Asbury Community,

As you know, Asbury is continuing to gear up for our building-wide air conditioning installation! We are thrilled that the project is on track to ensure our classrooms are cool and ready for the start of the next school year.

To keep this project on schedule, construction crews will be performing essential work from March 2nd through March 20th. This phase will impact the basketball courts and will result in the gate on the far side of the outdoor blacktop being blocked off.

Because this gate is a main thoroughfare, we have made some minor adjustments to our morning routines to keep everyone safe and moving smoothly.

Grade Level Line-Ups (2nd & 5th Grade)

2nd and 5th grade classes will now line up on the south side of the outdoor basketball court. Lining up north to south.

Placement: 2nd grade will be closest to the gym; 5th grade will be closest to the fence near Marion St.

Line Order: 112, 111, 212, 211.

Entry: Teachers will meet their lines and enter through the side gym door, cutting through the gym to reach their classrooms.

Kiss and Go & Pedestrian Traffic

Kiss and Go Students: Since there is no access to the far gate, students arriving via Kiss and Go will enter through the main building doors, walk through the office area, and head outside to find their lines on the blacktop.

Parents/Walkers: Please be aware that the far gate will be closed. If you usually exit that way to get to Marion St., you will need to walk around the building or cut through the main office.

We know these shifts can be a minor inconvenience, but the "cool" payoff this August will be well worth it! Thank you for your continued patience and flexibility as we improve our school.

In Partnership,

Jeanna Doung

As always, we appreciate all those that have started to put your input into our survey. Please take a few minutes to share your voice via our confidential survey: Asbury Public Input Survey Link: https://forms.gle/B52ks6Lr3bpx8qsM8

Bond dollars input

We’ve done a lot of work over the last few years to make Asbury the best—we’ve added shade structures, banners, outdoor seating, and updated our lunch room. Now, we have an opportunity to do it again! We are up for an estimated $300,000 in bond dollars to go beyond the basics and look at revitalization of our space. We need your input on what and how we should leverage these funds to support the revitalization of Asbury. Link: https://forms.gle/mtWgFsPtYutpPzrj6

Spelling Bee Meeting for anyone interested in participating after school TODAY in the gym.

Students from all grade levels should come to the gym after school today to learn more about what it is all about and they will be able to grab practice lists.

The Spelling Bee is Friday, March 13 after school!

If you can’t make it to the meeting come talk to one of the following teachers to get your practice list.

Mr. Howard, Mrs. Magoffin, Ms. E or Ms. Baca to get a list.

Read-a-thon is coming! March 2-5!

What is Read-a-thon? 

"RAT" is a week-long event to encourage and foster the love of reading. Students record their reading minutes from home and turn in a "feather" log each day for a chance to win individual and class prizes. Details on prizes and recording will be sent home.

What is the book swap?  (February 23-25) 

Students can bring in books from home that they'd like to trade for new ones! This happens during recess and students go home with new books, ready to read and record.

Read-a-thon Bookmark Contest:

If your child is interested in participating in the contest, have them get a blank bookmark, put their first name, last name and classroom on the back and design the front all about the joy of reading! They will need to be turned into Ms. Baca by Monday February 23, 2026. There will be one winner per grade level.

This sounds awesome, how can I help?!

Sign up here to donate either your time or prizes:  Read-a-thon Sign Up Genius Link

Parent/Guardian Technology Night with Brian Dino, DPS Ed Tech Coach 

NEW:  Thursday, 3/19 (6:00-7:00pm) SAVE THE DATE!

We have scheduled a night to hear more about topics around technology. We are hoping that it will be really helpful.  

In the meantime, we’d love to collect some of your questions, comments, concerns or wondering ahead of the presentation so he can tailor his talk to our Asbury Community needs.  Please take a moment to fill out this SURVEY or just email your thoughts to Mrs. Ravel

Thanks!

Amy_Ravel@dpsk12.net

P.S. We are also having an assembly for our 3-5th grade students on Friday, 3/6 in the afternoon with the guest speaker.  He’s also a magician so the kids are going to learn a lot and be fully entertained!

3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Families - CMAS Testing - Save the Dates

Looking for a way to help during CMAS?

We need many volunteers to help with recess and lunch duty for all of the grade level slots during testing to support while support staff and teachers are testing which often overlaps into their recess and lunch duty time slots.

Here is a Sign Up Genius if you would like to sign up to volunteer.  It is a lot of fun.  There are some informational videos on the sign up genius information when you click the link if you’d like to understand more of what we will ask you to do if you sign up!  It’s really a lot of fun.  We promise! 

