Conlee Elementary School

Conlee Parents, Please join us February 14th at 9am! La Academia Dolores Huerta Dual language Charter school will be coming to visit with our 5th graders! They will be performing Ballet Folklorico and provide students with information on the school. Parents are welcome to come to this event as well if they have questions they can be asked during the event. I have attached a flyer here, additionally Ill provide a flyer tomorrow that can be given to students the week of the presentation welcoming parents who wish to attend.

Heart Challenge on 1/30/2023 and ends on: 2/17/2023. Please donate and help us reach our goal! Help us meet our school's goal and build a better community by having all of our student's complete Finn's Mission. COMMENT BELOW: Can you list the warning signs of stroke? Hint: FAST? To register download the Kids Heart Challenge App or go to www.heart.org/khc __________ Ayudarnos a alcanzar la meta de nuestra escuela y construir una mejor comunidad al tener toda la Misión de Finn de nuestro estudiante completa. COMENTARIO A CONTINUACIÓN: ¿Puede enumerar las señales de advertencia de un accidente cerebrovascular? Pista: ¿RÁPIDO? Para registrarse, descargue la aplicación Kids Heart Challenge o vaya a www.heart.org/khc

Kids Heart Challenge has begun! The American Heart Association needs our help. Get your first donation in today to start earning and collecting the adventure quest characters! Download the Kids Heart Challenge app or go to www.heart.org/khc and REGISTER TODAY! __________ ¡Kids Heart Challenge ha comenzado! The American Heart Association necesita nuestra ayuda. Recoge to primera donación hoy para empezar a ganar los personajes de aventura! Descargue la aplicación Kids Heart Challenge o visite www.heart.org/khc y ¡REGÍSTRESE HOY!

Jump Rope For Heart- message from Coach Michelle I just wanted to let you all know we just kicked off Kids Heart Challenge/Jump Rope for Heart. Students should have taken fliers home last week with directions on how to sign up on a smart phone or computer. Our goal this year is $3,500. The last day to fundraise is February 17th. This year, the American Heart Association is focusing on hands only CPR. (There are videos for students to watch with their guardian on hands only CPR as well as extra trainings to get certified.) Data shows 70% of people who have a heart event will have it at home and 90% of those will not make it. That is pretty scary to think about. So please encourage your students to sign up and be a heart hero. The class who raises the most money will be treated to a pizza party. As of right now, Mrs. Payne’s class is in the lead with $101 and Mrs. Fox coming around the corner with $60.00. If anyone would like any information on how to sign up and donate yourself, please let me know or you can also check the Conlee Facebook page.

The Organ Mountain High School Knights of Stage are getting ready for the premier of the new Broadway Musical, Anastasia. Check out these photos taken by OMHS student Sebastian Garcia, as he takes us behind the scenes for rehearsal. Be sure to catch the show on February 2nd and 3rd at 7:00p.m. and on February 4 at 1:00p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at Organ Mountain High School. Click the link more information: https://5il.co/1o1ye

Every February, the CTE community celebrates CTE Month® to raise awareness of the role that CTE has in readying learners for college and career success. CTE Month is also a time to recognize and celebrate the achievements and accomplishments of our CTE partners at the local, state and national level.

Celebrating Black History Month —Historical Person in Focus: Bessie Coleman 1892-1926 Bessie Coleman soared across the sky as the first woman of African American and Native American descent to earn her pilot’s license in the U.S. Known for performing flying tricks, Coleman’s nicknames were: “Brave Bessie,” “Queen Bess,” and “The Only Race Aviatrix in the World.” Her goal was to encourage women and African Americans to reach their dreams – and this became her legacy. Though her life and career were cut short in a tragic plane crash, her life and legacy continue to inspire people around the world. Born in Atlanta, Texas on January 26, 1892, Bessie Coleman had twelve brothers and sisters. Her mother, Susan Coleman, was an African American maid, and her father George Coleman was a sharecropper of mixed Native American and African American descent. In 1901, her father decided to move back to Oklahoma to try to escape discrimination. Coleman’s mother decided not to go with him. Instead, Coleman, her mother, and siblings stayed in Waxahachie, Texas. Coleman grew up helping her mother pick cotton and wash laundry to earn extra money. By the time she was eighteen, she saved enough money to attend the Colored Agricultural and Normal University (now Langston University) in Langston, Oklahoma. She dropped out of college after only one semester because she could no longer afford tuition. At age 23, Coleman went to live with her brothers in Chicago. She went to the Burnham School of Beauty Culture in 1915 and became a manicurist in a local barbershop. Meanwhile, her brothers served in the military during World War I and came home with stories of their time in France. Her brother John teased her because French women were allowed to learn how to fly airplanes and, in the United States, Coleman could not. Her brother's stories, along with other news of pilots in the war, inspired her to become a pilot. She applied to many flight schools across the country, but no school would take her because she was both African American and a woman. Robert Abbot, a famous African American newspaper publisher told her to move to France where she could learn how to fly. Since her application to flight schools needed to be written in French, she began taking French classes at night. Finally, Coleman was accepted at the Caudron Brothers' School of Aviation in Le Crotoy, France. She received her international pilot’s license on June 15, 1921 from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. She then returned to the United States. Click the link to learn more about Bessie Coleman's life: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/bessie-coleman By Kerri Lee Alexander, NWHM Fellow, 2018 | Updated December 2022 by Rebecca Ljungren, Education Programs Manager

