Week of 9/6/25
Community Eligibility Form
Please take the time to fill out the Community eligibilty form. By taking the time to fill this form out you are helping us get an accurate view as to how many of our families would actually qualify for free or reduced lunch. The information helps us solicit sponsorships, donations and programs for our students and families. Plus it also is a great representation of our parent involvement, which is the best in the district!
If you need help, feel free to call the front office at 303-343-3664.
Check In on Parent Portal
Please be sure to do your check in for your students. You can update emergency contacts, phone numbers, home address and give permission for field trips, pictures as well as sign the new technology contract.
If you have problems logging in or in case you have forgotten your Username and/or Password, please, reach out to me and I will provide you with the correct information and help you with resetting your password. CLICK HERE for the link and also to read and discover why it is important and beneficial to have access to ICPP. Do you still have questions? Don't hesitate to call Mr. John Adams, Family Liaison for help with this. The best way to respond to me is replying to this email.
School Dismissal
We are not going to be using the Talking Points Attendance app and using School Dismissal instead. It's a fast and easy way for us to see immediately who will be absent. Talking Points tends to get lost in our massive list of emails and we won't see the attendance message until after messages automaticall go out.
This simple phone app for Android and iPhone allow parents to specify dismissal instructions in seconds. You can make changes until the time limit we set. All changes are automatically sent in email reports to teachers at the end of the day. Email and app notifications go out to parents when changes are made. App users get a notification each morning with changes for that day. Click on the picture for a video on how to use it. Go to https://schooldismissal.com to set up your account. Reach out or come by if you need help.
If you need to pick up your child early from school, please make sure it is before 2:15 p.m.
We will ask you to wait until dismissal if you arrive at or after 2:15 p.m. Please understand that the end of the day gets chaotic and it teachers may be in another part of the building with students making it hard to find your student.
Please make every effort to make appointments after school or on breaks..
The Junior Coach program gives 4th and 5th grade students the chance to step up as leaders on the playground. Junior Coaches lead fun and inclusive games for K-3rd graders, help solve conflicts, and model respect and teamwork. It's a unique leadership experience where kids grow their skills, build confidence, and become true agents of positive change in their school community.
Turn in the form attached to register your child.
Forms can also be found in the front office.
September 16, 23, 30 and October 7
Prepare yourself for more science, more fun and more eye-popping experimental. Experience the many areas of science with this sampling of our club themes. Discover the wonder of bubbles by making a bubblelarium, create secret messages on papyrus paper using hieroglyphics, simulate a real avalance and make a clucking cup to amplify sound.
Calling All Middle School Boys!
Boys volleyball starts on September 15th. We already have 36 athletes signed up but that is not enough!
- No experience needed!!
- Register for boys volleyball today!
- It is the fastest growing sport in High School in Colorado.
Here is the link to sign up:
https://students.arbitersports.com/organizations/aurora-quest
Upcoming Dates/ Upcoming Events
-September 9 First PTA meeting 6-7pm
-New Run 4 Funds swag for families on sale 9/2 (stay tuned to next week!)
-Sign ups coming out for Run 4 Funds day of and prize day
-Run For Funds September 23rd
-Feed the Middle School Teachers for parent/teacher conferences
Run 4 Funds
It's back!!!! Our biggest fundraiser of the year will be here before we know it so we need to start talking about it now. We have two sign ups to help with the actual run as well as help with the pencil charm shop (day of run). The charm shop is something different that we opted for this year to create a new experience for those that have done the run in the past and for them to create a prize that is unique to the student. Here’s the sign up for the shop as well as the sign up for Run day, but you better hurry cause slots are filling up fast!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0444A9AE28A5FC1-57961002-run4funds
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0444A9AE28A5FC1-57959256-run4funds
Feed The Middle School Teachers
We are entering parent/teacher conference season! Crazy to believe but it kicks off with middle school on September 25th and we have a tradition of providing dinner for the teachers as they are there ALL day.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0444A9AE28A5FC1-57956043-feed
We have heard many parents over the last year and are adding a donation option for the many parents that have shown a desire but work makes it impossible within the time needed. We have already collected some money from a couple of parents so we are excited to see the option being used. You can make a donation on our website on the school page and tag it as Feed the teachers donation. We have two more opportunities coming up for elementary so what isn’t used this round will roll over.
We look forward to seeing you at our kick off meeting for the year on September 9th!
Thank You for all you do to help and grow our community!
~Dre, Angelica, and Susan
PTA Board 2025/26
Coming to the clinic can be intriguing, interesting, important, and always an opportunity for education. I work with children on reasons to come to the clinic and how to self-manage. The Para’s have ice and bandages on the playground for minor injuries and teachers all have a bandaide available.
