Fall Registration and Back to School information

It has been such a wonderful school year and it is exciting to look back and see how our children have grown. Edison students have made great friends, fallen in love with great books, become mathematicians and scientists and developed new passions about learning…and now they are ready to transition to the next grade level! Even though summer hasn’t started yet it’s time to start thinking about registration for school in the fall!

DPS will be offering online registration for all families for the 2015-2016 school year. You must have a Parent Portal account to register online. If you don’t have one or you forgot your password or you can’t log in (you must log in at least once every six months to keep your account active), you can ask for help by emailing portalteam@dpsk12.org or calling the portal hotline at 720.423.3163. Once you have a Portal account, you’ll be able to register online from July 13 until August 17^th. We strongly recommend that parents register online and avoid the need to come in to Edison’s office in August to complete this paperwork.

If you do not have a portal account or your address has changed, you will need to come to Edison to complete your student’s registration. We’ll have open registration at Edison on August 12 & 13 from 9:00-3:00. If your address has changed please bring a new proof of address (current Xcel or water bill or lease or mortgage statement), and if your child has had additional immunizations please bring an updated record. Otherwise all you’ll need is names and phone numbers for anyone you want to be on your child’s emergency/pick up list.

There are a few things that will be unable to be changed/updated through Parent Portal registration. For the following you will need to come to Edison’s registration (but you can still complete the actual registration online to save yourself time while you’re here):

• If you need to change emergency contact information, you will need to complete a new emergency contact form in Edison’s office during registration days.
• If your student needs to keep medication at school you will need to pick up a new form to be filled out by a parent and physician. These will be available at registration as well as in the office throughout the school year.
• If you need a transportation request form, you will need to complete this during registration at Edison.
• If you need a Free/Reduced lunch form, you will need to complete this during registration at Edison. This will be available throughout the school year as well.
• School supply lists and DPS school calendars will go home with students this year and will also be available at online and at registration in August.
• All kindergarten students will need to sign up for an individual assessment on either August 24 or in the afternoon of August 25. Parents will need to come to Edison’s registration to sign up; you cannot sign up over the phone or online.

Back-to-school night will be Wednesday, August 19 at 5:00 PM. There will be a potluck picnic on the field starting at 5:00 so families can get acquainted or reacquainted with other Edison families. Mrs. Whitelock will give a brief welcome to all families around 5:45 and then families can visit their student’s classroom from 6:00-6:30 and again from 6:30-7:00 if they have more than one child.

The first day of school for ECE and 1^st-5^th grades is Monday, August 24.

Kindergarten students will not have class on August 24, will have a half day in the morning on August 25, and will have their first full day on Wednesday, August 26.

Have a wonderful summer with your children!

Sally Whitelock, Principal