Bulletin 2-5-16 - Louisville Middle School

Bulletin 2-5-16 - Louisville Middle School

PIRATE
PRIDE
Website: Louisville Middle School Twitter: Ginny Vidulich@PRIDEfulPIRATE
Monday
February 8
Tuesday
February 9
Wednesday
February 10
Thursday
February 11
E7
Friday
February 12
Start 6th Grade
Wheel Rotation #5
Wrestling @
Broomfield Heights MS
4pm
GREEN STAR SCHOOL
Kickoff
Assemblies over lunches
6th/7th Girls
IM Basketball Starts
No SCHOOL
8th Grade Girls
Basketball
Mountains Team @ MK8
4pm
6th Grade
Band POPs Concert
6:30 pm
8th Grade Girls
Basketball
Plains Team @ Centennial
4pm
Parent Teacher
Conferences
4:30—7:30pm
February 11, 16 and 18th— Parent Teacher Conferences; February 19th—East County Swing Dance;
February 23rd—SAC Meeting; February 25, 26th—PoPs in the Harbor (Choir);
March 3rd—National History Day Night; March 4th—Boys soccer starts; March 7th—Girls Soccer starts; March 31st—Poetry Night
Remember to bookmark the LMS website- meetings, activities, athletics, school events and great resources are all there.
http://lom.bvsd.org/Pages/default.aspx
Muñoz Musings…
Ahoy Pirates! Punxsutawney Phil says we need to get ready for an early spring. I was
hoping that we might be enjoying six more weeks of winter but no such luck. Afterall, the
skiing has been wonderful this year so why not keep it going?!? We are flying though this school year
and will soon be celebrating our eighth graders as they transition into high school. It is a bittersweet
time to see our students grow into the next phase of their lives but sad to think that we won’t be seeing them in the hallways and classrooms next year.
According to a recent CNN article by Kelly Wallace, some parents may be excited about the high
school transition due to the stressors involved with being the parent of a middle school child. The article, “Middle
School: The new high school for moms,” provides some answers that parents may be looking for when it comes to
understanding their middle school child. It’s also a great resource to get some new ideas on how to best communicate, stay engaged with what is going on, and also how to best support your child when needed. The article also suggests that parents should not just wait for the middle school years to pass by, but to jump in, get involved, and really
develop a relationship with their child that will last through the teen years and beyond. It is a quick read and gives attention to the saying “It takes a village to raise a preteen.”
Please click on this link, if you are interested in reading:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/27/health/middle-school-stress-mothers-research/?
iid=ob_homepage_NewsAndBuzz_pool&iref=obnetwork
As we move through third quarter, please continue to stay engaged with your child’s education by looking at their
planner. All students at Louisville Middle School are required to use the student planner. The purpose of the planner is
to accomplish the following:
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Muñoz Musings continued...
 To increase and facilitate communication between home and school
 Assist students in getting organized and with planning ahead
 Communication between teachers and students
 Identifies progress and accomplishments
 Assists students with study skills
 Identifies important events and dates
 Reinforces the LMS philosophy, vision and mission
 Recognition of positive experiences and actions at LMS
Communication of expectations, rules, procedures
Please consider joining us this month during conference time on February 11th, 16, or 18th from 4:30-7:30. ParentTeacher Conference nights are designed to help support you and our students if you have any questions, concerns, or
just want to learn something new about your child.
I also wanted to take a moment to thank our parents for using the correct pickup and drop off areas around Louisville
Middle School. Although it may be convenient to use our staff/visitor parking lot or the bus loop in front of LMS, these
areas pose safety risks for students, staff, and parents. In fact, just this morning, Mrs. Vidulich was nearly swiped by a
in-coming SUV. Thank goodness, she is a tough Pirate and will be ok. This has happened on a few other occasions to
students so please avoid these areas altogether. Please continue to use Lafayette Street to drop off and pick up students each day and students should use the crosswalk to get across Main Street before and after school.
Enjoy your weekend!
