Cory Caregivers,
Thank you to all of the families who joined us for Back to School Night! It was wonderful to connect with so many of you and begin building relationships for the year ahead.
We hope you enjoyed learning more about your child’s classroom, as well as the strong systems, structures, and routines our teachers are putting in place to create safe, joyful, and supportive learning environments where every child can thrive.
We are excited for the year ahead and look forward to building strong partnerships with our caregivers. Together, we can create the conditions for every student to grow, learn, and thrive at Cory!
We are excited to introduce our CSC reps this year: Bruce Gallagher, William Busch, Colleen Johnson, Megan Davenport and Ivy Ngo.
If you missed the Gifted and Talented presentation last night, you can view the deck that was presented.
Back to School Night--GT presentation
Warmly,
Joan and Anna
IMPORTANT DATES:.
September 15 & 16 - Student Individual and class pictures
September 24 - October Count Begins
September 28 - No School for Students - Teacher Work day
October 1 - Field Trip 4th & 5th Grade Ballet
October 2 - Field Day
October 2 - PTA Meeting @ 8:30
October 7th - Bike & Walk to School Day
October 12th - No School for students Fall Conferences for Parents
October 18th - PTA Fall Carnival
October 24th - PTA Dine Out Waldo’s Chicken & Beer
PICTURE SCHEDULE
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STUDENTS OF THE WEEK for the week of September 8th!
Thank you for showing our Cory Kindness Values. Go CORY COUGARS!
Values: Caring - Responsibility - Inclusiveness - Respect - Integrity - Courage
1st Grade | 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade |
Elodie EL Gabby P Aamira L | Mary Ellard M Campbell L Gianna C Kien V | Charlotte M Jack T | Ellie A Talia G Hudson K | Boden S Payton H Charlie B |
Safety and Security For Parent Volunteers - Raptor Sign in
ID Requirement: When visiting the school, it is required that all families bring a government-issued ID. This is to help us verify identity and maintain a secure environment for our students. You will be required to enter your information into the DPS system in the main office when you are visiting the building. This process takes a few minutes so give yourself plenty of time.
The Raptor system has an App and Passport that you can download to make the process more streamlined once your ID is verified. Here are the instructions on how to set up the Raptor application and the passport: .
Attendance
Did you know you can save time by letting us know that your student will be arriving late, leaving early, or absent? You can use your DPS Parent Portal account to use this new feature. Visit myportal.dpsk12.org to sign up, or to check that your account is active and ready.
Access the 2026-27 school year calendar to plan appointments and vacations, ensuring your child does not miss valuable learning time.
The return to school also means the return of germs. Visit the Attendance website and one-pagers in multiple languages for guidance on when to keep your child home and when to send them to school.
PTA NEWS
As a reminder, if you haven't already, please join the PTA! Membership is only $15 for an individual and $30 for a couple, and helps support our students, staff, and families. No volunteering is required, and joining the PTA is a great way to stay informed about what's happening around the school. https://tinyurl.com/CoryPTASignUp
If you are not able to join at this time, but would still like to receive our newsletter, please subscribe here:
https://tinyurl.com/CoryPTASpotlight
Social-Emotional Success at Cory:
The Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BESS) Social Emotional FALL 2026 screener is now OPEN! Parents and guardians, please complete this for your student, we conduct this screener 3x per school year and these results inform decisions regarding behavioral and social emotional supports for students at school. *** 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.
Questions about the BESS? Click here: https://ess.dpsk12.org/o/studentequity/page/dpsscreening
Link here to complete your child's screener: https://review360connect.com/Prod/DenverPublicSchools/Parent/
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!
Unit 1: Positive School Culture and Classroom Community - Value of the month is Caring
Thank you for your participation in supporting our students’ social and emotional well-being!
