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2300 S. St. Paul St., Denver, CO 80210
720-424-3410
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Reminder: NO SCHOOL tomorrow, February 1st for a district wide teacher planning day.
Please also note there is NO SCHOOL February 18th for President's Day and NO SCHOOL February 19th for a UPark specific planning day.
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Principal
Thank you to Ms. Redmond, UPark art teacher, for coordinating our annual Art Night. What a fantastic community event! It was great to see so many UPark families coming out on a chilly Friday night to support the UPark art program and promote student creativity!
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PTA News 
4th and 5th Grade Families: Do you have questions about our neighborhood middle school? Merrill Middle School Principal Christina Sylvester will be visiting the University Park Art Room at 9am Tuesday, February 5th to share information about Merrill and answer your questions. Please join her for coffee and conversation after drop off.
Next PTA meeting: 6pm Tuesday February 12th
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Round 1 Choice Window Now OPEN!
January 15th - February 15th
If you have a child that will be new to UPark in the 2019-2020 school year, please complete the Choice Process. This includes families who have choiced a current student in to UPark and would now like to enroll their sibling.
If UPark is your boundary school, we still ask you to complete the Choice Process for your new student. By doing this, you are helping us manage our classes and plan for next year. If your child currently attends University Park and you are not enrolling a new sibling, you do not need to complete this process.
For more information and to start the process, visit the Enrollment and SchoolChoice website. You are also welcome to contact the UPark office at (720) 424-3410 with questions.
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Restaurant Night Tonight-Qdoba Mexican Eats (University & Evans)
Burritos? Queso? Guac? NO DISHES? You bet! Dine at Qdoba Mexican Eats on Thursday, January 31st from 5-9pm and 30% of all purchases will be donated back to University Park. Just mention UPark to ensure donation. Hope to see you there!
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DU
Basketball
Night - Band Fundraiser!
Please join in support of the UPark Band Program as our students perform with the DU Pep Band on
February 3rd at 1 p.m. Invite friends and family to see the Pioneers vs. S. Dakota for a fun
night of
basketball and music! We will play 'Wild Thing", "We Will Rock You", "Funky Monkey" and the "Star Spangled Banner" to start the game! We will receive $7 for every ticket sold, so please put this on your family calendar! Our students will be joining forces with Slavens K-8 and Most Precious Blood Catholic School bands. Fundraising for each school will be kept separate.
Please fill out
this ticket order form and bring it to the front office to purchase tickets. Tickets are $12 and purchases will help us raise funds for scholarships and growing our band program. Checks can be made out to University Park PTA or payments can be made with cash (exact amount only, change will not be provided). Hope to see you there!
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Wellness Open House at South High
Who: Open to all South students, staff and their families as well as members of the local community
What: Social/Emotional Wellness Night
When: Wednesday February 6
th from 5:00 - 7:00pm
Where: South High School (Auditorium, first floor)
The focus of the event is providing information on overall health and wellness. There will be breakout sessions led by mental health providers on topics including stress/anxiety, social media, suicide prevention, substance use, healthy relationships and trauma informed care. Additionally, several outside agencies from our community will be setting up booths for a resource fair. These agencies include Karma Yoga, Denver Public Library, Wash Park Chiropractic, Conflict Center, and Violet Hive Art, just to name a few! Light snacks, childcare (by South High Student Senate) and translation services provided. Please RSVP here.
Why? Because we believe that every human should have the opportunity to live with a healthy mind and body, and we want to reduce barriers that limit access to achieving this.
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Random Acts of Kindness Week: February 11th
-15th
UPark supports kindness in our school. To show this, Student Council will have a week dedicated to Random Acts of Kindness:
- Monday, February 11: Kindness Graffiti - Find the "Kindness Graffiti Wall" and leave someone a nice note!
- Wednesday, February 13: Compliment Day- Give someone a compliment to brighten their day!
- Friday, February 15: Random Acts of Kindness Day- What can YOU do to put a smile on someone's face? Click here for ideas.
- Toy and Book drive: Please donate new books or toys for children under the age of 3 to benefit Baby Haven, a shelter for women and kids. Place items in boxes near the main office.
- Kindness Rock Project: students will paint a small rock with a nice message during art class and leave the rock at a location that is meaningful to them. The Kindness Rock Project is a nation-wide movement whose mission is, "one message at just the right moment can change someone's entire day, outlook, life." For more information go to https://www.thekindnessrocksproject.com/
We hope these activities will continue to grow kindness in our community.
