January 2017

This Month:

No school January 16 in observance of

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Support the school January 18 by eating at Mama's Hawaiian, 8300 N. Thornydale Rd., between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m.
Click here to take a look at the menu.

Upcoming Events:

In the coming weeks, look for more information on these events in emails, papers home and our Facebook pages located here and here.

• Teacher Appreciation Luncheon - February 9
• Parent Teacher Conferences - February 9 and 10

• Love of Reading Week - February 12-17
  
• Valentine's Day - February 14
• Rodeo Hoe-Down - February 21 and 22
• Texas Roadhouse - February 22
• Rodeo Break - February 23 and 24
• Butter Braid fundraiser begins - February 28
  

Save The Date

The All School dance will be March 3rd.

Career Day is March 17. If you would like to share your career with our students, please ask for a volunteer form or call Michele Lopez (520.579.5105, ext. 6641) for more information.

Volunteer Extraordinaire

JoDee Rudd is the Volunteer Extraordinaire for December. She helps at Coyote Trail by volunteering in reading groups weekly. She also helps with field trips, holiday celebrations and regular classroom duties. JoDee says every time she volunteers, she comes away from the school with at least one small lesson. She enjoys volunteering because she understand the efforts  teachers make because her mother was an elementary school teacher. She likes to meet the students and says, "it is important for me to support the environment where my kids spend so much of their time." She and her husband of 17 years, Walter, have one son that attends Coyote Trail and another son in 7th grade. He also attended the school for 6 years.

In her spare time, JoDee likes to read, hike and attend her kids' sporting events.  

ABC Staff Member

After many years of hard work as a Bridge teacher and as a volunteer, Mellodie Stratman will retire at the end of the school year. As a member of the PTF she works at Bridge movie nights, volunteers at and helps advertise for school events and she plays piano for "Happy Trails" at the end of Friday assemblies. She was instrumental in creating the Special Needs sensory playground, for which she received The LifeChanger of the Year Award from The National Life Group. The news story about the playground also went viral on social media. She and her husband have 3 children. When she is not playing with and teaching her two grandsons, she likes to go to the beach, play the piano and read. 

December Super Star Students

Each month, every teacher chooses one student,

who will attend lunch, catered by Texas Roadhouse, with

Mr. Johnson and the school counselor,  Ms. Lopez.

The subject in December was Science and the lunch was the 16th. The students also participate in an activity with Mr. Johnson. Last month, students discussed their plans for the break and played tag.

   The next Super Star lunch will be held January 20.

The following students were selected in December:

Kindergarten

Ari Lund
Eden Moldanado
Liam Rohen-Trapp

First Grade

Nash Farris

Emily Christmas

Cassidey Fallows

Second Grade

Pankaj Amin
Easton Cameron
Cassidey Fallows

Third Grade

Jasslyn Ventura
Ryanna Drey
Jose Torres-Salazar

Fourth Grade
Ismael Pedrego
Anapaula Juarez
Jacob Goldstein

Fifth Grade
Chloe Posser
Eva Rudner
Abraham Lopez-Portilla

Sixth Grade
Olivia Knell
Sophia Hicks
Kendall Olsen

Bridge
Preston Affleck

Great Things are Happening at Coyote Trail

• We have Kind Campus! Kind kids were recognized at an assembly in December.

  

  Some of the December Kind Kids

• The school Spelling Bee was held in December. The results are as follows:

1st place - Cadence Blakenship

2nd place - Lauren Walker

3rd place - Adonn Lucero  

• The Color War Spirit Day was a huge success, preschoolers won by having the largest percentage of kids participating by wearing pink.
  
  

Ways to Raise Money For Coyote Trail

• Click Here to link your Fry's card to Coyote Trail. *Remember, even if you did this last school year, you need to renew it again this school year. Encourage neighbors, friends and relatives to do the same with their Fry's card. After you sign up, you don't need to do anything else but shop!

• Raytheon Employees: Raytheon's "Matching Gifts for Education Program" is designed to encourage Raytheon employees to support education with their personal contributions. Coyote Trail is eligible for matching gifts under this program, which means that if you do a tax credit donation to Coyote Trail, Raytheon will match your gift, doubling the amount of your donation up to $10,000! The Matching Gifts for Education program can be found here on the Raytheon network.
• Box Tops - collect box tops on many common pantry-type foods, Kleenex and frozen foods. *Remember to ask family and friends to collect Box Tops, too, and turn them into the front office or your child's teacher.

The Parent, Teacher, Friends (PTF) board has an opening! If you are interested in contributing in a really positive way to Coyote Trail, we are looking for a Volunteer Coordinator. Please respond to our e-mail address with any interest or questions. coyotetrailptf@gmail.com

December and January PTF Meeting News

• Student Leadership reported they will be doing Valentine-grams in February. Mrs. Hepler's class was awarded a pizza party for fundraising. There will be another lollipop fundraiser in February or March. The Snowfall event was very successful and well-attended. The Rock Shop also was successful.
• The Carnival was discussed and a vote was made and approved to do a Fun Run instead. The date is set for April 21.
•  Money was approved for Spelling Bee prizes.
• Money was approved to help support Marana High School's Graduation Night
• There was an update on the volleyball court, which is expected to be completed this month
  
• The PTF board meeting time was changed to 3:15.

Parent Teacher Friends (PTF) Board Members

Nicole Glasner - President

Kathryn Mikronis - Vice President

Keri D'Aiuto - Secretary

Barbara Lewis-Partch - Treasurer

Nikki Grubbs - Newsletter Editor

Celinda Garcia - Special Events

                         - Volunteer Coordinator

Tim Weiler - Community Relations

Carrie and Darrell Blanchard - Hospitality

Mellodie Stratman - Staff Liason

Lori Valentine - Staff Liason

Please e-mail any member of the board with any 

questions, comments, concerns at coyotetrailptf@gmail.com


PTF Board meetings are held the second Wednesday of every month at 3:15 pm. 
Everyone is welcome! 
Next Meeting:

Next month's meeting will be February 8.

*If you are interested in advertising in our newsletter, please contact me (Nikki Grubbs) at coyotetrailptf@gmail.com Thank you!

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