News from our Crews

NEW! Note from Ms. Trena: Dear REMS Families,  The spirit of the season is certainly ringing throughout the halls of REMS this week!  We've had Sparkles, the Elf on the loose throughout the school spreading cheer and a little bit of mischief! Thank you to our Crew Parents for helping our teachers facilitate their holiday celebrations.  What a smashing success! Our students also competed in the REMS Spelling Bee.  A huge congratulations to  Wyatt Allmon  for winning the Spelling Bee and moving on to the DCSD Spelling Bee!  Thank you so much for showering our staff over the last week with treats, notes of gratitude and the Red Envelope! We are so incredibly grateful to have such a benevolent community supporting our teachers and staff.  We want to wish all of our families a wonderful holiday season and Winter Break!  May the holidays bring you joy, peace, and prosperity in the New Year.   We will see on January 4, 2022.  The...

NEW! Parent Crew Involvement Opportunities: The Renaissance Auction team needs your help! If you're interested in learning what your role can be in our biggest fundraiser of the year, please let Colleen and Erin know when you'd be able to meet for an informational gathering before the winter break here: https://doodle.com/poll/ c7u4nu598ds6wspf NEW! News from Ms. Monica: A Brief Note from the School Counselor: We are in the final counseling classroom lessons of the semester this week and next.  You will receive an update in the Counseling Circle newsletter next week! DCSD has released a third video segment in its Anxiety Series.   In this segment, Dr. Cypers presents his FACE model which is a fantastic tool for helping people to recognize anxiety and take actionable steps to vanquish it. To watch this video segment, please click this link . Dr. Cypers will be available to answer your questions live via this link on Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at 6:00 PM. To w...

NEW! Note from Ms. Trena: Apple Awards 2021-22 The links are open and the Douglas County Foundation is accepting nominations for the 2022 Apple Awards until December 17th. You can find the link s here to nominate and celebrate our amazing REMS staff! NEW! This week in our Crew: 1st grade Archery with Mr. Doug. A visit from Buttercup, the Castle View High School Service Dog! NEW! A note from 4th grade: We are collecting bread bags to bring up to Keystone Science School (KSS ) on our winter voyage. We will be happy to have bags for our crews and to deliver KSS extra bags so they can use them with other schools.   Plus , it prevents the soft plastic from going directly into the trash and gives it another use-yeah sustainability! We have collection bags outside the 4th-grade classrooms and in the cafeteria. Parent Cre w Involvement Opportunities: Volunteer coordinator needed! Help the Parent Crew connect and coordinate or volunteers with opportunities around Renaissance! We ...