Posted August 16, 2022
Dear Swigert Families,
We are so excited to welcome you all over the upcoming days at various welcome events. We are thrilled to have families come into the building this Thursday from 5:00 – 6:00 for Meet the Teacher Night! It will be a great opportunity to connect as a community, see classroom placements, meet the teachers and peek into classrooms. Class lists will be posted so that you can see who your child’s teacher is, and then we encourage you to walk to the classroom to have a quick look and say hello to the teacher. There will be maps posted to help you find the room and plenty of Swigert staff around to guide you to the right spot. While quickly visiting the classroom, please do not allow children to play with materials or anything in the room. There will be lots of time for that on Monday!
After you’ve visited classrooms, we invite you to head to the playground to enjoy popsicles, a photo area, music, and time to mingle with other families. There will also be a shaved ice truck available for purchase. Make sure you stop by the tables to sign up for PTA, help in your child’s classroom as a room parent, and to order spirit wear.
Please understand that teachers have just been able to get back into their classrooms, so most of the rooms do not look “finished” or like they will once we are ready to start school. Also, we ask that you use the time for a quick introduction with the teacher, but save all personal questions and conversations about your child for a private meeting with the teacher. This will ensure that everyone has a chance to say hello in the short time we will have together.
If you need to contact the teacher around specific concerns or questions for your child, we encourage you to reach out via email. All teachers’ email addresses can be found on the website, at this link: https://swigert.dpsk12.org/faculty-staff/staff-directory/
If you are unable to come Thursday evening, no problem. All classroom teachers will send an email out with a welcome letter and electronic sign up for assessment (on the afternoons of the first two days of school )Thursday afternoon.
Swigert is excited to announce that the 2022 Spirit Wear Pre-Sale is LIVE! You can now visit https://www.swigertpta.com/spirit to order your gear for the upcoming school year. A selection of Spirit Wear will be available to purchase in person on Thursday, August 18th from 5-6 p.m. at Swigert’s Meet the Teacher Night. The Pre-Sale will be LIVE until Friday, September 9th so get your orders in now! All proceeds benefit Swigert’s PTA program. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to Morgan Razi at 720-938-8818.
Every family must register every student each year. Those of you complete online registration (during either the Early Bird window or the current year window) are done – unless we’re missing something specific to your child(ren), or you have child in our ECE program.
If you didn’t complete registration online, we’ll have paper copies for you at Meet the Teacher Night. You can either complete it there, or take the paperwork home and return it on the first day of school.
Teachers will also have Transportation Forms, to indicate how your child will get home from school, both for the first two (half) days and ongoing. If you’d like to fill it out ahead of time to bring with you, it’s also available here.
If your child(ren) will be riding the bus, you can find their bus number in Parent Portal, under the Transportation tab. You can also see the bus routes here:
Please note: This year, Transportation will not allow anyone on the bus if they are not on the roster. This does not mean that if you didn’t opt in over the summer, your child(ren) can’t ride the bus. They will be on the manifest even if you haven’t opted them in yet.
Anyone who ordered school supplies through EPI during the first window will have their supplies in the classroom by the first day of school. If you ordered through EPI and had them shipped to your house, or if you bought supplies directly, please bring them either to Meet the Teacher Night, or on the first day of school. If you still need to buy supplies, the lists are below. Please note, if the lists are broken up by alphabet, it refers to the last name.
ECE A-M
ECE N-Z
Kdg A-M
Kdg N-Z
1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade A-M
5th Grade N-Z
Are you interested in becoming an incredible room parent or classroom volunteer this year?! We sure hope so!!! Let’s support our teachers and students by signing up!
Please email us at: maleiaclarke@gmail.com or lynette.nacole@gmail.com
OR
Come visit us at our PTA booth during Meet the Teacher Night on Thursday, August 18th from 5:00-6:00pm.
Thursday, August 18th, 5-6 PM
Join us at Swigert to find out who your teacher and classmates will be for the year! You’ll have an opportunity to say hello to your new teacher, sign up for an assessment time (during the first two days of school in the afternoons), let teachers know your child’s plan for getting to and from school, and pick up any other pertinent information about the start of the year. The PTA will sell Spirit Wear and administrators will be making their way around to say hello. You can also bring your school supplies to drop off in the classroom. This is an open-house style event; you and your family can come by anytime during the window.
Fall Enrichments (after school classes) will run from Monday, September 12th – Friday, December 9th. Please see the attached brochure for classes and registration information. The registration window opens tomorrow, 8/17, and runs through 6PM Tuesday, September 6th.
Swigert is the NEW home for i9 Sports kids leagues this Fall 2022! Programs such as flag football, t-ball and soccer will be offered for boys and girls ages 3-14 from September 24 – November 5th. More details and a QR code to our membership is here at your fingertips.
The first two days – August 22nd and 23rd – of school are half days. This allows students to ease into their new schedule and provide time for individual assessments in the afternoon. Your classroom teacher will reach out to you to set up individual time slots for these afternoon assessments. The arrival time is the same, with students arriving between 8:00 am and 8:15, with classes starting at 8:15. The dismissal time is noon, no lunch will be provided. Be sure to pack a water bottle and snack.
We will have our annual park to school walk on the first day. We will gather at 7:45am at the dog statue park at 35th and Xanthia Court. We will begin our walk to school at 7:50am. Parents and siblings are welcome to join us for this walk. Staff will be out on the playground beginning at 8:00 am to welcome students and guide them to their arrival door. If you are unable to join the walk, no problem. Staff will be out on the playground ready to greet your children. Buses will be running their regular routes for both arrival and dismissal. Wednesday through Friday will be regular days 8:15-3:15.
Swigert Community Welcome Breakfast – Saturday August 27th 8:30-10:30 am. We would love for you to join us at our annual welcome back community breakfast. This annual event , sponsored by our PTA, is a wonderful way to meet new families and reconnect with students and staff. It will be on the playground from 8:30-10:30 am. There will be delicious food and activities for the kids on the playground.
Back to School Night – Thursday September 8th 5:30-7:00 pm. This event is for parents to learn about the year ahead from their classroom teacher and school wide programming from the leadership team. We will send out details as it gets close.
We are shifting our start of day procedures a bit to adjust back to our pre covid landscape. We are also taking in some of our learning from the benefits of a softer start to inform our beginning of day procedures, please see below:
Hi, ECEers and families, and welcome (back) to Swigert! We look forward to meeting our newest Eagles. If you’ve already completed the online registration for your kiddos, thank you! If not, please remember that all students need to be registered every year. You can register them online through the Parent Portal, or pick up paper registration forms at Meet the Teacher Night, Thursday, August 18th, from 5 – 8 pm.
In addition to the DPS registration, ECE requires some extra paperwork to be filled out. Please see the attached ECE paperwork packet, in English or Spanish, which needs to be returned before school starts. There is a page that needs to be filled out by your child’s PCP. If you’ve had a visit in the past year, this can be dropped off at the doctor’s office and they’ll complete it for you. This is a busy time of year for them, so the sooner you can drop that off, the sooner you’ll get it back.
| Registration | Daphne Jolley | DJolley@dpsk12.net |
| Technology and events | Richard Fisher | Richard_Fisher@dpsk12.net |
| Daily School Life | Emily Pool | Emily_Pool@dpsk12.net |
| Instruction, Programing, etc | Shelby Dennis | Shelby_Dennis@dpsk12.net |
| Health | Nurse Hoang Tran | Hoang_Tran@dpsk12.net |
| IB Program/Service Learning | Caroline Dane | Caroline_Dane@dpsk12.net |