The Staff at Goddard would like to thank ALL of the GMS Community for their extremely generous donations to our Goddard FUNd Run! We not only reached our goal of $40,000 but we surpassed it, totaling $45,109.32, Congratulations! Remember, every penny earned goes directly back into the classroom. We would especially like to thank Libby Toroslu for her endless hours of work to make this year's event a success! And, although every donation, no matter how big or small is just as important, we would like to thank our $250.00 and up donors. Below is a list of those families. The Wagner Family The Burgess Family The White Family The Denning Family The Laughlin Family The Barber Family The Wagner Family The Bolick Family The Heller Family The Harms Family The Haag Family The Hicks Family The Hogg Family The Taylor Family The Fread Family The Rich Family The Lessmann Family The Otterstein Family HRM Resources IV, LLC The Anastasi Family The Rossi Family The Snee Family The Schnakenberg Family The Mckew Family The Schneider Family The Tiede Family The Hoffelt Family The Gray Family The Varnell Family The Kovachevich Family The Stevens Family The Maroney Family The Sagrati Family The Springer Family The Roberts Family The Samson Family The Vernon Family The Benitez Family The Slekes Family The Bond Family The Simon Family The Spratlen Family The Rivera Family The Toroslu Family The Cottom Family The Franklin Family The Mager Family     Again, THANK YOU, GMS COMMUNITY!

Annual Goddard FUNd RUN   DONATE TODAY! https://www.coloradogives.org/story/Goddard-Gallop-Fund-Run-2023  The Goddard Fund Run is back on September 13, 2023! This is our ONLY school-wide PTO fundraiser!  Our goal is to raise $40,000 to award teachers grants to purchase items for their classrooms that will directly impact student learning and development. To ensure your student is entered into the randomly drawn give-aways, please include STUDENT'S FIRST AND LAST NAME, GRADE AND ELO TEACHER UNDER BOTH "CAMPAIGN COMMENT" AND "SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS" IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DONATION PAGE. We have partnered with Littleton Public Schools Foundation to use their online donation platform, BUT ALL DONATIONS WILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE GODDARD MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO. Your credit card receipt will show Community First Foundation; they process all donations. Let us celebrate this awesome school community and 33 years of the Goddard FUNd Run! Staff and students are counting on your support to improve their classrooms. Any amount you can give will make an impact. Thank you!  

Goddard Back to School Night August 24, 2023   Just a reminder that Back to School Night is quickly approaching next Thursday, August 24th from 6:00-7:55 pm.  We will run this year similar to last year.   A few quick notes for next Thursday Night: 5:15-5:50 pm - GT and ELD Sessions  5:50-6:00 pm - Parents Transition to Gym 6:00-6:20 pm - General Session for All parents in the large gym.  Teachers, you do not need to join in the gym. 6:15 pm - Core teachers, please be in your classroom - or your agreed upon classroom with your PLC partner/co-teacher if you are presenting with them.   6:15 pm - Elective teachers please be ready to take over the gym to present together.   Parents will go through their student’s schedule in sequence (minus ELO) from 6:30-7:55 pm Core classes are 10 minutes/passing periods are 5 minutes Electives will present for 25 minutes as a group in the gym 6th Grade Parents will have 4 classes (3 core/1 elective) 7th and 8th Grade Parents will have 5 classes (4 core / 1 elective) Core teachers may choose present with their PLC partner and/or co-teacher See grade level schedules on the next page Electives will meet as a group in the gym during the electives time.    WEB Leaders will be here to guide parents in the hallways   We will finish at 7:55 pm    Parents will print/download their student’s schedule and follow it in sequence.  We will also provide the option of student’s filling out their schedule on a form we provide in ELO on Thursday, Aug 24th.  They can then take it home to give to their parents.  6th Grade Parent Schedule 6:30-6:40    Period 2 - Core Class #1 6:45-6:55    Period 4 - Core Class #2 7:00-7:10    Period 5 - Core Class #3 Break for 6th Grade Parents - mix and mingle in the cafeteria  7:30-7:55    Electives in the Gym   7th Grade Parent Schedule     6:30-6:40    Period 2 - Core Class #1     6:45-6:55    Period 3 - Core Class #2     7:00-7:25    Electives in the Gym     7:30-7:40    Period 7 - Core Class #3     7:45-7:55    Period 8 - Core Class #4   8th Grade Parent Schedule     6:30-6:55    Electives in the Gym     7:00-7:10    Period 4 - Core Class #1     7:15-7:25    Period 5 - Core Class #2     7:30-7:40    Period 7 - Core Class #3     7:45-7:55    Period 8 - Core Class #4  

