Phone Message 12/21/17

Good Afternoon Deep Creek Families this is Principal McElroy wishing everyone a wonderful winter break. School resumes on Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018! We look forward to the new year. Attached to the email and on our website is our January newsletter.  At Deep Creek our Cubs are Ready, Responsible, and Respectful leaders. Good Evening.

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Phone Message 12/7/17

Good afternoon to our Cub Families, just a quick reminder about the Deep Creek Fuel Up Night that is taking place from 3-6pm at Circle K.  We just got news that pictures with Santa will also be available at tonight's event.  Santa will be there from 4 -6pm, but the whole event runs from 3-6pm. There will be drawings, giveaways, games, and pictures with Santa.  Plus 10 cents of every gallon of gas pumped will be donated back to Deep Creek Elementary.  That is the Circle K by the corner of Tamiami Trail and Edgewater at 4395 Tamiami Trail.  We would love to see you stop by for the fun.  Have a great night.

Phone Message 12/3/17

Good afternoon to all our Cub families, this is Assistant Principal Mr. Vernon, with announcements for the upcoming week.  We want to thank all of our families, staff, and volunteers that were part of Candy Cane Lane.  It truly was a special event and a great way to spend an evening with our Cub families.  We hope you were able to find a couple special gifts.  This Thursday, December 7th, between the hours of 3pm - 6pm, Circle K will be hosting the Deep Creek Elementary School Fuel Up Night.  Circle K has been a great partner to our school, and we need to support them this Thursday.  Come any time during the 3 hour interval, between 3pm - 6pm, and Circle K will be donating 10 cents of every gallon of gas pumped back to our school.  In addition, Circle K will have many giveaways for the children, exciting drawings for the adults, games, and a special guest.  So join us on Thursday, December 7th, anytime between 3pm - 6pm at the Circle on the corner of Edgewater and US41. Thank you for listening, I look forward to seeing our Ready, Responsible, Respectful Cubs tomorrow morning.

Phone Message 11/19/17

Good Afternoon Deep Creek Families this is Principal McElroy calling on behalf of the entire Deep Creek School Family to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving and restful fall break which begins on Wednesday. There is school on Monday and Tuesday and in fact Monday is our Otis Spunkmeyer cookie dough fundraiser pick up. Please plan to have your products picked up between 11-6pm on Monday. We have limited refrigerated storage space to hold product. School resumes Monday, November 27th. Our Candy Cane Lane Holiday Family night is Thursday, Nov. 30th so we hope to see you all. At Deep Creek our Cubs are Ready, Responsible, and Respectful leaders!
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Phone Message 11/12/17

Good afternoon to all of our Cub Families.  I hope you all have enjoyed the weather and are having a great weekend.  Just a few announcements for the upcoming week.  You'll notice as you come to campus this week that Deep Creek Elementary has been "flocked" by the Charlotte County Attendance team.  There are several signs on campus serving as a reminder of how important attendance is for our students.  Thank you for making All Day Every Day a priority as our school attendance is over 96%.  This Thursday, November 16th is our Relay For Life Crazy Sock Day.  Students should wear their craziest socks and bring $1 with them for our fundraiser.  Besides socks, regular uniform rules apply.  Finally, don't forget that we will have school on Monday, November 20th and Tuesday, November 21st due to hurricane make up days.  Wednesday, November 22nd will be the first day of fall break.  Enjoy the rest of your Sunday, I am looking forward to seeing our Ready, Responsible, and Respectful Cubs tomorrow morning.   

