We are deep in decorating our white T-shirts! Thank you to all parents that donated packages of T-shirts, what a tremendous help!
This is our only fundraiser of the year!
FUN'd RUN INFORMATION:
Friday, September 26, 2014
8:00-3:00PM, but COTTAGE 1 & 2 walk together from 10:00-11:00AM
Dear families,
Gateway's fun'd run/walk is our lap running/walking fundraiser where ALL proceeds go to student field trips and programs. Signing up for pledges or donations is easy!
You may pledge a certain amount per lap, or a flat donation for participating. Don't forget to ask friends and family to pledge too! After the Fun'd Run, students will bring home a certificate with the number of laps he/she ran or walked. Please send in your cash or checks in the envelope that was sent home with students.
Make checks payable to WPSD FOUNDATION, Fun'd Run in the memo line.
You can make a tax-deductible donation right now for the Gateway Fun'd Run. You can turn in cash or checks written to the WPSD FOUNDATION/Fun'r Run written in the memo line. Students can turn this in to their teachers or the front office.
You can mail check to Gateway Elementary School, 100 Panther Way, Woodland Park, CO 80863.
Or make an online donation by going to our website: www.wpsdfoundation.org & click on the DONATIONS left-hand menu option. Click the PAYPAL button option and designate your donation to the Gateway Fun'd Run.
MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM EMPLOYERS/BUSINESSES:
Be sure to let your employer know how much you're pledging or donating to Gateway's Fun'd Run so they can match your contribution if they desire. Tell employers to make checks to WPSD FOUNDATION for the Gateway Fun'd Run so it will be tax deductible.
Thank you so much for your kindness & generosity.
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Cottage School Schedule
7:45 Pledge, Song, News
8:00 Library/Computer -alternate weeks.
8:30 Tuesdays-Group Reports/8:45 Wednesdays-Group Reports
9:00 Recess
9:15 Snack
9:40 Spanish (7/or Finish Group Reports)
9:55 Music/PE/Art
10:40 Science
11:25 Lunch
11:50 Recess
12:10 Sign Language
12:30 Science
1:05 Recess
1:20 Science (Every other week Mr. Davis Lessons)
1:40 Science
1:55 Art/Music/PE
2:40 Clean-up/Read
2:55 Dismiss
Thursday, September 4, 2014
News: Hello Cottage and Online families!
Just a few notes as we get this school year started! Welcome to Gateway Elementary Cottage School and Online School Programs! We love having you join us!
~ Shoes! Please do not wear open toed shoes to school. Please keep P.E. safe running shoes in backpack as you never know when we have P.E.
All students and guests to our classroom should wash their hands when entering the room and after every time they touch food
~One of our handouts explains this years FUN'd RUN! ALL STUDENTS will need a white T-shirt to decorate in Art class. Please be sure to bring these the next time you have class: Cottage 1, Tuesday, Cottage 2, Wednesday.
Please volunteer to be a part of Gateway Watch DOGS (Dads of Great Students) Info. pkt available at office for dads, grandpa's, etc.
~ LEARN Academy (like student council only MORE!) Student leadership opportunities. Let me know if you can bring your student to 7am meetings on Friday mornings
~Group sharing time; every morning, part of our routine is a group sharing time. We really encourage written reports (even just a couple of sentences for the littler kiddos is appropriate). Some of our online students bring work that they have completed at home to share, other students have shown homeschool items like lapbooks, etc. Other kids bring interesting items and tell about them. This is great too! We have had students perform on their musical instruments, sing songs, bring in lego projects, etc. Anything that is exciting to them, except live animals and weapons are not allowed in school. However, written reports will receive a prize that the student selects from the "ducky-bag".
{*Ducky-bag item donations, such as small toys, special notebooks, books, games, etc. are always accepted. These may be second hand items!}
~Please check your students backpacks, as we often send home handouts which may contain important information.
~We have a couple of field trips coming up: ALL PARENTS AND SIBLINGS AND ONLINE STUDENT FAMILIES ARE WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND FIELD TRIPS AND CLASS PARTIES, etc. We have emailed permission slips. Please email and let us know if you need that again.
