McMeen Elementary

McMeen School Year Calendar

SEPTEMBER

Sept 23 - Individual Pictures

Sept 29 - Teacher Planning (No School)

Sept 30 - Teacher Planning (No School)

 Ways to Get Involved

Parent Teacher Organization

See the info below!

Recess Volunteers

We would love to start up our recess volunteer program again. The general idea is to provide a time for families to come and volunteer at recess and provide extra supervision. The sincere hope is that this is a fun way to support the school. We have put together a Guide for Playground Volunteers that goes over some basics of how to get started (we are working on getting it translated into Arabic, Spanish, and Farsi). Please email Stacy West if you are interested at stacy1west@gmail.com.

Announcements

Collaborative School Committee (CSC)

Every year we nominate people to be part of the CSC, which supports decision making for a few things for our school. If you are interested, please fill out this nomination form.

Buses

We have had a lot of questions about buses. Unfortunately, we do not handle or organize buses. If you have questions, you'll need to reach out to the Department of Transportation at 720-423-4600. Bus exemption requests will reopen on Tuesday, September 6th and can be accessed through your Parent Portal.

REMINDER Gifted/Talented Magnet Testing

If you would like you to nominate your student for magnet testing please follow this link and nominate your child to take the COGAT.  The nomination window will close 10/14.  The cognitive assessment will be given at McMeen by me (Jenni Cessar). Only students in 1,3,4, and 5 can be nominated. Kindergarten and 2nd will take the NNAT this fall. If you have any questions, please reach out: jennifer_cessar@dpsk12.net

Student Shout Outs    

Mighty Mustangs (these are students who were showing our MUSTANG traits this week and had their name called on Friday) - 2nd Grade Bettye for Self-Aware, 1st Grade Arely for Tenacious, Damien for Mindful and Growth Mindset, 2nd Grade Skyler for Tenacious and Agency, 3rd Grade Aveen, 1st Grade Aya, Victoria for Mindful and Self-Aware, 2nd Grade Gueda for Updstander, 1st Grade Justin for Self-Aware, Valentina, 3rd Grade Asmaa for Upstander, Tenacious, and Agency.

ECE, Leo - Leo es un alumno respetuoso con sus amigos y maestras . El usa sus buenos modales y ha sido perseverante en aprender nuestra rutinas en nuestra clase de preescolar ¡Estamos muy contentas de tener a Leo en nuestro salón ¡Sigue asi Leo! Leo is a very respectful student with friends and teachers.  He uses his good manners  and he has been perseverant learning our ECE classroom routines. We are very happy to have Leo in our classroom! Keep up your hard work Leo! - Sra. Rivera

1st, Isaac - Isaac continually follows all of our classroom rituals and routines and models beautifully for the other students! If someone needs to know what to do, just look at Isaac! - Ms. W

2nd, Mila - Mila is always willing to try! She helps others around her and the other students go to her for help! She is a wonderful girl to have in my class! - Mrs. Homberg   

ECE, All students of Mrs. Erica Aldaz ECE Dual Language - It has been an excellent week. The students have made progress in learning their rituals routines and making new friends. Getting used to their new environment and language. Bravo!! - Sra. Alda

2nd, Ziggie - She is putting in her best effort on a daily basis! She is pushing herself to grow her Spanish skills and becoming more comfortable with her second language.  - Sra. Candee

ECE, Ellie - Ellie has such a great attitude and an infectious smile. She is a great classmate and friend to all of our ECE students. She has a great imagination and is always excited to learn something new. Great job Ellie! - Mr. Hughes

Kindergarten, Arionna - Arionna has been working so hard this week and she brings so much joy into our classroom! - Ms. Blair

News from McMeen Parent Teacher Organization (PTO)

Sign up for the PTO Newsletter and Updates by clicking on groups at the bottom of the ReachWell app and selecting PTO. Doing so will let you receive the information in your preferred language.

PTO Meetings – September 12th

PTO meetings will be held the 2nd Monday of every month via Zoom. 

Next Meeting: Monday, September 12th @ 6pm

PTO Meeting

Colorado Rockies Game - September 11th @1:10pm.
Colorado Rockies vs Arizona Diamondbacks

Ticket purchases can be made through cash or the square site https://mcmeenpto.square.site/ 

Tickets paid by cash need to have the fully filled out form that was sent home with your child. Please include student and parent name, student's teacher name and contact info on the form. Donated tickets, for families who would like to go, helped last year's game become a great McMeen community event. Ticket donations can be made in either format as well. Last year we had many more requests than available donated tickets. The square site has a ticket donation button so you can use a card to donate.  If a donation is being made using the form, please make note on the form that the tickets are for donation. Ticket purchases are due by Tuesday, September 6th. Tickets will be distributed by Ben Warren from the PTO, on the playground at McMeen, within two or three school days leading up to the Game. If tickets aren't picked up, they will be given to the school office to be distributed to families in their Friday folder. He will try to accommodate requests for families to sit together but it may not be possible. 

McMeen Eats – Pie Society – Tuesday, September 13th (4pm – 8pm)

Mention McMeen when ordering or add “McMeen” in the comments box if ordering online.

20% of sales will be donated to the McMeen PTO. 

School Store – Open Through September 30th!

Get all your Mustang gear today! The ordering window will be open until September30th.  It will take 2-3 weeks to ship the orders once the ordering window is closed. You will be able to pick up your orders at McMeen.  Please add your child's name as the customer so that we can easily get the orders out once they arrive. To order, use the link below. 

McMeen School Store

Event Committee Volunteers Needed!

• Social Events
• Literacy Events
• Appreciation Events
• Amazon List Manager

Sign-up through the Sign-Up Genius link below. 

Sign-Up Genius

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