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The Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) at Cottonwood Creek Elementary holds multiple events throughout the year to raise funds for student education programs, equipment, supplies and services. These funds support literacy, math, science, technology, and provide additional instructional services. The money raised closes the gap between state funding and current needs of the students. We could not accomplish our goals without your generous financial support.
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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 again to our AMAZING Auction Team for putting together an unforgettable silent/online and live virtual auction event this year!! Thank you to Becca Cooper Leebove, Val DeGaetani, Clara Carpenter, Lydia Miller, Monica Bogue, and Lauren Kauffman. Thanks to your efforts, we once again came together as a community and had lots of fun supporting and raising much needed funds for our school!!
Thank you to our AMAZING volunteers for stepping up to help with last minute AUCTION details this week: Val DeGaetani, Becca Cooper Leebove, Monica Bogue, Ashley Mull, Lauren Kauffman, Shanna Evans, Tina Suneja, Diana Miller, Heather Robbins and Sarit Ashmann Thorp.
Thank you to our Cultural Connections committee chairs, Shivani Dalal and Rachita Prakash, for bringing us together with Pandemic Holiday Celebrations this year. Thank you for researching and highlighting all of the holidays celebrated in our Cottonwood Community and for sharing wonderful pictures and student reflections on these celebrations. We appreciate you!! Thank you!
Thank you to Mr. Mondragon for all of your incredible efforts running the Kids' Heart Challenge! We appreciate everything that you do for this school and for this awesome organization! Thank you also to Erin Raleigh and Thanuja Zupan for your help with the Kids' Heart Challenge! Erin and Thanuja coordinated schoolwide prizes for the challenge! Thank you!

And thank you to Jessica McAllister, Yearbook Chair, for coordinating the efforts for our yearbook this year! In a totally unprecedented year, you are so innovative and flexible and we appreciate it!
Thank you to our auction committee who is working tirelessly to pull off an incredible, innovative, and exciting spring auction for the Cottonwood community. Huge thank you to Becca Cooper, Lauren Kauffman, Monica Bogue, Val DeGaetani, Amanda Bicker, Lydia Miller and Clara Carpenter - it's going to be such a fun night!

Also, thank you to our Hospitality Chairs, Kassie Hurley and Marin Hamilton, who coordinated and delivered IN & OUT BURGER to our awesome teachers and staff this week! We appreciate all of your efforts this year!
A special Thank You to our teachers who put in so much extra time this week meeting with families to discuss students' progress and achievements made this year! We appreciate your strong commitment to our school and your classroom. Cottonwood wouldn't be the special place it is without your unwavering dedication.

Thank you to our Yearbook Committee Chair, Jessica McAllister, for your diligence and organization in managing our yearbook project during the pandemic!! Jessica has been busy collecting pictures and content to organize and design what will no doubt be a special and unique keepsake for our students this year. Thank you Jessica for your dedication to this project and going above and beyond to make it happen!

Thank you also to our Parent Information Network (PIN) Committee Chair, Erin Raleigh, for all of your work throughout the year keeping our community informed of the PIN Meetings and keynote speakers! We so appreciate you!!
Thank you to our amazing welcoming committee chairs, Jenn Abrams and Darcey Perlman for all of your work throughout the entirety of this year! You always do such an amazing job welcoming new families to Cottonwood and we are so grateful to have you in this role.
Thank you to our Cultural Connections Committee Chairs, Rachita Prakash and Shivani Dalal, for continuing to highlight and coordinate the Pandemic Holiday Celebrations segments each week in our newsletter. It has been a fun and educational way to share the numerous holiday celebrations in our community. Thank you, ladies, and thank you to the families who have shared their holidays and pictures with us!
Thank you to all of our amazing party parents and grade level party coordinators for the awesome coordination and execution of Valentine's parties on Friday, 2/12. Thank you for your incredible flexibility during this year and thank you for going above and beyond to deliver parties for our kids this year. We appreciate you so much.
Thank you also to our volunteer coordinators, Dana Ambler and Shari Baillargeon. Your continued support, coordination and communication with our network of volunteers is so much appreciated! We are so thankful for all of your cooperation and creative solutions. THANK YOU!
Thank you to Jennie Preece and Mimi Skeehan for organizing and collecting the valentines for Dr. Siegfried! He will be missed and we appreciate this kind gesture!
Thank you to our fearless publicity chair, Kristen Ide. You continuously outdo yourself and we appreciate your proactive nature and willingness to help!
Thank you to our Read4Funds Committee Event Chairs, Gretchen McGinnis and Taylor Spalding, who coordinated the awesome Read-a-Thon event for our students this year! We so appreciate your efforts and flexibility in coordinating this NEW fundraising event for our school which proved to be a hugely popular with our students and beneficial for our school during this challenging year.
Thank you to our Hospitality Chairs, Kassie Hurley and Marin Hamilton, who coordinated and delivered a delicious burrito lunch for our teachers and staff this past week! We so appreciate your efforts in putting these awesome meals together for our teachers and staff who we can't thank enough for their dedication to our students during this challenging year.