Our first adventure will be a walking field trip to the Woodland Park Public Library. We will get a personal tour of the library, which includes a few treasures that typical library goers wouldn't know about, as well as really great tips about using their new website and online resources, and the home school resource room. We will bring lunches and eat outside on the Library lawn afterwards (weather permitting).Tuesday Cottage 1 class: September 16Wednesday Cottage 2 class: September 17We will leave the building at 10:40 am (Parents can meet us in the Cottage classroom at 10:30 and walk with us, or meet us at the library)***NEED PERMISSION SLIPS***
Our second adventure will be a walking field trip of the Historical buildings that are managed by the Ute Pass Historical Society. These are the buildings adjacent to the Woodland Park Library. You can learn more: www.utepasshistoricalsociety. org
This field trip will only be on Wednesday, October 1st. If you attend a different day or are online only, you are welcome to join us! We will leave the building again at 10:40. We will eat our lunch at Memorial Park then meet at the Ute Pass Historical buildings at 11:45. ***NEED PERMISSION SLIPS***
A note to parents about attending field trips: The school requires all attending parents to fill in the volunteer form to be approved to attend school events that are off campus. Pick up a volunteer form from us or the front office and turn these into the front office ASAP, if you haven't already.
Questions about anything pertaining to Cottage or Online school? Please email us:
Sandy Struble: sstruble@wpsdk12.org
Pippi Howard: phoward@wpsdk12.org
Friday, February 28, 2014
End Of Year Dates
We will add to this as events and info. comes up...
Thursday, April 17 - 1:45-3:30 Walking Field trip to WP Public Library Tour. Parents & siblings welcome to join us at 2:00PM, if you do not join us, please pick your children up at 3:30 at the Library.
Wednesday, April 23 - 12:15-2:15 Walking Field trip to WP High School Auditorium for Sound of Music.
$2 per seat
Parents welcome (let me know if coming, please)
Thursday, April 24th - Day Without Hate
2:00 Assembly in Gym about Kindness & 3rd Grade Music Program
Wednesday, May 7th - 9:00-6:00 Lincoln Interactive Curriculum Open House
WPSDistrict Board Room
Parent/student appointments available or drop-ins welcome to meet with Online Reps. & Cottage and Online School personnel.
Wednesday, May 7th - 6:00-8:00 Night of the S.M.ARTS (Science Math & Art) Activities in Gateway Gym. Community welcome to make art/science projects & Demos./snacks. FREE, all welcome!
Thursday, May 8th - 7:45-2:55 TBA Online/Cottage School Field trip TBA
Friday, May 9th - Attendance for Online due - just submit email with hours studied and days schooled/missed for 4th qtr.
Friday, May 16th - 7:45-2:55 Mayfest Outdoor Games/Chalk art/Talent Show @ the High School presented by Gateway's 4th and 5th graders and Gateway Staff. All students are welcome! Bring a lunch.
Tuesday, May 20th - Online Grades pulled for 4th quarter reports - last chance to submit work for 4th quarter grades
Thursday, May 22nd - 7:45-12:00 Last Day of School - Class Party and Reports given 10:30*
*End of Year Reports this year are to be of Historical Biographies of Famous People - All students study and then give report in character of their chosen Historical Figure. Recommend dressing as the person, being in character (or what you think that person would be like), bring visual aids, poster board presentation, or however you feel would best represent the historical figure. Students will answer questions from the parents/students about their character, in character, as best they can-IMPROVISATION IS OK!
We will need the list of who they choose so we can all study what questions to ask each report presenter. Or better yet, as we get closer, email me the facts you are uncovering and I can forward them to all of us to prepare how to interview each famous person that will be depicted. Also, snacks brought for the party should be related to the character. Their favorite food or a food from their home country or state, etc. (i.e. I heard a famous hockey player ate steak and eggs before every game...not sure if that could be made into a snack, but I was shocked to know that info. was out there, Ewan)
ENRICHMENTS new scheduling to help homeschoolers stay HOME
Next year, our
Homeschool Enrichments
plan to be ALL DAY 1 day each week
That way you can concentrate on academics the other days without interruption.
K-3rd Tuesdays
3rd-5th Wednesdays
(we can even adjust and accept other grades each day in order to keep it convenient for your family)
Consider Middle School Enrichments for Band and other subjects
Oh....and remember...
