Asbury Thursday (Wednesday) Folders – October 9, 2024

Posted October 9, 2024

Principal Message:

Dear Asbury Families,

Thanks to everyone for signing up for parent-teacher conferences. We had a great turn out and were able to host conferences so that parents could learn how students are doing in school! 

We hope everyone enjoys their mini-fall break. Students do not have school on October 10, 11 and October 14. We will see everyone back on October 15. 

We are thrilled to host our Community Circle for October. This Community Circle will be virtual and will be hosted on 10/18 from 7:50-8:20. Please join us through the Google Meets link below. Community Circle is a whole school time where we come together to celebrate our staff and students. We dance, give out awards and focus on doing our B.E.S.T.! Please join us! 

In Partnership,

Jeanna Doung  

What’s top of Mind? 

10/18 Community Circle

We will be hosting our Community Circle virtually this Friday, October 18 from 7:50-8:20. Please join us through the Google Meets link below. Community Circle is a whole school time we come together to celebrate our staff and students. We dance, give out awards and focus on doing our B.E.S.T.! Please join us! 

No School for Students on October 10, 11 and 14

Please enjoy this mini-fall break! Students do not have school October 10, 11, and 14. 

Picture Retake Day – October 23

Halloween Festivities at Asbury

We will be hosting our annual parade and other halloween festivities on Thursday, October 31. We will start the parade at 1:40. Parents are welcome to the afternoon parade. If you would like to take students early, please do not forget to check students out in the office. Students can wear costumes to school on Halloween, though they can not have props or masks with them during the day (we will provide time for students to change prior to the parade).  Students can bring the masks and the props for later. Please do not bring scary, overly gory or bloody costumes to school and no weapons. Blow up outfits will need to be put on prior to the parade, but not worn all day. 

Family ‘Tu Voz/Your Voice’ Survey

 The Your Voice/Tu Voz Family Survey is open now through Nov. 1. Please encourage families to fill this survey out. 

Save the Date for Grandfriends Day at Asbury

Please hold 2/13 for Grandfriends day at Asbury. This is a day that is a lot of fun. We invite special friends and grandparents to Asbury to experience the fun of school. Please be on the lookout for more information soon!

Platt Park Climate Action Forum (Please use the link below to register for this if you are interested)

  • October 26 at the historic Fleming Mansion in Platt Park 
  • We are looking for additional people to join.  Click HERE for more information or you can reach out directly to Gregg Pulliam (303-396-4203) or kcmlgreg@icloud.com

HOPE Event

We are excited to have families in need invited to the HOPE. event. This is an event at Colorado Academy called HOPE (Helping Other People Eat). This is an event that they put on every year around the holidays where we invite families from around the Denver area to come to our campus and get free clothes, toys, a warm meal, optional flu vaccines, school supplies, personal care items, health resources and more! In addition, we have face painting, bouncy houses, and other fun activities to make this a fun and exciting day for families. Transportation to the event is available upon request. This is the 31st year they have done this event and this year the event will take place on December 14th from 9am – 2pm at Colorado Academy! This event is also translated in multiple languages. They wanted to send a warm invitation to any Asbury Elementary School family who may benefit from this event to attend and wanted to spread the word as best as possible. They have created a save the date flier which is below. Please pass this information along to families.  Link: HOPE Event Information

Mental Health Minute

The Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BESS) beginning of year parent survey window is now open. At Asbury, we use this information to align our social emotional supports and services. Please visit this link to complete the short 5 minute survey. 

What’s Still Relevant? 

Prospective Parent Tour Volunteers

If you are interested in volunteering in hosting these school tour walkthroughs, please reach out to Ms. D and let her know that you are interested! 

Prospective Parent Tours

If you know anyone that has an upcoming student, please let them know that we will be hosting prospective parent tours. During these tours, current parents and student ambassadors  give a tour of Asbury, we have teachers share out and then Ms. D shares out and answers questions for parents. These are hosted on Fridays from 9:30-10:30am weekly from October through January. If you know anyone that is interested in checking Asbury out, please share this school tours website!

Volunteering At Asbury

We love our volunteers at Asbury. Work with your teachers and PTSO for ways to get involved at Asbury. Every year, volunteers will have to get background checks to support inside the school building. For more information, please check out this website that provides all the information and next steps to volunteer. 

What’s going on with PTSO?

  • Thank you to everyone who participated in yesterday’s Walk and Roll to school day! 
  • 📣Two day Dine Out alert!📣
    • Next week, TWO DAYS of Chook Chicken!! October 15 AND 16, all day!
    • Dine in or take out from Chook’s Pearl Street location! (1300 South Pearl Street)
  • Communications! Make sure you’re “in the know” about all the great goings on:
    • Subscribe to the official Asbury Google calendar: asburyelementary.website@gmail.com
    • Parent contacts in the DPS parent portal – guardian/contact 1 and 2 should both be getting all of the school communication – update there if you are having issues.

  • Check out our “No Brainer” Ongoing Fundraisers for easy ways to support all the incredible things going on at Asbury! https://asbury.dpsk12.org/support/events-and-fundraisers/ 
  • Skate CityAsbury night! Join your friends and skate the night away! Asbury receives a percentage of the money!
    • Thursday, OCTOBER 17! 6-8 pm
    • Skate City Littleton – 5801 S. Lowell Way
  • Community Watch Events: DU Women’s Volleyball! 
  • Social Committee Update! Did you know the PTSO has a social committee? Well, you do now! We’re brand new and so official that we even have a Facebook page! We’ll be hosting get-togethers throughout the year as well as posting about fun events going on around Asbury and the Denver metro area. Watch this section in the coming weeks for more updates as we’re still working on getting fully up and running; much more to come soon!

What’s going on with Enrichments?

Please visit the Asbury Website for more information and details about enrichments offered during this session:  Asbury Enrichments Schedule (update in progress)

Enrichment Flyers

Community Flyers

Upcoming Dates

  • 10/10 – No school for Students- DPS Release Day
  • 10/11- No school for staff or students- DPS Vacation Day
  • 10/14 – No school for students- DPS Conference Comp Day
  • 10/15 and 10/16 – Chook all day dine out
  • 10/17 – Skate City Asbury Night (rescheduled)
  • 10/23 – Picture Retake Day
  • 10/25 – 10/31 – Little’s Dine Out/Stock up fundraiser
  • 10/26 – Platt Park Climate Action Forum Meeting
  • 10/29 – PTSO October meeting (in person)
  • 11/9 – DU Women’s Volleyball Community Ticketing event
  • 11/17 – DU Men’s Basketball Community Ticketing Event
  • 11/22 – No school for students- Asbury Release Day
  • 11/25 -11/29- No School for Staff or Students- Holiday
  • 12/10 – Chipotle Dine Out Fundraiser
  • 12/20- No school for students- Asbury Release Day
  • 12/23 – 1/3 – No school for staff or students- Winter Break
  • 1/6 – No school for students- DPS Release Day
  • 1/20 – No school for staff or students- Holiday
  • 2/14 – No school for students- DPS Release Day
  • 2/17 – No school for staff and students- Holiday
  • 3/21 – No school for students- Asbury Release Day
  • 3/24 – 3/31- No school for staff and students- Holiday
  • 4/18 – No school for students- DPS Release Day
  • 4/22 – 4/23 and 4/23 – 4/24 – 5th Grade Balarat (Each 5th grade class assigned to a session soon)
  • 4/30 – Rockies Game – 5th Grade
  • 5/9 – No school for students- Asbury Release Day
  • 5/26 – No school for students and staff- Holiday
  • 6/3 – Half Day for students- last day of school