Cougar Roar
Canyon Rim Elementary Monthly Newsletter
Welcome to the Canyon Rim Family!
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Email: canyonriminfo@gilbertschools.net
Website: https://www.gilbertschools.net/canyonrim
Location: 3045 South Canyon Rim Mesa, AZ 85212
Phone: 480-984-3216
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CanyonRimElementary
January 2024
The Principal's Corner
Happy New Year! Our students and staff have enjoyed an excellent first few days of the 2nd semester as we welcomed students back to campus from winter break. It has been wonderful to see the excitement from students as they share their memories from their time away from school. Mrs. Fleming and I went to every classroom last week and held class meetings. We went over behavior expectations, classroom expectations, respect for adults, and reminders to only use positive language. With that said, our students have exceeded expectations in regards to jumping back in to our daily routines and displaying appropriate behaviors in order to be successful around campus and in the classroom.
I invited Shane McCord (Superintendent), Lori Wood (Governing Board President), and Jason Martin (Director of Elementary Schools) to attend our Cougar Pep Assembly before break. It was special having GPS guests celebrate our #1 ranking in front of all our students. The picture with our amazing teachers is below.
2nd quarter report cards were made available last Friday. You can access student report cards digitally via your Infinite Campus Parent Portal.
Friendly reminder that every Friday is CRE spirit day!
Happy and safe 2024,
Joe Lopat
Principal
Early Release Wednesdays, Half Days & No School Holidays
Early Release Wednesdays @ 1:55 p.m. - 1/3, 1/10, 1/17, 1/31
MLK Day= NO SCHOOL- 1/15
Half Days Release @ 11:55 pm- 1/24
Let's look forward to all the fun learning opportunities we'll have next school year!
Enroll for the 2024-2025 school year here!
Nurse's Corner
CRE is a Latex-free school, as we have students on campus who are extremely allergic to latex. Because latex powder can be transferred through latex and even mylar balloons, we ask that parents keep the birthday celebration balloons at home. Thank you!
Cougars Giving Back to Community Opportuity
Join the Student Council along with other Canyon Rim families at Feed My Starving Children for a night of giving back to the community!
You must reserve your spot here: https://bit.ly/crefmsc
Hello Canyon Rim Families,
We hope you all had a fun and happy Winter Break. We hope your celebrations were
fun for everyone and that your New Years was safe and is starting off well. It was great to see
all the favorite guys come out with their students at the Donuts With Your Favorite Guy event
in December. We had a great turn out and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.
2024 is now upon us and we have our first Family Night Out event at Main Event on
January 29th . We hope to see you there as we try out this fundraiser. The PTA will receive back
a portion of the sales from food, bowling, and arcade cards. Our first PTA meeting of 2024 will
be on the 11th at 5:30 PM in the Canyon Rim Library where we will be discussing the events we
still have scheduled and preparing for the election of next year’s PTA Board. If you have
questions or are curious about a particular board position, please come to the meeting and find
out more. Have a great month!
If you have any questions, comments, concerns or want to find out about upcoming
meetings you are always welcome to email us at info@canyonrimpta.org or check out our
website at www.canyonrimpta.org.
Chris Stratton – Canyon Rim PTA President
Don't Forget to Report your Students Absence!
There is a new and improved way for our parents and guardians to report student absences. This new feature is quick and easy to use and can be accessed through your Infinite Campus Parent Portal or through your Infinite Campus app. Simply log in to your Infinite Campus Parent Portal and click on the ‘Submit Absence Requests’ graphic.
Please note you will still be able to call in and leave a message on our school’s attendance phone line if you would prefer. For more information on how to log in to your Infinite Campus Parent Portal and use this new feature please visit www.gilbertschools.net/IC.