Parent Post 8/22/2025

Posted August 22, 2025

We are thrilled to share that our first week back was full of smiles, excitement, and great energy! Despite the heat, students have been enjoying being back at school and engaging positively with their peers and teachers.

This week, we focused on building strong rituals and routines across the school, reinforcing our school-wide behavioral expectations. Our teachers have already begun instruction aimed at solidifying these routines to create a safe and welcoming environment for all.

We are excited to continue growing both the hearts and minds of our students, fully aware of the important role we play in supporting and serving our community. We look forward to building strong partnerships with all families and stakeholders to ensure every student thrives.

Thank you for your ongoing support. Here’s to a fantastic year ahead!

Joan Wieser- Principal

Anna Meyer- AP

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CSC Members 

I would like to introduce Cory’s CSC members. We look forward to the participation and dedication of the community to engage in collaborative discussions to ensure our students have the best possible opportunities. We had enough vacant seats to welcome our 3 new members. We are still looking for a community member and PTA representative.  

• Sarah Clark- Teacher Representative
• Sarah Weaver- Teacher Representative
• Brittany Murrow- Parent Representative
• Jill Ozarski- Parent Representative
• Ivy Ngo- Parent Representative
• Jon Schugge- Parent Representative
• Colleen Johnson – Parent Representative 
• Anna Meyer- Assistant Principal 
• Joan Wieser- Principal  

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IMPORTANT DATES:

• Aug 26th – PTA Dine Out Campus Lounge from 4 – 10 pm
• Sept 1st – No school – Labor Day
• Sept 7th – Annual PTA Movie Night @ Cory
• Sept 16th & 17th – Fall Individual & Classroom Pictures 
• Sept. 18th- CSC Meeting at 4:00 pm- Agenda
• Sept 19th – Coffee with the Principal & Assist Principal @ 8:30
• Sept 22nd – No Contact Day – Teacher Planning Day  
• Sept 28th PTA Fun Run from 1 – 3

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The Southwest Community Hub is a great place to find FREE resources, classes, and support throughout the school year.  It is located at Place Bridge Academy (10 minutes from Cory), and offers many opportunities for DPS families, including:

• Food Bank
• English as a Second Language Classes (in-person or online)
• Citizenship Workshops
• GED High School equivalency classes (childcare provided)
• Employment Services
• Technology Classes
  

Please call (720) 424-1040 for more information or email Diana Golden (dgolden@dpsk12.net) here at Cory for more information.

2025-26 Registration

Online Registration for the 2025-2026 school year will take place in July/August. You must have a Parent Portal account to register online. 

•  If you need to open a Parent Portal account so you can do online registration, as well as have access to other important information about your student, go to myportal.dpsk12.org and click on ‘Create an Account’.  You will need your student’s DPS ID# to start your account. If you forgot your Parent Portal password click on the forgot password link. 
• If you have any other trouble logging in (you must log in at least once every six months to keep your account active), you can ask for help by emailing portalteam@dpsk12.org or calling the portal hotline at 720.423.3163. Only caregivers in the primary household can do registration.
• All families must please fill out the Free/Reduced Lunch form, you can do this through https://www.myschoolapps.com/Application 

Mental Health Corner: 

What is TSEAL? Transformative Social Emotional Academic Learning

“Transformative SEAL” is a process whereby young people and adults build strong, respectful, and lasting, relationships that facilitate co-learning to critically examine root causes of inequity, and to develop collaborative solutions that lead to personal, community, and societal well-being.

This form of SEAL is aimed at redistributing power to promote social justice through increased engagement in school and civic life. It emphasizes the development of identity, agency, belonging, curiosity, and collaborative problem solving

It’s critically important that school wide TSEAL implementation intentionally nurtures an environment in which educators gain social and emotional competence by learning, collaborating, and modeling their social and emotional skills. Along with these social and emotional skills, schools must also fold in conversations about race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, language and ability so that the conversation about TSEAL takes into account the student’s fullest identities. It is recommended that schools do a deep dive into understanding how educators, students, and community can navigate conversations about race, sex, gender, ableism and other social identities in order to establish systems and supports that strengthen both adult and student Social Emotional Academic Learning.

Come along on our Cory TSEAL journey! 

• Unit 1: Positive School Culture and Classroom Community
• Unit 1 Part 2: Sportsmanship 

What is the BESS? The Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BESS) 

The BESS Social Emotional FALL 2025 screener is OPEN! Parents and guardians, please complete this for your student, we conduct this screener 3x per school year. NEW! 1st-2nd grader parents are REQUIRED to complete the BESS parent screener for their child.

3rd-5th grade parents are highly encouraged but not required to complete the BESS parent screener. Thank you for your participation in supporting our students’ social and emotional well-being!
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