This is Sally Whitelock and Megan Bohanan with the weekly announcements for the Edison Eagles. Please check your email every Friday for updates from Edison!
January Newsletter:
January Newsletter
Mark your calendars
January 16 No School – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 20 School Tour at 9:00 for prospective new families
January 23 3rd grade field trip to Balarat (Ostrom)
January 24 CSC meeting at 4:30 in Edison’s conference room
The Edison school day is 8:30-3:25 (Supervision on playground from 8:25-8:30)
Attendance Line: 720-424-7784 (Please call and leave a message w/ student name, teacher name, reason for absence)
School lunch menus can be found at: www.schoolcafe.com/dps.
Edison website: https://edison.dpsk12.org/
Volunteer Application: If you wish to volunteer for Edison this school year, you must complete the volunteer application (Edison Code: e9x8to9). https://app.verifiedvolunteers.com/en/Candidates/Account/Register
Read-a-thon
We had 251 students record minutes during the Read A Thon using the ReadForMySchools website. If your student took part in any reading over break, please enter it into the website. If you choose to not use the website and are using paper, please have that to your teacher by Wednesday the 11th. After Wednesday, the results will be calculated, and prizes will be handed out during library time by the end of the month.
Please continue to collect donations for all the reading that your students have done!
There are two ways to donate to the Read A Thon.
1.) Venmo: @EdisonElementaryPTA (Edison gets 100%, put “READ” in the notes)
2.) Use Read For My Schools and Stripe (Stripe deducts 2.9% plus .30 per transaction goes to RFMS)
School Choice
All incoming kindergarten students, as well as any new student coming from outside of Edison’s attendance area and any student at Edison who wants to go someplace else next year, must complete an application found here: https://schoolchoice.dpsk12.org/.
Current Edison students in grades kindergarten and above do not need to submit an application to stay at Edison. The school choice window is January 13 to February 14.
The choice application process for ECE students will be different this year. Families must complete both the DPS School Choice application & the UPK Colorado application to apply to a DPS ECE program.
* Friday, January 13 – Tuesday, February 14 at 4:00 p.m.– Families of ECE students must complete the DPS SchoolChoice application.
* Tuesday, January 17 – Tuesday, February 15 at 4:00 p.m.– Families of ECE students must complete the UPK Colorado application.
* For more information, go to: UPK Letter to Families
Healthy Start Times
For the 2023-24 school year, Edison’s start and end times will remain the same as this year – Start time: 8:30, End time: 3:25.
Passions Day – Volunteers needed
Passions Day will be on Friday, March 24th during the school day. Passions Day is an annual event where we invite family and community members to come present their passion to our students. Our theme will be “Pursuing passions help us connect people with respect and compassion”. During the school day on March 24, community members will present a 30 minute presentation/activity. Students will rotate to different rooms throughout the day (as a class) and listen to various presenters. Examples in the past have been: beekeepers, nursing, kombucha brewer, yoga instructors, jewelry making, city building, forensic science, flight for life, etc.
If you, your relatives, or your friends are interested in either presenting in person at Edison, please sign up at: https://forms.gle/m4H2VUdiKg2FMHDJ6
After you sign up, you will receive additional information from Mrs. Dougherty regarding details.
Community Information
Red Robyn Guitar – Start ukulele or guitar lessons in 2023 – 30 minute lessons right in the neighborhood. Instagram: @redrobynguitar Robyn.dino@icloud.com 303-880-6198 www.redrobynguitar.com
Support Edison’s PTA
The PTA is in need of an EdFest 2023 committee chair – If you are interested, please email ptaedisondenver@gmail.com
Get involved:
* Join the PTA link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050D4FACA929A7FE3-join
* Class Parents link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050D4FACA929A7FE3-class3
* School Directory link: https://forms.gle/WPDaMhMFBJz7V1p77 password: Eagles Soar
Edison spirit wear is available for Purchase – If you are interested in purchasing an Edison hoodie to support our PTA and look great around town! https://teamlocker.squadlocker.com/?fbclid=IwAR1BN13I2c3suuePMZvlR052HQmgTKy8TDGoCzpMlP3o1UtcshxNb5Yx0iQ#/lockers/edison-elementary-denver
King Soopers Rewards – Register Edison PTA as your Community Rewards partner for King Soopers! How do I enroll?
1) Go to www.kingsoopers.com
2) Sign-in to you digital account (or create one if needed);
3) Select ‘Community Rewards’ from the side menu;
4) Enter “Edison Elementary PTA” into the ‘Find an Organization’ search box;
5) Find ‘Edison Elementary PTA’ with address 3350 Quitman St, Denver, CO 80212 and select ‘Enroll’
Direct Ask fundraiser – You can contribute directly to Edison’s PTA fundraising efforts through any of these convenient methods:
* Venmo ID: @EdisonElementaryPTA
* Online at the Edison PTA website: https://www.edisonptadenver.org/donate
* Snail Mail or Drop Off: Edison Elementary Attn: PTA Fundraising 3350 Quitman Street Denver, CO 80212