Today, 5th graders from Monte Vista Elementary School presented a bill they helped draft with New Mexico State Sen. Bill Soules. Students presented SB 188, before the Senate Committee during their legislative session. These young lobbyists asked legislators to consider adopting the smell of green chile roasting in the fall as New Mexico's official aroma. Students answered questions from the committee and highlighted that New Mexico would be the first state with an official aroma, which would help boost tourism. The bill passed unanimously, 5-0 by the committee and moves on. What a victory! Great job, students! More about SB 188: Senate Bill 188 establishes the official state aroma of New Mexico as the smell of green chile roasting in the fall. This bill does not contain an effective date and, as a result, would go into effect June 16, 2023, (90 days after the Legislature adjourns) if signed into law. No fiscal impact.

For Every $50 raised during Kids Heart Challenge, get a bonus MYSTERY GIFT!* Download the Kids Heart Challenge App or go to www.heart.org/khc and REGISTER TODAY! (*up to 20 Mystery Gifts) #KidsHeartChallenge __________ ¡Por cada $ 50 recaudados durante el Kids Heart Challenge, obtén un REGALO MISTERIO adicional!* Descargue la aplicación Kids Heart Challenge o visite www.heart.org/khc y ¡REGÍSTRESE HOY! (*hasta 20 obsequios misteriosos)

Begin Finn’s Mission and learn life-saving skills like Hands-Only CPR! Our Goal is to raise life-saving funds and for all students to learn and raise awareness. Download the Kids Heart Challenge App or go to www.heart.org/khc and REGISTER TODAY! #KidsHeartChallenge __________ ¡Comience la misión de Finn y aprenda habilidades para salvar vidas como RCP solo con las manos! Nuestro objetivo es recaudar fondos para salvar vidas y que todos los estudiantes aprendan y creen conciencia. Descargue la aplicación Kids Heart Challenge o visite www.heart.org/khc y ¡REGÍSTRESE HOY!

Winter Weather Forecast Prompts Delays, Cancelations — Inclement weather in Monday night’s forecast, expected into Tuesday, has prompted administrators at Las Cruces Public Schools to call a two-hour delay for all students and staff on Tuesday, Jan. 24. According to officials, bus schedules have been adjusted to accommodate the late start. Tuesday’s delay prompted the cancelation of all morning DD preschool classes. A girls basketball game Monday night between Mayfield and Alamogordo was also canceled and rescheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 24. The ninth-grade teams will play at 4 p.m., followed by junior varsity at 5:30 p.m. and varsity at 7 p.m. All games will be held at Mayfield High School. Wrestling matches between Mayfield, Las Cruces and Organ Mountain high schools set for Tuesday, Jan. 24 at Mayfield were rescheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 5 p.m. Updates will be posted on the LCPS Athletics page, linked here. For any additional weather delays or updates, please monitor the LCPS homepage, www.lcps.net.

Due to an inclement weather forecast in our area, the Las Cruces Public Schools Superintendent has issued a two-hour delay for students and all LCPS staff on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Bus schedules have been adjusted to accommodate the delay. For updates, please visit www.lcps.net. Debido al pronóstico de inclemencias del tiempo en nuestra área, el Superintendente de las Escuelas Públicas de Las Cruces ha emitido una orden de retraso de dos horas para los estudiantes y todo el personal de LCPS el martes 24 de enero de 2023. Los horarios de los autobuses se han ajustado para acomodar el retraso. Para ver las actualizaciones, visite www.lcps.net.

LCPS GO RED Last Day to order a shirt is Thursday, January 26 in time for Friday, February 24th Heart Health Day. Our district will wear our Heart Health shirts or the color red to raise awarness for heart health and stroke. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24th: Our district will Wear RED to raise awareness for the #1 and #5 fatal health risk- heart disease and stroke. HOW TO ORDER: Text DHCLASCRUCES to 71777. You will immediately receive a link to complete your $25 donation and support the American Heart Association's efforts with heart health education and research. The deadline to order is January 26th! All staff can order a shirt. The campus with the most donations will have BRAGGING RIGHTS!

