Eagle Crest Family Newsletter

Hello Eagle Crest Families!

As we wrap up two weeks of Family Teacher Conferences I am full of gratitude for our joyful and engaged community. It has been so nice to welcome families into the building for both conferences and for our Fall Book Fair. We had over 90% of our families participate! Our teachers and staff have loved connecting with all of you, and we recognize that children succeed when school and family partnerships are strong.

On that note, we have started to open up a few family volunteer opportunities. See the PTO notes below for more in depth descriptions of our current needs. I am anticipating that we will offer a volunteer training in the next few weeks for families who are interested in volunteering in our classrooms and that teachers will reach out with their specific needs in November.

I hope that you enjoy the long weekend and the bright fall colors!

Warmly,

Amanda

Amanda Holden

Principal

Eagle Crest Elementary School

holden_amanda@svvsd.org

Hello Eagle Crest Families!

One of the organizations that supports schools in SVVSD is the St. Vrain Valley Schools Education Foundation. They organize and fund our Crayons to Calculators program which provides our families in need with backpacks and supplies each year. They also fund Teacher Innovation Grants which help fund technology in our Garage or other teacher projects for their classrooms. Additionally, they help us recognize our wonderful teachers with their Teacher of the Year nominations and celebrations.

In turn, we support the Education Foundation by creating a Silent Auction Basket for their annual Gala. This year we are working together with the PTO to create our basket and we could use your help to fill it. The theme for our basket will be LOCOal Snow Day, a basket of Longmont goods that will get you through a cold day. We are looking for items like hot chocolate, mugs, local food/gift items or services that fit the theme. The Gala is coming up soon on November 5th. If you can help out with this project, check out this Sign-Up Genius or contact Lynette Roth at lynnette.m.roth@gmail.com.

As always, thank you for supporting our school and the organizations that help make Eagle Crest a great school to learn and grow!

All the best,

Lindsey Cheney

Dean of Students

Eagle Crest Elementary School

cheney_lindsey@svvsd.org

October 14th and 17th - Conference Exchange Days - NO SCHOOL

October 20th - PTO Restaurant Fundraiser at Modern Market, 11am - 9pm

October 22nd - PTO Preschool & Kindergarten Playdate at Castle Park, 10am

October 31st - Halloween Parade, 2:15pm

November 1st - Virtual PTO Meeting, 7pm

November 2nd - Late Start Wednesday

November 9th - School Picture Retake Day

November 10th - PTO Restaurant Fundraiser at Culver’s Restaurant Night, 4:30pm-8:30pm

November 21st-25th - Thanksgiving Break - NO SCHOOL

Dear Eagle Crest Families,

Thank you for purchasing conference meals for staff this week. The staff was excited for their personalized meals and snacks in the lounge. Your contributions to the Staff Appreciation Fundraiser also provided a catered dinner for the first night of conferences. Thank you for your continued support!

Volunteers needed: We have several volunteer openings at school that need to be filled. Check out our Sign-Up Genius for more info. We also need items donated to fill an auction basket for the St. Vrain Valley Education Foundation Gala by Tuesday, October. 18th.

News: Last week's funding request for the 3rd-5th grade Shakespeare performance and workshops passed unanimously.

The Modern Market restaurant fundraiser is all day Thursday, October 20th. Use code giveback006 for online orders. We receive 30% back from this fundraiser!

The Preschool/Kindergarten family playdate is next Saturday, Oct. 22nd from 10-11 a.m. at Castle Park in the Renaissance neighborhood.

Enjoy the long weekend,

Jenn Pensy, PTO president

Visit us online at www.EagleCrestPTO.com

Mrs. Beckett is so happy to kick off the Reading Challenge and give away FREE BOOKS! We have a school wide goal to read 250,000 minutes by Winter Break and we are off to a great start with students reading 37,000 minutes since October 1st. That is SO AWESOME!

To celebrate the start of the Reading Challenge, two students from each class won a FREE BOOK this week.

Here are our winners:

• Kindergarteners - Jeremiah C and Gemma C in McDaniels, Isa B and Harvey G in Cruger
• 1st graders - Ezrah G and Willow A in Phillips, Bobby B and Bianca P in Hammond, Miles K and Sophia F in Doyle
• 2nd graders - Lainie M and Stella P in Rickle, Tony C and Alina P in Bauer, Brooklynn E and Aung M in Lucero
• 3rd graders - Isabella F and Jasper L in Gaccetta, Vernon R and Mattan H in Joubran, Thomas S and Wendy Jin Whitt
• 4th graders - Luca T and Jeylin C in Cooper, Judith C and Gregory J in Sudbeck, Jara H and Daniel F in Potter
• 5th graders - Noah J and Michelle N in Eskridge, Siddharth R and Elijah Z in McEvoy, Sydney M and Ender V in Butterfield

Log your reading minutes every Monday for a chance to win a FREE BOOK!

A big THANK YOU to everyone who stopped by the book fair to purchase some books for their kids, other family members and teachers. It was a huge success and your purchases will help our school purchase more fun books for the kids to check out and read! And thank you to all the parents who volunteered to help set up the fair, run the fair and pack it up at the end. I couldn't have done it without your help!

We are looking forward to our annual Halloween Parade! We are planning to host our parade on Monday, October 31st at 2:15pm. The students will make a full lap around the school in their costumes while we all celebrate the return of this fun tradition. All families are welcome to join us as we march outside around the school.

All students are welcome to wear their Halloween costumes to school and should plan to arrive with the full costume on and ready to go. Costumes must be school appropriate and not interfere with the learning environment. Please do not send students with anything violent (weapons, blood, etc.), or costumes that could be a safety hazard since we will be marching. Blow up costumes and masks can only be worn during the parade. Individual teachers will send information home regarding classroom celebrations.

The October Schedule is below!

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/Specials Schedule Linked Here

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.

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