Cowell Mustang  Families

Important: 2026 CMAS Testing Schedule & Information

The Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) are end-of-year tests that help students and parents understand if students are on track to meet the expectations of college and careers. Score reports show how students are doing compared to the school, district and state. The testing window is April 6-24, opening the day our students return from Spring Break.

Review our Cowell CMAS Calendar to see exactly when your child will be taking CMAS. To support your child and minimize missed instruction from makeup testing: 

Ensure your child arrives at school on time.

Avoid scheduling appointments or vacations on your child’s designated testing days.

All personal electronic devices are strictly prohibited in testing rooms. To maintain standardized test environments and the validity of these tests, students are asked to turn off and turn in their devices (phones, smart watches, etc.) before each session begins.

Results help schools know how to improve learning and the community can see how well schools are serving students. For more details on why these assessments matter, visit the DPS CMAS Website.  

Parent Excusals/Opt OutsWhile student participation is highly encouraged, parents may choose to excuse their child from testing. To allow our staff time to plan, please complete any excusals via the DPS Parent Portal by Feb 27. Instructions are available at the bottom of this DPS CMAS Website.

The Colorado Department of Education (CDE) offers the following resources to help students and families prepare: 

CMAS Student Practice Resources

CDE Parent Resources

Thank you for your continued support of our students’ academic growth. Go Mustangs!

Monday, March 23rd! 

We will be celebrating awesome attendance of March and looking at what great incentives we are giving away for testing.

Students that are present 93% of March (only missing 2 days of school within the month) will be entered in a raffle to win free movie tickets! 

Our K-5 Students are still participating in our bi-weekly Denver Public Library Bookmobile. Every other Thursday students are able to check out new books to read at school and at home. Below is a remind of the weeks the Bookmobile will be at Cowell.

Hello Cowell Elementary School Families – We’ve officially launched Kids Heart Challenge – let’s build healthy hearts together at school and at home! 

We hope your family will join us by getting involved today - Click Here: ➡➡ http://www2.heart.org/site/TR?fr_id=12402&pg=company&company_id=522171 to access our school’s page – or download the free AHA Schools app – to sign up today!

Help kids with special hearts by making a donation to the American Heart Association and/or sharing your page with friends and family

Complete Finn’s Mission to learn Hands-Only CPR and earn your Lifesaver cape!

You can visit our school page anytime to see student and class rankings and how your student can be involved in the fun activities we have for this year! 

The top earning class will get a special party in the Gym! Students who complete FM will get extra gym time and a chance at the impossible shot to earn a special prize. Raise $150 or more to earn a shot at the dunk tank!

 Raise $25 = score discounted Rapids tickets!  Raise $50 = unlock discounted Nuggets tickets and an exclusive on-court experience! 

Thank you for helping our students learn healthy habits and life-saving skills!

Do you have a child who loves to share fun facts? CultureGrams is the resource for them! You and your child can discover amazing facts about places all around the world (like, did you know that in Ecuador kids love to play rayuela, a game similar to hopscotch?). This easy-to-use resource features culture, recipes, flags, maps, and even describes what daily life is like for kids living in over 200 countries, states, and provinces! Find CultureGrams under "C" at https://www.denverlibrary.org/research and sign in with your library card.

K-5th grade March lunch menu

*last minute menu changes may occur. You can always find the lunch menus in the DPS website.

https://foodservices.dpsk12.org/menus/#menus