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10 April 2015
Friday Facts
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Front Page News Letter from the Principal For Your Information… PTCO Corner Open PTCO Leadership Positions SCRATCH Day Challenge Night Out Immersion Team E Theater Group Presents! Sprint Wingding Destination Imagination Flyers Flyers Flyers Challenge Update: Amazing! Challenge Update Challenge Class Participation PTCO Flyer Wellness Newsletter Wolf Watch Summer Camp School Spirit: Baskins Robbins 3‐D Printing Fun! Mindful Parenting Summer Camps for Elementary School Kids P.I.N. Update Engaging Boys of Color Summer Camps for Middle School 720.747.2100
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Front Page News
Letter from the Principal
Dear Challenge Families:
This week begins the final quarter of the school year and it seems before
we know it, the year will be over. We’ve been focused for so long on all the
critical elements of school: learning, making friends, behaving appropriately,
completing homework on time (and remembering to turn it in), being kind to
others, and the list goes on. In the last quarter, I want all of us to continue
focusing on all of those things and finishing strong. To do so, we need to pay
attention to a few more things:
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Hard work and effort We must never lose sight of how important these two
things are to growth and success.
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Rest We are a hard-working community from staff and parents to students.
We must take care of ourselves and get plenty of rest.
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Balance and perspective Maybe this one should come before rest
because it’s often when we are out of balance that we give up resting. Take a
step back, breathe, and see if time commitments are in line with our values.
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Reflect As we are nearing the end of a school year, it’s always a great time
to reflect and celebrate our successes.
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Laugh The most important one of all. Just doing so changes all of our body
chemistry. Here’s inspiration to get you started:
I’m looking forward to the last quarter of the school year!
Respectfully,
Challenge School Website:
challenge.cherrycreekschools.org
PTO Manager:
www.challengeschool.ptomanager.com
Submit content for newsletter by
Wed, NOON to:
[email protected]
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Linda Maccagnan, Interim Principal
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For Your Information…
PTCO Corner
Please join us next Tuesday
NIGHT, April 14th for another
EVENING PTCO Meeting.
Principal Maccagnan will join us
with some important updates
regarding our new Advisory and
Accountability Committee, the
mindset grant, school/parent
communication, and the school schedule for next year.
We’ll also have a great presentation by our Librarian, Kris
Draper, on how to access the online book data base for
the summer. Please join us for some goodies and
conversation! 
Check out the Flyers Section of the Friday Facts for
updates about the Challenge Challenge! The kiddos
have new classroom thermometers to keep track of their
class progress in these final two weeks. They are itching
for those parties! Please make it happen for them,
Challenge!
We’ve been asking you all along, “Why Challenge?” What
brought you here? Why did you want to become a part of
this community? Why do you want to continue to be a
part of this community? It has been a joy for us to see
your answers to these questions.
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“My family loves Challenge! The teachers and
staff are super and the opportunities that are
offered to the kids are exceptional.”
“Challenge school is helping my children develop
knowledge, self-esteem and respect for the
world. Kudos to the dedicated teachers and
support staff who lavish their care and attention
on the children.”
“Challenge is a community of learners dedicated
to bringing out the best in one another. Our
educational system would be 'fixed' if all children
had the wonderful learning experiences and
opportunities our children are fortunate to have.”
“My sons are with 'their people'--children who
have a love of learning and embrace one
another's quirkiness. Challenge has provided
them with a nurturing environment where they do
not feel like they have to conform to stereotypical
'coolness'. Instead, they are embraced for who
they are and they both have found friends who
also beat to their own drum. They love the
diversity of the school!”
“For 13 years, we have seen the outcome of the
wonderful work the teachers and staff at
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Challenge put into helping our children grow to
fulfill their dreams, whatever they may be.”
“My child loves going to school! He loves his
teacher and he loves learning- what more could I
ask for! As a kindergarten parent the Challenge
School has surpassed our expectations, and we
were already expecting greatness!”
