By: Dr. Rob Bishop, Principal
Construction Project Updates and Logistics On the eve of Student Registration, I thought I would provide the D’Evelyn Community with a brief update on the construction project. For our newest students and families, you will notice an array of large storage containers in the east parking lot and a very unfinished exterior landscape enveloping the north side of the campus. This is all the result of a 13,000 square foot expansion of our school to accommodate the addition of the 6th grade to the D’Evelyn family. The project began in August of 2021 and was scheduled to be completed in the late spring of 2022. For our returning students and families you may wonder what progress has been made over the summer as you arrive at our campus this week and see much of the same as when school ended in May. There certainly has been progress on the interior, but unfortunately, the project is not expected to be completed until the end of August. I believe everyone has experienced issues and inconveniences as a result of the pandemic causing manufacturing stoppages, supply shortages, and labor shortages. These issues certainly have had an impact on the many trades that are critical to a construction project of this magnitude. The last major piece of critical infrastructure finally arrived last week and is being installed with a completion date of August 19. Of course, this will have an impact on our first few weeks of school and primarily for our 6th grade students and teachers. We will not be able to occupy and use the new 6th grade classrooms, the new weight room, and the art room until the second week of August. However, my admin team and construction department are committed to starting school for all students in all grades on the first day of school, August 16. We are working on various contingency plans to temporarily relocate 6th grade classrooms to other building rooms; a clear plan will be in place early next week. We will communicate this to 6th grade students at the Student and Parent Orientation on August 15. Our timeline to be able to use the new spaces is August 22 and this is all contingent upon a Certificate of Occupancy issued by the State Building Inspector's Office. As this continues to develop, the D’Evelyn community will be updated on any further delays and impacts on our usual daily operations and school routines. My optimistic hope is that we will be in our new space on August 22. However, we will also be prepared if the occupancy date is pushed further out. Please bear with us, our General Contractor (Himmelman Construction Inc.) and the Jeffco Construction Department have been monitoring this closely and will continue to do so daily. The Jag Tracks publication will be our preferred communication tool and more timely and immediate updates will be communicated through School Messenger and our website. I remind parents to be sure all your information is current (phone contacts, email, etc.) so that you are sure to receive all school communications on this topic and throughout the school year. Finally, be sure to read the remainder of this issue of Jag Tracks and future issues, as there are many updates with regard to reminders and refreshers on our usual school routines such as student drop-off and pick up, access, and entry to the school, and much more.
By: Dan Wille, Assistant Principal
Traffic is higher in our parking lots during drop-off and pick-up times as a result of numerous factors including the increase in our school’s student body with the continued growth of the 6th grade, and construction. In an effort to streamline the drop-off and pick-up process, please review the below information and be thoughtful about how you can help ensure safe, efficient, and respectful drop-off and pick-up experiences for our students.
By: Greg Kottcamp, Assistant Principal
Every year students eagerly attend registration to not only get their school ID, but also to find their new locker and test out the combination. Many students don’t know how they can find their locker number or combination. The week before school starts students can find their locker and combination through the Infinite Campus Student Portal App by navigating to the “documents” tab and then selecting “Student Schedule”. 6th Graders will be assigned their locker, later this week. Each year students are assigned new lockers, depending on grade level and how many students are in each grade. This year’s general layout is:
It is important to have good locker etiquette to help facilitate students getting to class on time. One way to do this is to get to know the students in the lockers around you. This way you can politely ask for space to get in or out of the locker area. Please be careful when opening and closing lockers. If students have locker issues during the school year, they can stop by the main office to get a “Locker Complaint Form”, which allows students to explain the locker problem. Those forms should be turned in to me or our Campus Supervisor. The custodial staff will then work to address the problem. At the end of the school year, students are given time to clean out their lockers. Lockers are then checked by the custodial staff and serviced during the summer. More often than we would like, the school has to replace locks on lockers because paper jams have damaged the locks. Students use paper jams to jam the lock in an unlocked position to save time between class periods. This is a safety concern as anyone can open their unlocked locker and take materials from those lockers. Please encourage your students to not use paper jams for safety reasons, and to avoid a lock replacement fee.
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