Procedures

Water bottles, Lunch and Snack

Water bottles: Please be sure your child has a labeled water bottle each day! The drinking fountains may not be available, so having a personal water bottle will be very important. It can be refilled in our classroom sink or water fountains as needed.

Snack: We will have a daily snack time. Students will have time to wash their hands and enjoy a snack mid-morning every day. Please ensure that they have a healthy and manageable snack to get them to lunchtime. 

Birthday Treats/Celebrations

Your child may bring birthday treats to school so we may celebrate their special day. They must have ingredients listed to accommodate students with allergies. Please note that party invitations should not be passed out in class unless all students are receiving an invite. Email me with any questions or concerns. 

Communication

Communicating with me:  The best way to contact me is through email. My email address is hburggraff1@dcsdk12.org. Please do not hesitate to let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Your child's education and well-being is of upmost importance to me. If you need to communicate on a more urgent or time sensitive matter, please call the school office at 303-387-7700 or send a note with your child. I try to answer all emails within 24 hours.

School Communication:  School-wide communication is electronic via the Electronic Thursday Folder which will be sent to your email.  In addition, Principal Jenny Brown will send out Friday updates on the Principal Blog.  Both of these will provide you with important information and I encourage you to peruse them regularly. If you don't receive these school communications, please contact the office to ensure your email is correctly entered in their system.

Arrival & Dismissal

ARRIVAL

If you are returning to Gold Rush, you are aware that all students enter the building between 8:20-8:30 AM and head directly to their classroom. Grade levels/classrooms are assigned a specific entrance and all entrances are monitored at 8:20 AM by GRE staff.

Classroom teachers will show students how to enter the building and proceed to their classroom on the first day of school. Additional adults will be present to support students during the first week of school.

It is imperative that students are not dropped off prior to 8:20 AM unless they have a previously scheduled meeting or activity as supervision is not available.

DISMISSAL

We also had great success with our staggered dismissal times for primary and intermediate students. Please see GRE’s dismissal schedule below.

3:25 PM

Grades K- 2

3:30 PM

Grades 3-5

**Rolling car loop begins

At 3:25 PM Kindergarten teachers will walk their students out their exterior classroom door. Students in first and second grade will also follow out the main entrance at this time. K-2 teachers will meet at the same place students lined up during arrival. Please see the map below or click here.

At 3:30 PM 3-5 teachers will walk students out of the building. Third graders will dismiss out the main entrance and fourth and fifth graders will dismiss out the back gym doors. Teachers will escort students to the shade structure on the front blacktop if they are getting picked up in the car loop.

Parents can park and meet their child at their teacher's identified location or use the rolling car loop. The car loop for all students will begin at 3:30 PM. Parents cannot park in the car loop or bus loop at any time before or after school.

Appropriate Dress

Specials:  When it is your child’s turn for P.E. they need to have tennis shoes in order to participate. Keep an eye on our rotating specials schedule to know which weeks they will have PE.

Weather: Children will be playing outside during the day throughout the school year, so please keep in mind our rapidly changing Colorado weather.  Please help your child dress appropriately and come prepared for the weather each day.