We are so excited to kick off another great year at Peak to Peak with all of you! We can't wait to meet all of our newest Puma families and look forward to seeing all of you over the next few weeks. 

About Friends of Peak to Peak 501(c)3: In partnership with the Peak to Peak community and external partners, Friends of Peak to Peak exists to build support and raise essential funds for Peak to Peak Charter School towards its vision to inspire students to fulfill their academic dreams for college, to develop their creative passions and athletic talents, and to become responsible community members. Consider us your liaison to the many ways you can support Peak to Peak with your time, talents & treasure. We invite you to learn more about Friends of Peak to Peak and how you can be involved by visiting our webpage.

Food Services is excited to announce we will be offering FREE breakfasts and FREE lunches this year to ALL students 18 years and younger due to the passing of the Healthy School Meals for All ballot initiative that passed in November 2023.  We will be using the serving lines to serve students and the students will need to walk through the lines to the cashiers' stations and enter their ID# so the reimbursable meal can be captured and reported.

A reimbursable breakfast consists of either one main item, such as a muffin, bagel, hot meal, yogurt parfait, cereal/bars (2), etc. along with a fruit or juice.  Milk is optional.

For lunch, a meal consists of either the hot meal, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, cheese sandwiches, or sub sandwiches (secondary only).  The lunch must include either a fruit and/or a vegetable. Milk is optional.  Elementary school "Puma Patch" and full salad bars will be operational.  A large salad, along with a large soup, can be considered a reimbursable meal, and a side salad constitutes a vegetable.

1.  There will be no negative charging to accounts.  In order to purchase a second meal (secondary only) or a la carte items, money must be in your student's lunch account.  If there is no money to cover a charge,  the student will be asked to return the unpaid items.

2.  A la carte items are not covered in the free breakfast and free lunch program.

3.  For secondary only - All chips, cookies, and bars will be sold from the concession stand rather than the serving lines.  With the number of meals being served to all students, we are trying to streamline the process of checking out for meals only and remove the a la carte racks to another location to keep the lines moving quickly.

4.  For secondary only - In attempts to keep the lines moving quickly, we have purchased scanners to retrieve student accounts.  The student will be required to show their student badge which has their barcode.   The scanner will be able to retrieve the accounts rather than the students entering ID# on a keypad. Please remind your student to have their ID badges ready to show the cashiers so their meal can be processed quickly!!

Families who wish to have their school fees waived/reduced will need to complete the Free and Reduced Lunch Application/Fee Waiver Application and complete the Release to Share information before October 1.  Upon qualifying, your student's required student fees and athletic fees will be adjusted. Please contact Elizabeth Begley with questions about these forms or Amy Skinner with questions about your student's fees.

Please review this K-12 traffic plan and this campus map which highlight the traffic flow for daily drop-off and pick-up of students.  For the first few weeks of school, traffic on campus will undoubtedly be heavy and congested, so please be patient and considerate.  Please follow the guidelines to allow for a safer and more pleasant experience.  Also, keep in mind that traffic will improve in a few weeks as carpools get established and people stagger the times that they arrive.  Please note that Puma Drive is a one-way entrance at all times, and Canterbury Drive is a one-way exit at all times.  Also, please DO NOT park on the side streets off Spaulding Street.  These are private drives and we want to respect our neighbors.  

Due to BVSD’s transition to a new enrollment software, families are not required to complete their Annual Data Update (ADU) via the Infinite Campus Parent Portal at the beginning of the 2023-24 school year. BVSD has already re-enrolled your student into the current grade at their school- no action is needed by parents. If your student has any updated health needs or concerns, or if you need to submit an immunization record, please contact the Peak to Peak Health Room. Families have the capability to change contact information or addresses in their Infinite Campus Parent Portal account at any time during the year.

Save the Date for the K-12 Parent/Guardian Night presented by the High School Counseling Team. On Thursday, September 14th (time TBD), all K-12 parents and guardians are invited to hear from our amazing presenter, Avani Dilger, speaking on ANXIETY IS YOUR SUPERPOWER! View the event flyer for more information.  You will not want to miss this informative night!

Welcome to 2023-2024 at Peak to Peak Elementary!  We are so eager to join you this year as we once again gather as a school community. The year ahead brings much excitement and anticipation of wonderful things to come. Our teachers have been hard at work, even through the summer, preparing classrooms and learning experiences. We can’t wait to see the students next week, and look forward to many wonderful events. Our teaching teams are listed here, and we hope you will introduce yourself to new staff members and say hello to returning staff members as you come to campus.

