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2300 S. St. Paul St., Denver, CO 80210
720-424-3410
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Principal
Thank you to all of you that volunteered your time to help this past weekend with the classroom clean-up day! Our teachers and staff were so thrilled to walk into an extra clean building on the first day of Teacher Appreciation week and truly appreciate the support. The building looks beautiful and our learning spaces are in tip top shape!
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PTA
It is time for the final PTA of the 2018/2019 school year! Please join us on Tuesday May 14th
at 6pm at the school. We will be getting the final update from Mr. Atonna before summer on staffing, construction, and more. We will have babysitters and snacks for kids. May is busy, but we need your input on getting ready for 2019/2020! The new year planning is upon us! Please RSVP here so we can plan accordingly.
Please also sign up to help with our amazing UPark Field Day next Friday the 17th! Parent volunteers help make this an amazing tradition! Click here to sign up or see the box below for more details.
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3rd Annual UPark Health Fair
The UPark Health Fair is today, 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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Family Satisfaction Survey
The Family Satisfaction Survey
(formerly known as the Parent Satisfaction Survey)
is an opportunity for families in Denver Public Schools to reflect on their experience with their students' school, share feedback and help our schools improve.
Why is it important to take the Family Satisfaction Survey?
This survey is designed to measure how well your child's school involves families, the quality of family-school relationships and what you think about the school culture. The honest feedback you are providing will help us make positive changes both at your school and across the district, helping DPS provide a better learning environment for your child.
Submit your survey ONLINE!
Your school has chosen to offer online access to this survey. We hope it will be easier for you to access the survey and submit your response when it's convenient for YOU! The survey is available online in English, Spanish, Amharic, Arabic, Burmese, Chinese, French, Nepali, Russian, Somali, Swahili and Vietnamese. If you need help filling out the survey, or need access to a computer, your school's front office staff is available to assist you.
How do I take the survey?
Login to Parent Portal and you will find survey instructions and links in the upper right hand corner of your homepage. Click. Submit. It's as easy as that!
Detailed instructions on how to access your Parent Portal account can be found
HERE
Results from this survey are ANONYMOUS
and
CONFIDENTIAL.
Please complete the survey and submit by June 7, 2019.
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Reminder: UPark Backpack Program Volunteer Day
There are 9 spots remaining for the Backpack Program Volunteer Day at Food Bank of the Rockies this Saturday May 11th from 12:15-3:30! You can sign up to volunteer here. For each person who works the 3 hour shift, Food Bank of the Rockies will donate 20 pounds of food to our Backpack Program. FBotR is allowing 4th and 5th graders to volunteer if they are with a parent or guardian.
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Before School Running
Let's get running! The before school running at UPark starts on Monday, May 13th and is over on Friday, May 17th
(Field Day!). Running starts at 8:40am. We are looking for volunteers to help each morning. Sign up here to volunteer! You'll meet us at the school track right behind the garden near the baseball fence. We'll be passing out charms for the younger runners and hole punching for the older runners. Younger kids (grades K-2) will earn charms for each lap completed and older grades will run laps to earn a gift card; the more laps, the higher the value!
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Yearbook Order Forms
Yearbook order forms came home last week! Please make sure to submit completed orders to the main office no later than Monday, May 13th.
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UPark Spirit Week
Spirit Week is just around the corner from Monday, May 13th
- Friday, May 17th
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Monday:
Americana Monday: dress up in your best red, white, and blue
Tuesday:
Twisted Tuesday: Show off your craziest and wackiest hairstyle, hat, and/or socks
Wednesday:
Western Wednesday: wear your cowboy/cowgirl attire
Thursday:
303 Thursday: show your Colorado pride and dress up in Colorado gear or red, blue, and yellow clothing
Friday:
Field Day: Dress up in your grade-level color:
- Kinder: White
- 1st: Red
- 2nd: Green
- 3rd: Blue
- 4th: Orange
- 5th: Neon
Remember your child does NOT have to participate if they don't want to, it is optional, but we hope they will. Thank you!
From,
The UPark Student Council
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Field Day
Please join us for Field day on Friday, May 17th
. Field day will be held on our school grounds. Session one is 9:30-11:00 and session two is 1:30-3:00. Student lunches will be at the normal scheduled times and families are welcome to stay and eat with their children. We will be wearing grade level colors again this year.
- Kinder: White
- 1st: Red
- 2nd: Green
- 3rd: Blue
- 4th: Orange
- 5th: Neon
Please read over the additional field day details here. If you are interested in helping with field day, volunteers can please sign up here.
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2019 Fall Fun Run and Carnival - Committee Members Needed
We are looking for some new parent volunteers to join the committee for the fall Fun Run. Please join us after school drop off on Wednesday, May 15th for an initial kickoff meeting for this fall's Fun Run and Carnival. We will meet at the tables by the school playground. If you can't make it but are interested in helping with this year's event, please email Joanna at funrun@uparkelementary.org.
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Last Week to Check Out/Return UPark Library Books
This is the last week that your student will be able to check out books from the UPark Library
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The last day to return UPark Library books will be
May 24. Parents will receive an email indicating checked-out or overdue books not 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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2019-2020 Staff Updates
We would like to welcome new Assistant Principal, Natalie Jacobsen, Senior Team Lead/ELA Teacher, Patricia Ritz and Drama/Music Teacher, Callie Ludwig and are in the interview process for the additional open positions. Please click
here
to read the bios for our newly hired staff members.
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Spelling Bee News
We've had a VERY exciting week full of grade level spelling bees! 75 of our first through fifth graders participated this week, worked SO hard and had LOTS of fun! Our Top 5 from each of our grade level spelling bees will now participate in the UPark School Wide Spelling Bee on Wednesday, May 15th from 4:30-6PM! Please come and cheer on our Top 25 first through fifth grade spellers in a night of wonderful words!
1st grade - Nina, Quinn, Areen, Jackson and Maddie
2nd grade - Eliza, Madelyn, Brynn, C.J. and Brayden
3rd grade - Zain, Abby, Sienna, Charlie and Juliet
4th grade - Adia, Dea, Hadley, Max and Charlotte
5th grade - Ryan, Emerson, Jace, Ruby and Daniella
Click
here for photos of our grade level spelling bee participants!
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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.
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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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