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Friday, April 7, 2023 | Newsletter Archive | View as Webpage

SCHOOL NEWS AND UPDATES

Join the KOSON/STEM Board of Directors

Would you like to be a part of the KOSON/STEM Board of Directors? Our annual election cycle will begin in Mid-April for the open Parent seat.

If you'd like to be considered a candidate for the KOSON/STEM BOD Elections, please complete the form via the button below. We will use this information to create a Candidate Book to circulate amongst the STEM Community via the Weekly Newsletter to help inform our community of the candidates. Deadline to submit is Monday, April 10.

Please reach out to communications@stemk12.org with any questions.

Click here to complete the Candidate Submission Form

Update your Contact Information in IC

If you are not receiving emails from STEM via School Messenger, please email registrar@stemk12.org to verify that your information is correct.

As we prepare for the upcoming KOSON/STEM Board of Directors Elections, we'd like to ask ALL families to please update/verify their contact information in Infinite Campus by Monday, April 3. Contact information will be pulled from Infinite Campus in April and will be uploaded into the system that will run our Election Process. Each household will receive a ballot to vote for the candidate that they believe will be the best fit to join the KOSON/STEM Board of Directors. If you're having difficulty updating your contact information, please email registrar@stemk12.org.

Upcoming Events

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

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Check-In with Interim KOSON CEO Dr. Karen Johnson

Dear STEM School Highlands Ranch Families, Students and Staff,

As Spring finally comes into full force, we see more energy and excitement from students and staff. There are a number of events taking place that help us celebrate our student’s accomplishments and our continued focus on building community. We are also in the testing season, which we recognize may add additional stress in varying ways. Our staff is continually focused on the social and emotional needs of students throughout each day. We do expect that the next few weeks will have their share of highs and lows, so please reach out to us and/or the Center for Strength for assistance as needed.

As communicated in the past, we may be seeing and hearing media coverage related to the events of May 7th and an ongoing litigation process between STEM and the Castillo family.

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Elementary News/Updates

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

Fifth Grade Revolutionary War Reenactment
CMAS Testing
PTO STEM Fest is coming up!
More

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Secondary News/Updates

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

Senior Prom and Senior Events Coming Up
CMAS Testing
PTO STEM Fest is coming up!
More

Click here to read more.

Jack Graber is our February Volunteer of the Month! Thank you to All Volunteers! Don't forget to log your hours.

Volunteer Hours Donation Link

On-Going Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteering/Donations

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

Senior Prom Donations
Senior Promo Chaperones
SteMed Safe Driving Carnival Volunteer and Donations
STEM Class of 2035 School Garden Boxes Volunteer Request
Donate to the Class of 2035 Garden Boxes
New/Newer Keurigs needed for Secondary Staff Lounge
After Prom Donation Opportunity
SNHS Craft Fair (4/14) Donations
Classroom/Department Wishlists
Volunteer with Career Discovery

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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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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.

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Walking the Beat, with Deputy Gabe

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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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 Weekly Newsletter

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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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Click here to learn more about STEM PTO.

STEM Is Hiring!

We're still hiring for some open positions and we'd like to encourage our community to take a look at our open positions. Click here to see all of our open positions.

Featured positions:

Secondary Counselor
Elementary and Secondary IA
2023-24 Positions

NEW FAMILIES 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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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.

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