AMERICORPS NEEDS HELP
GOOD NEWS! DGS secured another Americorps team to help out at DGS for the next 12 weeks. They help DGS in so many ways, from literacy and math tutoring to helping teachers in the classroom. We are looking to give a little back to them. How can you help? Good question. The team is living in a church in Wheatridge, CO and we are trying to help the team feel at home while living in a church for 12 weeks. One way to do so is to get them to the gym for workouts. The Wheatridge Recreation Center is a great place where they can do just that. With your help, we can purchase punch passes for the team which will enable them to hit the gym for just $3 a visit. We have 12 Americorps volunteers and we would like to help them get to the gym a few times a week. Thus, we are collecting donations from the parent community to help make this happen. Donations of any amount are greatly appreciated and you can drop them off at the office. Or pay via PayPal ([email protected]) or Venmo (Frank-Coyne) Every bit will help us help them and keep them happy working at DGS.
ELA BREAKFAST AND COFFEE CONVERSATION
DGS Families, please join us for the first joint ELA Breakfast and Coffee and Conversation of 2018! The ELA Team will be covering basic information regarding the ACCESS test and the PTA will be leading conversation around how to get involved at DGS. Come to the cottage at 8:00 Friday for free food and to mingle. We hope to see you there!
AFTER SCHOOL SPANISH CLASS
DGS is offering an After School Spanish class for students in the 2nd-4th grade. This class is limited to the first 16 students that sign up! It will begin Tuesday, January 16th and will run until Thursday, May 17th. There are 33 sessions and it does cost $100. You are able to pay $50 to sign-up and the remaining by March 1st.You are able to fill out the sign-up sheet at the main office.
DGS MATH NIGHT
The goal of this event is to have a fun, engaging, and interactive evening that excites everyone about math! We are setting up four stations for each grade to go through during the evening. These stations will include a home support presentation, math board/card games, Casio games, building a geometry town, and a concession stand. We are looking forward to seeing you there!
When: Thursday, January 18th
Time: 5:30-6:40
Where: DGS Elementary Building room TBD
Who: 2nd -8th and family members
DGS TOURS AND SHADOW DAYS
Did you know that DGS offers tours and shadow days to families interested in DGS? Our Shadows have now started, please contact the office at 720-424-7480.
SCHOOLCHOICE EXPO
DPS will be holding a series of five regional school expos during the week of January 22nd, 2018. Below is the time and location for the southeast region. For other regions, you can contact the Office of Choice and Enrollment at 720-423-3493.
Southeast Regional Expo
When: Tuesday, Jan. 22 from 6 to 8 p.m
Where: George Washington High School
655 S. Monaco Pkwy
SCHOOLCHOICE WILL OPEN IN FEBRUARY
The office of Choice has moved the window from January to February. The 2018-19 school year choice window will be February 1st thru February 28th. This change will give families more time to research schools and finalize living arrangements. Applications Will not be available until that date and school assignments results are expected to be sent to families in early April.
NEW TOOL
DPS is introducing an online, mobile-friendly tool which families will use to submit your SchoolChoice application. This new tool can be easily accessed from a cell phone, tablet or computer. Because of this change to an online application process, lots of resources will be available for families, including: the SchoolChoice telephone hotline (720)423-3493 access to computer labs and technology support at their child’s school; one-on-one support from SchoolChoice staff; online information to help families use the new School Finder and SchoolChoice application tool; community events; and more. The new tool will be available once the Choice process opens in February.
EARLY LITERACY UPDATE
As part of DGS's commitment to early literacy, K-3 reading group teachers assessed every student before winter break and regrouped students accordingly. This process ensures we are providing the best, targeted reading instruction for every student. Please contact your child's teacher, Prudence Daniels, or Carlos Romero with any questions.
DGS BASKETBALL
DGS Families we want to thank everyone for their support for our boys/girls basketball team! To view the full schedule click here.
GIRLS ON THE RUN
Girls on the Run will start the week of March 5th. Girls on the Run inspires girls to a lifetime of self-respect and a healthy lifestyle through an innovative program that combines training for a 3.1-mile run/walk race with a fun, health education lesson plan. We will meet at DGS after school from 3:45-5:15. Open to all 3rd, 4th
and 5th-grade girls. Registration opens February 5th. For more information about the program go to www.girlsontherunrockies.org. Questions or want to coach? Email [email protected] or stop by Room 103.
