December 9, 2025

Dear Swigert Families,

I want to highlight an upcoming Swigert Community event this Thursday, December 11th. We will be hosting our Annual Winterfest Celebration at Swigert from 6-8pm. This is a school-wide community event to celebrate and learn about different cultural traditions from around the world. It ties with our IB focus on encouraging international mindedness. International mindedness is a view of the world in which people see themselves connected to the global community and assume a sense of responsibility towards its members. We will provide: a percussion Performance/Drum Circle, the Central City Opera- Musical Menagerie, holiday displays, crafts of holidays around the world, and a potluck in the cafeteria. Please bring a dish to share - a holiday treat, a savory favorite, or a quick grab from the grocery store. A huge shout out to Tabitha Jones (our 2/3rd grade literacy interventionist and Senior Team Lead) for coordinating this special event. You can find details here - Swigert Winterfest.

We are seeing an uptick in sick kids and staff, please take care - wash hands and get rest! 

Sincerely, 

Shelby Dennis

PS - Here are some pictures from the week of snow fun, testing gliders in STEM, bowling and balance units in PE

*SAC Meeting Cancelled on 12/10*

December 11th - Mici's Dine and Donate & Winterfest!

December 19th - Class Winter Parties, Early 12pm Dismissal (no lunch served)

December 20th - January 5th - NO SCHOOL, Winter Break & Professional Development Day

January 6th - Back to school!

January 9th - Community Coffee 8:15am

January 16th - Last day for yearbook orders

January 19th - NO SCHOOL, MLK Jr Day

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11th, 6-8 pm

What: A celebration of different winter holidays and an opportunity to learn about a variety of cultural traditions.

What to bring: a dish/dessert to share

We will provide: Percussionist, Central City Opera, holiday displays, holiday crafts from around the world, plates and utensils

As you are getting your holiday things out at home, we'd welcome any small decor items you'd like to pass pertaining to winter holidays like Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Lunar New Year, etc!

If your student is bringing a lunch to school, please make sure that all items can be eaten without the use of a microwave. Things such as ramen noodles need to be prepared at home and brought in a thermos, or saved for a meal at home. Students do not have access to microwaves or boiling water at school.  Remember that all students have access to a free hot lunch here at school whenever needed!

Make sure you buy your yearbook. The last day for orders is January 16th!

BUY HERE!

The Swigert Student Council is asking for donations of
new, unopened toys for ages 0-5 for Clayton Early
Learning Center. 

Bins will be outside the front office this week through the 17th!

Wednesday, December 17th

Dress Like your favorite Season (winter, spring, summer fall)

On Friday, December 19th we will have a 12pm noon dismissal. There will be no lunch served. Buses will be running!

Staff always does an ugly sweater contest on this last day. Students are welcome to wear their own ugly sweater or anything that brings them holiday joy - holiday jammies, etc! 

Get your passports ready for a trip to Europe as we read A Night Divided by Jennifer Neilsen. This is a historical fiction text about the Berlin wall--it is un-put-down-able!

Please sign up for this meeting so I'll know how many will be attending. 

Our next meeting will be January 7th, the week we return from winter break. 

Questions - email Ms. Mosley - l_holcomb-mosley@dpsk12.net

Music Performance Days

Calling all musicians: Performance Days in music class are coming soon. Any student is welcome to sing or play a song for their classmates during music class on these days. These optional performances are a great time for kids to play music for each other in a pressure-free environment.

Here is a more detailed schedule of the days left:

Wednesday, December 10 (C Day): Ms. Aarti, Colter, Ms. Hayleigh, Adler

Friday, December 12 (D Day): Aggarwal, Hopper, Ms. Racha, Burdett, Appleman

Tuesday, December 16 (E Day): Ms. Shannon, Ms. Sara, Ziegler, Nguyen, Kline

Thursday, December 18 (A Day): Ms. Marisol, Eliot, Ms. Susan, Molsey, Romero

Thank you for supporting your child’s creativity in the arts!

Original Works art orders are here and will be going home this week! I will also be sending home their artwork, so everyone will have something going home. Please check your child's backpack for orders, as some are fragile. Thanks! ~Ms. Carlson

December’s Artist of the Month is Maeve Hayes in Ms. Margulies’ 1st grade class. Maeve did a wonderful job on her Romero Britto inspired self portrait. She is always a very caring and balanced artist. She is also very Knowledgeable and Principled. Fantastic job!

Thursday, Dec 11, 2025
All day - Grab food before heading to Winterfest!

Swigert International School will receive 20% of fundraiser sales* during this fundraiser at Mici Italian. Participate any time on Dec 11, 2025 by showing the flyer HERE at the register in the Mici Italian location listed above. You may also participate by ordering online at https://www.miciitalian.com/locations or on the Toast mobile app using online code GIVEBACK during the same time.

Need some help with childcare over Winter break? Here's a few camps I've come across:

Fore more details see here: https://www.chabaddenvernorth.com/

We strive to have great communication about all things Swigert. Please visit our website at www.swigert.dpsk12.org to learn more about events that are coming up.

If you need translation services for ANY Swigert event, please reach out to Megan Tate at Megan_Tate@dpsk12.net

You can also join our Friends of Swigert International School, a private Facebook page. We post pictures of events at school, interact as a school family, and you can see friendly reminders of upcoming events.