Fairview PK-8 Family Newsletter

Thank you all for an incredible week! As we navigate October, I am continually inspired by the energy, dedication, and community spirit shown across our preschool through 8th-grade classrooms. Here are our important updates and announcements as we head into the upcoming week.

Fall Break Reminder: No School Oct 12–13

• There will be no school on Monday, October 12th, or Tuesday, October 13th for a much-deserved Fall Break.

I hope all of our families take this time to rest, get well, enjoy the wonderful autumn weather and seasonal activities, and come back refreshed. We look forward to welcoming everyone back on Wednesday, October 14th!

Important Reminders & Next Steps

• Field Trip Permission Slips & Payment: Please remember to turn in your child's field trip permission slip along with any required fee. Students must have both submitted to participate.
• Financial Assistance: We want every student to be able to participate! If your family needs financial support, please contact the main office, and we will gladly assist you.

• Family-Teacher Conference Request Forms: If you haven’t already done so, please turn in your conference request form as soon as possible. Teachers will be sending out confirmation of your scheduled conference times next week.

🏆 October Count & Attendance Challenge Celebrations!

We had an outstanding Attendance Challenge Week and fantastic participation during our Spirit Days! Thank you to every student, parent, and staff member who prioritized showing up every single day.

Thanks to your hard work and dedication:

• 2nd Place District-Wide: Fairview earned 2nd place across the entire district for the best attendance during the October Count window! To celebrate this achievement, the entire school will be rewarded with a school-wide pizza party!
• 100% Attendance Rewards: We had 132 students achieve perfect attendance throughout the challenge! Every student with 100% attendance enjoyed an ice cream treat on Friday.
• Raffle Winners: Out of our 132 students with perfect attendance, three names were drawn for our grand prizes:

🚲 Bicycle Winner: Congratulations!

🍟 McDonald's Gift Card Winner: Congratulations!

🐔 Chick-fil-A Gift Card Winner: Congratulations!

Thank you again for making this year's October Count such a massive success. Your daily presence makes our Fairview community strong! Have a wonderful, restful Fall Break! We will see all of our scholars back in school on Wednesday, October 14th.

Family and Teacher Conferences are right around the corner! While each individual family conference is just 20 minutes long, our amazing teachers and staff will be putting in a couple of very long days to ensure they can connect with every single family.

To say thank you for their hard work—and to keep their energy high—we love providing them with dinner during conference week.

As a school, we are covering one of the evening meals, but we would love your help fueling our staff on Wednesday, October 21st! We have 50 wonderful staff members to feed, so any contribution you can make—big or small—makes a huge difference.

If you are able to bring a dish, or treat to share, please let us know so we can prepare by October 14th.

Here's how you can let us know (you only need to do one):

• Teacher Conference Sign Up Form
• Office English/Spanish Phone Line: 303-428-1405
• Email sfick@wps.org or emartinezparra@wps.org

Thank you in advance for taking such great care of the team that takes such great care of your kids!

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• Please enjoy your time off and make the most of the days.

• Students get dismissed at 2:10pm
• Please make arrangements to ensure your students are picked up on time!

• In a couple weeks we will be sending home a sheet for you to sign up for a timeframe to meet with your student's teacher.
• More information will be coming home in the next couple of weeks.

• Please enjoy your time off and make the most of the days.

• Our next Family and Community Connectedness Meeting

• Please join us for our 2nd Annual Trunk or Treat Event
• To register to host a vehicle and be entered into the Best Trunk Contest fill out this Trunk or Treat Interest Form by Monday, October 26th.
• The event starts at 5pm, the parking lot will open at 4pm to begin decorating
• Students are only allowed to go through once to ensure everyone gets candy
• Every person who goes through the parking lot will be allowed to vote for the Best Trunk

🎨 Exciting News, Fairview Families! 🔬

New Science & Art after-school clubs are coming to Fairview this November and December!

