A gentle reminder to families to please ensure children are dropped off no earlier than 7:40 AM as staff supervision is not available until then. We appreciate your cooperation in keeping our students safe and well-supervised. Thank you!
2023-2024 Fall Sports Team photos will be on Thursday, September 28, 2023 in the afternoon. Forms can be found under the Documents icon, then the Athletics folder. Game day photo information can also be found under the Athletics folder.
Drive Safely Assembly
Date: 9/13/2023
Time: 1:30 pm
Location: School Gymnasium
9th-12th Grade
Homecoming Week 9.12.23-9.14.23
Elementary-
9.12.23, Tuesday- Pajama Day
9.13.23, Wednesday- Crazy Hair Day
9.14.23, Thursday- EXTREME Purple & Gold Day đź’śđź’›
SDCEA, our electricity provider is currently working on a disruption to our service area. They have communicated that power will be restored within 20 minutes.
BOARD MEETING POSTPONED: The Special School Board Meeting originally scheduled for tonight has been postponed. A rescheduled date will be posted once it is determined.
Local food resource information can be found on the news section of our website. Also, our backpack program will be delivering bags of food to Cotopaxi Schools, which will be made available for pick up on Friday 2-4p.m. & Saturday at the school 12:30 to 2p.m. Loaves and Fishes will also be supplying non-perishable and produce items for pick up on Friday and Saturday (this week) as well. Feel free to stop by!
REMOTE LEARNING: We regret to inform you that the remote learning period will be extended to tomorrow, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24. Grades 6-12 will be on remote learning. For grades PK-5, if your child’s teachers sent them home with work, please have them complete it and turn in upon return to school.
The school has sufficient and safe water, however unexpected issues have come up in the integration of a new cistern system. We hope to have students return to in-person learning by Monday, however we will continue to monitor the situation and will send any updates to families as they become available.
Please watch for instructional updates from your child’s teacher(s), and if you have any questions please contact them directly. For additional information on remote learning procedures and schedules, please check the school website.
We appreciate your patience and understanding.
Water Update 8/23/23:
We would like to inform you that our water supply to the school is still adequate and our treatment facility is functioning normally to ensure that all water coming to the school is safe for all. The issues we have been having are the result of converting a cistern from raw water storage to treated water storage. To do so required shocking the cistern and checking that the residual chlorine levels are safe before we can move water through the cistern and to the school. If you have any questions, please call the school.
REMOTE LEARNING:
We are pleased to report water supply has been restored to school facilities after yesterday’s disruption. However, as a precaution to ensure our water systems continue to operate properly, the remote learning period will be extended to tomorrow, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23. Grades 6-12 will be on remote learning. For grades PK-5, if your child’s teachers sent them home with work, please have them complete it and turn in upon return to school. We hope to have students return to in-person learning by Thursday, August 24, however we will continue to monitor the situation and will send any updates to families as they become available.
Please watch for instructional updates from your child’s teacher(s), and if you have any questions please contact them directly. For additional information on remote learning procedures and schedules, please check the school website.
We appreciate your patience and understanding.
REMOTE LEARING: Due to water supply issues at the school, 6-12 will be on remote learning tomorrow, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22 . For grades PK-5, if your child’s teachers sent them home with work, please have them complete it and turn in upon return to school. Further updates on the need for additional remote days will be sent as they become available.
Please watch for instructional updates from your child’s teacher(s), and if you have any questions please contact them directly. For additional information on remote learning procedures and schedules., please check the news section of the website.
5th grade students working in teams to solve a STEAM question - How to control the movement of solo cups, including stacking them, without being able to touch the cup with any part of their hands or body. They were provided 4 lengths of string and one rubber band.
VOLLEYBALL: Please note, the Antonito game scheduled for Friday, August 18 at home/Cotopaxi will now be played AT Antonio instead at 1 PM on the same date. A home game against Antonio has been rescheduled to October 28th.
Some classrooms through the elementary and middle school have been warmer than usual for the first two days of school. Our maintenance team is working hard to fix this issue, and we are happy to report that today classrooms have been much cooler.
We will continue to monitor temperatures, and we appreciate your patience and support in ensuring a comfortable learning environment for our kids!
A friendly reminder of Substitute Orientation on 8.16.23 at 5:30 in the school cafeteria.
BOARD MEETING LIVE: https://youtube.com/live/nv7XSim7JPo?feature=share
GOEDUSTAR OUTAGE:
Please note, goedustar will be down starting this Thursday, July, 20 through Friday, July 21 due to end of year rollover, and will be inaccessible during this time.
Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
Thank you,
On Monday, August 7th, from 6-8 p.m., Salida Middle School will be hosting an opportunity for our student-athletes to obtain a pre-participation physical for any Junior High and High School student. The cost is $10 per physical and the money collected will be donated to the Cotopaxi & Salida School Districts / athletic programs! Save the date!
School Supply Lists for Elementary and Secondary are now live! Check them out on our front page!
