2/2 100th Day of School
2/2- 5 Spring Portraits by Passion for Life Photography
2/8-11 Staff Appreciation
Week
2/10 Board of Directors
Meeting 6 p.m.
Middle School
2/12 & 2/15 Presidents
Holiday -
No School
2/16 No School
Grading Day/PD
2/19 End of Trimester 2
(K-5th Grade)
2/26 Middle School
Dance
2/29-3/25 Pennies for Patients Collection
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The Sterling Family donated $100 to the school in memory of Gary Sitton, Grandfather to CCDS students Josh Andersen.
Thank you to the Sterling family and the Sitton/Bailey/Anderson family for supporting CCDS!
A big "THANK YOU" for all of the donations we received to pack our Christmas Boxes! Our students really enjoyed putting them all together to be sent given to kids in Mexico for Christmas. The boxes created with your donated items brought a lot of happiness to these kiddos.
Ruth Greenfield, Jim McKenzie and all the CCDS music students in band and choir gave a magnificant performance at the Winter Concert. Thank you for making music at CCDS!
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Getting ready for 100th Day of School (Feb. 2) Check out this cutie and her prickly porcupine with 100 quills.
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1st Annual CCDS Middle School SPELLING BEE
The 1st Annual Middle School Spelling Bee was held on January 22. Each advisory chose a representative to participate. The winner was
Adeline Ivey and first runner up
Kira Lewin!
THE WINNING WORDS:
RESILIENCE followed by
BRAILLE for the win.
Way-to-go girls!
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PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
Dear Parents and Guardians,
One of the special things at Chico Country Day is our sense of community. Students learn the importance of their valuable place in our Chico community, our neighborhood community and our school community. You, as parents, are an integral part of the fine machine we call CCDS. We work hard to ensure students are safe, welcomed, and connected with their CCDS family of staff and students.
With a sad heart, I must point out that the safety of our students at morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up has become a concern. As you drive your child to school, try a few of these tips to ensure all student arrive safely. Leave five to ten minutes earlier. You would be surprised how few cars on the road at 7:55 a.m.
- Try a different route than turning off Park Avenue onto 11th Street. The alternative approaches to CCDS can be less congested.
- As you are maneuvering through the drop-off and pick-up zones, use patience and common sense. Always move forward in the loading zone to show respect to those around you.
- Never drop off or pick up your child in traffic. This is why we have loading zones. We value your child safely arriving on time and are doing our utmost to keep traffic flowing and pedestrians safe.
Now onto something that lifts my heart, meaningful work that is happening in our school. An interesting project caught my eye in Middle School that I would like to highlight this month. Mrs. Maiorano's 8th graders are taking part in a Resilience Project. Learners will be researching historical figures and literary characters in order to find how they showed resilience, why they had to show resilience and how it applies today. In addition, students will interview our neighbors at 1200 Park to learn their stories about life and resilience. Learning goals for the students range from how we show empathy, to writing and revising for authentic audiences, to exploring American history from the lense of resilience. On Exhibition Night, these students will be performing spoken word poetry at "Resilience Cafe," We look forward to guiding the 8th graders in their learning.
Colly Fischer, John Garrett and
Suzanne Michelony
We connect. We engage students. We build character. We innovate. We are CCDS.
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- February 2 - 100th Day Celebration - 100 minutes of fun starting at 9 a.m.
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February 2-5 - Spring Portraits by Passion for Life Photography.
- February 2-21 - Art Show at Chico Mall featuring CCDS artists in 1st-5th grade.
- February 2-23 - Bricks 4 Kidz, Tuesdays from 2:30-3:30 in Mrs. Proctor's classroom: Sign-up here.
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February 10 - Board of Directors Meeting 6 p.m. Middle School Room 4. The Board will be voting on next year's organizational chart and leadership model. We urge you to attend so that you are aware of important changes. All board meetings are open to the public and we encourage participation.
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February 16 - No Student Day.
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his is Grading Day and Professional Development for Staff.
- February 26 - "Into the Woods" is the theme for the Middle School Dance in the MS Common Area from 7-9 p.m. Tickets will go on sale Feb. 16-25 and are $5 (pre-sale) and $7 (at the door). Semi-formal attire.
- February 29-March 25 - Pennies for Patients Collection by the leadership elective class.
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Passion for Life Picture Schedule
Feb. 2 - 8th Grade
Graduation* and Portrait Photos
*Graduation pictures will be taken in a graduation gown.
Feb. 3
- 6th and 7th Grade
Feb. 4
- 3rd-5th Grade
Feb. 5
- K-2nd Grade
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We Love CCDS ALUMNI!
We love our current CCDS students. We also love our past CCDS students. We were honored with a visit from five boys who are juniors in high school now! It's always a lovely surprise when alumni comes to visit! (August Mavis, Josh Koentopf, John Garrett, Dylan Beadle, Spencer Mcnairn and Trent Garrett)
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Staff Appreciation Week
Staff appreciation week is coming up the week before Valentine's Day, February 8-11. We have lots of love planned again this year! As always we encourage you and your students to take the time to write a card or note to your favorite staff members, deliver it yourself or leave in the office and we will deliver them for you. We will have an appreciation station set up
on Tuesday
where kids can make a card at lunch time. There will be vases in each classroom/office and we encourage you to bring a flower from home any day during the week to add to your teacher's bouquet.
