino = 922; Mrs. Parris = 722; and Mrs. Herbers = 704. Congratulations! These classes will receive treat parties before break. Keep up the good work!

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Sixth grade would like to thank everyone who saves their aluminum cans and brings them into their student’s classroom.

At the end of each month, the class with the most amount of cans wins a popcorn and soda party.

As well as contributing to taking care of our planet, you are also helping sixth grade with special events like speakers for Outdoor Lab, incentives for doing their school-wide jobs, and other classroom related expenses.

Please continue to save during the break and bring all your cans in when we return in January.

Aluminum Cans for Sixth Grade

Every two years, Jeffco students in grades two through 12 are given a chance to tell the district and Peck Elementary how they feel about issues ranging from safety to academics by taking the Make Your Voice Heard (MYVH) student survey.

MYVH measures student engagement with our schools on a four-point scale by assessing student- staff relationships, connection to school, discipline practices, safety, future aspirations, academic challenge and engagement. We value this information from our students because research connects student engagement with academic achievement, increased graduation rates, better behavior and greater student confidence.

The results from the student survey are used by our school, teachers and the district to create strategies, programs or instructional adjustments to better engage their students both inside and outside of the classroom.

Parents may review a paper copy of the MYVH survey items in our school’s main office or request an electronic copy by contacting Principal John Katsanis. For more information about the MYVH survey or if you do not want your student to take the survey, please contact our school’s main office at 303-982-0590.

Making Students’ Voices Heard

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News from the LMC

Andi Johnson, Teacher-Librarian

Razzle Dazzle Writers

Congratulations to these students who were chosen by their teachers as Razzle Dazzle Writers. They had lunch with Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Harris in the library on Nov. 21. Their writing is on display and hanging in the library … come and check them out!

Henry Sophia Chavarria Ethan Wilson Powers Peyton Julius Addy Skaja Crowell Maddison Deleon Anthony Williams Herbers Spencer Jensen Hailey Bennecke Poisson Lilly Kellerman Phillip Delaney Samp Evalina Martinez Seamus Carroll Wolf Joshua Lehocky Isis Medina Flann Drake Vanderwork Maricela Puga Rodriguez Piper McGrath Trenton Chapman Parris Faith Gallegos Noah Green Safranka Ella McCormick Blake Korosec Beasley Ethan Hawley Dillon Slaughter Colley Brooklyn Molina Jayce Lambert-Alo Hall Kayla Rost Nick House Kreider Frances Ross Emma Hawkins

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Right Referrals

The “Right Referral” is a program designed to recognize students for good behavior. The adult who witnessed the positive behavior completes a “Right Referral” form and turns it into Mr. Katsanis. Once every two weeks, he will visit the classrooms of the students who received a “Right Referral” and recognize them and share why they were referred. Here are the students who were referred this month:

Kinder-garten

Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6

Allison Boggs

Alanna Abeyta

Akela Armantrout

Brooke Doolittle

Leah Abeyta

Sara Clifford

Nia Baker

Thomas Borshoff

Hailey Bennecke

Rex Bauer Eva Gallegos Maeve Carroll

Anna Edmundson(2)

Isaac Carroll

Aaron Brock-meier

Draven Duran

Seamus Carroll

Garren Gechter

Evan Carver (2)

Mackenzie Huff

Annabelle Fairbee

Nehemiah Coble

Patrick Ferguson

Phillip Delaney

Felicia Kibler

Gage Chavez

Taliah Griffin

Heather Kallen-bach

Melissa Cruz-Avila

Giovanni Fernandez

Leilani Goetz

Cameron Moore

Emily Combes (2)

Lily Kaula Bailey Nielson

Jordon Deleon

Alyssa Flesher (2)

Joseph Ibarra

Alexis Ruybal (2)

Leiam Daniels

Tiernan Kincaid

Eduardo Perez

David Garcia

Eddie Jaramillo

Harrison Julius

Reegan Sprake-Jones

James Dodd

Tayler Paine (2)

