Coyote Ridge Elementary

Letter from the AP My name is Donald Beuke. 

I am looking forward to serving you as the Assistant Principal at Coyote Ridge.  I will be at Coyote Ridge on Mondays, Tuesdays and the first 2 Wednesdays of the month.  If you need anything, please do not hesitate to let me know. 

Prior to coming to Coyote Ridge, I was at Mountain View Elementary and Meridian Elementary.  I taught Kindergarten, First Grade and Second Grade for nine years.  I have been an administrator in the Adams 12 School District for the past two years.  I am excited to get to know the Coyote Ridge community and be a part of this wonderful school.  

This year I will be focusing my duties on educating the whole child. Our staff will be teaching and monitoring our 8 student traits which focuses on being:

1.      Competent Our students will show an increase of at least a year's achievement in a given school year.

2.     Creative Our students use innovative approaches that demonstrate problem solving and original thinking.

3.     Productive Our students use their time efficiently and create quality work.

4.     Healthy Our students seek a well-rounded lifestyle that displays physical, emotional and social wellness.

5.     Ethical Our students display respect, integrity and trustworthiness.

6.     Successful Our students are self-directed and goal-oriented.

7.     Thoughtful Our students develop critical thinking skills and use appropriate decision-making strategies

8.     Good Citizen Our students demonstrate civic and social responsibility, honor diversity and participate in positive group interaction.

Thank you for the opportunity to be a part of this wonderful community. Here are my values and essential expectations. I created these expectations to solidify my beliefs and help others understand my core values. Thanks 

Donald Beuke Top 10 Essentials

1.       Excuses be gone     “He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.”  Benjamin Franklin

2.       Stay Positive    “People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.” H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

3.       Trust… In a confrontation or disagreement… always take the high road. Problems will dismantle and negativity will cease.

4.       Collaborate with peers.  Take risks among peers, share ideas and past experiences. Collaboration is listening and sharing that motivates the team!

5.       Open line of communication… An honest thoughtful conversation is always better than being in the dark.

6.       Instruction delivery/student engagement… It is our mission to create student growth with no excuses. All students can be successful on different levels.  Never give up on a kid!!!

7.       We have a difficult job to do. Never lose track of our mission.  “We are a united community, educating the whole child in a pursuit of excellence.”

8.        Sense of urgency   Create a focused sense of urgency.  Build structures that transform a difficult task into a simple solution.

9.       Contemplation reflection…If one cannot reflect on the past then there is no hope for the future.

10.   Build bridges not walls. There is not a problem that as a team we can’t fix.