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Here is a quick look at the week ahead! Holiday Grams are on for sale in the office and our Holiday Shop will open on Monday morning at 8:00 a.m. Cottonwood's School Spelling Bees will take place on Wednesday. Friday is Holiday Sweater/Shirt Spirit Day, time to deck our halls with your festive wear! The Annual Winter Concert is on Friday evening from 5:00-6:30 p.m. Delicious food will be available for sale before the concert, bring your hungry tummies! Saturday School is on December 13th, please sign up ahead of time to make sure there are enough supplies and materials for all of our attendees! Our 8th Graders are hosting a Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser on Saturday to help raise money for their upcoming Science Camp Field Trip on Catalina Island. We are looking forward to a wonderful week see you on Monday! #TheHUSDWay #CottonwoodCougars

6 months ago, Cottonwood School
Week at a Glance
Cottonwood's Holiday Shop will be open for business next week! Students and families can shop before school from 8:00-8:30 a.m. and between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. The Holiday Shop will also be open the evening of the Winter Concert between 5:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. This is a fun way for our students to do their own shopping and come home with wrapped surprises for their loved ones. The students were able to walk through the shop with their classes today to preview the merchandise, and bring home a flyer and envelope where they can plan out their shopping. Special thanks to our PTO for making this happen for our students! #TheHUSDWay #CottonwoodCougars
6 months ago, Cottonwood School
Holiday Shop Coming Soon
Envelope
Information Flyer
Holiday Grams are still on sale for $1.00 each in the office. Each bag contains two holiday ducks and candy. All Holiday Grams will be delivered on December 18th. This a fun way to spread some holiday cheer to family members and friends. Don't miss out! #TheHUSDWay #CottonwoodCougars
6 months ago, Cottonwood School
Holiday Grams 2025
Coming to the Winter Concert straight from work? No worries! Our PTO has arranged to have some food for sale. Tamales will be available for $3.00 each, or $15 for a half dozen, Hot Chocolate will be $2.00, Water will be available for $1.00 and Sodas will be $2.00. There will also be a baked sale selling a variety of sweet treats for $1.00 each. Food will be available starting at 4:15 p.m. Bring the family, pick up dinner and enjoy the show! #TheHUSDWay #CottonwoodCougars
6 months ago, Cottonwood School
Dinner before the Concert
Friday, December 12th is Cottonwood's Annual Winter Concert. All elementary classes, the choir and the band will be performing holiday songs. This is a wonderful way to celebrate the season and enjoy watching our students perform on stage. You won't want to miss this! #TheHUSDWay #CottonwoodCougars
6 months ago, Cottonwood School
Winter Concert 2025 (1)
December 19th is a non-student day, however, ELOP will be on campus hosting a Winter Enrichment day. See the flyer for registration information. #TheHUSDWay #CottonwoodCougars
6 months ago, Cottonwood School
December Enrichment Day 12
Registration is now open for our Winter Themed Saturday School on December 13th from 8:00 - 12:00 p.m. This is an awesome way to spend a morning with friends and earn back a day of attendance credit. Sign up now, so that you don't miss out on the fun! #TheHUSDWay #CottonwoodCougars
6 months ago, Cottonwood School
Polar Express Saturday School 1213
Saturday, December 13th is our 8th Graders are hosting a Pancake Breakfast from 8:30 - 11:00 a.m. Come and enjoy a delicious breakfast and help send an 8th Grader to Science Camp at Catalina. #TheHUSDWay #CottonwoodCougars
6 months ago, Cottonwood School
Pancake Breakfast (13)
Next Friday is Holiday Sweater/Shirt Spirit Dress Day. We can't wait to see everyone sporting their festive spirit wear. #TheHUSDWay #CottonwoodCougars
6 months ago, Cottonwood School
Ugly Sweater Spirit Dress Up Day (1)
Here is a quick look at the week ahead! We hope your break was restful, welcome break! #TheHUSDWay #CottonwoodCougars
7 months ago, Cottonwood School
Week at a Glance
Friday, December 5th, is Holiday Headwear Spirit Day. Bring your Reindeer Antlers, Santa Hats, Elf Ears, Winter Beanies, Angel Halos, let your festive imaginations soar. #TheHUSDWay #CottonwoodCougars
7 months ago, Cottonwood School
Holiday Headwear