WINTER WEATHER
Be sure to send your students in the appropriate layers for a Colorado Winter. If it's above 20 degrees and there is no ice on the playground, we will be outside for recess.
STUDENT ACTIVITY FEES
Parents with many excursions already taking place it is imperative that fees are paid, or some type of arrangement is made. Please see the office staff to make a payment or make an arrangement of $6 a month. As always we thank you for your support
ECE - 5th - $50
6th - 8th - $75
FROM THE FARM
Check out Sprout City Farms' recent newsletter for updates on our 7th season, and info on our crowdfunding campaign!
Sprout City Farms is in a critical transition period and has launched a campaign to raise $10,000 by December 15th to keep our current farms growing and meet our food access and education goals for 2018. We're nearly halfway to our fundraising goal: please check it out, make a pledge, and share! Denver developers are buying up land at a rapid clip and we need your help to ensure we can build future urban farms to grow the local food movement, protect remaining lands, keep communities strong, and continue getting kids outside to learn about food and farming!
2017 Wrap-up:
We've wrapped up our 7th season at the farm! Thanks to all who came out to visit, help in the field, shop at the Farm Stand, and/or attend a workshop or event! This year we produced 7,000 pounds of fresh food for the School Cafeteria, CSA program, Farm Stand, and Donation programs, hosted nearly all DGS grade levels/classes multiple times in the spring and fall, hosted over 200 volunteers, and all in all reached over 1,500 families! We appreciate the support of the Denver Green School community and look forward to seeing everyone again outside starting in April. Until then, we'll be working with the PTA/PASS on forming a Wellness Committee to support food/nutrition initiatives of the farm and garden--stay tuned!
2018 Farm CSA Shares:
Weekly shares of the farm's harvest are now on sale for 2018! It's like pre-paid grocery shopping: come to the DGS Community Farm each Wednesday 4-6pm from late June to late October and get a box full o' seasonal veggies to take home! Veggie/herb/flower shares are $450 (payment plans available), and we offer fruit, egg, meat, mushroom, and tea shares through local partners. Check out all the info on Sprout City Farms' website and get in touch with Farmer Meg if you'd like to know more! ([email protected], 720-319-8126) Work shares and SNAP/EBT shares are also available--info and applications are on the website.
GOOD NEWS! DGS secured another Americorps team to help out at DGS for the next 12 weeks. They help DGS in so many ways, from literacy and math tutoring to helping teachers in the classroom. We are looking to give a little back to them. How can you help? Good question. The team is living in a church in Wheatridge, CO and we are trying to help the team feel at home while living in a church for 12 weeks. One way to do so is to get them to the gym for workouts. The Wheatridge Recreation Center is a great place where they can do just that. With your help, we can purchase punch passes for the team which will enable them to hit the gym for just $3 a visit. We have 12 Americorps volunteers and we would like to help them get to the gym a few times a week. Thus, we are collecting donations from the parent community to help make this happen. Donations of any amount are greatly appreciated and you can drop them off at the office. Or pay via PayPal ([email protected]) or Venmo (Frank-Coyne) Every bit will help us help them and keep them happy working at DGS.
ELA BREAKFAST AND COFFEE CONVERSATION
DGS Families, please join us for the first joint ELA Breakfast and Coffee and Conversation of 2018! The ELA Team will be covering basic information regarding the ACCESS test and the PTA will be leading conversation around how to get involved at DGS. Come to the cottage at 8:00 Friday for free food and to mingle. We hope to see you there!
AFTER SCHOOL SPANISH CLASS
DGS is offering an After School Spanish class for students in the 2nd-4th grade. This class is limited to the first 16 students that sign up! It will begin Tuesday, January 16th and will run until Thursday, May 17th. There are 33 sessions and it does cost $100. You are able to pay $50 to sign-up and the remaining by March 1st.You are able to fill out the sign-up sheet at the main office.
DGS MATH NIGHT
The goal of this event is to have a fun, engaging, and interactive evening that excites everyone about math! We are setting up four stations for each grade to go through during the evening. These stations will include a home support presentation, math board/card games, Casio games, building a geometry town, and a concession stand. We are looking forward to seeing you there!
When: Thursday, January 18th
Time: 5:30-6:40
Where: DGS Elementary Building room TBD
Who: 2nd -8th and family members
DGS TOURS AND SHADOW DAYS
Did you know that DGS offers tours and shadow days to families interested in DGS? Our Shadows have now started, please contact the office at 720-424-7480.