All week long we will have collection bins in both offices for "Stock the Staff Room". Snacks, Coffee, tea, soda, candy, chips, granola bars. Whatever (non perishable) items you would love to share with the staff would be great! We have a sign up genius below and would love your help. You can contact Lesley Christopher
for any questions. The link will also be on the CCDS PTP facebook. If you are not yet a member, please join! We post all of our current and upcoming events!
Here is the schedule for the week:
Monday - Staff breakfast
Tuesday - Coffee and donuts will be served and Appreciation Station will available to the students
Wednesday - Staff luncheon
All food should be brought to school on the morning of the day it is to be served.
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Auction for Excellence Coming March 5
The Auction Decoration Committee needs your assistance. If you have a book that fits the following descriptions, please bring it to school to be dropped off in a box at either school office.
- Books must be HARD BACK
- Minimum size: 7.25" x 5.25" x 1"
- Maximum size: 10" x 7.5" x 2"
- Please do NOT send paperback or board books.
- Books will not be returned; they will be donated after auction.
- Please send books to school by Friday, Feb. 5.
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Congratulations Kelly Clarke!
Our very own Kelly Clarke was recently nominated as one of six "Middle School Educators of the Year" by California League of Schools. CCDS teachers and administrators attended a special dinner that honored local nominees. CCDS is so grateful to have Kelly as part of our Middle School team and let's just say it's always great to put another feather in our cap! Way-to- go Kelly! You are AWESOME!
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Parents of 2016-17
Incoming Kindergartners:
If you have turned in your child's school application, you do not need anything else at this time. Be on the lookout for an information packet that will be mailed home late February. Please email
Stacy Ferguson with any questions.
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Have you purchased your yearbook?
Prices are:
$32 until 3/11
$35 after 3/11 while supplies last
Yearbook forms are available in both offices.
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ART at CCDS:
AMAZING!
There is currently a plethora of amazing art projects being created at CCDS. First
grade is studying arctic animals and made penguin collages.
Second grade created biome art with chalk, glue and black paper.
Third grade is currently working on submissions for the Jr. Duck Stamp contest which is a perfect project while
studying animal adaptations.
Check out the 4th grade self portraits and 5th grade basket weaving in the above photos.
Don't forget to visit the Art Show at the Chico Mall, February 2- 21. The art to be displayed will be from the following classes: Mrs. Mathews, Mrs. Stedman, Mrs. Daverson, Mrs. Spy, Mr. Pembroke, and Mrs. Miller.
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LIFE SKILL OF THE MONTH:
Patience
WHAT IS PATIENCE?
To calmly wait for someone or something.
WHAT DOES PATIENCE LOOK LIKE?
- Wait politely until others have stopped talking before you speak.
- Wait your turn in a game.
- Stand in line at the store, zoo, movies, amusement park.
- Wait to use a toy or material someone else is using.
- Sit in a waiting room at the doctor or dentist office.
PATIENCE IS NOT EASY.
The Pigeon Wants A Puppy
, by Mo Willems
Llama Llama Red Pajama
, by Anna Dewdney
Owl Moon
, by Jane Yolen
Waiting
, by Kevin Henke
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WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM?
 8th Grade English Class Studies Resilience
Last week 8th Grade English kicked off their Resilience Project with a breakout box. This entry event required the students to work together, problem solve, and persevere in order to obtain clues that would let them unlock the box. Think of it as a 45-minute intense scavenger hunt. This project will require the students to explore resilience - they will be doing research, reading and discussing literature, creating artwork, conducting interviews of local community members, and writing poems. We will be hosting a Resilience Cafe - a poetry reading later this spring as our culminating event.
Seventh Grade Helps Critique 3rd Grade Project
The 3rd graders are in the process of writing their animal reports for their project Survival of the Fittest. They have researched, taken notes, and started to write several paragraphs about their animal.
Our 7th grade project peers came in to do some Warm and Cool Critiques. Seventh graders became an experts on one part of the writing process The reason for peer critiques is to improve whatever you're working on.
Overall, the kids felt really good about having 1:1 attention and having the 7th graders praise them. Thank you 7th graders for helping the 3rd grade fine-tune their animal reports.
Parent Volunteers Lend a Hand in 6th Grade
Mrs. Bower's class welcomed many parent volunteers into their class for a special Speed Feedback Session to help students make their work better. It was a great opportunity for positive feedback. Thank you to the parents who participated!
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CCDS Free-Source - A New CCDS Facebook Group
PTP has just set up a new Facebook group called CCDS Free-Source in order to harness some of the talents, services, and supplies that our families can offer to support our school. Please join this new group and help build our community!
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ASP kids work on a special Christmas project for kids in Ensenada
Successful Delivery to Children in Ensenada, Mexico
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7th Grade Basketball Team Wins 1st Place at the Durham Tournament
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Chico
 Country Day School
102 West 11th Street
Chico, CA, 95928 
(530)895-2650
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