Phone Message 11/5/17

Good afternoon to all of our Cubs and their families.  This is Mr. Vernon with reminders and announcements for the upcoming week. Let's start with a huge thank to all the families, students, teachers, and community members that attended our Music and Measurement Night this past Thursday.  It was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the success of our Cubs.  We are proud of the work our students and teachers did to beautify the campus for that evening.  Remember to continue bringing your unique rocks for our garden in the front of the school. This Tuesday, November 7th at 5:30pm is our monthly SAC/PTO meeting in media center, remember all are welcome to attend.  Also this Tuesday, you will be receiving a SchoolStore  fundraising packet.  This will be a year long fundraiser and does not require any selling.  It is simply a fundraiser that requires an online sign up and anytime one purchases items from certain stores Deep Creek gets a percentage back.  So, it's just money donated to the school every time you shop online.  Directions are included in the packets that will come home Tuesday. Last, as we start approaching the holiday season, remember attendance is extremely important to student success. This includes tardies and early releases,we need our Cubs All Day, Every Day.  Thank you for listening, I am looking forward to seeing our Ready, Responsible, and Respectful Cubs tomorrow morning.  Good bye.

Phone Call 10/29/17

Good afternoon Deep Creek Families, this is Prncipal McElroy inviting you to our annual Music and Measurement Night on Thursday. This is a wonderful evening we don't want you to miss. From 5:30-6pm, students will lead a conference with their families in the classroom to showcase all their hard work so far this year and their history fair projects. Please allow for parking time so that you may get to the classroom on time. The classroom doors will close at 6pm so that we can all celebrate together from 6-7pm with a hayride, music, and community safety personnel. A hot dog bagged dinner will be available for purchase. Our media center has transformed into our Scholastic Book Fair giving our parents an opportunity to support our children's love of reading. I look forward to seeing you all Thursday. At Deep Creek our Cubs are Ready, Responsible, and Respectful Leaders. Have a lovely Sunday evening.

Phone Message 10/22/17

Good afternoon to our Cubs and their families. This is Mr. Vernon with announcements for the upcoming week.  First, report cards will be coming home tomorrow, please be sure to review these report cards and sign and return the envelopes.  If conferences are needed, please call your child's teacher to set up a date.  Also starting on Monday, we will be celebrating Red Ribbon week at Deep Creek.  This is a week long celebration promoting being drug free.  We encourage our students and staff to love themselves and wear pink on Monday.  A list of the remaining spirit days were sent home and are listed on the DCES website.  Each day will remain a uniform day, but the colors for the spirit days fit with our uniform policy.  Save the date, Thursday, November 2nd is our annual Music and Measurement Night.  All our welcome to join us in celebrating the success of our Cubs during the 1st quarter of the school year.  The Media Center Book Fair will be open starting at 5pm, Classrooms will be open at 5:30pm for student led conferences, and the celebration will continue between 6pm and 7pm on our campus.  Look for the flyer with more information to come home Tuesday.  Last, please remember to bring your blue cards when picking up your child in the parent pick up line.  Those without cards will be asked to park and pick up students in the office.  We do have more cards available in the front office if needed.   I appreciate you all listening and hope you enjoy the remaining  part of your Sunday.  I am looking forward to seeing our Ready, Responsible, and Respectful Cubs tomorrow morning.

Phone Message 10/08/17

Good Afternoon Deep Creek Families,
This is Principal McElroy calling with a few reminders. First, our Otis Spunkmeyer fundraiser ends this week. Monday is the last day for stackers to be distributed and Tuesday is the last day to turn in money. Thank you so much to everyone who participated. Tuesday is a Deep Creek Spirit Night at Beef O Brady's in Punta Gorda. Please make sure you bring your flyer. It is hard to believe Friday is the end of the 1st quarter therefore Monday, October 16th is a teacher workday and no school for students. Hopefully, students will read a book, work on iReady, and practice their math facts on that day. At Deep Creek our Cubs are Ready, Responsible, and Respectful Leaders.

Phone Call 10/1/17

Good Afternoon Deep Creek Families, this is Principal McElroy with a few important announcements. I hope you received the message that all students will make up the missed hurricane days according to the calendar and scheduled days of November 20 -21 and May 25th. Please see the attendance section of the Code of Conduct if you have any questions. Tuesday at 5:30pm is our SAC and PTO meeting so we hope to see many of our parents there. Thank you in advance for all your support of the fundraiser. Our Cubs sure are happy about the stackers they are receiving. Attached to this email, you will see a link to our electronic newsletter. Please check it out. At Deep Creek our Cubs are Ready, Responsible, and Respectful leaders!

