9/12/2024

• 9/12 Restaurant Night TONIGHT - Parry's Pizza - Highlands Ranch location
• 9/13 *NEW DATE* PTO Meeting 8:30am - 9:15am
• 9/13 Crazy Hair/Crazy Hat Day
• 9/13-9/15 Colorado Rockies Tickets Fundraiser
• 9/16-9/19 NO BUS 62 & 301
• 9/19 Fund Run
• 9/20 NO SCHOOL- Professional Development Day
• 9/23 Battle of the Books parent meeting - 5:30pm in the library
• 9/24th-26th Parent Teacher Conferences
• 9/27 Fund Run Money Due

PLEASE be sure to check your student(s) Thursday folders or take home binder tonight for A LOT of information!

Route 62 AND 301 are cancelled next week due to the rolling bus cancellation schedule.

Parents, please plan for more traffic during drop off and pick up. Thank you!

Bring your best hat or get creative with crazy hair OR crazy hat TOMORROW, September 13th.

Heritage yearbooks are now available for pre-order with a 10% discount through September 30th!

Click the flyer above and use Passcode: 1013850739261506 to order now!

The annual Heritage Fund Run is Thursday, September 19th.

DONATE NOW! Set up your child’s Fundraising page on Handbid!

Share this URL with friends and family all over the country!

https://events.handbid.com/fundraisers/2024-heritage-fund-run

Simply click on BECOME A FUNDRAISER

We need volunteers! Sign up to help out on the day of our Fund Run:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D4BAAAE292-51114809-2024

FUND RUN UPDATE: So far, we have raised over $19,000! We still have a ways to go to reach our $30,000 goal!

Help your teacher get on the leaderboard! Every classroom that reaches $1,500 will get to have a classroom T.P. Party! We still have 14 teachers that need your help!

Come join your child during their specials time to run along with them and cheer them on!

All families are welcome!

Heritage Talents are out of this world on October 24th at 1:45pm and 6:00pm.

Auditions are going to be held on September 17th and 23rd from 3:50-5:30pm - sign ups will be via Sign Up Genius, linked HERE. Please limit performance time to a maximum of 3 minutes in length. Performance tracks are optional, but if you need one please have your track ready at auditions. Permission slips can be found HERE or picked up from Miss Hess, and must be turned in at the audition. Tech Crew and Stage Design team sign up information can be found at the link below. Please contact Miss Hess with any questions at khess1@dcsdk12.org

Click this link to view the flyer and access registration links: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gmIVOgY1r8bPD8hUGqeVYRxT6GsDGWpE/view?usp=sharing

Learn how Heritage would benefit from Bond funding: https://funding.dcsdk12.org/2024-bond/how-my-school-would-benefit

Check out the district's funding website at www.dcsdk12.org/funding if you have any other questions.

Please join us tomorrow at 8:30am in the library for our PTO meeting. If you are unable to attend, but are still interested in helping the PTO, fill out this quick survey:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3WhfWxhqaNVTbX1Er0WAG2FddxAdy3VP8J3CcNq14sT3KhQ/viewform

Additional support of the Heritage PTO can be made by joining the PTO and providing a $25 donation.

Join today at: https://ptoheritage.org/pto-payments/ols/products/heritage-pto-membership

Ditch the dishes and head over to Parry’s Pizzeria & Taphouse (9567 S University Blvd) on Thursday, September 12th 11:00am-9:00pm. Just let them know that you’re with Heritage and 20% of the proceeds will come back to the school.

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.

Conferences are quickly approaching and we want to say “thank you” to our amazing teachers! The PTO will be catering dinner for the teachers both nights of conferences (September 24th & September 26th) and are hoping to cover the cost with donations. Please click the SignUp Genius link below to let us know which night you would like to donate towards. Then, please send in your donation (cash or check made out to Heritage PTO) in an envelope marked "Fall PTO Conference Dinner.” Thank you so much for making these dinners possible for the amazing teachers at Heritage!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D4BAAAE292-51121522-2024

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/

Are you looking for information about after school activities, community events, and enrichment opportunities? Don’t forget to check out Peachjar! Peachjar is an electronic flyer distribution system that streamlines school-to-home information. Douglas County School District and Heritage Elementary are continuing our partnership with Peachjar in the 2024-2025 school year. By using Peachjar, schools and community partners save paper, reduce costs and save time. Flyers distributed through Peachjar include approved flyers from schools, parent groups, community organizations and district departments.

Parents can subscribe to Peachjar at anytime, or click the Peachjar logo on the Heritage website as shown in the image above.

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!