IMPORTANT NOTICE:

We have had a lot of students in the school in the morning before 8:45 am and in the afternoon after 3:45 pm.  Supervision is not provided on the playground prior to 8:45 am.  The cafeteria opens for breakfast at 8:30 am.
 
Teller staff cannot accommodate babysitting tasks.

Do not send your child to school before 8:30 am or pick them up after 3:45pm. 
If you need childcare in the morning or afternoon, please call Kaleidoscope Corner at:  720-424-8291.

Grocery Certificates

Two New Types of Grocery Certificates!

Tony’s gives back 10% of certificate purchases to Teller…wow!

By popular demand, we now have Vitamin Cottage. Like King Soopers, Safeway and Sunflower, Vitamin Cottage gives 5% of all certificate purchases to Teller.

Teller Open Houses

Teller Families!
Do you know of a neighbor or friend who is considering Teller for their children next year? Please direct them to our Open Houses page.

Spotlight on Student Health

By Jen Stier

Quick & Easy Snack:
Pumpkin Yogurt Cheesecake Shake

With colorful leaves falling and Thanksgiving around the corner, have some fun making easy seasonal snacks that give kids great nutrition. Look for simple recipes with pumpkin, apples, pears, dried cranberries and more.

Pumpkin, for example, is full of carotenoids, which are known to reduce heart disease risk. It's also a good source of potassium, magnesium, fiber, and antioxidant vitamins A, C and E, which boost immunity and healthy skin and eyes. Try this yummy no-cook recipe, which also provides calcium for bone health:
Ingredients:

• 1 14-ounce can pumpkin, chilled
• 3 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese
• 1 6-ounce container low-fat vanilla yogurt*
• 2 cups low-fat milk
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 6 teaspoons graham cracker crumbs, optional

*Substitute an 8-ounce container if that's what's in your fridge!
 Instructions:

1. Place pumpkin, cream cheese and yogurt in a blender.
2. Add the low-fat milk, brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg.
3. Cover and blend until smooth.
4. Pour into glasses and top each serving with a teaspoon of graham cracker crumbs if desired.
5. Tell your parents that you made a new, nutrition-packed snack that has plenty of vitamin A, calcium and fiber!

Nutritional Facts per Serving (makes 6 servings)
150 Calories 23g Carbohydrates 6 g Protein 3.5 g Total Fat 200 mg Calcium (20 %DV) 2 g Dietary Fiber
Source: www.3aday.org

Band & Strings Concert

Teller Book of the Month

“I Will Make Miracles”
by Susie Morgenstern
Illustrated by Jiang Hong Chen

The Book of the Month that Ms. Barton will read to all the students is titled, “I will Make Miracles”  written by Susie Morgenstern and illustrated by Jiang Hong Chen. 

This fabulously illustrated short story is about all the amazing things the main character wishes to become when he is older.  However, in the end, he realizes what he must master before he can accomplish anything. 

The vocabulary words we will focus on over the month are:

This book can be found at Bookies, Tattered Cover, and Barnes and Noble and online at Amazon.com.

Daylight Savings Ends

Turn your clocks BACK one hour… and catch up on some sleep!

Congratulations to Teller’s Food & Nutrition Staff!

Melanie Hinkson, Lunchroom Manager, and Nina Wakefield, Lunchroom Assistant, participated in the Walk for Wellness Challenge and won 1st Place for the Southeast quadrant by walking 112,900 steps in one week!!!
 

Thanksgiving Luncheon

November 18, 2009

Teller Families Invited
On Wednesday, November 18, our students will enjoy a fabulous Thanksgiving meal with all the fixings.

Upon our return from Fall Break, we will send out a reservation form so we know how many guests we can expect to join us. 
Adult meals costs $3 (add milk for 40¢)
Kid meals are $2 (includes milk).

Help!
Our wonderful Cafeteria Manager, Ms. Melanie, is looking for 2 parent volunteers to help serve food on this day.  Also, we need some parent volunteers to help us decorate the tables prior to the meal.  Please let Denise or Misty know if you are willing to volunteer.

Learning Landscape

Stop by and Look at the Plans

Our new playground will not just be a place to play, but a well-planned, rich learning environment! Hence the name Learning Landscape.

Our Learning Landscape Architect, Rebecca Silva, will drop off the Learning Landscape plans this Friday.  We will have them on display outside of the Library. 

Interested parents and staff will have the opportunity to meet Rebecca and the DPS team on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 1:30pm in the Library.  Please join us if you are interested. 

Movement Dance

With winter-like weather, we’ve already had a few “inside days.” But Teller students can keep themselves moving with options like Dance with Ms. Barton.

Jump Rope For Heart

Jump Rope for Heart, a fund raiser for the American Heart Association, will start in all Physical Education classes November 1.

All students will be participating in the jumping portion of the event through the month of November. The students that choose to raise money for the American Heart Association will earn prizes for their efforts from the Association.

If Teller reaches its goal of $2000, we will get one hundred dollars of physical education equipment from U.S. Games. AND, the top ten fundraising students will get to turn Ms. Chris into an ice cream sundae!!

Donation envelopes are due to Ms. Chris Monday, November 16.