Cuivre Park Elementary

Mission

Our mission at Cuivre Park Elementary School is to educate the whole child to ensure all students learn at high levels.

Vision

We envision a school in which staff, students and families:

• share a sense of pride within our school and community
• have a deep understanding of what “the whole child” means
• focus on academic and social/emotional goals to ensure all students achieve at high levels

Values

In order to achieve our mission and vision, Cuivre Park Elementary has made the following collective commitments:

• Be Proactive
  • create a safe and respectful environment with clear expectations for students and staff
  • use systematic interventions to meet the needs of our students
• Begin with the End in Mind
  • consistent communication between parents, students, and staff
  • goal oriented (school, team, staff)

• Put First Things First
  • intentionally schedule time to celebrate successes
  • holding each other accountable through collaborative planning and reflection

• Think Win-Win
  • problem solving with courage and consideration
  • empower students to lead their own learning

• Seek First to Understand then to be Understood
  • empathetic listening towards students and staff
  • set WIGs (wildly important goals) with a focus on essential standards

• Synergize
  • building positive relationships between staff, students, and families
  • build on each other’s strengths and value our differences

• Sharpen the Saw
  • practice a well balanced approach to meeting the academic and social emotional needs of our school community (mind, body, heart, spirit)
  • overcome our obstacles with resiliency 

Arrival/Dismissal

• The school day begins at 8:20 a.m. and ends at 3:20 p.m. (Students not riding buses are not to arrive before 8:00 a.m.) Car riders will enter through the front doors, while bus riders will enter through the west doors. After arriving at school, all students are to go directly to their classrooms or breakfast. If it is necessary to go elsewhere, each student should go alone after getting permission from the teacher. (As a safety measure, no student is permitted to leave the school grounds once he/she has arrived.) During dismissal (3:20 p.m.), bus riders will exit through the west doors and walk with a staff member to the correct bus. All car riders will gather in the gym, supervised by staff members, while parents remain in their vehicles. If you are picking up a student from Cuivre Park, pull down the pick-up lanes and wait for a staff member to escort each student(s) to their vehicle. (We ask that all adults stay in the vehicle and for each vehicle to have the pick-up tag clearly visible from the front passenger side window. Verification of the adult picking up the student is always necessary. Please have an I.D. readily available.)

• Parents/Guardians are required to notify Cuivre Park Elementary office for any dismissal changes. All changes will need to be communicated 24 hours in advance.

• Students may not ride as a visitor on buses.

• No student is to be dismissed early except in the case of emergency. No student is to leave school early without checking out through the office. Students leaving early must be signed out in the office by a parent/guardian or a previously designated person. No student will be dismissed after 3:00 p.m. due to transitions at the end of the day.
• The school buses leave Cuivre Park at approximately 3:30 p.m. Students may not ride a bus other than their assigned. The student must ride the bus unless the teacher, principal, and the bus driver are advised in writing.
• Your child should know where you are and if you will be home to receive him/her at the close of the school day or in the case of an early dismissal or some other emergency.

• Cuivre Park students must be accompanied and signed in by an adult if they arrive at school after 8:20 a.m.

The Leader in Me

The Leader in Me is a school-wide leadership-development process for both our students and staff members. It integrates timeless leadership principles into our school curriculum and culture to better prepare our students to meet the future challenges of our ever-changing world. The common language used is built around proven principle-based leadership skills found in Dr. Stephen R. Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

School-wide Expectations

Cuivre Park Elementary utilizes The Leader in Me to focus on student ownership and accountability in expectations. Common expectations are listed in the school’s matrix below.