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Denver Date Nite & Babysitting!
February Restaurant Night-Save a Date!
Y
our date night just got easier! Denver Date Nite
offers unique date
experiences catered to your unique tastes. Simply visit their site, DenverDN.com, set your terms and enjoy a date night together like you've never had before. Make sure to mention UPark when asked how you heard about them and 20% of what you spend will go back to the UPark. Offer is good until Feb.14th so make sure to have them take care of your Valentine's Day
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Need a sitter? Nanno is hopping in to help too. Their mission is to connect families with excellent care when and where you need it. Use this invitation link
(or enter the token UParkParents when you sign up) to join the University Park community on Nanno. They'll donate $100 to University Park for every 20 parents who sign up before Valentine's Day using the UParkParents invitation link.
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Semantics Team News
The UPark Semantics Team competed in our SECOND and final spelling bee of the year on Thursday, January 24th and WOW, what a showing! This time, we had FOUR team members in the TOP TEN...5th grader Jace G in 8th place, 5th grader Ben B in 7th place, 4th grader Adia S in 5th place (after 13 rounds!) and 3rd grader Luke Y in SECOND PLACE! Congratulations to ALL of our team members...they set, met and exceeded their goals! Our final team event will be the DPS Written Spelling Contest on Saturday, February 16th - over 300 students from about DPS (through 8th grade) compete in this event with the top 25 going onto the City Orals spelling bee later in February...wish us luck and GO UPARK.
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Next Auction Meeting February 7th at 7pm!
During our next meeting, we will push hard for procurement (we need sponsors and WINE!!). The meeting will be held at the home of Tamara Reese so let us know if you can make it and we'll send the address. Come have appetizers and wine while we get stuff done! RSVP to
auction@uparkelementary.org.
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Lost and Found Reminder
Lost and found items are donated at the end of each month. Please make sure to check for misplaced coats, hats, boots, lunch boxes, water bottles, etc... on the hanging rack and bins in the cafeteria hallway. Please remember that items can sometimes take a couple days to make their way down to the lost and found so check back often. Contact the main office if you are unable to find your missing items.
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New Online Volunteer Application Process
We have a new and improved super simple online volunteer application process!
If you want to help at your child's school, attend a field trip, or help in the classroom - apply using our new and improved online process for DPS Volunteers! This new process offers:
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Fast access to apply on any device with wifi or internet access
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akes less than 5 minutes to complete
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Apply once to volunteer at all schools
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E-mails and approval sent to you directly with shorter turnaround time
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Friendly reminders to re-apply
Support your student, school, and community and apply today to ensure Every Student Succeeds! Please contact your classroom teacher for information on volunteering opportunities. If you already submitted a volunteer application there is no need to re-apply.
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Enrichment Registration will open on Monday, February 4 at 7 am and close Monday, February 18 at 6 pm. No late registrations will be accepted! Click here to see the Spring Enrichment Catalog. Make sure to test log-in to your account before registration!
Winter enrichment sessions will be ending the week of 2/11.
Ending early: Mr. Herman's last Tuesday yoga class was 1/29. Ukulele and Guitar conclude Thursday, 1/31.
There is no Discovery Link or enrichment on Friday, 2/1 or Monday, 2/18.
A camp day will be held on 2/19 and 3/4 from 6:30 am to 6:00 pm for University Park students. Click
here
for more information on camp registration.
Summer camp registration opens Tuesday, 2/5 at 8 am. For information about summer camps, please visit: http://discoverylink.dpsk12.org/summer-registration.
If you have any questions, please e-mail austin_hachmeister@dpsk12.org
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University Park Elementary Calendar
Click on the calendar icon to the right, look below, or visit the
University Park Website to access calendar information!
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UPark Owl Ticket Students
Trait of the Month (January): Joy
Congratulations to last week's Owl Ticket students! They were recognized by their teachers for above and beyond positive behavior.
Owl Tickets are given to students for going above and beyond in one of our five core values: caring, cooperation, responsibility, respect and joy. Owl Tickets f
ocus on the school's trait of the month, g
ive students a chance to participate in the weekly "Owl Tickets" photo and will be
posted on the new "UPARK" letters in our main hallway.
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*At the end of each month we will be donating all clothing in the lost and found and anything left in the halls.
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