March 7, 2025
Dear Nederland Community,
As we look toward the final two and half months of school we have A LOT to look forward to. First, I want to put on your radar a week of environmental awareness and stewardship. This fun and important week will take place the week of April 28th and includes field trips to Ecocycle, the Nederland transfer station, guest speakers, and more.
Also, the Maker Fair is coming up April 23rd! See the flier below for all the information. This will be a fun school wide event that will include a 5th grade science fair.
Also coming up is a Dines Out night at Chipotle on April 8th from 4-8 PM. This is at the Chipotle on 29th Street in Boulder. Stop by Chipotle on your way out of town and grab a burrito for dinner and support our PTA.
And of course I hope to see you this Friday evening at Kathmandu for Dines Out and live music by Mr. Kirk’s band The Piney Tops.
Finally a reminder that on Wednesday mornings there is no adult supervision until 8:30. Please do not drop your child off for early drop off before 8:30. Thank you.
That’s it for now. As always please feel free to reach out with any questions and have a wonderful weekend.
Best,
Caleb
NES SEL Week 2025: Green Guardians
We are excited to introduce Green Guardians, an immersive week dedicated to environmental awareness and stewardship! Throughout the week of April 28-May 2, students will explore the wonders of nature, learn about sustainability, and take hands-on actions to protect the planet. We hope to inspire our young learners to become mindful caretakers of the Earth. We can’t wait to see them step into the role of Green Guardians and make a positive impact!
We would greatly appreciate your help! Please take a moment to complete this Google form and share how you would like to contribute. Feel free to share the link with other folks in the community who may be interested.
Questions? Please contact Kristen Kron (720) 561-4825 or Kristen.Kron@bvsd.org
Thank you!
The School Culture Team
After-School Care - Interest Survey
Please take a moment to complete this survey so that we can understand the needs for after-school care. Reach out to Betsy - betsy@teensinc.org with any questions.
Betsy Epp
Social Emotional Learning CoordinatorTEENS, Inc.
Office: (720) 561-4861
Cell: (970) 402-4542
We have lots of upcoming fundraising events coming up, see below
o Dines out at Kathmandu March 7th 5-7:30 with Mr. Kirk and the Piney Tops.
o Teacher breakfast March 12th, we are looking for 2 volunteers to get breakfast together for the teachers
o Chipotle on 29th street March 15th 4-8 pm. This is a great opportunity to call in your flatlander friends and family for help. We must sell $125 worth of food with people mentioning NES to qualify for the donation. Look for flyers coming soon.
o More to come soon including other Nederland restaurants and some in town too.
As always we are working on fundraising including auctions, bingo nights, etc. Please reach out to us if you would like to be more hands on with help. We are putting together some folks to help do fundraising at our spring sing-along. fundraising@nespta.com
Please, please, please get your yearbook information in. Leah and Beth note they have about half of the 5th grade tributes in and would like to get them as soon as possible. yearbook@nespta.com Also please buy your yearbooks soon!
We have one more Nordic day to go for SHRED and everyone agrees it was a big hit! Look forward to SHRED MTB this spring. Thank you again to the team Amy, Art and Lisa for their tireless work chasing paperwork.
This past year we added a line item to our budget to provide recess equipment for the school. This was an outstanding success! The staff are noticing fewer conflicts and the children are cooperating more. We will be re-ordering equipment as it wears out.
We are looking for volunteers for Staff Appreciation Week May 5-9. This will include getting donations for teacher raffles, setting up staff and bus driver breakfasts. Please let me know if you would like to be involved in planning this week president@nespta.com
Hello from Ms. B and the art room.
Monday starts the first session of afterschool art for grades 3, 4, and 5. Monday- Thursday, 3:30- 4:45 in the art room. Looking forward to seeing you there.
Kindergarteners went fishing this week. Students experienced how to paper Mâché and make three dimensional art, which is the art element of form.
Thank you Nederland Elementary and Community!
Nederland Elementary School is excited to host the Boulder Bookstore Book Fair from April 22nd to April 25th! We would love for every student to have the chance to purchase a book at the book fair! To help make this happen, our fantastic Student Council is raising funds to support this effort. If you’d like to contribute, please donate on RevTrak. Thank you for your support!
We are running low on building materials for our Discovery Lab. If you have items that you can donate, please drop them off at the front desk. We are in need of the following:
- Bubble wrap and packing material
- Yogurt containers or similar containers
- Paper towel rolls
- Cereal boxes or other small boxes
- Corks
- Other fun building materials!
Thank you!