Diana Roberts - who I homeschooled with for years is now our
Online teacher for Middle School and High School - call her at 641-7480 for grades 6th-12th
Call me-Sandy- any time and all summer at 719-329-8532 about anything
2014 Enrichments are full of STEAM !!!!
S cience
T echnology
E ngineering
A rts
M athmatics
Learning Sign Language with BINGO
LEGO Robotics heading to Challenger Competition
LEGO Storystarter Competition Entry
T echnology
E ngineering
A rts
M athmatics
Learning Sign Language with BINGO
LEGO Robotics heading to Challenger Competition
LEGO Storystarter Competition Entry
Writing our own Book with LEGOS
"What If...?" Imagination Festival in Colorado Springs featured Arduino Robotics and our Balloon Popping InventionsThursday, November 14, 2013
Community Cupboard Food Drive
Please send non-perishable foods. Cans, jars, boxed, bagged, even pet foods...
This is a reminder that next week Gateway will be having its annual Community Cupboard Food Drive. Last year we collected around 2500 lbs of food.
It would be very helpful if we all brought in boxes to donate for this great cause. The
boxes will be used for sending the food with Community Cupboard.
Thanks for your support
Watch DOGS at Gateway Elementary on KRDO!
Our Watch DOGS program was featured on KRDO news on Oct. 30, 2013. Here is the link for the news segment. Thank you, Watch DOGS! We love having you here at Gateway everyday!
Friday, October 4, 2013
Homecoming Game @ WPHS & October visits by College Reps!
TONIGHT!!! right before the Homecoming game, the tailgate party will be in full swing!!! Come for a great time and FREE food before the game! PS: It's by the Panther.
Calling All Chess Players!! We are hosting our first chess tournament on Thursday, October 10 in the library. We are playing against Palmer High School and others! Last year, we took first in both tournaments, so we are defending our title. If you want to play in the tournament, sign up with Mrs Martin in room 313 by Tuesday, Oct 8!!! Go Panther Chess Players!!
October is a BIG month for college representatives visiting our campus! Sign up with Mrs. Rucker in Counseling to attend any or all of these 30 minute presentations:
7th - Drew University
7th - Montana Tech
9th - CSU-Pueblo
15th - Pikes Peak Community College
17th - CU Boulder
31st - University of Northern Colorado
Monday, September 30, 2013
Woodland Park Homecoming Week News *All Grade Levels*
ALL ONLINE STUDENTS:
S
tudent must Log on Tues., OCT. 1st
as well as daily
Now thru Oct. 10
FAMILIES THAT DO NOT LOG ON OR SHOW PROGRESS WILL LOSE THEIR ONLINE PRIVILEGES.
Do not risk losing your online program privileges because of
NOT LOGGING ON DAILY OR NOT SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENTS
The state requires attendance log ins every day in the count window (
Sept.
20
- Oct. 1
0
)
.
It is VERY IMPORTANT to log in to every subject
RIGHT NOW
through
Oct 11th
, but VERY IMPORTANT on Oct. 1st.
"Happy Log In Days"
are now, but
you may go back to your own flexible schedule after Oct. 11th. High School:
Homecoming week is Sept 28 - Oct 5. Come to Swing Night on Sept 28 to begin the activities, then come to Powderpuff on Monday night! The Parade and Bonfire are on Wednesday, Oct 2! Line-up begins at 5:45pm! Finish the week with the Panther's Homecoming game on Friday and the Dance on Saturday! Go Panthers!
On Friday, October 4th, right before the Homecoming game, the tailgate party will be in full swing!!! Come for a great time and FREE food before the game! PS: It's by the Panther.
McPherson College will here on campus to meet with interested students on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 1:15. If you would like to attend the representative's 30 minute presentation please stop by Counseling and sign up with Mrs. Rucker.
Middle School:
Parents:
Help us FILL THE BUCKET*Calling all Boxtops- 4-Education AND Labels for Education. Please help us ‘fill our bucket’. If you are not already a support member for WPMS, please go to www.boxtops4education.com and www.labelsforeducation.com to sign up! There are usually great coupons for boxtop products and we receive bonus points for each new member. We also ‘purchase’ school supplies from Labels for Education- where you can also register your City Market card and the MS will receive bonus points. This site also offers many coupons for Campbells’ products. The please start saving today!
