October Newsletter - Cache La Poudre Elementary - Poudre School ...

Cache La Poudre Elementary School 

Pirate Pages 

Page 1 CLPE School Newsletter October 2012 

Cache La Poudre 

Elementary School 

3511 W. Cty Rd 54G 

LaPorte, CO 80535 

Principal: 

Roxann Hall 

Counselor: 

Ann Lawler-Perry 

General 

Information 

Office Hours 

8:00am-4:00pm 

Phone Numbers 

Office 

488-7600 

Fax 

488-7676 

Attendance Line 

490-3070 

*If your child is ill or will not 

be at school, please leave a message 

on the Attendance line at 

490-3070. 

School Hours 

8:55am-3:40pm 

Doors Open 8:40 am 

1/2 Day Kindergarten 

8:55am-12:00pm 

Principal’s Note 

Dear Parents/Guardians October 1, 201 1 

What a successful beginning to our school year 2012-2013! Students have 

been enthusiastically working in classrooms and beginning their journey of 

learning for this year. Teachers report that students are attentive and hard 

working. 

All our beginning of the year assessments have been given. Teachers have 

worked in their grade levels to analyze data and determine small groups for 

our I/E (Intervention and Extension) time. Two days a week will be devoted 

to literacy and 2 days a week for numeracy. Teachers utilize several bodies 

of evidence to construct the groups as well as formulate instructional pieces 

for each group. Each grade level will have at least two more professionals to 

aid with the I/E groups, making most of our groups smaller than 6 students. 

Our SAC (School Accountability Committee) meets quarterly. Our first 

regularly scheduled meeting will be on Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 6:00-7:30 

p.m. in the Media Center. Everyone is welcome to attend! Other dates include: 

November 13, 2012, February 12, 2013, and May 7, 2013. Current 

members of SAC: James Pritchett, Kathy Salazar, Elizabeth Hamlin, Andie 

Kirkwood, Ingrid Burnham, Arden/Meg Nelson, Steve Gutting, and Roxann 

Hall. 

September 17, collaboration day, found all staff members working in collaborative 

endeavors. PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention Supports) 

seemed to be a hot topic with various discussions 

Continued page 2 

Preschool 

AM: 8:55am-11:40am 

PM: 12:20pm-3:40pm 

Website 

http:// 

eweb.psdschools.org/ 

schools/clpe/


around playground duty and playground expectations. Ann Lawler-Perry, 

Payton Schneider and Lesli Glenn are leading us in this year’s book study, 

Comprehension and Collaboration: Inquiry Circles in Action by Stephanie 

Harvey and Harvey Daniels. Every teacher must be evaluated every year 

starting this year. You can imagine the amount of time and energy that will 

go into these evaluations and observations. Judson Rhoads, our IB Coordinator, 

keeps us entertained and fully apprised of where we stand with IB. Our 

focus this year on IB should lead to great dividends when we expect to become 

an IB World School sometime next school year. 

Another large portion of our time was spent on Writing, First Quarter Prompt, 

Rubrics, and the discussion of Cross Grade Level Grading of writing samples. 

As you can see, we spent our time wisely and productively while your children 

enjoyed a 3 day weekend! 

The CLPE Music Department will benefit from Culver’s Night from 4:00- 

7:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 4 th . Bring your family and a portion of the 

proceeds will help CLPE purchase new risers for performances. The PTO 

sponsored Pirate Peg Leg Fun Run on Friday, October 12, 2012, is a much 

anticipated event for adults and students alike! Prizes will be awarded to the 

class who runs the most average laps K-2, and 3-5. Prizes for the most 

money raised per class also will be awarded. Along with the class prizes, 

there will be individual winners as well. PTO’s goal will be $4,000 for the 

second annual Fun Run. We appreciate all the volunteers who will be helping 

make this event a success. Parent/Teacher conferences will be conducted on 

Thursday, October 18 th . Please plan to attend this conference to get to know 

the teacher and learn about your child’s progress in academics, behavior, and 

social areas. 

