Good afternoon Cub Families,

This is Mrs. Sare with our messages for our upcoming week. This week is a quiet week for our Cubs with no major activities scheduled.  Students have settled into learning and are doing an amazing job with all of our new health and safety protocols.  We couldn't be more proud of them.  Many Cubs have been sent to the office with positive leadership awards. We can't wait to see which students visit Mr. Vernon and me in the office this week!

Now that we have gotten into academics and wrapped up beginning of the year assessments, our students are starting to face some academic challenges.  They have been learning about the word grit.  According to researcher Angela Duckworth, "Grit is passion and perseverance for long term goals.  Grit isn't talent.  Grit isn't luck.  Grit is holding steadfast to your goal even when you fall down or mess up."  Our Cubs are growing in this mindset.  They are learning that not everything is easy.  But with practice and hard work and the mindset that we will not give up when things are hard we can make progress toward our goals.  Attached to our Facebook post and email message for today's call there will be a link to books that help teach students about this mindset.  Many of these books have great read alouds on YouTube that would be great to listen to as a family.  We hope that you can check some of them out.

Our October newsletter has been posted to our website.  This newsletter can be found on the website by clicking on "Family Resources." This newsletter provides a lot of resources each month such as information from each grade level and specials teams about what students are learning and information and resources from our mental health staff. 

Mark your calendars!  Next week on October 6 at 5:30 pm we will be hosting our next SAC and PTO virtual meetings.  We welcome all parents that would like to attend.  A link to join us on Google Meets will be sent out in next Sunday's call and also be posted to Facebook.  These meetings are a great way to hear about what is happening at school and offer your input.  

Last week our Cubs arrived showing us what it looked like to be READY by being on time with the right tools and mindset.  This evening talk with them about being RESPONSIBLE.  We tell our Cubs that they are responsible for their actions and their learning by following school expectations and putting forth the effort to achieve goals they have set.  Ask your Cub how they are doing with their Live School points and don't forget to check out those books and videos on grit and growth mindset!  I hope that you have a great rest of your day and I can't wait to see our responsible Cubs tomorrow morning!

Phone Message 9.20.20

Phone Message 9.20.20 

Good afternoon Cub Families,

This is Mrs. Sare, your Assistant Principal, with our messages for the week.  This week is a quiet week with our Cubs settling into their school routines and wrapping up beginning of the year assessments.  Thank you for continuing to make sure that your Cub has their face mask each day!  They have been doing an amazing job wearing their mask responsibly and making sure to clean their hands each day.

This Friday, September 25, from 7:30-8:15 am we have a special drive through event that will be taking place in our parent drop off loop.  It is "Dad's Take Your Child To School Day" which is organized across our state by the Florida Department of Education.  Deep Creek Elementary would like to invite dad's, or any other special adult in our Cubs lives, to bring their child to school on Friday.  As you loop through our parent drop off you will visit stations to receive a free book from our Family Reading Center, participate in a photo opportunity, and receive a snack and an activity sheet to save for after school to complete together.  We hope to keep our drop off line still running smoothly and quickly.  If you plan to participate in our drive through event with us on Friday we ask that you remain in your car and that you keep the line moving quickly as you pass through each station.  At the photo booth station we ask that you have your driver's side windows rolled down and that you have your child or children seated near the driver's side back seat window so all of you can lean forward and our volunteer can snap your photo which will later be shared on Facebook.  We are very thankful to Mrs. Skavronek who worked hard to find a way to still have our families participate in this annual event.  She has a special google form posted to our website that she would love to have you complete to record that you participated in this event.

https://sites.google.com/yourc.../family-reading-center/home

This year our Cubs have been learning more about what it takes to be a ready, responsible, and respectful Cub.  As we spend this afternoon and evening preparing for the start of a new school week ask your Cub to share with you how they will be "ready" for school with the right tools and the right mindset.  Help them tidy up their backpacks, check their planners, and organize their supplies.  See if they can share with you what it means to have grit and perseverance.  We have learned that although there may be things that we may not be able to do that it is just that we can't do them "yet."  With the right mindset and a belief that with practice we can get a little bit better each day that our Cubs can accomplish amazing things this year.  I hope that you have a great rest of your weekend.  I am looking forward to seeing our READY Cubs at school tomorrow morning!