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Phone Call 9/26/17

Good afternoon this is Assistant Principal, Mr. Vernon, with one announcement I forgot from Sunday's phone call.  Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 27th is our scheduled fall picture day.  These will be the photographs that will be used for our school yearbook, so make sure each student looks their best and is in their school uniforms.  We will have another picture day in the spring that will be a non-uniform day.  Thank you for listening, have a great night.

Phone Call 9/24/17

Good afternoon, this is Assistant Principal, Mr. Vernon, with the announcements for the upcoming week.  It is exciting to announce that the annual Otis Spunkmeyer Fall Fundraiser will begin September 26th.  All students will be coming home with their fundraising packets on Tuesday afternoon.  This is the largest fundraiser of the year for Deep Creek and the generated funds assist and provide many different resources for our students.  We thank you in advance for your support with our fundraiser. Also equally exciting, September 27th is recognized as Dads Take Your Child To School Day.  We invite all Fathers, Stepfathers, Grandfathers, Uncles, Older Brothers, Moms serving both roles, and any other male role model to drop your child off to school that morning.  We will not have our normal Family Reading Center, but will instead use that area to  celebrate with a special raffle for our guests and picture opportunities with Ruggles, our school mascot.  Join us Wednesday morning between 7:35am and 8:25am for the fun.  Last, please remember attendance at school is vital to the growth of our students.  We need students on time and at school all day, every day.  We thank you for your assistance.  Enjoy the rest of your Sunday and we look forward to seeing our Ready, Responsible, and Respectful Cubs in the morning.  Good bye.

Phone Call 9/17

Phone Call 9/17
Good Afternoon Deep Creek Families this is Principal McElroy welcoming everyone back. School resumes tomorrow morning. Remember we want all our Cubs in their class ready to learn by 8:30am. We hope this finds everyone well. If you are in need of assistance, please contact our school counselor or social worker and we will see if we can connect you with the appropriate resource. At Deep Creek our Cubs are Ready, Responsible, Respectful leaders.

Phone Call 082717

Good Afternoon Deep Creek Families this is Principal McElroy calling with a few announcements. Wednesday morning at 7:35am our Family Center opens in their new location. Please look for the balloons for where to enter. Every Cub that comes with a parent will get a free keeper book. Our first spirit night of the year is Thursday at BeefOBrady's in Punta Gorda. You must have the flyer for money to be donated back to the school. We hope to see you for dinner Thursday night. Just a reminder there is no school on Friday, Sept 1 or Monday, Sept 4th so please enjoy the long weekend. Tuesday, Sept 5th is our first SAC and PTO meeting at 5:30pm. All parents are welcome to attend. Please see our new digital newsletter that will be attached to the email or check it out on our website. At Deep Creek our Cubs are Ready, Responsible, and Respectful Leaders.

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Phone Message 8/20/17

Good afternoon Cub Families, this is Assistant Principal, Mr. Vernon, with announcements for the upcoming week. You should have received a call from CCPS regarding tomorrow's eclipse. There is also further information on the county website. Remember if you plan on changing the way your student is dismissed,  please make sure a written note is sent to your child's teacher. Dismissal can not be changed by a phone call, fax, or email. Next, don't forget our Watch DOG Pizza Night, Tuesday, August 22nd from 5:30- 6:30pm in the cafeteria. We will have a short presentation on our Watch DOG program around 6:00pm. Finally, our Family Reading Center will begin on Wednesday, August 30th at 7:30pm. For your convenience our FRC has been moved to the front of the school by the student drop off area. Thank you for your attention, I'm looking forward to seeing our Ready, Responsible, Respectful students tomorrow morning.

