Latest News

Tomorrow (Monday) is the last day for us to collect points for the Vista Ridge contest. PLEASE print the attached Our Place mall form and help us get 100 pts. for each completed form. We are really in need of points to remain competitive for the last part of the contest. DCE has the opportunity to win well over $3000 if we can stay one of the top 3 schools. Please send the attached form to school on Monday or you can fill it out electronically and email it to dentoncreekpto@gmail.com
Thank you for your help!!

Vista Form

For the Best Deal purchase your Trail Pass NOW. Your Trail Pass is an easy bundle for most all of your school needs with the added discount of no Tax on any of the items included. This benefit is ONLY available through the Trail Pass option from May 1st thru August 5th (price increase after June 11th). After August 5th school supplies will not be available thru the PTO. Parents will need to print the list from the school website and shop at local stores. Supplies will not be available for purchase at Meet the Teacher.

The TRAIL PASS allows you to take care of all the items the PTO offers in one easy bundle:
Grade Level School Supply Pack
Planner (grades 3-5)
Recorder (4th grade)
Student Directory
Student portion of the school Write A Check goal
Yearbook
Field Day T-Shirt (with optional Field Trip T-Shirt)
$40 of the TRAIL PASS is Tax Deductible
Remember your BEST DEA is to purchase your TRAIL PASS for all of your school year needs!

Click here to purchase.

I encourage you to read my blog with helpful hints about field day this Friday. I also would ask that you read the attached Field Day Information sheet and if you are interested, we have also attached the schedule. Don’t forget to bring your water balloons! Lunch orders for parent volunteers are due tomorrow, if you lost your order form, you can pick one up at the office but NO LATE ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

We are still in need of volunteers. Please sign up by clicking here

Field Day Information
Field Day Schedule

This week’s blog is about FIELD DAY this Friday, I hope you check out the blog

A few of the previous blogs are:
-Great Escape Auction
Valentine’s Day
Storybook Parade (with video)
2nd grade play with PICTURES
Technology in the classroom
The great things our children do outside of school
and many more_

Digital Photography and Filmmaking Camp This Summer at NTH@C!
For Incoming 4th-8th Graders

Join us at the 2nd annual NTH@C Photography and Filmmaking Camp to learn and explore the other side of the camera!
The campers will learn how to use industry grade equipment, within two categories, photography and film.
All programs and cameras will be provided to help students excel and learn to love the photography and filmmaking process.

When? June 25-29, 2012
What time? 9:00 AM-Noon for incoming 4th and 5th graders
1:00 PM-4:00 PM for incoming 6th-8th graders
Cost? $130
Where? NTH@C campus

Click here for more information.

All information contained in this newsletter is meant to be helpful. Although we do our very best to give out accurate information, we are human and occasionally we make mistakes. Please always refer to your DCE student handbook or the DCE website if you have any questions.

As stated in the article, Field Day tshirts were only available for a limited time and that time has expired.

I mistakenly left off a big helper from last Friday night, Rupali Deshmukh. I am so sorry. Rupali always helps every time she is asked and I managed to forget to add her name!

Thank you everyone!

A special thank you to the coordinator of our Spring Fling Friday night, Julie Albright. Julie and her team (Becky Adams, Alma Livas, Kathy Palmer, Laura Fleming, Gina Simpson, Katie Hubbard, Nisha Shah, Sigrid Graybeal, Sapna Gupta, Tiffany Ching, Roya Tompkins, Jeannie Tierney, Holly Broussard, Anne White) and the teachers/admin who worked the event (Peggy Gormley, Bryan McLain, Clifta Hickman) did an amazing job of putting together a really successful and fun Spring Fling. It appears as though the event raised more than $7500 WOW!

Thank you to everyone who came and supported the event. A very special thanks to the teachers and or administrators who came and joined us in the fun. It meant so much to have you there!

The final pto meeting of the year is this Friday, May 11 at 9:15. We will be voting on our final gifts to DCE among other things.

Outgoing board members please bring your folders and/or any information you might have for the incoming members

Hope to see you Friday there,
Lisa

First Grade Art Program
For: First Graders and their Parents
When: Monday, May 7th
Where: Denton Creek Cafeteria
Time: 6:00 – 7:00 pm

Printmaking with Garden Food and Found Objects with Ms. Neergaard

Make and take beautiful prints for notecards, wall décor or placemats … just to name a few ideas.