This is why, Challenge. This is why it’s an amazing
community that we are fortunate enough to belong to.
Please join us in reaching that $75,000 goal, so that we
can continue to help make our kids’ dreams come true!
With sincere thanks,
Rhonda Clark and Nancy Wilson (Co-Presidents),
Sunshine Morgan and Tim Weber (Co-Vice Presidents),
Candace Ellman (Volunteer Coordinator),
Michelle Austin (Secretary),
Kimberly Chapman (Treasurer)
Open PTCO Leadership Positions
Looking for ways to fill your 25 hours next year? Wishing
you could take on more of a leadership role? The
following leadership positions are available for the 20152016 year. For many of these positions, you can do the
majority of the work from home or on your own time. If
you are interested in any of these positions or have any
questions please contact Candace Ellman, Volunteer
Coordinator at [email protected].
Entertainment Books Co-Chair - work with our current
chair beginning this May as he teaches you what’s
involved with preparing for this fall fundraiser, then take
over as chair for the 2016-17 school year.
8th Grade Continuation shadow – for parents of
students who will be in 7th grade this fall. You would work
with the current chairs as they plan Continuation 2016 to
learn what’s involved, and then plan out Continuation
2017. Two parents needed.
Trivia Night Chair – one or two parents needed to run
this fun event.
Field Day K-4 Chair - one or two parents needed to chair
this fun event. Primarily involves organizing volunteers.
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Room Parent Coordinator Team C
Room Parent Coordinator Team D
Room Parent Coordinator Team E
Community Event Coordinator
Cultural Event Chair
PIN Representative
Cool Force Community Service Chair
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SCRATCH Day
Hello everyone! Scratch Day 2015 is coming up soon,
May 9th. This year's registration will open up this Friday
April 10th at 7AM. If you love coding or creating with
technology try to attend Scratch Day 2015. This event fills
up quickly!
Register here: Cherry Creek Scratch Day 2015
Immersion
We have gone electronic this spring with our Immersion
information! Today, April 10th, you will be able to sign into
your My Cherry Creek webpage
(https://my.cherrycreekschools.org) and you will see this
Immersion tile:
Click on the tile and you will be
brought to a welcome page with a link
to instructions for viewing this spring’s
Immersion offerings and entering your
student’s Immersion choices. All
choices must be entered electronically by Tuesday, April
14th at 3pm. If you are planning to do an Independent
Study during Immersion week, your proposal and itinerary
must be handed in to the main office no later than 3 pm on
Tuesday, April 14th. If your family has funds available in
your Entertainment Book account, your student will bring
home a balance statement on Friday, April 10th.
Immersion placements will be posted and Immersion
paperwork will be sent home on Monday, April 27th. The
dates of this spring’s Immersion are Monday, May 18th –
Thursday, May 21st.
Team E Theater Group Presents
THE MOUSETRAP AND SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK LIVE JR.
Come experience one of the most famous murder
mysteries be Agatha Christie, The Mousetrap. (With
permission by Samuel French, Inc.) Also, come see an
awesome performance teaching all about nouns,
adjectives, and interjections- School House Rock Live Jr.
(With permission by Music Theater International.)
The Challenge School theater department presents these
two productions on two separate nights.
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The Mousetrap will play on Monday, April 20th @
6:00 p.m.
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School House Rock Live Jr. will play on Tuesday,
April 21st @ 6:00 p.m.
Tickets will be sold at a table in the main hallway in the
mornings from 7:45 until 8:15 and in the afternoon from
2:45 until 3:15. The dates are Tuesday, April 14 - 17 and
we will also sell the days of the shows - April 20 & 21.
Tickets will be sold for cash or check made out to
Challenge School. Premium seats are $10, General
Seats are $7 and floor seats for children are $5.
TWO SHOWS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!
As a special bonus, if you buy tickets to one show you will
gain free general admission to the other show. (For
example- if you buy premium seats for The Mousetrap you
will also get free general admission seats for School
House Rock Live Jr.)
