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September 27, 2019
Dear Walnut Hills Families,
Can you believe it is already the end of September? I adore fall and all it
brings. I love the enthusiasm and excitement around learning! Thank you
all again for your support to ensure all students are on-time to school and
ready to learn. It has been a fantastic start to the school year.
We have three exciting upcoming events at Walnut Hills. I hope to see you
all!
On Friday, October 4th, is Multicultural Night and LAUNCH Night.
Kindergarten through fifth grade students will be launching their cultural
identity projects from 6-6:30pm in their classrooms. After LAUNCH, we will
have different booths that will have authentic food, traditions, apparall,
artifacts, information, and dress which represent many different cultures at
Walnut Hills. We are adding an all school art project in the innovation
space and games as well as songs and dance in the cafeteria. Can’t wait
to see you all there.
On Friday, October 11th, we will have our first RISE assembly. This is a
special assembly to recognize Respect, Intergrity, Safety, and Excellence
(RISE) behaviors of our students. Teachers will be contatcing parents of
children who have been nominated for a RISE award and inviting these
families to the assembly. Remember, not all children will recognized at this
first assembly. However, we have two more RISE assemblies to ensure all
children are recognized for RISE positive behaviors. The theme for the
first assembly is a “GLOW & GROW.”
AND on October 24 from 3:00pm-4:00pm we are celebrating our 50th
Birthday! Please join us for the celebration. I look forward to seeing you all
at this very special occasion.
Recently many of your children received their CMAS (Colorado
Measurements of Academic Success assessment scores in the areas
English Language Arts, Math, and Science. CMAS is the state summative
assessment that measured reading, writing, math, and science based on
Important Dates
Wednesday, October 2 Official State Count Day Please make every effort
to have your child in school to be counted!
Friday, October 4
LAUNCH/Multicultural Night
6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, October 8 PTCO Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Friday, October 11 RISE Assembly
8:30 a.m.
Attendance Line: 720-554-3895
Cougar Club: 720-554-3821
Snow Delay & Closure Line: 720-554-4701
School Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
School Grounds Open: 7:45 a.m.
Website:
8195 E. Costilla Blvd.
Centennial, CO 80112
720-554-3800 office
720-554-3888 fax
Cyndi Burdick -
the Colorado Academic Standards. Third through fifth grade students took
the CMAS assessments in ELA and Math. Fifth grade students took the
Science CMAS assessment. Assessments were taken in April of last year.
Please find the 2019-2020 Walnut Hills’ Status results listed below. The
number in each column represents the percentage of students per grade
level that met and/or exceeded in the areas of English language arts and
math. The number in parenthesis represents the percentage point increase
or decrease compared to the 2018/2019 PARCC results for each grade level
and content area.
CMAS ELA/ Math/Social Studies/Science
Grade Level English Language Arts (ELA)
Math Social Studies(SS) Science (SCI)
Third 53% (+4) 48% (-7) NA
Fourth 71% (+1) 53% (+2) 36% SS (N/A)
Fifth 71% (+7) 51% (0) 55% SCI (0)
As there are celebrations, there is still more work to do. We will work to
efficiently and effectively demonstrate incremental growth across content
areas every year. We are committed to moving forward and upward every
year, by providing your children with high caliber instruction, which will lead
each student down a path of success.
On behalf of the entire Walnut Hills’ staff, we are truly looking forward to a
rewarding and successful school year. I know that we will accomplish a great
deal and I appreciate in advance everything you do as parents to support our
schools and our children as we work together to achieve excellence for all.
The increased enrollment, the increased academic growth and achievement,
and the evolution of Innovation at Walnut Hills is amazing! Thank you all for
being a part of hard work and dedication to ensure EVERY CHILD, EVERY
DAY succeeds.
IMAGINE WALNUT HILLS-
Teolyn Bourbonnie
Principal
Important Dates
Monday, October 14-Friday, October 18
Fall Break – No School Thursday, October 24
Walnut Hills 50th Celebration (see invitation below)
Friday, November 1 Report Cards Home
Monday, November 4- Thursday, November 7
Conferences
Friday, November 8 No School
Monday, November 11
Veterans Day Assembly 9:00 a.m.
INCLEMENT WEATHER DISMISSAL Severe rain and or lightning / Severe weather advisory – Inside dismissal (we will make
announcements on the intercom and marquee as time allows)
Kids will be held in classrooms (Children attending Cougar Club is the only exception)
Sign out students in classrooms to authorized parents or guardians only Release Bussers outside when safe Release Walkers outside when safe If the weather lasts a long period of time, send Walkers to the office to call parents for pick up
SNACKS All grade levels have the opportunity to have a snack during the day. Please send snacks with
your children daily.
ANIMALS AT SCHOOL Please do not bring animals to school or on the school grounds during school hours, this includes arrival and dismissal times. Even the best behaved animals can get spooked or alarmed with the noise and commotion taking place at arrival and dismissal time. We have also found that many of our children have allergies and fears of animals.
NEWS FROM THE NURSE The clinic is in need of donations of boy’s undies (size LG) and pants, sweats, leggings for boys and girls (all sizes). Thank you!
Veteran’s Day
Celebration Monday, November 11th
All Veterans are invited to join us for coffee & treats starting at 8:30 a.m. before the
celebration assembly at 9:00 a.m. If you would like to stay, lunch is on us in our cafeteria.
(free lunch is only for veterans)
Please R.S.V.P to the office if you can attend 720-554-3800
STEAM CORNER
Please review with your children the importance of respecting innovation space and caring for the items inside.
No food or drink in the space
No running
No climbing
Respecting equipment, furniture and supplies.
Always being safe in the space with the tools, equipment, etc.
STEAM SUPPLY DONATIONS
Please help us gather supplies for our STEAM projects. Items can be dropped off at the Main Office.
pom pom balls pipe cleaners Velcro tape craft/popsicle sticks sm/lg egg cartons milk cartons cotton balls boxes of all sorts rubber bands aluminum foil trash bags (kitchen size) brown paper lunch bags toilet paper rolls paper towel rolls index cards
masking tape duct tape straws cardboard string/yarn marbles glue/glue sticks hot glue gun glue sticks pop cans/soup cans plastic bottles fabric wood scraps cupcake liners coffee filters plastic bottle caps
playing cards toothpicks buttons ribbon bubble wrap clothes pins paper plates paper cups Items for taking apart: old clocks small machines used electronics (phones, computers, keyboards, monitors,
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