You can bring your own supplies and objects or use the following setup which will be supplied at the event:paper, paint, brushes, vegetables, fruit, found objects, rulers, limited number of Xacto knives, cutting board and kitchen knife.

Please join with your classmates for this fun activity!

Field Day this year will be held on Friday, May 18. If you are new to DCE, Field Day is the kid’s favorite day of the year. There are 6 stations that each grade will rotate through during the day.

Please sign up to volunteer for a shift. This event CANNOT take place without your help.

Click here to sign up for a spot.

Field Day Tshirts are for sale NOW! If you are interested in purchasing a shirt for your student or yourself for field day (MAY 18), DO NOT HESITATE. These shirts are only for sale for a short amount of time. Click here

5th grade shirts have the names of every 5th grade student on the back of the shirt. DO NOT MISS THIS KEEPSAKE OPPORTUNITY!

A big Thank You to all who have supported the BoxTops fundraising this year! Our last challenge date is May 25th. Keep bringing in the BoxTops – remember to put your name-grade-teacher on the top of the envelop/ziploc bag that you submit in.
The Box Top collection box is located in the main Office. Students who turn in 5 or more Box Tops will earn Box Top pass which entitles them to one of the following choices: a PJ day, extra computer time, crazy hat/sock day, sit at any table at lunch, a library pass, a Friday Live participation pass, or be a Box Tops star pass!

Do you love to shop online? Our school earns eBoxTops when you shop online at over top 175 merchants. This is a great way to earn some money for the school and is easy to do – you still shop at your favorite store website but go through the BoxTops MarketPlace. Go here to shop through the BoxTops MarketPlace and send in the printout of the Marketplace shopping to earn credit for your child. Thanks a lot for your support!

Send in your electronic recyclables for cash for DCE! Have old phones that you no longer use? Those are perfect for recycling. Till end of May DCE gets $0.50 more value for any phones that we send after the first 25! Also, if we collect more than $200 worth of electronic recycles, DCE gets $50 more!

Recycling helps pay us cash and helps take care of our Earth! Drop off your old and used electronics in the CFK bin by the Lost & Found area. You can recycle cell phones, empty laser and inkjet cartridges, laptops, iPods, PDAs, video games & consoles, scientific graphing calculators, digital cameras, DVDs, GPS devices, and even iPads! Please NO MONITORS or PCs!

Dear 5th Grade parents

North has created a shirt specifically for incoming 6th graders. It is $15 and will be on sale at the meeting for incoming 6th graders at North on Monday evening. They will accept cash and checks. The back of the shirt shows the year they will be graduating from high school (ouch)!

Don’t miss out!

There was a mistake in the April PTO minutes. Please excuse the portion of the minutes discussing the pre-k school supplies. We apologize for any misunderstandings.

Attention: 5th Grade Parents

Don’t miss the deadline for ordering your 2012-2013 school supply packs for the next school year. The new Cougar Pass bundle option includes the School Supply Pack along with everything else you’ll need to get your student ready. Some discounted items are only available through the Cougar Pass. Individual items are also available on-line.
For the BEST DEAL on all your Back to School needs purchase your Cougar Pass today.

The Deadline to order School Supplies is June 14th. After June 14th School Supply Packs will no longer be available for purchase through the PTO. School Supply packs will NOT be sold at Schedule Pick up in August.
Just go to the PTO webstore: cmsnpto.revtrak.net

Remember for an easy bundle and for the BEST DEAL purchase your Cougar Pass today!

On May 10, at 5:30 at Coppell Middle School West, CISD will have a speaker on digital bullying. This program is intended for 5th-12th grade students and all parents. You are welcome to bring your 5th-12th grade student to the program, but all parents are encouraged to attend. There is no fee.

For more information see the CISD website.

The Spring Social is Friday, May 4th from 5:00pm to 8:00pm at the school. Don’t miss your chance to pre order pizza and tickets for a discounted price!

Pizza Tickets for Pappa Murphy’s pepperoni or cheese pizza are available now for $2.50 a slice — lemonade or tea are included with your purchase of pizza.

Click here and look under socials to purchase both pizza, game tickets and reserve chalk art squares at the DCE PTO Web Store using your Visa, Mastercard or Discover credit or debit card.

