Week of August 9-13

Hello Trailblazer Families, 

Welcome back to all of our students and families. It was amazing to have students back on campus this week. I saw many smiles as I was walking around to classrooms and outside at recess with the students. We hope your students had a great first few days back at Diamond Creek!

Every week, I will send an email to you on Friday afternoon that includes a link to our Diamond Creek School Blog. In the Blog, I will share important dates and reminders for the upcoming weeks.

Have a wonderful weekend and we look forward to a full week with the students next week. A reminder that every Monday is our minimum day dismissal. Students in grades 1-5 are dismissed at 2:05. Our TK and Kindergarten students follow their same schedule.

Welcome back from all of our staff at Diamond Creek!

VILLAGES AT DIAMOND CREEK

At Diamond Creek we work hard to build strong relationships with students, families, staff, and our community. Three years ago we kicked off our Villages system building wide for all of our TK through 5th grade students. Each student was assigned to one of our 7 Villages that represent The 7 Habits of Highly Effective people. We will continue this year spending time learning and reviewing these habits along with some essential skills that fall within each habit. We will use our Village time every other week to learn these habits and work within our Villages to implement these habits at Diamond Creek. Our TK and Kindergarten students will find out their Village at a fun sorting day rally on August 25th. All of our new students to Diamond Creek will learn of their Village as well through their classroom teacher. Our first official kick off rally will be September 1st. We will communicate with you soon regarding the organization of our rallies and meetings as we will be following procedures and guidance given to us related to COVID safety procedures.

Our goal with our Village system is to create a school wide collaborative community with all of our students. We want all of our students to feel a strong sense of belonging at Diamond Creek. Our Villages allow our older students to be big buddies for our younger students and help lead the way in many areas. Our big buddies have continued to take on tremendous leadership roles picking up our little buddies for meetings and rallies and helping with our 7 Habits. We will still find ways this year for our big buddies to be leaders!

Each Village has a name, color, chant, crest and more!  The Villages are a sense of identity for our students and something we strive to make part of what we do at Diamond Creek. Villages encourage a sense of pride in our students and the habits they are exhibiting at Diamond Creek. Strong relationships with students has always been the core of what we believe when it comes to educating students. Our Villages are a way for us to continue building strong relationships across the entire building and create an environment of shared leadership among our student body.  

2021-22 Village Rally & Meeting Schedule HERE

GREEN & GOLD DAYS!!

We will continue to show our Diamond Creek school spirit through our spirit days on Fridays!! We encourage our students to wear green and gold or their Diamond Creek spirit wear on Fridays!  We will once again have spirit wear class winners and be passing along the "virtual boot". 

Arrival/Dismissal Reminders:

Thank you for helping keep our students safe! Please remember to follow these safety procedures when entering and exiting campus.

1. Drivers please drive slowly through our neighborhoods and bus loops

2. Pull all the way up when moving through the loop, this helps us get more cars in the loop

3. The bus loops are not parking lots. If you would like to park and get out of your car, please use our lots or street parking to do so.

4. Please walk bikes and scooters on campus

Upcoming Dates:

8/25 - TK/Kinder Village Sorting Day

9/1 - 1st Official Village Rally

9/9 - Fall Picture Day (TK-2)

9/10 - Fall Picture Day (3-5) 

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