Halloween is almost here! COU Student Council is hosting a haunted house this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday! All proceeds will go to Miss Jo's family. Please come support the student council!
It's time for our weekly Staff Spotlight, where we take time to introduce one of our amazing staff members to you, our community. We hope you enjoy getting to know us a little better. Today we introduce the amazing, Mrs. Shelby Hopp. She is one of our kind, caring and patient Preschool Teachers Aides. This is her 3rd year at Charter Oak- Ute. She has remained in the preschool all 3 years and really enjoys it.
One of the things Shelby loves most about working here is getting to talk and play with the preschool students every day. Her advice for anyone just starting their career here is, “Things do not always follow the plan that is in motion. When working with kids sometimes it is what it is.” She also shared with us that her favorite school meal is Lasagna Roll Ups.
After school hours Shelby enjoys spending time with her family, which includes her husband Jake and son Gaylen, as well as their dog, 2 cats and a beetle. Outside of work she loves going camping and seeing family.
Ms TenEyck and Danielle's Friday Fun Craft
Congrats to 23 more Bobcats to sending out 10+ more invites to supports for their Book blast! Keep up the great work!
Congratulations, Mia Staley, for being our 2nd Book Blast Treasure Chest winner! Way to go! There is still time to win a Treasure Chest or an iPad by inviting 15+ friends or family members: http://bookblast.booksarefun.com/CharterOakSch51439. Let’s keep up the momentum to help build our students’ home libraries! If you’d like to support our school and help all our students have access to more books, please donate here: https://bit.ly/CharterOak-UteSchool-CommunityContributionLink. Your support truly makes a world of difference in their education!
The phone lines are currently down at CO-U community school. If you attempt to call it will just ring. If you need to get any urgent messages to us please contact us via email at kcreese@co-u.net or pharris@co-u.net. Thank you.
Congratulations to Bobcat of week winners from the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders!
It's been a busy week in Kindergarten! We've been learning about our five senses and celebrated with a popcorn party where we described how it looked, sounded, felt, smelled, and tasted! We've also been busy comparing numbers in math. Today, Mr. Jake brought the fire truck to school!
Ms TenEycks class enjoying the fire truck today!!
PK-2 bobcat of the week recipients are Kyson Pape, Joseph Sorensen, Emmerie Mead, Lizzy Burroughs, and Finn Green
The 6th graders have been learning about polyhedra, nets, and surface area.
Ms TenEycks intervention group is making cars to take home!!
Congrats to 28 of our students for reaching out to 10+ people to help support their book blast. Great job kids and they are all looking forward to growing their own home libraries!!
Check point achieved! The 1st winner of the Book Blast Treasure Chest is Charlotte Staley! Congratulations! Now, more treasure awaits ahead…. If you haven’t yet, register and enter contact info for 15+ people to support your adventurer’s home library and for the chance to unlock the next Treasure Chest prize: http://bookblast.booksarefun.com/CharterOakSch51439.
The Charter Oak-Ute elementary students attended their first quarter Reading Celebration in the gym on Wednesday, October 18th. Members of Mr. Lally’s fourth grade class kicked off the assembly with a reader’s theater titled The Corps of Discovery, about the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Following the student segment, Mrs. Oberreuter handed out the classroom Reading Awards from the quarter. She then talked about the various genres that the 3rd-5th grade students have been covering and read a fable titled The Baboon’s Umbrella. Students then shared what lessons could be learned from the fable.
Photo 1: Fourth Grade Readers; Charlee Mohr, Anna Burroughs, Lyrik Pryor, Eli Nemitz, Lydia Kiepe, Ben Klinker, and Easton Goslar.
Photo 2: Classroom Reading Awards; (front) Hayden Meseck, Brody Hudson, Lizzy Burroughs, Jax Conyers, Ryatt Nelson, Lauryn Bernholtz, Jacob Sorensen, Charlotte Staley, Brayton Lee, Sam Castillo and Kaleo Raymie. (back) Dixon Vogt, Hannah Peitsch, Eli Nemitz, Easton Goslar, Colton Hunter and Wyat Teut.
Parent Teacher Conference sheets will be going home today! Please check your students backpack to locate theirs. Thanks and have a great day!
This year the 7th and the 8th graders will be writing letters to those that have served in the military. If you know someone who is a veteran please send their name, address, and what branch of military they served in to Mrs. Snyder's email. Her email is mcrall@co-u.net. Thank you!
Here is a link to help you and your student register for Book Blast. It is an opportunity to get free books in you students hands!
https://www.bb.booksarefun.com/how-to-complete-ps
Book Blast begins today! Spend 7 minutes tonight completing the Treasure Map to earn cool rewards, be entered to win prize drawings, and start building your home library. Invite 10+ friends and family members to earn your rewards and 15+ for a chance to win one of four Treasure Chests or an iPad! Visit
http://bookblast.booksarefun.com/CharterOakSch51439
and unlock your treasure! #BookBlast #UnlockTheTreasure
It's time for our weekly Staff Spotlight, where we take time to introduce one of our amazing staff members to you, our community. We hope you enjoy getting to know us a little better. Today we introduce one of the MVPs of COU, Mrs. Becky Meadows. She works behind the scenes to keep our school clean and organized. She is our school Custodian.
Becky has been a constant fixture at the school for 26 years! Initially she worked at the Ute Elementary school as the custodian until it closed. She then came to Charter Oak where the schools combined and she worked as not only as a custodian but also as a kitchen staff. Ultimately she settled into her current position as full time custodian.
When asked what she loves most about working here she stated, “The kids make me smile. All ages of kids are fun to be around. I love making the kids smile too!” Becky also clued us in that her favorite school meal is Walking Taco. Yum.
Becky also shares her smiles and love with her wonderful family. She has been married to her husband, Keith, for 45 years. They have 2 sons, Nicholas and Dylan. Nicolas has two children of his own, Liam and Mila. Dylan and Marilyn have 3 children, Drake, Macy and Mona. Becky says she really loves being a grandma.
After work hours, Becky states she loves being outside and tending to her big garden. She also enjoys playing with her dogs and cats. Also she feels like her grandkids are amazing and she loves getting to be with them.
