David M.

Cox Elementary School Achieving Excellence

Cox Cub Weekly News

Volume 5, Issue 20 Mrs. Tara Imboden, Principal imboden@interact.ccsd.net
Mar 28-Apr 15, 2016
Dr. Christine Clayman, A. Principal cclayman@interact.ccsd.net

Cox Family BINGO Night is HERE!

Please join us Friday, April 22nd, for our annual Family BINGO Night!
Doors open at 5:00 pm in our MP Room and BINGO
begins at 5:30 pm ending at 7:30 pm.
There will be prizes, food, snacks, and drinks!
Each attendee will get one BINGO board for free and when you bring in a ream of paper you
get additional boards!

Cub Cheers: Congratulations to our 3rd and 4th Grade International Club Students, our 4th and 5th Grade Honor Choir Students,
and the students in Mrs. Hensons Class for doing Announcements and sounding awesome on the intercom! Congratulations to
the following students for receiving Cox Cub of the Week: Ethan Reitz, Gavin Confer, Zandar Everett, Ivan Dudarev,
Brooklyn Pulido, Angel Robles, Kylie McKeon, Carmello Streckfus, Devion Ellison, Noah Price,
Marisol Friedmann, Brooks Barfield, Kalista Kozhin, Eric Bice, Giannah Guevera, Zanye Nunley, Andrew Perez,
Peyton Gort, Hayleigh Sarnessar, McKinzie DeOvando, Kiera Schulz, Allysandra Blea, Brandon Anderson, Destany
McCullough, Steven DiPietro, Isadora Jefic, Kimball Steffen, Kayla Spencer, Ian Powell, Isabelle Chen, Jenelly Valencia,
Lucy Creer, Kayla Jones, Kathryn Burkholder, Ciara Perryman, Mack Rudder, Edwon Carter, Grace Rucinski, Destyn Taylor,
and Dominic Singer. Finally, congratulations to Mrs. Raniada, Mrs. Piccininni, and Ms. Popeck for receiving the Cox
Teachers of the Week.

COOKIE DOUGH MONEY IS DUE TUESDAY THE 19 TH!

DONT FORGET, YOU MUST SELL 7 ITEMS OR MORE TO BE PART OF THE
BAKED BEAN PRINCIPAL BATH
Milers News: Our final day for Milers is only a month away! The final day is May 13 th. They still have some great prizes
available! For finishing your 50 card you receive a pass to Bounce U and for your 100 card you get a Milers tee-shirt and a
trophy at the end of the year awards (and the Top Five Finishers will receive a special medal). Thank you to all the parents and
teachers who volunteered for our Jaw-a-thon! It was a great turn out! Congratulations to the following students who were
our Milers winners for the mileage drawing: Jackson Riggs, Danica Cammilleri, Ella Creer, Austin Cromwell, Henry
Aase, Jayden Tonthat, and Layla Ellis.
Parent Survey Time: Its that time again when our CCSD sends out its surveys for parents to complete regarding the district,
school, and cafeteria. Please take a moment to complete the survey. The district uses the parent responses to improve schools
and our food service. The following surveys can be found at
1. CCSD Parent Survey: ccsd.net/district/surveys or ccsd.net
2. CCSD Cafeteria Survey: www.MySchoolBuck.com
Feel free to use our laptops in the front office to complete these brief surveys.
PTA News: Please join us for the FINAL PTA meeting of 2015-2016 on Tuesday, May 10th, at 6 pm in the Library. Please
come and say good-bye to our current board and welcome the new board members for the 2016-2017 school year. As always,
children may come with parents and read books during the meeting.
Cafeteria News: Parents please monitor your childs lunch account, as the year comes to a close all charges must be paid.
Charge notices are sent home 2-3 times per week with your child.
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International Club Help Needed: The International club would like to request for artifacts such as country flags and other
paraphernalia from the five countries (Australia, Greece, Finland, Poland, and Ethiopia) that they studied this year. The
items borrowed will be used for display at the Multi-cultural Fair scheduled for May 19th and 20th. If you have anything
to lend the International Club please call or email our Assistant Principal, Dr. Clayman.
Parent/Community David M. Cox Survey Results: Thank you parents for your input! We had 405 (65%) surveys returned
compared to 188 (29%) the previous year! The results are as follows:
Campus: (391 responses marked) 72% voted to leave as is (closed in morning/open in afternoon)

