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

Cox Cub News

Volume 6, Issue 23 Mrs. Tara Imboden, Principal imboden@interact.ccsd.net
May 8-12, 2017 Dr. Christine Clayman, Assistant Principal cclayman@interact.ccsd.net
Cub Cheers: Way to go to the students in Mr. Shafrans Class, they did our
Friday Morning Announcements and were super! Congratulations to the
following students for receiving Cox Cub of the Week: Joslyn Bock,
JJ Cordova, Brayen Moore, Katie Moffitt, Layla Ellis, Darian Robles,
Hailey Parrott, Brock Parrott, Juliana Antipolo, Justine Antipolo,
Christian Bergonzoni, Kingston Cutler, and London McCormick.

Thank You Mothers and Grandmothers: We had such a wonderful turn-out

for our Mothers & Muffins day on Friday, we ran out of sweet treats and
coffee! To make it up to all our wonderful Moms, we are going to invite the
Moms to join us on June 1st with our Dads for the Dads and Doughnuts
breakfast.

Milers News: FINAL DAY OF MILERS IS FRIDAY, MAY 19TH!

Great Teachers Recognized: Congratulations to Mr. Orth, one of our fifth

grade teachers and Mr. Acuna, our PE Teaching Assistant for being
awarded Teacher and Support Staff of the Year for DMC in Performance
Zone 10. They attended a wonderful award banquet hosted by the zone last
Thursday. We are very proud of them!

Annual DMC Parent Survey: Thank you families for turning in the annual parent survey. The
surveys turned in and the results are always kept on hand in the front office for parent review. The
results are listed below
2017-2018 School Year

Campus Question DMC Campus will remain the same; closed in the morning and open in the afternoon.

Open House & Orientation will be on the same day with a special session for families
Open House/Welcome Back
new to Cox.
Orientation
(New Family Welcome August 11th 4:30 pm. Regular Open House August 11th 5:30 pm)

PTA Question Preferred time is 6 pm for meetings with child(ren) being able to attend with parent(s).

Supply/Program Funding Parents would be able to support programs/supplies not funded through district
Support Question estimated at $25.00.

Apple Core Winner: Congratulations to Alison Bollard, who was an Apple Core winner from our school this year! Her and
her family will be attending an awards ceremony at CT Sewell on the 24 th where she will be recognized for all her hard work
and participation with the Apple Core program! Way to Go Alison Bollard!

Change for 2017-2018 School Year: Parents, next year 2017-2018, there will be NO treats or lunch items allowed to be
passed out for student birthdays to the whole class in the lunchroom or the classrooms. Types of treats/lunch items
include (but are NOT limited to) pizza, drinks, cookies, cakes, cupcakes, candy, ice-cream. You may still bring YOUR OWN
child(ren) a special treat for lunch but no longer for the entire class. Whole class food items/drinks will not be allowed to be
checked in at the front office.
A Look Ahead: *Calendar dates & events are subject to change.
Apr 24-May 22 SBAC Testing 3rd-5th Grades Jun 1 Dads & Doughnuts and Mothers & Muffins
May 17-18 Fifth Grade to Seaworld Jun 2 5th Grade BBQ/Teachers vs. 5th Grade Dodgeball
May 19 First Grade Musical Performance Jun 5 Honor Roll Assemblies (1st -4th)
May 19 Progress Reports Home (last one) Jun 6 Kindergarten Graduation
May 23 Final Bookworm Breakfast Jun 6 Cox Cub Celebration-ice cream party
May 26 Field Day 9-12 Jun 7 Fifth Grade Closing Ceremony
May 29 Memorial Day-No School Jun 8 Final Day of School: Dance Off, Dismissal 12:40 pm
May 30 AR Celebration
May 31 PTA Bike Rodeo

There will be NO School Organizational Team meeting for the month of June.

Staffing Update (final posting): 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). There is NO form to submit for requesting teachers, please
write a letter to administration or send an email, it will be date stamped by the front office and submitted to Mrs. Imboden.
We are accepting parent letters for teacher requests, please select a first and second choice. Letters and/or emails without 2
choices will be not be accepted. Due to possible staffing changes, your request may not be granted.

ALL REQUESTS MUST BE MADE BY MAY 19TH. NO REQUESTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER
FRIDAY, MAY 19TH.
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. As of
Monday, April 24th, our staffing is currently as follows:
Kindergarten Third Grade Specialists
Mrs. Ernst Ms. Davis Mrs. Beatty RBG3 Specialist Mrs. Cole GATE
Mrs. Froehlich Mr. Frank Ms. Connor Library Miss Deihl - Counselor
Mrs. Niewinski Ms. Hannah Mr. Hale PE Mrs. Papanek Music
Ms. Swinger Ms. Peters 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
Mrs. Harry Mr. Orth
Mrs. Henson Mrs. Piccininni
Mrs. Husney Mr. Shafran