By: Greg Kottcamp, Assistant Principal Thanks for all your support with getting this school year off to a good start. If you are looking for additional ways to get involved or help out, please consider becoming a substitute teacher. We are very much in need of substitute teachers. Throughout the state, there is a shortage of substitute teachers. The Jefferson County School District is trying to increase the number of substitute teachers by making the hiring process easier, and increasing the daily pay to $150. To learn more about the requirements, process, and pay read the 2021-22 Guest Teacher Hiring Process. For those that might be on the fence about becoming a substitute teacher, let me explain what is involved. Once you get hired by Jeffco you can set your personal preferences about where you would like to sub, what days of the week, and what topics. If you want to be a substitute only at D’Evelyn, you have that option. The lesson plans are usually quite simple, you will not be asked to teach a challenging lesson on physics or Calculus. Usually, teachers have something for the students to read, write, or work-on. You are there to take attendance, give basic instructions, and make sure the students stay on task. At the end of class, our students often thank their teacher or substitute, as they head out the door. Once you have been hired by the district, we can add you to our preferred sub list. If you have questions, please contact Jan Skelton at [email protected]. By: Dan Wille, Assistant Principal
One of the great things about D'Evelyn is the ability to utilize our incredible upperclassmen to help tutor students in younger grade levels. D'Evelyn graduate Mrs. Katie Lewis is helping connect students in need of academic tutoring with their older peers. While direct tutoring from a teacher is the best and most preferred method of receiving academic coaching, utilizing the knowledge of a student who recently went through the same classes comes with a number of benefits including the development of relationships, students are able to give ideas on how they succeed, help present information in a way that is more relatable to students, and give our tutors the opportunity to work with younger Jaguars. If your student is interested in being a tutor, or receiving tutoring they need to complete the D´Evelyn Peer Tutoring Interest Form, which can also be found on the D'Evelyn homepage under the ¨Academics¨ tab (see below image). This is a great opportunity for students to receive academic coaching, and for students looking to register service/volunteer hours. Please contact Mrs. Lewis ([email protected]) or Mr. Wille ([email protected]) with questions about Peer Tutoring. Go Jags! By: Jan Skelton, Principal’s Secretary
Upcoming events: OCTOBER October 4, 2021 Steering Committee 4:30 p.m. Junior High Choir Concert 7 p.m. October 5, 2021 High School Choir Concert 7 p.m. October 6, 2021 Jr/Sr Instrumental Concert 7 p.m. October 7 & 8, 2021 NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS October 22, 2021 Junior High Social 2:30 p.m. Link to Events and Athletics: D'Evelyn Calendar of Events D'Evelyn Sports/Activities Calendar By: Greg Kottcamp, Assistant Principal
The importance of regular daily attendance as a basis for academic achievement cannot be overemphasized. Absences have a negative impact on learning when too much is missed. Regular contact of students with one another in the classroom and their participation during instructional activity are vital to the success of the student. What should I do if my child is marked absent, but the student says they attended the class? If students are marked absent, families should contact the teacher to understand why the student was marked absent. Students, parents, and teachers should be directly communicating with one another. If there is an attendance correction to make, the teacher will email the correction to the attendance office. Mis-marked absences will not be addressed on the attendance line. What should I do if my child isn’t feeling well? Students not feeling well should be kept at home. However, parents must call the attendance office (303-982-5771) to excuse their child from classes on those days. Teachers are required to mark students absent when they don’t attend classes. A parent call is required to have that absence marked as Excused. What should my student do to be Early Released? When an absence is called into the attendance line a pass will be written and held in the attendance office. Please have your student stop by during passing periods or lunch to pick up their pass. This will be a ticket out of class and out of the building. Please make these requests early. Calling late in the day and having staff “run” these passes could be disruptive to others' learning as well as staff may not be able to make those last minute requests. District approved absences include: 1. A student who is temporarily ill, injured or an absence approved by the school administration on a prearranged basis. Prearranged absences are circumstances that cannot be taken care of outside of school hours. 2. A student who is absent for an extended period due to physical, mental or emotional disability. 3. Excused absences include funerals, illness, injury, legal obligations, medical procedures, religious observations and extenuating circumstances determined by administration. 