All are invited to our annual Tailgate Homecoming Party which will be held at P2P on Thursday, September 28th starting at 4:30pm in the main quad. Join us for food trucks, an inflatable obstacle course, Peak Learning Garden farmers market, live music & more as we celebrate Pete the Puma’s birthday and our Homecoming Week. Guests are welcome to bring chairs, blankets, and their own food, or purchase food from a participating food truck. Plan to cheer on our Puma teams playing that day including middle school boys' soccer and girls' volleyball and high school boys' soccer and softball.

We hope you will join us for this fun free community event!

This past week, Peak to Peak practiced our first monthly safety drills across our K-12 campus. We reviewed the process for a Hold, Secure, and Lockdown and then ended with a fire drill.

We encourage all parents and guardians to familiarize themselves with our protocols, safety status terms, and related actions so they know how to respond if any become real situations. Our Safety page is linked at the bottom of every page on our website for quick reference.

As a board, we have decided to send out a couple of quick bullet points in the Friday digest following our board meetings going forward to recap what we are working on as a board. It is a work in progress and we will be adjusting the information depending on the needs and wants of the community. 

Board Corner

You can always find a complete list of our volunteer opportunities on our website. Here are some of our current needs:

• 2nd Grade Writing Time Help
• Destination Imagination Team Manager
• Mentors for High School Leadership Class
• After Prom Planning Volunteers

Elementary after-school activities are back by popular demand!  Beginning in September, we have some wonderful community partners who will be offering activities for our students on campus after dismissal. Most activities are once per week and last for approximately an hour or so.  Students will be excused from their classroom at dismissal to gather for the activities. Parents/guardians should plan to pick up students promptly when it concludes. Students enrolled in Champions will be picked up by staff and escorted to Champions care at the conclusion of each activity.

 Pre-registration is required. For more information, and to register directly with the providers, see the links below.

• Chess Wizards (Mondays, 3:10 - 4:10pm)

• Yoga Stars (Wednesdays, 3:15 - 4:15pm)

• Dance Stars (Thursdays, 3:15 - 4:15pm)

• Little Doctor School (Tuesdays, 3:15 - 4:15pm)

• Little Vet School (Thursdays, 3:15 - 4:15pm)

• Coming in October, registration links will be available in next week’s digest:  

  • Mondays, 3:20-4:30pm - American Sign Language Club (Grades 3-5)

  • Wednesdays, 3:20-4:30 pm - Young Film Makers Club (Grades 3-5) 

~ both run by elementary technology teacher, Kathy Weil

Hello 8th grade families!

Dear Middle School Families,

For those of you able to join us, thank you for attending our Back-to-School Night this week! It was inspiring to witness so many adults connecting with each other on behalf of our middle schoolers. In response to parent/guardian feedback over the past few years, our goal was to design an event that was responsive to the beginning-of-the-year questions and curiosities we often receive, while also authentically connecting the adults at home with the adults at school. We hope this was the lived experience of those in attendance; from our perspective, our conversations and connections with each of you were authentic and meaningful. Thank you for entrusting us with your middle schooler, and we look forward to nurturing them as a unique human of great potential and promise!

For those unable to attend this event or interested in reviewing the grade-level presentation slides, you may access them below:

6th Grade: BTSN Slides

7th Grade: BTSN Slides

8th Grade: BTSN Slides

In gratitude,

Clara Quinlan, Middle School Principal

Victoria Hankey, Middle School Assistant Principal

For students participating in the 1:Web Program, we have a limited number of Daily Loaners available in the LMC if a student forgets their Chromebook. These devices must be returned at the end of the day or a $5 overdue device fine will be assessed for each day it is not returned. We also have no-cost Long-Term Loaners available for when a 1:Web device needs to be repaired or replaced.

Please note, loaner devices are not available to students who have opted out of the 1:Web Program.

Peak to Peak has created a resource for families wanting to learn more about the shift in grading practices to full standards-based grading that is happening this fall and into the 2024-25 school year. We thank you for your keen attention to our systems in place and our commitment to making grades more transparent. As an innovative school of choice, we believe we are precisely in a position to bring the best research-based systems into practice here on our campus and community. You can read more about Full Standards-Based Grading on our curriculum pages.

8th grade students will take the PSAT 8 on Tuesday October 3rd. Students should arrive no later than 7:45 am to ensure they have enough time to find their testing room and all students can start on time. Students will be done testing and dismissed for the day by 12:00 pm except for those testing with extended time.

The PSAT 8 is a digital assessment, please make sure your student brings their fully charged BVSD device on test day. If you have any questions, please reach out to James Fuller (james.fuller@bvsd.org).

Peak Week Reminder:

Remember to review this presentation with your student(s), discuss which options excite them, and be sure you agree together on the top 8 courses that they will submit on the August 30th survey. While our average course cost is less than last year, we recognize that only a few options are under $500 for 10th-12th graders. This was in response to feedback we received last year and challenges during our registration process to get everyone into their top few choices. If needed, we will always increase most affordable courses and spots as necessary to maintain affordability and student/family desire. We will not place someone in a high-cost course if their top few preferences are all more affordable. 

Moving forward, we plan to fully launch Peak Week 2025 this spring, giving families and students nearly a year to be able to plan for their course in which they are placed.

Peak to Peak has created a resource for families wanting to learn more about the shift in grading practices to full standards-based grading that is happening this fall and into the 2024-25 school year. We thank you for your keen attention to our systems in place and our commitment to making grades more transparent. As an innovative school of choice, we believe we are precisely in a position to bring the best research-based systems into practice here on our campus and community. You can read more about Full Standards-Based Grading on our curriculum pages.

For students participating in the 1:Web Program, we have a limited number of Daily Loaners available in the LMC if a student forgets their Chromebook. These devices must be returned at the end of the day or a $5 overdue device fine will be assessed for each day it is not returned. We also have no-cost Long-Term Loaners available for when a 1:Web device needs to be repaired or replaced.

Please note, loaner devices are not available to students who have opted out of the 1:Web Program.

Tryouts begin 10/9. There will be open gym sessions for all MS boys interested in participating in basketball every Saturday in September from 10:00-12:00 in the MS gym. 

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 hope you can join us for the Volunteer Team Meet and Greet Friday, September 8th 12pm (before early release) P2P Cafeteria. This is a great time to drop off paperwork, pick up your badge, grab some snacks, pick up a special gift from our volunteer team and learn about upcoming volunteer opportunities, including Homecoming Tailgate, College Day and Staff Appreciation events as well as many others.

Who will reign supreme at this year’s Puma Pete’s Cornhole Tournament? Alumni parents vs New kindergarten parents? P2P Basketball coaches vs Baseball coaches? Middle School PE teacher team vs Middle School Science teacher team? It will be a fight to the finish and we hope you are planning to join!  If you are interested in playing in our double-elimination tournament we encourage you to REGISTER HERE as brackets are limited to 16 teams. Spectator tickets are only $10 and include beer or nonalcoholic drink courtesy of Atlas Valley Purveyors. Players and spectators are welcome to bring chairs, blankets, food & drinks. Interested in volunteering at the event, please contact p2p.friends@bvsd.org. Hope to see you there!

Our Peak Gala committee invites you to join us for our first meeting of the year scheduled for 8:15 am on Friday, September 22nd. Our annual gala is scheduled for Friday, March 15th 2024 at the Omni Hotel in Broomfield. There are many ways to volunteer with this event, including assisting with decor, auction items, ticket sales, sponsorships and more! This is a fun way to meet other P2P community members while helping us coordinate our largest community event of the year. If you are interested in helping with this year’s event for the first time please fill out this form.