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Restaurant Night – Tokyo Joe’s, Oct 22nd!

RESTAURANT NIGHT @ TOKYO JOE’S – THURS, OCT. 22ND

Our restaurant nights are a wonderful way to show support for our local community and Cottonwood! Join us on Thursday, October 22nd at Tokyo Joe’s and Dine In or Carry Out! **Please bring in the FLYER below when placing your order.**

WHERE: Tokyo Joe’s – 4950 S. Yosemite Street, Greenwood Village, 80111

WHEN: Thursday October 22nd 4pm – 8:30pm, Dine In or Carry Out!

HOW: Present this FLYER when placing your order at Tokyo Joe’s

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In This Issue of The Cottonwood PTO News:

Week of October 19, 2020

We hope your Fall Break has been relaxing and enjoyable! Please see below for important updates from the PTO.

Spirit Week is Coming!!

Monday, October 26: Crazy Sock Day

Tuesday, October 27: Hat Day

Wednesday, October 28: Crazy Hair Day

Thursday, October 29: Jersey Day

Friday, October 30: Pajama Day

The PTO would like to provide the Cottonwood community with the opportunity to share your thoughts/feedback regarding school events. Please click here to share feedback. Feedback will remain anonymous and will be shared with the school in aggregate. Thank you for your feedback!

SPIRIT WEAR IS BACK!

Good news! If you missed the chance to purchase spirit wear or just can’t get enough Cottonwood gear, it’s baaaaack! And there is even more to choose from, including new sweatpants!! Cottonwood Masks and Gaiters are also available!

Our Spirit Wear website will stay open for orders through Friday, October 23rd!! Get your Cougar Gear!

Click here to order Cottonwood Spirit Wear!

CITIZENS FOR CHERRY CREEK SCHOOLS SUPPORT MEASURES 4A & 4B THIS FALL!

Support Measures 4A & 4B on your ballot this fall! It is up to us to preserve excellence for Cherry Creek Schools! 4A will help keep our excellent teachers and maintain small class sizes. Learn more at citizensforcherrycreekschools.com.

Measure 4A would raise $35 million in operational revenue to maintain teachers, nurses, and mental health workers and stave off the worst impacts of our budget deficit.

Measure 4B would raise $150 million for bond projects, including a mental health day treatment facility, security upgrades, innovative renovations at high schools, critical maintenance projects at schools, and a possible new school in the eastern part of the district to alleviate overcrowding.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE A YARD SIGN SUPPORTING 4A&B, PLEASE REACH OUT TO PAULA HRUSKA AT: hruskaka@yahoo.com

RESTAURANT NIGHT @ TOKYO JOE’S – THURS, OCT. 22ND

WHERE: Tokyo Joe’s – 4950 S. Yosemite Street, Greenwood Village, 80111

WHEN: Thursday October 22nd 4pm – 8:30pm, Dine In or Carry Out!

HOW: Present this FLYER when placing your order at Tokyo Joe’s. For online orders, please use the code SCHOOLFUND in all caps for the coupon code.

PICTURE RETAKE DAY – WED, OCT. 28TH

Picture retake day will be on October 28th. For students that want to participate, please be sure to send back the initial picture package that was distributed on Friday, October 9th. If your student was not here on the original picture day, their photo will be taken.

THE 2020/2021 YEARBOOK IS IN THE WORKS! ORDER NOW AND SAVE!

Order your 2020-2021 yearbook now and save 10%!! This discount is available through the end of September. A 5% discount will be available during October. Save Money! Capture the memories! Check it off on your To-Do List!
CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR YEARBOOK!

More information coming soon about how to share your photos for this year’s yearbook.

UPCOMING PIN PRESENTATIONS – 10/20

Join other parents at the upcoming Parent Information Network (PIN) presentation.

Tuesday, October 20, 6:30-8:15 pm
Andrea Pitman: Executive Function

For more information about (and to sign up for) this online event, click here: https://www.pinccsd.org/

DIGITAL LIBRARY CHECK OUT!

Digital Library | Providing Access to All | York County Libraries

Now you can check out books digitally! EBooks, audiobooks and streaming videos are available from the CCSD Overdrive Digital Library for download to PCs, Macs, Kindles, iPads, smartphones, MP3 players and hundreds of other devices!

