Parents,

Next week we are bringing back the Cascade Chinese New Year celebration. This is a fun family celebration. This year is the year of the dragon. Our event will be on February 22, starting at 5:30 and ending at 7:00 pm. There will games to play and other fun activities, and Chinese treats. We hope to see you here on the 22nd

IMPORTANT DATES:

• February 19 – President’s Day-No School
• February 22 – Chinese New Year Celebration 5:30-7:00 PM
• February 26 – 8 AM 3rd and 4th Battle of the Books
• March 1 – Dr. Seuss Day-Dress Up as Your Favorite Dr. Seuss Character
• March 6 – Spring Picture Day
• March 15-16 – Willy Wonka Play at Canyon View Jr. High
• March 11-12 – Professional Development/Teacher Work Day No School
• Mar 19 – PTA Meeting 9:30 AM
• March 19 – Math/Art Night 5:30 PM
• ASD Bright Ideas Super Saturdays for K-6th Grade

Our Chinese Immersion lottery acceptance letters have been sent out. We have a few openings available. If you are interested in joining a great language development program we will fill the remaining openings on a first come basis.

Parents,
Thank you for your support of our school. Our teachers feel the support you give to us on a daily basis. Our teachers work hard to provide a quality education to each of your children.
They feel your support on a daily basis. This support comes from simple things like getting your children to school, reading with them each night, asking questions about how their day went. We
love working at Cascade and teaching your children each day.

IMPORTANT DATES:

• February 12 – 8 am 5th and 6th Battle of books throughout the school, ending in the Library
• February 12 –  1st Grade Dragon Parade 12:40 in the halls. First grade Chinese immersion parents are welcome. Parade last approximately 10 minutes.
• February 13 – PTA Meeting 9:30 am
• February 19  – President’s Day-No School
• February 22 – Chinese New Year Celebration 5:30-7:00 PM
• February 26 – 8 am 3rd and 4th Battle of books throughout the school, ending in the Library

Also, ASD Bright Ideas Super Saturdays for K-6 th Grade

Our Chinese Immersion lottery has been postponed by the district. It will be in the next few days. As soon as the lottery is completed we will send out letters to all who have applied.

Parents,

Thank you for all you are doing during our drop off and pick up times when we all work together we are helping this part of school be safer and run more efficiently.

• Slow down while at school
• Put your cell phones off
• Be courteous of others
• Always watch for kids
• Pull forward
• Never wave students across traffic
• At the stop sign on 800 East please make only right hand turns

Parent Teacher Conferences are on February 8, 2024. Teachers are sending progress reports home for your students. They will also be sending out sign up sheets for those parents who wish to discuss in further detail the progress of their students.

Next week our library is hosting the Book Fair. Please stop in and look at all the great books for kids to read.

IMPORTANT DATES:

• February 5-8 Heart-A-Grams on sale
• February 6-8 Book Fair
• February 8 Parent Teacher Conferences
• February 9 Teacher Work Day-No School
• February 19 President’s Day-No School
• February 22 Chinese New Year Celebration 5:30-7:00 PM
• ASD Bright Ideas Super Saturdays for K-6th Grade

Our Chinese Immersion lottery will be held at the end of next week. Letters will be sent out by Friday.

Parents,

As we are now in the middle of winter we need a little help with our drop off zones. If you are picking up your child in the parking area we ask that you not wave the child across traffic. Instead wait until you are at the crosswalk area where we have suppervision. If you need to pick up your child before this area please park the car and walk to the crosswalk area. This will make for a much safer pickup experience for your child. Here are a few reminders for our pick up zone.

• Slow down while at schoo
• Put your cell phones off
• Be courteous of others
• Always watch for kids
• Pull forward
• Never wave students across traffic
• At the stop sign on 800 East please make only right hand turns

STEM Fair

• We just completed another successful STEM fair at our school!
• 20 Projects are advancing to the district competition (27 students)
• The district competition is on Wednesday, February 21st
• 17 Kinder-4th Grade Participants
• 62 total projects!
• This is the highest amount of participation since starting STEM fair in our new building!

WIDA night

We had a successful WIDA parent night. We had well over 120 people attend they made connections and learned more about services offered at the school.

IMPORTANT DATES:

• January 31 Safe Kids Project for parents and kids 7 pm
• February 5-8 Heart-A-Grams on sale
• February 9 Teacher Work Day-No School
• February 19 President’s Day-No School
• February 22 Chinese New Year Celebration

Parents, please try to let your children know what the pick-up plans are for the day before they come to school, that way we don’t have to interrupt the classes to let
them know. By making the arrangements before school anxiety as to where to meet will be minimized.

Please take a moment and fill our the Free and Reduced Lunch application that was sent home last week. This can easily be done online as well.

IMPORTANT DATES:

• January 19 S.T.E.M. Fair Forms and Projects due by 2:15 pm
• January 22 S.T.E.M. Science Fair Projects on display for parents to come and see from 12:00-2:00 pm in the gym
• January 24 WIDA Night 5-6 PM for multilingual families
• February 5-8 Heart-A-Grams on sale
• February 9 Teacher Work Day-No School
• February 19 President’s Day-No School

Dear Parents,

Our Christmas sing for parents to come watch will be on December 20th . You can attend either at 8:30am or 1:00pm in the gym.

School is dismissed at 2:15pm. Please pick up your children no later than 2:30pm. When in the pick up zone please drive slowly and carefully. In this zone it is important to not be distracted by our cell phones. Thank you for your co-operation in this matter.

