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All Rachel B. Noel 8th grade students and families are encouraged to attend! Free treats from Chipotle and transportation will be provided for all families wishing to participate. A bus will pick-up and drop-off back at RBN that evening. Please call the main office at 720-424-0800 for additional information.
Our first Coffee and Conversation with parents will be Thursday, September 6th from 9:30-11:30 am!
Stop by RBN and enjoy coffee and breakfast with other 8th grade parents, and stay to discuss the exciting plans for our students and school this year with Principal Thomas!
For additional information or questions, please contact our Community Liaison, Ms. Ladora, at (720) 424-0800.
The Success Express is a free transportation option for all RBN students who live in the Green Valley Ranch, Parkhill, and Montbello neighborhoods. The Success Express operates multiple buses that run on routes similar to a shuttle system. Success Express buses travel along one of two designated routes, the Blue Line or the Red Line, which cover the same shuttle route, but run in opposite directions of each other. Both line’s buses make multiple stops in the morning and afternoon, Monday-Friday.
Far Northeast Full Shuttle Schedule
Montbello Only Shuttle Schedule
Green Valley Ranch Only Shuttle Schedule
Success Express Schedule Explanation – Noel Campus (AM)
The Success Express is a free transportation option for all RBN students who live in the GVR and Montbello neighborhoods. The Success Express operates multiple buses that run on routes similar to a shuttle system. Success Express buses travel along one of two designated routes, the Blue Line or the Red Line, which cover the same shuttle route, but run in opposite directions of each other. Both line’s buses make multiple stops in the morning and afternoon, Monday-Friday.
Rachel B. Noel Middle School’s start time is 7:45 am. RBN students who ride the bus to school must take a bus that arrives at the Noel Campus BEFORE 7:45 am to be on time and avoid being counted as tardy to 1st period.
The Success Express has four buses (4, 5, 7, 
running in the morning along the RED LINE. Each of these buses makes one stop at RBN during the morning/AM schedule, however, two buses, RED LINE 5 and 7 are the best options for RBN students riding the Red Line in the morning:
Red Line Morning (AM) Arrival Times @ the NOEL CAMPUS (RBN)
Bus 4* BUS 5 BUS 7 Bus 8*
7:03 7:08 7:20 7:46
*Bus 4 has been crossed out b/c it arrives at school before kids are allowed into the building in the morning.
*Bus 8 has been crossed out b/c it arrives AFTER the RBN start time, 7:45 am.
RED LINE 5 is recommended only for students whose closest bus stop is Howell, Maxwell or Archuleta:
| RED LINE 5 | |
| Home Bus Stop | AM Pick-up
Times |
| Howell | 6:33 |
| Maxwell | 6:49 |
| Greenwood | 6:52 |
| DCIS Ford | 6:57 |
| Archuleta | 7:03 |
| NOEL CAMPUS (RBN) | 7:08 |
RED LINE 7 is the best option for students picking up the bus in the morning (AM) at one of the home bus stops listed below.
In order to catch the Red Line 7 bus and arrive to the Noel Campus at the 7:20 am drop-off time in the morning, students must be at their home stop at/before the following times:
| RED LINE 7 | |
| Home Bus Stop | AM Pick-up
Times |
| MLK | 6:30 |
| GVR Elementary | 6:36 |
| Malaya St. & GVR Blvd | 6:41 |
| Pitt Waller | 6:47 |
| Ireland St & E 55th Pl | 6:53 |
| Ceylon St & E 58th Ave | 6:59 |
| Sims-Fayola Intl. Academy | 7:04 |
| Omar D.Blair | 7:09 |
| Evie Dennis Campus | 7:15 |
| NOEL CAMPUS (RBN) | 7:20 |
BLUE LINE 6
To arrive at the Noel Campus at the 7:44 am drop-off time, students who live closest to the following pick-up stops should take the Blue Line 6 bus and be at their pick-up stop at/before the following times:
| BLUE LINE 6 | |
| Home Bus Stop | AM Pick-up
Times |
| Pitt Waller | 6:30 |
| Malaya St. & GVR Blvd | 6:36 |
| GVR | 6:41 |
| Marrama | 6:46 |
| 4225 Kittredge | 6:56 |
| SOAR/Oakland | 7:04 |
| McGlone | 7:10 |
| High Tech | 7:16 |
| Amesse | 7:25 |
| Montbello | 7:30 |
| Greenwood | 7:34 |
| DCIS Ford | 7:39 |
| NOEL CAMPUS (RBN) | 7:44 |
The Blue Line 6 bus offers later pick-up option times in the morning from Greenwood and DCIS Ford than the Red Line 5 earlier alternatives (Red Line 5 picks up at Greenwood at 6:52 and picks-up at DCIS Ford at 6:57).
