Return to School Updates & Resources
In this issue:

  • Welcome Back!
  • NEW! Health Screening App
  • Illness and Outbreak Guidance
  • School Supplies
  • Prepare for In-Person Learning
  • COVID Tracking
  • Low-Cost Virtual Music Lessons
  • Job Fair
  • Donate Blood
  • Register Now
  • Apply for Free and Reduced Lunch
  • Upcoming Board of Education Meeting

Welcome Back!
Today is the first day of school for middle and high school students and assessment days for elementary school students. Welcome back!
NEW! Health Screening App
To expedite the screening process at schools, Englewood Schools is offering a Health Screening App that families can use to screen students at home before they come to school. The app is available through the rSchoolToday activities app (with a hat icon.)

The video below explains how to use the app. Families can begin to use the app for screenings on Tuesday, September 1. Students who have not done a health screening through the app will get a traditional screening upon arrival at school.
Illness & Outbreak Guidance
On August 12, the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment released new guidance for schools that helps determine how parents, staff members and school systems should handle individual symptoms and potential outbreaks of COVID-19. This guidance includes when students and staff should stay home and for how long, when students or staff should be sent home from school/work and who should isolate and quarantine based on potential exposure.
School Supplies
Families in need of school supplies should contact their schools' secretary. We have supplies that have been donated by our community partners available for in-person or eLearning students.
Prepare for In-Person Learning
This video outlines the new safety procedures parents, students and staff members will follow this school year. We recommend watching with your student so you can have a conversation about what is going to be different this year and how we can work together to keep others safe.

You can also visit our "Prepare for In-Person Learning" website to read about what your student can practice in advance of returning to school.

UPDATED MASK GUIDANCE: We have received updated guidance that masks with valves are unacceptable for staff/students to wear because they offer little to no protection to those around the wearer because of the amount of outgoing air they allow.
COVID Tracking
Based on our COVID tracking data, the metrics are still meeting the threshold required for us to return to in-person learning on August 27. We look forward to welcoming students back to school!
Low-Cost Virtual Music Lessons
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Strings Attached is an after-school and summer program for elementary and middle school students in Englewood Schools offering private lessons for violin, cello, piano and guitar. Lessons are available for both beginning and continuing students.

This year the lessons have gone virtual! Students will participate in 30 minute private lessons with a teacher once a week from September 1 through December 10.
Job Fair
Arapahoe/Douglas Works!, the City of Englewood and the Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce will be putting on a virtual job fair on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. via Zoom.
Donate Blood
Many things have been hit hard during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the blood supply has been one of them. Vitalent (formerly Bonfils Blood Center) is still working hard to ensure that our community has a proper blood supply for normal and emergency needs that may arise. Please do your part by donating blood, if you are able.
IMPORTANT: Register Now
Whether you choose in-person or eLearning this fall, you will still need to register your student for school to reserve their spot. Registration is the same as in previous years, no matter which attendance option you choose. Registration is open now.
Apply for Free and Reduced Lunch
Whether your student attends in-person or eLearning, it's still important to apply for free and reduced lunch. We will be providing meals regardless of a student's attendance option. Families need to apply each year to continue to receive benefits. Apply now in the Parent Portal. The video below explains how.
Upcoming Board of Education Meeting
The Englewood Schools Board of Education will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday, September 1 starting at 6:00 p.m. via Zoom.


Those wishing to offer public comment at the September 1, 2020 meeting need to fill out this form by 12:00 pm on Tuesday, September 1, 2020. If you need assistance, please call 303.806.2010.

Anyone who signs up for public comment must sign into the Zoom Meeting using their first and last name. They will enter the meeting through the public link, then be promoted to “panelist” when their name is called for public comment. If the public commenter requires phone-in instructions, please indicate that on the form and arrangements will be made. The order of public comment will proceed in the order in which public comment requests are received.

The Board has set a five-minute time limit for individual speakers to address the Board.
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Englewood, CO 80110
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