**REMINDER NO SCHOOL**
When: Monday, November 21st - Friday, November 25th
FOOD DELIVERY HELP NEEDED
The back pack program is in need of 2 volunteers to set up and wash potatoes Tuesday, November 22nd from 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM at DGS. We also need 10 volunteers to commit one hour Tuesday, November 22nd sometime between 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM to deliver turkeys to 2-3 DGS families. Please click here for more information and thanks for volunteering!
BASKETBALL TRYOUTS
When: Monday, November 28th and Wednesday, November 30th
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Where: Gym
Who: All middle school students
What: Boys and Girls Basketball Team Tryouts. Students are encouraged to attend both tryouts. Please see the DGS athletics website to print a copy of the physical form.
SUPPORTING FIFTH GRADERS IN MATH & LITERACY
When: December 5, 2016 from 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Where: Ms. Martinez's classroom - Rm. 116
What: Families often have questions about how to best support fifth graders' in literacy and math work. We will take a look at the power standards in fifth grade literacy and math, with a focus on how you can help students to push their thinking at home. We will also take a look at some of the online tools that students can use. Childcare is provided. We hope to see you there!
PAC MEETING
When: Wednesday, December 7th
Time: Either 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM OR 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Where: Elementary ELA room (first classroom by the front office)
Who: For all parents of English language learners
SPECIAL COFFEE & CONVERSATION & PTA MEETING
When: Friday, December 9, 2016
Time: 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM. This is usually the date for Coffee and Conversation, and we will still have coffee and conversation... about Budget.
Where: DGS Middle School Cottage
Who: Parents, Teachers, Staff, Community... Everything you do to enhance student learning (like classroom parents, chaperoning field trips, volunteering at events, etc.) is PTA. It's more than meetings and fundraising. Any time you show up, you make a difference!
What: Special DGS PTA Budget Meeting... To present the proposed 2016-2017, to inform the general membership of how funds are spent, to allow opportunity for discussion, and to VOTE and APPROVE the budget.
Why: 1. We must have 15 current (paid) members present in order to vote. 2. We must have an approved budget to conduct business requiring PTA funds.
DGS PTA Board Members are committed to transparency, inclusion, and genuine representation of our school community. To be in order with our DGS PTA Bylaws and to be in Good Standing with Colorado PTA, we must give sufficient notice to our general membership of this meeting to ensure adequate member attendance.
Currently, our PTA is under a spending freeze until our budget is approved per our bylaws, Colorado PTA, IRS and organization insurance.
How: You can help us honor our commitment to DGS by renewing your membership or becoming a new member, and being present to vote. Be a Member... $10 annually; Membership envelopes are available in the main office, Middle School reception desk, and PTA bulletin boards (both buildings). Completed envelopes with payment can be turned in to either office's PTA mailbox. Be Present: We will also accept memberships prior to calling this special meeting to order. Continental breakfast will be provided. Be Counted: Vote.
You are PTA and PTA is You!
DGS WINTER GALA
When: December 14th (ECE, 1st, 3rd, 7/8 Advanced Band, After School Guitar)
December 15th (Kinder, 2nd, 4th, Dragon Singers)
Where: DGS Cafe @ 6:00 PM (All students should arrive no later than 5:45 PM, show begins at 6)
Attire: Concert clothes; please, no sweat pants
What: The Winter Gala is back again! Please join us for our annual Winter concert featuring ECE-4th grade, the Dragon Singers, after school guitar, and the 7/8 Advanced Band. This year's concert will be on December 14th and December 15th. This year, we will be hosting a place setting drive. Please bring any mismatched plates, saucers, forks, or spoons. These items will go towards making our cafeteria "green" so we can stop the use of plastic spoons and forks. Please check the information below to find when your student is performing in this year's Winter Gala. If you have any questions regarding the performance, or if you would like to volunteer the night of the concert, please contact Ms. Harkins at [email protected].
SUPPORT OUR AUTISM CENTER PROGRAM
Our Autism Center programs in DGS are raising money through a Donors Choose Project to provide students with much needed Equine Therapy. This effective therapy would help our students with communication, motor-skills and self-empowerment. Students would attend 5 weeks of equine therapy sessions at the Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center in Longmont, CO. Please help support all of our students at DGS. Any donations made by November 15th will receive up to a $10.00 dollar match. You can donate here: Riding on to Greatness Through Equine Therapy. If you have any questions, please contact Colleen Washburn.
DESTINATION IMAGINATION
Destination Imagination is a volunteer-led (parents, teachers, family, etc...) educational non-profit program whose mission is to inspire the next generation of innovators, leaders and creative thinkers. When you join Destination Imagination, you’ll be a part of a small team that chooses one of seven Challenges. The Destination Imagination program encourages teams of learners to have fun, take risks, focus, and frame challenges while incorporating science, technology, engineering, mathematics, the arts, and service learning. Participants learn patience, flexibility, persistence, ethics, respect for others and their ideas, and the collaborative problem solving process. Please contact Minda McGurk at [email protected] to get your team started!
