Important Dates
9/24/24: K-2 Curriculum Night, 5:00pm-6:30pm
9/27/24: NO SCHOOL, PD Day
9/30/24: NO SCHOOL, PD Day
10/1/24: PTO Fox Trot Fundraiser
10/4/24: Friday Celebration, 7:40am-7:55am
10/7/24 - 10/14/24: Fall Conference Window
10/9/24: Picture Make-Up Day
10/10/24: NO SCHOOL, PD Day
10/11/24: NO SCHOOL, Vacation Day
10/14/24: NO SCHOOL, Family Conferences
10/18/24: Friday Celebration, 7:40am-7:55am
10/23/24: Black Family Night, 5:30pm-6:30pm
10/24/24: MLE - PAC Meeting, 5:00pm-6:00pm
10/26/24: Fall Festival, 11:00am-1:00pm
September is Hispanic Heritage Month
Below, find some helpful resources to learn more about Hispanic Heritage Month:
K-2 Curriculum Night, 9/24/24, 5:00pm-6:30pm
We welcome K-2 families to our Inspire Curriculum Night. Come learn about our new math curriculum “Reveal Math,” our new reading intervention program “Really Great Reading” and our core K-2 reading program “CKLA” presented by our Senior Team Leads (instructional coaches). In addition, you’ll visit K-2 classrooms to learn activities and strategies to help your child at home. Families will enter through the cafeteria doors at 5:00pm for a quick presentation about the curriculum and then head to classrooms to engage in activities!
NO SCHOOL, Professional Development Day - 9/27/24
9/27/24 is a District Professional Day (PD). Inspire Elementary has an innovation waiver that allows us to opt out of district training if it does not align with our school's professional development. Below, find the sessions our staff will be completing in lieu of district training:
- Circles Practice Session
- Building Trust: Receiving and Giving Feedback
- BOY Data Share/DDI
- Measures of Student Outcomes (MSO)
- BESS Teacher Report
- ECE CKLA training
NO SCHOOL, Professional Development Day - 9/30/24
9/30/24 is an Inspire Professional Development Day. During these PD Days, we focus on our Unified Improvement Plan and innovation school priorities. Below, find the sessions our staff will be completing:
- Trauma Informed Practices
- Equity Session
- Introduction to Special Education & Disabilities
- Paraprofessional Support in the Classroom
Fox Trot Fundraiser is 10/1/24
- Funds from the Inspire Fox Trot will be used to support curriculum and staff, making exciting learning experiences possible across the school.
- Funds raised also support our long-term relationship with SustainEd Farms. With this curriculum, we give all students a chance to work with the goats, chickens, and garden on campus.
- Please help us reach our fundraising goal by supporting our jog-a-thon. Complete these 5 easy steps!
- Register or re-LogIn on Get Movin’© FundHub and create your child's fundraising page.
- Email/text your child's fundraising page to 10-15 friends and family.
- Post on social media: it's fun to see who ends up donating!
- Volunteer for the event! Sign up here.
- Mark the date on your calendar and come cheer your foxes on the day of the event! We will have a special viewing area for families.
- On 9/20, we will send home a flyer in the Friday Folder with the schedule for the day. With that flyer we will include an envelope for check or cash donations to be turned into your teacher or front office; we encourage these donations as we don’t pay a processing fee on them. Please include your student name and homeroom teacher so we can add these donations to their class trackers!
Fox Trot Rewards!
Our students will get fun celebrations when we hit goals!
School Wide Rewards!
When we reach 50% of students registered, one of our principals will dress up as the Inspire Fox at arrivals/drop-off!
When we reach 50% of the goal ($25,000), we’ll have a bubble party at arrivals/drop-off!
When we reach 100% of the goal ($50,000), we'll have a school-wide pajama party.
Classroom Rewards!
When a classroom meets 50% of students registered, all students in that class will get a temporary tattoo.
When a classroom meets 100% of students registered, that class will get a Chalk Party at recess and their teacher will get free coffee delivered to them!
The top 5 classrooms who raise the most will get a "bring a stuffie to school" day.
The classroom who raises the most will receive a trophy at the 10/6 Friday Celebration and get an extra recess. Their teacher will have lunch delivered to them at school.
A Reminder About Breakfast
Student must arrive for breakfast between 7:15am-7:25am. Classes begin at 7:40am. It is difficult to get students to class on time if they are coming in after 7:25am for breakfast.
Purchase a Yearbook Today!