Phone Message 081317

Phone Message 081317

Good Afternoon Deep Creek Families this is Principal McElroy calling to thank you all for a great first couple days of school. Rainy day dismissal is always a challenge so thank you for your patience. Our parent pick up line is extremely long starting the school year so here are a few tips to help. First if you have access to a bus, I want to encourage you to have your child take it.The office can assist you with bus information. We also have two walker locations one for Harbor Heights and one for Deep Creek Walkers. You must live in the walk zone to use these locations. Our parent pick procedures are as follows: We have two lines coming into the parking lot that merge to form one line for pick up. Please have your signs visible in the front window preferably on the visor. Make sure your children's first name and last name and grade are written in large black marker. If you do not have a sign you need to park and walk in as we will not be able to call them out for pick up. Every little break in these procedures slows the line down. The most important dismissal procedure is consistency. Please do not change the way your child goes home. Consistency is the key to prevent mistakes. We are looking forward to a great full week. At Deep Creek our Cubs are Ready, Responsible, and Respectful Leaders. Good Afternoon.

Messages 08/06/17

Phone Message for Grades 1-5
Good Afternoon Deep Creek Families, this is Principal McElroy welcoming you to the 2017-2018 school year. We are eager for our students to start learning and leading with us. Tuesday night is our community expo and open house from 4-6pm for grades 1-5. Also, grades 1-5 students will begin on Thursday, August 10th. Kindergarten parents will receive a separate message with their information. Please remember we are continuing as a uniform school. Check our website for uniform specifics and supply list information. We do request that you bring supplies with you to Open House to make Thursday morning a little easier on our students. Don’t forget to bring your completed Summer Slide Challenges with you to Open House or the first day of school. We do encourage beginning your child's normal routine of bus, walking, or parent drop off from the first day. Changes in routine can cause confusion for children and parking is very difficult to find. Please DO NOT enter or park in our bus loop as this is only for bus traffic. We look forward to seeing our Ready, Responsible, and Respectful Cubs Tuesday night and Thursday morning.

Phone Message for Kindergarten Parents
Good Afternoon Deep Creek Kindergarten Families, this is Principal McElroy welcoming you to the 2017-2018 school year. We are eager for our students to start learning and leading with us. Thursday evening from 5-6pm is open house for kindergarten. Our kindergarten students will begin on Friday, August 11th with morning announcements at 8:30am. All students should be in their seats ready to learn by 8:30am. Please remember we are a uniform school. Check our website for uniform specifics and supply list information. We do request that you bring supplies with you to Open House to make Friday morning a little easier on our students. All students should have a change of clothes in their backpack every day. We do allow you to walk your child to class for the first few days only. Although, we do encourage beginning your child's normal routine of bus, walking, or parent pick up/drop off from the first day. Changes can cause confusion for children and parking is very difficult to find. Please DO NOT enter or park in our bus loop as this is reserved for bus traffic only. We look forward to seeing all our Ready, Responsible, and Respectful Kinder Cubs Thursday night and Friday morning.

Kindergarten Message 8/1/2017

Good evening to our incoming Kindergarten Cubs and their families.  This is Deep Creek Assistant Principal, Mr. Vernon, calling to remind all of our Kindergarten parents of their child's upcoming assessment appointments.  Remember, the Kindergarten Assessments begin Thursday, August 3rd and continue on Friday, August 4th.  If you do not remember your date and time, please contact the DCES front office at 255-7535 and we can reconfirm your appointment.  Enjoy the rest of your evening and we look forward to meeting our new Ready, Responsible, and Respectful Cubs on Thursday and Friday.

Phone Message 073017

Good Afternoon Deep Creek Families this is Principal McElroy hoping all our Cubs have had a wonderful summer. Just a reminder that our Summer Slide Challenge celebration will be on Friday, August 11th so it is very important that everyone brings the completed challenge to Open House or the first day of school. Our website is updated with the most current information such as our uniform colors, supply list, and open house dates and times. Postcards announcing your child's teacher will be mailed in August.  We are looking forward to a fantastic year. At Deep Creek our Cubs are Ready, Responsible, and Respectful Leaders!

Vernon FSA Phone Message 6/13/17

Good afternoon Cub Families.  This is assistant principal, Mr. Vernon, with a quick announcement for our parents that have a 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade Cub.  FSA scores have arrived  from the state and have been uploaded on your child's FOCUS account.  To obtain these scores log into your child's FOCUS account, click on the My Child tab, and scroll down to Test History.  You will need your log in and password to obtain this information and we do apologize, but we are not at liberty to give password information over the phone.  We hope that our Cubs are enjoying their Summer thus far and want to remind them to continue working on the Summer Slide Challenge.  Have a great evening.

