New Vista High School and the “I Have A Dream” Foundation in Boulder are co-sponsoring an event for parents to help you practice strategies to deal with stress and anxiety in your daily life. These strategies will change how you can deal with stress as a parent and how to support your kids with anxiety. See below for more information.
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Horizons Equity, Diversity, and Belonging Committee Meeting 9/14 5:30 pm on Zoom
We are looking forward to a meaningful and productive 21-22! We will be following up on some of the great work from last year and pushing forward with further efforts to ensure equity, diversity, and belonging for all. Everyone in the community is welcome and, as always, we truly appreciate new ideas and perspectives. Please join us!
Join us in congratulating our beloved custodian, Daniel Acosta, as he has gained his U.S. Citizenship this week! We are so proud and so grateful to have him as a part of our Horizons community. His work may often be behind the scenes, but it keeps this Horizons’ engine running every day. So if you see Daniel, make sure to congratulate him on this incredible accomplishment!
Horizons Equity, Diversity, and Belonging Committee Meeting 9/14 5:30 pm on Zoom
We are looking forward to a meaningful and productive 21-22! We will be following up on some of the great work from last year and pushing forward with further efforts to ensure equity, diversity, and belonging for all. Everyone in the community is welcome and, as always, we truly appreciate new ideas and perspectives. Please join us!
Parents often call the office requesting the emails of other parents. We are not allowed to disseminate any personal contact info but you can go to helpatschool.org and if that parent has opted into the online directory, you can find emails there.
This is also where you can volunteer to assist with various school committees and functions. We are in need so please take a look here: https://bvsd.helpatschools.com/schools/21/events
We have raised enough funds to supply high-quality masks for the whole school — for at least two more months! Congratulations, HK8 parents, this is very exciting! Thank you for your generosity. With these funds, we will order free masks to distribute in mid-September.
But we are not mass-distributing masks again.
Instead, we need you to request mask types that fit your kids and that they prefer! Please do as quickly as you can, as there are currently shipping delays. Use this form to request each of your children another free set of four (4) masks:
Free Mask Request Form (Sept.)
This is the process that your Request Form will set in motion:
- We will order 4 masks for your child!
- Orders for large-sized masks will be processed first, to serve middle schoolers who do not have any yet.
- Your child can continue to wear the August set of masks until their order comes in.
- Your child will bring their free mask set home in their backpack, around mid-September.
- Throw away masks you received in August, once you have confirmed the new ones fit.
- Follow the same reuse instructions as before for the new masks.
Other things to know about this free mask program for HK8:
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- The mask fundraiser continues! Link to Revtrak – HK8 mask donations.
- We need volunteers to bundle and label mask sets! Contact sarah.wise@colorado.edu or text 303 919 1794 if you want to help.
- We will let the community know when the masks start being distributed in a Skylines post.
- Brands distributed this month may differ from August, but they are the same kind of high-quality masks as before. Learn more about why KF94 and KN95 masks are so effective.
- It may take a couple of weeks for orders to arrive and get distributed – some items are sold out, and there are some shipping delays.
- Bring all unwanted KF94 / KN95 masks to the office, to be redistributed.
- The office has some extra masks of various sizes you can request if needed, contact maggie.anderson@bvsd.org.
- In October, requests will be taken to replace worn-out masks — dependent on fundraising progress.
Request 4 new free masks for each of your kiddos today!
Free Mask Request Form (Sept.)
We received our shipment of larger-sized masks and students in grades 5-8 – will have a chance to pick them up soon, in their homerooms. We are also putting in a big order of smaller-sized masks very soon. Thank you for your donations! Here’s key information about the mask program:
- These masks protect the wearer – when well-fitting, they filter 97+% of particles out of the air.
- If you want to request a set of masks – it’s never too late — use this Mask Request Form
- Here are Mask Reuse Instructions – let them rest 3 days between use, and only rinse with water.
- If you have unused KF94 masks (even if opened), please return them to the office, we will redistribute.
- Once your child picks up new masks, you can discard their old KF94s from August.
- If you want to donate, use this Mask Donations link to get to the Revtrak site.
Covid wearing on you? Feeling the need to vent, or process all the information, nuance, and/or changes it has brought into our lives? Join up on the west lawn Friday mornings after drop-off, for support and community around COVID stress.
Fridays
8:30-9:30 am
Hosted by parents for parents. Please feel free to meet on the west lawn Friday mornings after drop off, for an open conversation about how you and your family are coping with the stress of covid. Parents will be joined by Kate Leslie,Kateleslielcsw@gmail.com, a fellow parent and social worker, and Kimberly Welch, our new school counselor, who will be there as her schedule allows. Please contact Kate with any questions.
Looking forward to sharing stories and supporting each other.
Board Agenda
9/9/ 2021
6 PM
Welcome & Invitation for Public Comment
Approval of Consent Agenda Including Minutes 8/12/21
625 PM
Head of School Updates
- Staffing Update
- COVID Discussion Update
Finance Review Committee
Strategic Planning Update & Discussion
Process Observer
8 PM
End Meeting
Board Meetings are open meetings.
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