David M. Cox Elementary School Dream It! Believe It! Achieve It! NO LIMITS!

Cox Cub News

Volume 6, Issue 19 Mrs. Tara Imboden, Principal imboden@interact.ccsd.net
April 3-7, 2017 Dr. Christine Clayman, Assistant Principal cclayman@interact.ccsd.net
Welcome Back Everyone! We hope you enjoyed your Spring Break!
Can you believe we only have 37 days of school left! Wow, this year flew by; summer is
just around the corner!

Reminder: Please do NOT turn left out of our parking lot during drop-off and dismissal. Also, not only is it dangerous
but its illegal to cross the street outside of the crosswalk on Robindale and we have seen CCSDPD citing people lately.

SBAC Testing: Next week our students begin the state exams! Students in grades 3, 4, and 5 take state exams in Language
Arts/Reading and Math (and fifth take the state Science exam). We will have full day quiet hours and our specialist schedules
have been adjusted to give our intermediate students the full morning to test. Due to the number of testing sessions and the
amount of classes which need to access our labs, testing will run through May 22 nd. Did you know that last year we had 6
students in grades 3, 4, and 5 who earned perfect scores??? Wow!

Cub Cheers: Way to go to the 4th grade Honor

Choir theyve did our last two Friday Morning
Announcements and were awesome!
Congratulations to the following students for
receiving Cox Cub of the Week: Amaiya Hines,
Gael Vasquez, Jevon Yapi, Delaney Nash,
Katherine Russell, Anna McCulloch, Garrett
Barney, Cianna Logan, Isabella Dizon
Anthony Driscoll-Davenport, , Kalista Kozhin,
Sarah Saiewitz, Brandon Reitz,
Jaslene Hernandez, Robert Bitterman, and
Kai Vasquez.

Congratulations AR Class Winners: The following classes earned the most AR words read for the third quarter in their
grade level: Mrs. Almadas Class with 85,534 words read, Mrs. Perkins Class with 155,058 words read, Mrs. Andersons
Class with 2,711,103 words read, Mrs. Blohms Class with 8,403,165 words read, Mrs. Coles Class with 12,259, 534 words
read, Mrs. Ball-Aguilars Class with 20,722,920 words read, and Mr. Orths Class with 22,269,815 words read.

Cox Students Won at STATE: We are very pleased to announce that we have a number of David Cox Students who won for
Reflections at the Nevada State Level! Congratulations to Dorothy Creer, Nariah King, Camryn Piccininni,
Hayleigh Sarnessar, Cy Coleman, Catherine Karsaz, Crosby McGreal, Kaiden Carre, Kamren Kennett, Tori Piccininni,
Evelyn Lorren, Chase Rudder, and Alissa Perkins!
Milers News: Congratulations to the Way-to-Go for 100 winners for accomplishing their 100 miles: Naomi Francisco and
Scarlett Burton. The Milers Drawing Winners for April: Michael Steffen, Henry Aase, Brandon Frenzel, Owen Frenzel,
Henry Loorz, Zachary Christman, and Madeline Smith.

Our annual Milers Jog-a-thon is coming up on April 28th. Look for flyers coming home soon with all of the important
details. We need volunteers to make this event a success. Volunteer duties needed include: registration from 7:45-8:15am,
punch cards from 8-9am, water table from 8-9am, and finally we need people to help with the pledge sheets from 9-10am.
Please send an email to dmcmilersclub@gmail.com if you are willing to help. This year we will be doing a raffle drawing
every 5-10 minutes during the Jog-a-thon. If you are interested in providing some raffle prizes (gift cards, small toys, store
bought food items, etc.) please send an email to dmcmilersclub@gmail.com. We appreciate any support you can give our
program!

Just a reminder: Only those students participating in Milers are allowed on campus before 8:50 am. We have had many students hanging out on the
blacktop before the first bell. There is no supervision during this time, so they must be running or walking on the Milers field where they are supervised.
If students refuse to come to Milers after being reminded of this rule, they will be sent directly to the office. Thank you for your help in keeping our
students safe.