Phone Message 05212017

Good afternoon this is assistant principal, Mr.Vernon, with announcements for the upcoming week of school.  Our Uniform Drive will be out in front of the school during parent drop off hours until Thursday.  This is a chance to donate uniforms that do not fit and possibly exchange for ones that will be usable for your Cub next school year.  This Thursday, May 25th, is the last day of school for students until school resumes again on August 10th. We wish our Cubs a safe and exciting summer and do not want them to forget about our Summer Slide Challenge.  The Summer Slide chart will be in our last newsletter of the year, on our website, and on our Deep Creek Facebook page.  Find the Summer Slide Challenge that was created for the grade that your Cub will be entering next year and complete the activities.  The huge inflatable slide will again be on campus for our Cubs that complete all of the activities.  Lastly, report cards will be completed and mailed home after the school year has concluded.  Again, we wish all of our Cubs a wonderful summer.  We are looking forward to a great four days to conclude this school year.  I will see our Ready, Responsible, and Respectful Cubs tomorrow morning.

New Kinder Family Phone Call 051517

Good Evening to our incoming Kindergarten Families. This is Principal McElroy calling to remind you of the orientation meeting here at Deep Creek Elementary tomorrow beginning at 8:45am. You and your child will tour our campus, listen to a book in a kindergarten classroom, ride a bus around our bus loop, and have a quick snack in the cafeteria. We hope to see you and your child tomorrow for this sneak peek of kindergarten. At Deep Creek our Cubs are Ready, Responsible, and Respectful Leaders. See you in the morning!

Phone Message 050717

Good Afternoon Deep Creek Families! This is Principal McElroy calling to thank all our parents for helping us celebrate staff appreciation week. You all truly made us feel appreciated. This coming week we have our end of the year book fair to promote summer reading. Tuesday night is our spirit night at Dairy Queen and Wednesday evening from 4:30pm-6:30pm join us in the media center for our S'more Fun with Books. All our Cubs are very busy finishing their end of year assessments so please make sure they come to school all day everyday as the year winds down. At Deep Creek our Cubs are Ready, Responsible, and Respectful leaders.

Phone Message 4/30/17

This is assistant principal, Mr. Vernon, hoping that all of our Cubs and their families are enjoying a nice weekend.  Monday is the start of a special week at Deep Creek as it marks our annual Staff Appreciation Week.  During this week, we take the opportunity to thank our wonderful staff for all the work they do for our Cubs all year.  Our theme this year is Superheroes and we have super heroes surprises for our staff each day this week.  On Wednesday, we have a day marked for deserts.  We are asking our Cub families to share some of their favorite deserts with our hard working staff.  If you have a desert that you would like to make or purchase and share with our staff please bring it into the school on the morning of Wednesday, May 3rd.  We thank you all in advance for making this week special for our staff.  Also, don't forget we have our last SAC/PTO meeting of the school year this Tuesday evening at 5:30pm in the Media Center.  Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.  I'm looking forward to seeing our Cubs tomorrow morning.

Phone Message 4/9/17

Good afternoon Cub Families, this is Mr. Vernon with announcements for our upcoming school week.  I want to start by congratulating our thirds graders for the effort they put forth during their FSA Reading Tests and encourage them to do the same as they complete the FSA Math Test this week.  Only third grade students will be testing Wednesday and Thursday mornings.  We encourage them all to accept Nothing Less Than Their Success.  On Tuesday, April 11, Culvers on Kings Highway is sponsoring a Spirit night and will be donating back to our school.  Come to Culvers Tuesday night for a quick dinner and support our school.  Lastly, a reminder that there is no school this Friday, April 14th.  Thank you all for listening and enjoy the rest of your Sunday afternoon.  I look forward to seeing our Ready, Responsible, and Respectful Cubs tomorrow morning.

