Asbury Thursday Folders – March 21, 2024

Posted March 21, 2024

Principal Message:

Asbury Community,

This upcoming week, starting March 22-April 1, Asbury will be on Spring Break! If you are traveling, I hope you have a fun-filled adventure (or a restful holiday). If you are laying low, then I hope that you are able to take this time to relax, spend time with family and friends!

I want to take a moment to say congratulations to Ms. McCoy, who welcomed her baby girl on March 19. She and the baby are doing well! With that we want to welcome Ms. Susie Park, our new Long Term Substitute. She is starting early and we are so thankful for her ability to start with students right after Spring Break!

In Partnership,

Jeanna Doung

What’s top of Mind?

CSC & PTSO Meeting

Please Join us April 2nd from 5:00-7:00 for our virtual CSC (from 5:00-6:00) and PTSO (from 6:00-7:00) meetings. During these meetings we will review important information in regards to Asbury school, staff and curriculum. Please join me on Zoom. Here is the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86010196049?pwd=ODN0YSszdVlwYmRNQS9CT2llb3g5dz09

Mindful Parenting Through Self Regulation Workshop

Please join us virtually on April 18 from 4-5 for a parenting workshop about mindful parenting. We will have a DPS expert, Ms. Monica Padilla come a share about how we can be more attune to regulating our nervous systems and be more of a mindful parent! Please see more information and details, including how to register for this course, here.

Community Engagement opportunities coming up where family voice is imperative

The Family and Community Engagement (FACE) department is partnering with Periscope Theory to deep dive into what community engagement means to the DPS community. With this information we can better partner with you, our families and schools, to support your needs!

We are hosting 1 more opportunity and we need your help getting the word out to families.
April 10th Via Zoom – link provided upon registration (register using the flyer below!)

Be sure to use THIS FLYER

Asbury’s 100 Year Planning Committee

Asbury is gearing up for our 100 year celebration- this will take place fall of 2025. To set us up for success, we need your help! We are looking to create a powerhouse planning committee and we may need your expertise. Please reach out to Jeanna Doung if you are interested!

CSC Nominations

We are opening up the nominations for CSC next year. If you know any community members or staff that would be interested in joining our Collaborative School Committee please contact Jeanna Doung.

Mark your Calendars

April 30 will be our Dish a Story and Student Led Conference evening. We will be hosting this at Asbury from 4-6! Please look for additional information to come!

Lost and Found (donated tomorrow!)

Lost and Found Items will be donated on March 22 so please take a look at the pictures to see if your student has anything in the lost and found that they can grab next week. Click HERE to see what is in lost and found.

Upcoming Days Off

Asbury Release Day on Friday, March 22: Don’t forget that we have a non-student contact day on March 22. Teachers and paras will come together to take time to plan, grow as professionals and plan for the students.

Spring Break Reminder: March 25-April 1. Please take time to enjoy spring break. We will not have school this week.

A Message from Mrs. Ravel (Technology)

Save the Date:

STEAM Expo (9-3 May 4) – CSU Spur
CSU Spur Denver Campus – 4777 National Western Dr., Denver, CO 80216
Video
Website for STEAM Expo
Information Flyer
This is not something we are specifically participating in this year as a school, but anyone is welcome to attend the STEAM Expo. It also includes the DPS Science Fair to check out and many different robotics, coding, STEAM type of things going on. It will be very cool. I will be there helping out. Hope to see you and your families there if you want to check it out!

Mental Health Minute

Parent/Guardian Suicide Prevention Training

Please join us during the April 2nd PTSO meeting for a short training on the risk factors and warning signs of suicide and how to access support and resources for someone in crisis.

BESS End of Year Screening

The End of Year (EOY) screening window for the BESS Parent/Caregiver report opened March 16th and closes on April 26th. Your participation is vital to ensure all students’ needs are being met. The form takes less than 5 minutes to complete and can be found at tinyurl.com/bessparent2324.

What’s Still Relevant?

Check out 1st Grade’s “The Best Part of Me” PBL Website.

Note: Give time to let the videos load on the class pages before trying to open them up.

Kindergarten had a Job Fair recently as a culmination of their Careers/Character Traits PBL!

Their driving question was: How can our interests and character traits guide us to a career?
Check out some pictures from the big event! Click HERE.

Hallway Pictures Updated

I want to take a moment to say a huge thanks to Monet Moutrie for taking such amazing pictures of students here at Asbury. We have updated the photos that line the walls at Asbury- please stop by anytime and check out these pictures! We love Asbury, especially the students that are the heart of who we are!

Report Cards NOW available Available

You can access report cards through Parent Portal. Reach out to Amber if you have any questions.

CMAS Testing Schedule for 3rd-5th graders

Testing Schedule – Please save the dates and plan accordingly with trips/appointments/etc. Attendance is important during this testing window. Thank you in advance.
- Note: All students will follow this schedule, but depending on accommodations that your student may have according to their IEP or 504 plan, they may test in the afternoon on these days instead of the morning. Also, if we have proctor absences during testing we may need to reschedule testing to the make-up weeks for students with 1:1 accommodations. FYI.
CMAS Parent Information Deet – will be sent out – Wednesday, March 13. Instead of a Virtual Live Parents Night, you will be able to watch a screencast all about CMAS and have an opportunity to practice with your student at home to see what the CMAS test will look like.

Shuler Spotlight Series Video Podcast Link

We had an opportunity to do a video podcast with another elementary school in Iowa. Thank you to the Holstine family for making this connection!
We had an application that 4th and 5th graders could fill out to be a part of this process if they were interested and then students were randomly chosen.
Michael, Rhys, Adilyn, Alexa, Andrew, and Elsa

What’s new from PTSO?

FREE skating over Spring Break!

Skate City Littleton location is offering FREE skating passes over spring break!
See the link in the Community Flyers section below or click HERE for more information, and happy skating!

Tuesday, April 2 is an important date!

PTSO meeting: This will be our April meeting, 6 pm VIRTUAL
To welcome us back from Spring Break, the Hip Pops truck will be on the playground after school 2:15-4.
- Hip Pops is a fun gelato truck that offers allergy-friendly treats
- You choose the gelato bar, a dip, and toppings!
- Hip Pops graciously gives 15% back to Asbury!

University of Denver Lacrosse!- Another great opportunity to spend time with some great Asbury Families, watch an exciting game, and support Asbury!

Saturday 4/13.
Here is the link to buy tickets: https://fevo.me/asbury-denverpioneers2324.
Information Flyer

Spring Wing – save the date!

This event is a SUPER fun way to get to know other amazing Asbury parents (adults only) and support our school
Mark your calendars for Friday, May 3, 2024. Fun. Is. Coming.