This year Copper Canyon will be celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week starting February 27. This is a special week dedicated to honoring our teachers and staff for all they do for our children. The goal is to do something special each day of the week. We have also added some new things this year. The most important thing to remember is do things from the heart. Get your kids involved – it is more meaningful when it is their effort and not yours. Please see the exciting plans we have below (or click here for a printable document):

PVUSD Superintendent, Dr. Jim Lee, and CC interim Principal, Mr. Don Hiemstra, will be at a Meet & Greet prior to the PTA General Meeting on Tuesday, February 21 at 6 p.m. in the Media Center.  The PTA meeting will start at 6:30 p.m.  The Meet & Greet is a great opportunity to discuss any [...]

Each year the PTA presents a Science Week for all of the students to enjoy. This year’s Science Week will be held the week of May 7-11. Although that seems quite a long time from now, we are already preparing for a fantastic week. With Science Week, our goal is to expose our students to the variety of sciences and to engage them in real life learning. After all, the world is only getting smaller and more competitive in the sciences. Throughout Science Week we will be welcoming presenters to speak to the classrooms about the many aspects of science and how science is used in our lives and workplaces. Topics in the past have ranged from biology to computer science, robotics to physics. We reach out to the broader community for a variety of presenters, but one of our best resources is right here—our Copper Canyon community. If you have a background in one of the sciences, either in an interest, degree, or employment, and would like to participate as a presenter in Science Week, please contact Heather Mitra at hjmitra@gmail.com. If you have participated in the past and would like to again, we would love to have you!

The sign-up for Library Volunteers for the month of March is now available by clicking here.

The week of February 8th thru the 12th is $ sub week at Jersey Mikes for Copper Canyon Elementary School. We will receive $1. cards for a sub sandwich to be used that week distributed in Monday’s mail. They need to be used that week! So if the families don’t want them turn them back in ASAP or give them to someone else! We want all the cards to come in. You can get more cards in the School office. One per family member. All the $1. cards that come back that week will be donated to the school. We will also be passing them out at pickup on Tuesday and Wednesday. Jersey Mikes is also passing them out for us to local businesses. Cool and awesome right!

The Copper Canyon PTA has collected all the wonderful prizes that were won thanks to YOU voting for Copper Canyon on the Doozy of a Deal Facebook page. The following prizes were won by our school:

Pallet of paper form SOS Printing
$250 certificate for supplies or printing from SOS Printing
MoJo’s free yogurt for all the students in the school
150 Free 1 hour sessions from Arizona Air Time

We are in need of volunteers for Monday Mail. It is a great stress free position that is a vital part of our PTA’s success. If you can spare approximatley and hour (some times a little more, some times a little less) on Monday monrings at 9am to staple Mr. B’s news letter and other fliers together, please contact Shari MacDonald right away: sm2az@cox.net

Thank you for submitting a story to the Mister Lemur writing contest! So, what happens next?

Mister Lemur and his team have been busy scanning and posting all of the entries to his website: http://www.misterlemur.com/?page_id=1520. Now that your stories have been uploaded, it’s time to vote for your favorites!

Voting is simple. Simply:

Calling all golfers to join us for the 4th Annual CCES PTA Golf Tournament on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 1:00PM. This year’s event will be held at the newly renovated McDowell Mountain Golf Club (formerly Sanctuary Golf Course at Westworld). Register by March 16th and receive a $10 discount and an entry into the drawing to win a PING G20 Driver. Any questions? Contact Jing Curtiss at kirjing3@cox.net or (602) 354-3394.

PTA Golf Tournament Registration Form

Mark your calendars for the next Family Fun event at California Pizza Kitchen in Desert Ridge on Wednesday, January 18. You can go any time they are open (11 a.m. – 10 p.m.) and support CC. You will need to present a flyer, which will come home in next week’s Monday Mail packet or is available here.