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April 26, 2024

Cottonwood Families,

It’s that time of year where our calendars start to really fill up with events. Please make sure you are looking at the running calendar which is posted on the front of our newsletter each week.

Transition Days for In-Coming Kindergarten and 5th Graders

In a few weeks, two really important events will be taking place. On Friday, May 3rd, our future Cottonwood Cougars will be attending Kindergarten Roundup. There will be two sessions one in the morning starting at 9:00 and another beginning at 1:00.

Remember, there will be no school that day for our current kindergarteners.

On that same day, our fifth graders will be visiting their future middle schools during the afternoon. Fifth graders will tour and have opportunities to ask questions about their future middle school.

Upcoming Events for May

May 3rd Kindergarten Round Up 9-11 and 1-3

5th Grade Visits Middle School

May 7th Band/Orchestra/Choir Concert 2:15 and 7:00

May 10th. 4th Grade State Parade

May 16th Camp Kitaki

May 17th Fun Day

May 21st Award Ceremony 2:15

May 25th Talent Show 9:00

Last Day of School (Noon Dismissal)

Calendar of Events

Kindergarten Registration

Kindergarten Registration is now underway. If you have a student who will be a kindergartener next year, you may now register. Please spread the word to neighbors who may have a child who is kindergarten age.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Kyle Martin, 5th grader. He won 2nd Place in the Virginia Frank Memorial Writing Contest sponsored by the Friends of the Omaha Public Library. The contest challenged students in grades 5th through 8th grade to write an original work of fiction based on a characger from a book that they read. More than 215 entries were submitted. Winning students were recognized at a formal ceremony at the Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center. School libraries of winning students will also be recognized with a mathcing prie.

May

Breakfast & Lunch Menu

Talent Show

The annual Cottonwood Showcase of Talent will be held on the morning of Thursday, May 23rd at 9:00 Prior to the Showcase, all students in grades 1-5 will get the chance to perform for their grade-level peers. The grade-level performances will occur with just their peers so that each student gets to do his/her act for an audience. Each act will be voted on (secret ballot) by the students and/or teachers at that grade level. Grade level teachers will be sharing more information as to when their grade levels will have performances. A maximum of three acts per grade level will move on to perform for the whole school!

Acts are to be no more than two-and-a-half minutes long. Music must be transferred to CD, or send a link to the music through Youtube etc . We will not be accepting any “lip sync” acts, and a child may appear in only one act. If your child wishes to perform, please help him/her develop an act that will be appropriate and enjoyable for all ages. Thank you for your support. We hope you can join us.