Proud of DMC Staff and Students: Based on our schools 2016 SBAC performance scores our school was rated a 4 for
teacher evaluation purposes. The numeric 4 is the highest you can earn and its based upon our ranking amongst not just
CCSDs overall performance but the state as well.

Annual DMC Parent Survey: Parents, each year we send home a survey regarding the operations and programs at our
school. Your input is very valuable to us and the responses are always posted in the newsletter and will now be shared at
upcoming SOT meetings. Questions like open/closed campus, times of PTA meetings, early-bird GATE classes are types of
questions on the survey. Please look for the survey at the end of April.

Staffing Update: As previously posted in past Newsletters, staffing and staffing within grade levels are always subject to
change (even right up to the first day of school). We will always accept parent letters for teacher requests beginning May 1st,
however, due to possible staffing changes, your request may not be granted. If your child is placed in a requested classroom
and that teacher leaves over the summer, you will NOT get your second choice; your child will be placed based on student
count. REQUESTS ARE NOT A GUARANTEED PLACEMENT. We do have some grade levels filled and staff for the
upcoming year:
Kindergarten Third Grade Specialists
Mrs. Ernst Ms. Davis Mrs. Beatty RBG3 Specialist
Mrs. Froehlich Mr. Gray Mrs. Cole GATE
Mrs. Niewinski Ms. Hannah Ms. Connor Library
Ms. Swinger Ms. Peters Miss Deihl - Counselor
Mr. Hale PE
Mrs. Papanek Music
Ms. Taylor - Art
First Grade Fourth Grade Self-Contained/Resource
Mrs. Anderson Ms. Kirkpatrick Ms. Almada (Intermediate SEC)
Mrs. Asmundson Mrs. Pisano Mrs. Bernard (Primary SEC)
Mrs. Grenstiner Mrs. Stackel Mrs. Giannantonio (Intermediate Resource)
Mr. Peterson Mrs. Steele Mrs. Klein (ECSE)
Mrs. Shields Mr. Tanksley (Primary Resource)
Second Grade Fifth Grade
Mrs. Blohm Mrs. Ball-Aguilar Kindergarten Round-Up: Be on the lookout for
Mrs. Harry Mr. Orth information regarding registration for next years
Mrs. Henson Mrs. Piccininni Kindergarten! Registration will begin in April.
Mrs. Husney Mr. Shafran
April 17th begins the annual ONLINE
A Look Ahead: *Calendar dates & events are subject to change.
REGISTRATION for CCSD. Remember, even if
Apr 19 PTA Blood Drive MP Room-Wear Red
Apr 21 Vision/Hearing Screening your student (K-12) is already attending a CCSD
Apr 21 Progress Reports sent home school, you still must go into Infinite Campus
Apr 24-May 22 SBAC Testing 3rd-5th Grades and RE-ENROLL your child(ren) for the
Apr 24-28 Career Week upcoming school year. Re-enrolling your student
Apr 27 Take Your Child to Work Day ensures that the district staffs the students
Apr 25 Bookworm Breakfast & Spring Pictures appropriately for each school.
Apr 25 SOT Mtg. 6 pm Library
Apr 28 Milers Jaw-a-Thon If your child is on a zone variance currently, you
May 1-5 Teacher Appreciation Week still must enroll for the school they are
May 4 Parent Night at Greenspun Junior High School 6 pm
CURRENTLY attending.
May 9 PTA Mtg. 6 pm Library
May 12 Mothers & Muffins 8:30 MP Room
May 17-18 Fifth Grade to Seaworld
May 19 First Grade Musical Performance/Progress Reports Home (final ones for year)
May 23 Final Bookworm Breakfast COX FAMILY DINNER
May 26 Field Day 9-12
May 29 Memorial Day-No School NIGHT!
May 31 Bike Rodeo
Jun 1 Dads & Doughnuts
Jun 2 5th Grade BBQ/Teachers vs. 5th Grade Dodgeball APPLEBEES AT STEPHANIE
(BY MALL)
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Jun 5 Honor Roll Assemblies (1 -4 )
Jun 6 Kindergarten Graduation
Jun 7 Fifth Grade Closing Ceremony
Jun 8 Final Day of School: Dance Off, Reportcards Home, Dismissal 12:40 pm