David M. Cox Elementary School – Dream It! Believe It! Achieve It! NOT LIMITS!

Cox Cub News

Volume 8, Issue 3 Mrs. Tara Imboden, Principal imbodtr@nv.ccsd.net
Aug. 27-31, 2018 Mrs. Erica Silas, Assistant Principal shawel@nv.ccsd.net
Cub Cheers: Congratulations to the students in Mrs. Niewinski’s Class they did our
Friday Announcements today and were fabulous! Congratulations to the following
students for receiving Cox Cub of the Week: Ava Wilcox, Brenden Mott,
Tessa Hanson, Isabella Rea, Sadie Price, Benjamin Tohey, Abel Zacharias,
Talan Johnson, Gabrielle Carter, Nathan Mckeehan, Sabrina Basurto, Peyton Elliott,
Alexandra Milano, Chase Crampton, Addie Phillips, and Nicholas Spielman.
Did you know??? We offer computer lab time, supervised by a teacher beginning at
8:40 am each morning. Students can work on Lexia, Accelerated Reader, or their
computer-based assignments. Open lab is daily (Monday-Friday) from 8:40 am until
9:00 am. Students just check in at front office and go to the computer lab Room 54 with
their backpacks. Lab time is NOT for playing video games and students will not be
allowed to do so.

Miler’s is Underway: Thank you to the parents and volunteers for coming out this morning for the Miler’s kick-off! What a
great turn out!

School Organizational Team Nominations Under Way

Families,

Each year the School Organizational Team (SOT) for our school has to be re-elected. The SOT is comprised of teachers,
support staff, and parents which assists with school decision making, budgets, school performance plan, and other entities in
collaboration with the administration all relating to the Reorganization of CCSD. Members of the SOT attend trainings offered
through CCSD, meet monthly after school hours, complete duties as needed for the school with the administration, and
address the public concerns/suggestions relating to the school at each meeting. The first SOT which began in January of last
school year has graciously agreed to continue for the remaining of this year as nominees. This year would be a commitment
of the team from October 2018 through September 2019 (including summer months).

If you would like to be nominated for the SOT election ballot to be held at the September PTA meeting. Please submit
your name through email to imbodtr@nv.ccsd.net by Friday, September 7th to be added the ballot.

No left turns out of the front parking lot during drop-off and dismissal times!
Back to School Reminders (final posting):
 When your child is going to be or is absent, please email Ms. Penney, our Registrar at penneg@nv.ccsd.net.
 When you visit the school, please report to the office, sign in at the front office on the computer, and receive a
visitor’s badge. You will be asked to show personal identification until we get to know you.
 If you have a scheduled appointment with a teacher or need to drop off items, please check in with the front office and
they will notify the teacher. We will deliver items dropped off to the teacher, parents are not sent down to classrooms
for deliveries.
 Adult supervision on the playground is provided at 8:55 a.m. The playground gates will remain locked until 8:55 a.m.
 Bicycles must be stored and locked in the bike rack. Students must walk bicycles on school grounds/sidewalks at all
times. The school is not responsible for lost, stolen or damaged bicycles or scooters.
 When picking up your child, please know that we cannot release your child to anyone who is not designated on the
pick-up list. Per CCSD Policy, changes made for pick-up of student must be made in person and not over the phone.
Any arrangements made for pick-up of your child must be made prior to the start of the school day. Security for
our students is a priority at David Cox.
 We will not release students after 3:10 p.m. for early dismissal. If your child needs to miss instruction at the end of
the day for scheduled appointments, please pick them up prior to 3:10 p.m.
 Parent Concerns: Should you have a concern regarding your child’s classroom our policy and the school district
policy requires you to first contact the teacher. Please know, that our office will ask you if you’ve spoken to the
teacher first before taking any appointments with me or the Assistant Principal.

Musical Performances (final posting): Each year our students showcase their musical talents in grade level performances.
This year our performances are scheduled for the following dates and all performances are held in the MP Room at Cox and
are at both 9:30 am and again at 2:15 pm:
-First Grade: May 10th
-Second Grade: December 14th
-Third Grade: October 12th
-Fourth Grade: February 22nd
-Fifth Grade: March 15th

Infinite Campus: Parents, teachers are putting grades into Infinite Campus now. Please make sure you’ve put the app on your
mobile device and your computer access works. Ms. Penney in the front office can assist you if you’re having issues with the
account. *Remember with the apps, you need to “refresh” the data for it to currently upload. Teachers is grades 1-5 put 2
grades per week in Reading/Language/Math and Science/Health/Social Studies and Specialists enter grades as the units of
study are completed. You can get more detailed information from the Parent Portal in Infinite Campus on the CCSD website.

