Cory Caregivers,
At this time of year, we would like to express how thankful we are to lead our exceptional school. Cory’s teachers and staff are true professionals with students at the center of everything they do. The community we serve is caring, giving and committed to a strong school. Thank you for everything you do to encourage your children and support our school! We are fortunate to have the opportunity to lead your school, educate your students, watch them grow and be excited about learning.
Thank you families for your thoughtfulness this holiday season to the Cory staff. We hope everyone has a wonderful winter break! We will welcome everyone back on Jan. 6th!
Joan and Anna
UPCOMING EVENTS
Dec 21st - Jan 5th - Winter Break
Jan 5th - Teacher Work Day - No School for Students
Jan 6th - Welcome students back to school
Jan 8th - CSC Meeting @ 4:00
Jan 9th - PTA Meeting @ 8:30
Jan 9th - First Friday
Jan 13th - Staff Meeting @ 7:30
Jan 19th - No School - MLK Day
Jan 22nd CSC Meeting - Finalize Budget @ 4:00
Jan 22nd - PTA Dine Out @ Dave & Busters
BESS Social Emotional Screener - WINTER 2026! NOW OPEN!
The BESS Social Emotional WINTER 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!
Link here: https://review360connect.com/Prod/DenverPublicSchools/Parent/
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!
Link here: https://review360connect.com/Prod/DenverPublicSchools/Parent/
Food for Families
We are partnering with the Merrill Middle School food pantry/ backpack program to ensure all families have access to food. If you are in need of food during this time for your family, please read below! If you would like to receive extra groceries one-time per month, please complete this private and anonymous survey, so we can provide the food items that your family likes to eat and match your preferences. Anonymous survey
Food will be anonymously dispersed on: Friday, December 12 / Friday, January 16 / Friday, February 6 / Friday, March 6 / Friday, April 10 / Friday, May 8
Our lost and found area is growing. Please stop by to check to see if your student has anything in the area. We will be donating all items left after Winter Break Share Your Cory Memories! We’re collecting photos for the 2025–26 Cory Yearbook and need your help! Upload your favorite pictures from school events, classroom fun, and Cory celebrations. It’s easy — just visit https://books.yearbooks.me/ca/3r54megdwut898hesercck5w9xgmswg6p and use the code Pics4Cory! to submit. Let’s fill the yearbook with all the amazing moments that make Cory special!
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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 TSEAL 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!
Our goal is that students leave Cory not only academically prepared but emotionally literate—able to repair harm, build healthy relationships, and contribute positively to their communities. Education coupled with consistent, supportive measures is what helps students internalize these skills and reduce incidents like bullying. Below are the resources we shared during the evening:
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GT Corner - Events for Families of Gifted Students:
Did you know DPS has a parent facing newsletter for our Gifted and Talented families? Check it out here for all the new updates related to GT!
The Art of Storytelling! A Student Showcase Project
Share with your students and/or families: Does your student love graphic novels or comics? Library Services encourages students in first through 12th grade in non-charter schools to participate in the The Art of Storytelling Cartooning Student Showcase! Middle and high school students can also submit speech bubbles and artwork for the The Art of Storytelling Interactive Cartoon Panel/Comic Strip! Prizes and activities will be featured at the Steam Expo on May 2, 2026. Reach out to Library Coordinator Jenn Brown if you have questions.
Family Series: Newly Identified, Now What?
