DCIS Connect Newsletter (Sept. 5-11, 2019)

DCIS Connect Newsletter (Sept. 5-11, 2019)

Weekly Newsletter for Parents, Staff and Students September 5–11, 2019 (Leer en Español usar el traductor de Google aquí.) BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT Wednesday, Sept. 11   Back to School Night will be a "Follow Your Student's Schedule" format. 6:05-6:25    Advisement time  6:30-6:36    Period 2 6:39-6:45    Period 3 6:48-6:54    Period 4 6:57-7:03    Period 5 7:06-7:12    Period 6 7:15-7:21    Period 7 7:24-7:30    Period 8 PTSA will be selling on-hand apparel items at Back to School Night, including $25 hoodies and $10 T-shirts.To reserve yours, email Marie. Or order online and take 10% off.  HAPPENING THIS WEEK ... Club Expo: Monday, Sept. 9, 7:50–9:20 am Fall Play Auditions: Monday-Tuesday, Sept. 9-10, Auditorium after school Back to School Night: Wednesday, Sept. 11, 6–7:30 pm PTSA Meeting: Wednesday, Sept. 11, 7:30 pm, Community Room CSC Meeting: Thursday, Sept. 12, 4:30–6:30 pm, Community Room MARK YOUR CALENDAR ... California Pizza Kitchen Fundraiser: Thursday, Sept. 19, 11 am–10 pm, Cherry Creek Mall Drama Club Fundraiser: Wednesday, Sept. 25, 4–8 pm, Chipotle, 6th and Broadway Homecoming Dance: Saturday, Oct. 5, 7–10 pm Spirit Week: Monday–Friday, Oct. 7–11 Picture Day: Wednesday, Oct. 9, all day Drama Club Fundraiser: Monday, Oct. 14, 4–8 pm, PIzzeria Locale, 6th and Broadway Family–Teacher Conferences: Wednesday, Oct. 16, 3:15–7:15 pm Non-Student Contact Days: Monday–Tuesday, Oct. 21–22 Fall Play – Almost, Maine: Thursday–Saturday, Nov. 14–16, 6 pm CLUBS ... Drama Club meetings will begin on Wednesday, Sept. 18, during CLUB TIME (second half of Advisement). Any and all are welcome.  Auditions for Almost, Maine are on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 9 and 10, by signup outside the Auditorium. Tech Team applications are due on Thursday, Sept. 12 after school. Apps can be picked up in the Drama Office.  The fall play dates are Thursday–Saturday, Nov. 14-16, at 6 pm in the DCIS Auditorium.  RAISE YOUR HAND ...  B2SN FOOD DONATIONS We are looking for parents who can contribute food and/or drinks for our wonderful teachers and staff during Back-to-School Night! Please sign up here with what you can bring, and deliver your much-appreciated contributions to the Community Room after 5 pm on Wednesday, Sept. 11. AMAZON SMILE DCIS is a registered charity on AmazonSmile! You can contribute to the PTSA by selecting our organization (search for DCIS PTSA) as your AmazonSmile under My Account. Make all your Amazon.com purchases at smile.amazon.com. There is no cost to you, and Amazon will donate a percentage of your purchase to the DCIS PTSA. In order for the PTSA to get credit for your purchase, it must be made through the smile.amazon.com website. We are very excited about this fundraising opportunity for our school! Please participate in our community by adding this simple step every time you make a purchase from Amazon.   BOXTOPS FOR EDUCATION DCIS is now a Box Tops for Education school! Download the BTFE app to your phone, set up an account and scan your grocery receipts to earn money for DCIS. Or you can turn in your box tops or grocery receipts to the box in the main office and we will scan them for you! When everyone participates, we can earn thousands of dollars for our school! Back to School Night on Wednesday, Sept. 11, is the perfect time to bring in your collected coupons and grocery receipts. You can drop them at the office or give them to Allison Freeman, our new PTSA Treasurer, at the PTSA meeting that starts at 7:30 pm.    