May

This Month:

• GEM Information Night is May 10 at 6:00 p.m. (note the change of date)
• Teacher Appreciation Week is May 8-12. Please think of something small and unique your child can do to show his/her teacher gratitude. If you did this last week, thank you!
• The Peter Piper fundraiser will be May 18 from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
• School will release at 11 am on May 24 and May 25.  No lunch will be served.
• The 6th Grade Promotion will be May 24 from 7:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
• The last day of school is May 25.

Upcoming Events:

Have an amazing and SAFE

ABC Staff Member

March - Coyote Trail has a great librarian and volunteer in Lisa Martin. Mrs. Martin organizes the book fairs, Family Library Nights, author visits, and STEM night. She loves working at Coyote Trail because of the families, students and staff. Mrs. Martin has been married to Bill Martin for almost 23 years. They have an 18-year-old son. She is an avid hiker, who hiked in and out of the Grand Canyon over Spring Break. She also enjoys writing and, of course, reading.

April - Vickie Nissen is Coyote Trail's Physical Education teacher, who makes PE exciting for the students and helped the APEX fundraiser be a huge success! Mrs. Nissen was married for 25 years to "the love of her life". He unexpectedly passed away in 2006. She and her husband have 2 sons, one who also passed away, and 3 elementary age grandchildren. Most of her family lives in Iowa and she visits, taking along her Yorkie, Hawkeye, with her whenever she goes. She also loves cheering for the U of A Women's softball team. She attends every home game is hoping they make it to the Women's College World Series this year.    

March and April 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 March was Writing. In April the subject was PE.

   The next Super Star lunch will be held May 19th.

The following students were selected in March and April

Kindergarten:
Hannah Dixon     Elizabeth Affleck
Connor Allen       Clara Peterson
Macee Olding      Anais Gastelum

1st Grade:
Evalupe Jimenez      Kane Verdugo
Abigail Moss      Zach Ford
Emma Huynh     Gabe Arter

2nd Grade:
Claire Winterton     Megan Dixon
Katelyn Huynh      Paloma Borboa
Tauren Blake     Kaleb Algar

3rd Grade:
Jake Rogers     Myah Berkey
Madison Bleau     Kira Partch
Addison McDaniel      Erin Nicholson

4th Grade:
Lily Ferguson      Christian Strader
Dylan Diep     Mason Jerome
Dreana Ladriere     Ella Rhodes

5th Grade:
Tiffany Tam       Lane Gardner
Gracie Hindman      Tyler O'Neil
Dariah Uy      Andrew Gerald

6th Grade:

Bailey Breur     AJ Martinez

Adonn Lucero      Emilee Winegar

Madeline Berkey     Ethan Her

Bridge:

Matthew Burbank

Seth Maroquin

Great Things are Happening at Coyote Trail

Thank you to everyone who contributed to

• Chili's Fundraiser
• Blood Drive
• Butter Braids
• Apex Fun Run

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.

PTF News:

• The board approved money for 6th grade planners, Accelerated Readers (AR), recorders for 4th grade
• The board discussed Discovery Ed, Intervention Book Sets, Mystery Science and the Kindergarten Shade Structure
• In May, much of next year's budget will be decided and voted upon. Everyone is welcome! Next meeting May 10 at 3:15. There will be treats.

The Parent, Teacher, Friends (PTF) board has openings If you are interested in contributing in a really positive way to Coyote Trail, we are looking for Board Members. If you have  any interest or questions, e-mail

coyote trailptf@gmail.com

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

                Carrie Blanchard - 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

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

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