Thank you to our amazing Restaurant Night Chair, Paula McAtee, who continues to set up all of the wonderful Cottonwood Restaurant Nights for our school! Thank you for all of your help!!
Thank you to our Hospitality Chairs, Kassie Hurley and Marin Hamilton, who coordinated and delivered a delicious burrito lunch for our teachers and staff this past week! We so appreciate your efforts in putting these awesome meals together for our teachers and staff who we can't thank enough for their dedication to our students during this challenging year.

Thank you to our amazing Restaurant Night Chair, Paula McAtee, who continues to set up all of the wonderful Cottonwood Restaurant Nights for our school! Thank you for all of your help!!

Thank you to our Cultural Committee, Rachita Prakash and Shivani Dalal, who have created and written our meaningful “Pandemic Holiday Celebrations” over the past few months. We appreciate you creating a platform for us all to celebrate differences.

Thank you to all of our amazing party parents and grade level party coordinators for the awesome coordination and execution of winter parties on Friday, 12/18. Thank you for your creative party ideas and for going above and beyond to deliver virtual parties for our kids this year! We appreciate you so much!
We'd like to say a big Thank You to Jennie Preece and Mimi Skeehan, our Community Service Chairs, along with Kori Shaiman for coordinating the wonderful Cottonwood Helping Hands Mitten Drive that was incredibly successful again this year! And thank you to our amazing Cottonwood Community for your donations which helped 28 Cottonwood students and an additional 20 families outside of our community receive much-needed support this holiday season!

Thank you to our amazing Party Parents who are working hard (and quickly) to plan our upcoming class winter parties! This year obviously looks very different than our typical winter parties, but we know how much our kids will appreciate your efforts and all the creative, fun ideas you have planned! THANK YOU!!

Thank you also to our fantastic Room Parents, who are also seamlessly navigating this new world!!! We appreciate your effort in organizing teacher gifts and communication between parents, teachers and PTO. THANK YOU!!

Thank you also to Dana Ambler and Shari Baillargeon, our fearless Volunteer Coordinators. Your help in coordinating communication with our network of volunteers is a huge job and we are thankful to have you on the team!!!
Thank you to our amazing party parents who are working hard (and quickly) to plan our upcoming class winter parties! This year obviously looks very different than our typical winter parties, but we know how much our kids will appreciate your efforts and all the creative, fun ideas you have planned! THANK YOU!!

Thank you also to our fantastic room parents, who are also seamlessly navigating this new world!!! We appreciate your effort in organizing teacher gifts and communication between parents, teachers and PTO. THANK YOU!!

Thank you also to Dana Ambler and Shari Baillargeon, our fearless volunteer coordinators. Your help in coordinating communication with our network of volunteers is a huge job and we are thankful to have you on the team!!!

Thank you to Becca Cooper Leebove for her Auction leadership and her team of auction outreach volunteers who have been hard at work in preparation for an amazing spring online auction and virtual bidding event! A big thank you to our auction team!!
Thank you to Kim Olson, our amazing lost and found coordinator! Kim took pictures and organized ALL the lost and found items and has graciously organized distribution to their owners! Thank you Kim!
Thank you to Becca Cooper Leebove for her Auction leadership and her team of auction outreach volunteers who have been hard at work in preparation for an amazing spring online auction and virtual bidding event! A big thank you to our auction team!!
Thank you to Kim Olson, our amazing lost and found coordinator! Kim took pictures and organized ALL the lost and found items and has graciously organized distribution to their owners! Thank you Kim!

Thank you to our amazing PIN representative, Erin Raleigh, who continuously keeps our Cottonwood Community updated on important PIN presentations. We appreciate you keeping us informed on these very important topics!!

Thank you to Kristen Ide, our Publicity Chair, for keeping our PTO billboard up to date with all the PTO news and events each week. Thank you, Kristen, for your support and dedication to Cottonwood!

Thank you also to Paula McAtee, Restaurant Night Committee Chair, for continuing to partner with restaurants in our community in setting up awesome restaurant nights supporting Cottonwood Creek! In the current environment, Paula has increased our restaurant night give-back opportunities to twice each month, and we can't thank her enough for her dedication in making these events a success!
Thanks to Marin Hamilton and Kassie Hurley for leading our hospitality committee and organizing another teacher appreciation meal! Thank you to Marla Katz and Lelle Lantz for putting together the Cottonwood Caller! 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.