Our school cares about heart health!! American Heart Association Kids Heart Challenge starts soon. Will your student choose to move more or be kind? To register download the Kids Heart Challenge App! https://www2.heart.org/site/SPageServer/?pagename=khc_2023 #KidsHeartChallenge __________ ¡Nuestra escuela se preocupa por la salud del corazón! El Desafío del Corazón para Niños de la Asociación Estadounidense del Corazón comienza pronto. ¿Su estudiante elegirá de moverse más o ser amable? Para registrarse, descargue la aplicación Kids Heart Challenge.

After a two year hiatus, the El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras - EPSYO held its annual Concerto Competition on Monday, January 16, 2023. Las Cruces HS sophomore violinist, Chloe Morris, has won this year’s competition. As grand prize winner, she will be performing the 1st movement of Édouard Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole on March 26 at the EPSYO Side by Side concert with the El Paso Symphony Orchestra. The competition was open to all musicians under the age of 23. BRAVA, CHLOE!!! Las Cruces Public Schools is so very proud of you! #wearelcps p/c: Lauren Morris

The Southern New Mexico Trail Alliance brings you the 11th annual running of the Sierra Vista Trail Runs. This event serves as the primary fundraiser for the Southern New Mexico Trail Alliance, a 501 (c)(3) corporation. The 2023 event will include the 50k, half-marathon, 10k, 5k, and 1-mile kids fun run. We keep the registration cost low to make trail racing financially accessible for more people. As always, race registration requires the donation of an old pair of shoes. Bring the shoes to packet pick up or race day. Donated shoes will be offered to the Mesilla Valley Community of Hope, http://www.mvcommunityofhope.org/. Click here to register: https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=98958 Runners in all distances get a pair of race socks. Sizes cannot be guaranteed after February 18, 2023. Extras will be ordered but sizes and quantities will be limited and available on a first come first serve basis. There will be awards for top three men and women in all distances. Post race food will be provided. All races will take place on Saturday, March 11, 2023. All distances will start at the Sierra Norte trailhead off of Dripping Springs Road. The 50k will begin at 7:00am The half-marathon will begin at 8:00am. The 10k will begin at 9:00am. The 5k will begin at 8:30am. The cutoff time to finish will be 5:00 pm. All proceeds will be donated to the Southern New Mexico Trail Alliance to preserve and enhance the trails and outdoor recreation in the area. Visit us at snmta.org. Funds support trail work days, trail building workshops, training, and tools. Visit our website, Sierra Vista Trail Runs, for more information. Review the race manual at prior to the event. Come join us for a fun, low key community trail event. Banner photo of Ian Maddieson courtesy of Organ Mountain Outfitters, one of the past partners. The Sierra Vista Trail Runs is authorized under a Special Recreation Permit from the Bureau of Land Management Packet Pickup Packet pickup will be Friday, March 10, from 4-7 PM at Bluebird Running Company 300 N Main St, 2nd floor, Las Cruces, NM 88001

Join us for the 4th grade performance in Concert Around the World!

Happy New Year Conlee Families! / ¡Feliz año nuevo familias de Conlee! https://www.smore.com/ge5p1

Meet Our Student Council Representatives Pfeifer 3rd: Uriah Douglas & Milo Osborne Bustillos 3rd: Diesel Rojas & Rayden Brown Ms. Verdier 3rd: Alanna Flores & Ivan Vacio Marquez 3rd: Natalia Soto & Violet Olmos Olivas 4th: Dominic Garcia & Nayeli Pritchet Anderson 4th: Linda Salazar & Anora Ojeda Kaime 5th: Isabella Douglas & Kai-Nesha Kelly Nyquist 5th: Erick Lopez & Zeven Moore Moreno 5th: Ivanna Cano & Skarlett Garcia

Linda Peterson, Kath Natzke, Linda Tetu, Ceal Sayah, Linda Acosta, Ana Fe Coste, and Genevieve Trujillo participated in the Las Margaritas de Las Cruces Golf Tournament on November 3 and 4, to promote golfing for women. With money raised from the tournament, the team collectively decided to donate to the Mckinney-Vento Project Link Program at Las Cruces Public Schools. The group donated $1,400 to the program to purchase snacks, clothing, shoes, and supplies for students facing homelessness. The group is looking forward to keeping this donation going year after year. LCPS is thankful for this partnership as the funds will go directly towards helping students make sure they have what they need to be successful in the classroom. Thank you! Caption (L-R): Linda Peterson, Kath Natzke, Linda Tetu, Ceal Sayah, Linda Acosta, Mia Hope, Ana Fe Coste, and Genevieve Trujillo