News from the Creek
Hippo Nation...Leave a Legacy! May 2022
CCES has campus goals focused on student success!
Using Data to Drive Instruction
Using Best-Instructional Practices to Impact Student Performance
Growing Leaders- Self, Staff, Students
A Note from your CCE Principal
Dear CCES Families--
Wow~ It seems like yesterday that CCES staff visited communities with our Kona Ice trucks to meet and greet our families at the start of this school year! Can you believe that May is already here? Neither can we!
What a wonderful year we are having (and are wrapping up) with students this month of May! Don't let the end of the school year fool you, our teachers and staff are hard at work to get students prepared for the next school year so that they start off strong and with the right skills for success in all areas of their lives!
Although the end of the school year is always busier, our focus and energy continue to be on our campus goals above. Our students and their success as wonderfully prepared scholars and community members are the reason that we love what we do!
We have thoroughly enjoyed our students this school year and have reaped the benefits of being part of your child's life! We have loved every academic celebration! I have loved each hug, smile, high five, and fist bump that I have received this year! I already know that over the summer, I will miss the many little faces that say "Hello, hola, Ms. Pachicano" each morning! I will be anticipating their return again in August!
To our CCES families~ please enjoy the summer sun, your family time, long conversations with your children, reading your favorite books, and watching a great movie! AND absolutely take time to unwind, relax, and "Just Be."
CCES has the BEST Staff, Students, and Families! We hope that we have "Left a Legacy" this school year! Our students are "Legendary" at Cottonwood Creek Elementary!
Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to "Leave a Legacy" one student at a time!
Linda Pachicano
Principal, Cottonwood Creek Elementary
Counseling Corner with Mrs. Kozak!
In May, my guidance lesson will focus on:
College and Career
This month we will have different guest visitors teaching our students about their career paths. Students will also have an opportunity to explore different colleges and careers in class and during tech time.
May HippoWay Character Education Trait:
- Citizenship & Patriotism- Getting involved and helping my school, community, and country.
Our classroom teachers will be teaching our hippo way trait lesson of the month the 1st week, and our SEL lesson the third week of the month during classroom Community Circle.
If you have any questions regarding our character education program, SEL lessons, and school counselor guidance, please don't hesitate to contact me at valerie.kozak@huttoisd.net.
CCES wishes one of our staff members the very best!
You will see a few new faces next year! Our campus is growing and more staff is needed each year! We anticipate our enrollment at CCES to be over 700 students at the start of the school year! We will introduce new staff in our Summer Newsletter to our families! Thank you!
Volunteering at CCES?
1. Complete your covid screener (Posted on Entry Door)
2. Check-in at the front office
3. Start off in the library to help with books
4. Stop at the volunteer station in the teacher's lounge to help with a variety of tasks (making copies, cutting out laminated items, distributing mail, etc.)
Thank you for all you do! Want to sign-up to volunteer? Sign-up & Register here
You still have time to.....Order your 21-22 CCE Yearbook!
CCES April Student, Staff, and Teacher Hippos of the Month
Congratulations to our Legendary April Hippos of the Month!!!! Thank you for all you do and being such model to those around you!
Enjoy the videos below!
Student Hippo of the Month- Eric
Pictured here with Mrs. Lucy Dugan
Support Staff Hippo of the Month-Mrs. Courtney Miller
FA Instructional Assistant
Pictured here with Ms. Pachicano
Teacher Hippo of the Month- Coach Brittney Hull
CCES Coach- EE-5th Grade
Missing a water bottle or a clothing item?
Only have weekends to look?
We will collect our lost and found items and place them outside the front of our school each weekend beginning Friday, April 1st at 3:15 PM and continue until the end of the school year to make it more convenient for our families to look for their items. Items will be donated to Goodwill on June 1st.
Send your students with a refillable water bottle; our fountains are now operable and ready to fill our water bottles :)
RSK - Week 36 PK Benchmark--EOY Window Opens
EOY Writing Sample Window K-5th
4th 9 Weeks Interim Assessment Window 17th-23rd (3rd-5th)
Teacher Appreciation Week at CCES May 2nd-6th
Nurse Appreciation Week at CCES May 6th- 12th
Apex Fundraiser 4/26-5/6
5/4: School Nurse Day! Happy Nurse's Day, Nurse Rod!
5/5: Cinco De Mayo Celebration at CCES
5/6: Muffins with Mom @ CCES 7:10-8:00 AM
5/6: School Lunch Hero Day for Students (CCES Cafeteria)
5/6: APEX FUN RUN FUNDRAISER
5/10: College and Career Day at CCES for Students (Interested in showcasing your career? Email valerie.kozak@huttoisd.net)
5/11: National Paraprofessional Day! We will have breakfast for all of our paras this day! Check out the picture below taken by Elda Rendon, one of our paraprofessionals at CCE! Families are encouraged to write thank-you notes to our paraprofessional staff this day!
