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December 2019 - January 2020

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brought to you by your collierville elementary school pta

What’s Inside

A Note from Mr. Salyer

Dragon Dash Wrap-up

Class Holiday Party Schedule

December 2019/January 2020

HAPPYHOLIDAYS

2019 DRAGON DASHWrap-up

see details on pages 6 & 7


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December 5 Spelling Bee

December 20 Last Day 1st Semester 1/2 Day

January 7 First Day 2nd Semester

January 20 MLK Day- No School

February 14 Parent Teacher Conference 1/2 Day

February 17 Presidents Day -No School

February 22 CES Teachers Pancake Breakfast

February 25 CES PTA General Membership Meeting

February 28 Community Reader Day

March 9-13 Teacher Appreciation Week

March 16-20 Spring Break - No School

March 26 & 27 Muffins with Mom

IMPORTANT DATES

CES Mission and VisionMissionCollierville Elementary School equips Little Dragons with the skills neces-sary to be successful in learning, leadership, and life.

VisionCollierville Elementary School will inspire every Little Dragon to be thriv-ing and confident students who become life learners and contributing citizens in their community.

BeliefsCollierville Elementary School under-stands the importance of the develop-

ment of the whole child.

Educators reflect upon teaching prac-tices for the purpose of professional growth and the continued enhance-ment of quality instruction as well as engage in on-going professional development and work collaboratively to share the knowledge we acquire.

All relationships matter and are essen-tial to learning.

Every learner is different. As educators we meet each child where they are and allow them to be active participants in their learning.

Each of us must do our part to create

a safe, respectful and positive environ-ment that encourages learning and risk-taking.

A commitment to student success is a shared responsibility among students, parents, educators, staff, and the com-munity.

Every child deserves to have someone that loves them.

When you set high expectations, all will rise to the challenge by working hard, taking risks, and persevering.

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The Little Dragon Family,We are halfway there! It’s hard to believe the school year is almost halfway complete, but we’ve al-ready had so many great experiences with Back to School Night, Dragon Dash, and student per-formances at PTA meet-ings just to name a few. We hope everyone has a Happy Holiday and enjoys time with friends and fam-ily.

I want to encourage you as parents to keep investing in your children. My girls are only five years old, and daily I feel pulled in so many direc-tions that take away from me being the kind of dad I know I should be. Our parents here at CES truly are amazing! You all spend time with your kids at home, take them to community events, and pay for them to do a plethora of activities that you may or may not have had access to as a child. This holiday season just remember that what your child needs more than anything on a list is YOU! They need you to be present and to spend time with them doing things that they like to do. Remem-ber that the days are long, but the years are short. Make the most of each day!

As is typical for this time of year, we have some students that are deal-ing with colds, flu, and fever. If your child is sick, we ask that you please keep them home to help us keep our

school as germ free as pos-sible. Last year, the state of Tennessee Department of Education decided that any student who is out of school for ten percent of the school year for any reason (ex-cused or unexcused) would be classified as chronically absent. That means that any child that misses 17 days of school this year would fall under this classification. We still want you to keep your child home when they are sick, but we ask you make an

extra effort to make sure that when your child is healthy, they are here at school. If your child misses school, they are given their assignments but there is no way to make up the hours of teaching they have missed. For more information on chronic ab-senteeism, please go to https://www.tn.gov/education/student-support/chronic-absenteeism.html.

I am always a phone call or email away. I try to frequently post and share some of the great things going on at school on the CES Twitter ac-count. You can follow us at @CESLittleDragon. Every Dragon. Every Day.

Tyler Salyer

A NOTE FROM MR. SALYER


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A Message from the President

1. To promote the welfare of children and youth in the home, school, community, and place of worship.

2. To raise the standard of home life.3. To secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth. 4. To bring into closer relation the home and school, that parents and teachers may

cooperate intelligently in the education of children and youth. 5. To develop between educators and the general public such united efforts as will

secure for all children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, so-cial and spiritual education.

