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2300 S. St. Paul St., Denver, CO 80210
720-424-3410
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Principal
Calling golfers of all levels! Join us for the 4th Annual UPark Golf tournament on May 11th. All proceeds go to the UPark Neighborhood Center to help offer free and reduced cost enrichment classes and enrichment scholarships.
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nvite your friends and neighbors! 4-person scramble, prizes, skins, longest drive, 50/50, closest to the pin.
Click
here for all the details and to register!
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PTA
THIS SATURDAY 8:30-12:30: Classroom Clean Up
It's time to help your teachers make their classrooms shine. We need parents (and kids are welcome too) to help us fulfill the teachers' cleaning wish lists! Bring your gloves, cleaning rags, energy and love for your school. Please RSVP here. Extra vacuums and brooms for the day would also be helpful!
Breakfast and coffee will be provided by iOrthodontics. Thank you for helping to keep UPark a great learning environment!
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Family Satisfaction Survey
Every year, the Accountability, Research and Evaluation (ARE) team administers two school satisfaction surveys: the Family Satisfaction Survey (formerly Parent Satisfaction Survey) and the Student Satisfaction Survey.
The Family Satisfaction Survey asks parents and guardians of students in Denver Public Schools to reflect on their experience with their students' school. Results from the family survey are reported back to schools in the summer and are included in schools'
School Performance Framework
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Information with links to the survey will be coming home this week.
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Earth Responsibility Week and Green Team Updates
The UPark Student Green Team also invites the school community to honor our Earth next week (April 29-May 3) with this list of Daily Earth Responsibility themes:
- Less Meat Monday (April 29)-eat less meat to help reduce your carbon footprint
- Turtle Tuesday (April 30)-plastic and bags get in animals and make them sick. Help the turtles by using these strategies:
- Refuse single-use plastic (straws, baggies)
- Reuse plastic whenever possible
- Use the plastic bag recycling tubes on the playground (click here for details on what can and can't go in the recycling tubes)
- BIG Waste Free Wednesday (May 1)-pack a lunch with no plastic trash
- Thirsty Thursday (May 2)-be water wise
- Footprint Friday (May 3)-write out a pledge for how you will have a smaller footprint
We welcome families to the playground Friday, May 3rd from 8:30-8:55 to create Earth Day Art to celebrate the new Plastic Bag (Only!) Recycling Tubes. To help with this event contact Judith_cardenas@dpsk12.org.
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Restaurant Night Tonight!
Join us tonight, Thursday, May 2nd from 5-9pm for restaurant night at Marg's Taco Bistro!
Marg's Taco Bistro
200 Fillmore Street - Cherry Creek
Time: 5-9pm
Giveback: 20% of food & beverage sales
Families should mention UPark to qualify!
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3rd Annual UPark Health Fair
Mark your calendars for the UPark Health Fair Thursday, May 9th from 2:45-3:45.
Our amazing 5th
graders will have stations as well as outside vendors. The fire truck and police department will stop by (as permitted with emergency calls) and come visit Ms. Hartin's Sugar Station, Mr. Steve and Ms. Jaclyn's Mental Health Station and the Green Team Station. Mr. Herman will also be leading yoga sessions. Volunteers are needed. Click here to sign up!
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Last Week to Check Out/Return UPark Library Books
The last week that your student will be able to check out books from the UPark Library will be the week of May 6. The last day to return UPark Library books will be May 24. Parents will receive an email detailing any checked out or overdue books that have not been returned by the end of day on May 24. It is very important that we have all of our books returned for next year. Some students may need help locating books they have misplaced. Missing books are often found in backpacks, bedrooms, bookshelves or in their classrooms.
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Yearbook Order Forms
Yearbook order forms will be coming home in Thursday folders today! Please make sure to submit completed orders to the main office no later than Monday, May 13th.
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New Student Kindergarten Camp
*Please note the paypal link in the original Tip of the Week for new families was incorrect. The corrected link is
here.
Is your student eager to start Kindergarten?
Are they full of questions? Anxious or excited? We have a special camp for your soon-to-be UPark Owl!
Over the course of 2 and a half days, June 3-4 from 8:30am-3:00pm and June 5 from 8:30am-12:00pm, students will have the opportunity to preview and practice classroom rituals and routines, build confidence, and develop friendships all within their new school setting here at UPark. Lessons will enhance Kindergarten readiness skills and reduce any butterflies that may be a part of starting the new school year.
Kindergarten Camp is facilitated by two fantastic UPark teachers, Cara Havenar and Rebecca Nugent.
Please click here for more information
about our 3rd Annual UPark Kindergarten
Owl Camp.
If you have any other questions or need further nformation (such as feedback and recommendations from students and parents who were in camp last year),
please email Cara at:
uparkowlcamp@gmail.com.
To enroll in camp, please secure a spot via payment by May 27th.
You can pay via PayPal link here (corrected link).
Or drop cash or check (made out to Cara Havenar) off in the main office.
Scholarship applications are available. Please email Eric Atonna at
eric_atonna@dpsk12.org or call at 720-424-3410.
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2019-2020 DISCOVERY LINK REGISTRATION
Re-registration for Discovery Link for CURRENT families closed April 26.
Registration for Discovery Link for NEW families is open May 6 - May 10.
If you missed the 4/26 deadline as a current family, you can register beginning 5/6 by following the current family instructions (but will not be guaranteed a spot). For information registration, please click
HERE
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SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATION:
Fee-based summer camp registration opened on February 5th and is on a first-come, first-serve basis. If you have any questions about summer camp, please reach out to the Discovery Link office as they're in charge of enrollments! Camp will not be held at U-Park for summer. Click
here
to register.
HALF DAY ON 5/31:
There will be no P.M. (after school) Discovery Link on the last day of school, May 31st. There will be A.M. Discovery Link only for the half day, 6:30 am - 8:40 am.
ENRICHMENT END DATES: IMPORTANT! See below for the most up-to-date enrichment changes. There are a lot of dates that have shifted from the original brochure due to snow days and miscellaneous circumstances.
AM Classes
Wednesday Skateboarding ends on 5/15, Thursday Ukulele ends on 5/9, Friday Green Team's last meeting is 5/10.
PM Classes
Monday: Fencing, Sticky Fingers, Code Modding, Art for Life, and Magic all end on 5/13. Girls on the Run will conclude on 5/15.
Tuesday: Omniform, Rhythm & Drums end on 5/7. Chess ends on 5/14. Yoga ended on 4/30.
Wednesday: Girls on the Run, OTA, Woodshop, Science Matters, Little Medical School all end on 5/15.
Thursday: Tennis, Bricks 4 Kidz, and Drawing end on 5/16. Guitar ends on 5/2. Yoga ends on 5/9 with NO CLASS on 5/2.
Friday: KidStage and Bucket Drumming end on 5/3. Code Modding and Ballet end on 5/10.
*KidStage (auditorium), Rhythm & Drums (room #207), Bucket Drumming (room #207), and Ballet (gymnasium) will have their final performances on the last day of class.
It's showtime!
KidStage's MOANA performance will be at 6:00 pm on Friday, 5/3 in the auditorium. Please enter through door #15. After 6 pm, you will need to use the front entrance. KidStage will conclude for the semester with the final performance.
U-Park's Annual Golf Tournament is coming up on Saturday, 5/11!
For more information, click
here
for details and to register. Please contact
Jesse Broadfoot
with questions.
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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 (April/May): Respect
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 focus on the school's trait of the month, give 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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