~One Proud Pirate, Brian Munoz, Assistant Principal
Mrs. Turners 1st Period class showed
AMAZING Bronco Spirit!!!
As Mrs. V walked in the room - We are the
Champions started playing! - Nice Touch
Mrs. Turner! Nice touch!
6th Grade wheel rotation #5 starts
Monday 2/8
J15 TIDE (Carmalt) Rm 179 -->A06 Art (Llerandi) Rm 118 --> F04 Languages (Mitzelfeld) Rm 146 --> J01 Woods (Stalter)
Rm 116 --> X39 Transitions (Auday) Rm 117 --> K96 Drama (Profe) Rm 119 --> D06 Computers/Photo (Wilson) Rm 153 -->
then Wilson sends to Carmalt
Food Services Iron Chef Event
The Food Services Department will be holding their Annual Iron Chef Event this Spring, and we are looking for entries from Middle School teams. The theme for this year's event will be: Chicken Dishes that reflect a distinct Nationality or Ethnic cuisine. Teams of 2-4 students will submit recipes in accordance with our department's cost and
nutrition requirements, and the 6 final teams will compete in a live Iron Chef cooking event on April 13th. The winning dish will be adapted for use on the school lunch menu in 2016-2017. The deadline for entry is Friday, March
4th. For parameters and more information about the competition, please email Stephen Menyhart, District Manager of Food Services, at [email protected] .
Box Tops & Labels For Education Class Contest: HUGE thank you to everyone
who brought in Box Tops and Labels during the first semester. Because of your donations, we
are able to buy several new pieces of safety equipment for our climbing challenge course and
new PE equipment. Special congratulations to the 6th graders, who won by a landslide! And
now...
The Box Tops and Labels For Education class contest is back for second semester! We will be
collecting labels for Box Tops for Education
and UPC’s and beverage/sauce caps for Labels for Education
Just collect the labels/caps, bring them to your PE class and place them in the corresponding
grade-level box in Ms. Kemen’s office by Friday, May 13th. The grade with the most collected wins the ice cream party during PE. Which grade has the strongest school spirit? Let’s go
Pirates! Argh!
http://www.boxtops4education.com/
http://www.boxtops4education.com/participating-products
https://www.labelsforeducation.com/About-the-Program
The LMS Local
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MtOvCkpuN6EwMdGpaZHZigb1mtmDGvadlXu7Gy_em2E/edit?usp=sharing
Our school newspaper
Parent Teacher Conferences
Coming Up!
February 11, 16 and 18 4:30 –7:30 pm
Would you like to help feed our amazing staff?
Click on a link below to sign up to bring food for conferences.
Thank YOU!!
Spring 15/16 LMS Italian Conference Food
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0c4aa8ab2ea6fb6-spring
Spring 15/16 LMS Mexican Night Conference Food
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0c4aa8ab2ea6fb6-spring1
The LMS Great Book Swap:
Bring a book, take a book!
LMS Spring 15/16 Soup & Salad Conference food
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0c4aa8ab2ea6fb6-lmsspring
New: Archived Weekly Bulletins!!!
We now have our weekly bulletins archived on our website - for
those rare time when you need help remembering something…..
Please bring a book to swap during Parent/Student/
Teacher Conferences on Feb. 11th, 16th, & 18th from
4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Tables will be set up in the Main Entrance of LMS.
Children’s Books
Teen Books
Adult Books
Dear Parents,
You are cordially invited to participate in a conversation with the team from the
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) who will
be in BVSD on Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 at 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM in the Arapahoe Campus Cafeteria (6600 Arapahoe Road, Boulder CO).
As part of the implementation of BVSD's strategic plan, The Success Effect, BVSD has invited the CASEL team (who are the leaders in promotion of,
development of, and research on social and emotional learning (SEL) in
schools) to provide BVSD with a needs assessment that will focus on the district’s readiness to implement social-emotional learning curricula in our
schools.
