Links: 24-25 Calendar (Spanish Calendar)
Sept 2 No School - Labor Day
Sept 4 PTO 5:30-6:30pm
Sept 12 Back to School Night 5:30-7:30pm
Sept 19 Mandatory 8th Parent Meeting 6-7pm
Sept 27 No school for students - DPS Staff Development Day
Skinner Middle School
Links: 24-25 Calendar (Spanish Calendar)
Sept 2 No School - Labor Day
Sept 4 PTO 5:30-6:30pm
Sept 12 Back to School Night 5:30-7:30pm
Sept 19 Mandatory 8th Parent Meeting 6-7pm
Sept 27 No school for students - DPS Staff Development Day
Skinner will invoice each family a $125 registration fee per student in the next week. This fee will cover school supplies to your student(s). The fee can be paid online through MySchoolBucks. We encourage all guardians to sign up for MySchoolBucks through the Parent Portal. This gives guardians the ability to pay for registration fees, athletic fees, and school lunches on-line with a credit card. There will be a discounted fee rate for students who qualify for free or reduced lunch. FRL Documentation will need to be submitted to Skinner Main Office or Jessica_Sandoval@dpsk12.net Fees (English) Tarifas (Spanish)
We understand that many students may want or need a schedule change. With close to 700 students, we ask that all families requesting schedule changes use this process so that we can ensure effective communication for our Skinner teams.
Step 1: Review the Valid and Invalid reasons to request a schedule change for a student
Step 2: Complete Skinner Schedule Change Request Form - Families wishing to request a change in their students' schedule need to submit this form by Tuesday, August 27th at 3:20pm for Semester 1.
Step 3: Expect an email from a scheduler at Skinner to let you know the status of your request within 3-5 business days. While we try our best to accommodate requests, please note that due to the large number of implications that some changes have, we are not able accommodate every request.
If your child is interested in participating in coed cross country, boys soccer and girls softball for grades 6-8, there will be a mandatory student/parent informational meeting next Monday, August 26 from 3:30-3:50 PM in the school auditorium to meet the coaches, try-out dates, practice days and required equipment in preparation for the season ahead. Try-outs will be scheduled by the coaches, and start on September 3rd. ALL paperwork must be submitted online to Arbitersports no later than 3:00 PM, Friday, August 30th.
With extreme heat and lack of air conditioning at Skinner, we may experience increased temperatures within the building. Although we have heat mitigation plans in place, early release due to heat may be a possibility. In the event that we do need to declare an early release Heat Day, we will communicate the decision by 5 p.m. the day prior to the early release through School Messenger email and text communications. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause. Please review this document for more detailed information.
CSC: Collaborative School Committee - first Wednesday of every month 4:00-5:30 at Skinner Library
Meets with parents, admin, staff to discuss issues, impacts, and solutions for the school
Will need 2 new Parent representatives - please submit interest by filling out this survey by September 13th.
PTO: Parent/Teacher Organization - first Wednesday of every month 5:30-6:30
Fundraising, teacher appreciation, parent volunteers.
Check out Skinner Website PTO for more information.
*First PTO Meeting: Sept 4 5:30-6:30 at Skinner Library
Please review our Scholar/Parent Handbook 24-25 to policies and expectations for the school year.
All Skinner Staff have been thoroughly trained on Emergency Procedures
Fire Drills will be completed once a month
Lockdown Drills will be completed once a semester - we will always notify staff and students in advance
Reporting Attendance On-line - Denver Public Schools is proud to offer our families the opportunity to save time by letting us know that your student or students are going to be arriving late, leaving early, or absent. Starting the 23/24 school year, you will be able to use your computer or smartphone to let your school know about absences so you can focus on taking care of your child. Guardians of DPS students must have an active DPS Parent Portal account to use this new feature. Visit myportal.dpsk12.org to sign up, or to check that your account is active and ready. Directions in English & Spanish
Please click here for an important welcome back to school letter from Nurse Koller.
Teachers have a whopping 13 DonorsChoose projects posted hoping to obtain classroom and project supplies for their students. Please click here to see all of the projects and consider a donation to one ore more projects today! Thank you in advance for your generosity.
Ms. Smith, our STEAM teacher, is in need of donated magazines like National Geographic, sports, fashion, gardening, science, etc. Please drop off in the main office if you have any!
We are thrilled that so many students are riding bikes to school. We are in the process of installing additional bike racks inside the bike cage. However we do run out of room and students often lock their bikes to the fence, which is absolutely fine. However, we are noticing that students are not using their locks correctly and locking up their bike frame. We have noticed students just looping their locks around brake cables and such. If your student rides their bike to school, please go over the proper way to securely lock up their bike.