By: Josh Griffin, Principal
Thank you to all community members for a great second week of school. I am particularly grateful to our families for the great turnout at the 2021 Back to School Night this past Thursday, and the 2021 D’Evelyn DASH on Saturday morning. Huge thanks to all of the volunteers that worked so hard to plan an awesome D’Evelyn DASH. It was a great way to start the school year, and that is the direct result of the hard work and dedication of many parent volunteers and staff members. Good communication is an essential element of a successful school. In the educational setting, effective communication should be geared towards supporting the success of our students. Even when circumstances are challenging and hardship may occur, it is important we all work together to have honest, respectful communication in the interest of supporting the best possible outcomes for our students. Additionally, we encourage a model of strong direct communication, where individuals address their questions and concerns to the most appropriate member of the school faculty and staff. As you navigate the start of this school year, we encourage you to encourage your child(ren) to sustain a strong start to the school year, with active engagement in each of their classes and extracurricular activities. Ideally, students will begin to build positive relationships with their teachers, counselors, and support staff, where they are comfortable asking for help and additional support. Self-advocacy is an important skill for our students to develop during their secondary academic years. Thank you for encouraging your child(ren) to work productively with our staff throughout the year. There are times when additional involvement by parents and/or guardians is warranted. Occasionally, a student may struggle significantly with a subject matter or assignment, or have a hard time approaching an adult in the building on their own. Please support your student in these situations by reaching out proactively to partner with the most relevant teacher or staff member as needed. As a school administration, faculty, and staff, we aspire to provide comprehensive communication with families and students about important updates, events, and information originating at D’Evelyn. Timely, efficient communication is an important element to the establishment and maintenance of positive student, teacher, parent/family partnerships. Those partnerships are critical to supporting student success in the D’Evelyn program. Within our school communication system, we use the following tools: Jag Tracks - offered in a weekly web-based format, this is an opportunity for faculty, staff, administration, and community members to share important updates with families regarding upcoming events and important issues in the school. We encourage all families to review the Jag Tracks every week. Jaguar Tracks website: https://develynjaguartracks.weebly.com/ School Messenger - email updates for all families, or families organized by grade-level, depending upon the nature of the message. In order to receive School Messenger updates, your contact information needs to be accurate in Jeffco Connect. School Website - a steady source of information, including teacher websites and school and extracurricular calendars. Please visit and familiarize yourself with our school website and the individual websites of our teachers. · School Website: https://develyn.jeffcopublicschools.org/ · Navigation Page - Teacher Websites: https://develyn.jeffcopublicschools.org/d_h_s_staff Parent Portal (Gradebook) - allows access to student gradebooks for each of their classes. This is an important component of our communication plan, and we encourage parents/families to stay up-to-date on student performance in their classes via the gradebook. Numerous school community events like Back to School Night, Parent Teacher Conferences, Prospective Student Information Nights, Welcome Events - all of these events are designed to offer opportunities to gain more information on expectations for students and families at D’Evelyn in a face-to-face forum. We encourage all D’Evelyn families to participate in these important school community events. D’Evelyn App - you may download the D’Evelyn app from the App Store or Google Play store. This is a great resource that aggregates a number of important student/parent resources. Email & Phone Communication - Please use this method to communicate with faculty/staff when a specific question or concern arises. Our faculty directory is on the D’Evelyn website. Additionally, in an effort to highlight the many great things happening at D’Evelyn among our students, faculty, and staff, we have recently added D’Evelyn official social media outlets with Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Facebook - /develynjrsr Instagram - @develynjuniorsenior Twitter - @develynjrsr We encourage D’Evelyn community members, past, present, and future, to follow our various social media platforms to receive updates highlighting the many great achievements of D’Evelyn students, alums, faculty, and staff throughout the course of the school year. While we aspire to have thorough, comprehensive communication, I recognize that maintaining this level of communication with thousands of current community members is not perfect. Families and students are encouraged to contact the appropriate school official directly if they have questions that cannot be answered within the aforementioned existing communication systems. Please feel free to call or visit the D’Evelyn Main Office - 303-982-2600 - should you need clarification on who the best contact is in the event that you have a question or discussion point with a member of the D’Evelyn faculty and staff. Student, teacher, and parent/family partnerships are essential to the success of D’Evelyn students. I ask that all community members remain committed to positive, productive conversations throughout the course of the year to support our students. Comments are closed.
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