CASEL's project proposal to BVSD states:
“For years, the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning
(CASEL) has emphasized the significant role of districts in the sustainability of
school change and improvement. As research evidence continues to surface
about social and emotional learning (SEL) as a promising approach to enhancing academic learning, many district leaders are adopting an SEL focus as part
of their plans to improve student outcomes.
The primary goal of CASEL’s systemic SEL Needs Assessment is to provide
district leaders with a comprehensive assessment of their district’s current SEL
resources, needs, and capacity to plan and implement SEL throughout the
district. The process can serve as an important source of objective information
and analysis that will ideally inform leaders’ decision-making about how best to
move forward with SEL in their district."
CASEL's website: http://www.casel.org/
On February 9 starting at 4:30 PM, parents and community members will have
an opportunity to meet with the CASEL team, learn more about socialemotional learning, and have time to ask questions about CASEL's work.
Space is limited to the first 100 parents! Please RSVP:
RSVP For CASEL Parent Participation
PARCC/CMAS Info
On January 19, you received an email message from the Boulder
Valley School District telling you about upcoming state testing. I
encourage you to review this information and, if you have any
questions, please ask me.
If your student will be testing this spring, no action is needed at this
time. If you decide that your student will not be taking one or more
state tests, please click on the survey link included in the January
19 email message--or send an email message to [email protected] requesting that your link be re-sent. Knowing about
your student’s testing status by Tuesday, February 9 will assist us
in providing a standardized testing environment for students who
are testing and appropriate learning activities for students who
attend school during scheduled testing times but are not taking
state tests.
Estimadas familias,
El 19 de enero ustedes recibieron un mensaje de correo electrónico del Distrito Escolar del Valle de Boulder notificándoles sobre los
próximos exámenes del estado. Los animo a revisar esta información y, si tuvieran preguntas, no duden en ponerse en contacto
conmigo.
Si su estudiante tomará las pruebas esta primavera, no necesita
hacer nada por el momento. Si decide que no quiere que su estudiante tome una o más de las pruebas, por favor, oprima en el
enlace que aparece en el mensaje electrónico del 19 de enero, o
envíe un mensaje de correo electrónico a [email protected] solicitando que se le vuelva a enviar el enlace. Saber la posición de su
hijo en las pruebas antes del 9 de febrero nos ayudará a proporcionar un ambiente adecuado para los que sí tomarán las pruebas
estandarizadas y proveer actividades de aprendizaje apropiadas a
los estudiantes que no participarán en ellas pero que asistirán a la
escuela durante el tiempo programado para dichas pruebas.
In this month of flowers and candy and love, we will be asking families to “show your love”
for LMS by participating in our One and Only Fundraiser: The Pirate Pride Challenge! Stop by
the greeter table in the mornings to drop off your check and get your name up on a heart
around the school! So if you haven’t donated, or want to just give a few more dollars this
would be a great time to do it!
We will also have a table available at Conferences for those of you who are available after
school hours .
Thank you for your continual support of your students and teachers!
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8th Grade Girls Basketball (IS) January 5—February 10
Mountain Team Schedule
Wednesday, January 20
vs. MK8
Friday, January 22
@ Summit
Monday, January 25
vs. SHMS
Wednesday, January 27
vs. BHMS
Thursday, January 28
@ Aspen Creek
Monday, February 1
vs. Angevine
Wednesday, February 3
@ Eldorado
Tuesday, February 9
@ MK8
Plains Team Schedule
Wednesday, January 20
vs. MK8
Monday, January 25
@ Manhattan
Wednesday, January 27
vs. BHMS
Thursday, January 29
@ Ned
Monday, February 1
vs. Angevine
Thursday, February 4
vs. SHMS
Friday, February 5
@ Casey
Monday, February 8
@ Centennial
6th, 7th and 8th Grade Coed Wrestling (IS)
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Tuesday, February 9 @ Broomfield Heights Middle School (4pm)
Wednesday, February 17 @ Monarch K-8 (4pm)
Tuesday, February 23 @ Broomfield Heights Middle School (4pm)
FINALS: Wednesday, March 2 @ Southern Hills MS (3:30pm)
Coming soon to a Middle School near you!
