News from the Nest — November 13, 2020
Posted November 13, 2020
Vol. 5, No. 12
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Together We Grow: McKinley-Thatcher Virtual Auction
McKinley-Thatcher is holding our 2020 auction from December 7 to December 15. This year, it’s all online, which means anyone can be involved! We need our whole community to work together to make it a success and raise funds to support every child in the school — this year, we have more needs than ever.
How You Can Help
Questions?
Reach out to Leigh Fischer or Allison Gleichman at MCTAuction@gmail.com or 303-229-6011.
Giving Back to Our Community
The McKinley-Thatcher PTA is actively looking for business sponsors and individual donors, especially during this very unusual school year! We support the McKinley kids in many ways throughout the year – contributing funding towards support staff, teacher needs, field trips, special programs, community events…not to mention many other things that cannot be funded by the school budget alone! Please see our sponsorship flyer for more information!
Extra News
- Read our message on remote learning options for absent in-person students in kindergarten through 2nd grade.
- Please click here to read last week’s newsletter in Spanish.
- Our online Scholastic Book Fair is open until November 22 and kids have a chance to win a free book by entering our book fair contest! Kids can tell us about their favorite book or character by submitting pictures of themselves with their book, making a drawing, or writing a couple of sentences. One submission from each classroom will be randomly selected to receive a free book! Our contest is open until November 17 and winners will be chosen on November 18. Submit your entries here!
- If your family has a DPS internet hotspot and is no longer using it: please return it to our main office (along with the box and cords) as soon as possible. We have students on the waitlist to receive hotspots, which are critical to helping them get online at home and succeed in their remote learning.
- Just a reminder: our Autumn Break runs from Friday, November 20 to Sunday, November 29. This means no in-person or remote learning. School resumes on Monday, November 30!
- DPS is excited to invite all our English Language Acquisition (ELA) families to a virtual Multilingual Education District Advisory Council meeting on Thursday, November 19, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The meeting will discuss rent, utilities, food, and holiday assistance resources available for families.
Upcoming Events
- Tues., 11/17 to Thurs., 11/19 – virtual Parent/Teacher Conferences
- Fri., 11/20 – NO SCHOOL: DPS PD Day (no remote or in-person learning)
- Sun., 11/22 – LAST day of our online book fair
- Mon., 11/23 to Fri., 11/27 – NO SCHOOL: AUTUMN BREAK (no remote or in-person learning)
- Mon., 11/30 – SCHOOL RESUMES
