Posted February 28, 2021
Important dates & information for the week ahead.
Students, please remember when you are in the building no hats, no hoods, and no phones. Please maintain social distance in the classroom and hallways, and use hand sanitizer frequently.
If your child needs to replace a damaged chromebook or charger come to Hamilton for:
Technology Support Office Hours
by appointment
Monday: 8:30 am – 10:30 am
Wednesday: 12:30 – 2:30 pm
Please email our School Technology Partner, Mr. Driggers, at DAYTONA_DRIGGERS@dpsk12.org to let him know that you are coming.
Thank you for respecting social distancing guidelines.
We will be pushing back the CMAS testing schedule so that all testing takes place after spring break! We will be sending out the final schedule next week.
If you do not plan to have your student take CMAS, and you did not officially opt out please email amber_shearer@dpsk12.org
If you are having your student take CMAS and they are currently 100% virtual, you will need to bring them to school on their testing days.
HEALTH SCREEN: Students will be given the following health screen. Please review and screen your student prior to sending them to school.
MASKS: It is absolutely required all students are wearing a mask at all times.
Opportunities for families
7th & 8th grade families who have not picked up the contents of their lockers from last year please come to Hamilton Thursday, March 4 from 5-6pm to pick up your student’s belongings!
NEXT MEETING
PTSA meets this week on Wednesday, March 3, 5:30-6:30pm! Join via Zoom: Meeting ID: 844 0008 3621
JOIN THE PTSA!
The Hamilton Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) welcomes ALL Hamilton families, staff, and students to become members! CLICK HERE to complete a membership form and pay annual dues.
SUPPORT OUR HUSKIES
AMAZON SMILE
Experience feel good shopping! Begin your shopping at smile.amazon.com and Amazon will donate 0.5% of eligible purchases to Hamilton at no cost to you!
BOXTOPS FOR EDUCATION
The new and improved Box Tops mobile app uses state-of-the-art technology to scan your store receipt, find participating products and instantly add Box Tops to your school’s earnings online. Learn more at boxtops4education.com.
Looking for something to do this weekend? How about checking out the Netflix series: “Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices”. The series features Black celebrities reading aloud children’s books written by Black authors. The books are all about social justice, identity, respect, and action!
This past week 6th grader Individuals and Societies classes taught a lesson around the power of our young people and the changes they can make in society. Students read the article below from Newsela about a 15 year old young Black girl, Marley Dias who wrote a book about her journey with her social change initiative.
People are reserving their yearbooks! They cost $25, to purchase a yearbook go to yearbookordercenter.com.
Dear HMS Parents– We are so excited to announce our next international travel adventure for Hamilton students which will take place in the Summer of 2022: a return to France & Spain!
We are hosting an online meeting so families can learn more from the safety and comfort of their homes. Please use the highlighted link at the bottom of this email to register for the meeting, even if you can’t make it. Thank you! For security reasons, you must register for the meeting in order to receive the online meeting link.
Why this opportunity now?
There has been a ton of interest among the students, but unfortunately, we can only offer a limited number of spots. These spots will be available on a first-come, first-served basis and have traditionally filled up quickly. We’ve been talking about this experience at school if you would like to ask your student for more details, as well. Meeting Details & Registration (must register to receive meeting link): bit.ly/2OAQeHw
We look forward to seeing you there and filling you in!
Sincerely,
Ms. Mariani & the HMS France & Spain ‘22 Travel Team
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021:
4:00pm – 4:45pm is hosted in English with Spanish and Vietnamese interpretation
5:00pm – 5:45pm is hosted in Spanish and interpreted into English
Meeting information: Below are the options to join the event
Join Zoom Meeting: GO HERE
Meeting ID: 933 5780 0617
Passcode: 613014 OR,
One tap mobile
+16699006833, 93357800617# US
+12532158782, 93357800617# US
Dear Families and Students,
As you may be aware, the Denver Public Schools Board of Education (BoE) approved a resolution in the summer of 2020 to remove all School Resource Officers (SRO) from DPS schools. SROs are employees of the Denver Police Department (DPD) who worked inside some DPS schools. For some perspective, less than 20 School Resource Officers were in our 220 schools. Each DPS high school has an SRO, as well as a few select middle schools.
