Jurassic Journal
Friday, February 18th
Happy Valentines Day Steggies!
Letter from the Principal
Steggie Families-
It was a very short week, however we did have a fantastic turnout for conferences. Thank you all for coming and engaging in your student's learning. We are so appreciative of your partnership. Our teachers will be hard a work the next few days. Hopefully the students will enjoy their nice break and will be ready to return on February 22nd. Please reach out if you need anything.
Have a fantastic weekend!
Sara Olson
Principal of McElwain Elementary
McElwain Student Led Conferences
Upcoming Important Dates:
February 21st: No School (Presidents Day)
February 24th: PTLT Evening, with dinner and daycare 5-7 pm
March 2nd: Read Across America Day/Students dress as their favorite literary character
March 9th- Tea with the Principal with Pashto and Dari from 8:30 am to 9:30 am
March 9th-Coffee with the Principal will be 1:00 pm to 1:45 with Spanish
March 21-28 Spring Break
March 29th- Students return after spring break
The Power of Stories - Books coming home next week!
Hello Steggie Families! We're excited to announce the Power of Stories program at McElwain! Over the last three weeks, classrooms have shared traditional stories written in English, Spanish, Dari, and Pashto. Students will be bringing home their own copy of these stories on or by February 8th. K-2nd grade students have been reading The Clever Boy and the Terrible, Dangerous Animal. 3rd-5th graders have been reading The Magic Horse.
We invite you to read these stories as a family when the books are sent home with your students. We are a community of readers at MCE, and we are so excited these books are provided in all of our home languages.
This opportunity was provided by Hoopoe Books. They also have created family resource activities related to each story. Those activities can be found here: https://hoopoebooks.com/parent-school-connection/
If you are able, please send photos or Dojo messages of your at-home Power of Stories activities. We would love to see them! You can also email videos to sara.m.snider@adams12.org.
Thanks for showing our students the Power of Stories at school and at home!
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Principal: Sara Olson Email: Sara.K.Olson@adams12.orgAssistant Principal:Brooke Tolmachoff Email: Brooke.Tolmachoff@adams12.org
Website: https://mcelwain.adams12.org/welcome-mcelwain-elementary
Location: 1020 Dawson Drive, Denver, CO, USA
Phone: 720-972-5500
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