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Echoes from Cañon
Our Mission
The Cañon City School District is future-focused, providing innovative educational opportunities to successfully prepare all students to meet any challenge they may face.
The Cañon City School District is future-focused, providing innovative educational opportunities to successfully prepare all students to meet any challenge they may face.
Our Core Beliefs
1. We meet the social-emotional needs of all students, putting Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs before Bloom’s Taxonomy.
2. We believe learning growth matters most, requires risk-taking, and the work we do in our schools has the greatest impact on this.
3. We’re future-focused, believing the development of certain traits and skills will best prepare our students for ever-changing careers.
4. We emphasize what is good for kids over the needs and comfort of adults.
1. We meet the social-emotional needs of all students, putting Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs before Bloom’s Taxonomy.
2. We believe learning growth matters most, requires risk-taking, and the work we do in our schools has the greatest impact on this.
3. We’re future-focused, believing the development of certain traits and skills will best prepare our students for ever-changing careers.
4. We emphasize what is good for kids over the needs and comfort of adults.
Our Core Beliefs in Action
Casey Bursha
Thank you, Casey Bursha, for once again organizing an outstanding classified staff holiday celebration. Casey is in her 5th year as Human Resources Administrative Assistant. In her role, she ensures each classified staff member is honored for benchmark years of service at our annual Christmas dinner. This is no small task, and under Casey's guidance, participation has grown, and the celebrations have become more and more fun. Thanks for spreading such holiday cheer, Casey.
Speaking of holiday cheer, I also wish to express my appreciation to Cañon City Middle School Health Tech Nicole Root for coordinating her school's backpack meal and supply program. Principal Jesse Oliver says, "Nicole's mission is to ensure all students get to eat and be taken care of so they have one less thing to worry about."
Over the holidays, Nicole also coordinates Christmas gift distribution. This year, thanks to a generous donation from Sun West bank for Christmas presents, 14 hams from the GE Johnson Construction Company, and countless contributions by staff, Cañon City Middle School was able to provide 14 families with not only a Christmas meal but presents for all students in the household. Jesse Oliver continues, "Nicole is the definition of kindness. Her huge heart and drive to ensure everyone gets to celebrate the holiday season is simply amazing."
Speaking more oabout holiday cheer, last Wednesday, the Cañon City High School Shop With a Tiger program entertained more than 60 Cañon City area elementary students by taking each on a $50 holiday shopping spree. This allowed high school students to connect with an elementary student while endeavoring to spread kindness by providing Christmas to the younger child's family. This program is in its 5th year and gets bigger and better. Thanks to all!
Speaking of holiday cheer, I also wish to express my appreciation to Cañon City Middle School Health Tech Nicole Root for coordinating her school's backpack meal and supply program. Principal Jesse Oliver says, "Nicole's mission is to ensure all students get to eat and be taken care of so they have one less thing to worry about."
Over the holidays, Nicole also coordinates Christmas gift distribution. This year, thanks to a generous donation from Sun West bank for Christmas presents, 14 hams from the GE Johnson Construction Company, and countless contributions by staff, Cañon City Middle School was able to provide 14 families with not only a Christmas meal but presents for all students in the household. Jesse Oliver continues, "Nicole is the definition of kindness. Her huge heart and drive to ensure everyone gets to celebrate the holiday season is simply amazing."
Speaking more oabout holiday cheer, last Wednesday, the Cañon City High School Shop With a Tiger program entertained more than 60 Cañon City area elementary students by taking each on a $50 holiday shopping spree. This allowed high school students to connect with an elementary student while endeavoring to spread kindness by providing Christmas to the younger child's family. This program is in its 5th year and gets bigger and better. Thanks to all!
CCHS Shop With a Tiger Mentors!
Our Future Focus
Adam Hartman and Jamie Davis guide our Instructional Leader PLC
On Tuesday, Assitant Superintendent of Schools Adam Hartman expertly guided another Instructional Leader Professional Learning Community session. The focus was on providing the most effective support possible for teachers at all instructional skill levels in the Cañon City School District.
On Thursday evening, I stopped by Canon Exploratory School's second quarter showcase of projects for parents and community. the theme was Leonardo Da Vinci, and students shared their explorations into his art and inventions, including examples of their inventive efforts. What a great way to develop and display the seven traits and seven skills we have listed as the most important for students to prepare for any challenge in their future.
On Thursday evening, I stopped by Canon Exploratory School's second quarter showcase of projects for parents and community. the theme was Leonardo Da Vinci, and students shared their explorations into his art and inventions, including examples of their inventive efforts. What a great way to develop and display the seven traits and seven skills we have listed as the most important for students to prepare for any challenge in their future.
Board Vice President Mary Kay Evans learns about a CES student's Leonardo DaVinci project
A+ students put a computer together at the SELF Expo
Speaking of traits and skills on display, on Monday, December 16th, Cañon City High School students showed how they have been developing theirs at the annual Student Empowered Learning Framework (SELF) Expo. Public turnout was outstanding, projects were exciting and entertaining, and three participants whose capstones were on display will soon have their efforts pay off with the award of a hefty CCEOE scholarship.
