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Saturday, October 5, 2024

• Sports
• Girls Soccer A Team vs. North @ North 8:00 AM
• Girls Soccer B Team vs. North @ Quest 8:00 AM
• 7th Boys Volleyball vs. North @ Quest 8:00 AM
• 8th Boys Volleyball vs. North @ North 8:00 AM

Monday, October 7, 2024 - A Day

• Clubs
  
• Elementary Music Club - 4th & 5th, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
• 7th Grade - Aurora Quest @ Vista Peak 5:00 p.m.
• 8th Grade - Vista Peak @ Aurora Quest 5:00 p.m.

Tuesday, October 8, 2024 - B Day

• Character Awards 1:45-2:30pm
  
• PTA Meeting 6:00-7:00pm
• Clubs
• Chess Club 2:30-3:30pm
• Girls on the Run 2:30-4:00pm
• Quest for Oceans 2:30-3:30pm
• Reading Club 2:30-3:30pm
• Science Matters 2:35-3:35pm

Wednesday, October 9, 2024 - A Day

• 5th Grade Field Trip to Denver Museum of Nature & Science 9:30am-1:30pm
• Run4Funds Prize Day

• Sports
• Girl's Soccer B Team vs. AWCPA@ AWCPA 5:00pm
• Girl's Soccer A Team vs AWCPA @Quest 5:00pm
• 7th Boys Volleyball vs. AWCPA @ AWCPA 5:00 PM
• 8th Boys Volleyball vs.AWCPA @ Quest 5:00 PM
• Clubs
• Wrestling practice @ Hinkley 4:00-5:30pm
• Painting Club 2:30-3:30pm
• Music Studio Club (Gr. 6th-8th) 2:30-3:30pm

Thursday, October 10, 2024 - B Day

• Gifted Parents Discussion Group 7:30-8:30 a.m. & 4:30-5:30 p.m.

• Fire Safety Instruction 3rd&4th Gr. 8-10am
  

• Kinder Alphabet Show 1:45, Media Center

• Middle School Dance 2:30-4:00 PM

• Skate City 6:00-8:00 PM

• Last Day of 1st Quarter

• Clubs
• Robotics 2:30-4:30 pm I-pod
• Girls on the Run 2:30-4:00 pm
• Tae Kwon Do 2:30-3:45pm in Music Room

Friday, October 11, 2024

• Teacher Workday - No School for Students

10/10 - Fire Safety Instruction 3rd & 4th Grade 8-10am

10/11 - Staff Workday - no classes

10/14-10/18- Fall Break

10/19 - Track Banquet 5-6:30 p.m.

10/10 - Gifted Parents Discussion Group 7:30-8:30 a.m. & 4:30-5:30 p.m.

10/24 - Individual School Photo Retake Day

10/25 - Winter Clothing Drive

10/30 - Grades K-5 Parent-Teacher Conf. 3:15-7:15 PM

10/31 - Trick or Treat with Transportation Kindergarten & 2nd Grade

Our Lost-and-Found is so FULL. Please remind your children to look in Lost-and-Found for any items they may have misplaced. Items left in Lost and Found will be donated on the afternoon of Friday, October 11, 2024. Please check Lost-and-Found if you are missing any items so that you can be reunited with your belongings before Friday, October 11, 2024.

Calling all slimeologists! Prepare to get elbow deep in gooey fun as we enter the world of polymer chemistry and make different slime creations each week. You’ll make amazing color changing slime, textured slime with growing orbs, and chalkboard slime that you can draw on!

Starting soon: Tuesdays, Oct 22, 29 | Nov 5, 12

Aurora Quest K-8 Families, what an amazing fun run we had! Thank you to everyone who came out and cheered on the runners!

The final count of raised funds is over $36,000 toward our school goal of $27,000! Our students surpassed their fundraising goal!

Prize day is Thursday, October 9th. We hope all students are in school so they don't miss out on getting their prizes.

Thank you to the following people for volunteering in the classrooms and library. Your time is our treasure an d we apprciate this gift!

Ayssa Espinoza, Kathryn and William Pottle, Imelda Yanez Delgado, Katherine Collier, Nathan Sumner

Patricia Porter, Gabriela Estrada, Muluye Gebremeskel, Sharif Rahman, Floyd Wagner and Valerie Schowinsky, Julie Johnson, Estella Escobar & Michael Dixon-Moran, Lynn Vair!

