Posted September 26, 2025
Cory Caregivers,
We’ve had a wonderful week at Cory! A big thank you to our Fine Arts Committee for bringing an amazing experience to our students with the Brazilian drum group. It was truly engaging and memorable for everyone.
In the classrooms, students have been actively participating in small group literacy lessons and exploring thought-provoking math topics that encourage critical thinking.
However, we are continuing to face challenges with bathroom behavior. Unfortunately, the restrooms have been repeatedly vandalized with rocks, dirt, wood chips clogging the plumbing, and soap dispensers being broken or stolen. These recurring incidents have forced us to use school funds to cover costly plumbing repairs, which is a significant strain on our already tight budget.
Please partner with us by reinforcing our expectations for respectful and responsible behavior at home. Together, we can help maintain a safe and clean environment for all students.
Thank you for your understanding and support.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STUDENTS OF THE WEEK for the week of September 22nd! Thank you for showing our Cory Kindness Value of CARING. Go CORY COUGARS!
Ashton W in 1st grade
Tatum B in 1st grade
Kenan E in 1st grade
Eliza V in 2nd grade
Lawson W in 2nd grade
Elin O in 2nd grade
Kian T in 2nd grade
Jessie T in 2nd grade
Ira G in 2nd grade
Lexi L in 3rd grade
Mohamed E in 3rd grade
Naomi S in 3rd grade
Charlie L in 4th grade
Morgan F in 4th grade
Peter T in 4th grade
Lily D in 5th grade
Luke S in 5th grade
Destination Imagination Info Meeting
DI is an educational program that gives kids the opportunity to work in collaborative teams to solve long range, complex challenges and present their solutions to an audience and appraisers at the DI Tournament in March. If your child needs a challenge, likes to create, or would like to work towards a solution as an integral part of a team, DI might be just the ticket. Come learn more with Jessica Meehan, DPS Parent and long-time DI Team Manager, at the Destination Imagination Information Meeting in the Cory Library on Tuesday, September 30 after school from 3:30-4:30 PM. Parents/guardians and students are welcome, but please no students without an adult. Can’t attend but still interested? Email Jessica at radishditeam@gmail.com.
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!
What is the BESS? The Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BESS)
The BESS Social Emotional FALL 2025 screener is closing SOON! 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!
If your family has requested translation services, your child will be bringing home a paper copy LAST FRIDAY in their Friday Folder. Please complete it and return it to school. Thank you!
Link here: https://review360connect.com/Prod/DenverPublicSchools/Parent/
GT Corner –
Advanced Learning Goals 25/26
At this point, all ALP’s have been drafted in conjunction with both the student and their teacher. ALL ALPS HAVE BEEN SENT. If you have not received it, please reach out immediately to me at summer_de-herrera1@dpsk12.net to have it resent!
Please note, these goals are all made in conjunction both with your student,myself, and their classroom teachers. We hope that you will provide feedback on these goals so that all of us can partner together to make these goals as successful as possible for your student. I will ask that all feedback on goals are submitted no later than October 1st for Grades 1-3, and October 6th for grades 4-5 so that I can finalize all goals in our system.
** If your student is GIA, or general intellectual ability, you student can choose to focus on a strength in any areas related to their school day – with most students selecting a reading, writing, or math goal. However, they will not have a goal in each area. It depends on their strength area they would like to focus in on. **
Event for Families of Gifted Students:
Colorado students, we challenge you to make a short (20-30 second) video showcasing your exceptional, jaw-dropping talent for a chance to be showcased at this year’s CAGT Conference in Loveland (October 19-21).
October 7th – Understanding the GT Identification Process & Equity in Identification:
Understanding GT identification pathways for the sake of equity for all DPS communities and your child’s potential.
Register Here: tinyurl.com/GTFamilySeries2025 Join Here: https://tinyurl.com/GiftedFamilySeries2
One Pager Recap — DPS GT Department Family — Social Emotional Supports for GT Students
