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May 2004
- Last day of school is Thursday, May 27!
Report cards will be handed out that day except to students
who still have library books out, or who owe money to CVCS or
to Zimmerly for the hot lunch program. Please check your
account at the school.
- 8th Grade Graduation Ceremony
will be held at CVCS Wednesday, May 26 at 7:00 p.m., immediately
following the evening concert.
Congratulations to our very first graduating class!
- CVCS Music Concerts will be held at the school on Wednesday, May 26, at
1:00p.m. and again at 6:00p.m. Participating students
must arrive for evening concert warm-up by
5:30p.m. sharp!
- Grades 3-5 will have science day on May 21. K-2 will also
hold a "science buffet" on that day.
- Grades 1-5 will have a pool party at the NM Tech Swim Center
Thursday May 21. They will leave CVCS at 12:00p.m., walk
to the pool, and return at 2:00p.m. All participating students
must bring swimsuit, towel, sunscreen, water bottle,
hat, and sunglasses. Parents are welcome to join us. If
you have any questions, please contact the PE teacher,
Christine Hicklin, at the school (838-2026).
- Reminder: early-release day on Friday, May 14.
- Stanford-9 tests will be given during the week of May 10.
- The CVCS Spring Festival is Saturday, May 8 at
6:00-9:30p.m. As your admission "fee", please bring a can
of food per person (donation to our local food bank) and
one pot-luck food item per family. The fun includes:
- Pot-luck supper
- Socorro music groups
- Dancing
- Water balloons
- Lemonade stand
- Raffle. Prizes include a lovely large doll handmade by
CVCS teacher Mrs. Susan Brennan. If you would like to
donate a prize to benefit CVCS, please call the office
at 838-2026.
- The 2004-2005 student lottery
will be held on May 7 at 3:00 p.m. Parents of prospective
new students must complete an
Intent to Enroll Form to enter your child in this lottery.
- The district Kindergarten spelling bee will be held May 6
at the central district office.
- The wolf sanctuary will bring a wolf for K-4 to learn about
on Wednesday, May 5 at 12:00 noon.
- Current students who will be returning for 2004-2005 must
re-enroll by May 5. For re-enrollment forms, please contact
Jill at 838-2026.
- Governing Council Election
is May 4. Voting is open to all school parents as well as
all registered voters in Socorro county. Poll times are
from 8:00am-7:00pm.
April 2004
- CVCS Open House will be Tuesday, April 27, from
5:30-7:00 p.m. Please join us for this terrific chance to
meet teachers, talk to other parents and students, and
see what CVCS is all about.
- The Usborne Book Fair will be held Tuesday, April
27, from 9:00-4:00 and during the Open House, continuing
Wednesday, April 28, from 9:00-3:00. Please take this
opportunity to purchase some excellent children's books at
great prices, while also raising money for the school.
- The CVCS 2002-2003 standard testing
report is now available as a
printable flyer.
It works best with two-sided printing, but you can also just
print this PDF file, attach the two sheets with their blank
sides back-to-back, and fold in half.
February 2004
- Congratulations to Jay Majumdar, a CVCS eighth-grader,
who won the Socorro County spelling bee for the second year
in a row!
- Congratulations to the CVCS Science Olympiad team and
their coach, Mr. Edington! They competed in the regional
tournament in Silver City on February 7, and came fourth in
their division. In addition, they won the Spirit Award for
enthusiasm and outstanding conduct. Now the team is getting
ready for the NM state Science Olympiad, which will be held
at NM Tech's Macey Center on February 21. Good luck, team!
- The CVCS school library has many great books, with a huge
shipment expected on Monday Feb. 23rd. Stop by any time
and check some out. If you are looking for something in
particular, just ask school librarian and secretary Jill Urban.
- February 18th is Dental Day at Dr. Oates' clinic across
the street. Permission slips will be sent home the
week before.
- Susan Martinez will hold a class for teachers and
interested parents on the Inclusion Classroom
on Friday, Feb. 13, 1-3p.m.
- Charter School Day at the NM Legislature!
Classes from 4th, 7th and 8th grades, along with the Student
Council representatives from grades 5-8, will go on a bus
to the Roundhouse in Santa Fe on Monday, Feb. 9. Student
Council members will act as pages for Rep. Don Tripp, and
all students will take a tour of the legislature. Students
must be at CVCS by 6:15a.m. The bus will return to
CVCS at 5:00pm. Bring a water bottle and sack lunch. Parent
volunteers are needed; please contact your child's teacher
if you are interested. Permission slips must be signed.
- Class spelling bees are being held in early February,
in preparation
for the county spelling bee on Friday Feb. 13th at 9:00a.m.
More information is available from your child's teacher.
