News from our Crews

New! News from our Crews!: We had three crews out on Winter Voyage this week. Welcome back Mr. Cody's sixth grade crew and both our fifth grade crews. It looks like you all had a great time! Meanwhile, back at school, Ms. Sami's crew put on our Beat and collected 292 pounds of cereal for the Help and Hope Center in Castle Rock! You can watch their awesome Beat HERE and the Cereal Box Challenge video HERE . New! News from our Parent Crew!: The REMS Auction Fundraiser Returns April 23rd!  Auction Update: Got Space?  The Auction committee is looking for families who would be able to donate a week or weekend in their vacation or rental property as an auction item! Contact Erin & Colleen at  RenaissanceElementaryAuction@ gmail.com The Auction team needs your help! Love being creative or crafty? How about being organized & checking off a to-do list? We're looking for 3-4 volunteers to help with Crew Art and Procurement ASAP! Contact the Auction Committee lead...

New! A Big Thank You!: Our staff would like to say thank you to Parent Crew and all the families who donated to the "Mint-er Wonderland" goodies this morning. It was such a delightful pick-me-up on this cold, dreary day. A Note from Ms. Sami's Crew: Our 4th-grade crew is coordinating an engaging and fun service project in partnership with a local food bank.   We are asking each student and staff member to bring in an unopened box of cereal by January 26th . NEW! A Note from the Health Room: We are running low on our extra clothes for emergencies in the health room. If you have any gently used items that you would like to donate to us, we would be grateful for your help. NEW! Parent Crew Involvement Opportunities: The REMS Auction Fundraiser Returns April 23rd!  The Auction team needs your help! Love being creative or crafty? How about being organized & checking off a to-do list? We're looking for 3-4 volunteers to help with Crew Art and Procurement ASAP! Contact t...

NEW! Cup Stacking Tournament: Congratulations to the 48 students who participated in this year's cup stacking tournament! You all worked hard and we enjoyed watching you during this week's Beat. Congratulations to Gus Pierse on being this year's winner. NEW! A Note from Ms. Sami's Crew: Our 4th-grade crew is coordinating an engaging and fun service project in partnership with a local food bank.   We are asking each student and staff member to bring in an unopened box of cereal by January 26th . NEW! A Note from the Health Room: A new flow chart has been published to help answer the question, "When can a student return to learn?" Parent Crew Involvement Opportunities: The REMS Auction Fundraiser Returns April 23rd!  The Auction team needs your help! Love being creative or crafty? How about being organized & checking off a to-do list? We're looking for 3-4 volunteers to help with Crew Art and Procurement ASAP! Contact the Auction Committee leads, Erin ...

NEW! Battle of the Books! Our REMS 3/4 & 5/6 Battle of the Books teams participated in a mock battle hosted by Douglas County Libraries this week. Both teams did exceptional and we are so proud of all their hard work. The teams will have two more weeks of practice before the official battles begin. NEW! Note from Ms. Trena: Dear Renaissance families,  Happy New Year!  I hope that you all had a wonderful holiday season with your families.  It was a wonderful time  to rejuvenate and celebrate the joys that this season had to offer.  It was so great to see the kids so excited to come back to school today and share all of their holiday celebrations!  Now that we are back in session, I wanted to communicate some new updates in regards to COVID-19 mitigation  with all of you.   Since we have seen a spike in positive cases over the holiday break, DCSD has communicated some procedural updates to our community in an effort to keep our sc...

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 ...