Lone Mountain Families,
I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoyed time with their families and friends. As we head into these last few weeks before winter break, I appreciate you continuing to help your child stay on top of their studies and focused on learning. There is still a lot of learning to happen as we close out the second semester. There are also many events happening both off and on campus. Please make sure to mark your calendars for upcoming events. I wish you all a wonderful week.
Respectfully, Emily Hill
LONE MOUNTAIN NEWS
"SOAR" EXPECTATIONS AT LONE MOUNTAIN
This year we continue with our positive behavior interventions and "SOAR" expectations for students to follow in the classroom and around campus. The acronym SOAR stands for Safety, Ownership for your actions/words, Attitude, and Respect. These are character traits that we talk about daily within the classrooms and around campus. When these specific traits are shown staff members can give each student a SOAR card that they label with their name and then drop into a raffle for a monthly prize drawing.
ATTENDANCE AT LONE MOUNTAIN
Did you know? Attendance Matters
- Starting in preschool and kindergarten, too many absences can cause children to fall behind in school.
- Missing 10%, or about 2 days each month over the course of a school year, can make it harder to learn to read.
- Students can still fall behind if they miss just 1 or 2 days every few weeks.
- Being late to school may lead to poor attendance.
- Absences and tardiness can affect the whole classroom if the teacher has to slow down learning to help children catch up.
- Attending school regularly helps children feel better about school—and themselves. Start building this habit in preschool so they learn right away that going to school on time, every day is important. Eventually good attendance will be a skill that will help them succeed in high school and college.
- High rates of absenteeism affect our school's letter grade from the Arizona Department of Education.
As long as your child is healthy, please encourage showing up to class when school is in session. Every day of school is an important opportunity for students to learn as well as connect to peers and their teachers.
ATTENTION ALL LMES SIXTH GRADERS- FUTURE STINGER NIGHT IS 11/30/22
LMES- LOCAL HORSESENSE OPPORTUNITY
4th grade and 5th students are invited to participate in Horsense Youth Equestrian Camp, a 5-week long program held Saturday mornings at MacDonald's Ranch.
Camp dates: January 14th, 21st, 28th, February 4th, 18th
Time: 9:30am - 12 noon
Location: MacDonald's Ranch (Scottsdale Rd. and Jomax)
Horsense is an equestrian youth riding camp designed for students aged 9-10 years old who otherwise would not have the opportunity to interact with horses.
Space is limited to 10 students. There is no cost to attend; students just need to have transportation to and from the Horsense campsite at MacDonald's Ranch.
Please sign up if you are interested.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1i4lQLf4zRnRvUz-z6FARjNcAaFH0XZhxKs5SqdbPvy4.
BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB- 12/7/22
Birthday Book Club is one of the most exciting days in the library for students! The program is designed to engage students in the joy of reading by allowing them to choose books for the library, support the growth of our library, and to celebrate every student's birthday throughout the year!
LEARNING AT LONE MOUNTAIN
From the classroom to the playground, learning at Lone Mountain is always fun! Last week was a short one but our fourth graders took time to compare and contrast apple and pumpkin pie, and our kindergartners sang their hearts out at their Thanksgiving performance.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR LONE MOUNTAIN EVENTS
UPCOMING DATES
11/30- Future Stinger Night at Sonoran Trails from 5:30-7:00 PM
12/2- Spirit Wear Friday- wear red, white, blue or LMES gear
12/2- Falcon Foundation Holiday Scavenger Hunt- 5 PM- flyer below
12/5-12/9 Penguin Patch
12/7- Birthday Book Club for October- December Birthdays
12/7- CCUSD Parent Academy - Chemicals of Concern and Common Sense Zoom Presentation at 6 PM
12/14- LMES Winter Choir Performance 6-7 PM
12/15- 5th Grade Wax Museum Project- 9:15-10:00 AM
12/15- 2nd grade Holiday Performance 2- 3 PM
12/21- Half Day - Release time is 12:30
12/22-1/4 Winter Break
LONE MOUNTAIN PTO
PENGUIN PATCH
Everyone's favorite holiday shop returns to LMES Dec. 5-9! For those who may be unfamiliar with Penguin Patch, it is a holiday shop where kids get to bring in cash or check and shop for friends and family from a variety of items priced from $.25!
FIVE DAYS OF CHEER
Join us in celebrating our amazing staff this holiday season.
JOIN AND SUPPORT THE LONE MOUNTAIN PTO
By joining the PTO you will have a say in future PTO elections and vote on important items to enhance your student’s educational journey at LMES. Register to join on the PTO Website: https://schoolyear22-23.cheddarup.com
Once registered you will have access to all PTO news/events, be able to order spirit wear, and lots more! By registering on the website, you are not committing to anything other than being in the “know” on all things PTO at our school. Please consider joining our LMES PTO.
FOLLOW LONE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY ON SOCIAL MEDIA
We love to share all of the great things happening at our school site. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for updates.
https://www.facebook.com/LoneMountainElementary
NEWS AROUND THE DISTRICT
CCUSD is offering some wonderful Parent Academy classes for our parents. The best part about these is that they are all ZOOM offerings. This means, you can participate in these 1-hour classes and be at home cooking dinner, or in your car driving your child to practice, etc... We hope you are able to join us.
CCUSD FINANCE FACTS LEARNING SERIES
EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES (ECS) WINTER CAMP
CAVE CREEK UNIFIED EDUCATION FOUNDATION (CCUEF)
Mark your calendars for Run the District- January 7, 2023. The Cave Creek Unified Education Foundation (CCUEF) is a registered Arizona non-profit foundation that supports the mission of the Cave Creek Unified School District (CCUSD). The Foundation is led by a partnership of parents and community members. Recently this foundation granted 11 of our LMES teachers with grants to support learning in their classrooms. Come join us as we run Falcon Field and support our schools.
CACTUS SHADOWS FALCON FOUNDATION
The Falcon Foundation is a CSHS student club that supports CCUEF through volunteering and a lot of other great initiatives. They have created a FUN Scavenger Hunt for all of our elementary school kids. Each group of children will be accompanied by a Falcon Foundation high schooler to assist them in the Scavenger Hunt. The hunt should take between 30 minutes to an hour. Parents are welcome to join in on the fun too! You can use the QR code to RSVP. Link for QR code
HELPFUL LINKS
CCUSD GOVERNING BOARD
REMEMBER TO VOTE- NOVEMBER 5, 2024
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