Info for the 24-25 School Year!

Posted July 29, 2024

Greetings Bear Valley Families,

Please take some time to read through the entirety of this email alongside your child to answer any/all questions to be sure your student is #YetiReady for the BEST school year!

After reading through these details if you have any further questions feel free to call us at 720-423-9600 (option #5) or email us at bvoffice@dpsk12.org.

1st – DPS Online Registration is now OPEN! **ACTION REQUIRED**

DPS Online Registration is now open via the Parent Portal. Click HERE to access the details of how to log-in and complete this required step for all DPS students. When you are logged in you can take care of all of your children attending a DPS school this year. Please note that we are unable to build your child a schedule until this registration step is completed!

Need Help?

If you are unable to complete the registration process online, please attend one of the walk-in registration dates listed below. Please have your DPS Parent Portal username and password available so we can quickly get you logged into one of our provided computers to help you navigate and complete this required application.

  • Monday 8/5 – 10am-6pm
  • Tuesday 8/6 – 7am-2pm 

2nd – SAVE THE DATES!

Welcome Back Night!

  • Wednesday 8/14 from 5-6pm **This is a required orientation event for all families**
    • Upon arrival your child will receive their schedule and we will host a 30 minute presentation in the Auditorium to review our school-wide expectations.
      • Spanish and Vietnamese translation will be provided.
    • After this presentation, students will then be able to walk their schedule to briefly meet teachers and see their classrooms!
    • We will offer a make-up night on Thursday 8/15 at 5pm for those families who cannot attend on Wednesday.
      • This night we will ONLY be the Auditorium presentation, classrooms will not be available.

1st day of School!

Please click HERE to access our unique 24-25 Community Facing Calendar. Please note that we do start a bit earlier than other DPS schools but we also are finished sooner on 5/28/25 for 8th graders and 5/30/25 for 6th and 7th!

  • 6th graders starts on Thursday 8/15!
    • We will be outside on S. Golden Way starting at 8:30am to start checking in our new students. Please be sure to arrive no later than 8:40am
    • We will dismiss at our normal time of 3:50pm
    • 6th graders will return on Friday and must be inside the building by 8:45am
  • 7th and 8th graders start on Friday 8/16!
    • We will be on the back side of the building off S. Bates Avenue for check-in at 8:30am. Be sure your student arrives no later than 840am
    • We will dismiss at our normal time of 3:50pm

Lifetouch Photo Day

We will host our individual photo day on Thursday 8/29 for all students and staff. We will allow FREE DRESS on this day pending students still respect the unacceptable portions of our dress code.

3rd – DRESS CODE!

We are very excited to announce a change to our dress code. Unlike previous years a Bear Valley logo on your upper garment is NO LONGER required. If your child is returning they can still wear those shirts as part of our acceptable garment types.

Click HERE to read all about our new dress code

  • Tops must be in the 5 acceptable color wheel of white, black, navy blue, lime green or grey.
    • Tops must be PLAIN and free of any patterns, stripes or logos.
      • If the logo can be covered by 3 stacked fingers this is OK (aka a small Nike Swoosh or Champion ‘C’)

4th – School Supply List

Click HERE to access our school supply list. We are happy to present a school supply list that is limited compared to surrounding schools. These items are required for students to be successful and meet our daily expectations of academic success.

If you need support with the top portion of this list please email Mama Yeti as we have receive some generous donations to share with our families in need of assistance.