December, 2014

Cottonwood Comments Cottonwood Elementary School

Students Serve

Thanksgiving Dinner

The classes of Jenny Nash, Kim Muckelbauer

and Kristi Herron cooked and served Thanks-

giving Dinner to CES staff on Fri., Nov. 21.

Money raised will be used to purchase Christ-

mas gifts for soldiers the classes have adopted

for the year.

CES CELEBRATES FROZEN DAY

On Friday, December 19, 2014, Cottonwood

Elementary will celebrate Frozen Day. We are

asking students to come dressed in their pajamas

and slippers. We will start the day off with some

singing and activities in the gym from 8:30 to

9:00 a.m. Students will have the opportunity

during the morning to go to the gym for an hour

to enjoy some snowman games. Activities will

be held in the morning related to snow. In the

afternoon, students will watch the movie

Frozen.

Parties

Class parties will be held Thursday,

December 18th for all grades.

All parties will be held from 2:15 to 2:45.

Second Grade Music Program

Cottonwood Second Grade Students will per-

form “It’s A Celebration” on Tuesday, Dec. 2,

2014. The performance will take place in the

Sunflower Elementary gym starting at 7:00

p.m. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.

REMINDERS ABOUT CES 1. If you sign your child out before dismissal,

those minutes are kept track of and counted

towards absences.

2. The double line for car pick up at night BE-

GINS WHERE THE PARKING LOT ENDS.

YOU MERGE BACK TO ONE LINE WHEN

YOU GET TO THE FRONT DRIVE FOR

THE PARKING LOT.

3. If you choose to park and walk your child in

during morning time, PLEASE WALK THEM

ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE CROSS-

WALK. Don’t just let them out and have them

walk by themselves.

4. At night, we ask that adults walk over and

get students. Please don’t send a student/

sibling to get them. Otherwise it would be bet-

ter for you to get in line.

FAMILY MATH NIGHT

On Thursday, November 20, 2014, Cottonwood Elementary held a Family Math Night

starting at 6:20 p.m. Fifty-three families came and enjoyed an evening of learning and

playing math games. Each family was provided a packet with multiple game instruc-

tions, dice, cards and game markers. Families also had the opportunity to visit websites

which had games and use apps on the IPads. Parents also learned how to log on to the

Everyday Math website in order to access games from their homes. We appreciate all

the support from parents by bringing their students to this fun evening! Check out our

Facebook page to see all the pictures from Family Math Night.

Second Grade Community Service Project

Second Graders will have the opportunity to participate in a community service

project until December 12th. They are collecting NEW gloves/mittens, stocking hats and

socks. They will be decorating a Christmas tree in the second grade pod. The new items

will be donated to Cops for Tots. This project is optional.

From the Nurse

If you received a letter notifying you of missing immunizations

or physical, please take care of those and bring the

documentation into Cottonwood as soon as possible.

Thank you, Robin Meeks District Nurse

Cold Weather Has Arrived!

Cold weather has arrived at Cottonwood. Please make sure

students are dressed warmly and have coats, gloves, hats, etc. We

monitor the temperature throughout the day. If the tempera-

ture or wind chill is below 20 degrees, we have indoor

recess. If both are 20 degrees or above, we will go out-

side for recess.

Winter Break

Friday, December 19th will be our last day of classes before Winter Break. Classes will

resume on Monday, January 5th, 2015.

WATCH DOG CALENDAR FOR DECEMBER

Dec. 1 -

Dec. 2 -

Dec. 3 -

Dec. 4 -

Dec. 5 - Mike Kauk & Coram McHenry

Dec. 8 -

Dec. 9 -

Dec. 10 - James Campbell

Dec. 11 - Shaun Hyatt & Frank McMahon

Dec. 12 - Tim McIntire

Dec. 15 - Ken Meyer & Michael Valent

Dec. 16 - J.R. Garner

Dec. 17 - Lucas Cole

Dec. 18 - Jason Peck & Wes Reitinger

Dec. 19 - Rusty Walters, Jody Malone & Ryan Johnson

Merry Christmas!!!

FIRST GRADERS MAKE BLANKETS

Jamie Smith’s First Grade along with their Fifth Grade buddy class, Mrs. Pitzer’s Fifth

grade classroom, did a service project on November 25, 2014. Parents donated fleece fab-

ric for students to cut and tie fleece blankets which are being donated to Children’s Mercy

Hospital for sick children.

MAP TESTING

MAP testing will take place for 1st grade starting Tuesday, Dec. 2. Map testing for second

grade will start Wednesday, Dec. 10. A letter with more information and the schedule has

gone home with students already.