Collier Community:

With the holiday season upon us, many of our evenings and weekends will be spent getting ready for this festive time with celebrations. While some may see visions of sugarplums, the Collier students continue to have equations, essays, science, social studies, and literature dancing in their heads. Please remember to include study time and homework time in your holiday plans – at least until December 22nd. We wish to thank you for your generosity and for remembering that this is the season of giving. We appreciate our families sharing their good fortune with other people in our community. Don’t forget that you can still make your tax credit donation, this is so important! It pays for Art, Music, Spanish, PE and several other programs. It’s so easy to do on the TUSD website! Your contribution will be returned to you when you do your taxes and receive a refund from the state! Please make sure that your child is on time and doesn’t miss school if possible. We thank you for your continued support of our students and wish you a safe, peaceful and happy holiday!

• Nov.28 to Dec. 16 Student Council-Sock & Blanket Collection
• Dec. 6 Eat Out Night at MOD Pizza-6351 E Broadway Blvd, Suite 129-Bring your Flyer! with Code-MODF9012
• Dec. 9 Coffee with the Counselor at 7:45 AM-Collier Library
• Dec. 14 Orchestra Perfomance-4th Grade at 10:30 AM
• Dec.15 OMA Dance and Musical Theater Performance-Kinder, 1st & 2nd Grades at 1:30 PM
• Dec. 16 Stories That Soar Performance at 9:00 AM- Parents Welcome
• Dec. 19 to Dec. 22 Collier Spirit Week
• Dec. 20 OMA Winter Concert -Pre K to 5th Grades at 9:00 AM
• Dec. 23 Grading Day-No School
• Dec. 26 to Jan. 6 Winter Break-No School
• Jan. 9 Classes Resume
• Jan.10 Report Cards Available on Parent Vue
• Jan. 16 MLK Day-No School

Families please join us for a Winter Concert featuring all of our students! They have been working hard preparing songs and cannot wait to share them with you!

Show your Collier Cougar Pride in 2023!

The website is now live for Collier staff and students to order school t-shirts and sweatshirts! Click here to order shirts.

Order between December 2nd-16th to receive your order in early January. Free delivery to the school or shipping to your home address for an additional charge.

Parents we are excited to share that we will be getting some additions to our school! In the front parking lot we will be adding a shade structure for the parent pick up area, in and adding outdoor learning areas throughout our playground.

Construction will begin on Monday, December 19th and continue throughout that week, this will impact our front parking lot and entrance. Please make sure to look for signage in the parking lot throughout this process as we direct you to where to go.

Thank you for your patience through this week of construction!

Enrollment for 2023-2024 is open now!! Please log into your ParentVue account and register for next year as soon as you can, Or click here to find more information and support with enrollment! Thank you for choosing Collier!

The Collier Student Council will be collecting socks and blankets during the month of December.

Please donate items to your classroom boxes.

Student Council Spirit Week December 19th -22nd

Monday: Reverse Day

(Students dress like teachers, Teachers dress like students)

Tuesday: Winter Dress Up Day

Wednesday: Twin Day

Thursday: Pajama Day

Thank you, Collier Families for supporting our Food and Hygiene Drive for the East Tucson Neighborhood Food Pantry! You generously donated 450 items! This went a long way to support families in need! You are Amazing!

December is another busy month for the OMA program. We are working hard on presenting some of what we’ve been learning this semester. Here are some dates to remember:

Wednesday, December 14

10:30-11:00 4th grade - violin presentation

Thursday, December 15

1:30-2:00 K, 1, 2 – dance (K,2) and musical theatre (1) presentations

Tuesday, December 20

9:00-9:30 PK through 5 – Winter Concert

On Friday, November 18, we participated in the MOCA Satellite program. A teaching artist from the museum came to the school to present the Plein Air landscape exhibit from the museum. Students learned about landscape art and created collages with landscape themes. Because of our participation in this program, students are entitled one free museum trip for them and their families on a day of their choosing.

The museum is located at 265 S. Church St. You do not need any paperwork to qualify for free admission. Let the docent at the desk know you are from Collier Elementary and that Devan came to the school on November 18, 2022.

~ms. wendy