PTA Objectives

Hello Little Dragon Parents & Students -

First and foremost I want to thank each and every person who contributed to our fall fundraiser. It amazes me every year to know that the funds raised at Dragon Dash ($43,332.81 this year) are 100% raised by the little drag-ons. ALL funds raised stay in the school and are used for PTA sponsored events and items needed throughout the school to make CES a better school. We hope that everyone enjoyed the Dragon Dash Dance Glow Party…..Laura Wiseman, PTA Fundraising Events Chairperson, threw together the best Glow Party we could in less than 24 hours after we got word that the weather was not favorable for running around the track outside. Thank You to everyone for being flexible as last minute changes were made. As we look into 2020 we have many exciting PTA events coming up. Community Reader Day held at the end of February is always a fun day for the students at CES. Should you know a leader in the community who would be willing to read to a class please put them in contact with Monique Walker, Special Events Chair ([email protected]). Moms, your day is coming up too - - Muffins with Mom will be held on March 26th & 27th. And don’t forget April 18th is Fair in the Lair, our Spring fundraiser. Circle that day on your calendars because you won’t want to miss out on all the auction items, fun fair games and yummy fair food. We have been working on some new auction ideas this year that you will want to bid on!!I hope you all have a wonderful Holiday Season and a Happy New Year.

Once a Dragon, Always a Dragon

Milly MountCES-PTA President

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Volunteers are so important to keeping a classroom running! If you have a little, or a lot of extra time and desire to volunteer, your help would be greatly appreciated. We are in need of Cafeteria and Copy Room volunteers. Don’t forget to keep up with your volunteer hours because you get an extra lunch ticket to eat with your child for every 8 hours volunteered!Sign up here:

https://mycespta.org/2019/08/25/volunteer-opportunities-at-ces/

Calling all CES Alumni - - - - Dragon Dozen ScholarshipThe Dragon Dozen Scholarship is awarded annually to two Collierville High School seniors by the Collierville Elementary School PTA. This year, the CES PTA will be offering two $1,000 scholarships. Scholarships will be paid directly to the University to which the applicant will be attending.

Applicants must fulfill the following requirements to be considered for the Dragon Dozen Scholarship:» Be a Dragon for their entire educational career K–12 (CES, CMS/WCMS and CHS).» Provide three letters of recommendation: two recommendations from teachers and one from another source (volunteer work, coach, church, etc.).» Write a 300 word essay on “What it means to be a Dragon.”» Turn in application by Sunday, March 8, 2020.» Scholarships will be notified and awarded at the General Membership meeting on April 7, 2020 at 6:30pm

For additional information or a scholarship packet please see the guidance counselors at CHS or email [email protected].

https://mycespta.org/2019/08/25/volunteer-opportunities-at-ces/


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DRAGON DASHWRAP-UP

We would like to thank everyone for their participation in this year’s Dragon Dash. Without the support of our students, parents, teachers and faculty we would not be able to do all the wonderful things that we do for the school and the faculty. This year we raised a total of $43,332.81. Congratulations Little Dragons.

Mr. Salyer will be KISSING A GOAT soon!

Special THANKS to KROGER fordonating waters for Dragon Dash!

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Top School Fundraiser Winners: 4th place: Blake Skaggs – 1st grade 3rd place: Carson Joyner – 3rd grade 2nd place: Cayden Sanders – 1st grade 1st place: Thomas Turner – 5th grade

Top Fundraiser Each Grade: Resource SPED – Kendall Leidich Pre K – Ellison Ford Kindergarten – Turner Prieur 1st Grade – Cayden Sanders 2nd Grade – Joshua Williamson 3rd Grade – Carson Joyner 4th Grade – June Summers 5th Grade – Thomas Turner Class Winners per Grade: SPED M. Payne Pre-K Jaffe K Shields 1st Norton 2nd Cobb 3rd Haycook 4th Simpson 5th Marks


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2019 CES Spelling BeeRepresentatives

3rd Grade Representative AlternateMarmolejo Camyra McFerren Harrison DurbinHolt Saahil Nambiar Beau AmmonsDormayer Evie Roberts Madden JonesBarchak Jenna Taylor Emilia MadeaNichols Scarlett Mason Kate TylerHaycook Katelyn Seaton Azaria TurnerHall Olivia Matlock Georgia Schultz

4th Grade Representative AlternateSimpson Sydney Murley Mason NewmanVick Michael Tonahill Myles ReinhardtMcGuire Joseph Walls Lia BelyeuWilemon Caroline Brown Ryan CallWilliamson Evey Nelson Silas LandersFreeland Jackson Finley Avery Morgan

5th Grade Representative AlternateScherffius JuanPerea CalixLosadaMunier Kate Cantrell Houston BrockmanMarks Colin Stiver Chase RapeYoung Josh Holmes Brady MullenFloyd Taylor Ussery Clark WhitsellVictorson Taylor Artiles Charlie MadisonReiner Jacob Lauber Cooper Lockhart

The date of the Bee is December 5th at 6:15pm in the Community Room at CHS.

