8/29/2024

• 9/2 NO SCHOOL - Labor Day Holiday
• 9/6 Donuts with your Dude 7:30am - 8:30am
• 9/13 *NEW DATE* PTO Meeting 8:30am - 9:15am
• 9/19 Fund Run
• 9/20 No School
• 9/24th-26th Parent Teacher Conferences

Love to sing? Want to meet new people? Then Miss Hess wants you!

Come join EXPLORATION CHOIR! Choir is open to all interested students in grades 3-6! No audition necessary!

Please register before September 1st - click HERE to register, and then click this link to pay your activity fee of $50 on MySchool Bucks.

Choir will meet weekly on Wednesdays from 3:30-4:30pm. The first day will be September 4th!

WE MUST HAVE 25 STUDENTS SIGNED UP IN ORDER TO RUN THIS PROGRAM.

Questions? Email Miss Hess at khess1@dcsdk12.org

Calling all Dads, Stepdads, Uncles, Grandpas, Brothers, and other awesome dudes! Please SAVE THE DATE for Donuts with your Dude, Friday, September 6 th from 7:30 – 8:30 am. Please join us before school with your student(s) in the Heritage Cafeteria to enjoy some donuts, coffee, juice, and a fun morning with your kiddo!

Don’t leave empty handed…There will be several items up for drawing at our opportunity tables, too!

Ladies, we need your help to make this event extra special for our students and dudes.

Click this link to sign up and volunteer:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D4BAAAE292-50843745-donuts?useFullSite=true#/

4th-6th Graders - Come to our Instrument Rental / Meet the Band &Orchestra Teacher Event on Wednesday, September 4th! This is a chance to rent your child's band/orchestra instrument and ask any questions you might have for the Band or Orchestra Teachers.

Wednesday, Sept. 4th, 6:45 - 8:30 p.m. at Copper Mesa Elementary School

Can't attend? You CAN do this virtually: https://www.mveim.org/blank-11/blank-14/ and email the Teachers with questions: https://www.mveim.org/blank-3/

P.S. Info on supplies needed here: https://www.mveim.org/blank-11/blank-12/

Mark your calendars! The annual Heritage Fund Run is Thursday, September 19th. Keep an eye out for more information coming home with your student on Friday, August 30th following our kick-off assembly. Detailed flyers provide information on how your Heritage Explorer can help by

soliciting donations right away! Help Heritage meet their $30,000 goal!!

Update your calendars! Due to Donuts with Dudes and the 2nd grade field trip, we have postponed the next PTO meeting to Friday, September 13th at 8:30 am in the library!

PTO has added a quick resource to your student's Thursday Folder to help easily find ALL the information for Heritage PTO. You will find QR Codes to quickly link you to everything you might need. For example, how to purchase Spirit Wear, Rent the Rocks, or sign up for a Watch D.O.G.S. shift.

The Heritage PTO is proud to announce a NEW Sponsorship Program! The PTO’s fundraising goal for this year is $90,000 through the standard Fund Run, Auction, and other ongoing fundraisers. This Sponsorship Program is intended to be an additional means for donations to the Heritage PTO that would go above and beyond the $90,000 raised by our annual fundraisers. Donations made to the Sponsorship Program can be any custom amount or per a defined sponsorship level. Each sponsorship level provides definition of the specific amount of money that will be dedicated

to the PTO Wishlist, Teacher Wishlist, Heritage Wishlist, and Principal Lawson’s Wishlist.

For more detailed information on the sponsorship levels and wishlist items, visit:

https://ptoheritage.org/sponsorship-program

Donations can be made via checks payable to Heritage PTO, cash, or use of the Handbid app:

https://handbid.app.link/IjcVMuEh2Lb

65% of Fortune 500 companies offer a matching gift program for charitable donations.

Check if your employer offers a company match program! Information about Heritage Elementary PTO 501(c)(3) status can be found here: https://ptoheritage.org/company-match-programs Every dollar contributed to Heritage Elementary allows us to increase our impact in our school and community.

THANK YOU to our very first sponsor to the new PTO Sponsorship Program - the Blazevich Family! Their generous donation has been allocated for an item off of Principal Lawson’s wishlist - math intervention books for ALL students and a breakfast or lunch for the entire staff at Heritage from the PTO wishlist! These donations are making a huge impact on Heritage students and staff!

Enjoy a Rockies game and Support Heritage all at the same time. Purchase tickets for September 13, 14, or 15 using our link and a portion of your ticket will come back to Heritage. Up to 12 tickets

can be purchased at a time through the website. Need more than 12 tickets? Contact Ryan Tapp at ryan.tapp@rockies.com or 303-312-2443. The 3 schools with the highest ticket sales will nominate an outstanding teacher or staff member to be recognized on the field September 13.

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

Did you know that Fridays are Heritage Spirit days? We have lots of new items. Place your order online and have it shipped directly to you or pick it up in the store.

Heritage earns 20% back for every order. Order yours today!

https://denver.educationaloutfitters.com/heritage-elementary/

Wize Computing Academy is coming to Heritage. Please see this Flyer for more information.

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!