5/11: STAAR Testing-5th Grade Science
5/13: 4th Grade Field Trip (More info sent by teachers to parents)
5/17: STAAR Testing-3,4 and 5th Reading and Language Arts
5/17: 4th 9 Weeks IA
5/17: Retention Meetings w/Ms. Pachicano (Parents will receive an invite from Ms. Pachicano; teachers have notified parents during February conferences if their child is at risk for retention.)
5/18: STAAR Testing-3,4 and 5th Math
5/18: Cool down with Sonic! Sonic Fundraiser 5-8 PM (Flyers sent home this week, digital flyers blasted out; must show your flyer to support our school)
5/19: PK & Kindergarten Graduation
5/19: HISD StemNation @ 5-7 PM
5/20: CCES Field Day - All Day
5/25: Donuts with Dudes @ CCES 7:10-8:00 AM
5/25: HISD School Board Meeting @ 7:00 PM, 200 College Street/Hutto, Tx
5/26: HHS Graduation @ Memorial Stadium @ 8:00 PM
5/27: Hippo Way Awards (Grades 1st-4th) & Last Day of School (Early Release @ 12:00 PM)
Cinco De Mayo at CCE
Teacher Appreciation Week
PK Graduation
Kindergarten Graduation
Muffins with Mom
StemNation 2022
Save the Date... May 26th, 5th Grade Graduation!
Thank you, PTA!
Thank you, PTA, for all the wonderful ways that you support students, staff, and our community!
Sonic Night for CCES!
May 20th is our Legendary Field Day!
Below is a quick view for the day!
A few pre-Field Day things to know:
- We WILL have class t-shirts! The online store will be open until May 6th (CLICK HERE). T-Shirts are $7/shirt and each grade level has its own color.
- We WILL have water stations. Clothes & tennis shoes that can get wet are recommended.
- Parents are welcome and must plan to sign-in at the front office. (If you are interested in volunteering and manning a station, please sign up as a volunteer and email Coach Hull at brittney.hull@huttoisd.net.)
Donuts for Dudes
Balance, Social Emotional Learning & ART
Fun & Learning at CCE!
Mrs. Lucy Dugan's 3rd Grade Class
My students are loving the weaving unit in art! I love seeing my students discussing in their free time other things they are learning in specials! ~ Mrs. Dugan
Mrs. Chelsea Vita's Library Lessons
Mrs. Pamela Forrester's Classroom PostCards
Buddy Reading by Flashlight in Mrs. Sarah Washington's Kindergarten Class!
GT Happenings & Learning at CCE
CCES Purple'd UP! to honor our Military Children! Thank you to all our service families!
Thank you to our wonderful Paraprofessional Staff! They are the powerhouse effort makers at our campus!
Calling OUR 5th Grade parents... HMS PTSA Needs you!
PTA NEEDS YOU!
We are gearing up and looking to fill our CCE PTA board for the 22-23 school year!
If you are interested in being considered for a PTA board position, please check interested positions below. Officers are nominated by a committee, or from the floor at a special meeting held in May. Other positions are appointed.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbk3vt4Pf7zCqzoJpKkOwc-c1P8-XkCwg_mPJ0XCn-eusAvQ/viewform
Ready to Join our PTA?
Join the PTA Facebook page!
Interested in specific ways to support? Reach out to any of the members for more information!
Reminders from our front office:
*If you have a doctor's appointment and need to pick up your child, call the school office to notify them that you will be visiting, drive through the front loop of the school and park in the front parking lot, walk up to the front entrance and ring the doorbell to the right on the wall, have your identification ready to show and we will call for your student and escort them to you outside. The office staff will sign them out and then back in when they return.
* Please check your skyward family access to ensure that you have updated your email address. This will ensure that you are receiving important notifications from our campus. Thank you!
* Make sure students arrive on time each day, school begins at 7:30. Each day that a student is tardy equals cumulative learning experiences that are missed in the classroom. Students often feel stressed when they don't know what they have missed when they are late, let's help them be successful by getting them to school on time.
Did you know ...
- that your child's attendance is affected each time they are checked out early, even if it's only a few minutes before the dismissal bell?
- schools and districts have a legal obligation to report truancy concerns?
- unexcused and excused absences of 18 or more absences put your child at risk of retention in the current school year?
*Help us avoid these outcomes, keep your students in school for each minute of the instructional day. Thank you!
Thank you to our community for attending our Job Fair!
CCE believes in our students and their potential!
Cottonwood Creek Elementary
Website: https://www.hipponation.org/domain/3051
Location: 3160 Limmer Loop, Hutto, TX 78634, USA
Phone: 512-759-5430
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CottonwoodCreekElementary/