News from the Creek
Hippo Nation...Leave a Legacy! November 2021
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--
What a wonderful start to a school year! I can't believe that November is already here! The rest of this semester will be flying by very soon! On behalf of our staff family to your family, we wish you each a wonderful season of gratitude and peace! We continue to be inspired by our students and the learning taking place daily in all of our classrooms! We appreciate the support from our families and look forward to continuing to welcome our families to our campus! Stay safe and welcome back!
Cottonwood Creek Elementary has the BEST Staff, Students, and Families! We truly are going to "Leave a Legacy"! Our students are "Legendary" at Cottonwood Creek Elementary!
Join me in "Leaving a Legacy",
Linda Pachicano
Principal, Cottonwood Creek Elementary
Welcome back to our campus!
You may pre-screen using the QR code anytime that SAME day only. No prior day check-in. Thank you! QR CODE for COVID CHECK-IN BELOW.
Fun at CCE!
Mrs. Camp's 1st Grade Class Carving Pumpkins
Ms. Alonso's 1st Grade Classroom enjoying Paletas!
Mrs. Espana's 2nd Grade (prior) Classroom enjoying an Author's Red Carpet!
Mrs. Medina's 2nd Grade "Give Drugs the Boot"
Mrs. Bales' GT Class explores oil spills!
Mrs. Dugan's 3rd grade class, publishing party!
Mrs. Espana's 2nd Grade Character Book Dress Up!
Library "Spidey-Web" Activity!
Magnet Fun in 1st Grade!
Counseling Corner with Mrs. Kozak!
In November, my guidance lesson will focus on:
kindness and compassion.
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Did you know that every elementary campus has a HippoWay Character Education Program?
This program teaches students to focus on various character traits throughout the school year to build character and community in students and at our schools!
Hippo Way trait:
- Gratitude - Letting others know you see how they've helped you.
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.
Do you have a 4th or 5th Grader? Did they struggle with and fail STAAR last year? Here is what you need to know about HB4545
We get to BRAG about our STUDENTS! Now they get to show it off TOO!
CCES is focusing on celebrating students character and academics! Collect them ALL!
UPDATE: DUE to Shipping delays, Brag Tags will not arrive until December. Sorry!
We are excited to support social-emotional awareness and character-building qualities in our students! CCE will provide a starter brag tag to all students during our Hippos Honoring Hippos & Academic Awards ceremony in the Spring. Check them out below! Video pre-view HERE
Can you donate time to make Thanksgiving table covers from home? We need 15 families to take home and decorate butcher paper for students to enjoy during their Thanskgiving lunches, please call us and we can have that ready for you to pick up. Thank you!
Notes and Reminders from....
Ready, Set, Kinder (PK Assessment) - Week 18 Benchmark--MOY Window
November 2nd- Day of the Dead Performance 4:30-5:00 PM @ CCE Cafeteria
Campus Fundraiser Kick-Off
November 4th- Hutto Elementary (ISD) Parent Night @ 6 PM - Internet Safety Join ZOOM here
November 5th- Touch a Truck Event for Students & Veteran's Day Flyover (Can be seen across Hutto @ 2 PM) Students wear Red/White/Blue! Woo hoo!
November 11th- Veteran's Day (School Holiday/No School)
November 12th- Hippos Honoring Hippos & Academic Awards
November 13th- HISD Robotics "Disaster Zone" Competition @ HMS 9-1 PM
November 18th- Mod Pizza Spirit Night & HISD School Board Meeting 6-9 PM
November 19th- PhotoTexas Student Retake Photo Day & Student Thanksgiving Lunches
November 22nd-26th- School Holiday/Thanksgiving Break
CCE is Kicking Off our Campus Fundraiser!
All funds will return directly to the school and help support staff appreciation, student Hippoway prizes, attendance incentives, resources for the campus, family and community involvement expenses, and many more things!
Students will bring home fundraising packets on Tuesday! The fundraiser ends on November 15th. Thank you in advance for your support!
Hippos Honoring Hippos & Academic Awards @ CCE
You are invited to 'Disaster Zone', the district-wide Robotics Competition designed, organized, and hosted by the HMS Robotics Team! This will be a really fun exciting event and you will get to see students from every elementary and middle school robotics program in action!!!
'Disaster Zone' will be from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm on Saturday, November 13th at Hutto Middle School.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Mr. Mann
HMS Robotics Teacher
District Lead Robotics Instructor
It's Cranberry Time at CCE! We need your Help!
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!
Calling ALL students! Want to design our YEARBOOK cover? Click Button Below
Ready to purchase a Yearbook? Click on link below
Did you review the HISD Safety Plan?
School Starts at 7:30. It's Important to be here on time to get the day started on the right foot!
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.
* All Elementary Campuses are now accepting outside deliveries for staff and students i.e. lunch boxes, birthday items, snacks, backpacks, donations, flowers/gifts for teachers.
* 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.
* Campuses are still closed to visitors at this time during school hours, thank you for supporting us in a million other ways as we plan to get back to a more normal visitor policy soon! We are revisiting the policy again after labor day and will notify our community if there are any changes. Thank you!
Have you heard about the great opportunities through Hutto ISD Community Education?
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