Students:
Monday, Sept 30, 2013
Congratulations to the CC team for competing on a windy misty cold day @ Fox run Park last Friday.
Top runners for the boys were Mason Doby, Chris Dellinger, Zane Pasley and Brandon Martin
A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GIRLS TEAM WHO FINISHED 2ND OVERALL!!!
TOP runners Rebekah Crampton, Kelsey Bragg, Samantha Lecky, Sandra Dillinger and Danielle Curtis ... Nice job girls - your trophy should arrive shortly !
Panther Café is open this Friday during your lunchtime. Come to the library to buy your pass – ticket sales are open all week. 6 ROAR bucks get you 1 café pass. First come, first served!
Open gym will run from 7:05-7:35 every morning. Come down to the gym for some morning exercise and fun. Get those brain cells working in the morning!
BOOK CLUBS:
Today: Whoopersnappers
Awesome Sauce
Tomorrow: Blue Cake Dogs
Gateway School:
Wednesday, October 2nd: Wear your spirit wear!
| You have been invited! | |||||||||||||
Sandy Struble has invited you to Parent Teacher Conference Oct 16, Oct 17
|
Thursday, September 26, 2013
School News! *All Grades, scroll down for your level*
GATEWAY NEWS:
Signing up for Electronic Newsletter and WPSD News Alerts: Go to www.wpsdk12.org.
Scroll to the very bottom of the district home page to Join our newsletter.
Type in your email address and click Join. Electronic newsletters are sent out at the beginning of the month. If you would to receive school district news alerts, follow the directions also located at the bottom of the district home page.
New for Watch DOGS: When you or a family member is the Watch DOGS of the day, you will have your own parking space at Gateway! This is one more way we can "thank you" for your time here. Thanks to a donation from Cripple Creek Victor Gold Mine and volunteer labor, this parking spot should be ready by next week. Look for the purple post and Watch DOGS sign!
Watch for it!!! An email for SlyReply for Fall Parent/Teacher conferences will be coming tomorrow Sept. 27, 2013.
WPHS Homecoming September 30 - Oct. 4, 2013. Go Panthers!
Do you like to play chess? Would you like to learn? Join the Gateway Chess Club! Chess Club meets every Monday from 3:05-3:45 in Mrs. Jackson’s Room (Starting next Monday, September 30th). All ages and abilities welcome, but we ask that kindergartners and first graders bring an adult with them. Parents are encouraged to participate also. For more information call Mr. Davis at 686-2044.
MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWS:
Parents:
Help us FILL THE BUCKET*Calling all Boxtops- 4-Education AND Labels for Education. Please help us ‘fill our bucket’. If you are not already a support member for WPMS, please go to www.boxtops4education.com and www.labelsforeducation.com to sign up! There are usually great coupons for boxtop products and we receive bonus points for each new member. We also ‘purchase’ school supplies from Labels for Education- where you can also register your City Market card and the MS will receive bonus points. This site also offers many coupons for Campbells’ products. The please start saving today!
Students:
Thursday, Sept 26, 2013
The panther volleyball teams were back at it last night. In the 7th grade game, Rachel Roulette, Sammy Buchholz, and Libby Blacklock had some aggressive serves while Morgan Rose had some awesome saves. Anna Hovanaetz and Nikki Kemp had the best hustle, but unfortunately fell short good job panthers.
For the eighth grade game they started off strong with great hustle from Natalie Graber and great sets from Ashley DeLarm. They finished powerful in the second game with killer serves from Ariel Waite, good blocks by Mackenzie Shultz, and ending the game with Taylor Alvarez's powerful serving. The panthers are in action again tonight at home. Great job panthers!
*The football games last night were nail-biters! The Woodland Park 8th grade team started strong and kept up the pressure on Fremont. We did not let up at all, and showed our guests that WP is not to be trifled with. WP won 32 - 0.
The 7th grade team had their work cut out for them. The game went back and forth between offences, and both teams pushed their hardest to score. In the 3rd quarter, Fremont got by WP to score a touchdown, but WP would not let the other team do anymore scoring. The ending score showed Fremont won 6-0.