Our online school store is open and yearbooks are on sale at the best price of the year! Purchase now at https://yearbookforever.com/. See pricing below:
- $25 until 1/1/25 (end of winter break)
- $30 after 1/1/25 $30 until 4/1/25 (end of March break)
- $35 after 4/1/24 until we sell out
5th Grade Yearbook Ads, Deadline 10/9/24
To honor our 5th grade students, we are including a FREE 1/8th page yearbook ad for each student.
- We are asking each family to submit a FAMILY photo.
- The photo can be from any point of time - a FAMILY picture from when your child was little or a recent photo.
- Be sure the photo is horizontal (landscape) and allows space on all margins for cropping.
- Click on 5th Grade Yearbook Ad Photo Request to submit your photo.
5th Grade Families - Middle School
It's hard to believe but we've got to talk about middle school. Below, find 2 (two) resources for our 5th grade families as you navigate the middle school search process:
- Denver Green School Northfield (DGSN) will host an Inspire-student-only tour on 10/29/24. The entire 5th Grade class will have an opportunity to hear a presentation by Mr. Jaquette, DGSN Co-Lead and then take a tour of DGSN.
- Click on the Middle School Transition Information to re-familiarize yourself with School Finder, School Choice, and access links for middle schools in our zone.
PTO Announcements
- Thank you to all who joined our first PTO meeting yesterday! We’ll be sharing dates for additional meetings this year soon. To get connected with the PTO start by filling out our PTO membership form.
- We have an incredible group of Inspire parents and caregivers chairing our committees this year; thank you to everyone! The one opening we have is for someone to coordinate restaurant giveback nights. This can be managed largely from the comfort of your computer (think email) and aims to set up one restaurant giveback night per month. Interested? Reach out to board@inspirepto.com.
- We’re also kicking off work for our spring fundraiser! The first planning meeting will take place at 6:00pm on Monday, September 26th. Email Mandi at mandi2585@gmail.com if you’d like to join.
- Start supporting Inspire and the PTO today by donating here or becoming a beloved Inspire Sponsor!
- The PTO is looking for more sponsors! This is a wonderful way to support our school and to showcase local businesses to many potential customers. All funds raised go to support the staff, children, and families of the Inspire Elementary community.
- Choose from Leveled Sponsorships or A la Carte items ranging from $100-$1800. Depending on your sponsorship level items available include a highly featured Fence Banner, logo features, Friday Folder Insert, logo displayed at Spring Fundraising Event, Fall Fox Trot Event Sponsorship and Logo on Spring Field Day T-Shirts
- For more details please contact sponsorship@inspirepto.com or click here for more info.
A Message from Michele Comfort, Gifted & Talented Coordinator
Inspire Elementary offers comprehensive support for gifted learners through a variety of integrated strategies throughout the school day. These include flexible and cluster grouping based on individual strengths, advanced project options, higher-order questioning with depth and complexity, student choice, independent research, advanced technology use, special activity blocks, and creative critical thinking opportunities. Instruction will be informed by data from multiple perspectives to ensure effective, tiered differentiation. Faculty will promote enrichment activities when possible and emphasize social-emotional learning (SEL) and positive behavior support systems, addressing the holistic needs of each child. Gifted and talented students will receive an Advanced Learning Plan with tailored academic and emotional goals. The school’s core values underscore students' abilities to Innovate, Impact, and of course, INSPIRE! Questions? Contact michele_comfort2@dpsk12.net.
Food Pantry
If your family would benefit from additional food during the school year, we invite you to sign up for the Inspire Elementary Food Pantry. While the pantry will be operated by the Inspire Elementary PTO, all student and family information will be kept confidential. Each week a bag of food items will be sent home with your child (alternate arrangements may be made if this does not work for your family). The only requirements are that you have a child attending school at Inspire Elementary and indicate your interest by filling out this form. There is no cost to join. If you have questions or concerns, please reach out to Michelle Hauck, Inspire School Counselor at (720)424-4884 or Michelle_Hauck@dpsk12.net.
Family Resources
Multilingual Learners Welcome to the MLE DAC Meeting on Sept. 25
Join the Multilingual Education (MLE) District Advisory Committee (DAC) on Wednesday, Sept. 25 from 5-7 p.m. at Montbello Middle School. We are kicking off the year with an MLE Parent Academy. Come and learn about our programs, the rights of parents of multilingual learners and more! Plus, we’ll have performances celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. Dinner, childcare and interpretation will be available. Access the flyers in several languages. Attendees are encouraged to pre-register here. Staff are also highly encouraged to attend. For more information, visit the MLE website or contact Olga Olivas at 720-423-3058.
