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Friday Howl!

Cedar Park Newsletter

August 22, 2025

Hello Timber Wolves,

If you are a new family to Cedar Park, welcome!  We are so happy to have you join us!  Every Friday I will send out a brief email about the happenings at Cedar Park called the Friday Howl.  I have some exciting news to share with everyone about our upcoming school year, so it seems like the perfect opportunity to send out the first Friday Howl for our 2025-26 school year.  We are welcoming 5 new staff members to the Cedar Park community!

  • Brandi Ampofo will be joining our Preschool team to partner with Teacher Shawn and Teacher Jodie.  She has been an educator since 2006 with experience in many grade levels and early childhood education.
  • Diana Arellano Arambula will be on our First Grade team.  Ms. Arellano comes highly recommended to us from Wedgewood Elementary where she was a Kindergarten teacher, giving her great insights into what her 1st graders learning needs will be.
  • Marisol Munguia de la Cruz will be joining us as our Bilingual IA.  Some families may remember that Ms. Marisol was a long-term substitute with us last year serving in this position to bring supports to our Multilingual students.  It is wonderful that she will now be joining our community as a permanent staff member.
  • Celina Salgado will be another member of our First Grade team.  She worked at Olympic Hills for the past 12 years and has vast experience in differentiation to meet student needs.   
  • Danielle Senour will be joining us as our Resource teacher in our Special Education Program.  She has been working in Special Education In a variety of roles since 2018.  Her range of experience will bring so much support to our community.

I hope you are getting excited for the start of our school year.  Mark your calendar for Back-to-School Potluck on Tuesday, September 2nd from 3-6pm hosted by our PTA.  Join families in our park and meet some Cedar Park teachers and staff.  You can sign-up here to help out by bringing a dish or drinks to share, if you can.  Friday Howls like this onel will have info for you, and you may also see occasional emails from Ms. Kelley from our office called “Notes from Ms. Kelley.”  Here is some info Ms. Kelley put together that may help you with some questions you have about the start of school: What to Know About Back to School.  See you soon!

Principal Z