Families, mark your calendars now so that you don't miss our Annual Winter Concert that will take place on Friday, December 12th, from 5:00-6:30 p.m. All elementary classes will perform a holiday song as well as our band and choir students. There will be food to purchase, a bake sale and our Holiday Shop will be open in the Library for families to shop after their children perform. We look forward to seeing everyone at this festive event. #TheHUSDWay #CottonwoodCougars
7 months ago, Cottonwood School
Winter Concert 2025
Cottonwood was fortunate to have the Arts Integration Team on site this past week working with our scholars. The students participated in a variety of art forms exploring multiple visual and performing arts projects. It was a phenomenal couple of days! We can't wait until they come again! #TheHUSDWay #CottonwoodCougars
7 months ago, Cottonwood School
TK Performers
Pop Art
Pop Art
Crayon art
Painting Project
Pop Art
Pop Art
Performers
Pop Art
Pop Art
Cottonwood's 2nd Graders did a lesson on Empathy and Gratitude. Inspired by the text, The Lonely Scarecrow, our scholars learned the importance of not judging a book by its cover and giving everyone a chance. Great job Cougars! #TheHUSDWay #CottonwoodCougars
7 months ago, Cottonwood School
Izel's Scarecrow
Stetson's Scarecrows
Twins Scarecrow
Gustavo's Scarecrow
Michaela's Scarecrow
Kayla's Scarecrow
Alan's Scarecrow
Kiersten's Scarecrow
Pedro's Scarecrow
Genevieve's Scarecrow
Cottonwood's PTO will be selling Holiday Grams for $1.00 each. Each Holiday Gram will have a Holiday Themed Rubber Duck and some festive candy. Holiday Grams will be on sale on December 1st through December 17th, or until sold out. Holiday Grams will be distributed on Thursday, December 18th. Holiday Grams are a wonderful way to share some holiday cheer with classmates, staff, and special friends. The Holiday Grams will be sold in the front office starting on Monday, December 1st. Get them while they last! #TheHUSDWay #CottonwoodCougars
7 months ago, Cottonwood School
Holiday Grams flyer
Here is a quick look at the week ahead. School is not in session in observance of our Thanksgiving Break, however, ELOP is hosting November Enrichment Days Monday through Wednesday for those students who have pre-enrolled. Wishing everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving on Thursday. We look forward to seeing everyone back on campus on Monday, December 1st. #TheHUSDWay #CottonwoodCougars
7 months ago, Cottonwood School
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Cottonwood's PTO will be hosting a Holiday Shop the week of December 8th - December 12th to give our students an opportunity to purchase gifts for their friends and loved ones. Fliers will be sent home with each student the week we return. Here is what you should expect to find. Each envelope includes a shopping planning tool to let our shopping team help guide your shoppers. The shop will be open daily from 8:00-8:30 a.m. and between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. and after the Winter Concert, Friday night, December 12th. #TheHUSDWay #CottonwoodCougars
7 months ago, Cottonwood School
Holiday Shop Coming Soon
Shopping List
Gift Certifcate Options
Cottonwood was delighted to host the Hemet Unified School District Governing Board for their most recent meeting on Tuesday, November 18th. Shoutout to 1st Graders, Bailee Russell who did a phenomenal job opening the meeting by leading the pledge of allegiance. Myrna Lopez and Megan Estrada shared some of the updates that Cottonwood has made implementing their Community School Grant and Amanda Niaves was awarded a Good Apple. Special thanks to everyone who traveled to Cottonwood to participate in the Board Meeting. #TheHUSDWay #CottonwoodCougars
7 months ago, Cottonwood School
Bailee Russell Leads the pledge
Congratulations
Bailee and Liz
Bailee and Liz
Megan Estrada
Myrna Lopez
Rebecca Packard
Amanda Niaves Good Apple
Governing Board
HUSD Cabinet
Cottonwood's 5th Graders did a lesson on Empathy and Gratitude. Inspired by the text, The Lonely Scarecrow, our scholars learned the importance of not judging a book by its cover and giving everyone a chance. Great job Cougars! #TheHUSDWay #CottonwoodCougars
7 months ago, Cottonwood School
Ariana's Scarecrow
Valadez Scarecrow
Jaelyn's Scarecrow
Estevan's Scarecrow
Luis' Scarecrow
Gabe's Scarecrow
Kash's Scarecrow
Sage painting her Scarecrow
Mateo's hard at work
Elodia's Painting her Scarecrow
Cottonwood's 4th Graders did a lesson on Empathy and Gratitude. Inspired by the text, The Lonely Scarecrow, our scholars learned the importance of not judging a book by its cover and giving everyone a chance. Great job Cougars! #TheHUSDWay #CottonwoodCougars
7 months ago, Cottonwood School
Alexa's Scarecrow
Levi's Scarecrow
Aizling's Scarecrow
Leo's Scarecrow
Abygail's Scarecrow
Addy's Scarecrow
Sophia's Scarecrow
Assembling
Painting the scarecrow