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Friday, Oct. 14, 2022 | Newsletter Archive | View as Webpage

SCHOOL NEWS AND UPDATES

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Upcoming Events

Friday, Oct. 14 - No School - Parent-Teacher Conferences
Friday, Oct. 14 (3-4 p.m.) - Boys’ Soccer vs Aurora West College Prep
October 17-21 - NO SCHOOL - FALL BREAK
October 24-January 13 - STEMGives Campaign - Note date change
Monday, Oct. 24 (5-7 p.m.) - DEI Committee Meeting (HS Commons/Zoom)
Monday, Oct. 24 (5:30-6:30 p.m.) - Girls’ Volleyball at Addenbrooke

Click on the STEM Events Calendar to see everything that is happening at STEM. We've added Enrichment and Athletic Events to the calendar as well.

Click here for the STEM Events Calendar

MLO/Bond Update

On August 23, the Douglas County School District Board of Education unanimously voted 7-0 to place a $60 million Mill Levy Override (MLO) and $450 million Bond on the 2022 ballot.

If passed by voters, these new funds would be used at our school to:

Increase teacher and staff pay
Make much needed repairs and upgrades to our building
Replace heating and cooling systems and components

Click the link below to read an update from DCSD

DCSD Apple Award Nominations Open

The Foundation for Douglas County Schools is proud to honor exceptional educators and staff who are inspiring a love of learning in students and are trailblazing extraordinary innovation in our schools. Over the years, the Apple Awards has grown to engage the entire community, bringing in thousands of nominations every year for teachers and staff members across the district. Click here to Nominate

Elementary News/Updates

In this week's Elementary News, you can find information about:

Free Chromebooks for FRL Students
Elementary Art Teams up with Original Works
Order Your ES Yearbook
More

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Secondary News/Updates

In this week's Secondary News, you can find information about:

Free Chromebooks for FRL Students
Behavior Expectations Message from Mrs. Ridder
CSHS Movie Night Poll (HS Students Only)
More

Click here to read more

Suzanne Savolainen is our September Volunteer of the Month! Thank you to All Volunteers! Don't forget to log your hours.

Volunteering/Donations

Each week we update our Parent "Get Involved" page of our website with new volunteer and donation opportunities:

Front Office Wish List
Veterans' Celebration Donation Request
Vision and Hearing Screenings - Donations and Volunteering
TSA Snack Donation Sign-Up
Classroom/Department Wishlists
Volunteer with Holidays Around the World
On-Going Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteer with Career Discovery

Click here to read more

Enrichment News/Updates

Enrichment at STEM is the place students can find all of the school’s after-school, summer, and other enrichment offerings. Our Enrichment Coordinator, Mrs. Fitzroy, coordinates with students and outside groups to offer after-school activities for all students.

Click here to read more

Boys' and Girls' Basketball Registration now Live!

Athletics News/Updates

Each week we'll share important Athletics News with our community.

Sharing Our Good News

Want to see all the Good Things happening at STEM? Check out our Sharing Our Good News post. Each week we share photos, videos and information about the Good News that has happened that week.

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Walking the Beat

Each week our very own DCSO School Resource Officer Deputy Gabe Uribe, writes a newsletter for our community about important topics as it relates to safety and security.

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STEM PTO News

Each week our STEM PTO puts together a newsletter for our community, sharing information about upcoming events and opportunities to get involved.

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Center for Strength

The mission of the Center for Strength is to promote recovery and resilience for the STEM School Highlands Ranch community through social connection and wellness programming. Visit the Center for Strength for more information. Click here for the October Newsletter

Each Friday we send out three newsletters to our various stakeholder groups (parents/community, students and staff). Parents are automatically signed up for our newsletter using the information provided in Infinite Campus. People can also sign-up for the newsletter using our sign-up form and can find archives via the Get Connected page on the Parent Page. Newsletters are sent through Constant

Since we are a K-12 school, there is a lot of information that gets shared with our community each week. In order to be as efficient as possible with our limited resources, we break up the newsletter into specific sections to organize the information as best as we can for our families. For Elementary-specific news, please click on the Elementary News/Updates section. For Secondary (6-12)-specific news, please click on the Secondary News/Updates section.

NEW TO FAMILY TO STEM?

Welcome to STEM! If you're a new family joining us, we want to help you onboard. Please review our archive of newsletters to get caught up. You can also check out our Back to School Hub where we have Parent Information Sessions to help you get started.

Welcome to the New School Year!

Check out the Back to School Information Hub for a one-stop-shop for all information to help your start the new school year successfully. We also strongly encourage you to check your school's specific News and Updates Section in this newsletter for the latest information.

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