The 2012 8th grade graduates left a nice present to the school.  Sarah R, Shealyn C., Heather H. and art teacher, Mrs. Havnaer painted a mural on one of the middle school walls.  It is the Lion of Judah.  Printed next to the lion are lyrics from the Newsboys song, "God's Not Dead."  This is a wonderful gift to leave to the future students of CSCS W.P.

The CSCS-WP float in the Woodland Park Christmas Parade was awarded the Grand Marshal's Award. The float entitled "CSCS-WP Presents A Gingerbread Nativity," was adorned with a gingerbread house, candy canes, and lollipops. Inside the gingerbread house were Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus, surrounded by gingerbread angels, shepherds and animals. Many CSCS-WP students and family members walked along the route with the float bedecked in gingerbread bodies.

A special thanks to Kelly, Noni, Kim Smith, Kim Park, Timm, Debbie, Laurie and Joe for making our float an amazing sight to see!!

I am so grateful to the Lord and pleased to announce that He has provided wonderful people to fill out our staff for the remainder of the 2012-13 school year.

Mr. Mike Aragon will be joining our staff as the new Spanish and PE teacher. Mr. Aragon is a fluent Spanish speaker and has served as a youth pastor as well as Spanish-language pastor. In addition, he teaches Spanish 1 at the community college and university levels. He also enjoys coaching children. Mr. Aragon has been shadowing with Mrs. Stockton and is already getting to know our students. He will begin his teaching responsibilities with us on January 7^th. Mr. Aragon and his wife have 5 children and live in Colorado Springs.

Mrs. Denise Neal will be returning to CSCS-WP as the teacher’s aide in the combination 2^nd/3^rd grade classroom. Mrs. Neal is an experienced teacher and is looking forward to getting back into a classroom environment. We are delighted to have her join with Miss Buteyn in the combo class. Mrs. Neal and her husband are the parents of 3 students who have attended CSCS-WP.

Mr. Matthew Winter will be assuming some additional duties around campus. Besides teaching our 4^th grade students, Mr. Winter will be serving as our athletic director and facilities manager. We appreciate his willingness to come on board in these additional roles.

Our Race for Education day was last Friday, and God was so good to hold off the rain and snow until 3:05 p.m.! The event started with a kickoff presentation on clean athletics from the USADA, who gave us some great bags (complete with pedometers!) Then we started walking - and walking - and running - and walking - for an entire hour. We also had some fun dance breaks led by our "blue-haired Principal." J When we were finished, the whole school had walked/run over 260 miles! It was a wonderful day to remember.

Also, in the 12 weeks of the fundraiser, we have collected over $11,250 for the technology programs at our Woodland Park campus. Once again, we are so overwhelmed by the generous response of our friends, family, and community! Please note that we will automatically be sending thank yous to all donors who sent more than $25.00 to the school. If you want to send any personal notes, you are welcome to request copies of the flyers that came if for your child(ren) from Kimberly Smith.

The CSCS Woodland Park Art Walk was held on March 16th in downtown Woodland Park.  28 pieces of Easter art created by our kindergarten through 8th grade students were displayed in seven local businesses within two blocks of the Seven Arrows Art Gallery.   There were refreshments at the art gallery and a fun Easter egg hunt.  Our choir students performed three songs in small groups at three of the businesses.  A few of the Woodland Park High School Madrigals joined each of these teams. 

There was also a People's Choice Award, where anyone could vote on their favorite piece of art.  Seventh grader, Hannah P. won this award for her pencil drawing of Jesus with the crown of thorns.  At chapel she was awarded a ribbon and prize for her beautiful drawing.