October 7 - 8: Parent-Teacher Conferences from 4:30-7:30PM
October 7 - 9: Free College App Days
October 8: Fall Visual & Performing Art Exhibition, 6 - 8 PM
October 9: Grade 10 PSAT10, Grade 11 PSAT NMSQT, Grade 12 Students ACCUPLACER or Free College App Day Workshop, Grade 9: No school
October 10: Grade 9 PSAT 8/9, Grades 10, 11, 12: No school (except seniors who will complete the ACCUPLACER, College App preparation, or both—details will be communicated).
October 13: Indigenous Peoples' Day - No school for students and staff
October 15: Class of 2026 Mandatory Meeting + Balfour Orders, 5:30 - 7PM
October 16: Community Movie Night
October 21: MLE PAC Night
October 29: Trick-or-Treat Street, 5 - 7PM
October 30: Halloween Cabaret
October 31: No School
There is a mandatory Class of 2026 meeting October 15th from 5:30 - 7PM. Check out our website for more information.
Boys basketball is having a shoot-a-thon and are looking for sponsors! All boys basketball players participating in the Shoot-A-Thon will shoot their 100 free-throws between 6:30-7:50am on Friday October 3rd. Contact Jennifer Montoya for more information.
Schedule for Workouts:
Freshmen basketball workouts are every Wednesday & Friday 7am - 8am.
10th - 12th grade basketball workouts are every Tuesday & Thursday 7am - 8am.
Workouts will run the rest of the month of September and all of October.
Looking to get involved? Ms. Lisa sponsors several amazing clubs, including the Speech and Debate Team and the Asian Student Alliance. Both are great opportunities to build skills, meet new people, and be part of a supportive community. Interested students can reach out to Ms. Lisa lisa_mcdonald@dpsk12.netfor more details on how to join.
Click here to see the latest Denver Scholarship Foundation Newsletter for important information and upcoming workshops!
Denver Public Schools is launching a storytelling campaign to celebrate the incredible students and educators across our community.
In this campaign, we replace the word “Public” in Denver Public Schools with five empowering adjectives — Passionate, Personalized, Powerful, Prestigious and Proud — to highlight what makes DPS amazing.
We’re inviting you to nominate a student, educator, team of people, or even yourself to be featured in this campaign. It’s a chance to share good news with the community and spotlight the people behind our district's accomplishments. Fill out the form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScd2eETEnjLt3ghSINU7I0Dnw-d6GZDO-CqybORzpGIVuUHuA/viewform
BESS is a screening tool that we use in Denver Public Schools to identify students' emotional and behavioral strengths and weaknesses. The purpose is to identify students who are at risk, and this helps us determine what kind of support or intervention might be beneficial for individual students. Students, teachers and parents/guardians take the screener two times per year. Parents/Guardians, you can take the screener from now through October 31st using the links below. You will need your students ID # as well as their date of birth in order to complete the screener.
English
Spanish
Vietnamese
Students will be taking the screener in their 4th period class the week of 9/29. If your student has opted out of this screener, they will not participate. However, we do still encourage parents to take the screener for their student even if they have been opted out.
We encourage all Parents/Guardians to complete the screener for their student. If you have any questions please reach out to Merlinda Maldonado (mmaldon@dpsk12.net or 720.423.4545).
Thanks!!
