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McMeen Elementary
McMeen Elementary Newsletter - October 21, 2022
10/21/22, 4:01 PM
Weekly Happenings
Monday, October 24
Tuesday, October 25
5:00-6:30 - School Safety Resource Fair (see below under Resources from DPS)
Wednesday, October 26
5:00-7:00pm District Multilingual Education Parent Advisory Committee Meeting (see below under Resources from DPS)
Thursday, October 27
Friday, October 28
8:30 - Family Breakfast in the Classroom
2:30 - Character Parade
Upcoming Events
NOVEMBER
November 1 - Collaborative School Committee (CSC)
November 7-8 - McMeen Eats at Chook
November 10 - Thanksgiving Dinner during lunch (families are invited in for lunch)
November 10 - E. Tennessee Ave and S. Oneida St Stormwater Project Informational Meeting
November 11 - No School, Teacher Planning Day
November 14 - Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) Meeting
November 18 - Family Breakfast in the Classroom
November 21-25 - Fall Break
Ways to Get Involved
Bike Tire Tubes
We are looking for donations of bike tire tubes. These provide a great chair fidget for kids who need them. If you have any tubes you can donate, please let Lauren Bartsch know at lauren_bartsch@dpsk12.net and/or drop them off at the office.
Parent Teacher Organization (PTO)
See the info below!
Recess Volunteers
We are always looking for recess volunteers. Our recess runs from 11:30-1:10 everyday. We are happy to help you find the time your child is at recess if that is something you are interested in. 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 in English, Spanish, Arabic, and Farsi that goes over some basics of how to get started. Please email Stacy West if you are interested at stacy1west@gmail.com.
Announcements
We want to clarify that we are NOT participating in any Halloween festivities at McMeen this year. We will continue our tradition of having a Character Parade. Students may dress up as their favorite book character on Friday, October 28th. Please help to make sure costumes are appropriate and do not include masks as many children get scared when they see masked figures. We will leave celebrating Halloween up to parents outside of the school day.
New stormwater pipe and infrastructure improvements are planned to begin at Lollipop Lake in Garland Park and the Cherry Creek waterway in Phase 1 of a multi phased project that will extend to E. Tennessee Avenue and S. Oneida Street. There is a virtual community meeting about this project on Thursday, November 10th from 6-7pm. You can join virtually via Zoom at bit.ly/wvvstormwater or call in at 1-719-359-4580 Meeting ID: 882 3350 9405. Here is more info (we are working on getting these translated to Spanish and Arabic): Meeting Notice and Project Information Sheet.
Our annual Thanksgiving Dinner has been scheduled for November 10th. All families are invited to join us for this meal during your child's lunch time. The menu will be as follows:
- Roasted turkey with gravy
- Mashed potatoes
- Stuffing
- Fruit
- Green beans
- Dinner roll
- Sweet potato cake with cream cheese frosting
Student Shout Outs
Mighty Mustangs - Ayaan for all MUSTANG traits, Emmanuel for being an Upstander, Wildan for being Mindful, Abdi for all the MUSTANG traits, Daisy for all the MUSTANG traits, Yaqeen for being Mindful, Michelle for having a Growth Mindset, Camryn for showing all the MUSTANG traits, Jaelyn for being Mindful, Kehlani for being Mindful, and Jay for being Self-Aware.
5th Grade, Kentrell, Noah, Peyton and Adan - All these boys were very kind and compassionate to a 2nd grader who had lost a toy and was quite upset about it. - Ms. Good
3rd Grade, Eli Siegle - he has been such a strong third-grader this year! - Ms. Rabin
Kindergarten, Naya Taylor - Naya has been working really hard in our classroom! She is learning to verbally advocate for herself and we are all very proud of her! - Ms. Blair
3rd Grade, Richbo Gwah - Richbo is always on task and completes all his work. - Ms. Toney
3rd Grade, Zakiria Hamid - Zak is always very helpful with his peers in the classroom. - Ms. Toney
5th Grade, Ans Elangar - Always showing up ready to learn and willing to help out his classmates! - Ms. Jaramillo
5th Grade, Donovan Mohatt - he has been an awesome leader in the classroom! - Ms. Small
1st Grade, Derick Wadlington - He works so hard every day to be the best learner he can be and is so kind to others! - Ms. Alvarez
4th Grade, Aziza Zarifova - While dealing with computer struggles this week Aziza showed flexibility and resilience as she found different ways to work through her must dos without her technology! - Ms. Caitlin
ECE - Sami Mohamed - Sami always asks great questions and has such an amazing imagination when telling stories. We all love to hear his stories. Good job Sami!! - Mr. Hughes
1st Grade, Phoenix Shaw-Acuna - She is always making sure classmates are included and constantly shows mindfulness in the classroom! - Ms. Barfoot
ECE, Cameron Endres - During interest areas Cameron had the great idea to use a sand clock to measure the time to take turns when playing with a desired toy between him and his friends. This is a great example of how to solve a difficult situation among friends in a fair and positive way! Great job Cameron! - Ms. Rivera
5th Grade, Zayd Locke - a shout out for Outstanding Leadership! - Coach James
Classroom Updates
5th Grade - My students have worked hard on following expectations in and out of the classroom! They completey filled their WOW chart this week and earned a class prize. When students are caught doing kind things, helping a classmate out, or rocking it with expectations; they get to sign the WOW chart. - Ms. Jaramillo
1st and 2nd Grade - MLE participated in Fall Activities to encourage use of fall vocabulary and descriptive language.