If you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to give us a call. If 

we work in partnership and present a united front to our students, they will 

understand our expectations and they WILL succeed! 

Thanks to all our wonderful volunteers who help in many ways throughout 

each and every day. Your expertise helps us accomplish our goals. 

Sincerely, 

“I can learn. I will learn. If it is to be, it’s up to me. I can do it!”

CLPE School Newsletter October 2012 

October Count is here. Students attending CLPE on the 

count date is the basis for funding for our school. Student 

Count Day is October 1 st , so please make every effort to 

have your student attend on that day. Students are included 

in the count if they attend October 1st and the five days before 

and/or the five days after October 1 st . We were able to hire additional 

teachers this year to obtain smaller class sizes because of the additional 

School of Choice students attending CLPE. Every student 

counts and we want to be able to continue to have small class sizes 

and additional support in every classroom. Again, thank you for entrusting 

your children to our school! Our CLPE CREW rocks! 

Any email sent by the school goes through our 

IT department. In order for families to get 

email sent by the school, they must sign up 

with the district. Stay up to date with CLPE 

Pirate News! Follow these instructions to sign 

up for email from our school as well as Poudre 

School District News. 

Sign up at www.psdschools.org > Email Alert Sign up (found on the 

slideshow at the top of the page) then click on More. This will also 

enable you to receive the CLPE monthly newsletter and other important 

information from us. Remember to check your junk email 

folder, sometimes our wonderful newsletter ends up in there . 

Newsletters are also available on the CLPE website. 

Want paper We will be happy to print out a paper copy of the newsletter 

for any family that requests it. Please call the office (970)488- 

7600 and we will be happy to put you on our list.


Vision and Hearing Screening 

Our vision/hearing screening will be October 2, 2012 in the 

cafeteria from 9:00-12:00. We screen grades K-3 and 

grade 5. Please let us know if you have concerns regarding 

your child’s vision or hearing prior to that date. We need 8 

-10 volunteers to help with vision and hearing 

screening. If you are available, please call the 

office to sign up. 

What’s happening in the art room 

We’re having a great time this fall in art. 

We have worked on Olympic medals for all students. Ms. 

Zeikus, my student teacher and I, asked students to give themselves 

a medal for something they do well. Some students 

were using the IB Learner profiles for this. 

Original Works art will be coming home around October 15th and will need to 

be returned to Mrs. Awsumb-Conn by October 26 th . A “Look what’s coming” 

sheet was sent home the week of September 17. This provides an 

overview of the program. 

The projects for Original Works are as follows: 

The students in Kindergarten and 1 st grade made ROBOTS. 

Students in 2 nd and 3 rd created a Name design 

Students in 4 th and 5 th worked on Environments using textures. 

If you have a special artwork that your student has made that you would rather 

use for the OW program, the work must be flat, simple and 8”x10 ½” in 

size (NOT a standard copy paper size). When you receive the OW packet, 

you can return it with your original artwork. 

Current PROJECTS for all grades: Kinder= Kandinsky, 1 st grade = Selfportraits 

and Blue Riders, 2 nd grade = Insects, 3 rd grade = color, 4 th grade= 

Logos, 5 th grade = caricatures. Ask your students about what they’ve 

learned!! 

Have a great OCTOBER!! Questions Email me at saconn@psdschools.org. 

Mrs. Awsumb-Conn


Mrs. Cordell, Mrs. Hancock, and Ms. Ryan 

Kindergarten News 

What’s happening in Kindergarten 

We have been very busy the last few 

weeks practicing routines and learning 

classroom expectations. We have 

taken Pirate Pete around the building 

and helped him to make good choices. 

We’ve had to remind him to keep his 

hands to himself, use an inside voice, 

and avoid throwing sand on the playground! 

We have begun practicing some letters 

and sounds. We will be focusing letter 

sounds /m/, /n/, /s/ and /p/ for the 

month of September and add in /i/ and. 

In math we are counting everything 

we can find to count forwards and 

backwards. 