PTA News: Please join our PTA! It’s an important organization and helps be the voice for your child at the
state level. It is our goal that every family will join our PTA (Parent Teacher Association). This organization is a
vital asset to our school, as they provide community events, service projects for our students, and funds to support
our educational goals. Membership is only $5.00 and your voice as an advocate for your child’s education is a
powerful one at the state legislature. Please join us for our first meeting of the year, Tuesday 9/11 at 6 pm in the school
library. Children are always welcome to attend.

Parent Student Handbook (final posting): Parents, please refer to the Parent-Student Handbook you received from
your student on the first day of school and found on our Cox website. It provides you with a lot of information regarding our
school. In fact a number of questions we routinely get are found in the handbook. *We do offer “Snack Shack Passes” in lieu
of bringing “birthday treats” to your child’s class. Passes can be purchased in the front office.

Picture Day is HERE: Tomorrow the 5th is our Fall Picture Day! Picture order forms came home last week. We can
always use some parent helpers that day too!

School Data and State Exam Data: Our SBAC exams for 3rd-5th will be released by the state in the next few weeks. Below is
some preliminary data of how our school ranked in our zone and compared to the district. We are always proud of our kids
performance as these tests are extremely difficult!

Welcome Back Open House Results 2018

Attendance Kinder First Second Third Fourth Fifth
73.85% as a school
81% 76% 73% 75% 72% 68%
467 parents attended
 SBAC ELA Proficiency Levels (overall) DMC % CCSD % Difference
Proficiency 65.94% 49.1% +16.84
SBAC Math Proficiency Levels (overall) DMC % CCSD % Difference
Proficiency 55.72% 41.70% +14.02

DMC Ranking Comparison to ALL Elementary

(and Charter) Schools in CCSD DMC Ranking Comparison to PZ10 Schools
(223 elementary schools) (16 in our zone)
ELA Proficiency ELA Proficiency
Ranking (top 13%) 30th out of 223 Ranking 3rd out of 16
Math Proficiency Math Proficiency
Ranking (to 14%) 32nd out of 223 Ranking 3rd out of 16
Science Proficiency Science Proficiency
Ranking (top 8%) 18th out of 223 Ranking 3rd out of 16

News that will WOW You: Did you know that for the first 3 weeks of school we had 444 students out of 620 with
PERFECT ATTENDANCE AND ZERO TARDIES!!! Wow! This Friday we will be pulling names of students for each
grade in this group of 444 to receive Snack Shack passes for awesome attendance. We will be doing the same for each class
for students completing and turning in their work on time!

Grandparents & Pastry Friday: Families, this Friday we are celebrating Grandparents Day (which is Sunday the 9th) with
Krispy Kreme doughnuts and coffee/juice! If your student’s Grandparents are available please have them bring their student(s)
to school that morning at 8:30 am in our MP Room for some sweet treats! We’ll be sharing some books and special letters to
celebrate how fortunate we are to have Grandparents in our lives!

Look Ahead:
*Dates are always subject to change.
Sept 5 Fall Pictures 5th Grade Students…
Sept 7 Grandparents and Pastries Day MP Room 8:30 am Leadership Club
Sept 10 Football Camp Starts Applications are due
Sept 11 PTA Meeting 6 pm Library – SOT Voting Night
Sept 4-29 PTA Membership Drive by Friday, 9/14/18, to
Sept 14 Progress Reports Go Home Mrs. Imboden.
Sept 17-21 Random Acts of Kindness Week
Sept 18 Spanish Club Starts after school
Sept 28 Saladbar Luncheon (we need parent helpers that day)
Oct 1-5 Library Book Fair & Week of Respect
Oct 12 First Quarter Ends
Oct 26 No School – Nevada Day
Oct 31 Monster March 2:30 pm Field

Calling All Parents!

We need 3 parents to serve as members of our School Organizational Team! A bright yellow-green flier
came home last week with your student including information regarding the SOT. If you are interested in
having your name on the ballot, voting takes place at the 9/11 PTA meeting in the Library at 6 pm, please
email me directly to add your name to the ballot.

Names must be emailed to me (imbodtr@nv.ccsd.net) by Friday, 9/7/18!