Bill Roberts School

The Bill Roberts Semantics (spelling bee) team participated in a competition on Thursday, January 26 at Centennial K-8.  Our team is sponsored by Mrs. Lana Von Tersch, the GT teacher, and June Jose, our secretary and parent of one of the members.  The students had a great showing!

4th place:  Katie Morrison, 7th grade

3rd place:  Max Speyer, 8th grade

Co-champion (tied for first place): Ali Soliman, 8th grade

Congrats Bobcat spellers!!

Attention all 7^th and 8^th grade students! Are you ready for some football! The Denver Broncos Futures Football program is coming soon. Sign-up sheets are posted outside of Mr. Sands’ classroom. Sign-up to play for the Denver Public High School that you plan on attending. In order to participate in the program:

1. 1. You must be a 7^th or 8^th grade student.
2. 2. You must be academically eligible.
3. 3. You must pay a participation fee of $40 dollars when your equipment is issued.
4. 4. You must have a current physical, parent permission card on the day of the try-out.

This is a very successful program. Last year we had over 900 kids sign up for the 10 schools participating in the program. Every team has 30 spots open for the team.

2012 Futures Football Information

Attention Future Cheerleaders-in-the-Making!

The East High School Cheerleading squad is calling all students grades K-8 to come out and participate in a Cheerleading Clinic and get a chance to perform at a High School half-time basketball game.

The clinic will be held Saturday, January 28, 2012 at East High School from 8 am to noon.  Two more practices will be held Wednesday, Feb. 1 from 4-6 pm and Monday, Feb. 6, from 4-6 pm.  The half-time performance will be Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 at East High School.  Cost for the clinic is $20.00.

Please sign up by Thursday, January 26, 2012 by emailing Coach Walker at terita_walker@dpsk12.org or calling 720-423-8356.  Please leave your name, your child’s name and grade, and your contact information.

Bronco Spirit Day on Friday, January 13!  Wear your Bronco gear and support them as they head to New England!!

The link for the Greater Park Hill/Stapleton Community Committee forms is here:  Greater Park Hill Stapleton Letter of Interest Fianl

The Spanish form is here:Greater Park Hill Stapleton Letter of Interest_SP Final

Please note that the correct phone number is on these forms.

NEW PROCEDURE FOR LOST & FOUND:

Beginning on January 31, 2012, the Lost & Found at BR will be emptied and donated/discarded monthly on the last school day of each  month at 4:00pm.

Please be sure to check the Lost & Found to claim your students’ items before this day each month.  Also, note that if items have a name on them, we will do our best to get them back to the student.

The schedule for emptying the Lost & Found for the rest of the school year is: January 31, February 29, March 23 (before spring break), April 30, and May 25 (last day of school).

A link has been added to the FAQ page, under the School Info tab, to take you to the district pages about the 2012 – 2013 School Choice process.  If you need the forms for these, which are due January 31, 2012, they can be accessed here.

Come to the Middle School Open House on Tuesday, January 17, at 6:30 pm, to learn about our Middle School and what exciting things we’re instituting to further expand the great opportunities Roberts students take part in.  Did you know we have a new chapter of National Junior Honor Society beginning this year?  Have you heard that Student Council is underway, opening a school store?  And, of course, we have our great experiential trips for each grade.  Roberts Middle School is growing and offers great opportunities for our students, in a close-knit setting where the teachers know all of the students, and the students all know each other, where learning flourishes.  Come see what we’re all about!

Yesterday the recipients of the Colorado Governor’s Distinguished Improvement Award were announced, and William Roberts ECE-8 was one of the 19 Denver Public Schools earning the award.  The Governor’s Distinguished Improvement Award is given to schools that demonstrate exceptional student growth.  On the school performance framework that is used by the state to evaluate schools, these schools “exceed” expectations on the indicator related to longitudinal academic growth and “meet or exceed” expectations on the indicator related to academic growth gaps.

Our teachers and students work hard and it’s great to receive this award recognizing this outstanding effort.

There is some confusion regarding the DPS calendar and January 13.  It shows that for some DPS schools there is an Assessment Day, where teachers score assessments just given.  We do NOT have this Assessment Day.  We DO have school on Friday, January 13.