Finally, Cañon City High School's Encore and Tiger Ladies show choirs once again performed lengthy shows at each elementary school during the week leading up to Christmas Break. As I watched the show at McKinley Elementary School, it struck me how each group applied the traits of innovation, tenacity, agency, agility, civility, and integrity, as well as the skills of collaboration, communication, solution-seeking, contribution, reflection, empowerment, and leadership. I have no doubt a student who can navigate programs such as these we offer at Cañon City High School will be prepared to navigate real life!
Finally, Cañon City High School's Encore and Tiger Ladies show choirs once again performed lengthy shows at each elementary school during the week leading up to Christmas Break. As I watched the show at McKinley Elementary School, it struck me how each group applied the traits of innovation, tenacity, agency, agility, civility, and integrity, as well as the skills of collaboration, communication, solution-seeking, contribution, reflection, empowerment, and leadership. I have no doubt a student who can navigate programs such as these we offer at Cañon City High School will be prepared to navigate real life!
Encore performs for McKinley Elementary students
Our Focus on Safety and Wellness
We hope everyone knows Fremont County now accepts text to 911 messages. If you are ever in a dangerous situation and it would be quicker and safer to text, you can simply create a message to 911 and text them the information you need to report. Dispatchers will maintain a dialogue with you just as they would if you were on a phone call. You can find a map of Colorado counties that use this service at the following link: https://sites.google.com/a/co911rc.org/co911rc/resources/text-to-911
Please note that 911 services do not always know your location based on your call or text. To solve this problem, you can register your cell phone with Fremont County 911 services, so they know who you are and your home address. This can especially be helpful if you don't have a home landline anymore. Simply go to https://www.fremontco.com/alert-fremont to do this.
Please note that 911 services do not always know your location based on your call or text. To solve this problem, you can register your cell phone with Fremont County 911 services, so they know who you are and your home address. This can especially be helpful if you don't have a home landline anymore. Simply go to https://www.fremontco.com/alert-fremont to do this.
Override and Bond Progress
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Students and dignitaries, including Board Treasurer Beth Gaffney and her grandchildren, got to sign the Washington Top Off Beam!
The new CCMS office complex is taking shape
During the past week, we approached a significant construction benchmark at the Washington Elementary site by preparing the Top Off beam for installation. This allowed our design-build team, administration, staff, and students to affix their signatures to it for posterity.
Meanwhile, over at the Cañon City Middle School work site, structural steel is being installed in the area that will soon be the new main entry, administration office, and School-Based Health Center.
On the mill-override front, this week, Cañon City Schools was featured on KOAA News for the way it has been offering electronic learning experiences to students on school days canceled or delayed by bad weather. You can view the story that aired Tuesday evening at this link: https://www.koaa.com/news/covering-colorado/e-learning-days-replace-snow-days-in-canon-city?fbclid=IwAR2j5qvgb0ACHM8ciQAI0y4iA6yBdmmNcSLpd0Rw6gpUd9TZHxzs57s7TW0
Meanwhile, over at the Cañon City Middle School work site, structural steel is being installed in the area that will soon be the new main entry, administration office, and School-Based Health Center.
On the mill-override front, this week, Cañon City Schools was featured on KOAA News for the way it has been offering electronic learning experiences to students on school days canceled or delayed by bad weather. You can view the story that aired Tuesday evening at this link: https://www.koaa.com/news/covering-colorado/e-learning-days-replace-snow-days-in-canon-city?fbclid=IwAR2j5qvgb0ACHM8ciQAI0y4iA6yBdmmNcSLpd0Rw6gpUd9TZHxzs57s7TW0
Last Week
Instructional Technology Coordinator Dan Coppa explains how snow day e-learning works
On Monday, I wrote another installment of Echoes from Cañon, attended meetings about staff and students, and viewed the Cañon City High School SELF Exposition. On Tuesday, I attended a quarterly administrative building safety committee meeting, held a Superintendent Advisory Council session, participated in an Instructional Leader PLC, and finished my day in a Facilities Corporation Meeting. On Wednesday, I attended a Fremont Economic Development Corporation meeting, a Cañon City Educational Organization for Excellence board meeting, and then enjoyed myself at our annual Classified Staff Christmas Party. On Thursday, I traveled to Denver to attend an every-other-month Early Childhood Leadership Commission meeting. On Friday, I swung by Washington Elementary to view the Top Off Beam Signing Ceremony. I also had extended meetings with CCHS Principal Bill Summers and Assistant Superintendent of Schools Adam Hartman, before producing and sending my weekly Board of Education communication.
This Week
At Wednesday's holiday gathering, the Board of Education honored many employees, including Jennifer Miller, for years of dedicated service
Like many of you, I'm working at a bit of a slower pace this week. On Monday, I'll catch up on email, do some Coherence Lab homework, and attend to a construction project task. On Tuesday, I'll write and publish another installment of Echoes from Cañon, prepare and schedule some social media, and prepare an annual CCEOE report. I'll spend Christmas with my family on Wednesday, but on Thursday and Friday, I have plans to tour our construction sites, prepare a year-end installment of Echoes from Cañon, and work on a few extended projects I've been putting off for some time.
Thanks for listening once again!
George S. Welsh
Thanks for listening once again!
George S. Welsh
