Gold Rush Elementary

“Foster Growth by Challenging Critical Thinkers to Take Risks,

Honor Differences & Care for Others”

We’re thrilled to kick off another exciting year of learning and growth! Our students are the heart of everything we do, and we can’t wait to welcome them back into our classrooms this August.

Our team has been hard at work preparing for a smooth and successful start to the year. Please take a moment to review the important information below to help you and your family get ready.

Here’s to a fantastic year ahead—let’s make it our best one yet!

All students must register for the upcoming school year using Online Express Check-In between Thursday, July 17th, and Friday, August 1st. In addition to registering your child, you will update your contact information, pay school fees, complete the student directory and order a yearbook (listed under "Optional Fees''). Click here to login to Express Check-In, click here for information on how to navigate Express Check-In and click here for password assistance.

Please note that the Emergency Dismissal form must be printed and turned in to your teacher during Meet Your Teacher (Grades 1-5), Balanced Beginnings (Kindergarten) or the first day of school. For assistance please contact one of the individuals below:

Shala Goehl - GRE Registrar

sgoehl@dcsdk12.org

303-387-7707

Anita Rudman - GRE Administrative Assistant

anita.rudman@dcsdk12.org

303-387-7704

We know that your child is eager to know who his/her classroom teacher will be. Starting July 17th you can view your child's teacher assignment in Parent Portal. Click the schedule tab and then select your child in the upper right corner. You can look forward to receiving a welcome letter from your teacher via email by Friday, August 1st.

We believe that it is important for students to have the opportunity to meet their teacher and visit their classroom prior to the first day of school. Families are welcome to visit their classroom on Tuesday, August 12th, and drop off school supplies. Please plan to drop off any medications taken during the school day and physician forms in the main office. Students will take their school picture in the gym after they visit their classroom. You can click here to order pictures online. The picture day ID is EVTQD2R38.

We want to ensure that families are able to spend time with the teacher in a small group setting, so we ask that parents sign up for a specific time. Click here for our online scheduler, which opens July 17th and closes August 1st. The password is digger. The sign up is first come first serve, so please sign up as soon as possible if you have a preferred time or you wish to align siblings’ times. School supplies ordered through the PTO will be delivered to your child’s classroom. Click here for a map of teachers’ classrooms.

The first full day of school for students in grades 1-5 is Wednesday, August 13th. Students will meet their teachers on the front blacktop on the first day of school for an opening flag ceremony that begins at 8:30 AM. Click here for a map of your classroom location for our opening ceremony. All teachers will have a sign with their name on it. Students will walk into school with their teacher at the end of the ceremony.

On the second day of school students will enter the building at their assigned locations between 8:20 AM-8:30 AM and walk directly to their classrooms. These locations are different from where students met for the opening Flag Ceremony. Click here for year long classroom arrival locations. Teachers and older students will assist our younger students. Parents of preschool students need to walk their children through the preschool playground to the preschool door and sign their child in.

Kindergarten students have a transitional start to the school year called Balanced Beginnings. Balanced beginnings is an opportunity for students to get to know classmates and partake in engaging activities in a small group setting. Classroom teachers begin to build community and learn each child's social, emotional and academic strengths and needs. The goal is to make sure students are comfortable and familiar with their new environment before their first full day of school.

Kindergarten students will meet with a small group of students on either August 13th or 14th for two hours. Parents will drop their child off at their classroom's exterior door. Students in Ms. Andersen's class will meet in the front vestibule of the school.

Students will take their picture with their parents between 11:00 AM-1:00 PM on their selected day. Please plan to drop off any medications taken during the school day in the main office. Parents need to click here to sign up for Balanced Beginnings. Times are on a first come first serve basis.

Kindergarten students’ first full day of school is Monday, August 18th. A staff member will meet students at their classroom's exterior door between 8:20-8:35 AM. Kindergarten parents are invited to a Tears and Cheers Breakfast in our cafeteria at 8:45 AM on August 18th.

Mark your calendars for Back to School Night!

Back to School Night is a great way to get to know your child's teacher and learn about the coming school year. Please see the schedule below:

Principal's Celebrations & Goals 4:15-4:30 PM @ Gym

Classroom Presentation - Session 1 4:35-5:05 PM @ Classrooms

Classroom Presentation - Session 2 5:05-5:35 PM @ Classrooms

Outdoor Education Presentation (Fifth Grade Only) 5:45-6:30 @ Gym

Back to School Night is intended for parents only.

We hope you will join us for these informative sessions!

ARRIVAL

If you are returning to Gold Rush, you are aware that all students enter the building between 8:20-8:30 AM and head directly to their classroom. Grade levels/classrooms are assigned a specific entrance and all entrances are monitored at 8:20 AM by GRE staff.

Classroom teachers will show students how to enter the building and proceed to their classroom on the first day of school. Additional adults will be present to support students during the first week of school.

It is imperative that students are not dropped off prior to 8:20 AM unless they have a previously scheduled meeting or activity as supervision is not available.

DISMISSAL

We also had great success with our staggered dismissal times for primary and intermediate students. Please see GRE’s dismissal schedule below.

3:20 PM

Kindergarten

3:25 PM

Grades 1 & 2

3:30 PM

Grades 3-5

**Rolling car loop begins

At 3:20 PM Kindergarten teachers will walk their students out their exterior classroom door. Students in first and second grade will follow out the main entrance at 3:25. K-2 teachers will meet at the same place students lined up during arrival. Please see the map below or click here.

At 3:30 PM 3-5 teachers will walk students out of the building. Third graders will dismiss out the main entrance and fourth and fifth graders will dismiss out the back gym doors. Teachers will escort students to the shade structure on the front blacktop if they are getting picked up in the car loop.

Parents can park and meet their child at their teacher's identified location or use the rolling car loop. The car loop for all students will begin at 3:30 PM. Parents cannot park in the car loop or bus loop at any time before or after school.

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303-387-7700

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