January 2004
- Welcome to our new teachers:
- Ms. Alex Rykken, art and fine arts
- Mr. Rodney Mayfield, middle school science
- CVCS Geography Bee: 3rd place Nikki Engler, 2nd place Og McCord,
winner Isaac Burleigh. Congratulations all of you!
- PLEASE NOTE: There will be no
school bus service on the first day back (Monday, January 5,
2004) as the other district schools return the
following day.
December 2003
- Friday, December 19, is the last day of school
before the winter break, and is an early-release day.
- The CVCS Christmas Concert will be held at Finley Gym on
Wednesday, December 17, at 6:30 p.m. Students performing
should arrive at 6:00 p.m. Update: here are some photos of
kindergarten,
third grade, and
sixth grade students
performing.
- Willie Mozley in CVCS' 5th-grade class won the Socorro County Declamation Contest. Congratulations Willie!
November 2003
- The Young Explorers will hike on the sand dunes north of
Sevilleta on Saturday, November 22. For details, please see
the Young Explorers Home Page
- 5th and 6th graders at CVCS are participating in the National Dance Institute.
Performances will be held on November 13 at Macey Center.
- The annual CVCS Fall Festival will be held on Saturday,
November 8, from 11:00a.m. to 2:00p.m. Besides being
great fun for the whole family, this event is also a
fundraiser for the Student Council. Please come and join us!
October 2003
- The Young Explorers will have their first outing of the
school year, Sunday, October 12, to the Manzano Hawk Watch
Observation site. For details see the
Young Explorers Home Page
- CVCS Open House will be Tuesday, October 7,
from 5:00-6:30p.m. The Scholastic Book Fair will be on at
CVCS all that week, October 6-10. Please come by and check
out the many excellent books for sale at excellent prices.
CVCS will receive a percentage of the proceeds to put toward
books for the school, so besides getting great books yourself,
you will also be helping to improve our library.
- Picture re-takes Monday, October 6. Please return
prints from the first session to Jill before then.
September 2003
- Parent-teacher conferences will be held Tuesday
September 23 and Wednesday September 24, after school.
Please contact Jill in the office to schedule your
appointment.
August 2003
- The first day of school is Tuesday, August 19.
- A family potluck will be held Thursday, August 14 at 5.30 pm
at the park just south of Macey Auditorium. Please bring chairs
and a dish to share with six people. Come and meet the new teachers
and visit with old friends.
- The new class teachers this year are Ms Sunny Baer (3rd grade),
Mr Jim Stokes (4th grade), and Creighton Edington (Middle school
science and history). We also have new teachers for Spanish, PE,
and Art.
- This year the school year will be extended to 3.00pm. Please
call Annabelle with the district if you have questions about buses.
- Please save all your boxtops for education and soup labels for
our school! The boxtops turn into real money and are found on
many items! You can send them with your child to the office. Thank
you!
- If you haven't signed up for Smiths Earn & Learn program, please
do it soon! Our school received over $2000 last year from smiths
last year which was spent on library books, field trips, and overhead
projectors. Thank you for shopping at Smiths!
- We will be serving free breakfast at the picnic tables each
morning beginning at 8:00am.
- We need your trash! Our kindergarten class needs old uniforms,
hats, fancy dresses, and purses for a dress-up box. All classes
need various supplies like paper tubes from paper towel rolls,
toilet paper rolls or wrapping paper, Old magazines, plastic containers
(sour cream, butter, etc) with lids, clean tuna cans, foam trays
from meat, buttons, felt pieces, and aluminum pie tins. Thank
you for thinking of CVCS!
- I would like to compile an e-mail list to send parents notes
that I usually send home with the students but often don't make
it into their parent's hands… please complete the bottom portion
of this note and return it to me in the office the first week
of school.
- Student pictures will be taken on Friday August 29. Makeup
pictures will be taken in October.
- Immunizations: All kindergartners and 7th graders need the HepB
series. If you child has not had the chicken pox immunization,
we will need a written statement from you stating that your child
has had chicken pox and when he/she had it. Please contact your
physican and make sure your child's immunizations are up-to-date.
- Students will be walking to Zimmerley for lunch again this year.
If you would like your child to have a hot lunch you do not need
to send any lunch money. Lunches will be billled to your child's
account. Walkers will leave for Zimmerely at 10:45 and return
at 11:00, while students remaining at CVCS will eat from 11:00
to 11:30
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Cottonwood Valley Charter School has created a National Wildlife
Federation Schoolyard Habitat site. In our garden we’ve stressed
the importance of using native and drought-tolerant plants in
this arid region. Not only does the garden provide a valuable
learning opportunity, but we will be doing our local wildlife
a favor too.
Many thanks to: Bosque Del Apache,USDA NRCS Plants Materials,
and Socorro Soil and Water Conservation.
More pictures of the habitat
- Perfect Pastimes after school activities at
Parkview and Zimmerly are available to Charter School students. Call the office for more information. 838-2026
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