Here’s how:

* Log in to the Overdrive catalog at: my.cherrycreekschools.org

* Select the myLibrary tab at the bottom

* Select the image for Overdrive

* Log in with your school computer username (active directory) and password (active directory). Remember, you set your own active directory password. Library staff have no way of knowing what it is.

Click here for on instructional video!

ONLINE COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND LINKS

Use these helpful links to stay informed on the latest developments in the Cherry Creek School District.

CCSD Planning Forward Website

CCSD COVID Tracker and Public Health Metrics

CCSD Planning Forward – Frequently Asked Questions

Citizens for Cherry Creek Schools

Mark your calendar for these important dates

10/20: PIN (Parent Information Network) Meeting, Topic – Executive Function (online event)

10/22: Restaurant Night – Tokyo Joe’s, 4pm – 8:30pm (Dine In or Carry Out) – FLYER!

10/23: Last Day to Order Cottonwood Spirit Wear!!

10/28: Picture Retake Day

11/6: NO SCHOOL – K-8 Conferences

11/10: Restaurant Night – Bad Daddy’s Burgers (All Day!)

11/19: Restaurant Night – Panera Bread, 4pm – 8pm

11/20: General PTO Meeting (virtual), 8:30am – 9:30am

11/23 – 11/27: NO SCHOOL – Happy Thanksgiving!

Thank You, Volunteers!

Cottonwood Creek wouldn't be the amazing school it is without our amazing community of parent volunteers!! We so appreciate your efforts! A special THANK YOU goes out to the following:
Thank you to Paula McAtee, for coordinating our wonderful restaurant nights! Thanks so much to Paula Hruska for being our champion for Measures 4A 7 4B! A big thank you goes out to Trista Ehrichs and Alice Schubert for coordinating our King Soopers and AmazonSmile Battle of the Classes contest. The winning classes will enjoy extra recess parties along with a special class treat. Most of all, this was a great way to give back to our school by increasing participation in the King Soopers and AmazonSmile give-back programs which are absolutely free! Thank you to all the families, friends and neighbors that signed up to help support our school!
Thank you to Claudia Conteras & Romina Zajd for our Mums and Donuts fundraiser, along with 303 Smiles & The Mortgage Co for sponsoring! The Goettsche family, owner of Chick-fil-a, and Brother's BBQ and 103.5 the Fox for our amazing teachers luncheons! Muriel Roumier, Art Room Coordinator, for organizing the collection of river rocks for the art room. Also, thank you to all the families who donated to this cool project for the Art Room!

A big thank you goes out to Jennie Preece and Mimi Skeehan, our Community Service Committee Chairs, who coordinated the Day of Service in honor of 9/11, Patriot's Day, in the justLOVE, justGIVE, justSERVE community service project! Cottonwood students and families collected and donated a whole van-full of food to local faith services and charities in a food drive and participated in other various service projects via justserve.org. What a wonderful way for Cottonwood students and families to give back to those in our greater community.

A special THANK YOU to all the parents who joined our first virtual General PTO Meeting on Friday, 9/18. Thank you to our speakers, Karen Fisher - President, CCSD Board of Education who discussed the importance of Measures 4A & 4B on the ballot this fall, along with our Principal, Katie Johnson, who provided us with an important back to school update on all things Cottonwood and Cherry Creek to date this fall.
All parents who donated to our Campaign for Cottonwood! Paula McAtee for our Restaurant Nights! Jennifer Abrams & Darcey Perlman-Welcoming Committee Chairs for our virtual new family welcome! Kim Olson-for organizing our lost and found! Committee Chair Volunteers-we are so excited to tap into all your creativity!
Bridget Gaunt, Molly Kruljac and Anjanette Steadman, Kindergarten Coordinators - For all of your efforts, amazing communication and Kindie events to welcome our new incoming Kindie families to the Cougar community!
Lindsey Bye - New line of Cottonwood Spirit Wear including Cougar masks and gaiters, new this year, ensuring our kids are ready for Back to School!!
Courtney Taylor and Jessica Rothschild, School Supply Chairs - For organizing the online school supply sale providing all-inclusive packs for our students.

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