Pine Lane Crew, 

What an amazing week!!! High school graduations are in full swing!  A special congratulations to our Chaparral Class of 2022 on this tremendous milestone!  Our third grade students left their mark at our south campus as they placed their hand prints on the wall.  Hawk Quest came to present to our 5th grade Crew. Today, despite the weather, we held our annual Bear Crawl. A huge thank you to PTO, our office staff, Mr. Spencer, and Ninja Nation for your flexibility to make this day a success. 

This past Wednesday, we held our final SAC/PTO meeting (full recording linked here).  We had a great turnout and were joined by special guest, Director Winegar.  We presented information regarding the funding needs we have in the District and the need for an additional Bond and MIL.  For information regarding these needs please see the following slide: DCSD Funding Needs. We also reviewed several recent celebrations, our latest iReady data, and other updates.  

PTO shared the impact you all have had at Pine Lane this year. We cannot wait to see the south campus playground this fall as turf will be installed this summer.  Thank you all for your contribution to this effort.  We announced this year's Pawsitive Influence Award winners. See this video for our announcement: Pawsitive Influence Award Announcement.  Congratulations to you all! We also held our PTO Executive Board Election. A special welcome and congratulations to Lindsey Shaw, our new PTO Secretary.  Also, thank you to those of you who joined us on Thursday for our Room Parent Informational Meeting.  I look forward to seeing the impact this will have on our entire school as we seek to strengthen the partnership between home and school. 

The fun and excitement is not over as we head through the final 3 days of the school year!  Next week, we are looking forward to Kindergarten Graduation, our 6th Grade Clap Out accompanied by our Pine Lane Alumni who are graduating this year, and our Annual Tissue Wave on the last day of school!   

Have a great weekend! Enjoy the late spring snow! I am looking forward to finishing the school year strong! 

Chris Stairs

Principal 

Pine Lane Elementary

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TUESDAY MAY 24TH

10:00am

Space is limited so please keep your guests per student to a minimum 

If you are planning on attending please Pre-Register below as all guests need to check in at our office.

Please ensure you have your Photo ID Ready and available

Kindie Graduation 

WEDNESDAY MAY 25TH

11:00 am & 3:00 pm

Space is limited so please keep your guests per student to a minimum 

If you are planning on attending please Pre-Register below as all guests need to check in at our office.

Please ensure you have your Photo ID Ready and available

Pre K AM                 Pre K PM

Kindergarten Beginning of the Year Schedule

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!

General 

• Douglas County Youth and Family Resource Guide
• Douglas County Mental Health Website

Academic

• iReady 

Mental Health Services 

• PLE Outside Counselor Referral List
• All Health Small Groups 

Crisis

• Colorado Crisis Services
• DHS Prevention/Rewiring 

Food

• Help and Hope Center 
• Parker Task Force  
• SECOR Cares 
• Manna Care

2022 Lend A Hand School Supply Drive

REQUEST Application goes LIVE on Monday May 16, 2022 Foundationdcs.org

The Foundation for Douglas County Schools is excited to kick off the 2022 Lend A Hand School Supply Drive for our students of DCSD! Through the generous support and donations provided by our community partners, schools, local organizations, volunteers and businesses we were able to provide 1,245 age appropriate backpacks and school supplies to our students K-12th grade in 2021.

Let's do it again in 2022!

School Supply Drive - Donations are always welcome! The Foundation for DCS is partnering with the Douglas County Libraries and several local businesses and they will have collection boxes from June 1st through July 15th. Find a location near you on our FoundationDCS.org site. We will also have a collection box at the DCSD Wilcox building in the main lobby. Attached you will find a printable handout to share with a list of the most needed items.

Volunteers are welcome! It takes many hands to support this drive! Sign up as a volunteer HERE and join our efforts in supporting the kids and families of DCSD. 

Pine Lane's school supply lists for 2022/23 and Yubbler links will be available mid June on our website! 

An eblast will be sent out when they are ready!

Beginning July 1st, 2022 families are eligible to apply for Free and Reduced Lunches for the 2022/23 School Year!

When applying make sure to share the information for your school so that all school meals, school fees, and transportation fees to be automatically waived.

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/