David M. Cox Elementary School Achieving ExcellenceCox Cub Weekly NewsVolume 4, Issue 14 Mrs. Tara Imboden, Principal imboden@interact.ccsd.netDec 15-19, 2014 Dr. Christine Clayman, Assistant Principal cclayman@interact.ccsd.net

Best Wishes for Winter Break and the New Year!Dr. Clayman and I would like to wish all our Cox families much relaxation and the best over this winter break and in 2015. We both look forward to our spring semester and finishing the year strong!Thank you for all the support youve given us!

To all our students, keep reading over break!

Congratulations Drama Club: Thank you to the wonderful teacher, Ms. Schwartz, our Drama Coach, and to the talented Mrs. Papanek for all the assistance with the production! Wow! Our Honor Choir sounded great and all of our performers were wonderful! Great job everyone!

THANK YOU: Our DMC Staff would like to thank all the families of PTA for providing the most anticipated luncheon of the year! We completely loved the soups, salads, dips and desserts made and appreciate everything you do for us!Thank you!

Cub Cheers: Great job to our students from Ms. Hannahs class, they did our Friday Announcements and did fantastic! Congratulations to the following students for receiving the Cox Cub of the Week award: Ethan Bird, Joshua Nuestro, Bryone Washington, Katelyn Duran, Lucy Swinger, Chase Rudder, Carlos Nava Lopez, Andy Herrera, Kylee Jung, Adrian Sifuentes, and Juston Casanova! Great job on outstanding behavior! Congratulations to Mrs. Alexander for receiving the Cox Teacher of the Week award!

Caught Being Kind: Congratulations to the following student who earned Be Kind award: Aaron Severo!

Office Closed for Winter Break: For the two weeks of winter break, our school and front office will be closed.The office will reopen on Monday, January 5, 2015 at 7:30 am.

CCSD Pest Spraying Notice: Parts of our interior building will be treated for pests on Thursday, 12/18/14, during non-student attendance times.

Kindle Winners: Congratulations to Mrs. Raniada and Andrew Krawczyk for winning the Kindle readers from the Fun Run Fundraiser!

Rezoning News for DMC: Notification was given recently that our school boundary from Proposal 2 will not be changed for the 2015-2016 school year. This is subject to change. If our boundary would have been rezoned,David Cox would have received additional students from Hill and Weiner Elementary Schools.

Razzle-Dazzle Readers! The following students and teachers were the top patrons for book check-outs this month! Great job Cox Cubs and Teachers! Books Rock! Jayden Tonthat, Daniel Sonoy, Garrett Hebert, Elaina Rieck, Tanner Lewis, Gilbert Smith, Julian Banales, Jake Orlinick, Maria Rivera, Elijah Kordos, Mrs. Anderson, Ms. Popeck, Mrs. Cole, Mrs. Raniada, and Ms. Harry!A Look Ahead: 12/20-01/04Winter Break01/05Students back to school!01/06PTA Mtg. Library 6 pm01/08Bookworm Breakfast 8 am MP Room01/16First Semester Ends01/19No School-Martin Luther King Jr. Day01/23Semester Honor Assemblies