Open House: (373 responses marked) 54% voted to keep Open House & Meet and Greet on same day, the Friday
prior to school beginning. 32% voted in favor of having a separate day for families brand new to our school.
Communication: (377 responses marked) 44% voted to keep weekly newsletters.
PTA Results: (252 responses marked) 63% voted to keep meetings in the evenings. 74% voted that they preferred
if children would be able to attend.
Budget: (367 responses marked) 61% voted for monies to be directed to keep class sizes lower. 74% stated they
would be able to fund supplies if not provided. 86% voted to table the technology expense intended from the
profits from Harvest Festival and move into instructional supplies/programs.
Teaching Staff 2016-2017: Class placement for the upcoming will begin in June and you will be notified of your childs
teacher at the beginning of July along with supply lists and welcome back information. Please check infinite campus and make
sure your mailing address is correct. Please remember that all staff listing is subject to change and change in teaching
position/teacher does not mean your child will be moved to a different teacher; staffing often changes throughout the summer
months. As of April 18, 2016 the following teachers have been assigned the following positions for next year:
Kindergarten
First Grade
Second Grade
Third Grade
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
Mrs. Froehlich
Mrs. Anderson
Mrs. Blohm
Mrs. Cole
Mrs. BallMr. Orth
Mrs. Perkins
Mrs. Beatty
Mrs. Harry
Ms. Hannah
Aguilar
Mrs. Piccininni
Ms. Popeck
Mrs. Grenstiner
Mrs. Henson
Ms. Peters
Mrs. Bernard
Mr. Shafran
Mrs. Segal
Mrs. Niewinski
Mrs. Husney
Mrs. Raniada
Mrs. Pisano
Mrs. Shields
Mr. Peterson
Mrs. Stackel
Special Education
Ms. Almada
Mrs. Giannantonio
Mrs. Klein
Ms. Schwartz
Mr. Tanksley

Specialists
Mrs. Connor
Ms. Deihl
Mr. Hale
Mrs. Papanek
Mrs. Steele
Mrs. Taylor

Staffing News for 2016-2017:

Placement letters will be ACCEPTED May 2nd-20th. Letters will NOT be taken prior to May 2nd or after May
20th. Parents are always welcome to make a request for their childs teacher for the upcoming school year.

However, a REQUEST does NOT GUARANTEE PLACEMENT. Administration will be balancing the classes
very carefully looking at achievement levels, programs, gender, academic needs, and behavior and I cannot
numerically create one class which is over-filled compared to the rest just because of requests.

If you would like to make a request for teacher, please WRITE A LETTER (making sure to include your child(ren)s
name) and give it to the front office indicating a first and/or second choice (letters will not be considered without 2
choices).

NO PARENT REQUESTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER MAY 20th NO EXCEPTIONS

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We strive to provide the best education to our students and we have extremely high expectations here at DMC. With the upcoming new laws, lack of funding, etc. education is
our top priority, which means that we may not always be able to provide additional programs/clubs/procedures/experiences from year to year. Extracurricular trips and/or
clubs require funding in addition to staff volunteering to facilitate these programs, those factors may not be available year to year.
Extracurricular programs, trips, experiences are not guaranteed annually.

A Look Ahead:
(Calendar of Events Subject to Change)

Apr 11-29
Apr 19
Apr 21
Apr 22
Apr 26
Apr 26
Apr 26
Apr 28
Apr 29
5/2-6
5/2-6
5/4
5/4
5/6
5/10
5/10
5/11-12
5/13
5/13
5/16-20
5/19
5/24
5/25
5/26
5/27
5/30
5/31
6/1
6/1
6/1

SBAC Testing Grades 3-5

Cookie Dough Money Due
5th Grade to visit GJHS
Bingo Night at Cox 5:30 pm
Spring Picture Day
Blood Drive MP Room (afternoon)
Bookworm Breakfast 8 am
Take Our Kids to Work Day
(is not exempt from Perfect Attendance)
Field Day & Progress Reports Go Home
Teacher Appreciation Week
Career Week
Cookie Dough Delivered
Third Grade Was Museum
Kindergarten Pictures
Parent Volunteer Breakfast
Final PTA meeting 6 pm
Fifth Grade to Seaworld
Drama Club Peformance
Progress Reports Out
Multicultural Week
International Club Multicultural Fair
Final Bookworm Breakfast
First Grade Musical Performance
Kindergarten Graduation
No School for Students CCSD Staff Day
Memorial Day No School
Honor Roll Assemblies
Dance Off 9:10 am courtyard
Fifth Grade Promotion 10:30 am MP Room
Final Day of School Dismissal at 12:40 pm