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Week of March 2-6

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WEEKLY NEWS Hello Diamond Creek Families! Report cards are coming home today. Please take time to review these with your child(ren) and celebrate their progress.  They have put in so much hard work along their learning journey this school year.  Thank you for all of your support at home as well. This week we will have our next Village Meeting on Thursday, March 5th.  Students are encouraged to wear their Village T-shirt or color. We will be reviewing  Habit #5: Listen and Learn  and discussing the importance of listening with our body language and our ears so that we are fully engaged with each other and in our daily activities.  Habit #1 Habit #2 Habit #3 Habit #4 Habit #5 Habit #6 Habit #7 Diamond Creek Student News 2019-20 YEARBOOKS - DEADLINE TO ORDER April 3, 2020 Don't miss out on this opportunity to get a wonderful yearbook filled with special memories of the school year.  Yearbooks are printed only for those who prepay as it is...

Week of February 24-28

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WEEKLY NEWS Today marks the end of Trimester #2 of our 2019-20 school year.  It's hard to believe we are beginning the final Trimester of the school year. Students are working so hard and have made such amazing progress this year along their learning journey.  Report cards will be sent home next Friday, February 28th. Please take time to review these with your child and celebrate their hard work and progress this year.   They are truly amazing! This week we had a Village Rally that was led by our Pinokket Village and some student leaders. Our students did an incredible job of leading the entire school during this rally.  We reviewed  Habit #5: Listen and Learn and discussed the importance of listening with our body language and our ears so that we are fully engaged with each other and in our daily activities.  A reminder that Wednesday, February 26th is a Minimum Day! Students are Dismissed at 2:05. Habit #1 Habit #2 Habit #3 Habit #4 Habit ...

Week of February 17-21

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WEEKLY NEWS Our final count for Pennies for Patients is complete.....AND...Diamond Creek students reached a new record by raising $11,501 for the Lymphoma & Leukemia Society. THANK YOU for all of your support with this great cause at home. We appreciate you and are so excited about our donation. This week we have a Village Rally coming up on Thursday, February 20th. We will be discussing  Habit #5: Listen and Learn.  Students are encouraged to wear their Village T-shirt or color! A reminder there is NO SCHOOL Monday, February 17th due to Presidents Day. Habit #1 Habit #2 Habit #3 Habit #4 Habit #5 Habit #6 Habit #7 Diamond Creek Student News Traffic & Parking Reminders - Please help our students and families stay safe  When dropping off and picking up students please remember these important safety reminders.  This is to ensure our students at Diamond Creek are safe. 1. Both our small and large loops are drop off loops only. These are not ...

Week of February 10-14

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WEEKLY NEWS This past week we counted up the pennies and coins after our second week of collecting for Pennies for Patients and after two weeks our total was almost $8,000!! Our goal is $10,000 to donate towards the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. We will be completing our final count after today and we will announce the grand total next week to our students.  Thank you for all of your support! This week we had a Village Meeting on Thursday. We reviewed  Habit #4: I am Mindful of Others  and our new Essential:  When you win, do not brag. When you lose, do not show anger .  Students brainstormed ways to show kindness around our school, community and at home. We talked about how our body language and tone of voice have impact on others and can sometimes impact in a way that we did not intend if we are not mindful.  Students created a bookmark which listed ways they can show kindness.   Our hope is that you notice the kindness your students ar...