Weekly Parent Newsletter

In this week's Elementary News, you can find information about:

• A message from Mrs. McElroy, Elementary School Director
• Upcoming Events
• Kindergarten First Full Day of School - Monday, Aug. 12
  
• Back-to-School Night - Thursday, Aug. 15, 5-6:30 p.m. (ES Gym)
• KOSON/STEM Board Meeting - Tuesday, Aug. 20, from 5-7:30 p.m. (KOSON/P-TECH Building & Zoom)
• STEM School Accountability Committee (SAC) Monthly Meeting - Wednesday, Aug. 22, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. (KOSON/P-TECH Building & Zoom)
• Skate City Sponsored by STEM PTO - Thursday, Aug. 22, from 5-7 p.m.
• News ad Updates
• Join STEM's Parent Facebook Pages
  

In this week's Secondary News, you can find information about:

• A message from Mrs. Ridder, Middle School Director
• A message from Mr. Alsup, High School Director
• Upcoming Events
  
• Senior College Night - Tuesday, Aug. 13, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. (HS Commons)
• High School Club Rush - Wednesday, Aug 14, during Access (Secondary Gym & Secondary Commons)
• Secondary Back-to-School Night - Wednesday, Aug. 14, from 5-7:30 p.m. (MS Cafe and HS Commons)
• Middle School Club Rush - Thursday, Aug. 15, during Access (Secondary Commons)
• KOSON/STEM Board Meeting - Tuesday, Aug. 20, from 5:30-7 p.m. (KOSON/P-TECH Building & Zoom)
• STEM SAC Monthly Meeting - Wednesday, Aug. 21, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. (KOSON/P-TECH Building & Zoom)
• Skate City, Sponsored by PTO - Thursday, Aug. 22, from 5-7 p.m. (Skate City Littleton)
• News ad Updates
• College and Career Newsletter
• Applications Open for Civic Academy
• Join STEM's Parent Facebook Pages
  
• Concurrent Enrollment Information

Hello STEM Families,

Welcome back to another exciting year! As we kick off the 2024-2025 school year, we want to extend a warm welcome to both our returning families and those who are joining us for the first time. This week was filled with joy and enthusiasm as students reconnected with our staff and friends.

We are delighted to share that the majority of our amazing staff returned. We welcomed 8 new teachers and 7 new staff members to our STEM team this year. We hope that you will attend our Back to School Nights next week to meet your school administrators, child’s teachers, and members of the student support team and all of the countless others dedicated to supporting our STEM students.

The power of a charter school is in the ongoing community engagement with the school. Ready to make a difference in our community? We’re excited to announce the launch of a new volunteer management software.

This secure, volunteer - experience focused platform will streamline how you sign up and manage your volunteer activities. Click the button below to get started! Watch for new school-wide volunteer opportunities throughout the year. For more information, please visit our page on the website or contact us at volunteer@stemk12.org.

Deputy Gabe is STEM's School Resource Officer through the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. Check out his bi-weekly newsletter for important safety reminders, as well as great things that he's seeing around campus.

We've partnered with WaytoGo School Pool for the last several years to provide our community with a resource to connect with other families to either host a carpool or search for a carpool. Click the button below to log into the secure, unique system just for STEM. Please do not post this link on Facebook or any other platform as it is a unique link just for STEM.

In order for this resource to be successful, we need families who want to host a carpool to also sign-up in the system. Please email info@stemk12.org with any questions.

Click here to access the system.

Anxiety is always high at the start of the school year as all families are trying to be as prepared as possible. While we send all of the important information in each week's Parent Newsletter, we've also compiled all of the important information that you need to know in the Back-to-School Information Hub.

Please check the link below to view the Back to School Parent Information Sessions (Presentations and Recordings)

Click here to visit the HUB.

Summer Camps

• July 29-August 2 - Girls' High School Volleyball Camp
  

• July 29-August 2 - Boys' High School Basketball Camp

Fall High School Athletics Registrations

• HS Boys Soccer

• HS Girls Volleyball

• HS Boys Golf

• HS Speech and Debate (Coed) (Late Fall/Winter season)

• HS eSports (Coed)

• HS Cross Country (Coed)

Physicals are NOT required for Summer/Off Season Activities, eSports, or Speech & Debate.

To register for any or all of these please click here.

Middle School Athletics & Activities

• Registration will begin after MS Club Rush (Aug 15)
• Planned Offerings: MS Cross Country, MS eSports, MS Boys & Girls Basketball, MS Spirit/Cheer, MS Speech & Debate

Please address questions to: Athletics@stemk12.org

Enrichment at STEM is the place students can find all of the school’s after-school, summer, and other enrichment offerings. Because many of the offerings are as unique as our school is, we invite students from throughout the Denver metro area to participate in our Enrichment program. Through Enrichment at STEM, students can participate in a variety of amazing clubs and programs, in arts, athletics, robotics, technology, and a variety of special interests.

Our STEM PTO is awesome! Join an amazing team of parents who create engaging and exciting events to bring our community together. Click the button below to see their newsletter for this week.

Upcoming PTO Events:

• Skate City - Thursday, Aug. 22, from 5-7 p.m., at Skate City Littleton
• PTO Meet n' Greet - Thursday, Aug., from 4-6 p.m. at Prost Brewery
• PTO Monthly Meeting - Wednesday, Sept. 11, from 6:30-8 p.m., in the Secondary Commons - In-Person

Niche.com is an online platform that helps connect families with their future schools in their neighborhoods. It is one of the top search platforms that families use when looking for a new school. If you love STEM and what we have to offer your student(s), please consider leaving us a review. Click the button below to visit our school's profile, where you can leave a review.

You can also leave us a review on our Google Business page. Click the button below to share why you love STEM School Highlands Ranch.

Thank you in advance!

We're recruiting for these positions for the 2024-25 School Year

• K-12 School Psychologist
  
• Testing Coordinator
• After-School Programming Assistant
• School Social Worker