Carnival tickets are good for: snow cones, popcorn and water at concession stand, all games, activities and bounce houses. Tickets will be sent home with your child on Thursday, May 3rd.

Do you have a budding artist? Sign them up on revtrak for the free chalk art contest.

Click here and look under socials to purchase both pizza, game tickets and reserve chalk art squares at the DCE PTO Web Store using your Visa, Mastercard or Discover credit or debit card.

Can’t attend the carnival? Need to bid early for teacher items? Click Julie Teacher items to see what sounds FUN. If you would like to bid on line please follow these instructions:

1. Send an email to owen@clublonghorn.com with your full name, participating child’s full name and section number and the amount you would like to bid.

2. All bids must be received by 8:00pm Thursday, May 3rd.

3. Good luck!

Please join us in celebrating our wonderful teachers. The Denton Creek PTO will be providing catered luncheons for the teachers on Monday and Wednesday. Parents and students can show the teachers their appreciation and thanks throughout the week but we would like to highlight Tuesday and Thursday as special days. Tuesday, May 1st is “Special Treat Day” where students can bring their teacher their favorite drink and/or treat. Thursday, May 3rd will be “Gift Card Day”, students may give a $5 or any other amount gift card of their choosing. Students may bring a note or homemade card if they prefer.

Please remember our specials teachers and office staff, they make a huge difference at DCE.

We are collecting cupcakes for the cupcake walk at the upcoming Spring Carnival on Friday, May 4th. Will you please consider donating? Thank you so much!

Here are the details….
What: Please send 2 dozen bought or baked cupcakes or bakery cookies in a disposable container
When: Friday, May 4th
Where: Send them to school and drop them in the office
Who: Please email Rupali if you can help!

Thank you!
PTO Socials

Also don’t forget to pre-purchase your pizza and game tickets. Click here — you will get better pricing and avoid lines.

Friday, May 4th is ACES DAY (All Children Exercise Simultaneously), a Coppell ISD district-wide activity sponsored by the Student Health Advisory Committee. The idea of ACES is to inspire the students to get motivated about exercise and fitness by having all the kids in Coppell ISD exercise at the same time. It is fun to note that we will be part of a worldwide ACES day— kids around the world will be participating with their schools.

Here is a summary of the schedule for the activity on Friday, May 4th:

Between 9:05 and 9:10 all students, faculty and teachers will gather on the track behind the school near the bleachers.

At 9:15 the Coppell Firefighters will give a motivational minute on the lifelong importance of exercise and do a countdown 3-2-1 and students and staff will begin walking or jogging around the track.

We expect to conclude the walk / run at 9:30.

Learning a second language can be lots of fun. Come join us for the 2012 Summer Spanish Camp (open to all students in the Dual Language Program, grades K-2). The dates are: June 18-22 and/or July 9-13,
Monday – Friday, 9:30 am-12:30 pm.

Presented by DLI Spanish speaking teachers. Please ask your teacher or Anna Puryear if you have any questions about how to register for this camp.

I encourage you to read the latest Supt’s Scoop regarding state wide testing. Click here to read the article.

On May 3, CGA will host a night to introduce the Coppell ISD Trustee candidates for Places 6 and 7 and a presentation about the Gifted and Talented program in Coppell ISD through all grades.

The Meet the Candidates portion of the evening is first on the agenda, whereby the school board candidates will briefly introduce themselves to the audience and remain to entertain questions afterwards.

Following this, Todd Kettler will give a complete view of the GT program available in CISD. While you may have heard some of this information in the past, this will be the first time you hear it all in one seating, in one night, giving the full picture.

Event is FREE and OPEN TO ALL who are interested in attending.

You’re in for an exciting evening of baseball and camaraderie as the Texas Rangers meet the Kansas City Royals! The Rangers will make a $2.50 donation to the CISD Education Foundation for every ticket purchased by CISD families. These funds will be used for student/teacher recognition programs hosted by the Foundation.

This year’s event is set for Monday, May 14, 2012. Come join our Teacher of the Year, Janet Dickerson, as we have fun cheering on our Texas Rangers. Order forms were sent home last week. If you need another one, please email Anna Puryear and she will get one sent home. Please have forms and payment returned no later than April 30th.