Mustang Tales
September 30, 2022 Vol. 3 Issue 46
Message from Ms. Masone
Dear Families:
What a great week homecoming week at MSES. Spirit Week kept us busy, along with Homecoming and a lot of learning along the way.
Ms Mussi, third grade teacher, helped us organize Creek Week.The entire school helped clean our environment to keep our watershed clean. Several grade levels cleaned the parks and stream beds and intermediate grades walked to our nearby parks to remove trash. Way to go Mustangs!
Preschool and Kindergarten classes visited Manitou Springs Fire Department and learned how to be fire aware. October is Fire Safety Month and soon the Fire Department will visit MSES.
In this edition, meet our special education teachers: Anna Fox, Malcomb Vrecenar, Jenny Romano and Vanessa Roberts. We are indeed lucky to have such a talented crew supporting all of us here at MSES. Next week, you will meet our terrific paraprofessionals.
Each year, all public school districts and facilities across the state of Colorado report the number of students who are actively enrolled and attending classes. There is now a window for capturing this enrollment information, but we wanted to let you know that this year's October Count Day is Monday, October 3. For us, student attendance matters each and every day.
Warmly,
Maria
Spirit Week Photos
Field Trip Photos
Creek Week
Homecoming Parade
Important Dates
- Oct 5: Late Start, 2 Hour Delay
- Oct 11: 4th Grade to Flying Pig Farm, 9am-12pm
- Oct 14: No School, Staff Work Day
- Oct 17-21: Scholastic Book Fair - Open before and after school and during Conferences!
- Oct 19: Fall Individual Picture Retake Day
- Oct 20: Half Day 12:30pm Dismissal (Parent/Teacher Conferences)
- Oct 21: No School, Staff Work Day (Parent/Teacher Conferences)
- Oct 26: Late Start, 2 Hour Delay
- Oct 27: Larsen's + Goldman's Classes to Starsmore Discovery Center 8:30am - 2pm
- Oct 28: The Return of MANIBOO, our annual Halloween Carnival! @MSES, 4:30-7:30pm
Homecoming Bonfire Photo Credit: Elizabeth Guess, MSFD
Meet Our SPED Team!
Below: Anna Fox, Jenny Romano, Vanessa Roberts, Malcomb Vrecenar
Ask Your Experts!
Kindergarten
Kindergarten students have been learning how to "crack the code" to reading! They have focused on learning 3 vowels (a, i, o) and 5 consonants (m, t, d, c, g) and how those letter sounds can be combined to create words. Ask your little expert to read words using combinations of those 8 letters: cat, dog, dig, did, mid, dim, it, at, gig. Students have also been learning about their five senses. Ask your expert the following questions:
- What are our five senses? (seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, smelling)
- What do our eyes help us do? (see)
- What do your ears help us do? (hear)
- How can our senses help us know if danger is nearby? (our nose can smell smoke, our ears can hear alarms, our fingers can tell us if something is hot, our eyes can see danger)
- How do the nerves under our skin help us feel? (They send messages to the brain letting us know what it is we are feeling.)
- What part of our body can we use to feel? (Anything that is covered with skin—hands, feet, faces, arms, legs, etc.)
Second Grade
We also participated in Creek Week cleanup and cleaned up the library lawn. Students worked hard to make the space clean. We found so much trash!
Please keep an eye out for our October Book It Pizza calendar that will be coming out soon. We love celebrating students reading at home, and it is a really great opportunity for students to earn hot delicious pizza each month at school from November through April.
Fourth Grade
Here are some photos of fourth graders in Mrs. Goldman's class drawing detailed maps of their bedrooms/our classroom, including all necessary map features, as well as admiring our class Life Zone Mountain Project for the first time!
Spanish
Hola amigos,
In Spanish, among other topics, fourth and fifth graders are learning simple sentences like "Where are you going ?"--"¿Ádonde vas?" Third graders are learning the classic song "De Colores," while second graders are learning the primary colors. Kindergarten and first grade students are learning "I Am"-- " Yo soy."
Counselor's Corner
Hey Mustang Families!
This week in first grade: Your child learned to use body language and context clues to figure out when someone feels calm. They practiced looking at the person’s face and body, as well as thinking about what’s going on in the situation. Encourage your child to notice when others around them feel calm. Have them practice using body language and context clues to figure out when family members, friends, or characters in books, movies, or on TV might be feeling calm
This week in second grade: Your child learned how to use positive self-talk to help themselves feel better when they’re upset, disappointed, or worried. Ask your child what they want to tell themselves when they’re having a tough day. Encourage them to use positive self-talk at home.
Last week in third grade: Your child learned words for three degrees of anger: annoyed, angry, and furious. Ask your child to explain the differences between feeling annoyed, angry, and furious.
This week in fourth grade: We continued talking about how to prevent bullying. This weeks lesson was on how bystanders can help prevent bullying with bystander power. Ask your child to tell you
There were no SEL lessons in 5th grade last week: Fifth graders were away at 5th grade camp!
Next week I will be out of office Wednesday-Friday at the Colorado School Counseling Association Conference to help myself develop further as a professional! If you need anything in my absence please reach out to the MSES front office or the School Social Worker, Chrissy Zakrzewski.
Ashley Root, MA, LPCC
School Counselor
Manitou Springs Elementary School
Message from PAC- Maniboo is Back!
SAVE THE DATE! ----- OCTOBER 28, 2022-----SAVE THE DATE
We are planning to host Mantboo October 28th from 4:30-7:00pm at MSES. We are in the planning stage - please be on the lookout in the coming weeks for volunteer opportunities, donations and more information!
Donations
Box Tops Went Digital!
Manitou Springs Elementary School
Maria Masone, Principal
Jennifer Sueppel, Assistant Principal
Email: mmasone@mssd14.org
Website: mse.mssd14.org
Location: 110 Pawnee Avenue, Manitou Springs, CO, USA
Phone: 719-685-2195
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Manitou-Springs-Elementary-212896538758987/