Steele Stallion Press

TODAY - All School Birthday Celebrations during Recess + Lost and Found Collection Day

Feb 3 - Talent Show Permission Slips Due

Feb 4/5 - Talent Show Auditions

Feb 5 - Auction Meeting at Reivers, 7pm

Feb 11 - PTA Meeting, 6pm

Feb 12 - SDO at Postino on Broadway

Feb 14 - 18 - NO SCHOOL, President's Day

Feb 19 - Men of Steele at Kentucky Inn, 6:30pm

Feb 27 - Talent Show, 5p

Mar 6 - Science Fair Open House

Mar 7 - Science Fair Finale

Mar 13 - 3rd-5th Dance Party

Dear Steele families,

This week Steele’s School Leadership Team (SLT) and Collaborative School Committee (CSC) met to provide recommendations for Steele’s 25/26 school year budget. As a school, we are solving a budget deficit of approximately $60,000. If you missed the meeting you can check out the slides including the budget scenarios here.

Many of you may wonder why we face a deficit despite the generous contributions from our PTA. The primary reason is that Steele is currently overstaffed based on district standards. We've been using PTA donations and budget reserves to maintain our beloved programming and support our robust staffing model.

For a more comprehensive understanding of Steele's budget process, please visit this link. We've also compiled a list of frequently asked budget questions, which you can find in the slide deck.

After thorough discussions and valuable input from our SLT and CSC, we've decided on the following changes to our staffing model:

• Reducing our Gifted and Talented FTE to 0.8

• Reducing one paraprofessional position

I want to assure you that these decisions were not made lightly. Our teams determined that this scenario would have the least impact on our students while addressing our budget constraints. We remain committed to providing an exceptional learning environment for all our students.

Thank you to our SLT and CSC for their thoughtful recommendations and to all of you for your ongoing support and understanding.

Check out this week’s Caught in the Act Winners!

Marti

Marti_Rosenberg@dpsk12.org

Join us February 5th at 7pm at Reivers (1085 S. Gaylord) and see how you can be part of the fun happening in the auction committee!

For more info, contact steelepresident@gmail.com, 970-406-2012

Dine out and do good!

On Wednesday February 12th, Postino on Broadway will donate 20% of proceeds back to Steele. Order online for pickup using code STEELE, or show this flyer in the restaurant.

Location: 145 N. Broadway, Denver, CO 80203

Code: STEELE

The Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment has updated its public guidance for routine decisions about when children and staff should stay home from school or childcare.

Please read the updated document here.

We are incredibly proud of our multilingual families and staff members at Steele. Did you know there are over 18 languages spoken in our building? They include:

• English
• Spanish
• Chinese
• Portuguese
• Croatian
• Swedish
• Haitian Creole
• Polish
• French
• Russian
• Ukrainian
• Arabic
• Czech
• Swiss German
• Ethiopian
• Korean
• French Creole
• American Sign Language

Do you speak another language that's not on this list? If so, tell me about it! Please write to Ms. Amy at amy_roberts1@dpsk12.net so we can add to our amazing list.

A Family Resource Toolkit is available in English and Spanish, and contains information and resources about rights, current DPS policies, training, mental health support, DPS resources, community resources and more.

Denver Film is excited to present you with a FREE opportunity to make a meaningful impact by sponsoring our youth animation education program happening this February 8th & 9th at the Sie FilmCenter.

Register here!

The talent show will be held on February 27th in the Steele Auditorium. A day-time performance for students will be held at 1:30pm with an evening performance for families at 5:00pm. All performers must fill out a permission slip by Monday, February 3rd!! @ 9:00 AM. Here is the link to the talent show permission slip!

Every student MUST have a completed permission slip and no late forms will be accepted. Auditions will be held Wednesday, February 5th and Thursday, February 6th after school, 3:15-4:15pm.

Show line-up will be posted on Friday, February 7th at 3:05pm.

Information and resources for the Steele Science Fair can be found here: https://steele.dpsk12.org/news-events/parent-resources/4950-2/

Not signed up yet? Link here to sign up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdRtT1_WbjwenbAQwIDAQj_lkot62jLDbxKWH6_zRzyWovqHw/viewform?usp=header

Tri-fold poster boards are available in the office for $4. Questions? Email SteeleScienceFair@gmail.com

King Soopers - to link your card, search Steele or EG710

Box Tops for Education

Minted - Use code: FUNDRAISESTEELEPTA

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