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Cox Elementary School Achieving Excellence

Cox Cub Weekly News

Volume 4, Issue 19 Mrs. Tara Imboden, Principal imboden@interact.ccsd.net
Jan. 23-Feb. 20, 2015
Dr. Christine Clayman, Assistant Principal cclayman@interact.ccsd.net
Cub Cheers: Great job to our students from Mrs. Coles class, they did our Friday Announcements on 1/26, Ms. Harrys class
did announcements on 2/02, Mrs. Beattys class did make-up announcements on 2/17, and Ms. Schwartzs class did
announcements on 2/20 and all did fantastic! Congratulations to the following students for receiving the Cox Cub of the
Week award: Balin Punahele, Isaac Buendia, Grisham Smith, Carlos Garza, Andrew Boyle, Owenn Black, Russell Truman,
Diego Avelar-Avila, Shawn McKeon, Anastasia Jefic, Maule Rodriguez, Gavin Kawaguchi, Eric Bice, Angelina Iantuono,
Layla Boren, Desire De Los Santos, Dillan Mead, Jacob Zachery, Layla Andrade, Jackie Wilhelm, Morgane Rexroad,
Thanos Iliopulos, Isabella Nicoletto, Phoebe Schenker, Talya Culculoglu, Robert Burton, Melia Yasso, Jocelyn Matallana,
Juliana Cipili, Anastasia Deforge, Rosie Wiggins, Roman Parke, Tessa Barfield, Rose Hughes, Nevaeh Jones,
Sophia Asmundson, Makenzie Niewinksi, Emme Yager-Penfil, Claire Lynn, Kianna DelaCruz, Mylani Miles,
Diana Hernandez, Caleb Jones, Anthony Chooparkpian, Samantha Worth, Brandon Rios, Tri Tran, Ryder Dente, Ethan Araki
and Olive Steffener! Great job on outstanding behavior! Congratulations to Ms. Peters, Mrs. Marken, Ms. Moore, and
Ms. Connor for receiving the Cox Teacher of the Week award the past three weeks!
Caught Being Kind: Congratulations to one of our fourth grade students, Izaiah Lorenzano, who received the
Caught Being Kind award for acting quickly to notify administration on duty when he thought a fellow classmate
was choking! The student was in need of medical attention and because of Isaiahs quick assistance we were able to
get to the student quickly and get him to the nurse, all safe and sound! Great Action Izaiah!
Great Math Minds Think Alike: Congratulations to our Fourth Grade Classes! Once again our DMC Students have
dominated Sumdog math competition in CCSD! Mrs. Pisanos class earned 1 st place and we had 7 students in the
top ten places for individual competition! Way to Go Fourth Graders! We are so proud of their hard work!
First Semester Accelerated Reading Medal Recipients
Naomi Francisco
Chase Crampton
Nick Perkins
Miguel Vallejo
Josua Ramos-Cardona
Haydeez Amundson
Connor Truman
Zee Chavis
Lucy Creer
Ella Creer
Tessa Barfield
Lucy Swinger
James Nguyen
Darla Carper
Dance Choreography
Film Production
Literature
Music Composition
Photography
Visual Arts

Jayda Powell
Alexander Spencer
Roman Adams
T.C. Fuel
Lydia Gerety
Rose Hughes
Kristian Guska
Soren Harris
Hudson Heyman
Evelyn Hicks
Jazlene Marin
Isabella Robinson
Jace Pingul
John Vaughn

Rebecca Frommer
Talya Culculoglu
Hayden Nielsen
Bryn Smith
Brailen Winkler
Marco Illiopulus
Paul Theodosis
Hailey Harris
Aiden Adams
Cade Miller
Tri Nguyen
Dhyana Vekaria
Jaden Manuel
Kelly Mangum

Camryn Piccininni
Amy Sisavanh
Lelanie Albizo
Thomas Burton
Michael Gerety
Jayden Tonthat
Conrad Mazurkiewicz
Lilia Murray
Camrynn Newberry
Matthew Stagi
Jacob Schollaert
Sydney Heyman
Andrew Clayman
Jaiden Christian

Joshys Theodosis
Kiara Jones
McKenizie Alder
Robert Burton
Ruby Zaragoza-Hernandez
Penelope Nelson
Alexis Rieck
Elaina Rieck
Emma Duran
Krisztian Garai
Allison Collins
Brianna Christman
Michael Smith
Pia Pena

2014-2015 Reflection Winners

Brynn Sherwood, Abby Lorren, Max Segal
Tanner Lewis, Olivia Lewis, Ava Shahbazy
Brandon Rios, Madeleine Hebert, Jayda Powell, Abby Lorren, Ella Creer, Benjamin Hanson
Ernesto Rivera, Rebecca Frommer
Nicholas Perkins, Alissa Perkins, Devin Zicha, Nicolas Martinez, Noah Wong, Krisztian Garai
Logan Smith, Sean Bermudez, Jayna Yokono, Abby Lorren, Jordan Rust, Zachary Reymer
* Honorable Mention: Jaden Manuel, Layla Boren, Emma Garcia
*All of the Participants Reflection Entries will be displayed throughout our school for Academic Fair Night on Friday, March 6th.

