April 2016

Dr. Jennifer Atkins, Principal

Denise Blefko, Assistant Principal

Copper Ridge Elementary

2502 E. Brushy Valley Rd.

Powell, TN 37849

(865) 938-7002

http://www.knoxschools.org/

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Copper Ridge Elementary Newsletter

I will work hard today because hard work pays off!!!

Dates to Remember

April 4th - PTO meeting at 3pm

April 4th - 8th - Spirit Week

April 8th - Knox Co. Track Meet

April 9th - Celebration at Marco’s

April 12th - Kindergarten

Roundup 3 - 5pm

April 13th - Special Olympics

April 14th - K & 1st Spring Music

Program at 7pm

April 15th - K & 1st Encore Music

Program at 8:30am

April 15th - School Wide PJ Day

April 25th - CRE Day

April 26th - 29th - TNReady Part 2

April 26th– 29th - Secretary’s

Week

A message from Dr. Jennifer Atkins, Principal

This has already been a successful academic year for the kids at Copper Ridge! We have less than 40 instructional days left, and we plan to fill them with amazing lessons and activities. We wanted to let you know about some of the progress we have made to-wards our STAR School Plan for 2015-2016. We have a lot to be proud of this year!

Multi-leveled instruction to meet the needs of all students in ELA and Math. Our goal is to grow all kids at all levels at a rate faster than the district average. At our mid-year check, Copper Ridge Elementary kids were scoring AT/ABOVE the district in BOTH Reading and Math in growth and achievement scores!!!

Develop the capacity of K-5 teachers in ELA (English/Language Arts/Reading) instruction. We have amazing teachers already, but we are never satisfied and always strive to be better. We will focus our training on reading instruction throughout the year. As of March, Copper Ridge teachers have participated in at least 11 professional development sessions dealing with reading and in-struction. We appreciate all of the effort put in by our teachers!

Prepare students to master the writing objectives presented in the State Stand-ards for informational, opinion, and narrative essays. Copper Ridge students will increase their proficiency in writing to text and teachers will increase their knowledge of research-based writing instruction. After our writing units in 2nd – 5th grades, we examined the students writing and 89% of Copper Ridge stu-dents made significant improvements on their opinion and informative writ-ing!!!

How your donations help students learn:

We would like to thank the PTO and the Copper Ridge community for helping support our academics. With the purchase of the new computers for our second lab, our stu-dents have had the opportunity to practice their writing, to research important topics, and to participate in Moby Max to increase their understanding of important skills. As of March 30th, more than 5,300 online lessons have been completed and more than 330,000 problems attempted! The students love the opportunity to learn using the in-teractive website each week. We appreciate the continued support to increase our technology for students.

TNREADY Part 2 Schedule:

April 26th- Math

April 27th- Reading

April 28th- Social Studies

April 29th- Science

***Remember to have students to school on time each of these days and ensure that they have time for breakfast! We want students to do their very best to show off what they know!

Ms. Hungerford - 5th Grade: Tissues, wide

rule notebook paper, Ticonderoga pencils (or any

type), glue sticks.

Classroom Needs

Wacky Wednesday

Come wearing your wackiest clothes,

socks, and hair.

Superhero Monday

Come as your favorite superhero

Camping Tuesday

Dress in your best hiking/camping gear

Favorite Holiday Thursday

Dress up for your favorite Holiday.

Cougar Pride Friday

Show your school spirit! Wear CRE

shirts or colors.

April 4th - 8th

Special Olympics!

Special Olympics will be on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. We will be leaving school

at 8:30 am and returning by 2:30 pm. Students need to wear their athletic shoes, athletic pants, and a t-shirt. Please bring a

light jacket if it looks like it will be cold. They do NOT need a packed lunch.

Heather Alexander

Please join Ms. Binkley with the

1st Grade and Kindergarten

As they present:

‘Pajama Party’

Thursday, April 14th at 7pm

Encore April 15th at 8:30am

**All students are invited to join Kindergarten and

1st Grade in wearing their pajamas Friday, April 15th

as they enjoy the encore program of ‘Pajama Party’.