4. A student who is attending a school sponsored activity or who is receiving Jeffco educational services. The district may require suitable proof regarding the above exceptions, including written statements from medical sources. What should my student do when returning from an appointment? Your student will ring the doorbell to reenter the school then head to the Attendance Office to sign back into the school. A pass will be written for your student to go back to class. By: Laura McCollough Parents, the time is quickly approaching for our semi-annual Teacher Dinners for Parent-Teacher Conferences. If you would like to contribute to the potluck meals for our fantastic D’Evelyn teachers on Wednesday 9/29 or Thursday 9/30, please sign up here. By: Dan Wille, Assistant Principal We are pleased to be entering September having had minimal impacts to school day routines due to COVID. Consistency in school has been absent over the last 18 months, and we have been reacting to circumstances outside our control. However, we are nearly a month into the school year and we remain at full capacity with all extracurricular activities operational. It is our sincere hope that we continue functioning without any further disruptions to school operations. For this reason, we are bringing preventative measures to the attention of our community in an attempt to minimize the spread of COVID, especially the Delta variant. At the county level, Jefferson County Public Health recently began requiring that all students participating in after school athletics and activities test weekly for COVID. Students are not subject to these tests if they provide proof of vaccination to the school. You can learn more about these weekly tests HERE. As a school, we are bringing attention to how students wear their masks. Correctly wearing masks in the building is the best preventative measure we can take to ensure school day routines are maintained, and bring consistency back to the educational world. Additionally, the Jefferson County Public Health order JPH-PHO-21-002 mandating masks in schools made wearing masks correctly part of the Code of Conduct. Over the last three weeks, D’Evelyn faculty and staff have worked with students to encourage them to wear their masks over their noses and mouths. However, we are noticing a trend that many students are choosing to wear masks incorrectly. For this reason, we are asking families to encourage their students to wear masks correctly during the school day following the below images as a guide to understanding expectations. Students habitually wearing masks incorrectly will be referred to the main office and subject to disciplinary measures. Our intention is not to punish students. Rather, our efforts are to ensure we can continue providing students an exceptional education experience by preventing quarantines, and building closures, to the fullest extent possible.
Thank you for your efforts to ensure the 2021/2022 school year continues without interruption due to COVID. By: Eric McCaslin-Hahn, Assistant Principal and Activities Director Congratulations to the Activities Member of the Month winners for the month of September. These winners were chosen by their Activities Sponsors based on their leadership qualities, work ethic, and other traits that represent what D’Evelyn wants to see in all of their Activities Members. They were chosen out of all the Activities Members that participate in outside of school events.
By: Eric McCaslin-Hahn, Assistant Principal and Activities Director Congratulations to the Heart of D’Evelyn winners for the month of September. The Heart of D’Evelyn Award is intended to recognize students who exemplify the core values that we find in D’Evelyn’s Founding Document. These core values are: Responsibility, Honesty, Self-Control, Kindness, and Fairness. These winners were chosen by their teachers based on their actions and behaviors in class, the lunchroom, and the hallways.
By: Dan Wille, Assistant Principal Good day everyone. As I’m sure you have noticed, I have been directing traffic at the intersection of W. Nassau and S. Kipling at the end of the school day. The purpose of this effort is to alleviate the congestion and back up of traffic on Nassau from the school and, more importantly, educate drivers on the proper and legal way to accomplish the right turn onto S. Kipling St. After observing traffic at the intersection, I have determined that the primary cause of the problem at the intersection is drivers making illegal right hand turns to get onto S. Kipling St. What many people are doing is sitting at the stop sign and waiting for a break in southbound Kipling traffic so they can then shoot across all traffic lanes in order to get into the far left lane to make a U-turn at Quincy. This is illegal as well as very frustrating for other drivers who are stuck in line waiting to make that right turn correctly to proceed southbound on Kipling. My goal is to correct the situation through education and then enforcement (if necessary). It is my sincere hope that the education part of the equation will correct the problem. If not, I will be conducting enforcement activities and issuing citations to violators. The two traffic violations that I am observing are people making an improper right hand turn and obstruction of traffic flow. Per the Colorado Traffic Code, a right hand turn must be made as close to the right hand curb or edge of the roadway as practicable. There is a merge lane provided for this specific purpose. This lane is intended to allow you to accelerate and then merge safely into traffic going south on Kipling. The other violation is obstructing traffic. If a driver loiters at the stop sign for the purpose of waiting for a break in southbound traffic to make the turn illegally, that falls under obstruction of traffic flow. These violations carry a 3-point penalty assessment each and total fines of up to $160, if cited. Below, I have provided a diagram to illustrate the proper way to negotiate the right turn from Nassau onto Kipling. It also illustrates what constitutes a violation. Additionally, the school asks for families exiting the east parking lot to proceed to Kipling rather than turning right onto Nassau. We believe this will help with congestion on Nassau as well. If you have any questions, you can reach me by calling the school. Deputy/Technician G. Everhart
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