If you are medicating your child for any reason before school, please send me a quick email or Talking Points or call so I can provide appropriate care. As a reminder, children must stay home for 24 hours for fever, diarrhea, or vomiting that require medication. The 24-hour period is medication free.
The Big Bs requiring clinic care:
Bleeding:
This is BIG bleeding. Children do not need to come to the clinic for paper cuts, old, picked scabs, minor scrapes, or abrasions from recess. These injuries need to have the area washed and MIGHT need a band-aid
(available in classrooms and with staff on the playground).
Nosebleeds
BIG bleeds need to come to the nurse. A smear on a tissue can stay in the classroom. I see children frequently with “bloody buggers” from nose picking.
Breathing Bad:
This child should come to the clinic, or the nurse will come to the child. This child may have trouble breathing, color may change, or responsiveness may decrease.
Broken:
A child with a broken bone should come to the clinic or the nurse will go to the child. A broken bone means the child will go home and to a personal provider. The nurse might wrap a minor twisted or rolled ankle, buddy wrap fingers, or wrap a wrist and hand in the clinic. If the injury is beyond minor, the child will go home.
Barfing:
The child should come to the clinic. This is REAL vomiting/puking/barfing NOT burping up food or coughing up a plug of mucous. REAL vomiting/puking/barfing means the child goes home. The child should stay home for a minimum of 24-hours after last vomiting. The child may
return to school after 24 hours without vomiting or medication for vomiting.
Burning Up:
The child should come to the clinic if the child looks or feels feverish. A fever is 100.4 or higher. If the child has been at recess or PE, I let the child cool, provide hydration, and remove a layer of clothes if possible. The temperature will increase with dehydration so please hydrate!
Bee Sting:
The child who has a bee sting should come to the clinic. People have life-threatening allergic responses to bee stings. In addition, they hurt.
Big Bump:
Come to the clinic for blows to the head. Sometimes (more often in the P Pod) children collide with a friend’s head. This is usually not a Big Bump. Falling from playground equipment, any fall where the child lands on their head, or any fall when the adult wants the nurse to evaluate the child, the child will come to the clinic with an adult escort, or the nurse will come to the child.
A headache is often relieved with hydration and a snack. Sometimes a short rest is helpful for a headache. If the headache is still there after a big drink of water, and a bit of time, I evaluate for pain management. Starting at about 0900 every day I see children who complain of headaches because they did not eat breakfast or had highly processed sweet foods and have not had much to drink.
For big and little bumps to the head try W. O. W. Water, Oxygen (just breath), Wait. A head injury may require the parent or guardian to come to school and take the child home or to a provider.
Bowels:
A child who has had more than two episodes of diarrhea should come to the clinic. Sometimes people think a “loose” bowel movement indicates illness when it may be the result of drinking morning coffee, too many simple carbs, sometimes even from eating soup. A person with a stomachache may need a bathroom break, a snack (if the person has not eaten), or hydration. Two episodes of diarrhea require a parent to take the child home. Other important reasons to see the nurse: The teacher or staff member will use the radio, and the nurse will come to the child. Examples of emergencies include allergic reactions (anaphylaxis), a seizure, fainting, and diabetes changes.
Anxiety/depression/panic attacks:
Student should come to the clinic. The nurse can call other members of the team as needed.
As your school nurse, I want to know and connect with each child and their parent/guardians. If you have questions about your child, please call, email, or send me a Talking Points message anytime.
Susan Golden MSN RN
Aurora Quest School Nurse
303.326.1537
Multi Function Small Athletic Bus Driver Volunteers Needed
If you would like to get trained to drive the MFSAB buses to help us out during field trips where we might be over capacity by just a few people please do the following:
- Get your volunteer clearance badge (See Mr. Adams if you need help)
- Fill out this Permission to Release Driving Record and send to Tyson Roemmich at troemmich@aurorak12.org with the preferred date you would like to
Upcoming trainings are as follows:
- 9/10/2025
- 10/22/2025
- 11/12/2025
- No MSFAB classes in December 2025
- STAY TUNED! Other classes coming soon.
Our parent volunteers are our rock and help us navigate through the school year with less stress. If you are interested in volunteering, here is how to get your badge and clearance.
We will be asking parents to get their volunteer badges to be chaperones during field trips.
STEP 1: Complete the Screening Process (Background Check). Click Here to be directed to the Aurora Public Schools' website for the screening process.
STEP 2: Fill out the Volunteer form for Mr. Adams, our Family Liaison. He will reach out to you so you can send him a picture of your valid driver's license (front only) and a picture of yourself with a plain background for your badge. Mr. Adams will submit the "Volunteer Approval Form" with both pictures to the Safety & Security Department.
Your volunteer badge will be sent to the school and you will be informed so that you can pick it up once approval from the Safety & Security Department goes through.
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