Please plan accordingly for trips and appointments so students can be here for CMAS testing during these dates:  April 6-27. 

If your student will not be here, please let their teachers know as soon as possible so we can plan accordingly.  If you have any questions, please reach out to Amy_Ravel@dpsk12.net.

Parent Information Letter (including testing schedule calendar)

Save the Date - Thursday, March 12 (6-7pm) - Parent Online Information Session

Please, please, please have your student at school each of these testing dates on time and there all day!  Also, since the state shortened the window to 3 weeks, vs the normal 4, we will start that Tuesday after Spring Break. Normally, we start the week after spring break in previous years.

If you know that your student will be absent anytime during the window, please reach out to Amy_Ravel@dpsk12.net as soon as possible for planning purposes!

We will have a flipped specials schedule during the testing window (4/7-4/17) so primary grades will have specials in the morning and intermediate grades will have specials in the afternoon those days.

🚨 URGENT: DPS Student Phishing Alert

DPS is tracking a scam targeting students with fake job offers (e.g., "Administrative Assistant"). Attackers use Google Forms to get student phone numbers and then text them directly.

🚩 Red Flags:

Requests to purchase gift cards.

Asking for money upfront for a job.

Sending checks for the student to deposit and then "buy products."

Action Needed: Remind your student to never share bank info or contact info via email links. If bank info was shared, contact your bank’s fraud department immediately.

Save the Dates: 

3/2-3/6- Read-A-Thon

3/13- Spelling Bee

3/16-3/20- March-Mathness

3/26- Talent Show

4/29- WOW Art Show/Dish a Story

5/7- Student Led Conferences (3:00-5:00)

Check out the newest issue from Ms. E’s Newspaper group!

February's Asbury's Amazing News

Grandfriends Day is Tomorrow!  Friday, 2/13

Grandfriends Day - What to Expect? Document

💙 DIRECT GIVE IS HERE! And we have a HUGE update: We met our $10,000 matching challenge – and then some!! – well before Friday’s deadline! What an amazing community – thank you to all who have contributed to this critical fundraiser for our school.

Progress update (as of Thursday morning): We have raised $67,965 toward our $135,000 goal! Halfway there!!

Remember: All donations are 100% tax deductible! 

100% of all donations go DIRECTLY to our school to support staff salaries, fund full-time Specials, bolster the Asbury Backpack Program, purchase classroom and office supplies, and SO MUCH MORE! And this year we are raising money to support TWO ADDITIONAL PARAS IN THE BUILDING! (We’ve heard your pleas for more paras loud and clear! Let’s do it!)

This is our biggest fundraiser of the year. Can you help us raise $135,000 for our school by February 28? Click here to donate!

🍝 Are you ready-spaghetti for this? Colore Italian Restaurant on Broadway and Yale is hosting an all-day fundraiser for Asbury! 

10% of ALL SALES the ENTIRE DAY will be donated back to Asbury, no code needed! 

Grab your friends, tell your neighbors, let’s get a crowd!

📚 Can you help make our annual Read-A-Thon a big success again? Help monitor the book swap, count reading feathers, or donate prizes! Sign up here!

🥛 Longmont Dairy is expanding its delivery route to our neighborhood – and they selected ASBURY as a new participant for its Milkcaps for Mooola program!  

Sign up for this incredible dairy home-delivery service, bring your milk caps to school for collection, then watch the “mooola” roll in for Asbury!

Click here for more information!

🍾 SPRING WING DATE ANNOUNCEMENT! Mark your calendars for Friday, May 8! More details to come! Until then, please dust off your dancing shoes.

🗓 Did you know you can subscribe to the Asbury events calendar at asburyelementary.website@gmail.com? Follow the steps below to have the school events calendar sync to your Google Calendar and never miss a moment of fun!

From a desktop/laptop (not mobile phone): go to your calendar, click the + icon next to "Other calendars" on the left

Select "Subscribe to calendar," and enter asburyelementary.website@gmail.com

Never miss another dine out, PBL showcase, or coffee with the principal again!

🏆 Our friends at DU have more amazing Community Ticketing Events for us! All ticket sales support Asbury! Fun guaranteed! Buy all your tickets here. 

⛹️‍♀️ DU Women’s Basketball vs. South Dakota State – Saturday, Feb. 21 at 1 p.m. 

🥍 DU Women’s Lacrosse vs. Colorado – Wednesday, April 15 at 6 p.m.

🥍 DU Men’s Lacrosse vs. Marquette – Friday, April 24 at 6 p.m.

Please visit the Asbury Website for more information and details about enrichments offered during this session:

Asbury Enrichments Schedule