Another important metric that we use to measure our performance at Padilla, but that is not reflected on our Colorado Department of Education SPF, is through our Parent/Family Survey. Given twice a year, this important survey helps us to measure how our community and families feel we are doing as a school. Your child's teacher may have already reached out to you to take this survey, but I wanted to include it below as well. If you haven't yet taken the survey, please do so! Once you have, please let your child's teacher know. The classes with the highest levels of participation will earn an ice cream party! You can take that survey here.

Conferences at Padilla will be held during the window of October 4th through October 21st. Your child's teacher will reach out to you to schedule a time to connect with them regarding your child's progress during this window of days!

Our Fall Scholastic Book Fair will occur from Tuesday, October 11th through Friday October 14th!

PTO is collecting bags of Halloween candy to be used at the second annual Padilla Elementary Trunk-or-Treat! The candy drive will run October 5th - October 26th. The two classes who bring in the most bags of candy (as measured by weight) will be awarded with an ice cream sundae bar!

Free and Reduced applications must be filled out every school year. Please make sure you fill out your application to determine if you qualify for free or reduced meals for the 22-23 school year. Click here to apply for free and reduced meals.

Congratulations to this week's Polar Bears of the Week! These students are chosen by their teachers or other staff members for living our Key Values. This week's focus was on Inclusivity!

Preschool:

Ms. Monica (AM) - Aubri Ramos

Ms. Monica (PM) - Zeili Arambula Saucedo

Kindergarten:

Ms. Gautier - Luna Garcia

Mrs. Hodge - Aiden Coffey

Ms. Medina - Karder McCarty

Mrs. Thompson - Amaris Muniz

1st Grade:

Mrs. Johnson - Angie Avalos

Mrs. Lovekamp - Charlotte James

Ms. Thao - Daphne Saldivar Garcia

Mrs. Wine - Yaritzi Valadez

2nd Grade:

Mrs. Baez - Kaylani Palomo

Ms. Grace - Noah Montour

Mrs. McGann - Hailey Vosmera

3rd Grade:

Mrs. Brantley - Ronnie Houghes

Ms. Hunter - Adalyn Marquez Tarin

Ms. Novotak - Melody Jauregui

4th Grade:

Ms. Harder - Kimberly Villalobos

Mrs. Holley - Dylan Thomas

Mrs. Richardson - Ariana Castillo

5th Grade:

Mrs. Atkerson: Scarlett Cortes

Mrs. Atkerson: Dalilah Romero

Mrs. Forgette: Lainia Jauregui

Next week's Key focus will be on Leadership!