12/5/2024

• 12/6 - Gift Card Orders and Heritage Giving Tree Donations Due TOMORROW
• 12/10 - Torchy's Tacos Restaurant Night
• 12/11 - Heritage Giving Tree Donations Due
• 12/12 - Ugly Sweater Contest
• 12/16 - Grinch Day - dress like a Grinch or wear green
• 12/17 - Reindeer Day - dress like a reindeer or wear brown
• 12/18 - Polar Express PJ Day
• 12/20 - 1/6 - Winter Break! Have a great break 😃

Sixth Grade is excited about our "Naughty or Nice" competition. We hope that every student, teacher, and staff member at Heritage will participate. These treats cost $1 for 1 treat and $5 for 6! Naughty or Nice treats will be sold from December 5th through December 17th or until we are sold out in the main hallway. There will be a special prize for the class that receives the most "Nice Treats" and an even more special prize for the class with the most “Naughty Treats.” So, remember, buy "Nice Treats" for your classmates and "Naughty Treats" for your friends in the other classes. We can't wait to raise more money for the Make a Wish Foundation! Click here for a form!

Wish Week is the time of the year where the entire Mountain Vista High School community comes together to raise as much money as possible for the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Make-a-Wish Foundation helps families with a child suffering from a life-threatening illness by granting their wish. This could be meeting a celebrity, going on a vacation, etc. MVHS adopts one Wish Kid each year to rally around and fulfill their wish. Yesterday students from Mountain Vista came to Heritage to share Wish Week information with our students, and there will be more information coming in the next couple of months.

As you may know, our 6th Grade Leadership team has already begun fundraising to support the Wish Week efforts, and we are pleased to share two additional fundraising opportunities with our community. Mountain Vista partners with Be A Good Person brand to create and sell shirts to be worn during Wish Week, which are a huge hit in our community! The proceeds from shirt sales directly support Vista’s fundraising efforts, and fosters some friendly competition between the elementary schools to see which school sells the most! Shirts are on sale now through January 17th.

Heritage Wish Week Shirt for Students/Parents/Community

Parents can also pre-order tickets to the Mountain Vista's 3rd Annual Wish Week Community Fair - a fun family event that includes pizza, a spaghetti dinner, carnival games, and much more! The Community Fair takes place on February 6th at Mountain Vista from 5 to 7 pm.

Heritage Wish Week Community Fair Ticket

Do you know where your kids’ winter coats are? PLEASE come check out our lost and found in front of the school today and tomorrow. We have lots of coats, hats, mittens, lunch boxes, water bottles...even a surprise item or two! Make sure to pick up lost items by Thursday, December 19th as remaining items will be donated on December 20th.

Our 15th annual silent auction is April 11, 2025! We are in need a group of volunteers to join us in collecting and organizing donations, contacting businesses for donations and more! Many of these jobs can be done at home or on weekends!

Sign up here if you are able to help!

Use the gift card order form (click here to print a copy of the order form) to make shopping easier this holiday season and a percentage of the sale goes back to Heritage Elementary! Or you can also use this as an opportunity to show your appreciation for the wonderful staff members at Heritage. Heritage PTO will arrange a gift card Giving Tree, as an optional opportunity to thank ALL staff members that make it a great school. $5 and $10 gift cards are ideal for the Giving Tree. If you’d like to purchase gift cards for the Giving Tree, please add these to your order form and upon picking up your gift card order, leave the ones for the Giving Tree with a staff member in the front office. You can also purchase gift cards on your own. Please write your family's name on the gift card and drop off in the office by Friday, Dec. 6. Orders are due TOMORROW along with a check payable to Heritage PTO - please give to the front desk. Gift card orders will be available for pick up in the office starting Wednesday, Dec. 11.

DEADLINE EXTENDED - donations needed! Please join the Heritage PTO in recognizing administration, teacher aides, specials teachers, and other support staff for all they do for our children and our school. The Giving Tree allows staff members without a dedicated classroom to select gift cards from the tree, depending on the number donated. Ways in which you can donate by Wednesday, December 11th:

• Drop off physical gift cards in $5 or $10 increments to the office
• Drop off cash/check labeled “Giving Tree” to the office
• Donate money online for the Heritage PTO to purchase gift cards: https://ptoheritage.org/pto-payments/ols/products/heritage-giving-tree

Need easy breakfasts for the holiday season? We’ve got a plan for you! For the month of December, use our link to order your dozens of donuts online, then redeem your Digital Dozens for Krispy Kreme Donuts. 50% comes back to Heritage when you use our link!

On Tuesday, December 10 get your Taco Tuesday fix at Torchy’s (1515 Park Central Dr) from 10:00am - 10:00pm. Let them know that you’re with Heritage and 15% comes back to us.

Click for more information: https://ptoheritage.org/ongoing-fundraisers.

Come join us at Mountain Vista for the 4th annual Computer Science Expo December 10 from 6 to 7:30pm in U213 in celebration of CSEdWeek, an annual call to action to inspire K-12 students to learn computer science. We'll have stations of activities including robotics, circuit boards, video games, coding, and cybersecurity. We'll also have a panel of industry experts and collegiate computer science students for a Q&A session. There will be a raffle for prizes as well. Please RSVP at https://bit.ly/VistaCSEdWeek .

This program is designed to introduce newcomers to the sport and nurture the talent of future volleyball stars. Whether the athlete is just starting, or ready to sharpen their serve, set, and attack, the Grinders Rock League is the perfect place to grow and succeed.

Why Choose the Grinders Rock League?
1. Tailored coaching for skill levels from beginner to advanced
2. A fun and engaging atmosphere
3. Opportunities to build lifelong friendships
4. A pathway to realizing each athlete's potential

Spots are filling up quickly, so don’t miss this opportunity to give your athlete a head start on the court and in life!

Sign up today for the January-February session and let’s get ready to ROCK the court!

Rock League Registration

The Foundation for Douglas County Schools has some great Community Events already lined up for our school community!

Detailed information can be found on the Community Event page of The Foundation's website. All tickets can be purchased directly from that page as well. Current offerings include tickets to the Colorado Rockies, Rapids, Avalanche, Air Force Falcons, Elitch Theme Park, Lone Tree Arts Center, DCPA and more - check back often for new opportunities to be added!

These are fun, discounted opportunities, and a portion of each ticket purchased goes back to DCSD!