Dear Cottonwood Family,
Happy New Year! I hope the winter break was good for you and you were able to spend some much-needed quality family time together. I also hope that 2024 was a wonderful year for you! As we begin another fabulous year, there are many activities that will continue to keep us hopping at Cottonwood!
It is important that we obtain an accurate count of all children qualifying for kindergarten for the 2025-2026 school year as soon as possible. Because we are an amazing and high-performing school, we do have families wanting to come to Cottonwood. To ensure we have enough teachers/staff, and not overcrowd classrooms, we MUST get an accurate count of students who live within our boundaries entering kindergarten next year. We need this information ASAP before we can accept students on permit! If you have a child who will be five years of age ON or BEFORE September 1, 2025, the child qualifies for next year’s kindergarten. Please notify Kelly Franz in our office immediately if you have a qualifying child and plan on attending Cottonwood next year. If you have neighbors who have qualifying children, please share this information with them. 385-646-4798; kfranz@graniteschools.org. You can also print out and send in the form attached to this newsletter. Our kindergarten classes are full day.
It is also extremely important that we have an accurate count of returning students to Cottonwood for next year as soon as possible. If you are planning on moving sometime between now and the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year and will not be attending Cottonwood next year, please call our office immediately!
Please keep in mind that all students living outside of our school boundaries must fill out a USOE Standard Open Enrollment Application requesting to attend Cottonwood. A link to the application can be found on our website or by clicking here. All applications must be submitted electronically. The Open Enrollment period ends Friday, February 7th.
It is officially winter. Last month we noticed a lot of students coming to school unprepared for the cold temperatures. We want students to be outside as much as possible! Our school policy states that students are kept inside if the air quality is poor and/or temperatures (actual or real-feel) are 20* or lower. Please be sure your students are dressed to enjoy the crisp air and snow! If you need help with warm winter clothing, please reach out to me. We can help!
As always, I do appreciate your continued support! I absolutely LOVE being the principal of Cottonwood. I feel extremely lucky to be able to spend my days with your children and their amazing and talented teachers! Cottonwood is a wonderful school.
We are always looking for volunteers to help us with traffic before and after school and with student supervision during lunch recess. If your schedule allows, please let me know and we can set up a schedule! Thank you to ALL of our amazing parent volunteers who come in and help. If you haven’t, and want to, please contact your child’s teacher(s) or our PTA.
We are looking forward to a wonderful second half of the school year with your children. Thank you for sharing them with us!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Cooper
