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2300 S. St. Paul St., Denver, CO 80210
720-424-3410
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Principal
Thank you to all the families that assisted with the preparation for our 5th grade Shakespeare Night and for all of you who showed up to support the arts at UPark on Tuesday night! It was so great to see all of our students performing at such a high level. This is one of the many things that makes UPark such an amazing place for students to learn and grow. Thank you to Mr. Herman and our 5th grade teachers for making this happen!
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PTA
Classroom Clean-Up Day!
The UPark PTA's classroom clean up day is Saturday, May 4th from 8:30-12:30. A good spring cleaning will help make every learning space more inviting, so please bring your rubber gloves, some rags, and some energy! Our custodial staff does a great job, but we will be addressing specific requests from the teachers and smaller items that our kids touch every day.
Please RSVP here
. Breakfast and coffee will be provided by iOrthodontics. Thank you for helping to keep UPark a great learning environment!
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Earth Responsibility Week and Green Team Updates
This week, April 24-26, all students will have a lunchroom assembly to relearn their responsibilities in our school cafeteria using reusable forks, cups, compost and recycling programs.
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
Join us on 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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UPark Health Fair
Mark your calendars! The Annual UPark Health Fair is May 9th from 2:45-3:45pm. Come learn about health, volunteer or run a station. Contact Antoinette our school nurse at
antoinette_schmitz@dpsk12.org. Please be on the look out for more information in the coming weeks.
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Spelling Bee Update
Classroom spelling bees are coming up in the next few weeks...please connect and confirm with classroom teachers for more information on dates and times.
For study tips, ideas, resources and more, please visit the Scripps spelling bee website
HERE for details.
Happy spelling!
Mrs. Wise, GT Teacher/Spelling Bee Coordinator
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Pick-up, Drop-off and After School Reminders
Student safety is our first priority as a school community. Please read the following reminders. You can reference the
UPark Handbook for additional details on UPark guidelines and procedures.
- Students may not be dropped off or picked up in the staff parking lot.
- Dogs are not permitted on school grounds at any time.
- Students are required to walk or carry their bicycle, scooter or skateboard on school grounds.
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UPark Summer Construction
University Park will be receiving an update to our heating system this summer. Some construction has already begun, but a majority of this work will be done over the summer months. For this reason the building will be closed starting in early June though the end of July.
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Neighborhood Center Families,
My last day with University Park will be Tuesday, April 30th. I will be re-locating outside of Colorado for a new job. Until then, it will be business as usual. After 4/30, please contact Mr. Kyle at
kyle_wiley@dpsk12.org
for day-to-day concerns such as attendance, absences, and Discovery Link drop-ins. For other inquiries, you will be able to contact Jesse Broadfoot at
jesse_broadfoot@dpsk12.org.
Thank you for welcoming me in to your community this year and wish everyone an amazing rest of the school year and upcoming summer break. Please see important enrichment details below to ensure a smooth transition in to the last few weeks of school!
~ Austin
DISCOVERY LINK REGISTRATION
Registration for Discovery Link for CURRENT families is open April 15 - April 26.
Registration for Discovery Link for NEW families is open May 6 - May 10.
For registration information, please click HERE.
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.
CAMP DAY ON 4/29: There is no school on Monday, April 29th and the U-Park camp day has been cancelled due to low enrollment. Drop-ins may be available at other neighboring schools for $76.00 per student. Please contact the Discovery Link office for schools with drop-in availability.
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 ends on 4/30 with NO CLASS on 4/23.
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.
U-Park's Annual Golf Tournament is coming up!
Jesse will be taking over the golf tournament due to Austin's departure. Click here for details and to register. Going forward, 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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