DGS 2ND GRADE NEEDS YOU
Until Winter Break, the 2nd graders will be studying the cultures of Iraq, Mexico, Russia, Iran, Ireland, and Algonquin (Native American) through both non-fiction research and fairy tales/fables/folk tales. If your family is from any of these cultures and would like to share a part of your culture with the 2nd graders, please email Miss G at [email protected]. Thanks!
FRIDAY ENRICHMENT
Friday Enrichment is an amazing and dynamic program for the students of DGS. We provide a safe and supervised environment, which will provide fun opportunities to learn new skills. Enrichment meets every Friday (except for school holidays) after school from 12:45 PM - 3:45 PM. Please click here for more information. Any questions regarding Friday Clubs should go to Mr. Harvey. [email protected] or 720-692-7981.
DISCOVERY CAMP REGISTRATION
Discovery Camp Registration for December 22nd; December 27th - 28th; January 3rd - 6th. Click here for more information. You can still sign-up for the camp at DGS for November 21th - 22nd.
DGS BACKPACK PROGRAM NEEDS YOUR HELP
Each Friday Sandy picks up, sets up and delivers fresh food to DGS families in need. She needs our help to keep this wonderful program up and running throughout this school year! Every Friday we need volunteers to help transport the fresh food, set it up in the science room, pack bags for families and deliver bags to some families that do not have transportation. Please see volunteer slots by clicking here and for further details on dates, time frames and locations for the first semester of the 2016-2017 school year. Please note: When DGS Students do not have school on a Friday, there will be no fresh food deliveries. Thank you for your support!
SPROUT CITY FARMS
Fall Leaf Drive: As the leaves start to fall, bring 'em to the farm for our compost! Bags can be dropped at our gate by the red and yellow sheds and we'll take 'em from there. Thanks in advance!
Support Sprout City's third community farm!: We've launched an all-or-nothing online fundraising campaign for our third farm that we started building earlier this year! It's in partnership with the Mental Health Center of Denver, and is located in NE Park Hill at 35th & Dahlia. In addition to Sprout City's 1-acre farm, there are several food-based collaborators on site, including an aquaponics greenhouse, experiential learning gardens for children, horticultural therapy gardens, and emergency food relief. We've all banded together to raise some of the funds needed to finish the buildout and really get growing at the Dahlia Campus, and pledges to the Kickstarter campaign of any amount are greatly appreciated! We've got to raise $20,000 by November 21st (Kickstarter is all-or-nothing, meaning if you don't reach your goal by the deadline, you don't get any of the funds!) Please check it out here and share with your networks!
When: Monday, November 21st - Friday, November 25th
FOOD DELIVERY HELP NEEDED
The back pack program is in need of 2 volunteers to set up and wash potatoes Tuesday, November 22nd from 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM at DGS. We also need 10 volunteers to commit one hour Tuesday, November 22nd sometime between 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM to deliver turkeys to 2-3 DGS families. Please click here for more information and thanks for volunteering!
BASKETBALL TRYOUTS
When: Monday, November 28th and Wednesday, November 30th
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Where: Gym
Who: All middle school students
What: Boys and Girls Basketball Team Tryouts. Students are encouraged to attend both tryouts. Please see the DGS athletics website to print a copy of the physical form.
SUPPORTING FIFTH GRADERS IN MATH & LITERACY
When: December 5, 2016 from 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Where: Ms. Martinez's classroom - Rm. 116
What: Families often have questions about how to best support fifth graders' in literacy and math work. We will take a look at the power standards in fifth grade literacy and math, with a focus on how you can help students to push their thinking at home. We will also take a look at some of the online tools that students can use. Childcare is provided. We hope to see you there!
PAC MEETING
When: Wednesday, December 7th
Time: Either 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM OR 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Where: Elementary ELA room (first classroom by the front office)
Who: For all parents of English language learners
SPECIAL COFFEE & CONVERSATION & PTA MEETING
When: Friday, December 9, 2016
Time: 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM. This is usually the date for Coffee and Conversation, and we will still have coffee and conversation... about Budget.
Where: DGS Middle School Cottage
Who: Parents, Teachers, Staff, Community... Everything you do to enhance student learning (like classroom parents, chaperoning field trips, volunteering at events, etc.) is PTA. It's more than meetings and fundraising. Any time you show up, you make a difference!
What: Special DGS PTA Budget Meeting... To present the proposed 2016-2017, to inform the general membership of how funds are spent, to allow opportunity for discussion, and to VOTE and APPROVE the budget.
Why: 1. We must have 15 current (paid) members present in order to vote. 2. We must have an approved budget to conduct business requiring PTA funds.
DGS PTA Board Members are committed to transparency, inclusion, and genuine representation of our school community. To be in order with our DGS PTA Bylaws and to be in Good Standing with Colorado PTA, we must give sufficient notice to our general membership of this meeting to ensure adequate member attendance.
Currently, our PTA is under a spending freeze until our budget is approved per our bylaws, Colorado PTA, IRS and organization insurance.