The eighth grade class is starting their Baby simulators. You will see and hear them crying and being cared for. This is a class project and they get a grade so any interference by other students will be noted and dealt with severely. Do not touch, grab or otherwise interfere with the students taking care of the simulators.
ROAR store will be open Friday morning starting at 7:00AM.. Take your ROAR bucks home with you today so you have them to use Friday morning!
If you missed the book club kickoff last week, never fear - you can still join a group! Just come see Mrs. Walter sometime this week to be placed in a club.
Come swing with us! The Middle School is hosting a swing dance on Saturday, September 28th. There will be lessons starting at6:30pm and the dance is from 7-9pm. You can come and dance, or just come for the live music! The community jazz band, Swing Factory, is playing and students from the high school Madrigals will be singing standards from the 1940's. This is a dance for the whole community, so bring your whole family to listen or dance! Tickets are sold at the door for $8 per person or $15 per couple and the lesson is an additional $4 per person. There will also be refreshments for sale. All proceeds go to the Disneyland trip. It's going to be lots of fun, hope to see you there!
Open gym will run from 7:05-7:35 every morning. Come down to the gym for some morning exercise and fun. Get those brain cells working in the morning!
WOODLAND PARK HIGH SCHOOL WORKROOM NEWS:
Everyone!!! Join us for the WPHS annual Talent Show tonight at 7:00 and Friday at 7:00. Tickets are $5
The Rocky Mountain Field Institute has added more volunteer days this fall to help with the Waldo Canyon and Black Forest burn scar restoration, as well as Garden of the Gods and Barr Trail projects. The minimum age for work on the projects is 16, but if you come with a parent volunteer it is 13. Go to the events calendar on their website for more information – www.rmfi.org.
Starting today, join Book Club at lunch in the library to read The Fault on Our Stars by John Green. Everyone is welcome!
McPherson College will here on campus to meet with interested students on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 1:15. If you would like to attend the representative's 30 minute presentation please stop by Counseling and sign up with Mrs. Rucker.
A reminder to students that the deadline to sign up for the October
26th ACT is this Friday, Sept 27. If you have questions see your
counselor
A reminder to newly invited Beta Club member there is an informational
meeting Friday at 7:30 in the library. If you cannot attend but you
are interested see Ms. Foster
26th ACT is this Friday, Sept 27. If you have questions see your
counselor
A reminder to newly invited Beta Club member there is an informational
meeting Friday at 7:30 in the library. If you cannot attend but you
are interested see Ms. Foster
ATTENTION!! Junior and Senior girls!!! You need to get your Powder Puff forms in ASAP! Tomorrow, the 26th, will be the last day to turn in forms!!
FORENSICS! There is a MANDATORY Parent Meeting on September 30th! Parents will enter by the clock tower, and the meeting will last roughly an hour. ALSO:
FORENSICS! Your pieces MUST BE SELECTED BY
TOMORROW!!! FRIDAY THE 27th!! That includes Oratory, and individual events!!!
TOMORROW!!! FRIDAY THE 27th!! That includes Oratory, and individual events!!!
Calling all student artists!!! Your student newspaper, The Panther Perspective, is hosting an art contest. Turn any of your art work in to Mrs. Gus in room 225 or email it to thepantherperspective@gmail. com for your chance to WIN! You could see your artwork featured on thepantherperspective.com and one lucky winner will even have an article written about them! Enter by this Friday, September 27!
Starting on Thursday during lunch, join book club in reading, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. Everyone is welcome.
To All Students: Are you a student who's making a difference through volunteering? Apply for a 2014 Prudential Spirit of Community Award and you could win $1000 and a trip to Washington, DC, next May! For more information come by the counseling office and talk with your counselor
To all college-bound best and brightest WPHS seniors: If you are considering attending college in Colorado, come to the counseling office to talk with your counselor about the Boettcher Foundation Scholarship. If you are successful through the application process, Boettcher offers a full tuition, expenses and grants scholarship for 4 years of undergraduate studies.
Aloha!!! The Homecoming dance will be on October 5th from 8-11pm in the main gym. Dress attire will be semi-formal: Girls must wear dresses, and guys must wear pants and a tie. Tickets will be sold at both lunches for $8 and will be sold for $10 at the dance door. Bring your friends and enjoy a night in Hawaii!!!
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