Kayla Rost

Devon Hawkins

Spencer Jensen

Jacob Laubhan

Noah Green Shyann Smith

Brodie Ruybal

Joshua Hughes

Kyler Hawkins

Evalina Martinez

Isaiah Herrera

Koby Tafoya

Joey Walsh

Peyton Julius

Katelyn Kula Bradlee Paine

Blake Korosec

Kate Vogler

Rachel Lehocky(2)

Maxwell Pomeroy(2)

Apollo Payne

Tyler Moore

Tibault Wilms

Rebecca Mosconi

Nate Riggsby

Rilynn Nickelson

John Ziemann

Adalyn Skaja

Avani Rodriguez

Dylan Richards

Bryson Venne (2)

Mason Sponsel

Ethan Wilson

Dylan VanDyke

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Ram Pride Recognition

For this month we had 786 students awarded a RAM PRIDE ticket. Students receive the tickets each time they are “caught” demonstrating one of the following Positive Behaviors by any member of our staff:

Promote and practice safety

Respect self and others

Imagine success

Dare to care

Engage in learning

Each Friday our Student Council draws 14 (2 per grade level) RamPride tickets and those students are rewarded with a prize from the RAM PRIDE basket. The following students’ names were drawn this month:

P R I D E Anthony Martinez

Maddy Dallaire

Dylan Brown Demetris Arguello

Matthew Ardoin

Maddison Sparks

Annabelle Fairbee

Hailey Slaughter

Madison Dallaire

Abigail Carroll

Isaiah Herrera Joey Walsh Erick Garcia Evan Carver Caleb Gordon Phillip

Delaney Alicia

Montoya Angeliyah Gonzales

Rafael Hernandez

Genesis Krien Zoe Laubhan Aliya Moore

(2) Cecilia Moore Tayler Paine Alexis Ruybal

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January 2014

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1

WINTER BREAK

2 WINTER BREAK

3 WINTER BREAK

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5 6 WINTER BREAK

7 WINTER BREAK

8 Students return to school 6:30-7:30pm PTA Meeting Round 1 Choice Enrollment Begins Art/PE

9 2:20-3:20 Grade 3 Tutoring 2:20-3:00 Target College Art/PE

10 7:00-7:30 Spelling Bee Club Art/PE

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12 13 2:20-3:00 Yearbook Club Music/PE

14 2:20-3:15 Choir 2:20-3:00 Target College 2:20-3:20 Grade 3-6 Tutoring Music/PE

15 5:00-9:00pm PTA Sonic Fundraiser Music/PE

16 12:45-2:20 Peck Spelling Bee 2:20-3:15 Choir 2:20-3:00 Target College 2:20-3:20 Grade 3-6 Tutoring Art/Music

17 Art/Music

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19 20 NO SCHOOL STUDENTS AND STAFF

21 2:20-3:15 Choir 2:20-3:00 Target College 2:20-3:20 Grade 3-6 Tutoring Kindergarten Registration begins

22 2:20-3:30 Overtime Athletics

23 2:20-3:00 Target College 2:20-3:20 Grade 3-6 Tutoring 5:30-7:30 PTA Winterfest

24 Round 1 Choice Enrollment Closes 7:00-8:00am PTA Grade 5 Breakfast 1:00-2:00 PTA Fundraiser Limo Ride 2:20-4:00 PTA Fundraiser Party 3:00-9:00 PTA Chuck E Cheese Fundraiser MID-TERMS go home

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26 27 2:20-3:30 Overtime Athletics CONFERENCES Art/Music

28 2:20-3:15 Choir 2:20-3:20 Grade 3-6 Tutoring CONFERENCES NO TARGET COLLEGE Art/PE

29 2:20-3:30 Overtime Athlet-ics CONFERENCES Art/PE

30 2:20-3:15 Choir 2:20-3:20 Grade 3-6 Tutoring CONFERENCES NO TARGET COLLEGE Art/PE

31 Music/PE