Posted May 30, 2023
Dear Swigert Families,
It’s going to be a quick week as we wrap up this amazing year. The students are involved in end of year celebrations and reflections. I am looking forward to celebrating our fifth graders this year as they share their IB exhibition projects and we commemorate their time at Swigert. On Friday morning at 11:50 we will do our annual fifth grade clap out – parents are welcome to join. All students line the hallways and cheer the fifth graders out of the building onto the playground. It’s an emotional and fun way to send them off to their next journey. Friday is a half day for all students with full dismissal at noon.
We’ve been through a great deal together this year and worked through some significant issues including revising our innovation plan, healthy starts, our shared campus, and growing our ECE programing next year- to name a few. The DPS Board will vote on our innovation plan and our NDIZ zone on Thursday, June 12th. I am so proud of our school community for naming what is important to our school community and holding tight to our priorities. Our teachers continue to create engaging and authentic learning experiences that incorporate students taking action and agency in their learning. We maintain an intentional focus on international mindedness and social emotional learning; and ensuring all students are known and seen. We will continue to grow together as a school community.
Shout out to our parent community who has leaned in to support our school in countless ways and hours! It means a great deal- thank you to Francine Muggee and Steve Cummings for leading our PTA and SAC committees all year. Your efforts make a big difference for our school.
I am so very thankful for your partnership and am truly honored to learn from your kids everyday. We have so much to learn from their approach to the world- their genuine LOVE for learning new things, innovative ideas to solve problems that arise and most importantly their caring approach to each other. I hope you all enjoy your summer adventures and time with your family. Stay safe, healthy and keep on learning. As B.B. King shared: “The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.”
Sincerely,
Shelby Dennis
I am including links to DPS summer programing and our own Swigert reading summer challenge below. The kids LOVED the summer reading challenge last year, all incoming and current students are welcome to join.
Denver Public Library Summer Reading
Sincerely,
Shelby Dennis
shelby_dennis@dpsk12.net
The Summer Garden has been planted and needs your help!
We’ve planted peppers, tomatoes, tomatillos, jalapenos, pumpkins, flowers, and more! In the Fall, the students will use the garden as a space to learn about plants, insects, farming, and to harvest food for our backpack program. If you’re able to help, please sign up to be responsible for an area of the garden (see map on tab 1), or help us control the weeds for a week (tab 2)! The kids appreciate it! Any questions? Please contact Allison Owen at 972-839-3480.
Yearbooks will be delivered in August. 5th graders will receive theirs at their home; everyone else’s will ship to the school, as usual. We’ll arrange a day/days for families who ordered one to come and pick them up, so kids can get together and sign them. If your family is unable to make it at the scheduled time(s), yearbooks will be abailable to pick up during regular office hours.
We are pleased to announce that EPI School Supplies are now available to order for the 2023/2024 School Year! Why order school supplies online?
To order, simply go online using this link https://www.educationalproducts.com/shoppacks/ to complete your order for your child next fall. The Swigert School Code is SWI028 (three letters, three numbers). Please note, supplies will be delivered directly to Swigert. The final day to order is June 30. Ordering by June 30th will ensure discounted pricing and will also ensure that your child’s supplies arrive in time for the start of the 2022-2023 school year.
Feel free to email Hana Oglevee with any questions about the school supply sale (helizabethschaefer@gmail.com).
The Swigert Summer Reading Challenge Is Back!
Then, it’s time to check out the Swigert Summer Reading Challenge!
Head over to https://www.swigertpta.com/summer-reading for more information and to sign up!
Do your kids attend a Central Park area school? Interested in local, state, national education issues? Then you’ve got to check out the Central Park Ed News – CPEDNews.org!
It’s a new online source focused on local schools, Denver Public Schools and larger education issues. We’re interested in readers and writers. Let us know what you think and if you’d like to contribute!
CPEDNews.org is a project of The Foundation for Sustainable Urban Communities.
We have heard your requests! This summer, join us for a “Get ready for 5th grade” summer program. In a small group setting, students will work with current Swigert 5th grade teachers to review 4th grade concepts and get a sneak peek at some 5th grade fun. We will be offering a literacy group and a math group, with the option to participate in one or both. The program will run for five weeks total, four weeks during the month of June and one week in August. This way, students get to enjoy their summer with the month of July off and they can get some quick refreshers in August before school starts. If you are interested in more details, please check out this link!
We’d love to connect with you as much as possible. You will be automatically added to our weekly Swigert Eagle newsletter that comes out every Tuesday during the school year. Please also visit our website at www.swigert.dpsk12.org to learn more about Swigert and events that are coming up. You can also join our “Friends of Swigert International School” private Facebook page – www.facebook.com/groups/friendsofswigert. When requesting to join, please include a note to say you are a new family. We post pictures of events at school, interact as a school family, and you can see friendly reminders of upcoming events.
Who to contact if you have questions about:
| 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 Amber Holthus-Pera | Shelby_Dennis@dpsk12.net Amber_Holthus-Pera@dpsk12.net |
| Health | Nurse Hoang Tran | Hoang_Tran@dpsk12.net |
| IB Program/Service Learning | Caroline Dane | Caroline_Dane@dpsk12.net |
Key Dates
Jun 2 Last Day of School; Noon Release