We do have a boys and girls club that meets here after school. They meet in the gym from 2:30-5:30 daily. If you would be interested the English Registration Links:

Boys/Girls Club Registration (English)

Boys/Girls Club Registration (Spanish)

IMPORTANT DATES:

• December 18 Chinese Immersion 2024-2025 online application opens:  Chinese Immersion Online Application Information
• December 20 8:30 am and 1:00 pm Christmas Sing (parents welcome)
• December 21 Last day of 2nd term. Pajama Day
• December 21 Minimal Day 8:00 am-11:30 am
• December 22 Teacher Work Day (no school for students)
• December 25-January 8 Winter Break (no school)
• January 19 S.T.E.M. fair Forms and Projects due by 2:15 pm
• January 22 Science Fair Projects on display for parents to come and see from 12:00-2:00 pm

Here is the link to apply for free and reduced lunch. We encourage all patrons to apply:  Free and Reduced meal application

Dear Parents,
Our Chinese DLI applications for next year are now live. If you are interested in being in our DLI program please fill out the application. In January we will hold our lottery for positions for next year. If you have family
and friends who may be interested as well please share this link with them.
2024-25 Chinese Immersion Information

Please take a moment to fill out the free and reduced lunch application. Our school has received extra funding this year based on our needs. We are a Title 1 school. Title 1 status is determined by our lunch counts. Even if you don’t think you qualify please look at the application.
Free and Reduced meal application

Dear Parents,

Did you know you can excuse your children’s attendance online? Please use the following link Skyward Absence Instruction to learn how to do this!!
How to excuse student’s attendance online tutorial
Un tutorial de cómo justificar la asistencia de su alumno en línea

IMPORTANT DATES:

• December 11-14 PTA FunDrive- Drop off clothing/textiles
• December 13 Santa Photos – Parents with Toddlers are welcome to attend for a picture.
• December 14 Acadience Testing K-3 Please have your child to school on time. This is our reading assessment and gives us information to help your kids learn to read.
• December 18 Chinese Immersion 2024-2025 online application opens
• December 20 8:30 am and 1:00 pm Christmas Sing (parents welcome)
• December 21 Last day of 2nd term. Pajama Day
• December 21 Minimal Day (No half-day K or preschool) School lets out at 11:30
• December 22 Teacher Work Day (no school for students)
• December 25-January 8 Winter Break (no school)
• January 19 S.T.E.M. fair Forms and Projects due by 2:15 pm
• January 22 Science Fair 12:00-2:00 pm

Dear Parents,

The month of December is fast upon us. This is a great time to spend time with family and to look for ways to help our neighbors out. During the next few weeks we will be hosting some fun activities that are both ways to help in our community and for ways to celebrate this time of year. As a school we appreciate the kind ways you as parents interact with each of us. During this time of year please take a moment to talk with your kids about the importance of kindness challenge them to look for ways to be kind to their fellow classmates. If each of our students looks for the best in others and look for ways to make new friends our school will be a better place to be.

Please take a moment to fill out the free and reduced lunch application. Our school has received extra funding this year based on our needs. We are a Title 1 school. Title 1 status is determined by our lunch counts. Even if you don’t think you qualify please look at the application.

School Breakfast/Lunch – Please complete a free/reduced lunch application each year

You can see menus alpineschools.org.nutrition and apply for free/reduced lunch by clicking here. We encourage every family to complete a free/reduced lunch application each year. Free/reduced lunch numbers largely determine federal school funding, and many families are surprised that they qualify for free or reduced lunch (there are more factors than just your income). You must apply each year. You can also pick up a paper form at our office.

Breakfast 8:55-9:10

Lunch 11:55-12:55 (start and end varies according to grade)

As a reminder please only make right hand turns at the intersection of 200 North and 800 East. When a car makes a left hand turn during drop off times the result is a long backup for everyone. As a quick reminder here are our parking lot etiquette guidelines.

•  Slow down while at school
•  Put your cell phones off
•  Be courteous of others
•  Always watch for kids
•  Pull forward

Thank you for your help and cooperation in this area.

IMPORTANT DATES:

December 4-8 Canned food drive

December 11-14 PTA Fundrive – Drop off old clothing

December 13 Santa Photos

December 14 Acadience Testing – Please have your child to school on time. This is our reading assessment and gives us information to help your kids learn to read.

December 20 8:30 am and 1:00 pm Christmas Sing (parents welcome)

December 21: Last day of 2nd term/1st semester

December 21: Minimal Day – Students attend 8:00 – 11:30 am

December 22: Teacher Work Day (no school for students)

December 25-January 8: Winter Break (no school)

Dear Parents,

Our art teacher is looking for donations of DVDs and CDs, used or new, that families have at home or work and no longer want to store. These will be used for a future art project. They can be dropped off at the front office labeled Art Room or Mrs. Howard.

Parents we are noticing that people are starting to turn left at the intersection of 200 North and 800 East. At this intersection we ask that only right turns be made. This is causing a backup for everyone. For everyone that is turning right we want to say thank you. As a quick reminder here are our parking lot etiquite guidlines.

• Slow down while at school
• Put your cell phones off
• Be courteous of others
• Always watch for kids
• Pull forward

Thank you for your help and cooperation in this area.

Upcoming events at Cascade:

• Tuesday, November 7 – Picture Make-up Dauy
• Thursday, November 9 at 9 am – 6th Grade Eggstronaut Egg Drop
• Friday, November 10th Veterans Day

Dear Parents,

• Our Halloween Parade will start at 8:30 on Tuesday
• Families are invited to watch the parade on the back playground of the school
• Please send students to school in their costumes ready to go
• Face paint should be simple
• No props that portray violence or weapons are allowed
• Costumes must follow school dress code

Picture Make-up day is Tuesday, November 7th

The PTA annual fundrive clothing drive starts on November 6th and runs through November 10th