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Peak to Peak's Weekly Newsletter Digest
Week of: 11/28/22-12/2/22
NO SCHOOL K-12 November 21st through November 25th in observance of Thanksgiving Break
We are so very grateful for our Puma community and wish you a wonderful, restful, and safe break!
K-12 Early Release on Friday, December 2nd
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NEW! Morning Bus Pick Up Delayed to December 5th
Due to circumstances beyond our control, we will not be able to begin morning bus pick up until Monday, December 5, 2022. This is a change from the original date of November 28th. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
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NEW! Lost and Found Donation
Peak to Peak's lost and found items are located on the first-floor hallway of the south building just outside of the health room. Due to space constraints, items are donated at the end of each month. If your student is missing an item, we invite you to look through the items during school business hours. Please check for any lost items in November by 2:00 PM on Tuesday, November 29th. Regarding lost and found, we have many valuable items located in our main office safe including glasses, watches, AirPods, and keys. If your student is missing anything of value, please have them check in the main office in the south building. |
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NEW! Quick Tip to Stay Connected: The Puma Spotlight & Celebrations
At Peak to Peak, we are committed to supporting students and staff members in the pursuit of their passion areas. When a member of our Puma community achieves a goal or receives recognition for their talent, we celebrate them with pride. Here is a link to a video "quick tip" to help you stay connected by learning about our student and staff accomplishments. You can see all of the quick tips on our YouTube Playlist! |
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Community Bulletin Board
From the Parents/Guardians page of the Peak to Peak website, you can access the Community Bulletin Board. Here you will find announcements about events and opportunities shared by our community partners in the surrounding area. These events are not school-sponsored. When we receive requests from outside entities who would like to share information with our community, we post those announcements in this location.
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Communication Pathways
At Peak to Peak, we strive for positive, open, and inclusive, two-way communication with our families. To facilitate this goal and to ensure we can address your needs as quickly and efficiently as possible, we use The Communication Pathways as a problem-solving strategy and the Principles for Effective Dialogue to guide a positive experience. The Communication Pathways create an effective and respectful process to resolve and address issues that arise. We have found our dialogue to be particularly productive and mutually beneficial when all parties adhere to the recommended Principles for Productive Dialogue. Please know that when you are seeking information or answers to questions, we always welcome conversations with any member of our community.
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NEW! BVSD Student Climate Survey Parent/Guardian Notification Letter November 2022 Dear K-8 Parent(s)/Guardian(s), Our elementary and middle schools are administering a nationally developed school climate survey from the American Institutes for Research (‘Safe Supportive Learning Survey’ for grades 5-12 and ‘Conditions for Learning Survey’ for grades 2-4). The district selected these surveys to better understand the current climate of schools across the district. The surveys will ask students about their perceptions of school on topics such as student engagement, school environment, and school safety. Surveys will be administered online by the Office of Student Assessment and Program Evaluation in Boulder Valley School District. Your child will be invited to participate in a survey during regular school hours on Thursday, December 1st or Friday, December 2nd. This will occur during Social Studies at the middle school level, or in homeroom time at the elementary school level. Once your child logs into the survey, they will be asked what they’d like to do, either take the survey or not. If your child agrees to participate, they will spend about 10 minutes at the secondary level and 15 minutes at the elementary level completing the online survey. The list of questions for the district climate survey are attached for review (Questions for grades 2-4; Questions for grades 5-12). Your child does NOT have to answer any questions that they do not wish to answer. For younger students, your child’s teacher will read survey questions aloud while students follow along online. Student responses to the survey will be confidential. Your child’s survey response goes to the Office of Student Assessment and Program Evaluation where staff will delete identifying information and distribute summary results directly to our school. Therefore, no one at our school will know how your child responded to the survey. Your child’s answers will be combined with the answers of other students at our school and across the district to produce reports that will help us better meet the needs of all students to have a safe and engaging learning environment at school. If you have any questions, please contact Alison Berman at 303-453-4640 for elementary, or Victoria Hankey at 303-453-4608 for middle school. Thank you, Alison Berman, Elementary School Assistant Principal & Victoria Hankey, Middle School Assistant Peak to Peak Charter School |
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Please Save Artwork
From ES Art Teacher, Ms. Katy Mathes:
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Weekly Secondary Student Announcements Please click Secondary Student Announcements 2022-2023 to view the daily student announcements for the week. |