Per recommendations from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and American

Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) influenza vaccine is recommended for all persons

over 6-months of age (unless there are medically confirmed contradictions) during

the months of September and October.

Updated COVID-19 vaccinations are recommended for persons age 6-months.

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccines are recommended for all adults over

age 60 years, during the 32-36 th week of pregnancy, and infants age birth to 19-

months (provider will determine age of immunization).

Another reminder to please check email, voice messages, and talking points for

messages about missing immunizations.

Colorado keeps breaking heat records! Please remember to send a water bottle

every day for your child, remind them to use chap stick frequently, and to have

layers of clothing.

Changes of clothes: The clinic has an abundance of shirts in all sizes for students

who need a change donated by a parent of one of our teachers. I do not have pants

or underwear for the little ones—under middle school. We do not keep shoes or

boots or jackets for any age. Please make sure your child has a change of clothes

available.

Please let me know how I can help your child.

Susan Golden MSN RN

Aurora Quest K-8 offers multiple Parent Information Sessions each application season. Parents who are interested in applying to Aurora Quest are highly encouraged to attend one of these sessions to learn more about Aurora Quest K-8, gather more information about the application process and understand the selection process for admission at Aurora Quest K-8. The dates for the 2025-26 school year are as follows:

• Thursday, October 24, 2024 from 6:00 – 7:30 PM at the Aurora Quest K-8 Media Center, 17315 E. 2nd. Ave., Aurora, CO 80011
  
• Thursday, November 14, 2024 from 6:00 – 7:30 PM at the Aurora Quest K-8 Media Center, 17315 E. 2nd. Ave., Aurora, CO 80011

Dates to be on the lookout for:

~Next PTA meeting is October 8 th 6-7pm and will be available via live

~Skate City Glow and Celebrate will be happening 10/10 to kick us into fall break. Flyer

should be coming home if it hasn’t already.

~Be on the lookout after fall break for sign ups to feed the K-5 teachers for parent teacher

conferences on 10/30 and 11/7

~There will be info for another passive fundraiser coming soon. It’ll be similar to King

Soopers

Phoenix Feathers:

This year we have decided to create a golden feather to celebrate our teachers and staff. If

you or your student would like to buy a feather for a staff member they will be $5 and can be

purchased at any event we are at as well as on the school website under PTA. Yearly our

PTA spends a starting average of $60 per student to provide all or part of your signature

learning experiences at Quest. This includes fieldtrips, student enrichment, and

transportation to name a few. By purchasing a feather for $60 you help chip away at our BIG

goal.

We Have A Facebook Group!

Do you wonder what is going on at school? Curious about upcoming events? Wanting to

volunteer during fundraisers but not sure how? This is your one stop shop for how to

support the school, fundraisers and overall school community. Please be sure to answer the

questions when you ask to join. It's a way that we ensure that our Quest information stays

within our community.

www.facebook.com/groups/1743613152521317/

King Soopers Rewards: (EASIEST way to passively fundraise)

Help our school by buying your groceries! This is the easiest fundraiser and takes less than

10 minutes to set up so sign up if you haven't already.

• Go to: www.kingsooperscommunityrewards.com
• Click on Enroll Now.
• Sign in to your account.
• Click on Community Rewards
• Enter Aurora Quest K8 PTA or “BX352”

Shop as usual using your rewards card or alternate ID.

***Be on the lookout for more passive opportunities in the future!***

PTA Meeting: Our next meeting is October 8th from 6-7pm with a live stream available via

Facebook. Thank you to all that joined us last month in person and survived our technical

difficulties online!!! We welcome all parents and support parents to join us! If you are

interested in voting rights for decisions that affect how we support the school, membership

is $10. You can become a member on the school website under the PTA tab or at any

meeting or event we are hosting. We would love our teachers to be a part of our meetings

and as a thank you for their time we are doing something new by having parents sponsor a

teacher by paying their dues. As the dues goes to the state, we can’t waive it but we had

many parents at the last meeting suggest and offer to pay for a teacher. If this is something

you’d like to partake in please reach out.

A HUGE thank you to all parents and families for all you do to support, grow, and create our

community!

2024/2025 Aurora Quest K8 PTA Board

Dre Sneddon, President

Nidhi Kotecha, Vice President

Angelica Upton, Secretary

Susan Milo, Treasurer