DINE OUT FOR DCIS Please join us at California Pizza Kitchen in the Cherry Creek Mall between 11 am and 10 pm on Thursday, Sept. 19, to Dine Out for DCIS. Can't stay for a sit-down meal? Takeout is included! Let your server know you're there to support DCIS and 20 percent of your check will be donated to the DCIS PTSA. Save yourself some time in the kitchen and raise some serious dough for DCIS! ARTS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION ... Some students schedules for electives may have changed this week. Make sure to check with your counselor about any changes that may have occurred! DRAMA AND FILM Middle school drama classes are working on their mock auditions to line up with the DCIS Drama Club's auditions for the fall play, "Almost, Maine" next week on Monday, Sept. 9 and Tuesday, Sept. 10. Students in drama class do not have to try out for the play, but will certainly be prepared to through their class project. Film class is discussing linear and non-linear storytelling this week, and our Unified Theatre class will be making paper mache masks.  TRAVEL CENTER NEWS ...  PLANNED TRAVEL 2019–20 AT DCIS Middle School and High School Guatemala or Peru (summer of 2020) — contact Kristen Miller  China (Beijing, Suzou, Hangzhou, Shanghai) (June 8-16, 2020) — contact Peggy Liu    High School England (summer of 2020) — contact Andrew Crossley    Sophomores Canyonlands/Estes Park (April 2020) — contact Jilaine Sandlin or Connor Saller   High School Students Taking Italian Classes Italian Cultural Exchange (spring break 2020) — contact Marcela Quesada or Sally Bishop    SUPPORT THE TRAVEL CENTER Is making travel available to DCIS students important to you? Support the DCIS TRAVEL CENTER by: Donating to the PTSA Travel Center Fund  Attending the Travel Fair, Dec. 12, 5-8 pm in the Cafeteria TRAVEL CENTER OFFERINGS The DCIS Travel Center is staffed by the Travel Coordinator, who:  Facilitates the development of a vibrant, feasible, sustainable plan for travel at DCIS with the input of students, teachers and parents. Through education, research and support, empowers students and teachers to create equitable domestic and international travel experiences for students that support the DCIS mission, Core Values and proficiency in the GPS Outcomes. Develops and nurtures community- and school-based partnerships that will support and enrich travel experiences for students at DCIS. Promotes connections and intercultural experiences within the DCIS community. COUNSELORS' CORNER ...  COUNSELORS Tami Handley - 720-423-9006 Ted Brugman - 720-423-9094 FREE COLLEGE APPLICATION DAY For the second year in a row, the Colorado Department of Higher Education has teamed up with colleges and universities all across Colorado to waive college application fees for all Colorado students on Tuesday, Oct. 15. That means if you submit your application between 12:01 am and 11:59 pm that day, you can apply for free to any public Colorado institution and many private institutions. Last year, Colorado students submitted almost 23,000 applications to Colorado colleges and universities for the state's first free application day. Officials from the state are hoping even more students take advantage of the opportunity this year. DPS OFFICE OF WHOLE CHILD SUPPORTS ...  The September DenverRAP Activity Calendar is now available. This calendar provides information about free activities happening in the Denver area. You can also have information about free activities happening in Denver sent directly to your phone by texting "DenverRAP" to 67076. CONNECT ... DCIS Website DCIS Facebook Page DCIS Parents Group (closed, non-school-sanctioned) on Facebook DCIS Drama Club Facebook  DCIS Travel Center Facebook DCIS Foundation Facebook   DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Please send questions or comments to dcis.connect@gmail.com.  Every Thursday while school is in session, you'll receive this DCIS Connect newsletter in your email inbox to keep you up to date on all the events and happenings at our school. It's also available on the DCIS Connect app, which you can download at the Apple Store or Google Play. If you don't wish to receive the newsletter, click the Unsubscribe link below. If you're receiving multiple copies of the newsletter, please email dcis.connect@gmail.com to report the problem; be sure to indicate your first and last name and preferred email address so we can update our records. 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