1st Grade - Mr. Guevara's class working on their body unit.
Resources from DPS
The Community Engagement Team has been working hard in partnership with the Safety and Security team to facilitate a community event for all of our DPS families. They will host the School Safety Resource Fair Tuesday, October 25th from 5:00-6:30pm at Manual High School. You can learn more from these fliers: Spanish, English, and Arabic. At the fair, you can expect to learn more about:
Multilingual Education's Districtwide Advisory Committee (MLE DAC) Meeting
Schools and families of multilingual learners are invited to attend the Multilingual Education (MLE) Districtwide Advisory Committee (DAC) meeting on Oct. 26 from 5-7 p.m. at Manual High School. Please see this flier. At this in-person meeting, families and staff will learn more about the resources to advocate for their students on the topics of assessments, On-Track to Graduate and Accelerated Learning Resources. Please register here. For more information, visit the MLE-DAC website or call 720-423-2661.
REMINDER FACE University
https://go.pardot.com/e/742223/ty-engagement-face-university-/3fql55/625172956?h=HhGNDDjvy4chsCtOhrrvn2BIvQLOI-hftiiwNAH5T78
This website offers resources that DPS community and families can use to access tips, tools, webinars and trainings that help them to support, advocate and engage with their student and their education. All trainings are recorded and closed captioned in Spanish, Arabic, Amharic, French, Mandarin, Nepali, Somali, and Vietnamese.
News from McMeen Parent Teacher Organization (PTO)
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Next PTO Meeting
Monday, November 14th @ 6pm
PTO Meeting * Link has been corrected! *
* PTO meetings will be held the 2nd Monday of every month via Zoom.
Chook- Monday & Tuesday, November 7th & 8th
Location: 4340 E 8th Ave, Denver, CO 80220
Promo Code: Mention “McMeen or SCHOOLS20 when ordering online.
20% of sales will be donated to the McMeen PTO.
Winter Festival Committee
PTO is looking for volunteers for the Winter Festival Committee. If iinterested, please contact mcmeenpto@gmail.com
Event Committee Volunteers Needed!
- Social Events
- Literacy Events
- Appreciation Events
- Amazon List Manager
Sign-up through the Sign-Up Genius link below.
Don’t have the bandwidth to volunteer but want to help? There are other ways! PTO is always looking for donations to help fund school projects, events, and scholarships. Click on the McMeen Square site to donate. McMeen Square
LINK YOUR CARD!
One of the ways in which we do this is through our King Soopers Community Rewards program. This program makes fundraising easy by donating to local organizations based on the shopping you do every day. Once you link your Card to an organization, all you have to do is shop at King Soopers and swipe your Shopper’s Card.
LINK YOUR ACCOUNT!
Generate Donations
Shop at smile.amazon.com and Amazon will donate 0.5% of eligible purchases to McMeen Elementary—no fees, no extra cost.
SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS!
Support the teachers with classroom supplies through the Amazon Wishlist. Use the links below to find your child’s classroom teacher, the library book Wishlist and/or the art supplies Wishlist.
McMeen Elementary PTO Sponsorship Program
Businesses can support McMeen through the new sponsorship program that is rolling out this year. 100% of the money raised by the PTO sponsorship program for the 2022-2023 school year will fund technology upgrades for each classroom. This money will be matched 1:1 by a technology grant. Your money will go twice as far for McMeen.
**Business Sponsorship Opportunities Inquiries can be directed to: Andrea Lazar andrea.lavine@gmail.com
Thank you to the Platinum and Gold Member Sponsors! Your generous donations are helping to provide new technology for McMeen Elementary School. We are grateful to have your support!
PTO Expense Reimbursement Form
McMeen Elementary School
1000 S Holly St Denver, CO 80246 720-424-5520` FAX 720-423-5547