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First Semester Kindergarten Perfect Attendance

Eric Bice
Max Breazeal
Danica Cammilleri
Amilcar Cipili
Kianna Delacruz

Naomi Francisco
Petyon Gray
Jeremiah Hernandez
Zachary Hughes
Isidora Jefic

Gavin Kawajuchi
Kalista Kozhin
Jazella Manuel
Tori Piccininni
Kyler Proudfoot

Reese Pusko
Torrin Reiner
Sarah Renderson
Isabella Santiago-Robb

Awesome Readers in EVERY GRADE: First trimester is over and we have our Accelerated Reader word count top
scores for each grade level. Congratulations to Mrs. Perkins Kindergarteners for reading 19,094 words,
Mrs. Andersons First Graders for reading 875, 036 words, Ms. Harrys Second Graders for reading 3,076, 583
words, Mrs. Coles Third Graders for reading 5,765,883 words, Mrs. Stackels Fourth Graders for reading 12,211,177 words,
and Mr. Shafrans Fifth Graders for reading 17,754,215 words.
Attendance WOW: Did you know that DMC had 131 students who earned perfect attendance for first semester? Second
grade had the highest number of perfect attendance recipients, with Fifth Grade in second place, and Fourth Grade in third
place! Great job Cox Cubs! As a school, we had 452 students who had exemplary attendance; missing 0-3 days the entire
semester.
PTA News: Thank you to our wonderful PTA, they have purchased half of the soccer goals and gym-n-ee hoops! They have
also purchased a new letter-cutting program for our building, and beautiful new trophy cases so we can show-case
our student projects! Thank you PTA! This week is our monthly DMC Dinner Date: Friday, 2/27, at the Dairy
Queen on Windmill and Pecos! Thank you families for your sweet support!
Great Fourth Grade Nevadans: Congratulations to the following students to become the first group of our Cubs to earn the
Fourth Grade Great Nevadan Award: Corinn Sloop, Kara Ballou, Max Segal, Parker Cromwell, Noah Wong, and
Kennedi Logan.
Learning Excursion Updates: Did you know that our Second Graders recently attended the Flat Stanley performance at
the beautiful Smith Center? Or, that our Third Graders are about to venture to the Discovery Childrens Museum for a day of
learning experiments?

NEVADA READING WEEK IS MARCH 2-6TH!

Next week kicks off Nevada Reading Week where we celebrate the joys of reading! The theme
this year in CCSD is

Got Books?...BE a Superhero, Read!

The activities are as follows:
Daily drawings for students to Barnes N Noble Store, Drop Everything and Read, Guest Readers
in the classrooms, Reading Bingo, Reading Redbox, Mystery Readers, and our
Library Book Fair is open!
Dress-up Days:
Monday: Hats off to reading hat day
Tuesday: Cozy up with a good book pajama day
Wednesday: Word-up wear clothing with as many words on it you can find
Thursday: Character Day dress like your favorite character
Friday: Be a HeroRead hero/cape day
Our week finishes up with the Academic Fair on Friday, March 6, 2015 from 5:30-7:00 pm,
with student work being showcased, learning activities from each grade level, our Honor Choir
performing, the Book Fair in the Library, and DMC Club booths to visit!

SAFETY ALERT: Parents, please follow our campus lot procedures of NOT TURNING LEFT OUT OF THE
PARKING LOT! Every day, we are having people drive INTO the EXIT, turn left, and park over the sidewalk
which prevents us from crossing our kids! We have 623 students to get off of only 4 exit locations on our property and
only one general education bus that means that approximately 500 students are requiring vehicle drop-off/pick-up. Thats a
lot of cars! Please follow our safety standards.
Professional Read Opportunity: Our professional book for this year is called Mindsets in the Classroom,
by Mary Cay Ricci. Our teachers will be reading this through the month of March and implementing the concepts
presented within our classrooms. If you would like to be part of our professional read, please sign up at
Academic Night and the designated table in the hallway. The cost of the book will be $10.00 and the school will
cover the remaining amount. We will be having book discussions, presentations on chapters, and applications to
our classrooms throughout the months of April and May.
A Look Ahead:
2/26
Paw Redemption Day
2/27
Cookie Dough Fundraiser Kick Off
2/27
Dairy Queen Day for Cox
3/2-3/6
NV Reading Week
3/2-3/6
Library Book Fair Open
3/3
PTA Mtg. Library 6 pm
3/5
Bookworm Breakfast 8:00 am MP Room
3/6
Academic Fair Night 5:30-7:00
3/13
Fourth Grade Muscial Performance
3/17
Cookie Dough Orders Due
3/18
Final Student Payment Due for SeaWorld
3/20
Fifth Grade Musical Performance
3/26
Paw Redemption Day
3/26
Cookie Dough Deliveries
3/27
Quarter Ends/Unsats come home
3/30-4/3
Spring Break-no school