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NEW! BVSD Student Climate Survey Parent/Guardian Notification Letter November 2022
Dear K-8 Parent(s)/Guardian(s), Our elementary and middle schools are administering a nationally developed school climate survey from the American Institutes for Research (‘Safe Supportive Learning Survey’ for grades 5-12 and ‘Conditions for Learning Survey’ for grades 2-4). The district selected these surveys to better understand the current climate of schools across the district. The surveys will ask students about their perceptions of school on topics such as student engagement, school environment, and school safety. Surveys will be administered online by the Office of Student Assessment and Program Evaluation in Boulder Valley School District. Your child will be invited to participate in a survey during regular school hours on Thursday, December 1st or Friday, December 2nd. This will occur during Social Studies at the middle school level, or in homeroom time at the elementary school level. Once your child logs into the survey, they will be asked what they’d like to do, either take the survey or not. If your child agrees to participate, they will spend about 10 minutes at the secondary level and 15 minutes at the elementary level completing the online survey. The list of questions for the district climate survey are attached for review (Questions for grades 2-4; Questions for grades 5-12). Your child does NOT have to answer any questions that they do not wish to answer. For younger students, your child’s teacher will read survey questions aloud while students follow along online. Student responses to the survey will be confidential. Your child’s survey response goes to the Office of Student Assessment and Program Evaluation where staff will delete identifying information and distribute summary results directly to our school. Therefore, no one at our school will know how your child responded to the survey. Your child’s answers will be combined with the answers of other students at our school and across the district to produce reports that will help us better meet the needs of all students to have a safe and engaging learning environment at school. If you have any questions, please contact Alison Berman at 303-453-4640 for elementary, or Victoria Hankey at 303-453-4608 for middle school. Thank you, Alison Berman, Elementary Assistant Principal & Victoria Hankey, Middle School Assistant Principal Peak to Peak Charter School |
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NEW! BVSD Student Climate Survey Parent/Guardian Notification Letter November 2022 Dear high school families, Recently, we were notified about the annual district student climate survey implementation that all BVSD schools must offer this fall. Similar to prior years, this survey asks questions about how students feel about school, the supports they have in place, engagement in classes, respect for cultural diversity, the environment for learning, school safety, and trusting relationships with staff. The survey comes from the American Institutes for Research (‘Safe Supportive Learning Survey’ for grades 9-12). The district selected this survey to better understand the current climate of schools across the district. Surveys will be administered online by the Office of Student Assessment and Program Evaluation in Boulder Valley School District. We are targeting December 1st and 2nd in all English classes to complete the survey. Once your teen logs into the district climate survey, they will be asked what they’d like to do, either take the survey or decline to participate. If your teen agrees to participate, they will spend about 10-15 minutes completing the online climate survey. The list of questions for the district climate survey are attached for review (click here). Please note that your teen does NOT have to answer any questions that they do not wish to answer. Furthermore, all student responses to the survey will be confidential. Your teen’s survey response goes to the Office of Student Assessment and Program Evaluation where staff will delete identifying information and distribute summary results directly to our school. Therefore, no one at our school will know how your teen responded to the survey. Your teen’s answers will be combined with the answers of other students at our school and across the district to produce reports that will help us better meet the needs of all students to have a safe and engaging learning environment. Additionally, please note that we will be implementing our own, internal high school climate and culture survey in early February this year. This survey will also be optional (more details to come). Thank you for your assistance as we continue to provide Colorado with data it needs to improve the quality of student health, learning and our education system. Sincerely, Kyle Mathews, High School Principal Joshua Benson, High School Assistant Principal |
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NEW! Senior Graduation Ceremony Time Changed (Moved Up By 30 Minutes to 5:00 PM) BVSD asked us to move up our graduation ceremony time to allow the Superintendant to attend. Our new senior graduation ceremony will now be 5:00 PM (it was previously 5:30 PM). The date of Friday, May 19, 2023 and location of our northeast gym remain the same. |
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NEW! 9th Grade Only Event Attention all 9th graders! The 18th annual Cocoa and Cram study session is Tuesday, December 6, from 3:15-4:45 PM in the auditeria. All 9th graders are invited to come study for finals, get help from PAC leaders, and enjoy some treats! Families, please consider donating to this great event: Cocoa and Cram Sign Up |
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Weekly Counseling Digest Please click HERE to read the weekly Counseling Digest. |
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12/2 P2P vs University JV 4:30/Varsity 6:00
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The Friends office would like to wish all our families a wonderful and relaxing break!