How: You can help us honor our commitment to DGS by renewing your membership or becoming a new member, and being present to vote. Be a Member... $10 annually; Membership envelopes are available in the main office, Middle School reception desk, and PTA bulletin boards (both buildings). Completed envelopes with payment can be turned in to either office's PTA mailbox. Be Present: We will also accept memberships prior to calling this special meeting to order. Continental breakfast will be provided. Be Counted: Vote.
You are PTA and PTA is You!
DGS WINTER GALA
When: December 14th (ECE, 1st, 3rd, 7/8 Advanced Band, After School Guitar)
December 15th (Kinder, 2nd, 4th, Dragon Singers)
Where: DGS Cafe @ 6:00 PM (All students should arrive no later than 5:45 PM, show begins at 6)
Attire: Concert clothes; please, no sweat pants
What: The Winter Gala is back again! Please join us for our annual Winter concert featuring ECE-4th grade, the Dragon Singers, after school guitar, and the 7/8 Advanced Band. This year's concert will be on December 14th and December 15th. This year, we will be hosting a place setting drive. Please bring any mismatched plates, saucers, forks, or spoons. These items will go towards making our cafeteria "green" so we can stop the use of plastic spoons and forks. Please check the information below to find when your student is performing in this year's Winter Gala. If you have any questions regarding the performance, or if you would like to volunteer the night of the concert, please contact Ms. Harkins at [email protected].
SUPPORT OUR AUTISM CENTER PROGRAM
Our Autism Center programs in DGS are raising money through a Donors Choose Project to provide students with much needed Equine Therapy. This effective therapy would help our students with communication, motor-skills and self-empowerment. Students would attend 5 weeks of equine therapy sessions at the Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center in Longmont, CO. Please help support all of our students at DGS. Any donations made by November 15th will receive up to a $10.00 dollar match. You can donate here: Riding on to Greatness Through Equine Therapy. If you have any questions, please contact Colleen Washburn.
DESTINATION IMAGINATION
Destination Imagination is a volunteer-led (parents, teachers, family, etc...) educational non-profit program whose mission is to inspire the next generation of innovators, leaders and creative thinkers. When you join Destination Imagination, you’ll be a part of a small team that chooses one of seven Challenges. The Destination Imagination program encourages teams of learners to have fun, take risks, focus, and frame challenges while incorporating science, technology, engineering, mathematics, the arts, and service learning. Participants learn patience, flexibility, persistence, ethics, respect for others and their ideas, and the collaborative problem solving process. Please contact Minda McGurk at [email protected] to get your team started!
DGS 2ND GRADE NEEDS YOU
Until Winter Break, the 2nd graders will be studying the cultures of Iraq, Mexico, Russia, Iran, Ireland, and Algonquin (Native American) through both non-fiction research and fairy tales/fables/folk tales. If your family is from any of these cultures and would like to share a part of your culture with the 2nd graders, please email Miss G at [email protected]. Thanks!
FRIDAY ENRICHMENT
Friday Enrichment is an amazing and dynamic program for the students of DGS. We provide a safe and supervised environment, which will provide fun opportunities to learn new skills. Enrichment meets every Friday (except for school holidays) after school from 12:45 PM - 3:45 PM. Please click here for more information. Any questions regarding Friday Clubs should go to Mr. Harvey. [email protected] or 720-692-7981.
DISCOVERY CAMP REGISTRATION
Discovery Camp Registration for December 22nd; December 27th - 28th; January 3rd - 6th. Click here for more information. You can still sign-up for the camp at DGS for November 21th - 22nd.
DGS BACKPACK PROGRAM NEEDS YOUR HELP
Each Friday Sandy picks up, sets up and delivers fresh food to DGS families in need. She needs our help to keep this wonderful program up and running throughout this school year! Every Friday we need volunteers to help transport the fresh food, set it up in the science room, pack bags for families and deliver bags to some families that do not have transportation. Please see volunteer slots by clicking here and for further details on dates, time frames and locations for the first semester of the 2016-2017 school year. Please note: When DGS Students do not have school on a Friday, there will be no fresh food deliveries. Thank you for your support!
SPROUT CITY FARMS
Fall Leaf Drive: As the leaves start to fall, bring 'em to the farm for our compost! Bags can be dropped at our gate by the red and yellow sheds and we'll take 'em from there. Thanks in advance!
Support Sprout City's third community farm!: We've launched an all-or-nothing online fundraising campaign for our third farm that we started building earlier this year! It's in partnership with the Mental Health Center of Denver, and is located in NE Park Hill at 35th & Dahlia. In addition to Sprout City's 1-acre farm, there are several food-based collaborators on site, including an aquaponics greenhouse, experiential learning gardens for children, horticultural therapy gardens, and emergency food relief. We've all banded together to raise some of the funds needed to finish the buildout and really get growing at the Dahlia Campus, and pledges to the Kickstarter campaign of any amount are greatly appreciated! We've got to raise $20,000 by November 21st (Kickstarter is all-or-nothing, meaning if you don't reach your goal by the deadline, you don't get any of the funds!) Please check it out here and share with your networks!