and make them feel welcome,

please reach out to your stu-

dent’s advisor.

We are entering the final push.

Student’s final GPA’s will be cal-

culated at the end of the year

and we want students to work

very hard. Spring can be a dis-

tracting season with beautiful

weather and many activities, but

we really are holding ourselves

and the students accountable to

continue to work hard in class

each day. Please make sure you

are prioritizing attendance. Miss-

ing class at DSST is hard and is

hard to recover from. In these

final two months we want our

students here and working hard

to set up a strong foundation

with their GPA, habits and true

learning.

Mr. Cairns

Dear Cole Families,

Spring is an exciting time of year

in schools and I think the symbol-

ism of the season really captures

where we are at as a school.

Spring is all about growth. I think

most of the celebrations and

ways we think about growth this

time of year are connected to

the beauty of growth—and that

is really true. It is amazing and

inspiring to see the growth that

our students are making. I love

seeing them work hard and ac-

complish things. We have seen

amazing academic growth this

year and it is showing in our stu-

dents results. We have also seen

real social growth as students

mature from middle school stu-

dents to young adults.

I don’t think in all of our celebra-

tions and admiration of growth

this time of year, that we stop

enough to recognize how hard

growth is. It is great to walk down

the street and see the new flow-

ers blooming, but often for our

students this process is not only

beautiful, it is also really hard.

Managing social dynamics and

peer friendships, learning to study

and work hard and balancing

increasingly tough schedules with

homework, sports and academ-

ics are all hard things to learn.

This growth can be messy and

challenging. I hope you all will

take time to acknowledge the

growth and hard work our stu-

dents are making and to let them

know that while we celebrate it,

we also know how hard it can

be.

Related to growth, we have sev-

eral exciting things happening in

April. On April 21st we will be tak-

ing a school wide trip to CU to

learn about college, admissions

and CU’s programs. Girls soccer

season is underway and many of

our boys are playing baseball for

Manual. Our robotics and jour-

nalism club continue to work

hard and establish themselves

and we will have orientation for

new families for next year on April

22nd. If you as a family would like

to participate in orientation and

be around to meet new families

A BIG Thank You to Jessi-ca, Arnulfo Sr., and Arnulfo Jr. Martinez and their family for volun-teering at the Hippity Hop Easter Trot last weekend. We truly ap-preciate their stepping

up to help run this event as it is a fundraiser for our parent group and additionally helps demonstrate our schools involvement in the com-munity.

Our next STP Meeting will be April 14th from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Mr. Cairns will be joining us for a Q and A session during the first hour, so please plan on joining us.

from Mr. Cairns

Science and tech parents (stp)

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UPCOMING

EVENTS

April 14 - STP

Meeting (HS

Commons; 6:00-

8:00)

April 17 - Pro-

fessional Learning

Day (No School

for students)

April 21 - Uni-

versity of Colora-

do Boulder, Cam-

pus visit (all stu-

dents; all day)

April 22 - Orien-

tation for new

families, Auditori-

um - 6:00-8:00

May 1- Profes-

sional Learning

Day (No School

for students)

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P A G E 2

Congratulations

for having 100%

Attendance for

the month of

March!

PARENT PORTAL

Have you already

signed up for the

Parent Portal?

Parent Portal is an online

tool that makes it easy for

parents to stay informed

on their student’s grades,

assignments, test scores,

attendance, and class

schedules. It is a one-stop-

shop for parent resources,

and includes visuals that

make tracking of the stu-

dent’s yearly progress easy.

You can access the Portal

anytime from anywhere with

internet connection.

Stay involved and informed

on your student’s education

all the way until graduation!

Sing up for the Parent Portal

Congratulations to Ms. Zack's class for

winning the Box Tops Challenge! Her

advisory will enjoy a catered lunch cour-

tesy of the STP. Thank you to everyone

who participated in this friendly competi-

tion. If you collected box tops, but forgot

to turn them in, please

give them to Ms. Lopez

so we can continue

earning money for our

school.

