Padilla Elementary School
A Note from Principal Purfurst
I wanted to take a moment to inform you about a situation that occurred at Padilla on Friday, February 25, 2022. During the school day on Friday, a School Resource Officer with the Brighton Police Department and paramedics responded to the school to provide support to a student in a non-emergency situation. You and your child may have seen the emergency vehicles parked in our drop off lane, and your child may have seen Officer Delein and paramedics in the hallways of the school. Elementary-aged students are not accustomed to seeing police officers in the building or seeing paramedics at school, so I wanted to assure you that they were only there to help provide support. At no time was a risk to student safety during this situation.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this please do not hesitate to reach out to me.
An Update from Dean Hawkins
Drills This Week:
We will have our evacuation drill that was scheduled for last week, this Tuesday at 2:30. With the snow and cold, we felt that it was best for all staff and students to be able to practice when the outside conditions were more favorable… We will update you Tuesday when we complete the drill.
Parking Lot/ Drop Off:
We are observing many safety issues with our parking lot as the weather gets colder. Moving forward, please help us with a few specifics in order to ensure the safety of our students!
Only drop off your student in the drop off lanes. This is the lane closest to the curb/sidewalk. Some are dropping their students off in the second lane from the curb with the cars in the drop off lane not seeing the student that is trying to get to the curb.
This includes the pre-school/kinder horseshoe. Because there aren’t enough parking spots, cars are also dropping their students off in the second lane from the curb. Please refrain from doing this in the pre-K horseshoe as well.
Preschool parents dropping your students off in the morning would help all kinder parents that are dropping
If you are in the drop off lane (closest to the curb/sidewalk), please do not get out of your car to pick your student(s) up. If you are needing to physically get out of your car to find your student, please park in the lot.
Please use the crosswalks in front of the building as much as possible. We have two marked crossing areas with crossing guards to ensure your students’ safe arrival and departure from school.
- Our Bus Lane is becoming an easy spot for parents to drop their students off quickly in order to avoid the parking lot traffic before school. Please yield to our buses as this is the only option they have to drop off and pick up students. If you see buses in the lane, please do not use the bus lane to drop your student off. If you see buses approaching the school/bus lane, please exit the lane quickly so that our buses may drop off students and not have to dodge/avoid cars that are parked in this bus lane. Thank you for your help with this!
Important Dates!
- PTO Meeting - March 1st - 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
- Read Across America Week - March 2nd through March 8th
- Texas Roadhouse Spirit Nights! - March 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th - 3PM - 9PM
- Parent-Teacher Connections Window - March 1st through March 18th
- Spring Individual and Class Picture Day - March 10th
- Book Fair - March 15th through 18th
- Spring Break - March 21st - March 25th
- Yearbook Order Deadline - March 25th
- Kindergarten Round Up! - April 13th - 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
PTO Meeting
Read Across America Week
March 2nd is Padilla's first Read Across America Day! We will have part of the day dedicated to reading, and will use this day as our kick-off to the week of focusing on reading! Students will be encouraged to read and participate in fun literacy activities throughout the day. Students are invited to wear pajamas and bring a (small-medium) stuffed animal to school on Wednesday, March 2nd.
Each student will have a log to keep track of the number of minutes they read for a week 3/2/22-3/8/22, and turn in their logs on Wednesday, 3/9/22. Please be on the look out for this at home as well, and encourage your child to read, and read with them! There will be prizes on Friday 3/11/22 for the class who reads the most minutes, and the student who reads the most minutes.
Here are some links to read alouds and other resources if you need help with a place to start:
Read Across America Celebrating a Nation of Diverse Readers Diverse Readers Library
Storyline Online- famous people reading books aloud to kids.https://storylineonline.net/
We know this can be controversial, so use this at your discretion: Dr. Seuss Library
Girls on the Run!
Girls on the Run Registration Opens Monday, February 7th at 9AM.
To Sign Up:
1. Go to www.girlsontherunrockies.org
2. Click the “Register Now” button
3. Find and select your school in the drop down menu
4. After completing the form, hit “submit”. **You will receive a confirmation email from Pinwheel. Please make sure to check your spam folder in case the email went there. If you do not receive this email, chances are you did not fully complete the registration form.
Fee: $40
Teams practice 2x per week for 10 weeks with trained coaches. Girls will... + Connect and engage with peers in a safe environment + Gain confidence in who they are on the inside and out + Learn to give and receive support + Develop critical social and emotional skills + Be physically active
Send any questions to jharder@sd27j.net
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.
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