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2019 BRACE Award Recipients(from CES)

Ben Pillow 2nd Place Kindergarten Jack Berger 4th Place First Grade

Louisa Madea Honorable Mention First Grade Campbell May 2nd Place Second Grade

Elaina Bell 3rd Place Second Grade

Allison Josephsen Honorable Mention Second Grade

Luke Bramucci 2nd Place Fourth Grade

Avery Morgan Honorable Mention Fourth Grade

Madilynne Wagner Honorable Mention Fifth Grade


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Developing Small Motor Skills and an Efficient Pencil Grip Are Important

Parts of Learning How to Write—and Enjoying the Process!

(This drawing shows typical progression of preschool development of pencil grasp. We were not able to locate its source.)

Dear Parents, Good handwriting matters, beginning with a good pencil grasp! If handwriting motions are not efficient, it interferes with the whole writing process.

As your child develops a better pencil grasp, the writing process becomes easier. It is normal for children to enter kindergarten with a wide range of fine-motor development. Some children start the year with an efficient pencil grasp, and others are developing one. This is because children’s finger muscles develop with time and experience. We are asking you to support your child in learning an efficient pencil grasp:

• Teach your child how to hold crayons, draw, and color within lines. • Then, provide many opportunities to fingerspell, use scissors, tweezers,

pencils, pens, and small building toys. • We want learning this important skill to be a positive experience!

Why is a good pencil grip so important? So we can write better and faster and so our finger muscles won’t get tired.

Parents as Partners allows us to give your child the life-long habit of efficient handwriting!

With appreciation, A Nellie Edge “Parents as Partners” letter 2016. Permission to use or adapt and make multiple copies with credits noted.

Submitted by: Ms. Haecker

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Submitted by: Ms. Haecker


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It’s BOX TOP time at CES!

Follow these simple steps to register your Kroger Plus Card to give back to CES-PTA. 1. Go to Kroger.com.2. Create an account or Sign-in.3. Register your Kroger Plus Card with your account. 4. Click on “My account.”5. Under “Account Settings” select “Community rewards,”6. Under “Find your organization” search for Collierville Elementary 1 PTA. After that you are ready! Now when you swipe your card you are automatically giving back to Collierville Elementary School.You must re-enroll each year! Please check to make sure you’re currently enrolled!

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Holiday Parties at CES

Thursday, December 19th

Time Grade Door to Enter: (For those who returned form.)

• 9:15 - 10:00 2nd Grade 5th Grade Stairwell or Outside Classroom Door • 10:00 – 10:45 Pre-K/Kindergarten Kindergarten Hall Door • 10:45 – 11:30 3rd Grade 3rd Grade Hall Door • 12:45 – 1:30 1st Grade 4th Grade Stairwell Door • 2:00 – 2:45 4th Grade 4th Grade Stairwell • 2:45 – 3:30 5th Grade 5th Grade Stairwell Door

All parents or guardians who are planning to attend need to fill out the form below and return it to your child’s teacher before Friday, December 6th. All those who return a form and have had their license previously scanned through the Raptor System can enter at the designated door/s listed above. Anyone who has not been entered into the raptor system this school year must enter through the cafeteria doors, have their license scanned through the Raptor System, and then may proceed to their child’s party.

Notes to Remember:

Park in the rear of the building.

Due to limited classroom space, we respectfully ask that siblings refrain from attending.

Arrive no more than 15 minutes before party time.

If you have a party later in the day, please return 15 minutes before that time.

We ask that no children be checked out after the parties.

We appreciate your cooperation in helping us make this a fun and enjoyable time for your children.

CES Faculty and Staff

CES Holiday Parties 2019

Student’s Name _________________________________ Teacher _______________________________________

Please list FULL name, as listed on the driver’s license, of those attending:

(Please note: If you have never had your license scanned through the Raptor system, you must enter though the cafeteria doors.)

_____________________________________________ ______________________________________________

_____________________________________________ ______________________________________________

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