The Canyon View Coyote: Principal's Message 12/2/16

Dear Canyon View Families,

As we head into the final three weeks of 2016, the classroom teachers are busy completing various formative and benchmark assessments in the areas of literacy and mathematics. The data collected will be used to gauge the effectiveness of our instruction, interventions and extensions up to this point in the school year, and we will also be using the data to guide our academic planning and instruction as we charge into the second semester. Assessment plays an important role at Canyon View and throughout CFSD, and we are deeply committed to making data-driven decisions to continually support the needs of each and every one of our students in order to prepare them for college and career pathways.

Please note that Friday December 16^th marks the end of our annual Adopt-A-Family project, which is being led by Canyon View’s Student Advisory Board (SAB). This week, you received a sign-up list from your child’s homeroom teacher indicating the wish list items that are being requested by their adopted family. All wish list items are to be sent to school by Friday, December 16^th when each grade level will bring their box of donations to awaiting delivery trucks that will transport the goods to the families in need. These grateful parents will then be able to wrap the gifts for their children just in time for the holiday.

On Friday, December 23^rd at 8:15AM, we will conclude our character-building project by having a special presentation during our quarterly Spirit Assembly. Kristine Hall, the Vice President of Marketing & Development for CODAC, will be in attendance to share with our children the impact that their generosity has made in the lives of our adopted families.

At Canyon View, we are deeply committed to teaching our students the meaning and value of the Six Pillars of Character, and the Adopt-A-Family Project is a great way to instill these important traits within our children. We sincerely appreciate your support of this important project. Parents and family members are invited to join in our Spirit Assembly celebration on December 23^rd, and we hope to see you there!

Next, I received updated information about registration for students who live in the Canyon View neighborhood school boundaries. I wanted to inform our families that the opening of Online Registration for residents for the 2017-2018 school year has been changed from December 5, 2016 to January 12, 2017. You may access the Online Registration link under the Parent tab at http://www.cfsd16.org/.

For our open enrollment families, the open enrollment process is a multi-step process. The first step is to apply for open enrollment by completing the online application accessed under the Parent tab at http://www.cfsd16.org/. The open enrollment application process began on November 1, 2016 and continues through January 31, 2017. After a student has been approved for open enrollment, the family may then proceed to register for the 2017-2018 school year. The Canyon View office staff will process open enrollment registrations once the district office communicates the students have been accepted for the 2017-2018 school year.

Next, below are just a few images that capture the variety of learning experiences our students have been engaged in over the past two weeks. The entire staff at Canyon View Elementary is deeply committed to the whole-child approach to educating our students, and we are routinely researching and exploring new ways to refine and improve our practice.