July 31, 2019 MDVE Messenger

Dear Meadow View Families,

Welcome back to a new and exciting year at Meadow View! I hope you had a fun-filled, relaxing summer. I am eagerly

awaiting the start of the new year. We have an amazingly talented and dedicated team of teachers, specialists and staff

that are enthusiastically awaiting the start of the new school year.

Please mark your calendars with these important dates:

July 31 - Complete Express Check In; Teacher Assignments Posted (with exception to Full Day Kindergarten which will be

posted August 10)

August 6 - Meet and Greet and School Supply Drop Off any time between 1-3 p.m.

August 7- First Day of School - Click HERE for the School Days Conventional Calendar 

August 14 - PTO Meeting, 6 p.m., MDVE Library

August 14 - Picture Day

August 22 & 23 - 6th Grade Outdoor Education Day Camps - Register HERE

September 25 - Picture Re-Take Day

Our partnership with families and our community are crucial to the success of our school and our students. I hope to see

and connect with you at our school events, PTO and School Accountability meetings throughout the year.

The town of Castle Rock is working with Meadow View to keep parents informed in regards to the impact street construction

will have on the first couple weeks of school. The town provided the below maps of the upcoming detours and closures.

Please take a moment to view the maps and familiarize yourself with street closures. The East end of Butterfield, from

Rosecrown to N. Meadows still need to be done. These streets are expected to be done by the second week of August. On

August 10th and 11th, a top layer will be placed over the full circle of Butterfield. Although there is not much remaining work

directly in front of the school, the detours will certainly have an impact. As Meadow View receives updated information from

the town, we will continue to keep parents informed.

Thank you in advance for planning ahead with extra travel time and extra patience during pick up and drop off once school

starts as our number one priority is the safety of our students and staff.

Sincerely,

Lacey Dahl

Principal

STAGE ONE - street construction

STAGE TWO - street construction

Did you know? 

 

Meet and Greet and School Supply Drop Off 

The first day of school is Wednesday, August 7. Please join us the day before school starts on August 6 any time between 1

p.m. and 3 p.m. for our Meet and Greet and School Supply Drop Off. This is an optional event to see the classroom, meet

the teacher and drop off school supplies. To view the school supply lists, please go to www.MDVE.org.  

If you ordered a school supply kit before the deadline, your student’s supplies will be waiting for him/her in the classroom.

Express Check In 

Please check in your student through Express Check In. This is required for all new and returning students. Please

complete Express Check In for each of your students and pay your School Fee through www.MySchoolBucks.com before

your student’s first day of school. 

 

EngagED Parent Portal Link - https://engaged.dcsdk12.org 

Above is the link to access the EngagED Parent Portal. Parents log into the EngagED Parent Portal in order to access our

new Express Check-in. After logging into the EngagED Parent Portal, parents will see a link under each student to complete

Express Check-in.

 

 

 

 

Parent Portal Account

Don’t remember your parent portal login and password? Click here for password reset instructions. Are you a new parent to

the district? Check your email for a Douglas County School District communication with parent portal set up instructions. If

you didn’t receive the email, you may contact Meadow View Registrar, Angela.McCrea@dcsdk12.org for assistance.

Please also see the FAQs for Parent Accounts and the Parent Portal Handout, click HERE. 

 

Bus Transportation - Zpass Cards 

If you live within our attendance zone and more than 1 mile from the school, your student may be eligible to ride the school

bus with a Zpass. The Zpass application can be found via the express check-in page on Engaged Parent Portal

(https://engaged.dcsdk12.org). If your student already has a Zpass but needs a replacement card, there is a small fee to

replace it. Transportation provides two purchase options for bus ride fees, either a one time flat annual fee or a per-ride fee,

billed quarterly.

Does your student need medication at school?

Please click here to print the Medication Authorization Release Form.

The form must be completed each new school year by your student’s physician. Parent and

School Nurse Signatures required. All prescribed and over the counter medication must be accompanied by this form. The

district does not provide any medication such Tylenol, Ibuprofen, etc.

With the completed form, provide your student’s medication with its current and original pharmacy label. A great time to drop

this off is at our Meet & Greet and School Supply Drop Off day August 6 from 1-3 p.m.; or you may bring it on the First Day

of School, August 7.