It is suggested that RBN students who pick up the bus at either the Greenwood, or the DCIS Ford stops, take the Blue Line 6 option. Blue Line 6 picks up at Greenwood at 7:34 and at DCIS Ford at 7:39.
Families can also call 720-423-4699 if they have specific questions about routes as well.
**Student Registration is Thursday, July 26 from 7 am to 12 pm & Friday July 27 from 12 to 5 pm**
We will be providing 8th grade students and families all the information necessary to get ready for the 1st day of school on August 8th, including a school supply list, school calendar, RBN dress code requirements, and more! Please make sure to bring your pre-populated registration packet mailed home to you earlier this summer. If you have any questions, please call our main office at 720-424-0800.
***RBN Student Registration is Thursday, July 26 from 7 am to 12 pm and Friday July 27 from 12 to 5 pm***
We will be providing 8th grade students and families all the information necessary to get ready for the 1st day of school on August 8th, including a school supply list, school calendar, RBN dress code requirements, and more! Please make sure to bring your pre-populated registration packet mailed home to you earlier this summer. If you have any questions, please call our main office at 720-424-0800.
8th Grade Continuation, May 24th 10 am to 12 pm!
8th grade students your Continuation is only two months away! But wait, before you leave us and head off to high school, we want to honor you and celebrate your middle school years as a Rachel B. Noel Cobra! Your teachers have been hard at work planning what is sure to be an amazing and memorable Continuation ceremony and we would our 8th grade students to get involved in the ceremony as well.
First, a talented 8th grade student will be chosen to sing at Continuation. Your assistant principal, Ms. Chandler, will be holding auditions at the end of April. If you are interested in trying out for this honor, you must sign up in the main office by April 20th. Please bring a cd with a song of your choosing to auditions, which will be held the week of the 23rd. All songs must contain appropriate, clean lyrics.
Second, the Rachel B. Noel leadership team will be choosing a student from the 8th grade class to speak at Continuation. Interested students must write a two-minute speech reflecting on your middle school years and Rachel B. Noel’s legacy. Please sign up in the main office with Ms. Campos and you will be given additional details about when to turn in your speech and when final decisions will be made and announced.
RBN is excited to welcome our Noel Beacon Neighborhood Center’s (NBNC) new program coordinator – Ron Harris! Ron is a Denver native with strong roots in the DPS and greater Denver community. He is a graduate of George Washington high school, and served five years as the site coordinator for a non-profit organization at Columbine Elementary School in the near northeast region of DPS before coming to the Noel Beacon center.
“I am so excited to be here at Noel and to have the opportunity to work with you and your children! My goal is to provide a program that enriches and supports students by offering a variety of after school activities that engage students and cater to their academic, artistic and athletic interests.” – Ron Harris, NBNC Program Coordinator
In severe winter weather situations, school leaders must consider both education and safety in their decision making. The toughest call involves a weather pattern that includes heavy snowfall. The safety of the students is the primary consideration in the decision to close the school. We must be concerned with the youngest students who ride school buses as well as the most capable of our driving teenagers. In addition, the ability of CDOT to plow all of the streets traveled by buses and children as well as the ability of our maintenance staff to clear each school site has to be factored into any decision regarding closings. In some cases, public streets are unable to be cleared until the following day. It is also important to remember that weather and street conditions can vary greatly within the boundaries of Denver.
For more information on the Snow Day Process, visit the DPS Winter Weather Information Page.
RBN 8th Graders – the deadline to turn in your School Choice form is quickly approaching! All 8th grader students must fill out a Choice Form and turn it in to the RBN main office BEFORE January 31st! If you have questions about your options for high school next year, please attend on of the two School Choice info nights in January for 8th grade parents and students – Thursday, the 12th and Tuesday, the 24th! Both meetings will be held in the Multi-purpose Room in the B-Wing from 6-7 pm. Representatives from the Office of Choice and Enrollment will answer any questions about the choice process and help fill out you fill out your School Choice form correctly.
Enrollment forms are available in the RBN main office and on the SchoolChoice website, http://schoolchoice.dpsk12.org/. ALL 8th graders MUST turn in a School Choice form and simply rank – in preference order – at least three (up to five) high schools that you want to attend next year.
Please note, SchoolChoice forms are only needed from students who are enrolling for the first time or in a different school for 2012-13. All families whose students who will be returning to the same school next year, a SchoolChoice form is not needed.
