The Husky Update
Highline Community Elementary School - Sept. 19, 2022
From Principal Diana Sanchez-Hart
Hello Highline Families and Staff,
This is the week we are celebrating our theme of Better Together with our Taste of Highline 2022 family event on Thursday, September 22, 2022 from 5:30-7:00 pm. If you have not signed up to bring a dish to share, now is the time to do it! Sign up to share a family recipe that represents your culinary talents and your love of culture! Come by the caboose to set up starting at 5:00 pm. Our PTCO will have kid friendly drinks for sale from $.75 to $1.50 for 100% juice Capri Suns, Bottled Water, and Sprite.
Next, we've started our fall fundraiser and your involvement is needed more than ever! We are raising $5000 for an all accessible playground that is safe for ALL of our students to enjoy. You can support the fundraiser by any of the following:
1) Purchase items out of the catalog for you and your family.
2) Share your fundraiser on social media, by email, or text on https://www.ShopFund.com
3) Ask neighbors, co-workers, friends & others to purchase and show their support.
Please know that your assistance this year in particular will make a huge difference for our community. Thank you in advance for your participation in the fundraiser!
IMPORTANT DATES IN SEPTEMBER
9/19: YMCA Re-Opens for After School Enrichment
9/21: District PASS Meeting: National Hispanic Heritage Month at Cherry Creek Innovation Campus 6:00-7:30 pm
9/22: Taste of Highline 5:30-7:00 pm
9/23: Lockdown Drill during School Hours - See message from the assistant principal
9/26-9/30: Homecoming Spirit Week - See flyer below
9/27: OHS Homecoming Spirit Bus Visit to Highline
We hope you can join us in one of the many family events we hold throughout the year!
Remember, Highline Huskies are Better Together!!
Yours truly,
Proud Principal Diana Sanchez-Hart
From Assistant Principal Dana Tucker
On Friday, September 23, 2022 Highline Community Elementary School will be practicing a LOCKDOWN drill, also known as an Active Threat drill. An active threat situation occurs when someone poses an immediate threat to the life and safety of students, staff and visitors inside our school or on our school campus. An example of this could be an active shooter, someone brandishing a knife, a suspicious unknown person, etc.
During an active threat situation students, staff, and visitors must take decisive and immediate action to find safety from the threat and create time barriers that allow first responders to stabilize the situation. Unlike drilling for less rapidly evolving emergencies, action must be taken quickly and smoothly, with coordination and purpose. Therefore, it is critical to practice and train the appropriate responses in order to gain confidence and understand how to safeguard students, staff, and visitors during such an event.
While I know it may cause anxiety for us to contemplate such a scenario, it is important that we train ourselves how to properly respond rather than react. We want to gain confidence and understanding of the situation so that we become emergency prepared rather than being emergency scared. During these drills we will NOT use any type of simulated gunfire, smoke or role players. We will simply provide instruction, practice, and learn how to respond by going through the actions we want to duplicate during a crisis.
During the Active Threat-LOCKDOWN drill we will be supported by School District Security and School District Administration personnel who will assist us in checking doors and classrooms and coaching us through the process. This is important as all of them will have a part in responding to help. Each drill should take approximately 30 minutes as we practice all aspects of our emergency procedure.
At the conclusion of the drill, our building Safety Team will debrief the drill to discuss lessons learned and provide us with strategies to improve our response. We invite all staff and students to provide feedback and ask questions about the process so that we can continuously improve our practice.
Thank you for participating with us in this important training event so that we can help keep our school and our community of students, staff, and visitors safe. Please feel free to contact myself or our District Security Team if you have any questions.
From our Family Liaison, Liz Calvillo
One of my jobs at Highline is to help families gain access to resources so that our students can thrive at school. We have a partnership with Food for Thought: An Outreach of Secor. Each week we receive food bags with pantry staples such as rice, legumes and pastas to help feed a family. If you find yourself in need of extra food for your family, please complete the form below to receive a weekly bag. I am happy to help support our students and their families!
English Food Request: https://forms.gle/BEmWkD74kX1tzXwz6
Spanish Food Request: https://forms.gle/QyuYX5raBQFwSSJ88
Click on Flyers to go to the Websites
Fundraiser Stats
GET READY FOR HIGHLINE'S FIRST SPIRIT WEEK TO CELEBRATE OVERLAND'S HOMECOMING!
STEAM-a-Palooza VII Information
Join us for STEAM-a-Palooza VII, a FREE district-wide event, on Saturday, October 8 at the Cherry Creek Innovation Campus. Choose between Morning(9am-12pm) or Afternoon(1pm-4pm) sessions filled with hands-on learning, exploring and fun!
Highlights to explore include:
- Near Space weather balloon launches at the start of each session
- Program and control robotics
- Race your friends with Lego derby cars
- Fly your aerospace creations
- Discover career pathways offered by Cherry Creek Schools
Registration is now open! https://www.cherrycreekschools.org/Page/11791
A MEETING FOR EVERYONE!
PTCO stands for Parent Teacher Community Organization - This group raises funds to support our school with such purchases as field trips, school wide projects, or large school purchases such as upgrading our playground! The group meets monthly on the the beginning of the month.
Title I Family Engagement Nights - We hold four meetings where families learn about what it means to be a Title I school, how we spend our extra funds, and what we are doing to support academic, social and emotional growth. In turn, our families share ideas, ask questions, and meet other families in our community. Our initial Title I Meeting of the year is held both in the evening and during the day. Our other Engagement Events are held in the evening. They include our Literacy Night, our Math Engagement Night, and our Specials & Wellness Event.
PASS stands for Partnerships for Academically Successful Students - At these quarterly meetings we share a meal together, listen to student presentations, and learn about what our students need to be successful in the ever-changing global world we live in! It is an engaging time for our parents and guardians to learn together and from one another. Interpretation and child care is provided at all meetings.
District PASS Meetings - These are held monthly tied at high schools across the district. See the monthly calendar notice for topics and locations. Interpretation and child care are provided at all meeting.
SFCR is Strengthening Family Coping Resources - This group is AWESOME! Highline has been partnering for the last two years with Resilient Futures, a non-profit organization helping to empower our staff with skills for building cultural humility and Healthy Environments And Responses in Trauma-informed Schools. Families in our community deal with so much and this is a group that supports the well-being and issues our diverse community faces on a regular basis. Check out the flyer below for dates and times for this great resource for our families and caregivers!
THE HIGHLINE OFFICE TEAM
Principal: Diana Sanchez-Hart
Assistant Principal: Dana Tucker
Office Manager: LaShay Heard
Registrar: Martha Galvan
Family Liaison: Elizabeth Calvillo-Martinez
Registered Nurse: Maddie Hamman
Before/Aftercare Director: Amy Heerdt
Main Office Phone Number: 720-747-7300
Attendance Line: 720-747-2395
HiCEP Extended Childcare Services: 720-747-2369