
Jumping into Inspiration with Nick & Kaylee Woodard!
Yesterday afternoon, our CCE Comets gathered in the cafeteria for a high-energy whole-school assembly with professional jump ropers Nick and Kaylee Woodard! During the 30-minute show, the Woodwards amazed students with incredible jump rope tricks while delivering a powerful motivational talk about perseverance, practice, and aiming high. Thank you, Nick & Kaylee, for bringing so much energy and positive momentum to Canyon Creek Elementary! ☄️✨
https://www.learnintheropes.com/peresources

Our 3rd-grade Comets teamed up with Kindergarten buddies this week for a special shared storytime! Third graders got to practice their expressive reading and leadership skills, while our youngest learners enjoyed listening to stories and connecting with older peers. It was a fantastic activity filled with smiles, mentorship, and a shared love for reading!

Our 1st-grade Comets had a blast in music class this week! Students got hands-on with colorful Boomwhackers, learning simple rhythms and tapping along to the beat. It was a fun, high-energy lesson filled with bright sounds and big smiles. Way to go, 1st grade!

Last week our 4th Grade Comets dove deep into Texas history to learn about the rich cultures, customs, and traditions of Native Texas peoples. To bring their learning to life, students explored traditional symbols and painted their own story rocks. Be sure to ask your 4th grader about the meaning behind the unique symbols on their rock!

Our 4th Grade Comets put their engineering skills to the test during the Create and Improve stages of the design process! Their mission? Design a custom cereal spoon that lets milk drain back into the bowl while keeping the cereal right where it belongs. Students tested a variety of spoon designs and hole sizes to discover which combination performed best. Way to innovate, Comets! ☄️✨

Our Comet artists have been busy exploring new techniques and styles across all grade levels in Art class with Mrs. Weir!
🖌️Kindergarteners got hands-on with lines! Our youngest artists practiced naming different line types—zigzag, wavy, straight, and loopy—before painting them with bold colors.
🌸2nd Graders dived into vivid folk art inspired by artist Heather Galler, painting bright, patterned flowers that pop off the canvas.
✏️5th Graders tackled a technique challenge with an introduction to charcoal drawing, learning how to manipulate value, shadow, and highlights to create realistic 3D water droplets.
We are so proud of our creative Comets! ☄️✨

Our Kindergarteners at Canyon Creek had a sweet and sour time turning learning into a hands-on experience! While following along with a live demonstration on how to make fresh lemonade, students explored new science and descriptive vocabulary words like observation, liquid, solid, dissolve, temperature, change, and predicition. Learning is always extra refreshing when you can see, hear, taste and talk about the results! 🍋🥤

2026-2027 Call For Entries!
What My CULTURE Means to Me
SPONSORED BY: Walmart
Explore the arts and express yourself!
Learn more and get involved!
https://www.txpta.org/reflections
Deadline for submissions is October 31!
Click here for entry forms and guidelines.
Please contact mtledesma@gmail.com with any questions.

We’re thrilled to celebrate Canyon Creek for receiving an Excellence in Education Grant to fund the “Jurassic Shelves” project! 🎉
The grant will help replace outdated animal nonfiction books with current print and digital resources, engaging visuals, accessible text, and materials that support diverse reading levels and languages.
From ocean animals to endangered species and student research, these new resources will inspire curiosity, strengthen literacy, and bring science to life for Canyon Creek students. 🌎🔬
Congratulations, Canyon Creek Library! Here’s to bringing those dinosaur books back from extinction! 🦕🎉

@RoundRockISD

SEPTEMBER 3
Schedule:
* 4:30 - TAG, FAC & FCC
* 5:00 - KINDERGARTEN, 1ST & 2ND
* 5:30 - PTA MEETING
* 6:00 - 3RD, 4TH & 5TH
ADULTS ONLY EVENT.
PRESENTATION MATERIAL WILL BE EMAILED AFTER THE EVENT.

Reem Alkhudhari
FCC Educational Assistant
FROM: Iraq
COLLEGE: University of Mustansiriyah
YEARS IN EDUCATION: number
HOBBIES: socializing with friends & family
LOOKING FORWARD TO: learning and growing as a person

Tara Armbruster
Intervetion Educational Assistant
FROM: Round Rock, TX
PREVIOUS JOB: gymnastics coach
YEARS IN EDUCATION: this is my 1st year
HOBBIES: puzzles and reading
LOOKING FORWARD TO: getting to meet all the kids and helping them to learn

Amy Osborn
TAG & Intervention
After a year of half time placement, we are excited to have Mrs. Osborn as a full time Comet serving both TAG & Intervention!
-FROM: Sonora, California
-YEARS IN EDUCATION: 20
-HOBBIES: Watching my kids play sports (and managing the chaos that comes with it) has basically become my favorite hobby.
-LOOKING FORWARD TO: I’m excited to support students in a new way this year, building their confidence and skills, and getting to join the CCE Community full time.

Madison "Maddie" Cole
Speech and Language Pathologist
-FROM: Abilene
-COLLEGE: Masters Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Abilene Christian University
-YEARS IN EDUCATION: starting my first year!
-HOBBIES: being outside
-LOOKING FORWARD TO: joining the community

One Badge for Students
To support a safe and secure learning environment, Round Rock ISD will be requiring all students in grades 6-12 to wear a district-issued student ID badge during the school year. Elementary students will have district-issued badges, which will be managed by their teachers.
These badges serve as both a visual identification and digital access tools for transportation, campus resources like meals, checking out materials from our libraries and select facilities for events.
Visit this website to see all the details that apply for your student: https://www.roundrockisd.org/page/one-badge

Sara Jungmann
Resource & Inclusion
-FROM: LaGrange, Texas
-COLLEGE: Texas State University
-YEARS IN EDUCATION: 20
-HOBBIES: doing jigsaw puzzles
-LOOKING FORWARD TO: meeting new people — both students and staff!

Have you completed your 2026-27 annual forms for your student?
Make sure to complete these and check them off your list early!
School starts Aug. 19, and our online annual forms portal closes Sept. 4.
If you need help with your forms, please make an appointment with any of our campus registrars.

Aaliyah Rodriguez
2nd Grade Teacher
-FROM: San Antonio, Texas
-COLLEGE: Bachelors of Science in Education at the University of North Texas
-YEARS IN EDUCATION: 2
-HOBBIES: Reading
-LOOKING FORWARD TO: I am looking forward to meeting new people and joining the community.

