2300 S. St. Paul St., Denver, CO 80210
720-424-3410
Principal
UPark is having an Open House for prospective families this weekend! This is a great way to get the word out about our wonderful school. Let your friends and neighbors know that they can stop by UPark this Saturday, January 28th between 10 and 12pm to tour the school. There will be two formal school tours at 10:15am and 11:00am. If families would like the formal tour they should come at those times, but if they want to do an informal self-guided tour they can come any time between 10 and 12. Our final school tour will be Monday, February 13th at 9am. Check out our school website for more information.

Is your child transitioning to kindergarten, sixth or ninth grade? The SchoolChoice window is open from January 13 - February 14. For all students that will be new to UPark for the 2023-2024 school year, please complete the online Choice Process. This includes siblings of current UPark students that will be new to the school next year. If your student currently attends UPark you DO NOT need to complete the choice process for next school year. Visit schoolchoice.dpsk12.org to fill out your application.

Remember that the best way to get the word out about our great school, in addition to our school tours, is word of mouth. Let your friends and neighbors know what a great school we have right down the street!
Eric Atonna
UPark Principal, Team UPark
PTA: UPark Staff Winter Pick-Me-Ups!
The UPark PTA invites you to sign up to bring in a pick-me-up for our incredible UPark teachers and staff during the long winter months. Examples could be a sweet treat, breakfast pastries, or even lunch. Sign up individually, gather some friends, or rally your class together in support of our wonderful teachers and staff! Whatever you choose to bring in, please provide for 60 people.

Sign up here. Please enter what you plan to bring in the comment section.

Questions? Email Kate Winn at uparkpta@gmail.com.
Call for Yearbook Photos!
The yearbook committee needs your photos! Please submit pictures from school events, playground shots, or any great pictures you may have of our owls about town to yearbookupark@gmail.com. 
2023-24 School Year Bell Times
Last school year Denver Public Schools determined that, in alignment with the Board of Education's Healthy Start Times resolution, many school bell times would be changed beginning in the 2023-24 school year. This was communicated in newsletters last year, but we wanted to bring it back to your attention so that you can be sure to plan for next year's schedule. Denver Public School's determined that University Park's bell times would be changed to 8:50 and 3:50. This means that, starting next school year (2023-24) UPark classes will begin at 8:50am instead of 8:20 and will end at 3:50pm instead of 3:20.

For more information on the Healthy Start Times resolution and DPS' process for determining school schedules please click here.

DPS also released the 2023-24 school calendar which you can view here. We will keep you updated on any additional planning days that are specific to UPark.
Discovery Link Summer Camps
1.) Discovery Link Summer Camp Registration opens on Monday, 1/23, at 6:00 am.


Families who have never been enrolled in one of our programs or don't already have an SchoolCareWorks account are encouraged to create an account before the link for Summer Camp Registration opens. Creating an account before registration opens will significantly reduce the time required to register.

Discovery Link created a pre-registration checklist detailing the documents parents should have on-hand when creating accounts.

3.) Calendar day selection for all Discovery Link Summer Camps opens on Monday, 5/1, at 6:00 am.

As a reminder, registration and calendar day selection are two different processes. Registration is where caregivers enter demographic, health, and contact information into SchoolCare Works. The operations team then reviews the application and either approves or disapproves it.

4.) Enrichment Exploration Summer Camp @ Cory - Registration and Weekly Class Selection opens on Monday, 1/30, at 6:00 am.

Please review the Summer Enrichment Exploration Camp Brochure and Class Descriptions. Parents have until 6:00pm the Monday of the week prior to register for a block.
SchoolChoice Window Opens January 13
Is your child transitioning to kindergarten, sixth or ninth grade? The SchoolChoice window is open from January 13 - February 14.

If you know of a family that is interested in attending our great neighborhood school let them know that we are accepting new students for next school year starting January 13th! All interested new families are encouraged to join one of our upcoming school tours here to learn more about our great school and community!

For all students that will be new to UPark for the 2023-2024 school year, please complete the online Choice Process. This includes siblings of current UPark students that will be new to the school next year. If your student currently attends UPark you DO NOT need to complete the choice process for next school year.

Visit schoolchoice.dpsk12.org once the Choice window opens to fill out your application.
Prospective Family School Tours
Our amazing PTA has begun giving prospective families tours of UPark. If you have friends or neighbors that are looking for an outstanding school for their kiddos let them know about our school tours. See the dates below and visit the UPark Tour webpage for more details.
  • OPEN HOUSE Saturday, January 28th 10am-noon
  • Monday, February 13th at 9am
UPark Owl Ticket Students
Congratulations to this 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 "UPARK" letters in our main hallway.
University Park Elementary Calendar

To access additional calendar information click here or visit the calendar link on the University Park Website.
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.
Looking Ahead

January 28: School Tours-Open House

February 9: 4th & 5th Field Trip
February 10: Black History Living Museum
February 13: School Tour
February 14: 2nd Grade Field Trip
February 14: CSC Meeting
February 14: PTA Meeting
February 20: NO SCHOOL-President's Day
February 21: NO SCHOOL-DPS Planning
February 23: 3rd Grade Field Trip

March 9: Class Pictures
March 14: CSC Meeting
March 14: PTA Meeting
March 16: 2nd & 3rd Performances and Art Show
March 27-31: NO SCHOOL-Spring Break

April 3: NO SCHOOL-DPS Planning