To our Cotopaxi School Family:
Thank you for your patience and cooperation during yesterday’s dismissal when high winds canceled transportation. Staff, parents, and students all worked together to ensure a safe and smooth process, and we’re grateful for such a supportive community.
Warm regards,
Tammy Nuss, Transportation Director
TRANSPORATION UPDATE: Due to wind gust speeds reaching 50 mph this afternoon, we will be unable to operate our buses for afternoon routes today, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29. For the safety of all students, we ask that parents or guardians pick up their children directly from Cotopaxi Schools at the end of the school day at 4:05 p.m.
If someone other than a parent or guardian will be picking up your child, please notify the school as soon as possible to ensure a smooth dismissal. Staff will remain on hand to supervise students until all families have arrived for pickup.
We appreciate your cooperation and understanding as we prioritize student safety under these conditions.
Thank you for your attention and support.
Dear Families,
We want to keep you informed of tomorrow's weather predictions, which indicate the potential for high winds reaching speeds of 50 mph or greater in the afternoon. Given this forecast, we are prioritizing the safety of all students and taking proactive steps to ensure safe transportation home.
At this time, we plan to run our bus routes as normal tomorrow, Tuesday, October 29, 2024. However, as we approach afternoon dismissal, we will check the wind speeds again at 2:15 p.m. If we confirm sustained winds of 50 mph or higher, we will not be able to operate our buses for afternoon routes.
Should this be the case, we will promptly notify all affected families via School App/Website/Facebook and phone calls that bus riders will need to be picked up directly from Cotopaxi School. We understand that this may create additional planning for some of our families, and we appreciate your understanding and partnership as we make decisions with student safety in mind.
Thank you for your support and attention to this update. We remain committed to safely serving our students and will communicate any further updates as needed.
Sincerely,
Thomas Vail, Superintendent
Cotopaxi Consolidated Schools RE-3
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tvail@cotopaxire3.org
On October 23rd the 4th Grade class took a walking field trip to the Cotopaxi-Mullins History Center. We learned about local history through a presentation given by Mrs. Denney, and the students were able to ask her several questions about our town. We then walked through and talked about the displays and the many articles available to view. The students were very engaged and seemed to have a great time learning about where we live. We brought back copies of news clippings to read and study in class.
Julie Nutter, Dental Hygienist from Chaffee County Public Health visited the preschool and presented the Cavity Free at Three program to the children. 9 out of 11 children were seen and provided an oral exam, fluoride treatment, as well as an educational opportunity to learn about proper dental cleanings, tooth brushing and flossing. Julie visited with the parents and provided information about resources that are available to families in our area.
First Grade is busy finishing up Module 1 in our new Wit and Wisdom curriculum (English Language Arts.) In this module we have learned about nouns, proper nouns, verbs, adjectives and basic sentence structure. Students have been working to write complete sentences with correct capitalization and punctuation. Students are making great strides with their writing and their use of complete sentences across all subjects.
Did you know that High Country Bank offers Debit cards with local school mascots for an annual fee of $5.00. The fees collected then go to that school district. Please reach out to High Country Bank to get your Pirate Debit card!
Elementary PE classes are practicing striking skills in a variety of games and activities related to badminton and volleyball.
BOARD MEETING LIVE: https://youtube.com/live/_BtGucVTDic?feature=share
The students have been working on reading and writing skills. They are exploring different genres of literature, including fiction and nonfiction, while analyzing themes, characters, and plot structures. In writing sixth and seventh, spent time writing creative pieces while improving grammar, vocabulary, and sentence structure.
The music department celebrated yesterday together with the Spanish 1 class the “Hispanic Heritage Month” concert, 2024. Organized by
Mrs. Humberly Maldonado (Spanish Teacher)
- The High School Music band played the famous Cuban song: “THE PEANUT VENDOR” with a special guest JAYMZ MARTIN from 3rd grade playing the drums.
- The 7th grade music band played the famous Mexican song: “CIELITO LINDO”
- ELIANA LOYO from 10th grade sang: DOS ORUGUITAS
- PATRICIA VERA from 10th grade played: “LA BAMBA” on electric harp with a special guest LEONARD ALEJANDRO JACOME from 2nd grade playing the drums.
All our students, staff and entire school enjoyed the concert!
GO PIRATES!
Kindergartners are learning how to listen and look for details in picture books. Our class is currently reading "Last Stop On Market Street." Students are using their knowledge of their five senses to see the character using his five senses on his bus ride to the soup kitchen.
Students in eighth-grade art recently created ceramic masks. Students used the slab method of building and plastic face forms to create their projects.
The HS Volleyball team would like to thank everyone for supporting them this past weekend for their fundraiser!
Up this month, we have JC with a keepsake box he put together. Can you believe this started with one small length of 2x6, milled down? Next we have Morgan with a plaque she made for someone special in her life. Looks great kid! And finally, looking cool is Eli, with an... egg? I think. Either way, it is a nice painting job, and I hope he had fun making it.
Gold Medal Mondays work on skills related to the Olympic theme, "Citius, Altius, Fortius, Communiter", which means faster, higher, stronger, together in Latin. Exercises focus on full body strength, agility, speed, vertical and team building.
Preschool students all have a job in a preschool. One job is the Calendar Kid, where we work on the calendar on a daily basis. We count, recite the days of the week, months of the year as well as work on cardinal (one, two, etc.) and ordinal numbers (first, second, etc.). Another job is the Day Counter. We track the number of days we have been in school by counting and adding a "person" to the jar. The kids also help with determining what numbers we use to write the number on our chart-recognizing numbers.
Cotopaxi School District has several employment opportunities available. Please apply online at https://www.cotopaxire3.org/page/employment
This month, 4th grade has been learning about the figurative and literal use of the word "heart." We started out studying how a person can show a figurative good heart, and have now moved into what it means to have a good heart literally. We are learning about the structures of the heart and taking a journey in the book "The Circulatory Story" on a red blood cell throughout the body.
Homecoming is next week! The high school student council is planning Lots of events and fun!