Since the vast majority of our schools have never had SROs, we have numerous examples of how to provide safe schools without having a DPD officer inside the building. However, even without SROs in our buildings, we know there is ongoing work needed to end the school-to-prison pipeline. These efforts include decreasing the number of criminal citations to our students, reducing referrals to law enforcement for our students, and continuing to create safe schools through positive safety and discipline measures. We are also focused on ensuring that, in those instances when we do need police support on our campuses, those law enforcement officers are working with our schools and students in an anti-racist and culturally-responsive way.
In our ongoing endeavor to ensure that all of our students have safe and healthy schools, we know that it is important that we hear from students and families at our schools with SROs. Your input will help us better prepare for the transition and ensure that your hopes, expectations and concerns about eliminating the school-to-prison pipeline are addressed.
We will be hosting several restorative approach conversations as we move forward together with the community. Please see the information above regarding upcoming opportunities for engagement.
In mid-March, we will host a conversation in Vietnamese with English translation. Please be on the lookout for more information around this in the next couple of weeks.
During these discussions, we will share information on which schools will see this transition, and how educators in our schools, mental and behavioral health specialists, safety experts, and community partners are informing this work. Team members from the school district, including Schools, Student Equity and Opportunity, the Department of Safety, Family & Community Engagement, and Board of Education members will participate and be available to hear your questions, hopes and concerns directly.
We will host additional meetings in April to share a draft transition plan and get your feedback and input on final changes to this transition. To ensure the transition of SROs out of schools is working for our students, families and school leaders, we will continue to engage with families and students into the next school year.
Create spaces for AA young ladies to belong, be safe to grow, learn and feel like the amazing creations they are. Hamilton has a YYAFS group! We meet on Wednesdays from 3:15 – 4:00 pm. Google Meet Code: GGAAYLS.
African American Young Ladies’ Summit (AAYLS) consists of young ladies from 6th grade through college. The program started with 9th-12th grades and has expanded due to the demand of students and the community. Each gathering provides culturally responsive support in a trauma-informed/sensitive environment enriching the educational, social, intellectual and interpersonal opportunities for African American young ladies. LEARN MORE >>>>
We welcome new and old members on Fridays! LPD = Hamilton’s GSAClub meets every other Friday.Meeting Time 12:10 – 12:55 pmQuestions? Send a Schoology message or email to Ms. Flipse, Mr. Mollman, or Mrs. PetersGoogle Meets code: HamiltonLPD
Submit your selfies and photos of remote learning for Hamilton’s 2020-21 yearbook with our yearboook app. Hamilton families can load the app HJeShare onto their phones. The school code is hamilton. You can upload photos directly from your camera or photo files onto the yearbook website for us to use.
If you are an 8th grader interested in the CCT STEM Magent program at Thomas Jefferson High School please reach out to Ms. Fussner!
Even if you did not choice into TJ you can still be recruited to the magnet program with a recommendation from Ms. Fussner, email her through Schoology with any questions!
DPS CARES Employee Volunteer tutors in the virtual classroom can be great resources for both students and teachers. Please complete this form is you are interested in a DPS CARES Employee Volunteer Tutor
https://go.pardot.com/e/742223/ajJRoaoY9G8BT6jS9/c798l/284650377?h=k-b6uzFpVC3Hzy2-fT_vxYnjK6isBIqj-2e–Dxni7g
CLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER
The mission of CTKD is to provide new and quality used clothing to students from low-income or in-crisis families in the Denver Metro Area, free of charge.
