Please help our staff survive the excitement of October 31st with breakfast.  Sign up here and drop off your donations on Tuesday morning October 31st by 7:45 am.

Peak to Peak’s High School Production of Deadline opens Thursday, November 2nd. This production is open to all ages so come support our cast and crew of over 45 students. Deadline is a new murder mystery comedy from an award-winning playwright. Eight mystery writers arrive for the Deadline Challenge – 24 restful hours to write as much of their new novel as possible. But the Deadline Challenge is anything but restful – in reality, the writers are brought together to solve a murder – the victim yet to be determined, and the killer yet to strike. Who will live? Who will die? Who will survive the Deadline? Student tickets are $5. General Admission is $10 and faculty and staff are free :) There are 4 performances at 7:00 PM on Thursday, November 2nd, Friday, November 3rd and Saturday, November 4th plus a 2:00 PM show on Saturday as well. All are welcome! This show has a PG rating due to murder mystery themes and runs 2 hours and 15 minutes. If you have any questions please email colleen.mylott@bvsd.org

Dear families,

Dear bus families, 

Happy Friday! As the beautiful autumn we’ve had this year starts to wind down, our transportation department is preparing for inclement weather. We do training to prepare for various weather scenarios. 

In addition, we want to let you know that there may be days when school is not canceled, but we still have to cancel our morning routes due to the weather. BVSD buses have chains and ours do not, which means that we will need to be more conservative in determining whether it’s safe for our buses to go out and do morning routes. We will try to make any decisions by 6:00 am so you have adequate time to plan for a different method of transportation to school; you will be notified by both text and email. We hope that there are not many days when we need to do this! To insure that you receive this notification in a timely manner, please make sure your phone number and email are correct in Infinite Campus.

On days when there is a late start due to weather, if we feel it is safe for our buses to go out, we’ll adjust our morning route times and will communicate that information via text and email. 

Last, if there is a lot of banked snow, this may slightly impact our bus stops. Our drivers will always seek the safest place to stop and sometimes this may not be in the usual spot (though always within visual sight line of the normal pickup spot). 

As always, please reach out with any questions or concerns.

Thanks so much,
Jennifer Douglas (she/her/hers)

Executive Director of Operations

General Transportation Manager: Jennifer Douglas, Executive Director of Operations

Phone: 303-453-4611 | Email: jennifer.douglas@bvsd.org 

Morning Service Registration and Payments Manager: Amy Skinner, Accounts Receivable Accountant

Phone: 303-453-4663 | Email: amy.skinner@bvsd.org 

Field Trip and Athletic Events Scheduling Manager: Tracey Sutton, K-12 Office Support

Phone: 303-453-4688 | Email: tracey.sutton@bvsd.org 

Elementary students have been learning a lot of new things in Specials classes this year. Art, Music, PE, Technology, Library, and Counseling are all regular parts of the day for our students, but you don't often get to see updates from these classes. Please click here to view detailed examples of projects and learning in each area, listed by grade level. Look at how much was accomplished in the first quarter of this school year!

Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts about how you felt about conferences, and also things from the start of the school year. Your input matters very much and will help us to improve the future. Click here to take a brief survey about elementary conferences.

This information was included in a previous Digest article.

We are excited to announce our next elementary early-release after-school event!  These events allow our elementary students to stay for a full day on certain early release days. Parents/guardians do not have to pick up the students who attend until 3:00 PM and all proceeds go to support our K-12 student clubs!
 
All K-5 students are invited to attend our next early release after school event on Friday, November 3rd from 12:50-3:00 PM in our south gym.  The theme will be "Día de los Muertos" and hosted by our Latinx Student Union group! We'll have face painting, arts and crafts as well as a showing of Coco so students can learn about this special celebration! The cost is $10 per student. 

Come one, come all! Auditions for the middle school production of The Little Mermaid Jr are coming. No preparation is needed and ALL are welcome. There will be song information and scenes posted for reference. If interested, please sign up on the theatre bulletin board (right outside the theatre doors in the music hallway) for a 10-minute time slot. There are 2 different audition days to choose from: Tuesday, Nov 7th or Wednesday, Nov 8th. There are tech crew positions available for sign-up on the board as well. Please email Ms. Mylott at colleen.mylott@bvsd.org if you have any questions.

We hope all families have had an opportunity to learn more about the Peak Annual Fund and our goal for 100% participation at a level meaningful and significant to each Peak to Peak family. All families who have made a donation of over $25 already, or do so over Halloween week, will be eligible for our “Treat with Pete” drawing on Friday, November 3rd. Winning names will have our mascot Pete deliver a special treat to their Puma during class. Winners will be notified before the classroom treat delivery to check for any allergies. Thank you, Puma families, for your participation in this year’s Peak Annual Fund! 

In the event of cooler weather next Tuesday we will likely move Pete’s Pumpkin Walk into the cafeteria so all students will have a chance to participate throughout the day. Please still drop your pumpkin off at the front circle before 8:15am and we will carefully transport it to the Pumpkin Walk location. Prizes will be awarded at all levels and all are invited to participate. We can’t wait to see your festively decorated pumpkins! 

All Peak to Peak community members (staff, parent/guardians & students!) are welcome to have a complimentary booth to showcase and sell handmade crafts or other items at our community market. We will also be hosting a community bake sale at this event to support our After Prom. To sign up for a booth or if you are interested in donating a baked item(s) please fill out this simple form. Mark your calendars to swing by the cafeteria to shop and pick up delicious sweets after school on December 5th! 

Peak to Peak’s Annual Grandparent’s and Special Friends Day will be Friday, November 17th 1:30 - 2:45pm. On this festive afternoon, K-3rd grade Pumas are welcome to invite external guests (extended family members, grandparents, family friends, etc.) to visit them on campus for a classroom tour, teacher meet and greet and a brief welcome & refreshments with our Elementary Principal Ms. Christensen. We look forward to welcoming these special guests to our campus!

The After Prom Committee is looking for high school parents to help plan, coordinate, and work fundraising activities as well as assist with the After Prom event on April 20th. Please reach out to Deanne Kasic at deannepkasic@gmail.com or Natale Wallis at natalewallis@gmail.com for more information.

Do you have a student or staff celebration to share with us? Submit accomplishments and photos for the Puma Spotlight by clicking here!

We can't be there for every moment, but we know you are there with your cameras. By sharing your photos through this form, we can share the story of your Puma moment with our community.