✨ Ready, STEM, Go! (Science Club)

• When: Wednesdays, 3:25 – 4:25 PM (11/4 - 12/16)

• What: Hands-on science, cool experiments, and educational toys to bring home after every class!

Skip Date: 11/25

🎨 Legends & Lore (Art Club)

• When: Thursdays, 3:25 – 4:25 PM (11/5 - 12/17)

• What: Painting, sculpting, and designing mythical creatures using Crayola supplies!

Skip Date: 11/26

📌 Important Details:

• Grades: Open to K–5 students! (Stay tuned—we are actively working on bringing a middle school club option in the spring semester!)
• Cost: 100% FREE for Fairview families, generously funded by the Westminster Public Schools Gifted Services department!
• Cap: Spots are strictly capped at 20 students per club, so space is limited!

👉 Register Today: Use the flyer QR code to sign up your student

Important Transportation Note: Please note that district transportation home will not be provided for after-school clubs. All participating students must either walk home or be picked up promptly at 4:25 PM.

Ms. LeMunyan, our amazing music teacher has put the dates together to for our musical performances and middle school musical. Please put these on your calendar and plan to attend to show support to our talented students.

• Ms. Adams, Ms. Bunch, Ms. Barrett, Ms. Padilla & Ms. Dillon's Class
• Thursday, December 10th @ 6:30 pm Kinder, 1st, and 2nd
• Ms. Righetti, Ms. Shaddock, Ms. Wirsching, Ms. Hensel, Ms. Plaster, Ms. Kuo
• Thursday, February 11th @ 6:30 pm
• Middle School Musical (5th- 8th Grade)
• Thursday, May 13th @ 6:30 pm

Thank you to those of you who showed up to our Lego League information meeting on Wednesday. We are excited to say this is the most interest we have had in three years. We have enough to make two full Lego League Teams! Please return the permission slips, along with the $20.00 club fee to start on Wednesday. If you have questions, please reach out to our amazing Coach Abby Adams @ aadams@wps.org

Schedules Starting Right After School @ 3:20-4:30pm:

• Wednesday, October 7th
• Wednesday, October 14th

• Wednesday, October 28th
• Wednesday, November 4th
• Wednesday, November 11th
• Wednesday, November 18th

We are now offering After School Tutoring!

After school tutoring will occur on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays until 4:30pm. Students need to sign up through their Clever Account. This is to help students complete school work, ask questions, get additional help, and be eligible for next month. Being eligible is helping them prioritize themselves to complete school work and establish good habits before high school. Please encourage your students to sign up and take advantage of this opportunity.

Upcoming Eligibility Event:

• Date: Thursday, October 29th

• Time: 2:15 PM – 3:20 PM

• Event: Spook-tacular Escape Rooms

• Eligibility: Open to all 7th and 8th graders maintaining good academic and behavioral standing.

Our 7th and 8th graders are heading to the Denver Zoo on Friday, October 30th! Students will participate in the interactive Good Neighbors to Wildlife: Make It Safe program. Through this hands-on science curriculum, students will trace the journey of a migrating bird—navigating both natural challenges and human-made obstacles. They will evaluate environmental factors and collaborate on actionable solutions to make our schoolyard and local community a safer habitat for native bird species.

• We Need Chaperones! To ensure a safe and successful trip, we are looking for parent and guardian volunteers. Chaperones do not have to pay for admission.

• Action Required: If you are interested in chaperoning, please complete the online WPS Volunteer Background Check Form through the district portal as soon as possible. Background checks must be cleared prior to the trip date. Please reach out to Ms. Kaas @ hkaas@wps.org, or the main office once you have submitted your form.

UPDATE: Due to scheduling conflicts this month's PTO meeting will be moved to Tuesday, September 22nd!

At Fairview, we know that our school is strongest when families and staff work together as true partners. If you want a seat at the table to share your voice, collaborate on school events, and help make decisions that directly impact our students and community, we invite you to join our Family and School Connectedness Committee (our version of the PTO)!

