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Supporting Our Kids with New Opportunities in Summer Learning |
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Dear Team DPS,
We know learning shouldn’t stop with the school year. To support our students’ engagement year-round, DPS offers a variety of summer programs when school isn’t in session.
Our vision for summer programming is to provide joyful opportunities for students to engage in and preview learning for the upcoming school year. By offering both enrichments and academic content, we aim to provide students with a safe and supportive environment for hands-on learning, exploring new skills and making new friends during the summer months.
Additionally, we’re excited to share some of our new and re-envisioned summer programs:
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Summer Connections: A free, full-day, six-week program available in all DPS regions for all rising first- through fifth-grade students that combines literacy, math and science. Students will engage in hands-on enrichment experiences in STEM, art and Spark Career Exploration.
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Achieving Excellence Academy (AEA): The pilot AEA summer program is an immersive four-week cultural-identity and ethnic-studies program on Black/African-American and Latinx experiences and ancestral histories. This space will also provide opportunities to unpack and explore varied racial, social, historic and modern civic complexities facing marginalized populations and communities in the 21st century.
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Gen Teach Expansion: This program is a free, five-week Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) academic acceleration summer program for DPS students who are entering grades 6-8.
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Ready for 202X: Ready for 202X is a four-week, interdisciplinary model that uses science as its base. Students will explore environmental sciences using a hands-on approach through investigations, literacy-rich activities and digital tools that engage students in analytical thinking and problem solving. Participating students receive 10 credits or one unit toward graduation requirements.
Additional programs offered through the City and County of Denver can be found here. For questions or assistance about DPS summer programs, please contact the Expanded Academic Learning department at eal@dpsk12.net or call 720-423-3629.
We look forward to continuing to support our kids this summer!
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Catch up with Superintendent Dr. Alex Marrero by following him on Instagram and Twitter, both @DrAlexMarrero!
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Provide Feedback on Declining Enrollment by Friday, April 22 |
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In an effort to address declining enrollment in our district, Superintendent Dr. Marrero charged the Declining Enrollment Advisory Committee with the task of developing criteria that will be used to identify schools for possible closure or consolidation due to declining enrollment. Over the next few weeks, the committee will begin to draft and finalize criteria recommendations to ensure DPS creates a fair and equitable process for closing or consolidating schools due to declining enrollment.
Community feedback is important in this process, and the Declining Enrollment Advisory Committee would like to hear from you. Complete the feedback form on the Declining Enrollment Advisory Committee webpage -- which is available in all Consent Decree languages -- by Friday, April 22.
In an effort to reach communities and groups that have not historically had access to these types of conversations, the Office of Multicultural Outreach is holding information-sharing meetings with community groups and neighborhood organizations to share committee meeting recaps and available resources from the Declining Enrollment Advisory Committee webpage. If you have community engagement questions, email face@dpsk12.org.
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Opt-In Now Open for 2022-23 Transportation |
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The Transportation Opt-In Program is live now through June 30. If your student is eligible and requires DPS Transportation services for the 2022-23 school year, opt in via Parent Portal -- click here for instructions.
If families do not opt in by the June 30 deadline, their student may experience a delay in service. Note: Families of McKinney-Vento, special education, foster care and Newcomer students do not need to take action as they will be opted-in automatically. Questions? Email transportation@dpsk12.org.
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Seeking Student Voices: Tell Us Why Your Educator's Great for Teacher Appreciation! |
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National Teacher Appreciation Week is just around the corner, taking place May 2-6! In celebration, DPS invites our students to recognize their favorite teachers by sharing what makes them so great.
Students have the option to respond to one of the following prompts:
- “I love my teacher because…”
- “My teacher has taught me…”
- “Without my teacher, I wouldn’t…”
- “A teacher is…”
- “My teacher has inspired me to become (career or profession) because…”
Work with the students in your life to tell us why they love their teachers by completing this short form by April 29. Please note that submissions may be featured on the DPS website and DPS Facebook page.
Stay tuned to our channels during Teacher Appreciation Week when we’ll share student perspectives and messages thanking their teachers for helping them succeed!
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Join Us at the 38th Annual DPS Shakespeare Festival Next Friday |
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The DPS Arts and Physical Education Department invites the DPS community to join us at the DCPA for the 38th Annual Shakespeare Festival on Friday, April 22! This year’s festival theme is “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” and will feature student performances on numerous stages throughout the DCPA Complex and Street Theatre. For more information, visit the DPS Shakespeare Festival website.
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DPS ‘Your Voice/Tu Voz’ Survey Opens on May 2 |
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The DPS Your Voice/Tu Voz Student and Family Surveys are an opportunity for students, families, and staff to share about their experiences in DPS. Responses to the survey inform decisions on how we can better serve our DPS community. The last survey of the year will be available beginning May 2.
Student surveys will be sent to all third- through 12th-grade students in district-managed schools via their DPS email address. A link to the survey for families will be sent to the parent/guardian email on file and will also be posted on the Parent Portal and at www.dpsk12.org/survey. Families should expect to receive an email on April 18 with additional information, including instructions if you wish to opt students out of the survey.
All surveys will include additional questions to support the school year 2023-24 Healthy Start Times initiative. Both family and student surveys are optional and confidential. Results from the previous surveys can be viewed on the Survey webpage.
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