2300 S. St. Paul St., Denver, CO 80210
720-424-3410
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I want to thank all of our great parents who volunteered and showed up to participate in our second annual Hispanic / Latino Heritage Parade and Field Day. I also want to send a huge shout out to Tracy Hartin and Patricia Ritz for making this such a special event for our students and our community. Days like last Thursday really showcase what a wonderful school we have and the importance of taking time to celebrate our diversity while we also focus on cooperation and teamwork. Thank you all for helping to make this such a special day for all! |
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Eric Atonna
UPark Principal, Team UPark
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PTA Meeting - Tuesday, October 11 |
Join us for the next PTA meeting on Tuesday, October 11th at 6pm in the Art Room or join us via zoom using the link below. All are welcome to attend!
Meeting ID: 886 6744 6719
Passcode: 595144
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Apple Campaign - Final Week of the Limited Time Matching Opportunity! |
It’s the final countdown of the Apple Campaign! In case you missed it last week - we have some big news! To help us get closer to our goal, three generous families have come together to match up to $15,000 of donations. This could help us raise up to $30,000 in this final push. To date, we’ve raised $43,730 out of our $75,000 goal, so this match opportunity is a big deal. If you haven’t donated yet, we encourage you to do so. There are things that UPark offers that are not funded by the state’s tax dollars. The money we are raising right now supports additional staff which allows UPark to provide smaller class sizes, reading intervention, additional Gifted & Talented instruction time, full-time art and paraprofessionals in younger classrooms.
We need donations of all sizes to reach our goal. Of the families who gave last year:
10% gave $25-$100
18% gave $100-$149
37% gave $150-$499
12% gave $500-$999
15% gave $1,000-$2,499
7% gave $2,500 or more
Donations can be made at http://bit.ly/apple-upark or mail/drop off a check made out to UPark PTA at the main office. Email uparkpta@gmail.com with questions or to inquire about stock transfers or corporate matching.
*Thank you to the Stallworthy, Trujillo and Winn Families for providing the matching fund.
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Thank you to our PTA for another much needed donation, this time in the form of a brand new fridge for our teacher's lounge! Once the fridge was installed we were even treated to all of our favorite beverages stocked in the fridge by our amazing PTA. Thank you for all that you do to make things a little easier and more comfortable for our staff. We appreciate you! |
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BESS Social Emotional Screener for all UPark Owls |
The BESS screener is a universal social and emotional screening for students. This screener will be completed 3 times throughout the school year, with our first screening occurring between Monday, September 26th and Friday, October 7th. 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 through October 7th. 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 9/26 and 10/7. Teachers will be sending home an opt out form with your child for your review. You can also access it 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, September 23rd at 3:30pm.
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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UPark Community Garden Days! |
Hello UPark Community! The UPark Garden has more produce growing. We will host a Community Garden Day on Saturday 10/8 (10am to noon). Please visit the garden with your children and pick your own produce. There will be a fresh crop of snap peas, swiss chard, kale, squash, beans, pepper(s), tomatoes, and lots of herbs.We will have small reusable baggies and tools on site.
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UPark Family-Teacher Conferences |
Save the date for family-teacher conferences on October 11th and 13th from 4:00-8:00pm. Be on the lookout in the upcoming weeks for an email or sign up directly from your classroom teachers. |
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Celebrity Crossing Guard
Walk/Roll to School - OCT 12
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National Walk/Roll to School Day is Wednesday, October 12th. On this day, we will have special celebrity guests assisting our crossing guards. Please help us celebrate by traveling to school using “active transportation.”
DPS is working on assigning celebrities to schools!
Walk, ride your bike, use your wheelchair, scooter, skateboard, or ride RTD on October 12th to receive a raffle ticket to win a gift card to Snarfs. If you need to drive to school, please park one or more blocks away from the school and come through the main crosswalk to receive your raffle ticket. Our goal is to have everyone use human-powered transportation on this day!
More than 20 DPS schools are participating in this event. Together we can create a healthy community!
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Congratulations to Ulfeta, who has been officially hired as our Facilities Manager! Ulfeta has worked incredibly hard the last few weeks to keep our building in tip top shape and we're so glad to have her on board. Stela is our crew lead supporting Ulfeta and we are so lucky to have this great team here at UPark.
Teresa Solomon has also been hired as a Special Education paraprofessional and has a deep connection with UPark as a former parent and volunteer. Welcome Teresa!
Cassie Jones is up and running as our new Office Support! If you are reporting student absences by email be sure to include Cassie at cassandra_jones@dpsk12.org and Alexis at alexis_matter@dpsk12.org to ensure that the attendance gets recorded correctly. Please let us know if you have any other questions!
Sydney Olson has started at UPark as our school nurse. Please reach out to her at sydney_olson@dpsk12.org with any health related questions.
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Gifted and Talented Testing |
GT testing is coming up for all Kindergarten and Second grade students. The test is the NNAT3 and in the next few weeks letters will be sent home with students that will inform parents of this assessment. Ms. Turrettini will be administering it in October for Second grade and early November for Kindergarten.
Cognitive testing for grades 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th, the CogAT, that parents can sign their child up for is also available. This application is due by Oct 14th and will be administered in November. Here’s the link to the application: https://studentequity.dpsk12.org/gifted-talented/. Once you are on the site, click the red testing application link.
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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
October 6: Picture Retake Day
October 11: CSC Meeting
October 11: PTA Meeting
October 11 & 13: Conferences
October 14: NO SCHOOL
October 17: NO SCHOOL-DPS Planning
October 31: Hero Harvest Parade
November 1: KG and 1st Grade field trip
November 8: CSC Meeting
November 8: PTA Meeting
November 10: Multicultural Night
November 15: New Family School Tour
November 21-25: NO SCHOOL-Fall Break
November 28: NO SCHOOL-UPark Specific Planning
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