TellerGram | January 2008
JANUARY 2008
Tellergram
From the Principal…..
Happy New Year!
I am amazed at how quickly time passes! Back from the holidays, we at Teller have hit the ground running, readying ourselves for what promises to be an exciting 2nd semester. I look forward to the academic and social growth our students will make this second half of the year.
The teachers and I are reviewing student’s progress data in order to adjust or add additional supports to insure adequate academic progress by all of our students. Our 3rd , 4th and 5th grade parents will have their child’s mid-year Benchmark assessment report sent home in the Thursday Folder this week.
I am pleased to highlight some of our successes and upcoming events:
• Our ECE program under the management our awesome ECE teacher, Becky Rosas, received a Qualstar Rating of “Three Stars”. With this rating, most parents will see a reduction in the cost of their ECE tuition cost. (Watch for more information on this to come home.) CONGRATULATIONS TO BECKY ROSAS AND HER PARA MONICA SAWYER.
• Our enrollment grew and has remained stable all year.
• The staff and parents are approaching the task of selecting a new principal for Teller with high energy and a positive and collaborative spirit.
• Registration for Lights on After School activities will be on Tuesday, January 22nd from 4:30 to 5:30. (After you have registered stay for the Super Science Night described in the next bullet.
• You are invited to a SUPER SCIENCE Night on Tuesday, January 22, 2008. The Denver Museum of Nature and Science will have a sampler of wondrous exhibits, as well as very alive bugs and chemistry experiments. Pizza and beverages for all!
• Look for more details on a Service Learning Pilot program for participating teachers and their students to be implemented for 6 weeks in the Spring.
• Two PTA Open Houses for prospective students and their parents are scheduled as follows:
Wednesday, January 16th, 8:30-10:00am
Wednesday, January 23rd, 6:30-8:00 pm
• Monday, January 22nd, NO SCHOOL – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. HOLIDAY
Karti Lyons, Principal
TOMORROW!
Intent to Return Forms Are Due Friday, January 11, 2008
Please return the blue forms that went home Tuesday. If you are unsure whether or not your child will attend Teller next year, please write “Maybe” on the form and return to your child’s teacher. These forms will help us with projections for next year. Any class that has 100% of the forms returned by Friday will be rewarded with a pizza party. THANK YOU!
REMINDER: School of Choice
Applications Jan. 7-31
Reminder to all those wanting to attend Teller, but who live outside the Teller neighborhood: School of Choice forms are due January 31, 2008.
School of Choice Brochures are available at the DPS website (www.dpsk12.org) or at any school in DPS. However, the form must be turned in at a DPS school.
This is also a good time to submit your All Day Kinder Application for the 2008/2009.
Changes for ECE Registration
DPS is expanding the ECE program across the District. To accommodate planning for this expansion, ECE registration has been moved to January 28 through February 22.
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Thanks to the Lights on After School (LOAS)Grant, the Puppet Making Workshop was a great success! The Grand Finale was a fun and creative puppet show staring puppets the students created themselves.
Don’t forget…Registration is January 22 for the 2nd semester Lights On After-School programs.
Please Let Us Recycle Your Old Ink Cartridges!!!!
Old ink cartridges help us raise money for the office. Recently, we were able to purchase a hands-free headset for our head secretary, Denise.
Help Misty enjoy a hands-free headset too! Turn in your old ink cartridges in front of the library!
Hands-free means even more multi-tasking! It has been so helpful for Denise to have the headset, we would like to get one for Misty, too! This means we need to collect as many old ink cartridges to recycle as we can!
You can place your ink cartridges in the recycle box just outside the library. Thank you for your support!!
Teller T-shirts --Ten Dollars
If you would like to sport a Teller t-shirt and show your Teller pride, all adult sizes are still available (S,M,L,XL and XXL). Youth larges are also available. Please purchase these fabulous t-shirts in room 203 or contact Mrs. VonTersch. All t-shirts are white short-sleeved with the following printed logo on the front in royal blue.
Change in Contact Information?
Please let us know!
In an effort to have the most up to date information on our student’s, it is important that you update any contact numbers that might have changed during the year. Please send a note with your son or daughter with their name and the new contact numbers that need to be updated. Thank You!
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Record Breaker!
Congratulations to Ty Lang for not only breaking, but far exceeding a jump roping record. Ty jump-roped for 54 minutes 4 seconds without stopping, breaking his own sister’s old record of 35 minutes 26 seconds!
A BIG Thank you goes out to our following sponsors for their generous donations to Teller:
Buchanan Yonushewski Group - www.BYGroup.com
Cherry Creek North
St. Charles Town Company
P.U.M.A.
Nostalgic Homes - 'Put A Little History In Your Future'
Thanks also goes to the following sponsors:
Babooshka
Colfax on the Hill
Jeanne Robb, District 10 Councilwomen
Carla Madison, District 8 Councilwomen
COFFEE!!!
You Gotta Have it!
So, be sure to place your orders with Ms. Chris by Wednesday, January 30, 2008.
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