Kindergarten had some wonderful visitors 

from the Poudre Fire Authority. Fire 

fighters Scott, Tim, Joe and Drew from 

Station 7 came in to discuss many important 

issues about safety including: 

Snacks 

We still have a few students not brining 

a snack to school. Our kindergartners 

are working hard and their brains 

need fuel every day. We provide a 

small handful of animal crackers to 

those students who forget, but our supplies 

will surely dwindle quickly at this 

rate. We would appreciate any snack 

donations (pretzels, crackers. etc.) 

 

 

How to behave safely around fire including 

stop, drop and roll 

What constitutes an emergency 

How and when to call 911 

 

 

 

What is an escape plan and how each 

family should have a plan in place 

What a fireman wears and why-Mrs. 

Hall put on the heavy fire suit, the 

mask, hat and oxygen tank to demonstrate 

that the fire suit is for protection 

and not scary 

Families are encouraged to have 

smoke detectors and bicycle helmets 

and they are available at the fire station. 

Ben, Becca, and Kennedy


S E C O N D G R A D E –2nd GRADE 

Second grade recently completed our first planner on Who 

We Are-“ Knowing rights and responsibilities helps in the 

acceptance of others”. We talked a lot about being good 

friends, pirates, and students using the IB attributes. 

Currently, we are studying Sharing the Planet- 

“Organisms rely on living and non-living elements of their 

habitat”. The students will learn about arthropods by 

watching them in the Nature Center, on the Poudre River 

Trail, on our playground, and, even, at home. We will observe 

them in their natural habitats 

and look for similarities and differences. 

As budding entomologists, we 

will go to the Butterfly Pavilion early in 

November 

T H I R D 

G R A D E 

Third grade is wrapping up their IB planner focusing on rules and 

responsibility and learning how to appropriately adapt individual 

behavior to be successful in different surroundings. 

Wow! The students are learning a lot! Our next IB planner focuses 

on geographic features - if you've traveled and would like to 

come in and share pictures, knowledge, or artifacts with us we'd 

love to include you as an "expert." Please let your child's teacher 

know! More IB information coming at you soon! 

The Third Grade team-Mr. Devine, Mrs. Sky, Mrs. Bergersen


What’s Up with Fifth Grade 

Fifth grade is filled with learning, fun, and responsibility. 

Here are some of our highlights. 

IB in the Fifth Grade 

We will be inquiring into the central ideas of balance, 

conflict, movement, perspective, and choice 

while learning the diverse 5 th grade standards. 

Eco Week 

In late September, we spend two nights and three days up in Estes Park doing 

environmental studies, hiking, and team-building. The kids take courses in 

Wilderness Survival, Rocky Mountain Geology, Zipline (personal challenge), 

and Low Ropes (team challenges). 

School Wide Recycling 

A group of 5 th grade students volunteer to collect, sort, and recycle materials 

from all bins in the school. Our group this year has been very conscientious 

and careful about separating errant trash from the recyclables. Annually, we 

save approximately 175 trees each year! 

Peer Mediation 

After Eco-Week, select 5 th graders will be trained to help kids solve problems 

peacefully. Our peer mediators work during lunch recess to help the younger 

students work out issues of sharing, cooperation, and kindness. When 

they’re not solving problems, they play games with the younger kids. 

Pirate Patrol 

Pirate patrol provides a third opportunity for our students to be leaders of the 

school. This group works before school to greet their fellow pirates with a 

friendly “Good Morning” so they start their day off well. They also make 

sure that all the little pirates make their way around the south side of the 

building to the playground before school and after lunch. 

Community Canned Food Drive 

During the holidays, CLPE and CLPMS cooperate with the Laporte and Bellvue 

businesses and the Laporte firefighters to provide holiday food baskets. 

The Fifth Graders count, collect, sort, and box up each classroom’s cans.


Music Notes 

Music has started off the year 

with lots of new activities. Fourth 

grade classes have been focusing 

on learning the D and A chords on 

guitars provided to us by the Little 

Kids Rock program. Check out 

www.littlekidsrock.com for more information and great student resources. 