Come support the Challenge Theater department and
see you there!
Sprint Wingding!
Mark Your Calendar for Spring Wingding on May 8!
We want to invite every member of the Challenge
community to attend this year's Spring Wingding picnic on
Friday, May 8 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. We'll supply
pizza, beverages, desserts, a huge bouncer, and games
of chance with gift cards from local businesses as prizes.
Did we mention it's FREE?!?! This is the PTCO's way of
thanking everyone for their volunteer work and to just
plain have fun. We'll be outside on the back lawn, so bring
your lawn chairs, blankets, Frisbees, and Nerf footballs.
There is no charge to attend, but RSVPs are required so
that we can be sure to have enough food and drinks on
hand. RSVP to [email protected] no later than
Friday, May 1. Be sure to tell us how many adults (ages
12+) and how many children (under 12). Also let us know
if you would prefer vegetarian pizza.
If you still need volunteer hours -- or would just like to help
with this fun event -- check out our SignUpGenius page at
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0b48abaa29a13volunteer/. Thank you!
Questions? Contact Marjorie Wallwey or Valli Kumar,
event co-chairs, at [email protected] (Marjorie)
or [email protected] (Valli).
Challenge Night Out
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Baskin Robbins - Thursday April 16th - Your
teachers will be scooping the ice cream!!!
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Destination Imagination!
On March 21st, Challenge School was represented by 6
teams at the regional Destination Imagination tournament.
In addition to Critter of the Week (announced last week),
the teams were:
This was our Rising Stars (non-competitive) team. They
created the amazing “Snalligator” and presented it,
complete with habitat, to their panel of judges.
The Ghost Girls: Kanshita D., Abigail K., Lauren K.,
Aakanksha M., Shrishti M., Katya R., and Sreeja T. with
their team manager, Victoria Gosteva
The Ghost Girls explored their fears of candy canes and
bulldogs using a time machine. They came in 5th in the
Feary Tales division!
Team Nicklebobber:
Mihika D., Yusuf H., Paige
H., Brooke R., and Miriam
T. Team manager –
Zarmeena Rizwan
They took on the Improve
Games challenge and
came in 6th!
The Challenge Rising Wolves: Tais I., Logan K., Anirudh
N., Leah P., Saachi T., Declan V., Carly W., and Anna Z.
with team manager, Tirzha Zabarauskas
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The GLA – Global Creativity Agency: Josephine D.,
Sarayu G., Sreekar T., Vivian Y., and Jacqueline Z. with
team manager Francis Yip
They faced their fear of
consciences and even
travelled to another
dimension to do it! They
came in 7th in the middle
school Feary Tales
division.
The Awesome Creative
Candy Wolf Gang: Shourya H., Sri L., Lily L., Reem S.,
Akshita U., and Timmy W. Team managers– Christy and
Alan Legleiter
They faced a
multitude of fears
and came out
ahead! They
placed 4th in their
Feary Tales
division.
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Challenge Update: Amazing!
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Challenge Class Participation
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PTCO Flyer
Summerisjustaroundthecornerandlongdaysareahead.Come
listentoourLibrarian,KrisDraper,explaintoustheonlinebook
databaseandhowtouseit.Wewilllearnhowtodownloadbooks,
movies,musicandmuchmore!Helpyourkidskeepthosebrains
engagedandavoidthesummerblues!
WewillhaveanupdateontheChallengeChallenge,aswellas
updatesfromPrincipalMaccagnan!Seeyouthere!
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Wellness Newsletter
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Wolf Watch Summer Camp
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School Spirit: Baskins Robbins
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3-D Printing Fun!
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Mindful Parenting
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Summer Camps for Elementary Students
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Summer Camps for Elementary Students
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Summer Camps for Elementary Students
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Summer Camps for Elementary Students
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P.I.N. Update
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Engaging Boys of Color
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Summer Camps for Middle School Students
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Summer Camps for Middle School Students
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Summer Camps for Middle School Students
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