A few reminders about important events this coming week:

• Elementary Back to School Night (Adults only): Tuesday 8/15 at 5:00-6:30 PM (More information about Back to School Night here.)
• Welcome/Registration Days: Monday 8/14 through Wednesday 8/16 (More information about Assessment Days here.)
• First Day of School: Thursday 8/17

Please reach out with any questions or ideas, and know that we are hoping to make this a wonderful year with much more time for building school community, learning, and adventure. See you soon!

Melissa Christensen, Elementary Principal

Alison Berman, Elementary Assistant Principal

• Same days as assessments:  Monday, August 14th, Tuesday, August 15th or Wednesday, August 16th any time between 8:00 AM-3:00 PM on Monday and Tuesday and 8:00 AM-1:00 PM on Wednesday (most families come during their testing time).

• Please sign up for an assessment time if you haven't already: August 2023 Elementary Testing Sign Up  

• Location: South Gym  

• Students will have school photos taken

• Please click on the following link for the registration section of our website to complete all necessary steps and forms and bring the completed forms to registration: Registration Forms and Information

• Health Room Reminders:  Household contact information including emergency contact information can be updated in Infinite Campus. Stop by the Health Room if you have medication paperwork, medications, or updated immunization records for this school year. Non-medical immunization exemptions must be submitted each school year.  All Health Room information and forms can be found on the P2P Health Room Webpage.  Additional information can be found on the BVSD HEALTH INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES 2023-2024.

• Elementary supply lists (supplies should be turned in to their homeroom teacher during their August assessment time):  School Supply Lists

• 4th & 5th grade summer reading:  Summer Reading Lists

Read the 1:Web Parent/Guardian letter for 5th Grade

Read Principal Quinlan's Welcome Back article for beginning-of-the-year highlights, staff updates, reminders on middle school policies, and Back to School Night information.

Middle School Transition Day is Monday, August 14th from 8:00-11:30 AM and is for all 6th grade students.  Students will meet in the northwest gym. 

All 7th and 8th grade students that are NEW to Peak to Peak will meet in the south lobby from 10:00-11:00 AM. 

Beginning 8/8, if Middle School students find an error in their schedule, they can submit a schedule change request through a Google Form found here: P2P MS 23-24 Schedule Change Request. Please note, counselors will not make schedule changes for a change of teacher or period request as the classes have been balanced carefully.

Only students with a BVSD email address can complete and submit this form. Before doing so, students must first determine availability in the classes they wish to add, using this document: MS Course Availability. This document will be updated periodically, but it is not 'live' and numbers will change quickly, so a course you think has one seat left, may not actually have any!

Please do not email your counselor to change your schedule. You must use the Google Form once it’s opened. Fees for all courses have already been assessed in IC, so without this electronic trail, the bookkeeper is unable to track and change fees.

Once students have submitted a schedule change request, we ask for your patience as counselors need time to work through all the requests as they, along with the teaching staff, will be in Professional Development meetings throughout the day during the week of 8/7-8/11. Please do not expect an email response from counselors. If we can accommodate your request it will be reflected in IC, so be sure to check your schedule regularly (beginning 8/8) to determine if the change took effect. Thank you for your understanding.

P2P MS Schedule Change 2023-24 & Add-Drop Information

Calendars/Schedules / 2023-24 K-12 Yearly Calendar

Secondary Bell Schedule with Odd/Even Days

I look forward to seeing you soon!

Warmly,

Ms. Salvo

View the permission slip and overview for the 6th grade overnight trip coming up in September.

High School Back to School Night is on Thursday, August 24th, from 5:00-7:00 PM. Read Principal Mathews’ Article for additional information, including a detailed schedule for the evening.

The first day of school for all 9th graders is Monday, August 14, from 8-11:30 AM.

Please help your student arrive by 7:55 as we will start right at 8 AM. You can drop your student off and pick them up (at 11:30 AM) on the far east side of the school near the cafeteria. This will help us avoid confusion with our 6th grade students also arriving.

Students do not need to bring anything, in fact, it is better if they don't! We will be very busy and active so help them dress and plan accordingly.

