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3/18: S.C.A.T. Book Drive Ends
3/18: S.C.A.T. Meeting
3/19: NO SCHOOL Educator Day of Action
3/25: Spring Open House
3/27-4/6: NO SCHOOL
4/8-22: CMAS Testing
4/17: Family Dance Party
5/22: Steele Talent Show
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Volunteering at Steele
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Most volunteer opportunities at Steele can be found on the
Membership Toolkit site. Simply log in and click SignUp at the top of the page.
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Lost & Found
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Steele's Lost & Found area is located just outside the cafeteria entrance. Please check regularly for items belonging to your child.
All leftover Lost & Found items are donated on the last school day of each month.
Clothes to Kids of Denver (CTKD) provides students in-need or in-crisis with a week's worth of school clothes, including a winter coat. Bring your donations to school any time and place them in the grey CTKD bin located outside the cafeteria. Questions? Email our school's Bin Champion,
Bri Barkes. For more information about CTKD,
click here.
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Neighborhood Secondary Schools
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Steele is a "feeder school" for our neighborhood secondary schools, Merrill Middle School and South High School.
To view Merrill's newsletter, click here.
Sign up to tour and shadow.
To view South's Rebel Report, click here.
For news about other schools and community organizations, see the websites for those associations.
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From the Principal
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Dear Steele families,
 Denver Public Schools would love your feedback and input in building the next Denver plan
.
You are invited to attend a
Regional Community Conversation to develop a collective vision for the district. The meeting for the Southeast Region is on March 17th from 5:30-7:00 at New Hope Baptist Church, 3701 Colorado Blvd. Check out this flyer or more information: Building the Next Denver Plan. If you are not able to attend the meeting, but would like to share your thoughts, complete the below survey by April 1. The survey is available here in English or in Spanish.
DPS is also gathering feedback on the School Performance Framework. The SPF is the accountability measure for all DPS schools. Please consider providing feedback on the SPF through
this survey
.
If you have any questions, visit the
Reimagine the SPF
page.
Check out this week's Caught in the Act winners:
Have a great weekend!
Marti
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School News
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Yearbook Orders Due March 20
You can place your yearbook order online
here to secure a Steele 2019-20 yearbook. You will need to enter the Steele Yearbook ID Code: 14183120. The deadline to order is March 20th. Yearbooks will be distributed before the end of the school directly to the students.
Picture Day March 23
Picture Day is coming March 23rd. Steele will be doing class pictures along with individual pictures on this day for all students. With the creation of the Steele Year Book we want to make sure we have a picture of all our Steele Students.
We will be sending home two fliers, one for the class picture and the other for the individual. You are not required to purchase, but all students will take both sets of pictures. We are so excited to have this opportunity with the creation of the yearbook.
S.C.A.T. Update
The Book Fair has been an incredible success to benefit Ellis Elementary! Bring your books in before next Wednesday, March 18th!
St. Baldricks head shaving event has been postponed to May 1st.
Check out our "S.C.A.T. Impact" (the service work your Steele students have accomplished so far this school year):
- Distribution of over 150 Homeless Care packages
- Donated over 200 pounds of Halloween candy to organizations serving people experiencing homelessness
- Raised $652 during PJ day for Veterans
- Donated 15 Backpacks/suitcases to Steele family run organization Stigma
- Raised $887 for Children's Hospital with classroom penny pots
- Collected hundreds of books to benefit partner school Ellis Elementary
Stay tuned for our final fundraiser of the year!
Clean out Your Closets for a Good Cause
If you have youth clothing or shoes in good condition that you no longer need, please donate them to a great, local non-profit called Clothes to Kids of Denver (CTKD) - the collection bin is conveniently located next to the cafeteria. P
lease only donate clothing that is:
- New or gently used (Would you give it to a friend?)
- Clean and ready to wear (No stains, holes, damage or broken zippers, please!)
- Current (Purchased within the last 5 years.)
- Age appropriate (Styles suitable for school that appeal to children, teens & young adults.)
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PTA News
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WASH PARK HOME TOUR: Volunteer with Friends!
Just visit
Membership Tool Kit
and look for the House Monitor shift with your classroom teacher's last name included in the heading. The shift assigned to your class could be in the morning or afternoon, so be sure to check both the AM and PM listings when you sign up to volunteer. Please note that you may also choose a shift/home not assigned to your class if that works better for you.
For more information, please contact Nisha Ashley at
[email protected]
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Steele Dines Out at California Pizza Kitchen, 3/19
Join us at California Pizza Kitchen at Cherry Creek (3000 E First Ave. Sp 185). Mention Steele when you are ordering (dine in, take out, or delivery
directly through CPK
), and Steele will receive 20% back. You must present this flyer when paying.
Men of Steele, 3/19
Hey, Dads! Please make it to the Steele Dads meetup at 6:30pm on Thursday, 3/19 at Campus Lounge (701 S University). Come grab a drink and get to know other Dads and what is going on in the Steele Community and beyond. We meet on the third Thursday of each month. For more info, or to get on the Men of Steele email list contact
[email protected].
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To submit information to this newsletter, send it in edited, final-draft format to the appropriate person listed below by 5 PM on Wednesdays:
For all other questions, please email Jessica Meehan and Sarah Almy Moore (parent volunteers) at
[email protected].
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here
for Stallion Press submission guidelines.
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