We are excited to introduce three essential members of our preschool team. Mr. Matthew Gordon is our Preschool Coordinator and Special Education Assistant Director. Ms. Ana is the Preschool Secretary you see at the front desk. Ms. Lisa is the Health Aid who works closely with the school nurse.
Please meet our staff that provide special services for students at Cañon. We have two Speech Language Pathologists, Ms. Shannon Martinez-Myers and Ms. Tonya Jones. Ms. Stephanie Harrison is our School Psychologist and Ms. Liz Waddington is our School Nurse.
We have had a great start to the school year. It’s time to get to know the staff here at Cañon School. Today we will start with our teachers and paraprofessionals who are in the classroom every day supporting the learning of our little critters. In Room 1 we have Ms. Holly and Ms. Daycie. In Room 2 we have Ms. Molly and Ms. Ali. In Room 3 we have Ms. Tricia and Ms. Kelly. In Room 4 we have Ms. Andrea and Ms. Abby. In Room 5 we have Ms. Lindsay and Ms. Meghan. In Room 8 we have Ms. Dana and Ms. Larissa.
Welcome back to school, Cañon Critters!
A very special 'thank you' to Ann Naughton and Carol Kleiner for their decades of service to our D12 Tradition of Excellence Foundation!
Good afternoon, Cheyenne Mountain Staff and Families.
Below you will find a message we received this afternoon from the Colorado Springs Utilities that we wanted to pass along to you.
We are nearing completion of a large scale natural gas improvement project on Cheyenne Blvd. Many feet of aging gas main were installed this summer to prevent road closures during the school year. In addition, over 70 residential services will soon be installed along Cheyenne Blvd. after the school year start. Our crews are aware that school orientations are taking place tomorrow and Friday August 16th. Extra duty CSPD officers will be patrolling areas around all Cheyenne Mountain D12 schools to ensure the safety of everyone traveling in this corridor. The City of Colorado Springs continues their curb, gutter and paving work with more information here: https://coloradosprings.gov/cheyennestudy.
I want to again encourage safety and patience for everyone as we prepare to welcome back our amazing students for the start of another great school year!
My best,
David
Dr. David J. Peak, Superintendent
Welcome Back CMSD12 Staff for the 2024-25 school year!!! Students and families, we look forward to welcoming you back for another great year soon!!!
Welcome New CMSD12 Educators! We look forward to seeing the rest of our amazing colleagues, students, and families soon!!!
The preschool field day was an absolute blast for our critters and adults alike! It was a day filled with fun outdoor activities and games tailored to our little critters, where they showed off their amazing skills.
Our little critters have watched a miracle unfold and have been completely mesmerized by it. When our caterpillars arrived, they were tiny, and the students loved watching them squirm around in their little jar just eating and leaving trails of their threads behind them. Last week the very first caterpillar had made his chrysalis! We were so excited to be able to really examine it closely and then to watch day after day as the other caterpillars joined him in their own chrysalides. The day finally arrived, and the first butterfly started to come out and we watched as they grew strong enough to fly.
Jr. High theater class students wrote a play about Freddie the Frog and performed it in front of our little critters today. Thank you Jr. High for bringing the theater to Cañon!
Thank you Transition House! Staff and students from the District's Transition house visited and talked with students about the importance of the 3 Rs (reducing, reusing, and recycling) and planting classroom flowers. We are very lucky to have this opportunity, as April has been designated as Earth Month.
Thank you, Mr. Eick and members of the Junior High Creek Club, for teaching our little Critters about the wonderful creek behind the school. Junior High Creek Club students gave a presentation inside the school about the creek, and another group gave a demonstration outside by the creek about how to keep it clean for the critters that call it home. Students were able to help keep the creek clean by picking up trash.
It doesn't get more special than our yearly District-wide Art Show - student works across the grades and mediums... Absolutely incredible!!!
PTO sponsored a garden clean up day at Cañon to get the raised garden beds ready for our Little Critters to do some planting. Thank you PTO and to all the parents who donated items and or time to make this project a huge success.
We hope to see you at this year's 39th Annual Cheyenne Mountain Arts Celebration on Thursday, April 18, 2024, at CMHS...doors open at 4:30pm!
Our Cañon Preschoolers learning and growing together!
Thank you Scott and the rest of the maintenance team for taking down the branches down from the trees that broke during the big snow storm. Our playgrounds are now 100% open and our little critters were very excited to get to play on the equipment today.
Cross-District PLC took place today. Stephanie Ermel, Preschool Teacher, Cañon School did a session titled "The ERMELS Method: Live like an Okinawan". Attendees discovered the timeless secrets of the Blue Zone of Okinawa, Japan, where modern gym equipment and technology take a backseat to traditional practices and natural living. Participants learned concepts such as ikigai, forest bathing, and how to weave simple habits into daily routines. Ended the session with a trip down the old elementary school slide.
Cheyenne Mountain School District 12 will be closed tomorrow, Friday, March 15, 2024 due to continued inclement weather.
Please stay safe!
