Cougar Connect Community Edition
February 6 - February 17
Principal Arellano's Post
Greetings Cougar Families!
What an exciting couple of weeks we've had in January! Students were recognized during our Renaissance assembly for their hard work in academics and character traits. We were also recognized by CDE for our work on growing students to high levels of academic achievement. King is a 2022 ESEA Distinguished School award recipient. We are extremely proud of the work of our staff and students and would like to thank you for your partnership in pushing our students to meet high expectations daily. We could not do this work without the support of our community!
Please be sure to look in your student's backpack daily and check your Remind app for communication from the school and your student's teacher. Students have nightly homework. Please support them in completing homework and reading nightly.
Important Information Regarding School Lunch
With the passing of Proposition FF school meals will become free at the start of the 2023/2024 school year. The procedures for school meals will follow the current process for the rest of this school year.
More information on menus, pricing, payments meal applications and charge policies can be accessed at www.wsd3ns.com.
If you have any questions please call Nutrition Services at 719.391.3560.
Please keep an eye on your student's lunch account balance. If you have concerns, please reach out to our Cafeteria Manager, Mrs. Coll. Call the front office and we can transfer your call.
The link for online lunch payments is attached. Your child's student ID number will be on their profile page that you sign off on in the classroom when you meet the teacher. Cash or check can be accepted at the school.
https://widefield.revtrak.net/Food-Service-Payments/#/list
February 6-March 3
Habits of Success Focus: Resilience
ROARS Focus: Attitude
The skill of Resilience helps our students in the following ways:
Helps students to focus on keeping a mindset free of distractions such as challenges or stresses from home or social interactions at school. Helping students to remember habits such as stress management, relationships, and a growth mindset to support them in bouncing back from difficult situations and overcoming setbacks. It also helps our students to respond to failure as a learning experience and knowing that failure is inevitable as it is part of the learning cycle.
Circle Prompts:
- Think about a time that you failed at something. Did you give up or did you keep trying?
- How long did it take you to learn to swing, ride a bike, dribble a ball, or jump rope? Do you think that you demonstrated resilience while you were learning?
- Do you feel safe to fail in school? Why or why not?
- Do you think that your teacher has ever failed? How do you think they responded?
- Ask an important adult at home how they responded to failure and what they learned from it.
- Besides school, where is it also important that you feel safe to fail? Why is it important in this setting?
- What is one setback that you have had this week? How did you respond?
- What is one thing that you mastered at school this quarter? How long did it take you to become really good?
- How will the habit of resistance help you as a teenager or adult?
- How will resistance help you today?
Principal Arellano
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Two Week Overview
Monday, February 6
Specials-Roar
Need to Know: N/A
Meeting: N/A
Clubs: N/A
Tuesday, February 7
Specials-Blue
Need to Know: 1st Grade Music Concert 6-7 PM, Janitell Open House for 5th Grade Students 5:30 and 6:30 Sessions
Meeting: N/A
Clubs: AM K-3 Tutoring, PM Coding and FLL
Wednesday, February 8
Specials-Gold
Need to Know: N/A
Meeting: N/A
Clubs: AM K-3 Tutoring and Battle of the Books, PM Botball
Thursday, February 9
Innovation Day-No Students
Clubs: N/A
Friday, February 10
Professional Day-No Students
Clubs: N/A
Monday, February 13
Specials-Cougar
Need to Know: Midterms Go Home, Spirit Week-Book Character Day
Meeting: N/A
Clubs: N/A
Tuesday, February 14
Specials-Roar
Need to Know: Spirit Week-Wear Pink, Purple, or Red, 5th Graders try out instruments 8:30-11am
Meeting: N/A
Clubs: AM K-3 Tutoring, PM Coding, FLL, Choir, and 3-5 Intramurals
Wednesday, February 15
Specials-Blue
Need to Know: Spirit Week-Hat Day $1
Meeting: N/A
Clubs: AM K-3 Tutoring and Battle of the Books, PM Botball
Thursday, February 16
Specials-Gold
Need to Know: Spirit Week-School Pride-Wear Blue and Gold
Meeting: N/A
Clubs: PM Choir, Coding, FLL, 1-2 Intramurals
Friday, February 17
Specials-Cougar
Need to Know: Spirit Week-Superhero Day, Super Hero Dance 5-6:30 pm
Meeting: N/A
Clubs: PM Botball
1st Grade Music Concert
PTO's Valentine Grams
Upcoming Assemblies and Importan Events
Super Hero Dance 2/17/23 5-6:30 pm at King Elementary.
Tickets can be purchased at the office.
Kid's Heart Challenge
Have you met heart hero, Finn? Finn’s Mission is to help kids with special hearts! He has set a goal to get 1.8 million families (in honor of his 18 procedures) to learn Hands-Only CPR! Download the Kids Heart Challenge app or go to www.heart.org/khc and REGISTER TODAY!
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¿Conoces al héroe del corazón, Finn? ¡La misión de Finn es ayudar a los niños con corazones especiales! ¡Se ha fijado la meta de lograr que 1.8 millones de familias (en honor a sus 18 cirugías) aprendan RCP usando solo las manos! Descargue la aplicación Kids Heart Challenge o visite www.heart.org/khc y ¡REGÍSTRESE HOY!
Cougar Alert
- All visitors must check-in at the front office prior to entering the school building with a picture ID.
- During arrival and dismissal, please maintain the speed limit, stop for students and adults in the crosswalk, and avoid blocking the street. We are partnering with our SROs to ensure speed limits and traffic laws are followed for the safety of our students and community members.
- Please do not drop students off prior to 8:00 a.m. as we do not have duty staff available for supervision.
- All afterschool clubs will end at 4:15. Please be sure to have your student picked up on time. Please be sure to check your Remind app for cancelations or changes to schedules.
- Please be sure to read through the important documents below that are shared with our families in our annual September Communication to famlies.
Staff Recognition
KING TOOK 3RD AT THE DISTRICT CHESS COMPETITION
Congratulations to our chess team! The Cougar Nation came in 3rd! Thank you to Mr. Cuevas and Ms. Gordillo for supporting and preparing our Cougars for this competition.
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