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Dora Moore ECE-8 School

Friday Follow-up: January 20th

01/22/23, 9:42 AM

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, January 25th: 5:00pm CSC Meeting
February 1st - 28th Black History Month
Monday, February 20th: No School for All DPS Students (President's Day)

Universal Preschool (UPK) Colorado & ECE Updates

Along with other Colorado school districts, DPS is working with the Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC) to continue expanding its Early Childhood Education program by rolling out a new enrollment process for Universal Preschool (UPK) Colorado. This new program will provide additional funding opportunities for our ECE-providing schools and district partners, including charter schools and private ECE providers.

There are some significant changes with the enrollment and School Choice process for ECE this year:

All future ECE-4 families must complete both a DPS SchoolChoice application and a UPK Colorado application.
The first UPK Colorado application window will open on Tuesday, January 17th and close February 15th -- please note that this window is separate from our DPS SchoolChoice window (January 13th through February 14th).

How is this different from our typical SchoolChoice process?

The Colorado Dept. of Early Childhood (CDEC) is running their own algorithm with its own priorities and rules. For example, school boundary is not a priority in the new algorithm.

The CDEC will account for the following priorities:

The ECE student has sibling(s) who currently attend the selected ECE provider.
The ECE student is continuing education at the selected ECE provider.
A parent of the ECE student is currently employed at the selected ECE provider.

Below are important resources families as they get ready to complete applications for ECE:

FAQ: Access FAQs that are specific to DPS. We will continue to update questions and answers as they come in.
- Note: Translations are in progress and will be made available here.
Letter to Families
- Note: Translations are in progress and will be made available here.

*This is new to all of us and we are all learning as the CDE rolls out this new process.*

Nurse In Need of Clothing Donations

Our wonderful school nurse is in need of donations of girls and boys clothes, specifically pants and underwear for 2nd grade aged students and below! If you have new or clean and gently used clothes, please consider donating them!

Additionally, if your student has needed a change of clothes from the school during the school day, please consider washing the borrowed clothes and return them to be used again. Thank you!

Expiration of Enhanced Efforts Related to RSV

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) continues to monitor

viral respiratory diseases and associated outbreaks. However, the steep and early increase in RSV hospitalizations appears to have significantly slowed.

It is still important to continue to implement standard illness mitigation strategies. These include:

Having staff and students stay home when they are sick.
Use the "How Sick is Too Sick" document (also available in Spanish) for guidance on returning to school after an illness.
Practice frequent hand washing.
Stay current with flu and COVID-19 vaccinations.
Cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue or elbow.
Consider masking if exhibiting any symptoms.

As a general reminder, sick children do not belong at school.

Invite Families of Multilingual Learners to the MLE DAC Meeting on Jan. 25

Schools and families of multilingual learners are invited to attend the Multilingual Education (MLE) Districtwide Advisory Committee (DAC) on Wednesday, Jan. 25 from 5-7 p.m. at Thomas Jefferson High School. Please read these fliers with more information.

At this in-person meeting, families and staff will learn more about resources to advocate for their students around Gifted and Talented. Families and schools can register here. For more information, visit the MLE DAC webpage or call 720-423-2661.

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