Shopping at CTKD is as easy as 1 -2 -3: Call us at (720) 379-4630 and dial “0.” Phones are open Monday – Friday from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm. If we don’t answer, please leave a voicemail, and we will call you back as soon as possible. You can also request a wardrobe by emailing us at appointment@clothestokidsdenver.org
Please go HERE for more information.
FREE COVID-19 TESTING
Now through the end of December, free COVID-19 testing is available to all community members. Through a partnership with Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, COVIDCheck Colorado — which has been providing free testing to all DPS employees — is offering free tests for all employees, their families and members of the Denver community to help slow the spread of COVID.
Community members can use this link to schedule a free test at one of several locations throughout the Denver-metro area.
HEALTH CARE FROM HOME
Hazel Health and DPS are extending our partnership to offer “Hazel at Home”, our telehealth platform that allows Hamilton students to connect to a licensed medical provider from the comfort of their home using any device with a web browser.
In addition, there are no copays for any families through the end of the 2020-21 School Year, due to the pandemic.
Hamilton Families can now sign up for Hazel at Home by navigating to: my.hazel.co/dpsk12
DENVER HEALTH SCHOOL BASED CLINICS
We are open to all DPS students for both in-person and telehealth appointments for both new and existing patients. Our services are provided at NO COST to all DPS families.
Flu shots are now available.
For more information visit https://www.denverhealth.org/services/school-based-health-centers
Thomas Jefferson School Based Clinic: 720-423-7190
Place Bridge Academy School Based Clinic: 720-424-2050
| FREE MEAL DELIVERY Sign Up for Colorado Food Cluster Meal DeliveriesColorado Food Cluster (CFC) provides free meals to youth ages 6-18 in the Denver Metro Area (within 20 miles of downtown). Any students ages 6 – 18 are eligible – they just need a student ID to enroll and families can enroll multiple students in each household. Each student will receive a weekly delivery of 7 dinners and 14 snacks, including fruit and milk, until June 30, 2021. Complete this form to enroll! |
| FREE LUNCH & BREAKFAST FOR STUDENTS Hamilton is a food distribution locationDenver Public Schools is distributing DPS student breakfast and lunch meals at sites throughout the city this fall. Sites are open Monday through Friday from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm. Hamilton Middle School is now a distribution site. You can view the list of curbside pickup locations HERE. |
| FREE AND REDUCED COST LUNCH FORM Fill It Out or Update before In-Person Learning DPS is committed to feeding every child, every day! To apply for Free or Reduced Lunch or to update your application visit https://www.myschoolapps.com/Application |
Drivethough Foodbank
Hertiage Christian Center has a drive through Food Pantry open every
Tuesday from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm &
Saturday from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm.
No registration required.
Heritage Christian Center is located at 14401 E Exposition Ave Dever, CO 80224.
Call 303-738-5080 with questions.
Neighborhood Food Pantry
The Community Life Center has a Food Pantry open on the third Friday of the month from 6:00 – 8:00 pm. The registration is required. Community Life Center is located at 9725 E Hampden Ave, G-106 Denver, CO 80231. Email iolcmauroraFoodBank@gmail.com with questions.
Food Pantry – REGISTER HERE.
Jewish Family Services Weinberg Food Pantry
The Weinberg Food Pantry is providing pre-packed boxes of food to anyone experiencing food insecurity with no documentation or sign up needed. To limit face-to-face interactions and promote social distancing, boxes of food are distributed through a pick-up system directly outside of the pantry.
Struggle of Love Foundation Food Pantry
Struggle of Love offers alternatives to those with limited opportunities that may not qualify for any other community based assistance programs. SOL’s wish is to inspire and educate our future generation so that they can make a positive difference in the world’s future.
Coventant Cupboard Food Pantry
Weekly food distributions to ensure that immediate food needs are met.
No-Cost Child Safe Kits for Hamilton Families. Use the digital request form to request your FREE kit. Digital request form
The recording is now available for… Social Emotional Learning at Home Click HERE to access the recording and presentation materials in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese.Have a great day!