Our students had a blast shopping in their first Merrill Store! See the info below to donate and volunteer!

9/1/25- No School! Labor Day

9/3/25- Back to School Night! 5:30-7pm

9/10/25- First PTSA Meeting @Campus Lounge 6-7pm

10/7/25- Picture Retake Day

Parents/guardians,

Next week your student will be bringing home their Q1 contract for the Q1 celebrations.  Please be on the look out for this and go over it with your student, sign it and have your student return it to their Core 1 teacher by next Friday. 

Please Read In Full - Important Schoolwide Information

Dear Merrill Community,

DPS is always working to improve and simplify communication between DPS and our families. To kick off the 2025–26 school year, Merrill will be using a new way to stay connected: the DPS App, which will include Rooms, our new two-way communication platform. 

The DPS App will bring you:

• Live feed updates from your school and the district

• District and school news in one place

• Upcoming events and important dates

• Push notifications for urgent announcements

With Rooms, you can:

• Send and receive messages with teachers, staff, and coaches

• Get classroom announcements and reminders about coursework and materials

• See automatic translations into your preferred language

Families can access Rooms: 

• On your PHONE using the DPS App (see below)

• On your COMPUTER using the following link: click here

Why this matters for families
No more juggling multiple apps and logins—most of the information you need about your child’s learning, their teachers, and what’s happening in DPS will now be in one place.

How to get started

1. Download the DPS App from the [Google Play Store] or [Apple App Store] or search for “Denver Public Schools using your phones App feature. 

2. Log in using your DPS Parent Portal credentials.

3. Access Rooms directly within the app to start messaging teachers and receiving updates.

Merrill will share more details at Back to School Night on Wednesday, August 8th from 5:30-7pm.. In the meantime, you can (click here) to access helpful information for parents and guardians. DPS sent their own communication about the DPS app and Rooms on Friday, August 15th. 

We’re excited to launch these tools to help you stay informed and engaged in your child’s education. Thank you for your patience as we learn and grow together with this new platform. Welcome to the new school year — here’s to staying connected!

Warmly,

The Merrill Leadership Team

Hello Merrill #FAMILY! It is a new school year and time to assemble our CSC. This committee advises the school on year long goals, analyzes data, and makes budgeting recommendations while providing feedback to the principal. We meet between 4-6 times total (for the last 4 years, virtual has been best for attendees, but we are open to shifting to in-person). We need a few parents and one community member for the 25-26 school year. We would love diverse representation that mirrors our beautifully unique community. Please complete this form if you are interested!

Sign-up HERE for our 25-26 Collaborative School Committee

Congratulations to the student athletes who made the girls soccer and boys baseball teams! Schedules for those games should be out soon. Games will likely start next week for the girls and the week of Sept. 8th for the boys.

XC info below.

Seventh grade students will have a field trip the second week of September where we’ll go to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science on one day and explore the  Masjid Abu Bakr Mosque and the Assumption of the Theotokos Cathedral on the opposite day. We’ll explore how ancient belief systems helped influence belief systems today as well as explore Egyptian art and build connections in Science. 

We will need chaperones for the museum. If you’re able to support us on Sept. 10 or 11, please fill out this Google Form. 

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

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.

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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 and essentials for local students

Our Fall 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? Emailsgrisinger77@gmail.comto join our volunteer list and get updates on future opportunities.

Join the Merrill PTSA!

The PTSA is a great way to get involved with your child's education, connect with community and drive improvements for the school. The PTSA extends funding to each classroom, teacher and program offered at Merrill and we cannot do it without the Merrill parent community, plus you get a closer look into your child's school with PTSA involvement! Here are the initiatives where the PTSA provides support:

 Teacher/Department Grants

 After School Clubs

 Student Council

 Merrill Store

 Field Trips/Grade Level Celebrations

 Grant Writing

 Teacher Appreciation

 Merrill Spirit Gear

 International Festival

 Attendance Reward Parties

 Families Helping Families & Merrill Meals

 Dads at Merrill (DAM)

 Monthly Dine-Out Socials & Grocery Shopping Fundraisers

 Fundraising for all of the above!

 If the PTSA can help with anything to guide you through middle school, please reach out to ptsamerrillmiddleschool@gmail.com

Introducing the Merrill 2025-2026 PTSA Board

President: Erin Trujillo

Co-VPs: Joanna Shear

Treasurer: Natalie Nove

Secretary: Alexia Eslan

Communications: Alison Roberts

First PTSA Meeting

We will have our first meeting of the 2025-2026 school year Wednesday, September 10th at Campus Lounge from 6-7pm. The PTSA will provide appetizers and we look forward to growing our already fun and dynamic team! Hope to see you there!

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