This is Sally Whitelock and Benita Cervantes with announcements for the week of February 8 for the Edison Eagles…
Thank you for your continued support during this difficult time. We would like to continue to encourage everyone to stay healthy and do your part to get our community more healthy – wear masks, socially distance, wash your hands, keep your social groups very small. We all need to work together to keep our students in school in person as long as possible. THANK YOU!
Edison Spirit Friday
Friday, February 12 – Dress for Success day – dress up fancy for school today!
PTA Direct Ask Campaign
Please DONATE FOR 2021-22 paraprofessionals!
PTA needs to raise $70,000 by February 10 to staff our four intervention paraprofessionals for next year. $41,000 has been raised so far thanks to our fantastic community and a generous donor who matched $10,000. We need $29,000 more to reach our goal!!! Our teacher and students need our help!!!
Please take time to help us with this very important fundraiser. Anything you can contribute would help. Donate now at: Venmo @EdisonElemenatryPTA or by check (Edison PTA 3183 W 37th Ave. Denver, CO 80211).
Traffic at drop off and pick up
Please help us keep our students safe at drop off and pick up times by doing the following:
* Do NOT park on the east side of Quitman or west side of Perry from 8:30-9:15 am or 2:30-3:15 pm.
* Do NOT park, drop off or pick up students off in the staff parking lot.
* If you wish to stay in your car to drop off or pick up students, drive north on Quitman or south on Perry. Then, stop on the school side of the street and drop off your child or wait for your student to come to your car.
* Do NOT drop off students in the street or across the street from Edison.
* Drive north on Quitman Street and south on Perry Street during drop off and pick up times – this will keep traffic going in the same direction to keep students safe.
From Mr. Auday — Kid Heart Challenge
On February 1, the American Heart Association is kicking off Heart Month and Agent KHC will kick things off by taking students on a mission to find the missing heart heroes, fight heart disease and help others. Visit www.heart.org/khc to register under our school. When they are done, children will be official Heart Heroes! We know not every family may be able to donate, however, as part of Kids Heart Challenge, every student will benefit from the daily and weekly missions that will teach them about HOW and WHY they need to take care of their hearts. If you can help raise funds, the American Heart Association will put those dollars to work saving lives. Every dollar makes a difference.
Virtual Passions Day – Community assistance needed!
Culture and Passions Day will be on Friday, March 26 during the school day. Our theme will be “Pursuing passions help us connect people with respect and compassion”. During the school day, students will watch videos from parents and community members sharing a passion/interest, cultural tradition, or career, as well as engage in activities in their classroom related to passions, culture and career.
If you, your relatives, or your friends are interested in creating a 10-15 minute video presentation for our students for Passions Day, please sign up at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/655BKNP
After you sign up, you will receive additional information from Mrs. Dougherty regarding details for the presentation video.
DPS School Choice
The DPS School Choice window opens on January 15. All students going into kindergarten and 6th grade, as well as students who have moved or wish to move schools need to apply. Apply between 8 a.m. Jan. 15 and 4 p.m. Feb. 16 by ranking your preferred schools (up to 12) using the online SchoolChoice application. To get ready, create an account or sign in using your Parent Portal username and password at dps.schoolmint.net/signin. Then, you can access the application beginning 8 a.m. Jan. 15.
For more information about School Choice, please go to: https://schoolchoice.dpsk12.org/
Free COVID testing for DPS students
DPS is expanding their partnership with COVID Check Colorado to offer free COVID-19 testing to students to support a safe return to school. Students will now be able to take an initial COVID-19 test before coming back to school as well as ongoing screening tests every other week. To register, please go to: https://www.primarybio.com/members/sign_up?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.primarybio.com%2Fm%2Fr%2Fdenverps&test_group=denverps
Testing sites: https://covidcheckcolorado.org/where-to-test/
Please email Sally_Whitelock@dpsk12.org or Benita_Cervantes@dpsk12.org with any questions or concerns.
