Wildcat Weekly
Sullivan Middle School August 30, 2024
Kindness Really Does Matter!
Principal's Message
BELONG ~ BELIEVE ~ ACHIEVE
Hello, Wildcat Families and Students!
A huge shout out to our PTO who came in the help sell PE clothes last week and set up our AMAZING lunch this past Friday! Thank you families for your donations and your generosity!
A special Thank you to:
Mrs. Jen Grubaugh
Mrs. Megan Lian
Mrs. Allison MacMillan
Mrs. Denise Dabbs
Great job this week, Wildcats! Thank you to all of our Wildcats for coming out and doing your best during the tryouts for our fall sports. This coming week, we have tryouts for Flag football.
This week our Wildcats finished STAR testing in ELA and have written down their scores in the planners so they can check their growth in December when we take the STAR assessment again.
ATTENTION PARENTS: Bonsall Education Foundation is kicking off our year with fundraising for our teachers. The goal is to raise $25 for each student. The donations go directly to the teachers to help with classroom supplies, projects, events, and any other special needs the teachers may have to help create the magic that happen in and outside of our classrooms at Sullivan. Sullivan, along with all of the BUSD schools, are very fortunate to have such an amazing group of parents that run and organize BEF. BEF is also looking for any parents that may want to help or volunteer some of your time to help continue the great work this foundation does for our schools and community. Please contact them directly or call our office for more information!
Sullivan's Donation page: https://www.bonsallschools.org/sullivan-middle-school.html
Link to volunteer and be a part of BEF: https://www.bonsallschools.org/contact.html
Information and To Do's for families:
1. Due to higher enrollment schedule changes will only be made for electives. We are not able to make schedule changes for core classes such as ELA, Science, Math, PE, and Social Studies. We will start this process the first week in September. The students will be able to fill out an elective change request. Please know, we will try to make changes to the best of our ability, however all requests may not be able to be granted.
2. Please make sure you have signed up for an Aeries account and are able to log in to check grades. You may also download the app to your phone.
3. Please make sure to download the Parent Square app. This is for communication and to check the messages sent from school and your student's teachers.
4. Check your student's planner every night for homework and classwork. Your Wildcat should be writing something in every box for every subject.
Please do not hesitate to email or call about any questions or concerns.
Important Links:
SCHOOL BELL SCHEDULE
Your Super Excited Principal
Angie James, Principal ~ Click to email.
Sullivan Middle School
EVENTS
THIS WEEK
1. NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY: September 2, 2024 to observe Labor Day.5.
2. Back to School Night: September 5 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm.
3. Cross-country: Practice starts 3:00 pm to 4:15 pm
4. Cross-country: practice: Friday 6:15 am- 7:30 am
5. Early Release Day every Friday. School is out at 1:15 pm.
UPCOMING:
1. Make-up picture day: September 13.
2. Sullivan Show Choir sings at the Padre game: September 17
3. Sullivan Show Choir sings at the Board Meeting on September 18.
4. First LUNCH ON THE LAWN: September 20.
PTO NEEDS YOU!
BOOK FAIR
PICK UP AFTER SCHOOL
Aeries Download information: This is where grades are updated
Grades are updated every two weeks. Please check here for grade updates and information.
CLICK HERE FOR THE LINK ON YOUR COMPUTER:
Parent Square Download: This is where school and teacher messages are sent.
You can now DOWNLOAD the Parent Square App to keep up to date on all the events at Sullivan!
SCHOOL PICTURES
If you were here on Wildcat Day and had your student's picture taken, they are ready!
School Pictures are Ready!
View and order at https://shop.jostenspix.com/login
- NORMAN SULLIVAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
- Event Code: FE213924
- Images are secured using the email address(es) provided to us by the school.
If you missed Wildcat Day, Makeup pictures will be taken during PE classes on September 13.
CHROMEBOOKS
Does your student still need a Chromebook?
Please complete the following two forms for your student if they still need to get a Chromebook. These two forms must be completed before a Chromebook and textbooks can be given to your student.
If you have already done this, please disregard this email. Thanks!
Chromebook Agreement
Library Young Adult Permission form
SPORTS
Volleyball
Congratulations to our Varsity and Jr. Varsity teams!
Thank you to all of our Wildcats for trying out for the volleyball teams. We had over 80 students try out! I know all three coaches had very tough decisions as this was one of the largest and best turn-outs of the year.
