Teller Elementary School

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Upcoming Events

• Tuesday, March 21st - Thursday, March 23rd - CMAS Testing (3rd - 5th Grade)

• Tuesday, March 21st - Dine for Teller @ Hopdaddy Burger Bar

• Wednesday, March 22nd - Friday, April 21st - Ramadan 

• Wednesday, March 22nd - MLE DAC Meeting

• Thursday, March 23rd - 2nd Grade Night of the Notables @ 5:00 p.m. 

• Friday, March 24th - Shop the Pantry

• Friday, March 24th - First Friday Reading Buddies

• Friday. March 24th - Assessment Binders Distributed

• Friday, March 24th - Winter Enrichment Ends

• Monday, March 27th - Friday, March 31st - No School: Spring Break

• Monday, April 3rd - No School: Teacher In-Service Day

• Tuesday, April 4th - Spring Enrichment Starts

• Tuesday, April 4th - Dine for Teller @ Chook Chicken

• Tuesday, April 10th - PTA Community Meeting @ 6:10 pm

• Friday, April 21st - 3rd - 5th Grade Science Fair

• Tuesday, May 2nd - Teller Town Hall @  6:00 pm

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Colorado Measures of Academic Success: March 21st - March 23rd

The Colorado Measures of Academic Success, or CMAS, is the state summative assessment for language arts, math, science and social studies. CMAS is aligned to the state’s rigorous academic standards and designed to gauge how well students are mastering the standards and are prepared for their next grade. 

Our 3rd - 5th grade students will be taking the literacy (ELA) portion of CMAS next week. Below is our literacy (ELA) CMAS schedule. 

Please help us in preparing your child for CMAS by going to bed on time, eating a healthy breakfast, and arriving at school by 7:30 a.m. on testing days. 

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Dine for Teller @ Hopdaddy: March 21st

Let's show some "neighborly love" to Hopdoddy on 9th and Colorado on Tuesday, March 21st! This dine-for-Teller event is from 4 - 9 pm. You must show the attached flier found here to the Hopdoddy team for 20% of your check to come back to Teller. 

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Ramadan: March 22nd - April 21st

We know Ramadan will begin on Wednesday, March 22nd. If your child is planning to fast and they would benefit from an alternative space during lunch, please contact the main office at 720-424-3560. 

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MLE DAC Meeting: March 22nd

Join the Multilingual Education (MLE) Districtwide Advisory Committee (DAC) on Wednesday, March 22 from 9:30 a.m.-11a.m. at West High School. Please share the attached fliers with your families of multilingual learners. At this in-person meeting, families and staff will learn more about summer school programs available for all grade levels. Register here and visit the MLE-DAC website or call 720-423-3058 for more information.

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2nd Grade Night of the Notables: March 23rd

We are so excited to be hosting an in-person 2nd grade Night of the Notables this year. In order to ensure a successful show, please help us with the following:

1. Students need to be at school with their recorders (drop in the staff parking lot) by 4:45 p.m. and will gather in the gym to prepare for the performance.

2. Students should wear a costume for their notable character. 

3. Parents/guardians can enter the auditorium at 4:45 p.m. Seating is on a first come, first serve basis. 

4. All spectators MUST be in a seat because our students will be in the aisles the entire show. 

5. We ask all spectators to stay for the entire show. 

6. At the conclusion of our program, families will proceed the gym and cafeteria for their child's notable presentation.

If you have questions about our program, please email jennifer_bartos@dpsk12.org. 

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Shop the Pantry

The Teller Backpack Friends program was created to help ensure no Teller student faces issue of hunger. The goal of Backpack Friends is to help Teller families feed themselves and their children by providing food and on occasion, personal essentials and home supplies. For 10 years, the program has provided 2 bags of food each Friday to families that have signed up. If your family is experiencing food insecurity, please consider signing up for weekly food bags, Join the Program.

In recent years, Teller Backpack Friends has held open pantry days for families in the program to "shop" the pantry. These usually occur prior to school breaks, to help families have the food needed to keep themselves fed during the extended time away from school. Beginning with our open pantry for Spring Break 2023, we are opening the pantry to all families, not just those within the weekly food bag program. We recognize that everyone experiences hard times now and then. We want you to know that Teller Backpack Friends is here for you!

If you are in need, please come shop the pantry on Friday, March 24th. Anything within the pantry will be available to you. We have created an inventory of items so you can see what is available. This document will be updated as frequently as possible, to help you know what is and isn't in stock at the current time, whenever it is that you are checking.

Backpack Friends Pantry Inventory List