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Cottonwood Elementary

Cottonwood Elementary

5205 S Holladay Blvd, Holladay, UT 84117

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September Principal Message

August 31, 2023Uncategorized

Dear Families, We are thrilled to begin the 2023-2024 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 and brilliant students. One of Cottonwood’s greatest strengths is our wonderful family and community support. As parents, guardians and family, you ...

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August Principal Message

July 25, 2023Uncategorized

Dear Families, Welcome to the 2023-2024 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 ...

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May Principal Message

May 2, 2023Uncategorized

Dear Cottonwood Families,The end is near! In just over four 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.With every passing year, there are always a few changes. We would like to wish Mrs. Wendy Wagstaff, our ...

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April Principal Message

March 29, 2023Uncategorized

Dear Cottonwood Family, My favorite season is Spring! I love the smell of a fresh rain, the new flowers in bloom, the chirp of birds in the morning, and playing with my children and dog outside. My fingers are crossed for no more snow! I sure hope you are all did some fun things during spring break. It was a lonely time for me here at school. I missed my darling Condors! Thank you for helping us keep our environment the absolute best it ...

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March Principal Message

February 27, 2023Uncategorized

Dear Cottonwood Family,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 ...

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February Principal Message

January 31, 2023Uncategorized

Dear Cottonwood Family, Will we have 6 more weeks of winter? (I secretly hope not—I love the moisture, but I’m so tired of shoveling snow.) Will the groundhog see his shadow? 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 matter is, ...

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January Principal Message

January 4, 2023Uncategorized

Dear Cottonwood Family, Happy New Year! I hope that 2022 was as wonderful for you as it was for me! 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 2023-2024 school year as soon as possible. With the announcement of school closures (Millcreek, Twin Peaks, and Spring Lane), we ...

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November Principal Message

November 3, 2022Uncategorized

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. New this year, our elementary report cards  include Graduate of Granite (formerly citizenship) standards and grading. All families received a pamphlet at the beginning of the year at our Meet Your Teacher event and a rubric that explains the grading at SEP conferences a few weeks ago. A ...

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October Principal Message

September 30, 2022Uncategorized

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.  We appreciate our wonderful volunteers who are working outside of the school to help us be successful in school. With October comes a change in the weather. Please send your children with ...

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September Principal Message

August 31, 2022Uncategorized

Dear Families, We are thrilled to begin the 2022-2023 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 and brilliant students. One of Cottonwood’s greatest strengths is our wonderful family and community support. As parents, guardians and family, you ...

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