Week of March 20-24, 2023

 Happy Friday Trailblazer families,

It was a fantastic Village RALLY Day!  Thank you to the Tawalmoto Village for planning such a fun gathering!  Today we talked about Habit #6, All in this Together which falls under the E for Empathetic in our LEAD expectations.  Our essential skill focus was keeping yourself and common areas clean and germ free!   Check out this fun VIDEO, called The Big Achoo! that our Tawalmoto Leaders made! I just love when we are all together celebrating, learning, and growing together! 

Today we thanked our amazing custodial staff who help keep our school clean and germ free, Mr. Andrew (evening custodian), Mr. Peter (Lead Custodian), and Ms. Olga (evening custodian).  

BERNHARD MUSEUM ROUND 2

Today Mrs. Petersen’s and Mrs. Rasmussen’s classes traveled back in time to visit the Bernhard Museum.  This field trip gives our Third Grade students the opportunity to experience what life was like before electric ovens, washing machines, and video games!

THANK YOU, PTC!

I wanted to take this opportunity to give a huge shout out to our PTC and the families that donated for our Staff Potato Bar Luncheon this week!  It was such a treat to gather together and enjoy the yummy meal!  Many thanks for making all of our staff feel so loved and appreciated!  

PCOE SPELLING BEE!

Congratulations to our two District finalists that represented RCSD at the County Level Spelling Bee this Wednesday, March 15th.  Liam is in 4th grade and Warner is in 5th grade!  We are so proud of you!  

PARKING LOT REMINDERS

We recently have had an increase of people using our Handicapped marked spaces by the office to do a quick pick up or drop off.  Please keep our Handicapped spaces open for our families that have an official placard or license plate. 

Also, one more quick reminder that our Kindergarten Loop drop off/pick up area is open to one lane only.  Please do not create a second row in the parking lot to pick up your students, this blocks the flow of traffic when people are trying to park in the lot.  Thank you for making safe choices in our parking lot to help keep our Trailblazers safe!

PET REMINDER

I know that everyone's animals are a big part of their families, yet we do have some students that may be allergic to our furry friends. Please make sure that if you have a pet that you remain on the sidewalk perimeter and not bring it onto our campus walkways. Thank you!

IT’S NOT TOO LATE-ENROLL NOW FOR THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR!

Do you know of any neighbors with future 23-24 Diamond Creek Kindergarteners?  Please share with them that they can register their children right now for our next school year.

REGISTRATION BEGAN ON 1/23/23-All families must register each year 

Thank you to those families who have completed your registration for next year already.  If you haven’t registered, please make sure to complete your registration as soon as possible.  This timely information helps us best prepare to meet and accommodate all our students’ needs.

New and Returning Student Registration - Opened 1/23/23 7:00 AM

Every current student must complete the returning student registration to be placed in a class for next year.  This includes 5th graders moving to middle school. Please complete this as soon as possible. Registration 

If you know you are not returning to Diamond Creek next year, please contact the office.

Transfers - If you are currently on an inter-district transfer (living outside of RCSD) you need to do a new transfer annually.

If you are a 5th grader on an inter/intra transfer and you live outside of Cooley boundaries, you would need to complete a transfer to go to Cooley.

If you have a TK student on a current inter/intra transfer, you need to complete one for kindergarten to stay at Diamond Creek. Transfers

THIS WEEK’S DC NEWS 

Click HERE to see another fabulous edition of our DC News. Many thanks again to our student leaders and their advisors, Ms. Triplett and Mrs. Lopez for putting together such a wonderful broadcast!

PTC NEWS

MOVIE NIGHT:  Save the Date – Friday, March 31 is the Spring movie night for TK, 1st and 2nd graders.  More information coming your way soon.

 

ROOM PARENTS:  Calling all Room Parents!  Spring activities and volunteer opportunities are happening.  Please check your email regularly so you and your classroom families don’t miss out.  Please reach out to:  roomparent@diamondcreekptc.com for any questions.

 

GUMMIES NEEDED: In order to support our safe routes program and our upcoming walk to school days, we are in need of 50 large Costco boxes of gummies. If you can donate, please drop them off at the main office. The kids thank you in advance!

 

FUNDRAISER:  World’s Biggest Bounce Park is at the Galleria.  Have a great time with the kids while supporting Diamond Creek Elementary.  Reserve your time at FunBox.com, use PROMO CODE “DCES23” for $3.00 off plus 20% will be donated back to our school.

 

FIREWORKS:  Diamond Creek has the fireworks booth again this year.  The teachers and students greatly benefitted from last year’s sales and we hope that you can volunteer again this year.  Be on the lookout for signups coming out soon!

 

BIRTHDAY WISHES:  Does your child have a birthday between now and the end of the school year?  Now is a great time to submit a form to have their birthday on our marquee message board in front of the school to make their day extra special!  CLICK HERE for the form.  You can hand it in to the front office or email it to marquee@diamondcreekptc.com if paying with PayPal.  

 

SAFE ROUTES: If your student would like to participate in Safe Routes, meet us every Thursday mornings at either the front main gate or side gate to get a shoe tag or get scanned.  Don’t forget to go to Active4.me to register their tag so you can get notifications with your student on campus.  Each week, one student from each grade will win the weekly raffle and pick out a prize.

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend!

Warmest regards,

Mrs. Phillips