Category Archives: General Information 2016-2017
Summer 2017
Happy summer 2017!  Our students were ready for summer. Student report cards should be mailed home soon.  University Schools Summer Reading information is included in the report card envelope.  University Schools recommends that students get involved with the High Plains Library … Continue reading
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Field Day 2017
Our 3rd and 4th grade students had beautiful weather today for field day. The morning started with popular games and activities that our students look forward to. Â Some of these activities included volleyball, flag football, floor hockey, cup stacking, basketball, … Continue reading
Outdoor Exploration Field Trip
On Friday, our class enjoyed an incredible day of “Outdoor Exploration”. We began our day hiking Devil’s Backbone.  We were fortunate to enjoy this amazing, natural habitat before it became to hot for comfort.  Student highlights included a stop at the … Continue reading
Second Annual Chalk-a-lot
Our students participated in University School’s Second Annual Chalk-a-lot. Â The event was originally inspired by the University of Northern Colorado’s successful attempt to break a chalk art Guinness Record. Last year, University elementary students had a literature theme. Â This years … Continue reading
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Investigating Nature: Science Connections
Our 4th grade students were exhausted after a busy day at the Poudre Learning Center. We began our day investigating insects and discussing the stages of growth and development of various grassland insects. Next, we investigated aquatic macro-invertebrates and learned … Continue reading
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Earth Day Movie and a Baby Pine Tree
Our 4th grade students enjoyed seeing the Earth Day Movie created by Disneynature. Born in China is one of the best nature movies our students have ever seen.  They experienced the animals of China and learned about the various habitats throughout … Continue reading
Funny Class Picture
As you know, our students had a class picture taken this week. Â Studio 5 School Portraits was kind enough to give us the “funny class picture” that we took. Â We will have the more professional version of our class printed … Continue reading
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History in Present Day 2017
On Friday, our 4th grade students had the unique opportunity to not only visit the History Colorado Center but they also went on a Historic Walking Tour of Downtown Denver. Â As our tour guide took us to various locations students … Continue reading
Dancing before Testing!
For the past six school years, our University third, fourth and fifth grade students have enjoyed the opportunity to dance in the gym before starting the annual standardized test. This week we began taking the PARCC test. Dancing is a … Continue reading
Proud of our Reading Champions!
Our week has been especially exciting as many students from our homeroom class placed high enough in order to compete at the District Battle of the Books competition. Our students will participate with over a hundred other 4th grade students … Continue reading
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