Phone Message 4/2/17

Good afternoon to all of our Cub families, this is assistant principal, Mr. Vernon, with announcements for the upcoming week.  Let's start with an invitation to all of our school volunteers to attend a Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast this Tuesday at 9:00am in the cafeteria.  This is just a small opportunity to thank our DCES volunteers for all their help this year.  Also on Tuesday evening, is our next PTO/SAC meeting at 5:30pm in the Media Center, all are invited to attend.  Finally, don't forget to pre-order your year books this week.  On Friday, all students who bring in their $10 year book fee will attend a Sock Hop in the cafeteria.  If your child is in the 5th grade this does not pertain to them as the $10 yearbook fee was included in the activities fee for 5th grade.  I hope you all enjoy the remaining part of your Sunday and I look forward to seeing our Ready, Responsible, and Respectful Cubs tomorrow morning.  Good night.

Phone Message 032617

Good Afternoon Deep Creek Families. This is Principal McElroy calling with a few important reminders. Report cards go home with students on Monday, March 27th. Please remember to sign and return the report card envelope to your child's teacher by Wednesday. Tuesday begins the first session of the Florida Standards Assessment. Our 3rd grade Cubs will take the ELA portions so please make sure your child has a good breakfast and arrives to school on time. Please remember we have free breakfast and lunch for all our Cubs. If you have a 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade Cub, please make sure you know their testing schedule. If not contact their teacher ASAP. Make Up tests are not ideal for most students if it can be avoided. Lastly, Friday is Relay for Life at CHS. Please see the flyer that will be in your child's Take Home Tuesday folder for specifics. At Deep Creek our Cubs are Ready, Responsible, and Respectful Leaders. Have a great rest of your Sunday.

Phone Message 2/26/17

Good Afternoon Deep Creek Families this is Principal McElroy with some important information. On Tuesday our Cubs in 4th and 5th grade will take the writing portion of FSA. Students in K-3rd grade will also take the district writing assessment on this day as well. Please make sure all our Cubs get a good night sleep and arrive around 8-8:15am to school to enjoy  free breakfast. Remember we want each of our Cubs to do their best so having a good night sleep and a healthy breakfast will help ensure they do their best. Just a reminder our annual Teddy Bear Picnic is on March 10th, please be sure you have returned the slip to your child's teacher regarding who will be attending. This year we have added our school wide science fair to the event so our Cubs are eager to show their leadership notebooks and their hard work on their science fair projects. The event begins at 11am on Friday, March 10th. We hope your family has a safe spring break March 13-17th. School resumes on Tuesday, March 21st. At Deep Creek our Cubs are Ready, Responsible, and Respectful Leaders. Have a good evening.

Phone Message 21217

Principal McElroy wishing everyone an early Happy Valentine's Day! It will be a busy two weeks for us. Tuesday is a relay for life fundraiser where students can wear a pink or red non uniform shirt for $1. Please remember they must wear the approved blue or khaki uniform bottoms. If you want to take an evening off from cooking, it is our PTO spirit night at Uncle Nick's Pizza on Tuesday evening as well.  Friday night is our family glow run! If you didn't preregister for the event you may still come and run. Run bibs will be available until we run out so please arrive at 5:30pm. We hope you get dressed up in your best glow in the dark wear for the event. There is no school on Monday, February 20th so we hope you sharpen the saw on this three day weekend. Have a great rest of your Sunday afternoon. At Deep Creek our Cubs are Ready, Responsible, and Respectful Leaders. Good Bye

Phone Message 2/5/17

Good Afternoon Deep Creek School Family this is Principal McElroy with some important announcements. Our monthly SAC/PTO meeting is Tuesday, February 7th at 5:30pm. We are planning for the Glow Run so please come out to see how you can make this event the best ever. Our Glow Run Pledge Forms were due last Friday but we are extending it until Tuesday, February 7th. We hope every Cub participates and raises $30 so they receive the special Glow Run Shirt. Also, that evening Mr. Vernon will share important Florida Standards Assessment information with all in attendance. It should be an informative evening. At Deep Creek our Cubs are Ready, Responsible, and Respectful Leaders.