Diane Tribbett of Denver Center for 21st-Century Learning at Wyman gives back by supporting these students and others in a remote area in Honduras. Read her story, and more, below!
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Top 5: How Do You Give Back?
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Thank you to all members of Team DPS who shared how you give back to our community -- both during the holidays and year round! Check out our Top 5 and read all of the inspiring idea of how to give back
here
. Congratulations to our giveaway winner,
Sarah Thomas at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Early College.
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5. "For the past three years, our family has put on a donation-based 5K turkey trot on Thanksgiving morning for our community in Southeast Denver. All proceeds go to our neighborhood school, Bradley International, to help families in need during the holidays." --
Marsha DeMaria, DoTS
4."As a mom to a child with complex special needs, I have learned how important it is to advocate for my son and how difficult it can be to find resources on my own. That's why I volunteer as a Peer Support Parent with the Parent2Parent organization. I am connected with other parents or guardians and give advice about the IEP process, connect them to helpful agencies, reassure them about their parenting, and mostly let them know that they are not alone." --
Debbie Darrow, Edison Elementary
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3."I travel to a remote village in the jungle of Honduras to provide services for people who do not have access to medical care. I serve as the volunteer pharmacist. One of my Honduran friends was 14 years old when I met him, and he is now a first-grade teacher. I would love ideas from DPS elementary teachers about what might be the most useful classroom supplies I could bring for him on my next trip."
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Diane Tribbett, Denver Center for 21st-Century Learning at Wyman
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2."My two girls and I collect travel-size toiletries. At the holidays, we ask our friends and neighbors for more. We also shop for items we think people would need or want the most, like mac and cheese, and donate it to a local shelter. My 10-year-old loves mac and cheese and was sad to know others might have not it when they want it." --
Amanda Samland, Educational Technology and Library Services
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1. "I am running my second annual jewelry 'make-and-take' workshop for students at DMLK. Using beads and supplies donated by community members, and upcycling components from donated broken jewelry, students are creating jewelry that's unique and meaningful. They can make jewelry for themselves, or for holiday gifts for their family members." --
Sarah Thomas, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Early College
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Top 5 Callout: Your Favorite First-Semester Memory
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The 2019-20 school year is nearly halfway through -- and looking back, we want to hear your favorite memory from our first semester. Share your big wins, best pictures, funny stories and breakthroughs. We'll choose the Top 5 for next week's newsletter, and one person will win a giveaway prize!
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CollaboRATE is Coming Soon
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On
Jan. 6, make your voice heard and strengthen your team by participating in CollaboRATE. This survey is one of the most important tools that you can use to provide your leader, your team and DPS as a whole with confidential feedback that will be used to help Team DPS grow and improve.
With your feedback, our leaders and teams can challenge existing processes in support of positive changes that strengthen our efforts to ensure Every Child Succeeds.
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Share with Community Members: Reimagining Montbello Campus Survey
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As part of the Reimagining Montbello campus process, we are seeking community voices to inform how to improve the Montbello campus through either a rebuild or renovation. To ensure all voices are heard in this process, we are asking members of the Montbello community to participate in an anonymous, independent survey to help provide community input.
This survey will open remain open until
5 p.m. Dec. 20. To learn more and take the survey, click
here. To access the survey in Spanish, click
here.
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Reminder: Verify or Update Your Personal Information
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Take a moment to review the email you received from Human Resources this week that contained the demographic information DPS has on file for you, including your address, personal email, phone number, emergency contact, race and ethnicity, as well as information on whether you have elected electronic delivery of your W2 and 1095-C tax forms.
To update your contact information and emergency contacts, follow
these instructions. Follow
these instructions to update your ethnicity and race self-identification. To opt in for electronic delivery of your W2 and 1095-C forms, which provides earlier access to your tax documents in an electronic format that can be accessed at any time, follow
these instructions.
Updates to your personal information can be made year round, but for federal reporting purposes, please make any necessary changes by
Dec. 20.
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Win Tickets to Fly with United Airlines with
I Give for Team DPS
Employee Giving Campaign
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Join
I Give for Team DPS by
5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, and you'll be eligible to win two tickets to fly with United Airlines! Sign up at
dpsfoundation.org/dpsemployees
.
*No contribution necessary to qualify for weekly prizes.
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Susan Trahan
Teacher, Hallett Academy
Collaboration
"Susan, a 30-year veteran of DPS, goes above and beyond to meet the needs of our school community. Susan connected our school with the Food Bank of the Rockies so that students in need would receive food bags over the weekend. Over 45 families are impacted by this service. She also used her weekend time and worked with her church and sorority to organize and deliver Thanksgiving baskets to 25 Hallett families. Our students benefit from Susan's work to collaborate with community partners!"
-- Kelsey Rogstad and Brittany Talvy, Hallett Academy
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