All 9th grade students will be attending a 2-night, 3-day field trip to La Foret Retreat Center October 9-11. Please make sure to pick up permission forms at registration (or the front office if you will not be able to make registration). Please note- October 9th is a PD day but 9th graders DO have school. We are still looking for a few more chaperones for this event. If you are interested, please email Mary Campbell at mary.campbell@bvsd.org.

Grade level presentations will follow after our guest speaker on Thursday, September 14th. Exact times TBA.

• Senior Parent/Guardian Night: Navigating Senior Year, College Admissions, and Financial Aid with Josten's in the College Counseling Center 
• Junior Parent/Guardian night: Final Countdown: The Changing College Admissions Landscape in the South (Elementary) Gym
• Sophomore Parent/Guardian night: Be Ahead of the Game on All Things College-Prep in the Cafeteria
• Freshman Parent/Guardian night: The Roadmap to a Successful High School Experience  in the Auditeria
• Optional Financial Aid presentation: FAFSA & CSS Profile  

We hope you’ll join us at The Post on Tuesday, August 15 to celebrate back to school.  Between 4 pm and close, if you dine in and mention Peak to Peak, proceeds will go towards the P2P basketball program!  You can also order online and use promo code Peak2Peak. We’re so excited for the year ahead and cannot wait to see you at The Post. 

Check out the Athletics page for tryout details.

You can always view the Athletics Calendar here. Use the dropdown button in the upper right corner of the embedded calendar to select and deselect teams.

We invite all of our newest secondary families who are dropping off a student for transition day on Monday, August 14th (6th & 9th grade and new secondary students) to stop by our tent in the front circle for a casual meet and greet from 8 - 9 am. This is a great time to come check out the school, chat with Peak to Peak community members, and ask any questions you may have.

All Puma families are welcome to join us in our front quad for our first day of school festivities on Thursday, August 17th. After sending your Puma off to class, please come by to say hi, grab some coffee and join other Puma parents and guardians as we kick off our first day with all grades on campus. This will be a great opportunity to meet some members of our Board of Directors and Leadership Team as well as other Puma families. We hope to see you there!

All are invited to visit Friends of Peak to Peak at Elementary Registration Monday - Wednesday in the South Gym to pick up a new Peak to Peak T-shirt!  T-shirts are $15. We also have calendars, water bottles, lunch bags, and other spirit wear items for sale. Items will also be available to purchase at all three Back to School Nights. To visit our school store at a time that is convenient for you, please email p2p.friends@bvsd.org.

We will continue to request fingerprints from anyone who intends to volunteer more than once during the school year.  If you had your fingerprints done previously and completed our volunteer waiver and release form then you do not need to complete any volunteer paperwork this year!  Please make sure you have a photo volunteer ID card with a barcode on the back.  If you do not have a photo ID card please stop by the Volunteer Station at registration or contact the office staff.  Please contact Tracey Sutton at tracey.sutton@bvsd.org or 303-453-4601 to verify your volunteer status if you are unsure.  Here is a link to our volunteer information and forms:  Volunteer Information

Volunteer training is online.  Anyone that is new to the school needs to view this before volunteering.  If you have previously attended or taken the volunteer training you do not need to do it again.  It’s a good idea for returning volunteers to view this as well for a refresher on protocols.  Follow this link Volunteer Training to view the information.  It can also be found on the volunteer page of the school website.

We are currently seeking 18-20 mentors (and a few guest speakers) for our Leadership Development class.  This class aims to help our students grow as leaders, pre-professionals, thinkers and overall humans.  Our units of study focus on:

1. defining leadership and personal/organizational values
2. organizational culture/team building
3. project/program development and evaluation
4. public speaking/communication and listening strategies
5. ethical obligations/behavior of leaders

If you are interested in mentoring, ideally you would be willing to:

1. Meet once a month with your mentee for 30 minutes (virtual or in person) during our class time of 7:55-9:25. 
2. In your meeting times, provide feedback relating to their leadership initiatives, leadership philosophy and evidence-based portfolios.
3. Provide examples of any personal leadership lessons you have learned and/or examples of moments of leadership you have demonstrated or observed from others.
4. Discuss any other leadership-related topics, as they organically arise from your conversations.

If you are interested in guest presenting:

1. The timing would also be from 7:55-9:25 on class days. 
2. Email your interest and topic/s you could present to our students, based on the above units of study. 

Please reach out to carla.flanhofer@bvsd.org if you are interested in either opportunity.  Thanks so much for considering supporting and helping to develop our high school leaders.