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Stay Safe this Halloween!
Please review and follow these guidelines from our local health partners so that our students and community can stay safe this Halloween.
School Announcements
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Platt Weekly Howler Newsletter Now Available
Stay up to date with what's happening at our school. View the latest communications on the Platt Weekly Howler News Website.
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Spirit Week is Happening THIS Week!
We will be celebrating having our 6th, 7th and 8th grade students back in the building with spirit week the week of October 27th. Spirit Week Informational Flyer
- Tuesday, 10/27 - Hoodie & Seat Suit Day
- Wednesday, 10/28 - Black & Teal Crazy Spirit (Halloween Costumes for in-person Cohort A students)
- Thursday, 10/29 - Hat or Headdress made from recycled cardboard boxes
- Friday, 10/30 - Halloween Costumes for Cohort B students
Halloween Costume Guidelines
Please be sure sure to review the guidelines for Halloween costumes. Students who attend school on Tuesdays and Wednesdays may wear their costume to school on Wednesday. We will announce this update to students as well!
- Regular cloth masks MUST be worn, masks as a part of your costume are not permitted
- Hair Color: It’s okay to have your hair colored, but you may NOT bring any of the bottles/cans/containers that you use to color hair to school. The coloring must be done at home BEFORE you come to school.
- Make-up: Same thing as hair color... it’s okay, but do it at home, not at school. Be sure that it won’t stain anything if it rubs off during the day. No full facepaint.
- You must follow the dress code: Costumes must not be offensive or disruptive -
- No Halloween masks as a part of the costume
- Keep your body appropriately covered.
- No hats unless it is a specific part of a whole costume
- Shoes must be worn at all times.
- No excessive gore/grossness
- NO WEAPONS! Even fake/toy swords, hooks, guns, etc.,. are not allowed as a part of the costume as stated in District policy.
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Purchase a Planner for your Student TODAY!
Planners are on sale now for $10! Order can be placed on the Platt Revtrak Website and picked up in the school office.
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Platt Spirit Wear Order Deadline is Monday, November 16.
Orders can be placed on Platt RevTrak Website
- Hooded sweatshirt = $25
- T-shirt = $15
- Flat 2-toned hat = $12
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BVSD News & Announcements
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If you wish to enroll in a school other than your neighborhood school at the next level, you need to submit an OE application during the Open Enrollment window of November 1, 2020, to January 6, 2021 at 4pm.
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Earlier this school year when welding and auto repair students at Boulder Technical Education Center (TEC) returned to their classrooms on the Arapahoe Campus, they were greeted by newly renovated classrooms/labs that had been updated to emulate professional shops.
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“It ought to be a birthright for every child, every day, to have healthy food in school,” says Ann Cooper, Food Services Director at BVSD. “This new centralized production facility gives us the space and equipment to make that a reality for BVSD students.”
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As the final hours of in-person learning ticked down last week, two of Boulder Valley School District’s mental health advocates were making a mad dash, trying to visit as many students and staff members as they could
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“This is my 17th year in education and it kind of makes you feel like it’s your first year all over again,” said Charity Crim, 2nd grade teacher at Superior Elementary. “You’re really trying to think intentionally on the most efficient, innovative ways to present information so online kids can get the same information your in-person kids are getting, and just creative ways to do that.
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The goal of Boulder Valley School District’s Equity Council was to encourage difficult conversations in our community around the treatment of students of color and their families in BVSD and ways that the district can more equitably serve them. To do so BVSD sought to ensure representative voices from students, parents, and staff
The Equity Council formed in July 2020 and was charged with listening, learning and leading on critical issues of equity in our school district. Of the diverse group of 40 people who served on the Council, eight were BVSD employees.
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Students come to school to learn, see their friends, and be part of the community. However, there are factors that make the school environment itself a very different experience for each of them. That’s why it was crucial to have BVSD student voices at the table to discuss equity.
“It was a great honor to have the opportunity to speak about some of the issues that our community is grappling with and that Boulder Valley School District is so thoughtfully approaching,” said Parent and Equity Council Member Rebecca Vlasin. “I’m inspired by the fact that this Equity Council has convened. To be a part of that as a parent was really meaningful.”