2300 S. St. Paul St., Denver, CO 80210
720-424-3410
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REMINDER: There is NO SCHOOL this coming Monday, May 8th for a UPark specific planning day. |
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We had a wonderful time meeting our new families on Wednesday during our second annual Meet and Greet with Parker the Owl. Thank you to our kindergarten team (Mr. Davis, Ms. Gilmore, Ms. Morof and Ms. Laurent) for welcoming our new Owls. Thank you to Kate Winn for helping us organize this event. Thank you to Ms. Moret and Ms. Ludwig for creating a fun and creative planting activity for our incoming students. Each student went home with a seed in a seed pot to watch grow in anticipation of their first day as a UPark Owl next school year. And a special thank you to Parker for flying in on a warm day to meet our new families. Events like this and the upcoming Fun Run and Carnival are great ways for us to show our new families the great community that they are now a part of. |
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Eric Atonna
UPark Principal, Team UPark
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PTA POSITION OPENINGS
Our PTA leadership board needs your help! The PTA is seeking candidates for Vice President and Secretary to join our board in the 23-24 school year. We have an amazing PTA community full of thinkers and doers. Your involvement in PTA leadership provides the opportunity to have a bigger voice in PTA decisions and lead connections with the UPARK community.
We also have openings for Grant Committee Chair, School Tour Chair, and Yearbook Chair.
PTA MEETING
Join Us for the May PTA Meeting- Tuesday, May 9th, 6pm
Please join us for the May PTA meeting on Tuesday, May 9th at 6:00 pm. Join us in person in the library or remotely via zoom following the link below.
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The Spring Auction and Parents' Night Out were a huge success! With the support of our community we were able to exceed our fundraising goal! Thank you to everyone who participated in the auction and attended Parents' Night Out!
A very special thank you and huge round of congratulations to our Auction Chair, Courtney Bishnoi, and committee: Kristen Brelig, Kristen Cali, Josh Cashman, Lisa Cashman, Molly Dailey, Kris Davidson, Anna Donovan, Jess Guido, Carmen Hart, Katie Hartung, Alison Kaufman, Nicki Kennedy, Robin Kiggins, Denise Miller, Frances Schulz and Patty Tsao.
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Student Council will be hosting Spirit Fridays for the month of May! Participation is optional, but we would love for students to dress according to the daily themes, and mainly, have fun! No need to buy anything to match the theme of the day. Get creative, and use what you have!
May 5th: Favorite Color Friday- dress head-to-toe in your favorite color
May 12th: Sports Fan Friday- dress to represent your favorite sports team
May 19th: Fun Run Friday- wear a Fun Run t-shirt, UPark spirit gear, or the color red
May 26th: Future Friday- dress as what you want to be when you grow up
Thank you!
UPark Student Council
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Pre-Order Your Yearbook Now & Save! |
Save $2 when you pre-order your students’ 22-23 yearbooks before May 19th (regularly $17). This year’s yearbook features cover art by our talented 5th grader Audrey Downes!
Yearbooks will be distributed at the Fun Run & Carnival where students will also be able to gather friends’ signatures and well wishes at our Yearbook Signing Table!!!
Any yearbooks not picked up at the Carnival will be distributed to classrooms the following week.
*if the cost of a yearbook presents a financial hardship for your family contact Alicia Vega at alicia_vega@dpsk12.org
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Social and Emotional Student Screenings-DUE Tomorrow 5/5! |
Dear parents/guardians,
As part of our effort to support the Whole Child, our school is implementing the BESS social/emotional screener, which is a universal social and emotional screening for students. This screener will be completed 3 times throughout the school year, with our final screening occurring between 4/24/23-5/5/23.
Universal social and emotional screenings can provide a fair and impartial way of looking at how students are progressing in their social and emotional development. Screenings can also help identify areas where school personnel can improve or adjust our supports. Please understand that screening is NOT an assessment or an evaluation.
