12/19/2024
December 19 2024
What is Wish Week?
Wish Week is the time of the year where the entire Mountain Vista High School community comes together to raise as much money as possible for the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Make-a-Wish Foundation helps families with a child suffering from a life-threatening illness by granting their wish. This could be meeting a celebrity, going on a vacation, etc. MVHS adopts one Wish Kid each year to rally around and fulfill their wish. Yesterday students from Mountain Vista came to Heritage to share Wish Week information with our students, and there will be more information coming in the next couple of months.
As you may know, our 6th Grade Leadership team has already begun fundraising to support the Wish Week efforts, and we are pleased to share two additional fundraising opportunities with our community. Mountain Vista partners with Be A Good Person brand to create and sell shirts to be worn during Wish Week, which are a huge hit in our community! The proceeds from shirt sales directly support Vista’s fundraising efforts, and fosters some friendly competition between the elementary schools to see which school sells the most! As of yesterday, we have sold a total of 66 shirts schoolwide - don't miss out! These popular shirts are on sale now through January 17th.
Heritage Wish Week Shirt for Students/Parents/Community
Parents can also pre-order tickets to the Mountain Vista's 3rd Annual Wish Week Community Fair - a fun family event that includes pizza, a spaghetti dinner, carnival games, and much more! The Community Fair takes place on February 6th at Mountain Vista from 5 to 7 pm.
Drama club presents: Willy Wonka Jr.
Calling all 3rd-6th graders!: We are looking for a spectacular cast for Heritage Elementary’s production of Willy Wonks Jr.! We want to know who is interested in bringing Willy Wonka's chocolate factory to life. Fill out this interest for Ms. Hess.
Rehearsals would take place after school on Wednesdays 3:30-4:30pm. The official audition sign up and participation will be sent out at the beginning of next semester.
Heritage Auction Volunteers Needed!
Our 15th annual silent auction is April 11, 2025! We are in need a group of volunteers to join us in collecting and organizing donations, contacting businesses for donations and more! Many of these jobs can be done at home or on weekends!
Krispy Kreme Digital Dozens - All Month Long
Get your holiday treats! For the month of December, use our link to order your dozens of donuts online, then redeem your Digital Dozens for Krispy Kreme Donuts. 50% comes back to Heritage when you use our link.
PTO Meeting - January 10th
Mark your calendars for our next PTO meeting on Friday, January 10th in the library. There are a lot of upcoming events that will be discussed - Family Art Night, Sweetheart Dance, Auction, etc! 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
Community Events through The Foundation
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!