11/21/24

• 11/21 - Buffalo Wild Wings Restaurant TONIGHT!

• 11/25-11/29 - NO SCHOOL! Have a great break! 😀
• 12/4 - Wish Week assembly - wear any wish week or Be a Good Person Shirt
• 12/6 - Gift Card Orders and Heritage Giving Tree Donations Due

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. There will be lots more information about Wish Week 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!

We have been made aware of individuals in our building who have a significant latex allergy. Please do not bring latex balloons to school for parties, celebrations, or events as we cannot have them inside the building. Mylar balloons are a safe option that will be allowed inside.

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!

Don’t cook tonight! Have some wings and catch the game (Steelers/Browns) at Buffalo Wild Wings (980 Sergeant Jon Stiles Dr). Let them know that you’re with Heritage and a percentage comes back to the school!

Use the gift card order form sent home last week to make shopping easier this holiday season and a percentage of the sale goes back to Heritage Elementary! Or click here to print a copy of the order form. 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 by Friday, Dec. 6 along with a check payable to Heritage PTO.

Gift card orders will be available for pick up in the office starting Wednesday, Dec. 11.

Please join Heritage PTO and PTO Staff Appreciation 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. Heritage PTO is asking for donations of gift cards in $5 or $10 increments or cash to purchase gift cards. Please drop off your gift cards or cash labeled “Giving Tree” by Friday, December 6th. Monetary online donations for the Heritage PTO to purchase gift cards can also be made here: https://ptoheritage.org/pto-payments/ols/products/heritage-giving-tree

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

DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS is offering highly discounted tickets to their community performances of Elephant & Piggie “We are in a Play!” on: Sunday, November 10th at 1:30PM; Saturday, November 23rd at 3:30PM. Brought to you by DCPA’s Theatre for Young Audiences program, tailored for Pre-K through 3rd grade audiences but welcomes all ages. Tickets are only $5.75 per person (Reflects base ticket price of $5, plus a $0.75 service fee). Please see attached flyer on how your families who may want to attend can purchase tickets! (Click the picture for the link!)

Backpack Society is offering Thanksgiving Family Meal Boxes to our families needing assistance. Click the link below to sign up: www.backpacksociety.org/thanksgivingprogram

If you'd like to help Backpack Society reach their goal of providing 200 Thanksgiving Boxes, click the link above to learn more.

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!