For students in grades K-2, we will utilize a parent form. The parent form will be accessible from today through Friday, May 5th. Please click here to access the online form.
The survey is 29 questions and will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. You will need your child’s six-digit student ID and birth date to log in. Only one survey can be completed for each student. If you have multiple children in grades Kindergarten through 2nd grade, please complete one survey for each child. Information from this survey will be used to help our staff identify the supports our students need during this time.
For students in grades 3-5, we will utilize a self form. Students will be administered the self-form in their classrooms. Some sample questions include: "My school feels good to me", "I feel safe at school", and "I am good at making decisions." Teachers will select a day to administer the screener between April 24th and May 5th. If your child is new to UPark and you do not want them to participate, you can access the opt-out form here. If you would like to opt out your child, please return the completed form to your child's teacher or Alicia Vega no later than Friday, April 21st at 3:30pm. Please note if you have already completed the opt out form for this school year, you do not need to return another form.
If you have any questions regarding the social/emotional screener, please reach out to Alicia Vega (alicia_vega@dpsk12.org or 720-424-3458). We appreciate your assistance as we work together to educate and support your student(s)!
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We’re heading back to Chook for our final restaurant night! Please join us on Tuesday, May 9th from 11am to 8pm and earn 20% back for UPark. This offer is good at all 3 Chook locations! Make sure to mention UPark when ordering via phone or dining in, or enter code SCHOOLS20 for online orders. Let’s finish out this school year with our best event yet!
Due to a fire that occurred at the Pearl St. location, they will not be able to re-open in time for our restaurant night. But, the Cherry Hills and 8th Ave locations will be able to host our fundraiser and they have increased their delivery area to help accommodate families near Platt Park. If you want to place a delivery order, please order through chookchicken.com, enter code SCHOOLS20, to give credit back to UPark. All other details remain the same!
Locations:
8th Ave & Birch St | 4340 E 8th Ave Denver, CO 80220
Platt Park | 1300 S Pearl St Denver, CO 80210 - Temporarily closed
Cherry Hills Marketplace | 2500 E Orchard Road, Suite C, Greenwood Village, CO 80121
303.282.8399
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Online Registration for 2023-24 |
Current DPS families – save time by updating your student’s information online! By completing this process using your Parent Portal account, you can quickly update all of your student's information before we leave for Summer break. You will be able to register during one of the widows listed below:
- The “Early Bird” window, May 8-19
- Regular window, July 30 - August 30
To register online, primary legal guardians of current DPS students must have an active DPS Parent Portal account. Visit myportal.dpsk12.org to sign up, or to check that your account is active and ready.
For more information on how to complete online registration, contact the front office or visit schoolchoice.dpsk12.org.
**New UPark families -- you will be able to complete the online registration during the regular window which will open in late July. Be on the lookout for information over the summer.**
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2023 Fun Run and Carnival |
Our annual Fun Run and Carnival is coming up on Sunday, May 21st, 2023. The Fun Run will start at 10AM with the Carnival to follow at 10:30 AM. You can secure your spot by purchasing registration, lunch tickets and carnival wristbands here.
NOTE: The deadline for t-shirt orders has passed. We can no longer guarantee sizing or availability of t-shirts. We will do our best to fulfill any orders placed after the deadline and a limited number of shirts may be available at registration on the day of the event.
We are also looking for volunteers to help on the day of the event. This is one of the highlights of the year for many of our kiddo's but we need your help to make it successful. We welcome volunteers aged from 5th grade and up, parents and older siblings are encouraged to help while the young ones enjoy the Carnival after the Fun Run. We have created a Signup Genius Form to help us keep track of the volunteers. Please sign-up at the link below.
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Save the date for the all-students Arts Night and 4th Grade performances on May18th from 5:00-7:00! Enjoy various art activities such as origami and marble art in the gym, and check out the 4th and 5th Grade art show!
