Eagle Crest Family Newsletter

Hello Eagle Crest Families!

Our winter conferences were a huge success, with close to 95% of families participating. We know that it can be tricky to re-arrange family schedules to fit in conferences, and we greatly appreciate your commitment to the family partnerships that are essential for student success. If you were unable to attend, or would like to follow up more with your child’s teacher, please reach out to them. The door is always open at Eagle Crest.

Continuing with the theme of family partnerships, we are thrilled to have volunteers back in our school building. We have trained almost 60 volunteers, and it is fun to see parents and family members working in the classrooms with our students. If you have not yet been trained, and you would like to volunteer, please read below for the next training dates. If you have completed the training, and would like to volunteer, please reach out to your classroom teacher to make a plan. We also have opportunities to volunteer across the building. Just let us know if you are interested!

I hope you have a wonderful long weekend!

Warmly,

Amanda

Amanda Holden

Principal

Eagle Crest Elementary School

holden_amanda@svvsd.org

Hello Eagle Crest Families!

One of our values at Eagle Crest is to create learning opportunities for students that facilitate problem solving and teamwork. These essential leadership skills help students understand how they can contribute to building a better world. We have two excellent programs being led by Katy Schwirtz, our STEM/Leadership focus teacher at Eagle Crest, that I want to share with you.

The first program is Webot Robotics in 5th Grade. This program is in its second year of implementation and allows each 5th Grade classroom to spend nine weeks building a VEX IQ Robot. Students learn to analyze detailed directions and construct a working robot that drives and can manipulate objects with a claw. Students learn to persevere and communicate with their teammates through challenges as they build.

Additionally, as a part of our work in the Scratch Education Collaborative, we have begun to pilot Coding as Another Language with Ms. Phillips' first grade classroom. Throughout this program students are learning the foundations of coding and applying them in the ScratchJr app. This week they coded their ScratchJr cat to do the Hokey-Pokey dance as they learned about parameters, coordinate grids, and how different coding blocks can manipulate characters on the screen. Students had a lot of fun seeing their cats dance in the app! Going forward, our hope is to scale-up this program and offer it to an entire grade level next year.

We believe that these types of programs are essential to building equitable and rigorous programming for all students. We are excited to see these programs grow and the impact they will have on our students beyond their time at Eagle Crest.

All the best,

Lindsey Cheney

Dean of Students

Eagle Crest Elementary School

cheney_lindsey@svvsd.org

February 17th-20th - No School, Presidents’ Day Weekend

March 1st - Late Start, 11:05 am Start Time

March 3rd - Trimester 2 Report Cards available in Infinite Campus

March 18th-26th - Spring Break

Dear Eagle Crest Families -

Bad Daddy's Restaurant Fundraiser - Support our school Tuesday, Feb. 28th from 4-9 p.m. 20% of sales donated when you mention Eagle Crest.

We had a fun movie night in Eagle Crest gym last Friday! Thank you to all of the families who attended and the ECES PTO volunteers who made the event possible. If there are other community-building events you would like to see at our school, please send us your ideas at ptoeaglecrest@gmail.com.

If you missed the Trend Micro Family Tech Talk check out the recorded video link below.

Trend Micro Family Tech Talk - Watch the Recorded Session

Our next Coffee with the Principal & PTO Meeting is Tuesday, March 7th at 8:45 a.m. at the front of the school outside.

We are seeking a Community Engagement Liaison to join our Executive Board next school year. This person connects families with volunteer opportunities and oversees staff gratitude efforts. Since we rely solely on volunteers, if roles are not filled some programs and services will be unavailable to students and teachers next school year. Contact Katie Lancaster at ecptovolcoor@gmail.com for more info or to shadow the position. View all of the open positions here.

Take care,

Jenn Pensy, PTO president

Visit us online at www.EagleCrestPTO.com

We have really enjoyed welcoming volunteers back into our building this year. Family volunteers are part of the rich tradition in our community focused school, and we are thrilled to have volunteers back in a safe and supportive way.