Gonzalez, Juan

Guildner, Caleb

Guillen-Frias, Joshua

Guzman-Mendez, Ruby

Herrada-Gomez, Blanca

Ibarra, Leonardo

Koonce, Chiyanne

Labuntog, RaizelIsabel

Landrum, Elias

Lopez, Sergio (gift card winner)

Lopez-Martinez, Janveneth

McCarter, Maxwell

Miller, Glen

Mitchell, Tiahna

Montagu, John

Munoz-Vargas, Rogelio

Neal, Lillyan

Nino-Bernal, Karla

Paiva, Jessica

Perez, Rebecca

Powell, Jack

Ramos-Andrade, Jaizlyn

Reyes-Dominguez, Giselle

Reyna-Gallegos, Laura

Rico-Moncada, Uriel

Roberts, Hadyn

Rocha-Vasquez, Jaime

Smith, DaVonte

Stall-Ray, Zoe

Truesdale, Kobi

Villagrana, Susana

Woldemichael, Ruth

Xooc, Rigoberto

The following students had perfect

attendance for the month of

March. They had no tardies and no

early dismissals!

Abarca, Tristan

Arroyo, MarcAnthony

Ayala-Uroza, Antonio

Barron-Padilla, Jesus

Bauer, Ryan

Brewer, Isaiah

Canales-Morones, Flor

Elbergdar, Nadeen

Escobar, Rafael (gift card winner)

Frenzel, Calvin

Fuentes, Edgar

Garcia, Fernanda

Gilmore, Francisco

T H E C O L E C H R O N I C L E

BOX TOPS UPDATE Fifteen students from DSST: Cole High School went to the FIRST Robotics Com-petition (FRC) in March. FRC is an annu-al competition that the FIRST organiza-tion(usfirst.org) hosts each year. The Denver Regional Competition is in the University of Denver Ritchie Center. About 50 robotics teams from around the state will be competition together in this year’s competition. Cole students got to witness what robotics look like at the highest level of high school competi-tion.

at https://

myportal.dpsk12.org

Additionally, you will be

able to fill out the DPS Regis-

tration Forms for the 2015-16

School Year via the Parent

Portal. Get ahead of the

game and register now if

you haven’t done so al-

ready!

Robotics

SPIRIT WEAR STORE

The spirit wear online store is open for the last time this year! Log onto: https://colehsspiritmay.itemorder.com to place your order - the deadline for this ordering May 3rd at midnight. Orders will be fulfilled May 12th.

P A G E 3

DSST: Cole HS Athletics

Varsity Boys & Girls Track coach at Manual

Coach Frank Merrix - Cell 303-246-2493

DSST: Cole HS Track has preseason kickoff practices that starts the beginning of February.

First Official Practice=Feb. 23, 2015

First Official Scrimmage=Feb. 28, 2015

First Contest=March 5, 2015

State Meet=May14-16, 2015

T H E C O L E C H R O N I C L E

If you have any questions regarding sports,

please contact Ms. Dangerfield,

DSST: Cole HS & MS Athletic Director at

deedra.dangerfield@scienceandtech.org.

High School Girls Soccer Coach:

Head Coach, Joshua Fallin 720-378-3480, JOSHUA_FALLIN@dpsk12.org

DSST: Cole Students wanting to play baseball may con-tact the Varsity Baseball Coach at DSST: Stapleton: Bob Beatty at 720-275-7717 or email Robert.Beatty@ricoh-usa.com ) to play for DSST: Stapleton since DSST: Cole HS doesn’t have a baseball team. See full schedule on our website.

Spread the word about DSST: Cole HS!

We are enrolling for both 9th and 10th

grade for the 2015-16 School Year. If

you would like to help by placing a yard

sign at your house, email Ms. Lopez

with your address and one will be deliv-

ered to your home! clau-

dia.lopez@scienceandtech.org It will be

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