David M. Cox Elementary School – Dream It! Believe It! Achieve It! NOT LIMITS!

Cox Cub News

Volume 7, Issue 25 Mrs. Tara Imboden, Principal imbodtr@nv.ccsd.net
Apr. 16-20, 2018 Mrs. Erica Silas, Assistant Principal shawel@nv.ccsd.net
When you get the newsletter on Class Dojo – just touch the picture and it will expand and focus on your device. We do have copies in the front office if you would prefer a paper copy.
SBAC Testing for our third, fourth, and fifth graders is half-way through!
We have building quiet hours from 9:30-11:30 Monday through Thursday.

Cub Cheers: Congratulations to the 5th grade students in our Leadership Club
they did our Friday Announcements and were fabulous! Congratulations to the
following students for receiving Cox Cub of the Week: Kaijonn Shockency-
King, Brendan McDevitt, Kai’ll Hines, Abigail Thompson,
Timoteo Thompson-Barajas, June Ransom, Sawyer Stevenson, Neyda Nunley,
Tristan Jackson, Keyan Khadivian, David Decovich, Aiyden Batts,
Alexa Garcia, Connor Gries, Amyia Laushaul, Alyssa Partida,
Kathryn Burkholder, Amalia Burger, and Ivan Dudarev.

Final Bookworm Breakfast of the Year TOMORROW: The final

bookworm breakfast for the year is tomorrow, April 24th from 8:00-8:30 in the
MP Room. It’s time to bring in all your Bookwork Bucks!

PARKING LOT REMINDERS

1. NO LEFT TURNS OUT OF PARKING LOT. RIGHT TURNS ONLY! IT’S POSTED!
2. NO PARKING ALONG FRONT OF SCHOOL AND LEAVING YOUR VEHICLE.
3. DON’T SIT IN YOUR CAR AT FRONT OF SCHOOL – KEEP PULLING FORWARD TO
MAKE ROOM FOR CARS ENTERING ON CLARK.
4. NO PROFANITY OR RUDE BEHAVIOR – BE KIND!
Cox Family Dinner Night on Friday: Fliers came home today (salmon colored) for our monthly school dinner nights! This
Friday, at Blaze Pizza, Cox students get a portion of the sales! In fact, our school gets 20% of all proceeds when a family
shows their flier. The time frame is 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm and Blaze Pizza is at 10520 S. Eastern Ave. Good for dine-in or
take- out!

Teacher Request for 2018-2019 (final posting): Friday is the FINAL day to submit a teacher request for 2018-19. A
teacher request DOES NOT GUARANTEE PLACEMENT. If you would like to request a teacher for your child(ren) next
year please send in a written request to front office or email me (Mrs. Imboden – my email is at the top of this newsletter and
on the website) with at least 2 choices (with priority numbered). All letters of request will be accepted until April 27th.
No letters will be accepted after April 27th. We are not responsible for students not turning in request letters.
*Administration does not meet with parents if your student is not granted the first requested teacher.

Way to Go DMC STEM Club: Our STEM Club entered the NV State Science Olympiad Competition and did wonderful for
their first year of competition! We were the only school who was new to the competition this year and placed 9 th out of 15th
overall! We were the only after-school club and competed against GATE Program, Private Schools, and Magnet Programs;
most of which went up to 6th grade. The following students competed in events at the Science Olympiad: Kimball Steffen,
Samatha Katz, Delaney Nash, Justin Stickland, Chase Crampton, Lucy Creer, Logan Griffith, McKenzie Haycock, Pakan
Pazargadi, Michael Steffen, Kate Swanburg, and Catherine Vu! Thank you to the teachers who Coach STEM Club voluntarily
and all the students for their hard work! You guys shine for DMC!

Congratulations to Logan Griffith and Pakan Pazargadi for placing 2nd in the Pasta Bridge Building Event!

Mothers and Muffins Date Change: The new date will be Friday, May 11th from 8:30-9:00 am in the MP Room. Mother
and students are invited to attend, have some pastries, juice, and coffee to celebrate our Moms!
Transitional Academic Night Next Thursday: On May 3rd, we will be having a “Moving Up Academic Night.” This is an
evening in which you attend the next grade’s presentation to hear about curriculum, supplies, and expectations. We will be
distributing curriculum guides some textbooks (which are no longer adopted by CCSD), and providing a question/answer time
for parents. So…your kindergarten student would attend the first grade presentation, first graders attend the second grade
presentation…and so on. *Greenspun will NOT be presenting this evening, it’s tailored for K-4th graders only.

LVL Up EXPO: The video game conference is in town May 4-6, 2018 at the Las Vegas Convention Center and CCSD
provides additional passes at a discounted price. If you’re a CCSD employee then children 10 and under are free and you can
purchase a weekend pass at a discounted rate. To receive discount, go to www.lvlupexpo.com with the promotional code:
CCSD.

Parent Surveys Turned In: Thank you to all my families who turned in the annual parent survey forms by last Friday! We
had a record number turned in and that totaled out to 305 surveys! That’s 45% of our student body! The survey results will be
posted in next week’s newsletter.

Congratulations to our Staff: Mrs. Anderson and Ms. Galdi were awarded Teachers of the Year for our school in
Performance Zone 10 and will be honored at a luncheon tomorrow! Congratulations to amazing staff members!

Did you know? That this Wednesday is “Administrative Professional’s Day” in which we’re celebrating our wonderful office
staff for everything they do for us and our students and families! If you’re in the office this Wednesday please tell them
“Happy Professional’s Day.” We are providing gifts and Olive Garden lunch for them (one of their favorites)!

School Uniform Survey Coming: During a previous PTA meeting it was brought forth to consider a move towards school
uniforms. There is a process which must be followed in order to pursue school uniforms and this includes a vote from the
community. Dates have already passed in order to consider school uniforms for the 2018-2019 school year, however, there
will be survey coming home regarding interest for the 2019-2020 school year. It was recommended that the first step in this
process be surveying the community before initiating the paperwork which goes into changing to school uniforms.

SBAC Parent Participation: Students are working so diligently on their testing! We are proud of them and are 50% finished!
We are asking that you write positive notes to your child each day they are testing.

We also have school-wide quiet hours from 9:30-11:30 and adjust lunches and specialists schedules to
give our students the optimal testing environment. Once a student has begun a test, they cannot leave
school and come back into the building to pick up where they left off (all sections once started must be
finished).
*These tests do not affect your child’s reportcard grades or next year’s class placement and scores do not come out until July or August.

Did you know…For each day of SBAC testing, students put their names in a drawing for a chance at a
free bike! We gave away 6 more bikes last week to our 3 testing classes! Bike drawings will continue
throughout testing.

A Look Ahead:
*All events listed are subject to change.
Apr 26 Take Your Child to Work Day – no testing that day
Apr 27 DMC Family Night at Blaze Pizza
Apr 30-May 1 5th Grade at Sea World
May 3 “Moving Up” Academic Night 5:30 pm
May 4 Field Day & 5th Grade Rocket Launches
May 7-11 Teacher Appreciation Week
May 11 Mothers & Muffins 8:30 MP Room (date changed)
May 17 Teacher vs. 5th Grade Dodgeball Game 9:15
May 18 Spring Jamboree & Art Night
May 21 Kindergarten Graduations & 5th Grade BBQ
May 22 1st – 4th Honor Roll Assemblies
May 23 5th Grade Closing Ceremony
May 24 9:15 School-wide Dance Off
May 24 Final Day of School – dismissal for K-5 12:40 pm