All grade levels have been working on parts of “Ensemble One” 

from the World Music Drumming curriculum; visit 

www.worldmusicdrumming.com to learn more about this program. First 

and third grades are busy preparing for their music programs. Third 

grade will perform the first program of the year on Thursday, November 

8, at 6:30 p.m. in the CLPE gym. A note will be coming home soon, 

but please be thinking about patriotic outfits your third grader can 

wear for the program. We will also focus on geographic landforms, so if 

you have any posters of the ocean, the mountains, or any other natural 

landforms in the U.S., please let Mrs. Flail know! 

All fourth and fifth graders should bring back the recorder they received 

last year—new students have received a recorder to be kept at 

school. 

Finally, RiverSong choir has been working hard to prepare for their performance 

at CMEA in January. We have been assigned our performance 

time, Friday, January 25, 2013, at 4:40 p.m. The choir students will all 

ride the bus to Colorado Springs. More logistical information will follow 

in a note home as soon as it is available. 

Everyone: COME EAT AT CULVER’S on Thursday, October 4, from 5-8 

p.m. for our music fundraiser. It will be your first chance this year to 

hear the choir perform—they’ll sing at 6:30 that night at Culver’s on 

Lemay. 

Thanks! You can always contact Mrs. Flail at 488-7645 or email 

mflail@psdschools.org with any questions or concerns.


MEDIA CENTER NEWS 

The Bookworm Club is a reading program 

for all ages at CLPE that encourages students 

to read! Kindergarten students can 

benefit from having their parents read to 

them and having time to spend with books. Pointing out 

words and letters and talking about the pictures is perfect 

for pre-readers. 

The Bookworm Club is set up to encourage reading for 

everyone. After recording 1000 minutes (about 16 hours) 

of time spent in reading activities, students turn in a 

completed reading record. 

If your child wants to become a Bookworm Club member, 

they need to complete 1000 minutes of reading and fill 

out the blue Bookworm reading record. Turn in completed 

reading records to the Media Center. Members 

receive a ribbon, their name is announced on the Friday 

Pirate News, and their name is added to the Bookworm 

Club bulletin board. Additional completed reading records 

earn bonus prizes from the Pirate's Treasure 

Chest. 

WE WILL SEND ALL NEWSLETTERS AND MANY COMMUNICATIONS BY EMAIL 

AFTER SEPTEMBER. IF YOU WANT A PAPER COPY OF THE NEWSLETTER, 

PLEASE SEND A NOTE TO THE OFFICE OR CALL THE OFFICE AND WE WILL BE 

SURE TO SEND A PAPER COPY HOME WITH YOUR STUDENT NEXT MONTH!

Page 10 CLPE School Newsletter October 2012


EASY WAYS TO HELP OUR SCHOOL 

Info about Lunch! 

Students are only allowed to charge lunch twice. After the second 

charge, if the account has not been paid, students will be given an 

alternate meal designated by the kitchen manager. Please keep 

your accounts up to date. Remember, you can view your child’s 

lunch account on line at 

https://www.schoolpaymentsolutions.com/login.aspx. Call the office 

if you need your student’s id number.


Activity Zone


Schedule of 

Events 

October 

2-Vision Hearing Screening 

2-Running Club 

3-Mrs. Snow Craft Class 1st & 2 Grade 

4-Mrs. Snow’s Craft Class 3 & 4 Grade 

4-Culver’s Night Fundraiser-5-8 PM River Song Choir performs 


10-Mrs. Snow’s craft class 1st & 2nd Grade 


12-PTO FUN RUN 


17-Mrs. Snow’s craft class 1st & 2nd Grade 

18-K-5 No School-Parent Teacher Conferences 

19-K-12 No School-Parent Teacher Conferences 



31-Halloween Parade-2:30-Parties to follow 

November 

1-Immunizations must be up to date/exclusion day 

8-3rd Grade performance 6:30pm 

13 -Running club 

21– Thanksgiving recess 

26-No School –Teacher collaboration Day K-8

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