Weekly Parent Newsletter

Dear STEM School Highlands Ranch Families,

We thank you for being a part of our STEM community and value your efforts in helping us continually improve. We believe that our continual collaborative efforts will support our growth and improve STEM for your children. Please take the time to read more below about our School Accountability Committee (SAC), how their work also supports our school, and how you can impact change with just a few minutes of your time.

It's that time of year! We're starting to prepare for the 2024-25 School Year (can you believe it?!?), and we need our CURRENT STEM Families to complete the Intent to Return/Not Return process.

This information will help our Leadership Team plan for the new school year regarding budgeting, facility use, staffing, and more. This process also helps us to know how many new students we will have openings for in the upcoming school year so that we can invite students during the Open Enrollment Window during the month of December.

Please complete a separate form for each of your CURRENTLY ATTENDING STEM students so that we know your student is either returning or not returning to STEM. Completing the form does not require your student to attend STEM for next year should you change your enrollment plans. The form allows you to update your submission should you change your mind over the next few months.

In this week's Elementary News, you can find information about:

• An Update from Mrs. McElroy
• STEM Theater Presents "Clue" - Purchase Tickets
• Court Warming Spirit Week - Basketball Home Opener
• KOSON/STEM Monthly Board Meeting
• Reminder! Check your MySchoolBucks Account
  
• Lost and Found Check
• Holiday Meal Boxes from the Backpack Society
• So much more!

In this week's Secondary News, you can find information about:

• An Update from Mrs. Ridder and Mr. Alsup
• STEM Theater Presents "Clue" - Purchase Tickets
• Court Warming Spirit Week - Basketball Home Opener
• KOSON/STEM Monthly Board Meeting
• Nerds Night Out
• Reminder! Please check your MySchoolBucks
  
• Check the Lost and Found
• Holiday Meal Boxes from the Backpack Society
  
• So Much More!
  

We ask that all families contribute 30 hours (or more) of volunteering to STEM. Families can give of their time or make a Volunteer-Hour Donation. See all the opportunities available:

• Volunteer sign ups in Raptor Volunteer Portal
• Lunchroom helper
• Driveline helper
• Theater Production Volunteer
• CyberPatriot Snack Donation Request
• TSA Run-Offs Donations Request
• Donate snacks for theater production Clue
• Our Health Room needs donations - Click here for the Amazon Wishlist
• Donate snacks for Enrichment Clubs
  
• Staff's Amazon Wishlists
• Make a Volunteer-Hours Donation via MySchoolBucks

Volunteering is easy. Once you're approved in our Raptor System, browse the Upcoming Events in the Volunteer Portal and sign-up! Your Volunteer Hours will automatically be logged when you sign-in for the event.

Each week we'll share important Athletics News with our community. Updates are written by Athletics Director Susan Jones. In this week's update:

Enrichment at STEM is the place students can find all of the school’s after-school, summer, and other enrichment offerings.

• Donate to STEM's Enrichment Program
• Elementary, Middle and High School Club Registrations

Want to see all the Good Things happening at STEM? Check out our Sharing Our Good News post. Each week we share photos, videos and information about the Good News that has happened that week.

Each week our STEM PTO puts together a newsletter for our community, sharing information about upcoming events and opportunities to get involved.