SIERRA SCOOP

I can't believe I am saying this, but it is time to start thinking about class lists for the 2025-26 school year. There is never a perfect class building process, but getting the voices of all stakeholder is essential. The process of creating new class groupings for the following year requires an understanding of each student’s needs as well as the needs of the school community. Teachers consider a wide range of factors including academic performance, personality, social and emotional needs, mix of boys and girls, and leadership skills, to name a few.

We value your input and we will take this information into consideration as we develop balanced class groupings for the next school year. We ask that you do not request specific teachers (if so, this will NOT be considered when building class lists). If you have any questions, please contact the school principal, Tennille Foerster, at tennille.foerster@jeffco.k12.co.us.

Please fill this form out by Wednesday, March 12th.

Have a wonderful weekend 💖

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME - Don't forget to set your clocks an hour ahead on Saturday night, 3/8.

Reminder for attendance - Please call in your absences at 303-982-0819 or input the absence in Infinite Campus. Do not email your absences. Thank you!

Ralston Valley Soccer Academy

Sierra Calendar

March 12- Skate City (5pm)

March 14- ROAR Day- Tropical

March 17-21- NO SCHOOL, Spring Break

March 24- NO SCHOOL, Teacher Work Day

March 26- Talent Show, 5:30 in the gym

March 28- Coffee with T n B, 7:50 in the cafeteria

April 8-17- CMAS Testing grades 3rd-5th (see more info below)

April 14- NO YMCA

April 18- ROAR Day- Super Hero

April 23- Accountability meeting (4:45) and PTA General Meeting (5:30) both in the library

April 25- NO SCHOOL, teacher work day

Please ensure that you read through the Sierra Student-Family Handbook for additional school information.

Parking

Please DO NOT park in our handicap spots without the proper tags/documentation. These spots are needed and used daily for several of our families. We appreciate your cooperation.

Oak Crosswalk Reminders

Thank you for always ensuring student safety is number 1! We appreciate your partnership to set good examples for all students by modeling safe behaviors in our crosswalks and helping our crosswalk volunteers:

• Please obey all signage along Oak (speed limit, flashers, etc.)
• Drivers- stopping when the light is flashing to signal pedestrians
• Pedestrians- always use a crosswalk!

Thanks for helping to keep the Sierra community safe!

From Jeffco's Gifted/Talented Office

Linked here is the March edition of the Spotlight on Advanced Learners newsletter!

Do you have a local business? Would you like to get word out to Sierra families about your business? The Student Council is putting on a Talent Show on March 26, and we are looking for advertisers! Our Student Council students will put on a 30 second - 1 minute long "commercial" during the talent show promoting your business, all for a minimum donation of $25 to help fund our Student Council.

If you're interested, please email Kaela Lazek at kaela.lazek@jeffco.k12.co.us. Thank you!

Join us for the last Skate Night of the 24-25 School Year!

We completed our mid-year social, emotional, and behavioral screener in February and we saw amazing growth for our students! This year, we completed the SSIS SEL twice - at the beginning and middle of the year - to screen the social-emotional-behavioral skills in the competencies areas of: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, and Responsible Decision Making skills. The SSIS SEL informs our instruction and practices schoolwide to support the development of these skills in our students. Our mid-year screener shows that 76% of our students demonstrate proficient skills across all five competencies, up from 68% at the beginning of the year. We have engaged in the following universal practices to support students' growth in social-emotional and behavioral skills this year: utilizing the Second Step curriculum to explicitly teach growth mindset & goal-setting, emotion management, empathy & kindness, and problem-solving skills; teaching, re-teaching, and reinforcing that Sabertooths ROAR when we are Safe, Respectful & Responsible; facilitating weekly community-building circles; and responding to problem behaviors through a restorative lens. Our mental health team partnered with several grade-levels to provide additional instruction around social thinking and executive functioning skills to further support this skill development. Some individual students also received more targeted support, following conversations with caregivers, to address their needs through Check-in, Check-out, Skills Groups, and Mentoring. We continue to refine this multi-tiered approach and value our partnerships with families in this work. Thank for all your support and reinforcement in building these skills at home and in the community!

The Yearbook Needs Your Photos: Field Day, Halloween, Field Trips ect. Please submit via link below:

https://community.lifetouch.com/invite?code=SIERRA-ARVADA-25

code: SIERRA-ARVADA-25

Last chance to purchase a 24-25 Yearbook:

ybpay.com Code:11780625

• Click here for Jeffco's CMAS Informational Flyer for families.
• Click here for Jeffco Family Resources pertaining to CMAS.
• Click here for Sierra's CMAS testing schedule. Please help us to ensure a successful testing window by ensuring your child is at school. Thank you!

Join Jeffco staff and child safety experts for the Safe Student Summit! This event will feature expert speakers, interactive workshops and resources covering critical topics like online safety (social media, gaming, online grooming), recognizing predatory behaviors, fostering open communication with children and developing family safety plans.

Register here.

Email: tennille.foerster@jeffco.k12.co.us
Website: sierraelementary.net
Location: 7771 Oak Street, Arvada, CO, USA
Phone: (303)982-0821
Facebook: facebook.com/sierraelementary