Library News

I just wanted to send out a reminder about upcoming

AR events. The end of the year is coming and several

deadlines for AR are approaching. The last day for AR

is May 6th. Our 4th and final trail-marker is a survivor

course. To be able to participate students have to have

the following points:

K 3pts 1st 10pts 2nd 30pts 3rd 50pts 4th 60pts 5th 75pts

Please remember that there are other awards as well.

These include trail bags, an adventure with a PE

teacher and bucket hats. Students will need the

following points for these:

Trail bag: K 1st & 2nd 50 pts. 3rd 4th & 5th 100 pts.

Adventure with a PE teacher: K 1st & 2nd 62.5pts. 3rd

4th & 5th 120 pts.

Bucket Hat: K 1st & 2nd 100 pts. 3rd 4th & 5th 200

pts.

Finally, AR Awards Day will be Friday, May 13th at

8:30am. Mark your calendars to attend.

Thanks,

Ms. Alli

Kindergarten Roundup

It’s time to get those little siblings enrolled!

Kindergarten Roundup will be Tuesday, April 12th

from 3 - 5pm. Proof of residence is required on this

day to enroll students. Birth certificate, social security

card, and proof of up-to-date immunizations and phys-

ical are required before the first day of Kindergarten.

Please help spread the word to community members

with students that are starting kindergarten next year.

Show your school spirit!

The next Copper Ridge Day is

Monday, April 25th!

Keep collecting Box Tops. Let’s finish the year strong!

Totals include all labels turned in before March 1st.

Mrs. Debbie - 362 Mrs. Adams - 275

Mrs. Krista - 425 Mrs. Loveday - 924

Mrs. Patchen - 754 Mrs. Powell - 1078

Mrs. Melanie - 244 Mrs. Osborne - 288

Mrs. Shawn - 147 Mrs. Tucker - 704

Mrs. Henry - 202 Mrs. Sharp - 691

Mrs. Hensley - 862 Mrs. Andrews - 1116

Mrs. Wilkerson - 347 Mrs. Magers - 837

Ms. Belk - 696 Mrs. Henley - 1944

Mr. Brock - 642 Ms. Hungerford - 581

Mrs. Lewis - 533 Mrs. Mathis - 527

Mrs. Roberts - 988 Mr. Leonard - 754

Mrs. Bounds - 628

This year’s Dine Out for Education

event will be on Tuesday, April

12th. Participating restaurants will

donate 10% of their proceeds for

the day to Knox County Schools.

To see a list of participating

restaurants or to find out more

information, please visit:

http://www.knoxschools.org/

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Academy Sports & Outdoor

American Girl

Amy Coulter – AdvoCare

Blissful Art

Books-A-Million

Caren Wilkinson

Christ United Methodist Church

Christy Cummings – Blessed Names Jewelry

Cracker Barrel

Dale Carmichael – Tupperware

Disney

Dr. Atkins

Emma Maples

Flowers Bread

Gretchen Hollifield

GruJo’s

Heather Alexander

Heather Hooks

Celebration night at Marco’s Pizza will be

on April 9th. There will be a principal

pizza eating contest, games, inflatables, a

dunking booth and discount food! Watch

for more information to come home.

Heavenly Flower Massage

Ice Bears

Jennifer Allen

Jennifer Messer

Josie’s Boutique

Keurig/Green Mountain Coffee

Kim Day – Keep Collective

Kings Island

Kohl’s on Deane Hill

Krazy Kester Fireworks

Laser Quest

Lora-Joy Adzima Photography

Max Air

McAlister’s Deli

Painting with a Twist

Panera Bread

Pete Cappel

Publix

Reap the Sew

Regina Elkins – Pampered Chef

Rick Walker – Wooden Inspirations

Ripley’s of the Smokies

Salon Resolutions

Sam’s Club

Scrappin’ in the City

Sew Happy

Smokies Baseball

Sulack Chiropractic

Susan Forbes - Scentsy

Tara Woodford - Rodan & Fields

Tennova Health and Fitness

Tiny Prints

UT Vol Shop

All Teachers and Staff

All Volunteers