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Dear Cottonwood Family, As we wrap up our first term of the school year and begin our second, I’m continually amazed at how quickly the time flies! A few weeks ago your child brought home their report cards, which provide a snapshot of the progress they’re making. Our Granite School District Proficiency-Based Learning model is designed to communicate exactly where students are in their learning journey. Each grade reflects what students know ...

Dear Cottonwood Family, Welcome to October! This year is moving right along.  I am impressed with our wonderful students, teachers, staff,  parents, and PTA! Cottonwood is an amazing school but the building is nothing without the people.  With October comes a change in the weather. Please send your children with clothing that is appropriate for the weather of the day. Utah is well known for having all four seasons in one day. ...

Dear Families, We are off to a great start of the school year! There is a lot of excitement in the air at Cottonwood as we start a new school year. I love being a part of a dynamic staff of dedicated, talented, caring and committed educators and we are excited to be working with our wonderful students. One of Cottonwood’s greatest strengths is our fabulous family and community support. As parents, guardians and family, you are your child’s ...

Dear Families, Welcome to the 2024-2025 school year! We are thrilled to begin this year and challenge your children to learn and explore new things. I would like to extend a special welcome to all of the new families joining our Cottonwood family this year and welcome back all of our returning families! I am truly honored to be your principal. The vision of Cottonwood Elementary is to facilitate high levels of learning for all students by ...

Dear Cottonwood Families,The end is near! In just over three weeks we will be saying good-bye to a great group of students and some wonderful teachers and staff. I hope you agree that this has been a great year at Cottonwood! Our year has been full of learning and growth for your children. We truly appreciate your partnership in education. I want to give a huge shout out to our amazing PTA for a wonderful Teacher/Staff Appreciation week. ...

This is an exciting time of year! The weather starts to warm up (fingers crossed). We see more of Mr. Sun! The smell of spring is in the air. It is also that time of year when we start planning for next year. We need to know if you are not returning to Cottonwood next year. (We don’t need to hear from you if your youngest child is in 5th grade). Please email Mrs. Kelly Franz at kfranz@graniteschools.org or call us at 385-646-4798 as soon as ...

Dear Cottonwood Family, Will we have 6 more weeks of winter? Will the groundhog see his shadow? (I secretly hope so — Call me crazy but I’m kind of missing all the snow we had last year.) We all know that weather conditions here in Salt Lake City can be tricky. Students can walk out the door in the morning with a beautiful outlook on the day and within just a few short minutes, we can have bitter cold wind, rain, snow, etc. The fact of the ...

Dear Cottonwood Family, Happy New Year! I hope that 2023 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 2024-2025 school year as soon as possible. Because we are an amazing and high performing school, we do have families wanting to come to ...

Dear Cottonwood Family, Happy December! The school year is more than 1/3 of the way through and shortly after we return from the holiday break some of us will be preparing to celebrate the hundredth day of school! Holiday decorations are sprouting up everywhere as families in our area begin holiday shopping, vacation plans, and dinner menus. Many of our evenings and weekends will be spent getting ready for holiday celebrations. While visions ...

Dear Cottonwood Family, We have completed our first term of school. Every year I am amazed at how quickly the time flies by. Students will be bringing home this week, their report cards. Granite School District Proficiency-Based Learning model is designed around the premise that grades are intended to communicate progress to students and parents. They are intended to indicate at a prescribed moment in time what a student knows and is able to ...