Whether you have big ideas or just want to stay more connected, your input is deeply valued. Mark your calendars for our next meeting on Tuesday, October 27th—we would love to see you there!

This meeting we will be discussing the following:

• Enrollment and Attendance
• Upcoming Events- School Calendar
• Family Engagement Nights

On Monday, October 19th Westminster Public Schools is hosting another District Showcase event at Westminster High School. Fairview will host a table where you can bring your students, dressed in their Halloween Costumes, and they can trick or treat around the school. Please plan on coming in, and stopping by the Fairview table to say hi!

Here is a picture of us from last year where we won a trophy for best in show. We are determined to make it a second year in a row. More information will be coming out from us and the district so be on the lookout.

Learn more about Mill Levy 4A
Visit the WPS Mill Levy 4A webpage for information about the measure, FAQs, proposed uses of the funding, and additional resources.

https://www.wps.org/community/mill-levy

Conozca más sobre la Medida 4A del Mill Levy

Visite la página web de WPS sobre la Medida 4A para obtener información sobre la medida, preguntas frecuentes, los usos propuestos de los fondos y recursos adicionales.

https://www.wps.org/community/mill-levy

We are thrilled to share a new community resource aimed at bringing food directly to our families in need. Please take a look at the attached flyer below for full details on how to access this great program.

At Fairview, we use PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports) to focus on rewarding positive choices rather than just punishing mistakes. Staff award ClassDojo Points when students lead by example.

• PBIS School Store: Students can spend their points at our School Store, run by the Student Council. Store deliveries will occur every other week, starting the first week of September, giving students time to save up points for bigger prizes!

• Action Item for Families: If you haven't connected to your child's ClassDojo account yet, please do so today! It’s the best way to track their points, celebrate their progress, and message directly with their teachers.

Celebrating our students is one of our favorite things to do, and our monthly Birthday Bash is a long-standing Fairview tradition that lets us honor every single child while keeping classroom instructional time focused and disruption-free. It truly is the best of both worlds!

On the first Friday of every month, we host a school-wide celebration for all scholars with birthdays during that month. Families are invited to send in a treat with their student to share with their class on this special day.

• Next Birthday Bash: Friday, October 2nd

• Who We Are Celebrating: All students with a birthday in October

If your child has a birthday in October free to send a birthday treat with them on Friday, October 2nd so we can give them the celebration they deserve! Thank you for helping us make our students feel special while keeping our learning momentum strong.

We love having families involved in our school community, and extra hands help keep Fairview running smoothly! Whether you are interested in chaperoning field trips or helping out around campus—such as reading with students, assisting at recess, grading, laminating, filing, or helping in our school garden—we would love your support.

To ensure the safety of all scholars, all volunteers and chaperones must complete a background check before starting. Please visit the WPS Parent & Community Volunteers webpage to fill out and submit your WPS Background Check Application. Thank you for partnering with us to make this a wonderful school year for our kids!

We are excited to continue one of our favorite Fairview traditions—Dragon of the Month! Each month, our teachers will nominate and highlight a student who goes above and beyond in demonstrating our school values and setting a positive example for their peers.

If your child is selected, you will receive a personal invitation to join us for a special celebration ceremony, held on the first Thursday of every month right after school from 3:30 PM to 4:00 PM. We can’t wait to celebrate our stellar scholars throughout the year!

Stephanie Fick, Principal

• sfick@wps.org

Meghan Morelli, Assistant Principal

• mmorelli@wps.org

Ericka Martinez Parra, Secretary to the Principal (habla Espanol)

• emartinezparra@wps.org

7826 Fairview Avenue

Denver, CO 80221

(303) 428-1405

Fairview PK-8 Website: https://fairview.wps.org/

Westminster Public Schools Website: https://www.wps.org/