There is a tension between teachers needing extra time to keep up with the demands the district and state continue to place on them, planning for and delivering high-quality instruction every day, and we know that each additional day has the potential to create challenges for families to alter their personal schedules to figure out care for their children. 

 

We have created this survey to gauge community feedback as we look to make this decision before March 1st.

 

 

For additional context, many DPS and schools all over the nation already implement additional non-student contact days, shortened weeks, and/or regular early release days to allow for additional planning time for teachers to keep up with the demands of the job.

 

 

 

 

 

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Class Picture Day: February 21st

Dorian Studios will be on campus on Wednesday for Class Picture Day! Please make sure your students are present and on-time to ensure they are included in the picture! We are sorry, but there will not be make-up opportunities for late or absent students. 

Pictures will take place between 9:00am - 1:00pm, depending on the time slot each teacher has signed up for. 

Interested in ordering a class photo? Use this link: https://www.dorianstudio.com/

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No Summer Camp Offerings at Dora Moore for 2024, Summer Camps to Return in 2025 ☹

Sadly, we cannot host a Discovery Link or YMCA Summer camp this year at Dora Moore. Our playground will be undergoing a $500,000 construction project and upgrade making a camp impossible. This playground improvement was originally scheduled for 2023, but nevertheless, will take place this summer!

All families that have previously registered for Dora Moore, have been notified and provided alternatives.

A list of other locations can be found here (Bromwell will be the closest option to our campus).

We hope to offer Summer Camp at Dora Moore in 2025!

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February 28th @ 3:00pm--National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) x DM Collaboration for Black History Month

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) Black Employee Resource Group (ERG) invites middle school students and their parents to attend a special Black History Month event at Dora Moore ECE-8!

Students and families will watch clips from The Space Race, a soon-to-be-released film from National Geographic about the first Black pilots, engineers, and scientists that became NASA astronauts. Stephen Leach from National Geographic will introduce the film and talk about creativity and diverse storytelling at Disney. NREL researchers from the Black ERG will also share their education stories.

Students will learn about the researchers’ scientific passions, their journeys to NREL, and how they are leading the clean energy future here in Colorado.

All students and families are welcome and encouraged to participate and ask questions!

If you have a middle school student, we'd love for you to join us for this event!

Buy A Yearbook: Deadline=March 1st

If you would like to buy a yearbook for the 2023-2024 school year, please follow the link below! The deadline to purchase a yearbook is March 1st!

Join us for the February DPS MLE DAC Meeting

Multilingual Education District Advisory Committee (MLE DAC)

All families of DPS multilingual students and community members are encouraged to attend!

Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Time: 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Location: Goldrick Elementary
1050 S. Zuni St. 
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This month, we will have representatives from Special Education, Gifted and Talented (GT), and Summer Connections (summer school program).
Come learn about these programs and talk directly to the district experts. 
 

Breakfast, interpretation, and childcare will be provided. Click HERE to register.

For more information, please call 720-423-3058.

Hope to see you there!


View the event fliers: 

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