So Sign up NOW
6th and 7th Grade Girls Basketball (IM)
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February 11 – March 4
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IM 6/7/8 Boys Soccer
IM 6/7/8 Girls Soccer
IS 6/7/8 Coed Track
March 4 – March 31
March 7 – April 1
April 4 – May 16
Sign Up Here
Sign Up Here
LMS Club Corner
Club information on our web site! http://lom.bvsd.org/AandA/activities/Pages/default.aspx
Monday Morning
Tuesday Morning
Wednesday Morning
Thursday Morning
Friday Morning
7:30—8:30
Yearbook Club
Computer room
______________________
7:45—8:30
Student Government
Ms. Kearl’s Room
2nd and 4th Monday
_________________
7:50—8:30
NJHS
Mr. Slade’s room
1st and 3rd Monday
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7:40—8:30
MathCounts
Mr. Chu’s room
7:30—8:30
DIY Club
Free-Builder Lego group
Library
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7-:30—8:30
Newspaper/Writing Club
Library
__________________
7:30—8:30
Dodgeball
Big Gym
7:30—8:30
Brain Bowl
Ms. Mitzelfeld’s room
7:30—8:30
Teen Voices
Choir Room
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7:50—8:30
Debate Club
Mr. Shaw’s room
_________________
8:00—8:30
Peer Mentor Meeting
Ms. Felsen’s room
Every other week
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7:30—8:30
TaG Café
Ms. Mitzelfeld’s room
1st and 3rd Thursday
7:30—8:30
Teen Voices
Choir Room
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7:30—8:30
Jazz Band Rehearsal
Band Room
Monday Afternoon
Tuesday Afternoon
Wednesday Afternoon
Thursday Afternoon
Friday Afternoon
3:30—4:30
Jazz Band Rehearsal
Band Room
___________________
3:30-4:30
Knitting Club
Ms. Hannum’s room
3:30—4:30
SNL Club
Auditorium
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3:45—4:15
Book Club
Library
Every other week
3:35—5:00
Chess Club
The Prow
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3:40— 4:30
MathCounts
Mr. Chu’s room
3:30—4:30
Science Club
Mr. Crowder's Room
_________________
3:45—4:30
Anime Club
Ms. Bell’s room
__________________
3:45—4:45
Kendama Club
Mr. Guegan’s room
Debate Club:
Science Club:
An interactive opportunity
to develop public speaking,
persuasion, and argumentative skills. Participants
will learn about elements of
Rhetoric and how to manipulate those elements to
influence others. Topics in
Debate Club are current
issues in our global society
and are all student generated and lead .
DIY Club:
Join in to create,
play, collaborate with
others in the LMS "Do
It Yourself" Club.
Meets In Mr. Shaw’s room
Thursday Morning 7:50 –
8:30
Meets in the Library
Tuesday mornings
at 7:30.
Brain Bowl:
Do you know everything? Come test out your vast
knowledge in this team trivia
challenge. Questions include
math, science, history, current
events, sports and literature.
Meets in room 146,
Wednesday mornings at 7:30.
Newspaper Club:
Students share their take
on events around LMS.
Meets in the Library,
Tuesday mornings at 7:30
Writing Club:
Join others in creating
poetry, short stories,
novels, or screen
plays. A great opportunity to share your
work and collaborate
with other writers.
Meets in the Library
Tuesday mornings
at 7:30.
We work on Science Fair experiments and various labs. We build
things. We dissect things. We
learn new things. We measure
things. We work on electronics.
We go on at least one field trip!
Mr. Crowder’s room
Thursday afternoons 3:30-4:30
TaG Cafe'
Discussions and board games where students of all
backgrounds can brainstorm ideas, have meaningful
conversations, or play board games together.
Location and time yet to be decided.
