PTA Meeting!

Join us Tuesday, December 12th at 6pm in the Library for the PTA meeting! Click here for the yearly calendar. We will be meeting in the library at UPARK, or you may also join us via zoom using this link.

December Spirit Fridays!

Join us for some fun Friday spirit days in December. Students can wear items that fit the themes below. Participation is not required, but is encouraged.

• December 8th: Sports day- wear your favorite sport’s team gear or your own sports jersey
• December 15th: Pajama day- wear your cozy clothes, but you must wear shoes, no slippers :)

Complete the You Benefit Form Now!

If you have not already completed this You Benefit! form through MySchoolApps (formerly referred to as the Meals Application) please do so as soon as possible! It is important that every family in DPS complete this annually.

All students in DPS have access to free healthy, nutritious school meals thanks to the Healthy School Meals for All program approved by Colorado voters! While meals are provided for free to all DPS students through Healthy School Meals for All, families will still need to complete a form to ensure DPS and our school get full access to available federal funding.

Cognitive Testing Sign Up

The spring window for Cognitive testing with the CogAT opens Friday, December 1st for grades 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th. If you would like your child to take this test, please sign them up at this link: https://studentequity.dpsk12.org/gifted-talented/. Once you are on the site, click the red cognitive testing application link. The testing will take place in March. If you have any questions, please reach out to Ms. Turrettini.

Kindergarten and 1st Grade Performances Tonight!

All Kindergarten and 1st Grade Students and Families, please join us on Thursday, December 7th in the auditorium for our dance performances and The Share Bears musical! The performance schedule will be as follows:

5:00-5:30 p.m. Ms. Morof’s Class

5:45-6:15 p.m. Ms. Gilmore’s and Ms. Hale’s Classes

6:30-7:00 p.m. Mr. Davis’s and Ms. Gutierrez’s Classes

7:15-7:45 p.m. Ms. Laurent’s and Ms. Eno’s Classes

Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your student's performance time and enter through the main doors on South Saint Paul Street. After dropping students off in their classrooms with their homeroom teachers, families may find a seat in the auditorium. 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 rear auditorium doors immediately following the conclusion of the performance. Please proceed to view the visual arts show 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. 

Each student has been assigned dialogue to be memorized at home. Copies of the scripts were sent home in students' Thursday folders on November 9th. 

Students may dress up for their performances (think Picture Day.) They will be given bear hats to wear on stage as well as kazoos that they can keep afterwards. We can't wait to see you all on December 7th and we appreciate your support of arts education at U-Park!

Buy Holiday Cards and Gifts from Minted to Support UPark!

Order holiday cards and gifts from Minted! You save 20% and Minted Donates 15% to UPark! Code FUNDRAISEUPESDENVER is valid year round! 

Green Ornament Challenge

All UPark Students are invited to create an ornament with the theme of a UPark Owl, Tree, Earth, or "Doing Good" by reusing or repurposing recyclable, compostable materials between December 7th and 15th.

Bring your creating to the lobby near the office so hand up. Label your art with you name and room number or use a label from the green box in the lobby.

Prizes will be awarded for creativity, themes and materials used!

Sponsored by the Student Green Team. uparkgreenteam@gmail.com

Green Team - Trash or Treasure Success!

Green Team is pleased to announce the success of our candy wrapper recycling program. This year we collected more than 12,000 candy wrappers from UPark students!! That's a lot of plastic diverted away from the landfill. Way to go, UPark! 

Trimester 1 Report Cards Available

Report cards are now available in Parent Portal. To access report cards, follow the steps below.

• Log in to the Parent Portal at https://myportal.dpsk12.org/
• Grades will appear on the home screen after log in
• The drop down next to "Student Performance" needs to be changed from T2 to T1 to view this past trimester's grades 
• To view more details click on the "Report Card Key" and the "Full Report Card" link and change from T2 to T1
• To view teacher comments view this video for instructions (video link can also be found in the Portal in the full report card section)

UPark Speech Language Coverage

Ms. Taylor, our Speech Language Pathologist, had her baby and everyone is happy and healthy! While she is on leave, Beth Koenig will be supporting as our Speech Language coverage and will be supported by Mailey Moore, SLP Assistant. They will be starting their services this week. Please let us know if you have any questions.

Guidelines for Students to Stay Home From School



As we get into cold and flu season, we want to remind families of when to keep your student home from school due to illness. We always want to encourage students to stay in school, however according to CDPHE guidelines if students vomit, have diarrhea (frequent, loose, or watery stools compared to normal ones), or fever (100.4 or greater) they must stay home from school (including Discovery Link) for 24 hours after their last symptom or episode. For fever this means the fever has been resolved for 24 hours without fever reducing medications. Please this How Sick is Too Sick document for additional information. Please don't hesitate to contact the UPark health office if you have questions.

Lost and Found 

Are you missing a sweatshirt? A jacket? Maybe a lunchbox or water bottle? Have your child check out the Lost and Found in the UPark cafeteria or stop by before or after school to head down and take a look. All items not claimed by this Friday 12/15 will be donated. Throughout the year, when we find lost items around the school, we always put them in the lost and found, so be sure to check back often! 

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.

• Friday, December 8th at 9:30am
• Wednesday, December 13th at 2pm
• Tuesday, January 16th at 9:30am
• Wednesday, January 17th at 2pm
• Friday, January 19th at 9:30am
• Tuesday, January 23rd at 9:30am
• Wednesday, January 24th at 2pm
• Friday, January 26th at 9:30am
• OPEN HOUSE Saturday, January 27th 10am-noon
• Monday, February 12th at 9:30am

UPark Owl Ticket Students

Congratulations to this week's Owl Ticket students! They were recognized by their teachers for above and beyond positive behavior.