Littleton Public Schools is hosting two Board of Education Candidate Forums, both of which will provide an opportunity for community members to learn about and ask questions of the four candidates running for election this November for two at-large positions on the LPS Board of Education.   Cherie Garcia-Kuper, Brian Macaulay, Lindley McCrary and Michelle Redfearn are running to fill two seats open for the November 2023 election. Board member Robert Reichardt is finishing his second term on the Board and cannot run for a third due to term limits. Lindley McCrary’s first term is ending and she is running for a second term. Littleton Public Schools is hosting a general Board Candidate Forum: Wednesday, October 4, 2023 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Boardroom (limited seating) Education Services Center 5776 S. Crocker Street Littleton, CO 80120 The event will be live streamed through a link on district website. Members of the community may submit questions via email prior to and during the forum. Those watching the event in person may also submit questions for the candidates on notecards that will be collected during the event.  As many questions as possible will be asked of the candidates during the Forum at the designated time.  Email questions for the candidates to: Questions@lps.k12.co.us Spanish intepreters and sign language interpreters will be available to those in attendance. Live stream viewers may call in and listen to a Spanish interpreter during the live meeting. Questions may be submitted in Spanish beforehand and during the meeting as well. To hear live Spanish translation, dial: (916) 233-2690 - PIN: 106740#.   The LPS District Accountability Committee is hosting a Board Candidate Forum: Wednesday, October 18, 2023 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Boardroom (limited seating) Education Services Center 5776 S. Crocker Street Littleton, CO 80120 The event will be live streamed through a link on district website. Those watching the event in person may submit questions for the candidates on notecards that will be collected during the event. As many questions as possible will be asked of the candidates during the Forum at the designated time.  Spanish intepreters and sign language interpreters will be available to those in attendance. Live stream viewers may call in and listen to a Spanish interpreter during the live meeting. To hear live Spanish translation, dial: (916) 233-2690 - PIN: 106740#.    

Please find the school board director candidates' contact information below for the November 7, 2023 election. At this election, two directors will be elected for one 4-year term each. (This list is in alphabetical order by last name.) Cherie Garcia-Kuper 3125 E. Phillips Dr. Centennial, CO 80122 303-253-5325 Cherie@cherieforlps.com www.cherieforlps.com Notice of Intent Brian Macaulay 28 Brookhaven Ln. Littleton, CO 80123 720-996-8555 brian@mac4kids.com www.mac4kids.com Notice of Intent Lindley McCrary 6245 S. Humbolut Pl. Centennial, CO 80121 lindley@lindleyforlps.com www.lindleyforlps.com Notice of Intent Michelle Redfearn 8279 S. Franklin Ct. Centennial, CO 80122 720-252-8292 Michelleforlps@gmail.com www.MichelleforLPS.com Notice of Intent

LPS Long-Range Planning Committee invites you to give your feedback on the most recent elementary and middle school boundary possible options Families of LPS elementary students who attend schools east of Broadway and families of LPS middle school students who attend schools east of Santa Fe: The Littleton Public Schools Board of Education recently charged the district Long-Range Planning Committee to continue its review of elementary school boundaries east of Broadway and also review boundaries for middle schools east of Santa Fe. A subset of the original Long-Range Planning Committee is meeting this fall to review new data from the demographer, Western Demographics, which includes information on children aged birth to 4 along with the extensive, accurate data already reviewed by the entire Long-Range Planning Committee last year. The charge for this group is to bring two or three recommendations to the Board of Education in October that will better balance (right size) enrollment at Newton, Powell, and Euclid middle schools as well as all elementary schools east of Broadway, using the Board’s and Committee’s long-established standards and values when possible.  Taking all available data into account, Western Demographics provided possible options for the Committee’s consideration. The Committee spent its August meetings reviewing these possible options, ruling some out, and identifying two elementary and two middle school possible options to ask the community to weigh in on. The Committee is hosting three identical Community Town Hall Input Sessions where attendees can drop in to learn about these possible options, ask questions, and provide feedback. It’s important to remember that the boundary scenarios are possible options only. The Long-Range Planning Committee will take all feedback into account before finalizing its recommendations to the Board.  After reviewing all feedback, the Long-Range Planning Committee will provide its findings and recommendations to the Board of Education October 12, 2023. The Board has emphasized its desire to make decisions regarding boundaries by the end of October 2023–likely during the October 26, 2023 Board meeting -  to give families as much time as possible to plan ahead. Learn more about the ongoing work of the Long-Range Planning Committee on the district website. All materials reviewed by the Committee are available on the website as part of the Committee’s commitment to transparency. It is important to note that this includes possible boundary options no longer being considered by the Committee.  Community Town Hall Input Sessions: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 5:30–7:00 p.m. Powell Middle School 8000 South Corona Way Littleton, CO 80122 Wednesday, September 20, 2023 4:00–5:30 p.m. Euclid Middle School 777 West Euclid Ave. Littleton, CO 80120 Thursday, September 21, 2023 5:30–7:00 p.m. Newton Middle School 4401 East Arapahoe Rd. Littleton, CO 80122

Call For Nominations For School Directors Littleton Public Schools  (Arapahoe County School District Number Six) Arapahoe County, Colorado The Board of Education of Littleton Public Schools in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, calls for nomination of candidates for school directors to be placed on the ballot for the regular biennial school election to be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. At this election two directors will be elected for one 4-year term each. To be qualified, a candidate must have been a registered elector and a resident of the school district for at least twelve consecutive months before the election. A person is ineligible to run for school director if he or she has been convicted of committing a sexual offense against a child. A person who desires to be a candidate for school director shall file with the school district a written notice of intention to be a candidate and a nomination petition in accordance with law. Nomination petitions may be obtained at the Littleton Public Schools’ Finance Office, 5776 South Crocker Street, Littleton, CO. Office hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Completed petitions should be submitted with 50 eligible signatures to the Littleton Public Schools’ Finance Office by 4:30 p.m. on September 1, 2023. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board of Education designated election official, Jonathan Levesque of Littleton Public School District 6, in the County of Arapahoe and the State of Colorado, has caused this call for nominations to be given this August 9, 2023.