Pine Lane Crew, 

We are overwhelmed with your outpouring of appreciation this week.  As an entire staff, we are honored to serve your family. Thank you for the salads, treats, t-shirts, decorations and messages of gratitude.  For me personally, the video on Monday meant a great deal and reminded me of why I do this work.  It, truly, is to empower in our students excellence in character, achievement and contribution to a better world.  Thank you all for the amazing Teacher Appreciation Week! A huge thank you too to PTO and Student Council for your #PLELeadership in these efforts!   

PINE LANE TURNS 50!!!! As we come into next school year, we will be starting Pine Lane’s 50th School Year and we are excited to celebrate our legacy!  Our theme for this is “Grounded in our roots. Pine Lane proud!”  As we start the school year, we will be spending time reflecting Pine Lane’s history, celebrating our points of pride, and looking forward to perpetuating this legacy long into the future.  

To help us do this we have set up a website to give you all an opportunity to share the impact the PIne Lane has on you personally (I know that many of you are former students), or for your children. Here is the the website and submission form: PLE 50th Anniversary.  We look forward to hearing your memories and reflections!.  

Also, please mark August 27th from 3:00 pm - 7:00pm on your calendar and join us for our 50th Year Celebration!  We hope that you all can come celebrate with us!!!

I am so proud of our Crew! The end of the year is such an exciting and busy time. This week we wrapped up iReady testing, held Kindie Orientation and Math and Literacy night, sent our 6th graders to compete in the feeder Hexathlon, 4th grade dissected eyeballs, and Discovery held their annual carnival raising funds for Ukrainian refugees. Erin Kane also visited today and was given a tour by several amazing students. They did a phenomenal job sharing our mission, highlighting our points of pride, and describing areas that we could use support. There are truly so many great things occurring every day and my heart is filled with pride each day! 

Just a couple of things to highlight for you that are upcoming. On May 18th, we will hold our final SAC/PTO meeting for the year. We will be presenting information on the potential Bond and MIL, reviewing some school data, and voting on our new PTO executive board members. I’d like to especially thank James Cole and Lindsey Shaw for being willing to volunteer their names for our open PTO secretary seat. Next week we will publish a profile for both of them so that you can get to know them better, and on May 18th there will be a vote open to the entire PTO of whom you all are considered members. I am so grateful for the time that both PTO and SAC members volunteer to invest in supporting our school and seeking real improvements. This partnership is so critical to our success. 

I wish you all a wonderful weekend.  

Chris Stairs

Principal 

Pine Lane Elementary

Families are encouraged to come and cheer on their child. All field day activities will be held at the South Campus. Please make sure to Pre-register using the links below to help get you out to the action faster.  

• 2nd, 3rd and 2/3 Discovery - 9:30 - 11:00
• Kinde & First Grade 11:10 - 12:30
• 4th, 5th, 6th, and 4/5 , 5/6 Discovery 1:20 - 3:40

STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT REGISTERED AND/OR HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE NINJA NATION WAIVER WILL BE UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE. 

YOUR TEACHERS HAVE ACCESS TO THE STATUS OF YOUR STUDENTS REGISTRATION!

PLEASE REACH OUT TO YOUR STUDENTS TEACHER IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS

All library books are now due.

Please help your student return all borrowed books as soon as possible to avoid lost book fines and so we can accomplish important end of year tasks. If you need assistance or have questions please email jrawson1@dcsdk12.org.

Thank you for your help!

Sora Sweet Reads and Douglas County Libraries (DCL) Summer Reading

Reading over the summer is not only fun but also crucial for strengthening students’ literacy skills & preventing the “Summer Slide.” While students cannot regularly visit their school library over summer break, they will still have access to Sora and can also take advantage of all the resources available from our wonderful Douglas County Public libraries. Students can help their school win books by checking out books in Sora during May and registering for summer reading programs at DCL!

It’s that time of the year! It’s the best time of the year! Why? It’s La Liga time! Please tell all those you know from 6-12 grade about this great event. Come play, eat, repeat!

The flyer says it all – free football for 6-12 graders! So, if you are going into the 6^th grade, come on and sign up! It’s fun – it’s free – there’s food – it’s the best!

LINK:   https://www.somosnuevavida.com/laliga/

Colorado Rockies Appreciation Date - April 16th, 17th, May 14th, May 30th

Colorado Rapids April 23rd or May 28th