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McMeen Elementary
McMeen Elementary Newsletter - January 13, 2023
01/13/23, 4:01 PM
Weekly Happenings
Monday, January 16
No School - Martin Luther King Jr Day
Tuesday, January 17
Wednesday, January 18
Thursday, January 19
Friday, January 20
Winter Festival hosted by the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) - more info below
Upcoming Events
JANUARY
January 24-25 - 5th Grade Balarat Trip
January 25 - DPS' Multilingual Education Districtwide Advisory Committee (MLE DAC) meeting - see below
January 27 - Family Breakfast
FEBRUARY
February 1 - Collaborative School Committee (CSC) Meeting
February 7 - Spanish Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) Meeting
February 8 - Arabic Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) Meeting
February 13 - Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) Meeting
February 20 - Presidents Day, No School
February 21 - Teacher Work Day, No School
February 24 - Family Breakfast
Ways to Get Involved
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. You can sign up to volunteer at this link.
Announcements
The Annual McMeen Winter Read-a-Thon
Read, raise money for your school and win many new prizes!
Read every day! All reading counts!
You can ask your family, friends, or neighbors to sponsor your reading if you want! They can pledge per minute or make a flat donation.
Track reading minutes every day. You can submit your reading minutes by turning in the reading calendar by January 28th to your teacher.
Credit Card donations can be made online at https://tinyurl.com/mcmeenreads or turn donations into your teacher (cash or checks payable to McMeen Elementary PTO) Collect your prizes!
If you don't have a printer or would like to keep track of this digitally, please send it to mcmeenpto@gmail.com
Please email mcmeenpto@gmail.com with any questions.
Student Shout Outs
Mighty Mustangs - Leo for showing all the MUSTANG Traits, Aden (1st Grade) for being an Upstander, Oli (5th Grade) for showing all the MUSTANG Traits, Liana (3rd Grade) for being Mindful, Aubrey (1st Grade) for being Tenacious, Jacquelyn (1st Grade) for being an Upstander, Melody (2nd Grade) for being Mindful, Kehlani (Kindergarten) for being an Upstander, Anna (3rd Grade) for being Self-Aware, and Mohammed (4th Grade) for being Mindful and Self-Aware.
Mustang Class of the Week - Ms. Barfoot's 1st Grade Class!
1st Grade, Aden Mukoma - Aden has been building great friendships with his classmates! He is such a joy to have in class. - Ms. Alvarez
ECE, Ali Jawhar - Ali is a very inquisitive young man. He always asks great questions about stuff we are learning about or stuff that he is just interested in. Great Job Ali, keep asking those great questions. - Mr. Hughes
Kindergarten, Alanna Peko - Not only does Allana work super hard in class, but she is also very helpful with her peers and translating for me. - Coach James
1st Grade Ava, Katherine, Sybil, and Emma - They showed empathy and kindness by helping a new student we had in room 108. They all made Luciana feel valued, comfortable, and welcome. - Sr. León
3rd Grade, Lorenzo Grove - Lorenzo has taken the initiative to become a leader in our classroom and helps to support his peers. - Ms. Toney
3rd Grade, Zakaria Hamid - Zak has supported his peers in reading. - Ms. Toney
5th Grade, Austin Alcantar - Austin has started off 2023 in the best way! He has been working SO hard in all subjects and has been helping his friends work hard as well. He has been a great example for his classmates and younger students, always showing respect and integrity! - Ms. Zaleski
2nd Grade, Ms. Homberg's Class and some of Ms. John's students - musicians stayed on task and are doing a great job preparing for our Freedom Concert. - Ms. Q
5th Grade, Jezariya Smallwood - She has had such a great start to the new year! Everyday she shows up ready to learn.ECE Thiago Conde Thiago ha estado demostrando mucho interés, participación y colaboración durante nuestra enseñenza y aprendizaje de la trabajdora de la comunidad la doctora. Nos sentimos muy contentas y orgullosas de tu esfuerzo Thiago! ¡Sigue asi! - Ms. Jaramillo
ECE, Elliot Aspnes - Elliot has really come out of his shell. He has opened up to his friends and teachers. He is doing a great job . He has been showing more participation in the classroom. Buen trabajo Elliot! - Ms. Erica
Classroom Updates
Both students and staff were excited to get back outside for recess this week!
ECE - In ECE, we are just starting our Community Helper unit. We will learn a little bit about doctors and nurses, police officers, firefighters and mail carriers. We learn about what they do to help our community along with where they work, what tools they need to do their jobs and what they wear. This unit is always a student favorite. In literacy we are continuing to work on our letter names and sounds and in math we are measuring objects and will start learning about 3D shapes.
Kindergarten - Kindergarten is very excited to be going on their first fieldltrip!
Resources from DPS
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, February 13th @ 6pm
* PTO meetings will be held the 2nd Monday of every month via Zoom.
Save the Date: Winter Festival
Join us for the Winter Festival!
January 20th - 4:30pm - 6-30pm
The McMeen PTO will be hosting a Winter Festival on Friday, January 20, 2023.
The festival is an opportunity to bring our community together and also to raise money for McMeen.
There will be games, prizes, fun interactive photos, food, and a raffle. The raffle will include themed baskets.
Bring the whole family to enjoy a night of fun!
Churros $1
Pizza Slice $2
Water, Lemonade, Hot Cocoa - Free!
Raffle Tickets $1 (Raffle from 6:15pm -6:30pm)
Please note, cash is preferred.
Interested in volunteering? Signup Genius
Join us for McMeen Eats @ Freddy's Frozen Custard!
Freddy's Frozen Custard
Wednesday, February 22nd
6240 Leetsdale Dr.
Denver, CO 80224
Stay tuned for details.
Winter Festival Committee
PTO is looking for volunteers for the Winter Festival Committee. If interested, please signup here: Signup Genius
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
