Dear Merrill Families,
Thank you for your continued partnership and support. It was another great week at Merrill, with our 8th graders celebrating Quarter 2 at Skate City on Friday!
DPS offers free breakfast for all students. To participate, students should pick up breakfast at the STEM lab door between 8:25–8:40 a.m. To maintain a healthy and clean environment, breakfast will no longer be consumed in the classroom.
This is a great moment to review your child’s progress and support them with any missing work. Try these conversation starters and steps:
Schedule a short weekly check-in (10–15 minutes) to review progress and set one goal.
Review the gradebook together and let your student explain any low or missing scores in their own words.
Set a regular parent–student–teacher check-in if patterns of missing work continue.
Merrill teachers are doing amazing work this month! They’ve planned some fantastic learning experiences — please enjoy February’s newsletters. -6th Grade-Here
-7th Grade-Here -8th Grade-Here
-Elective/Newcomer/SSP-Here
Thank you for your partnership.
Merrill Leadership |
Hello MLL Families,
We are more than halfway through our ACCESS testing! Thank you for helping your child do their absolute best by ensuring they get a good night's sleep and eat breakfast. Next week, 6th graders will be testing, and 7th graders will complete speaking and any make-up exams. Thank you again, Merrill ACCESS Team |
2/11/26- Band and Orchestra Concert 5:30pm
Concert dress is all black. Students should arrive by 5 for warm up. Hope to see you all there! 2/12/26- NYC Trip Meeting info below! 2/16-2/17/26- No School- President's Day 5/8/26- Merrill Auction! Match Point and Mulligans Gala |
Boys Volleyball
The boys have been working really hard this season and a lot of players are learning a new sport. They have continued to battle to the end for each game. Here is the schedule for the following week: 2/2/26: Game at Bill Roberts at 4:15pm vs Bill Roberts 2/3/26: Practice 4-5:15pm
2/5/26: Game at Merrill at 4:15pm vs DG Northfield 2/6/26: Optional practice 4-5:15pm Girls Volleyball
The Merrill Girls Volleyball practice team will be coming to a close on February 5th. Next week will be our last week. I hope everyone has had a great time and will continue their volleyball journey whether it be in middle school or high school. Parents, thank you again for changing your morning schedule around in order for your daughter to come to practice. Schedule for Next Week: Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 7:30–8:40 a.m. The Merrill Girls Volleyball team won their match on Monday against Grant Beacon. We focused on improving our serve receive and defense for our match against our biggest rival McAuliffe on Thursday.
Parents, thank you so much for your continued support and for picking up your girls promptly at 5:30 p.m. I truly appreciate it. Schedule for Next Week: Monday: Game at Merrill vs. Bill Roberts at 5:15 p.m. Dismissal will be at 3:30 and pick up at 3:40 in anticipation of traffic.
Tuesday: Practice from 4:00–5:30 p.m. Wednesday: Practice from 4:00–5:30 p.m. Thursday: Game at Merrill vs. Denver Green Northfield at 5:15 p.m. Best regards,
Wendy Shepard |
New Youk: The Big Apple! Oct 2026 |
The Merrill Store is designed to promote positive behavior and encourages students to make good choices. They earn Merrill Money throughout their time at school and use it to "purchase" items at the store during their recess. Items include snacks, chips, candy, sports equipment, Merrill gear, fidgets, toys, stickers and most importantly- gift cards! It's so fun seeing your student during the school day! We will have the store open 2 Fridays a month and hope to see you there! SignUpGeniusHere
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The Merrill Store is designed to promote positive behavior and encourages students to make good choices. They earn Merrill Money throughout their time at school and use it to "purchase" items at the store during their recess. Items include snacks, chips, candy, sports equipment, Merrill gear, fidgets, toys, stickers and most importantly- gift cards! It's so fun seeing your student during the school day! We will have the store open 2 Fridays a month and hope to see you there! SignUpGeniusHere
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Merrill Families Helping Families |
Greetings #FAMILY! Merrill Meals pantry provides free groceries once a month to families in the Merrill community that would like to receive extra food. We understand that everyone could use some support from time to time, and we are here to help.
If you would like to receive extra groceries one-time per month, please complete this private and anonymous survey, so we can provide the food items that your family likes to eat and match your preferences. Please mark the items that you would like to have potentially included in your pre-packed backpack.
MerrillMealsForm Families Helping Families & the Merrill Meals Pantry are looking for volunteers! Volunteers are needed to: Pick up food donations
Stock pantry shelves
Help pack backpacks with food for families in the Merrill community
Our Spring volunteer signup is now OPEN, and we’d love to have you join us for one of our upcoming monthly backpack distributions. Whether you can help once or on a regular basis, your time and energy make a difference.
Don’t see a time that fits your schedule, but still want to help? Email sgrisinger77@gmail.com to join our volunteer list and get updates on future opportunities. |
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Donate Your Longmont Dairy Caps in the Merrill Office Longmont Dairy supports Merrill by giving 5¢ back for every milk cap! So, it's time to drop off all of those extra Longmont Dairy milk caps that you have been saving all summer! Stop on by the main office and help us fill up our collection bin to start our year off strong. Don't have any to turn in quite yet? We will continue to collect milk caps throughout the school year. Encourage your friends and neighbors to help us collect as well to help raise money that goes to support our students and staff.
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Cool Classroom! Mr. Stock's 8th Grade Jumpers Math |
Over the last two weeks in Mr. Stock's jumper math classes, we've brought math to the real world twice: once by building catapults so that we could make a vertex-form calculation about it's parabolic arc and next by learning the basics of spreadsheet formulas. Students made amazing catapults and did some really cool things with conditional formatting like making color-by-numbers, games of chance, and equation solvers. |
Energy Assistance for Families |
As the colder months approach, we want to ensure that there are no families in our Denver Public Schools (DPS) community facing utility disconnections or struggle to keep their homes warm.
The Southeast Community Hub is an officially approved partner of Energy Outreach Colorado (EOC). This partnership allows us to provide direct energy bill assistance and resources to income-qualified DPS families.
You can learn more about the programs and resources available through EOC here: https://www.energyoutreach.org Through this partnership, the Hub can assist families with:
Bill Payment Assistance: Emergency help with past-due energy bills to prevent shut-offs. Heating System Repair: Access to the Crisis Intervention Program for emergency furnace repairs. Weatherization: Helping families reduce long-term energy costs through home efficiency. |
DPS Support Opportunities! And MySpark!
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Youth On Record Programs!
FREE program offerings for young musicians, and we’d love for you to share this opportunity with any students who might be interested.
Creative Enrichment Classes for middle and high school students. Classes next session include Beatmaking, Songwriting, and Piano Lab.
Studio Bookings young musicians can book out space in our Youth Media Studio for recording, mixing, band rehearsals, songwriting sessions, and jam sessions
Drop-in Fridays - Youth and Families are welcome to drop in on Fridays for tours, studio access, and a regular schedule of events and activations including First Friday Open Mic!
Here is our registration link. |
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