The Padilla Post 9/20/2021
September 20, 2021
Padilla Elementary School
Email: padilla@sd27j.net
Website: www.sd27j.org/padilla
Location: 5505 Longs Peak Street, Brighton, CO, USA
Phone: 303-655-5100
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/padillaelementaryschool
Providing every student with the keys to open the doors of their future.
A Note from Principal Purfurst
An Update from Dean Hawkins
Evacuation Drill #2
On Tuesday of this past week, we successfully conducted our second Evacuation Drill of the school year. We successfully had all students and staff out of the building and accounted for in under ten minutes which is always our goal. We welcomed our afternoon preschool students as they were not a part of our first drill. Our preschool students and staff did an excellent job! Our October drill will be on the morning of the 6th. We will also conduct our first Lockdown Drill on the 14th of October. More info to come on this particular drill.
Discipline Trends:
We are at a point in the school year in which we are seeing more student behaviors that need to be redirected. Many of the behaviors that are becoming office managed involve students putting their hands on each other. As we attempt to curb this trend, we ask that you remind your students about having safe bodies when they are at school, especially outside at recess as this is the location that we are seeing this behavior occurring. Classroom teachers are reiterating these expectations with our students in class this week as well.
We thank you for your time and help in this area!
Important Dates
- Thursday, September 23rd - Picture Day!
- Friday, October 1st - October Count Day!
- Wednesday, October 20th and Thursday, October 21st - Conferences
Picture Day!
Please go to the link below to order pictures. Use code: EVT2Q9ZQ8
October Count Day!
Spirit Week is coming the week of September 28-Oct 1st!
- Tuesday 9/28: Sports day (this can include college gear!)
- Wednesday 9/29: Crazy hat/hair day
- Thursday 9/30: PJ/stuffie day
- Friday 10/1: Color day (each class will pick a color)
There will be rewards for highest attendance by class throughout the week, with awards happening on Friday:
- Each class that gets above 90% attendance for the week will get popsicles!
- The class with the highest percentage for the week in each grade will get to pie Mr. Purfurst or Mr. Hawkins in the face!
- The class with the overall highest percentage for the week will earn a pizza party!
Conferences
However, for many families, formal conferences are an important time to connect with your child's teacher. Regardless of how or when your conference with your child's teacher takes place, we believe it is important for all families to have intentional time to connect around your child's academic, social, and emotional progress at school.
Formal conferences will happen the evenings of Wednesday, October 20th and Thursday, October 21st. Due to current layers of protection in 27J Schools, these will be virtual conferences. More details about how to sign up and participate in conferences will be coming soon!
Polar Bears of the Week
Preschool: Oscar Santos Divas
Kindergarten: Rylee Osborne
1st Grade: Karli Fulk
2nd Grade: Analeah Ramos
3rd Grade: Frenanda Romero
4th Grade: Addison Rieman
5th Grade: Nevaeh Martinez
Next week's CHILL Key of the week will be Courage! Courage includes standing up for what's right, taking intentional and positive risks like sharing in class or helping a friend, and helping others in need!
Padilla Community Needs Assessment
Fastest Class at Padilla!
Next PTO Meeting
Our next PTO meeting will be on Tuesday, September 21st from 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM in the Learning Commons. During that meeting we will be discussing some initial structures for PTO based on feedback from the first meeting and from staff at Padilla. And, most excitingly, we will starting planning for a Halloween event!
Clothing Donations Needed!
Community Partnerships!
We are incredibly lucky to have partnerships in our community who help support Padilla! Three businesses have programs set up to helps us! Please be sure to check the links below for details about how to support Padilla through these businesses!
King Soopers Community Rewards
King Soopers Community Rewards - Link your rewards card to Padilla and a portion of every purchase will be donated to Padilla!
American Furniture Warehouse Partnership
American Furniture Warehouse Partnership - Mention Padilla Elementary School when shopping at AFW and they will donate 2-4% of the purchase to Padilla!
Longmont Dairy Farm Milk Caps for Mooola
Breakfast and Lunch Menus
Please note that, due to product availability shortages, there may be last minute substitutions to nutrition services menus from time to time.