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Parents,
If your student is not a designated bus rider, they will NOT be able to ride any bus.
Students may not switch school buses to go to their friends house.
Bus drivers know their riders and will not allow your student to board the bus.
This is a liability for them so please, make sure to make other arrangements for play dates, etc. Thank you!
Boy's Basketball registration is open. We've had the best participation in sports throughout the district! Let's keep the momentum going. To sign up go to:
https://aurorapublicschools-ar.rschooltoday.com/
Practices begin Tuesday, January 21st
Monday-Friday 2:30-4:30 p.m.
Games will be announced.
Humane Education Club starting soon! Humane Education- Compassionate Changemakers Club (Grades 3-6 )
Teacher: Ms. Brynn Wiessner
Location: Ms Brynn’s room
Meeting Date and Time: Thursdays Weekly 2:30-3:30 Quarter 3 and 4 only
This club is for those who are interested in animals, the environment, and all living beings. We will look at the intersection of caring for each other, animals, and the earth. We will choose an area of interest based on the students in the club to create positive and compassionate change in. Sign up Link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1pU45Q7O-A-oCC6df8qTZlI_SE2YG8p615DvCj-AbDMQ/edit
Girl Scout Opportunity at Aurora Quest!
Is your girl interested in joining girl scouts?! An opportunity for a free girl scout program is coming to Aurora Quest!
Grades 3-5: 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month, starting February 4th
2:30 -3:30 after school! See attached flyer for sign up! :)
Email Ms. Brynn for questions! bmwiessner@aurorak12.org
5th Grade CalWood Informational Meeting January 22nd 5:00 p.m.
On April 16th-18th our 5th Grade will be going on an overnight field trip to the CalWood Education Center.There is a mandatory parent meeting for students who are going on this trip. It is an informational meeting that we will hold virtually on January 22nd at 5 pm. Here is the 5th Grade Virtual CalWood Parent Meeting Information
Virtual Calwood Parent Meeting 2025
Wednesday, January 22nd 5:00 – 6:00 pm
Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/hwg-eyqx-ahk
There will be important paperwork documents sent home with students on January 22nd. We will go over the packet during the meeting.
This is a very fun, adventurous and experiential field trip that we provide to our 5th graders. We hope All 5th grade students will participate, so if you have any hesitations or doubts, please attend this meeting.
Enrollment Plans for the 2025-26 School Year
We are evaluating applications for students interested in attending Aurora Quest K-8 next fall.
Because student enrollment here is limited, it is important to know the plans of our current students. (Remember: Aurora Quest students DO NOT need to reapply to Quest for next year). We have not yet heard from your family about what your plans are for next school year
Would you please take a moment to fill out the form below to let us know your plans for next fall?
We realize that plans can change, but this will give us a basis for establishing our classrooms and hiring our staff for next year.
Please complete the form by Friday, January 24, 2025.
Thank you!
Assessments
ACCESS:
A few students at Quest will be taking the English proficiency assessment (ACCESS) in January. The window for this will be from January 13 - February 14th.
8th graders Practice PSAT:
8th graders at Quest will be taking the Practice PSAT during the week of January 27. IT is important for all 8th-grade students to take this exam, as high schools use this information for class placement in 9th grade.
Welcome to the New Year!
Norovirus is spreading rapidly, shutting down hospital units, closing schools for deep cleaning, and causing lost workdays. Pediatric clinics and pediatric EDs are overrun with sick children.
Any child with nausea, vomiting, and/or diarrhea needs to stay home until there has not been any nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea for 24-hours without giving any medicine. Children with nausea, vomiting, and/or diarrhea will be sent home. Many people with norovirus do not have fever or muscle ache as this is not stomach flu.
The respiratory triple threat of COVID, Flu, and RSV is back also. Children may come to school with a cough and nasal congestion but must stay home with a fever above 100.4. Children need to be fever free for 24 hours without fever reducing medicine. It is not too late to get a flu shot.
RSV vaccines are available for persons of a certain age.
Please do NOT be confident in your hand sanitizer--it is not the killing machine you want. Use soap, water, and friction. Sing happy birthday twice while scrubbing with soap. If you have artificial nails scrub scrub scrub under them. Seriously, this stuff is nasty.
One more vaccine plug. Roald Dahl’s (author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, and more) daughter died as a young child of measles encephalitis in 1962. This is preventable with the MMR vaccinations. Children unvaccinated for measles have the risk of hospitalization, death, permanent hearing loss, and pneumonia. Please vaccinate your children.
Let me know how I can help.
Susan Golden MSN RN
303-316-1537
Immigrant Family Resources
The district has provided information on resources available for immigrant families. Please visit the APS Resources for Immigrant students and their families.
Colorado Child Passenger Safety Law
Parents and caregivers are responsible for properly restraining a child and will be ticketed if they fail to do so.
- All safety seats should be installed and fitted according to the manufacturer’s instructions and the vehicle owner's manual
- Caregivers can be pulled over if their child is not properly restrained
- Caregivers can face additional charges if the law is not followed and the child is injured
For more information go to: https://www.codot.gov/safety/carseats/colorado-child-passenger-safety-law-1
APS Student Technology Contract Now Includes Damage Costs
Now that remote learning at most schools has ended and additional federal funding for devices is no longer available, schools will again begin charging families for any damages incurred to district devices during the 2024-25 school year. Please note that the first incident of damage will not be charged. Any following incidents will be charged based on the type of damage. See student technology device contract that you agreed to during check-in at the beginning of the year.
If you have any questions about the new technology device contract and the possible damage costs, please contact 303-326-1985.
THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS!
You have not stopped helping and we appreciate this soooo much!
Thank you to the following volunteers:
Amber Wright, Christal Perkins, Christian Garcia, Estella Escobar, Imelda Yanez, Jamie Ramirez, John Vecchioni, Julie Johnson, Kevin Johnson, Krista Pfeiffer, Loan Nguyen, Lynn Vair, Maleeha Nawaz, Michael Dixon-Moran, Senait Isaya, and Valerie Schowinsky
