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Vikan Knights, ARMOR Up!
From Principal Velez
Dear Community,
I wanted to thank those of you who have taken a minute to complete our Parent/Guardian Parent Survey. The information we collect from this survey helps us improve our practice and provide better services to you and your child.
PLEASE take THIS survey and help us with feedback so we can continue to improve. The link to the survey is also below.
https://forms.gle/oZJcqwRbguDG3PU27
Stay strong Vikan...and ARMOR up!
Principal Velez
Who's doing what?
School Resource Officers (SROs) are a familiar presence in our schools. They’re assigned to all high schools and middle schools, and we’ll be adding more of them to our schools. SROs:
Are sworn law enforcement officers
Assist in the prevention of crime
Conduct or assist in investigations
Immediately respond to threats
Build relationships with students, staff and community
School Safety Guards (SSGs) is a new role in 27J Schools. This role was created to provide extra security for elementary schools, which do not have SROs. School Safety Guards are armed and stationed at every elementary school. SSGs:
Are private security guards
Deter outside threats
Cannot ticket, detain or arrest
Immediately respond to threats
Build relationships with students, staff and community
Thanks to the 2022 MLO, we added more Campus Security Supervisors (CSSs) to all of our schools. Now, each high school has at least four CSS’s, each middle school has two, and each elementary school has one. CSSs:
Monitor hallways, bathrooms, and shared areas
Can assist with contacting and meeting with families about student behavior issues
Support safety drills and incident responses
Are not armed and cannot detain students
Parent Teacher Conferences
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Weather
As the weather changes and gets colder, we want to let you know that students will have an inside day if the temperature is below 20 degrees. Please make sure that your student is properly dressed for the weather and please remind them to bring a jacket/coat with them.
Student School Pictures are Ready!
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- VIKAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
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Pick Up Reminders
Vikan values learning and instructional time. In order to maximize student learning, please be aware that we will not be calling students down for pick up until the parent/legal guardian is in the office. Please arrive with plenty of time to allow us time to call them down to the office for pick up (process can take up to 15 minutes from the moment you arrive).
If your student is arrive to school after 9:00 am, a parent/guardian must accompany the student to the office to check in.
If you are picking up your child at the end of the school day, please do so before 4:15 p.m. to give us plenty of time to get them from their classes. We are not able to call students after 4:15 because the bell would ring before we are able to get to them. Students might be in PE, working on a science project, or finishing up an assignment. Getting ready to leave takes time.
We appreciate your cooperation and support.
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London and Paris Trip
Dear families,
Thanks to all of you who were able to make it to wednesday's meeting about our upcoming trip to London and Paris in Summer 2024. If you missed it, I have attached the PARENT GUIDE ENROLLMENT COMPANION to this email.
To guarantee a spot on this tour for your student, receive a $100 travel discount and to qualify for risk-free enrollment, lock in one of the 12 spots available with a $95 Enrollment Fee
Enroll now: www.eftours.com/2582839DS
Space is limited, and is first-come, first-served!
You can also view the Parent Guide to Travel from EF Educational Tours, our travel partner. It covers everything from details about EF to options for high school and college credit to payments plans and what to expect on tour. Additionally, as a reminder, once you enroll with your $95 Enrollment Fee, you will have access to your individual fundraising page and be able to apply for EF’s Global Citizen Scholarship.
Still have questions? EF's Traveler Support team can help at 800-665-5364. And if your child has friends who haven't signed up yet, feel free to pass this message along to their families too.
Thanks everyone!
Sarah Butler
P.S. Check out this video to learn what parents & guardians like you thought about their own children's EF tour experiences.
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Vikan Middle School
Website: https://www.sd27j.org/vikan
Location: 879 Jessup Street, Brighton, CO, USA
Phone: (303) 655-4050
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