August 30, 2024Updated on August 30, 2024

Black Rock Weekly Newsletter

We are inviting our Wildcat families to come out and support our St Vrain Valley Parade hosted on Saturday September 7th, 2024. We encourage students who are a part of 100 Mile Club to fill out a permission slip that can be found here for an opportunity to participate. This is a fun way to support our Erie community please find additional information here, we hope to see you there!

If you need to report an absence, please do so here.

2024-2025 LTP Student iPad Insurance: $25

This insurance fee will be added for every eligible student K-12 on August 1st in Infinite Campus. Please note that any student with an unpaid balance for iPad insurance from the previous year will not be eligible to join the pool this year until they pay off the previous year’s balance. If you need help with accessing Infinite Campus, please contact the front office.

The iPad insurance fee will be reduced or waived for students eligible for a free or reduced price lunch under the federal poverty income guidelines and homeless students as defined by McKinney-Vento. Please click here for more information.

Please click here to access an electronic version of the Code of Conduct for the current school year. After you have reviewed this information, all families must sign an electronic acknowledgement that they have received, read, and understand the information contained, including the Annual Notification to Parents/Guardians; Behavioral Code of Conduct; Rights and Responsibilities of Students and Parents; and Board of Education Policies book. To sign your electronic acknowledgement, please follow the steps described here.

Gifted and Talented Referrals

Each year, schools in St. Vrain Valley School District complete a process to identify students who demonstrate exceptional ability or performance in one or more academic areas and may, therefore, qualify for Gifted/Talented educational services. These students usually perform at least two years above grade level in their strength area(s), and they require additional academic challenges in order to support their continued educational growth and progress. In addition, they usually demonstrate characteristics of unique creativity and high motivation in their strength areas.

Referrals are open through the month of September and will close on the last day of the month. Referrals after that date will be addressed on a case by case basis. Completing a referral guarantees a review of the student profile to determine if testing is recommended for the student. The process for identification requires a body of evidence and often takes place throughout the school year.

The process takes approximately 5-10 minutes to complete.

Emily Harlow: [email protected]

Link to the Referral form

Does Your Erie Student Qualify for Free/Reduced Lunch at School?

If so, they are eligible for Erie UpLink’s Tiger Packs program. Tiger Packs contain kid-friendly, nonperishable food items and are delivered to the students’ doorsteps once per month on the Wednesday prior to school breaks to help bridge the food gap for those kids who normally receive free breakfast and lunch at school. Parents can sign up online at:

https://www.erieuplink.org/tiger-pack-registration

*Registration must be resubmitted each school year

PTO News

You can donate free money to Black Rock every time you shop at King Soopers. Just link your Sooper Card to Black Rock through their Community Rewards.

Purchase Black Rock spirit wear here.

The PTO is putting together a voluntary directory for parent contact information. Sign up here .

There is a form to submit New Business for PTO Consideration: here

Black Rock School Health Advisory Council

We are so excited to have the support and opportunity to launch a School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) at Black Rock Elementary School this year! We are committed to prioritizing whole school health for all students and staff! If you missed us at Back to School Night and would like to know more there will be an in-person informational meeting on Wednesday, September 4th from 4-5pm in the Black Rock library. We are collaborating with Erie Middle and High school honor societies in hopes of providing childcare, but cannot guarantee that at this time.

At this meeting we will give you more information of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Whole School, Whole Child, Whole Community framework, which the SHAC is derived from, share Black Rock’s school health instrument results and priorities for this school year and finally, let you know how you can stay engaged, and/or participate on the SHAC Team throughout the year!

We look forward to seeing you on September 4th!

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Shannon Milliken ([email protected] or 720-201-6205).

Hey Black Rock Families, it’s Mrs. Knox with a Save the Date for you! Our annual Black Rock Book Fair is scheduled to land in our library on Sept. 30 – Oct. 4. Although conferences will span the first two weeks of Oct. the fair will only be happening during that first week. Much more exciting news to follow so watch this space!