Kendama Club
The Kendama is a simple toy that is
beneficial on a multitude of levels. Increase hand-eye coordination, the ability to express ones creativity, a gateway
to an entire Community of toy wielding
members, plus endless hours of fun
and entertainment
Meets in room 146
1st and 3rd Thursday mornings
Meets in Mr Guegan’s room
Thursday Afternoon
BVSD Parent Snapshot Surveys coming in February (online) and March (mailed)
BVSD surveys students, parents and staff each year in order to gather information that can be used
to guide efforts to improve schools. The survey of parents is called the “Parent Snapshot Survey”
and parents will be receiving it in the next few weeks. We hope all parents and guardians will take a
moment to complete and return this survey. The more parents who participate, the more accurately
the survey data will reflect parents’ perceptions and opinions. The survey results are reviewed by
school staff to determine what programs and processes are working and which ones need improvement. Consequently, the survey results can have a significant impact on school operations.
The Parent Snapshot Survey will be administered online for all parents who have provided an email
address to their student’s school and who receive all communication in English. This supports a
greener and more cost effective process by reducing the amount of paper used, mailing cost, and
data entry required. We also hope this will increase the parent participation rate. Online surveys will
be sent by email the week of February 2 to only one email address per household. If you don’t see
an invitation in your “inbox,” please check other email addresses you have given the school.
If there is not an email address associated with your household or if your primary language is Spanish, you will receive a survey via U.S. postal service consistent with last year. Paper surveys will be
mailed at the beginning of March.
En febrero (en línea) y marzo (enviadas por correo) llegarán las Encuestas Instantáneas para
los Padres de BVSD
BVSD encuesta a los estudiantes, a los padres y al personal todos los años para poder reunir información que se pueda utilizar para guiar el trabajo para mejorar las escuelas. La encuesta de los
padres es conocida como “Encuesta Instantánea para Padres” y pueden esperar recibirla en las
próximas semanas. Esperamos que todos los padres y tutores tomen un momento para completarla y devolverla. Cuantos más padres participen en la encuesta, mejor reflejarán los datos sus percepciones y sus opiniones. Los resultados de la encuesta son analizados por el personal de las
escuelas para determinar qué programas y procesos están funcionando y cuáles necesitan ser
mejorados. Por consiguiente los resultados de la encuesta tienen un impacto significativo en las
operaciones de las escuelas.
Una vez más este año, la Encuesta Instantánea para Padres se va a administrar en línea a
aquellos padres que han proporcionado una dirección de correo electrónico a la escuela de sus hijos y que reciben toda la comunicación en inglés. Esto apoya un proceso más ecológico y barato al
reducir la cantidad de papel utilizado, los gastos de envío y la entrada de datos necesaria. También esperamos que esto aumente la tasa de participación de los padres. Las encuestas
en línea serán enviadas por correo electrónico la semana del 2 de febrero a una sola dirección
electrónica por familia. Si usted no encuentra una invitación en su “bandeja de entradas”, por favor
revise las otras direcciones de correo electrónico que proporcionó a la escuela.
Si no hay una dirección de correo electrónico asociada a su familia o si su idioma principal es el español, ustedes recibirán la encuesta por correo postal al igual que el año pasado. Las encuestas
en papel serán enviadas a principios de marzo
Teens can apply for summer jobs with Boulder County Youth Corps
Boulder County residents ages 14-17 can now apply for summer jobs with the Youth Corps. Girls especially are encouraged to apply. Applications are available online and at counseling offices in schools. The deadline to submit an application is Friday, March 25.
The Youth Corps offers one of the best first job opportunities available in Boulder County. 160 teenagers will be hired to
work 30 hours a week, Monday through Thursday, from June 13 to August 3 on a variety of community service projects.
Projects will include such activities as trail construction and maintenance, historic preservation, forest thinning, construction and repair of fencing, landscaping and removal of Russian olive trees and noxious weeds.
Corpsmembers will earn a starting hourly wage of $8.31, with the possibility of earning a $100 bonus at the end of the
program based on merit and strong attendance.