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NEW! Peak Annual Fund - Almost to our November goal! Thank you to families who have donated to the Peak Annual Fund so far. We are $5k away from our November goal. If you are planning to make your donation on Colorado Gives Day on December 6th we wanted to remind you that your donation can be scheduled at any time! Donations through Colorado Gives or through our Peak to Peak Giving Site ALL directly benefit our funding gap and count for your participation in the Peak Annual Fund drive. Our families come from many diverse backgrounds, it is our hope you are inspired to give to Peak to Peak in a way significant and meaningful to your family. |
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NEW! It's All Hands on Deck on March 10th! Pete the Puma and the year’s Peak Gala committee were SO excited to share our 2023 Peak Gala theme today! If you missed Pete’s reveal you are officially invited to “Come Aboard.. because, We’re Expecting You!” on March 10th, 2023 at this year’s nautical night yacht gala! We will be hosting a committee meet and greet and theme kick-off on the indoor “Deck” outside Front Range Brewing in Lafayette on Thursday, December 8th 4pm - 6:30pm. We invite all to swing by to learn more about this year’s gala, chat with committee members, learn about ways to support this year’s event, grab some food/drinks and enjoy some time with other Puma families. We hope to “Sea” you there! |
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NEW! Peak to Peak Wine Club Winter Get Together - Friday, December 9th at 6pm Big Reds for Winter: Old World vs. New World Join us for the next meeting of the P2P Wine Club! We’ll be meeting at P2P parent Lisa Ritchie’s house in Broomfield. Bring a full-bodied red wine of your choice wrapped in aluminum foil, either Old World (Europe, Middle East, Western Asia) or New World (North America, South America, Australia, South Africa, etc.). We will be blind tasting the wines and comparing and contrasting them to identify regional characteristics. Come learn more about wine from P2P parent wine expert Christy Vaughan and enjoy some time with other P2P wine enthusiasts. Guests are asked to bring an appetizer to share.With questions or to RSVP please email christyvaughan@gmail.com or lisajritchie@hotmail.com |
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NEW! Pop-up Craft Fair and Bake Sale Come join us for a pop-up P2P community craft fair and bake sale on December 6th from 3-6pm in the cafeteria. We invite you to attend, shop and stay to watch our Pumas play basketball. Do you have a passion for crafting? P2P parents/guardians and students are invited to showcase and sell their handmade items (no fee to participate). Sign up now! Bake Sale items are also needed, please sign-up to donate your favorite homemade baked goods here. Items should be individually wrapped and dropped off the morning of Dec. 6th at the South Front Office. |
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Volunteer Needs
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Volunteer Information Thank you for considering to volunteer at Peak to Peak! 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. Please contact Traci Schoeneweis or 303-453-4682 to verify your volunteer status if you are unsure. If you only intend to volunteer once then you will be required to do the background check (not fingerprints) and the volunteer waiver and release form each year. You will be given a one-time volunteer ticket to turn in when you volunteer the one time. Please follow this link to print them or pick them up at registration: 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. Your Volunteer Team would love to hear from you. If you have any interest in volunteering for anything at all but do not know where to start please email either Allie Cross or Rachel Hirt, Volunteer Coordinators. They would love to meet you! |
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