Thursday, April 13, 2017

April 13

Dear Fireside Families,
It was wonderful seeing so many of our families represented at this week's 1st grade music programs. Students sang songs from across the globe, joined in on cultural games, and poured their hearts into the performances! Thank you, Mr. Haley, for inspiring our Fireside musicians. 


Have you heard?  
In order to support our community’s access to technology, the district has started a technology access pilot program. Devices loaded with all necessary district programs and security measures will now be available to students and their families at the same bulk discount that schools receive.  
You must create your own login before placing an order. All orders will be shipped directly to your school. Unfortunately, there is no way to ship equipment directly to you. Please direct questions to Dede Pazour, dede.pazour@bvsd.org.
Generic login to take a peek at the offerings is:
Username: Visitor
Password: BVsd123!
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Announcement from Impact on Education:
I realize this doesn't provide much notice, as I just learned that the 2017 Jared Polis Foundation Teacher Recognition Awards are due on Friday, April 14. Please consider nominating a teacher for the 2017 Jared Polis Foundation Teacher Recognition Awards.    Anyone can nominate a teacher!
Each honoree receives the following:
$1,000 discretionary award for the teacher honoree
$1,000 teacher-directed school grant
$500 technology grant for the teacher honoree
The Jared Polis Foundation "Crystal Apple" award
Recognition in a half-page announcement in the Denver Post
Notices to the teachers' school district, board, and school community
To read the guidelines please visit: http://www.jaredpolisfoundation.org/updates/2017-jared-polis-foundation-teacher-recognition-awardsThe submission deadline is April 14, 2017.  All teacher honorees will be announced the first week of May.
As many of our families are aware, we piloted a rotating block schedule this year in order to provide larger uninterrupted instructional blocks, balanced instructional minutes for Art, Music and PE, and common plan time for teachers. We are excited to share that all elementary schools in BVSD have adopted a similar rotating schedule to begin in the fall of 2017. We will be making some slight revisions to our current schedule and will share this with the community in August, 2017.

PLEASE JOIN US:
Volunteer Reception: This is open to all parents! May 3, after school in the Fireside Garden
Retirement Reception: May 17, 2:45, Fireside Garden-Join us in honoring Ms. Webster, Ms. Cousins, and Ms. Rosquist for their years of service


Offsite Evacuation: April 24th from 8:30-10:30
Fireside Safety Committee partnered with the district and Louisville Police Department in planning our first ever offsite evacuation. As a school, we'll kick off with a safety assembly (explaining the steps to students), then proceed to the Louisville Recreation Center. I am proud of our staff, as all are prepared and ready for this important safety drill.

As always, thank you for your partnership in learning!

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