Weekly Parent Newsletter

The annual election cycle will begin in Mid-April for the open Parent seat. If you'd like to be considered a candidate for the KOSON/STEM BOD Elections, please email stem.board@stemk12.org. One of our Board members will respond with opportunities for interested families to meet to ask questions about what the Board does.

A candidate interest form will be distributed in March for those who would like to be considered as a candidate. Information from that form will be used to create a Candidate Book to circulate amongst the STEM Community via the Weekly Newsletter to help inform our community of the candidates.

Click on the STEM Events Calendar to see everything that is happening at STEM. We've added Enrichment and Athletic Events to the calendar as well. Upcoming events include:

• Monday, Jan. 8 - Teacher Work Day
• Tuesday, Jan. 9 - Back to School - Gold Day
• Tuesday, Jan. 9 (3:15-4 p.m.) - Student Forum/Information Session (HS Commons)
• Tuesday, Jan. 9 (5:30-7 p.m.) - STEM Board Meeting (Mechatronics Lab/P-TECH Lab)
• Wednesday, Jan. 10 (4:30 & 6 p.m.) - Boys Basketball vs. DSST: Cedar (Secondary Gym)
• Wednesday, Jan. 10 (6:3-8 p.m.) - STEM PTO Monthly Meeting (Zoom)
• Wednesday, Jan. 10 (6:30-7:15 p.m.) - 6th Grade Keystone Trip Parent Info Zoom
• Thursday, Jan. 11 (6-7 p.m.) - STEM PTO After Prom Meeting (MS Cafeteria)
• Monday, Jan. 15 - No School - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• Wednesday, Jan. 17 (3:30-5:30 p.m.) - STEM School Highlands Ranch Spelling Bee (ES Gym)
• Wednesday, Jan. 17 (4:30 & 6 p.m.) - Boys Basketball vs. Lotus School (Secondary Gym)
• Wednesday, Jan. 17 (5:30-7:30 p.m.) - STEM SAC Meeting (Mechatronics/Zoom)
• Friday, Jan. 19 (4:30 & 6 p.m.) - Boys Basketball vs. William Smith (Secondary Gym)

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

• KOSON/STEM Board of Director's Monthly Meeting
• STEM PTO Monthly Meeting
• STEM Spelling Bee
• STEM Monthly SAC Meeting
• Monthly DEI Committee Meeting
• Uplift: Divorce Support Group for Students
  
• Reminder! Check your MySchoolBucks Account
• And more

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

• A message from Mrs. Ridder and Mr. Alsup
• KOSON/STEM Board of Director's Monthly Meeting
• STEM PTO Monthly Meeting
• 6th Grade Keystone Trip Parent Information Zoom Meeting
  
• STEM PTO After Prom Meeting
• STEM Spelling Bee
• STEM Monthly SAC Meeting
• Monthly DEI Committee Meeting
• Reminder! Please check your MySchoolBucks
  
• Mastery Connect Tutorial and Videos
• Important PSAT and CMAS Testing Information
• SAT Essay Opt-Out Information
• Internships
• Boston Parent Information Meeting Video
• So Much More!
  

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

• Next Boys' Basketball Game: Tuesday, Dec. 19 (5 & 6:30 p.m.) and Thursday, Dec. 21 (6-7:30 p.m.)
• Basketball Tickets Being Sold Online
  
• New Athletics Website!
• Watch Spartans Live!

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

Each week our very own DCSO School Resource Officer Deputy Gabe Uribe, writes a newsletter for our community about important topics as it relates to safety and security.

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:

• Teacher Work-Day Breakfast Donations Needed
• Volunteer sign ups in Raptor Volunteer Portal
  
• Lunchroom helper
• Driveline helper
• Theater Production Volunteer
• 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 our STEM PTO puts together a newsletter for our community, sharing information about upcoming events and opportunities to get involved.