SCHOOLCHOICE EXPO
DPS will be holding a series of five regional school expos during the week of January 22nd, 2018. Below is the time and location for the southeast region. For other regions, you can contact the Office of Choice and Enrollment at 720-423-3493.
Southeast Regional Expo
When: Tuesday, Jan. 22 from 6 to 8 p.m
Where: George Washington High School
655 S. Monaco Pkwy
SCHOOLCHOICE WILL OPEN IN FEBRUARY
The office of Choice has moved the window from January to February. The 2018-19 school year choice window will be February 1st thru February 28th. This change will give families more time to research schools and finalize living arrangements. Applications Will not be available until that date and school assignments results are expected to be sent to families in early April.
NEW TOOL
DPS is introducing an online, mobile-friendly tool which families will use to submit your SchoolChoice application. This new tool can be easily accessed from a cell phone, tablet or computer. Because of this change to an online application process, lots of resources will be available for families, including: the SchoolChoice telephone hotline (720)423-3493 access to computer labs and technology support at their child’s school; one-on-one support from SchoolChoice staff; online information to help families use the new School Finder and SchoolChoice application tool; community events; and more. The new tool will be available once the Choice process opens in February.
EARLY LITERACY UPDATE
As part of DGS's commitment to early literacy, K-3 reading group teachers assessed every student before winter break and regrouped students accordingly. This process ensures we are providing the best, targeted reading instruction for every student. Please contact your child's teacher, Prudence Daniels, or Carlos Romero with any questions.
DGS BASKETBALL
DGS Families we want to thank everyone for their support for our boys/girls basketball team! To view the full schedule click here.
GIRLS ON THE RUN
Girls on the Run will start the week of March 5th. Girls on the Run inspires girls to a lifetime of self-respect and a healthy lifestyle through an innovative program that combines training for a 3.1-mile run/walk race with a fun, health education lesson plan. We will meet at DGS after school from 3:45-5:15. Open to all 3rd, 4th
and 5th-grade girls. Registration opens February 5th. For more information about the program go to www.girlsontherunrockies.org. Questions or want to coach? Email [email protected] or stop by Room 103.
WINTER WEATHER
Be sure to send your students in the appropriate layers for a Colorado Winter. If it's above 20 degrees and there is no ice on the playground, we will be outside for recess.
STUDENT ACTIVITY FEES
Parents with many excursions already taking place it is imperative that fees are paid, or some type of arrangement is made. Please see the office staff to make a payment or make an arrangement of $6 a month. As always we thank you for your support
ECE - 5th - $50
6th - 8th - $75
FROM THE FARM
Check out Sprout City Farms' recent newsletter for updates on our 7th season, and info on our crowdfunding campaign!
Sprout City Farms is in a critical transition period and has launched a campaign to raise $10,000 by December 15th to keep our current farms growing and meet our food access and education goals for 2018. We're nearly halfway to our fundraising goal: please check it out, make a pledge, and share! Denver developers are buying up land at a rapid clip and we need your help to ensure we can build future urban farms to grow the local food movement, protect remaining lands, keep communities strong, and continue getting kids outside to learn about food and farming!
2017 Wrap-up:
We've wrapped up our 7th season at the farm! Thanks to all who came out to visit, help in the field, shop at the Farm Stand, and/or attend a workshop or event! This year we produced 7,000 pounds of fresh food for the School Cafeteria, CSA program, Farm Stand, and Donation programs, hosted nearly all DGS grade levels/classes multiple times in the spring and fall, hosted over 200 volunteers, and all in all reached over 1,500 families! We appreciate the support of the Denver Green School community and look forward to seeing everyone again outside starting in April. Until then, we'll be working with the PTA/PASS on forming a Wellness Committee to support food/nutrition initiatives of the farm and garden--stay tuned!
2018 Farm CSA Shares:
Weekly shares of the farm's harvest are now on sale for 2018! It's like pre-paid grocery shopping: come to the DGS Community Farm each Wednesday 4-6pm from late June to late October and get a box full o' seasonal veggies to take home! Veggie/herb/flower shares are $450 (payment plans available), and we offer fruit, egg, meat, mushroom, and tea shares through local partners. Check out all the info on Sprout City Farms' website and get in touch with Farmer Meg if you'd like to know more! ([email protected], 720-319-8126) Work shares and SNAP/EBT shares are also available--info and applications are on the website.