Miss Moret is looking for volunteers to help out with art activities at the UPark Arts Night on May 18th. For more information email her at malia_moret@dpsk12.net.
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The UPark Book Fair is Back! Just in time to stock up for summer break, UPark and the UPark PTA are hosting the Scholastic Book Fair Monday, May 15 through Friday, May 19. Students will shop during their regularly scheduled Library time throughout the week. The fair will also be open for parents to join their students Monday, May 15, from 3:20 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday (Art Night), May 18, from 3:20 p.m. to 6:30 pm. Remember, University Park earns a portion of the proceeds from all purchases. Click here for all the details including E-Wallet information.
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All 4th Grade Students and Families, please join us for our Colorado Musical performances during Art Night on Thursday, May 18th! The live auditorium performance schedule will be as follows:
5:00-5:45 p.m. Ms. Morton's Class
5:45-6:30 p.m. Ms. Rau's Class
Students should wear blue jeans and a solid red, blue, or yellow shirt to represent the Colorado flag. Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your student's performance time and enter through the main doors on South Saint Paul Street. After students head up to their classrooms with their homeroom teachers, families may find a seat in the auditorium after the previous group exits. Please reserve the chairs for adults and have children sit on the floor in front of the stage. Students will meet their families outside the gym. We ask that everyone exit through the doors to the staff parking lot on East Iliff Avenue to help us with the flow of traffic in the building. All students should make themselves available from 5:00-6:30 that evening so that we have understudies if we need to call on them, as both classes will be performing the same show. 4th Grade students and families may attend Art Night before and/or after their performance.
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2023-24 DPS Calendar and UPark Bell Schedule |
Click here to view the 2023-24 DPS calendar. As a reminder our bell times will change next year. The UPark school day will be 8:50-3:50. Students will be able to arrive no earlier than 8:30 am. for breakfast or playground supervision.
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Health Office Medications |
Medications can start to be picked up today till 3:30 pm on June 2nd. All medications left after 3:30 pm on June 2nd will be destroyed per DPS protocol. If your student has scheduled medications or has needed inhalers/allergy medications this school year we recommend picking up the last week of school. Any non-essential or unused medications can be picked up at your convenience. |
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Judy Cardenas, Kindergarten teacher of 34 years, will be retiring from teaching at the end of this school year. Ms. Cardenas began teaching in 1986 at the "Alianza" Bilingual Magnet school for Santa Cruz County, desegregating Migrant farmworkers and city residents and has been at University Park for the last 20 years. Staff and UPark family members are throwing her a retirement celebration. Click here for details! We thank her for her amazing work here at UPark and will miss her tremendously!
UPark Discovery Link also has a new Program Supervisor. Kali Pacheco is joining the Discovery Link team and will support with any questions related to before and after school programing. Welcome Kali! We are so glad to have you as part of the team! Click here for Kali's introduction.
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UPark Owl Ticket Students |
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Congratulations to this week's Owl Ticket students! They were recognized by their teachers for above and beyond positive behavior. |
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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 "UPARK" letters in our main hallway. |
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University Park Elementary Calendar
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Thursday Extras
This is where you will find a list of flyers that DPS or approved organizations have asked we pass out to our community. Simply click on the flyer name to view in its entirety. Please ask our office staff if you need a paper copy.
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Looking Ahead
May 4: 2nd Grade Field Trip
May 8: NO SCHOOL-UPark Planning
May 9: CSC Meeting
May 9: PTA Meeting
May 15-19: Book Fair
May 18: UPark Art Night
May 18: 4th Grade Performances
May 21: Fun Run and Carnival
May 23: 5th Grade Field Trip
May 23: Spring Band Concert
May 26: Enrichment Ends
May 29: NO SCHOOL- Memorial Day
May 31: KG Picnic
June 1: 5th Grade Continuation
June 2: Kindergarten Bridging
June 2: Last Day of School-Half Day
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University Park | 720-424-3410 | 2300 S. St. Paul | Website
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