Phone Message 9.13.2020

 Good afternoon this is Mr. Vernon calling with a few messages for the third week of the school year.  The first two weeks have gone remarkably well and I have been so proud of our students and staff.  We know there have been many new things, but our school has accepted the mission and has had positive attitudes.  I am a very proud principal.

Some of the most important items at Deep Creek are being Ready, Responsible and Respectful.  Please help our Cubs be Ready each day by having them at school each day on time.  We want students in their seats Ready to learn at 8:20am.  This means students that are parent drop off need to be dropped off by 8:15am as they need time to walk to their classes.  Any student dropped off after 8:15am will end up being late to their classrooms.  Starting tomorrow we will be shutting the Parent Pickup gate at 8:15am.  Any families arriving after 8:15am will have to park and walk their child into the front foyer to get a late pass.  We don't want to make things difficult, but we want to stress the importance of being always be Ready to our Cubs.  This is such an important life skill and we thank you for partnering with us to help your students understand.

Another extremely important thing at DCES is Nothing Less Than Our Succes.  Our Cubs understand that the road to success is reached by giving their best and showing GRIT.  This past week and this coming week students have been completing new STAR assessments, Diagnostic Reading Assessments and Fluency Assessments.  All of these assessments will help us see students' current academic levels and determine the path to help each of them grow.  Like everything we do, it is important to do their best and show GRIT, especially when questions are challenging. Parents please help us stress the importance of doing their best and showing GRIT at home as well.  Again, we are partners helping our Cubs grow.

Last, I want to inform parents that we will have our 2nd fire drill this week and the first safety drill this week.  We practice one fire drill and one safety drill a month.  The goal is to make sure we are calmly prepared if we ever have an emergency.  

Thank you all for listening.  I hope you all have a relaxing Sunday night.  I am looking forward to seeing our Ready, Responsible and Respectful Cubs tomorrow.  

Phone Message 9.6.20

 Good afternoon Deep Creek Families,

This is Mrs. Sare, your Assistant Principal, with a few messages.  It has been so wonderful to have our Cubs back on campus.  They have done an amazing job with getting back into the school routine.  The hearts of our staff have been filled back up to hear the kiddos laughing and having fun learning. It just wasn’t the same without them in our buildings.

Just a reminder, we do not have school this Monday in observance of Labor Day.  We hope that you and your family and are enjoying the long weekend.  

We will be hosting our first School Advisory Council meeting and Parent Teacher Organization meeting on Tuesday evening.  The SAC meeting will begin at 5:30 pm and the PTO meeting will follow directly after.  These meetings will be hosted virtually through Google Meets.  The purpose of these two committees is to hear about the current status of our school, assist administration in making decisions related to the school, and to provide assistance in the planning and facilitation of events. We hope that you can join us.  The link for this meeting will be posted to Facebook and through email connected to this phone message.  If you do not have a personal google account you can still join us, but you will not be able to use a mobile device and will need to access the meeting via phone or a computer.  

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In order to keep our Cubs safe we wanted to remind you that we do not have supervision for students prior to 7:35 unless your child attends our Cub Club program.  Please do not drop off students until 7:35 am. If you arrive early, you will need to remain with your student in the car until staff is present on the drop off loop.  

Our gate at the front of the school closes each morning at 8:15 am.  Once this gate closes, parents will need to ring the bell on the pole at the driver’s side of your vehicle near the gate and state your purpose for visiting the campus.    Once you park, you must show identification at the bell and camera inside our lobby to enter the office.  Please be sure that you have identification with you anytime you visit our school.

Masks are required on all Charlotte County Public Schools campuses.  If you are on campus to pick up your child and are out of your vehicle you will need to have a mask on as well.  Please be sure that you have yours on if you are walking onto our campus grounds.  

Mr. Vernon and I are looking forward to week two!  Our Cubs have learned a lot about how to be a ready, responsible, and respectful Cub during week one and they are starting to get to visit us in the office for a positive leadership award for standing out as a student that is displaying these characteristics in their classrooms.  We know this week they will continue to strive for nothing less than their success and will live these 3 Rs.  We can’t wait to see them Tuesday!  Have a wonderful rest of your weekend!