“My first year in the Youth Corps changed my life and was where I met some of my best friends,” one of last summer’s
Corpsmembers said of the experience.
For more information or to apply online, visit www.BoulderCounty.org/YouthCorps.
CONTACT: Judy Wolfe, Youth Corps Program Manager, 303-678-6104
Los adolescentes pueden solicitar trabajo de verano en
Boulder County Youth Corps
Los residentes del Condado de Boulder entre 14-17 años pueden solicitar ahora trabajo en Youth Corps. En especial
se anima a las niñas a que se presenten. Las solicitudes de trabajo están ahora disponibles en línea y en las oficinas de los consejeros de las escuelas. El plazo para presentar las solicitudes es el viernes, 25 de marzo.
Youth Corps ofrece una de las mejores oportunidades de trabajo disponibles en el Condado de Boulder. 160 jóvenes
serán contratados para trabajar 30 horas semanales, de lunes a jueves, desde el 13 de junio hasta el 3 de agosto, en
una variedad de proyectos de servicio comunitario. Los proyectos incluirán actividades como deforestar los bosques,
crear veredas, construir vallas y hacer restauración histórica y trabajo de jardinería.
Los miembros de los equipos empezarán ganando un sueldo de $8.31 por hora con la posibilidad de ganarse una
bonificación de $100 al final del programa basada en mérito y buena asistencia.
“Ha sido un gran verano. Me lo pasé muy bien e hice muy buenos amigos. Espero regresar el año que viene”, dijo
uno de los miembros sobre su experiencia el año pasado.
Para más información o para descargar la solicitud de trabajo, visiten www.BoulderCounty.org/YouthCorps.
CONTACTO: Judy Wolfe, Directora del Programa de Youth Corps, 303-678-6104
Dear Wonderful LMS Reloaders,
I am taking over for Michele Crawford as the Grocery Card Coordinator. Thank you Michele
from all of us for 6 years of volunteer service and making a real difference!!
For the month of January, we had 45 different LMS families load over $13,800 onto their LMS
King Sooper’s Gift Cards. This simple act done by these amazing supporters helped to raise
$695 for our wonderful school, in just one month.
**We do have hundreds of active gift cards out there...so let’s keep using them each time we
shop at King Soopers and support our Pirates! If you don’t currently have a reloadable gift
card, please email me at [email protected] and I will be sure to get one to you.**
King Soopers Announcements!
1. When you shop at King Soopers and use your SooperCard, you’ll earn 1 fuel point for
every $1 you spend. Use your reloadable card to pay for your gas and you will be supporting
LMS! https://www.kingsoopers.com/topic/fuel-program
2. King Soopers HomeShop program allows you to shop online, pick it up at the store or
have it delivered to your home or office. (Exclusive to CO and WY: FREE shipping on orders
over $35 and 2-3 business day delivery straight to your door). https://homeshop.kroger.com/
sf/servlet/storefront
Our TWO winners this month of a Sweet Cow or Starbucks Gift Card are:
BRIGITTE MUTTER
SUSAN INSLEE
Congratulations Ladies. Please email me with your preference of Sweet Cow or Starbucks,
and if you want it sent home with your student or held at the office for pick-up
([email protected])
GO PIRATES!!!
Ahoy Pirate familiesThank you to the 235 of you who completed our Parent/ Family survey in early January. I've included the big picture
results here in graph form. These data, along with the trend data in your comments, help me to keep the things that
make LMS such a wonderful place while improving our programming at the same time. I'm interested in hearing your
feedback by email or in person, such as at conferences in the next few weeks or one of our many events. You can
catch me at 720-561-7404, through email [email protected], through Twitter: Ginny Vidulich@PRIDEfulPIRATE
or just hanging around the school!
Have a great weekend and Go BRONCOS!
Arrrrgh!
Mrs. V
[email protected]
Twitter: Ginny Vidulich@PRIDEfulPIRATE