To best serve kids and families, we are offering two more opportunities for volunteer training. This training is required for adults who would like to volunteer in our classrooms. It will be an opportunity for us to review safety protocols, confidentiality expectations, and some of the routines and procedures in place to help everything run smoothly. Please see the dates below:

Thursday, February 23rd - 6:00pm - Webex Link (password vFvtZAMi942)

Friday, February 24th - 9:00 am -ECES Library

Donation Need:

Thank you for sending your kids in their pjs and with their stuffies to help celebrate reaching our Reading Challenge Goal with a Library Time Flashlight Read In. It was SO FUN! Keep on Reading!

RSVP for the event.

Here are upcoming events in our community to celebrate Black History month:

We are currently accepting applications for all new students to enroll for the 2023-2034 school year! If you or someone you know is interested in joining our wonderful community at Eagle Crest, please share this information with them.

• Preschool: We are excited for the opportunities Universal Preschool will offer our community. Find additional registration information for preschool students on our website.

• Kindergarten: Students turning 5 on or before October 1st, 2023 are eligible to register for kindergarten. Register now to ensure you are included in all upcoming communication and community events about kindergarten at Eagle Crest. Find more information here on our website.

• 1st Grade through 5th Grade: We have open spots at all grade levels for the upcoming school year. New student registration can be completed here on our website.

If you have any questions about enrollment or need support completing the applications, please contact Dinah in our main office. sherwood_dinah@svvsd.org or 303-485-6073

The safety of our school environments has always been a top priority in St. Vrain Valley Schools. As the district continues to invest in security upgrades, mental health resources, counselors, and other supports to ensure the well-being and success of our students, we are excited to share that a new Campus Supervisor position will be provided to all elementary schools in the district.

Currently at all middle and high schools in St. Vrain, Campus Supervisors promote safe and secure learning environments for students by providing an additional layer of facility monitoring, oversight, and communication regarding any potential risks or safety concerns. These roles also play an important part in fostering a positive building environment by building relationships with students and serving as another trusted adult in the building.

If you or someone you know is interested in applying for one of these 26 new positions, a job description and application can be accessed here: https://www.applitrack.com/stvrain/onlineapp/default.aspx?Category=Security.

Our Music, PE, and Art classes are on a 3 day rotation. Every school day is either a Red, Gold, or Purple day. These colors are shared on our school lunch menu to help families plan ahead for necessary supplies like sneakers for PE.

Lunch/Color Day Schedule

MySchoolBucks is the website you want to access in order to add funds to your child’s account for purchasing breakfast, lunch, or milk at school. This system will send you reminders and can manage the account of multiple students. Money can also be sent to school by check or cash. Please label any checks or cash with the students first name, last name, and teacher.

If you haven’t yet, you can apply for Free & Reduced meals to see if your family qualifies for free meals. Applying for Free & Reduced lunch will help manage fees (like iPad Insurance or sports) and also helps our school receive additional funds and services. We encourage all families to complete the application.

We send almost all of our messaging in Infinite Campus through SMS text messages and emails. You can change your Contact Preferences in your Infinite Campus Parent Portal.

Navigate to "Settings" and "Contact Preferences". In that section, you will have the opportunity to confirm the accuracy of your phone and email contacts, as well as your "Message Preferences".

Here are screenshots of our suggested Phone Settings and Email Settings.

Contact us if you need any assistance!

Email: holden_amanda@svvsd.org
Website: eces.svvsd.org
Location: 4444 Clover Basin Drive, Longmont, CO, USA
Phone: 303-485-6073
Facebook: facebook.com/EagleCrestES
Twitter: @EagleCrestES

Have questions about anything covered in this newsletter? Reach out via email to holden_amanda@svvsd.org or cheney_lindsey@svvsd.org.

Need support in Spanish?

Contact Natalie Boggess at: boggess_natalie@svvsd.org , 303-702-7872

OR

Fiorella Martinez at: martinez_maria@svvsd.org , 303-702-7896