Please note: Elementary age students are not allowed to carry prescription or over the counter medications at any time in

the school building. Parents, please arrange to bring your student’s medication and medical authorization form to the front

office/health office. Thank you!

Teacher Assignments Available on Parent Portal 

Log into EngagED Parent Portal to view your teacher assignment (available July 31 with exception to Full Day Kindergarten

which will be released August 10). Click on Schedule to the right of your student’s profile to view your teacher assignment.

 

School Hours: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Kindergarten AM Hours: 8:30-11:30 a.m.

Full Day Kindergarten Hours: 8:30-3:25 p.m.

First Grade Hours: 8:30 a.m.-3:25 p.m.

Front Doors open at 8:15 a.m.. Students will go directly to their classrooms. On the first day of school,

parents may choose to walk their student(s) to class. On the following day and the rest of the school year, students are

encouraged to say goodbye to parents before entering the school. Staff will be on hand to help direct your student to his/her

classroom every morning.

For your student’s safety, please do not drop off your student or allow your student to walk/bike to school until 8:15 a.m. as

staff supervision is not available until 8:15 a.m. Also, please let your student know the playground is off limits before school

as there is no supervision at that time.

When dropping off or picking up your student in our Kiss-n-Go Lane (the fire lane at the front of the school), please note you

may not exit your vehicle at any time. Your student must be capable of exiting/entering your vehicle on the sidewalk side on

his/her own. The lane to the left of the Kiss-n-Go lane is a drive thru lane. Students may not exit/enter your vehicle in the

drive thru lane. Also, please note, all students must walk with an adult through the parking lot crosswalk and through the

parking lot itself. Please only cross at the crosswalk. Our student and staff safety is our No. 1 priority! Please use caution

and patience in the parking lot to keep all safe! Thank you!

On the first day of school, we will not have parents sign in at the front office, however, beginning August 8th, all visitors

including parents must sign in/out at the front office whenever in the building and be ready to provide a photo ID as we use

the Raptor System to check in all visitors. Thank you!

Main Office Hours 8 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.

Main Phone (303) 387-5425

Principal- Lacey Dahl

Assistant Principal- Jen Bass

Administrative Assistant/Bookkeeper- Jenny Frueh

Registrar- Angela McCrea

Health Assistant/Attendance Clerk- Harmony Hennessee

Attendance Line - 303-387-5427 

Please call in your student’s absence before his/her absence or go to MDVE.org, click For Parents, click Report Student

Absences and complete and submit the form to report the absence(s).

Here are some quick links that may be helpful to you:

www.MDVE.org - school website

www.DCSDK12.org - district website

Artful Learning Curriculum by Grade

BASE Child Care

Bus Transportation - Find Your Bus Route

2019-2020 School Days Conventional Calendar

Express Check In - complete beginning of every year for each student

Free and Reduced Program through Nutrition Services

2019-2020 School Supplies Lists

Medication Authorization Form (if your student needs medication administered at school)

My School Bucks (pay school fees, register for field trips and clubs, etc)

Parent Portal Reset Password Instructions

PTO website

School Information - www.MDVE.org

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Meadow View is an Artful Learning School. Artful Learning is a school improvement model

that stimulates and deepens academic learning through the Arts. The four main quadrants of

the Artful Learning model (EXPERIENCE, INQUIRE, CREATE and REFLECT) encourage and

support best teaching practices while improving the manner in which both students and

teachers learn. Classrooms systematically employ the four quadrants to strengthen

understanding, retention and application. Be sure to check out our Artful Learning web page

to learn more how the arts are uniquely integrated into our curriculum.

Meadow View Elementary, an Artful Learning School / 3700 Butterfield Crossing Dr, Castle

Rock CO 80109

Principal, Lacey Dahl / Asst Principal, Jen Bass

Main Line 303-387-5425 / Attendance Line 303-387-5427

School Hours: 8:30-3:30 p.m. / Front Office Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Kindergarten Hours Full Day: 8:30-3:25 p.m.

Kindergarten AM Half Day: 8:30-11:30 a.m.

At MDVE we empower our students to be confident, flexible and empathetic leaders who use

their imagination and knowledge to connect to the world.

We create unique and engaging experiences, enriched with the arts, to develop conceptual

learning and reflective thinking within an inquiry-based, rigorous learning environment.

We value our safe, welcoming and inclusive school of learners, educators, families and

community members.