Thank you parents for your continued support of Sullivan and our Wildcats!
VARSITY VOLLEYBALL TEAM
Caliope Sendre
Teagan Thomas
Grace MacMillan
Jules Cappellino
Bree Bird
Erica Se
Emma Schaffer
Sophia Totovic
Jordin Fischer
Laney Lawson
Savana Mendoza
Stephanie Lopez
Lia Wright
JV Volleyball Team
Bellen Neese
Hailey Kulp
Kenlie McFerran
Charlotte Janikowski
Briella Nale
Ava Diaz
Sawyer Jenkins
Isla Velez
Hannah Beaune
Taylor Klopfenstein
Audrina Hostetler
Gemma Ingraham
FALL SPORTS: Volleyball, Cross Country, and Flag Football
Tryouts for all fall sports will begin in a couple of weeks. We will sent announcements out to families. Please make sure your student has a physical and you have uploaded it to HOMECAMPUS.COM
VOLLEYBALL:
Practice starts on Wednesday 9/4 from 3:00 to 4:15 for both teams, and a practice schedule will be handed out at Wednesday's practice.
Cross-country:
Practice
Monday - Thursday: after school from 3:00 - 4:15 pm.
Friday early morning practice: 6:15- 7:30 am
FLAG FOOTBALL:
First Lunch Tryouts- Tuesday, September 3rd - 3:00-4:30 pm
Second Lunch Tryouts - Wednesday, September 4th- 3:00-4:30 pm
*List will be posted for final tryouts on Thursday, Sept. 5th
Thursday, Sept. 5th- Final Tryout (by invite ONLY)
CLICK HERE TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE FOR ALL INFORMATION REGARDS SPORTS.
Bell Schedule for 24-25 School year
School starts every day at 8:00 am and can be dropped off as early as 7:30 am. Please make sure to drop your student off in the lower parking lot because the upper parking lot will be closed to allow our students to walk across the walkway safely.
Your student will receive his/ her class schedule on the first day of school. All of the 6th grade and half of the 7th grade will have first lunch and follow Bell Schedule A.
All of 8th grade and half of 7th grade will have second lunch and follow Bell Schedule B.
PARENT RESOURCES
Parent Liaison: Leonor Rodriguez
Welcome to another school year 2023-2024/Bienvenidos a otro año escolar 2023-2024
Mensaje de la Cordinadora de Enlaces Comunitario
The Bonsall Unified School District and I welcome you back to school for the 2023-2024 school year.
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El distrito escolar unificado de Bonsall y yo les damos la bienvenida de regreso a la escuela para el año escolar 2023-2024.
- Workshops at the district office #4
- BUSD all school's schedule
- Next board meeting
- 2nd. Annual Car Show at BHS
- 2nd. Annual Multicultural Night at SMS
- Breakfast and lunch menu (all schools)
- Safe storage of firearms state memorandum (Spanish included)
- Local library resources
- Local health resources
- Local food pantry resources
- BUSD Hiring website and contact information
- Joining PTA Information
- BEF information
- Transportation information
- Public Health Updates from the County (COVID updates)
- Pictures from our 1st. Bike Parade
- My contact information (all information is in both languages, English and Spanish)
Thank you all for your support. Please continue to send me referrals of parents and students who need support and assistance in any area. Our goal is to assist, support, and guide parents and students to a successful education.
Please access Leonore's newsletter at the following link: https://secure.smore.com/n/mgntq
Grief Support Group at School in Partnership with The Elizabeth Hospice
Grief Support Group at School in Partnership with The Elizabeth Hospice
Creating a safe and meaningful space for students to share about their loved one who has died provides an opportunity to gain support from peers who have a shared experience. There are many benefits to facilitating a grief support group at school. These include students learning about grief and loss, developing coping skills and tools, honoring and memorializing loved ones, and sharing grief experiences with peers.
What to expect?
• Each group will have 8-15 students at your school site.
• Each person in the group has also experienced the death of a loved one.
• Group will run for 7-8 weeks, meeting weekly during school.
• Each group follows the same structure: an opening exercise, an activity to write and/or draw about loved ones and grief experiences, an opportunity to share, a closing.
• Group is meant to be a safe space where children can share their feelings, thoughts, memories, experiences about their loved one and grief as well as who and what supports them in coping with their grief.
To ensure the participation for your student, please sign the authorization link below. One form per student is required. Our team will confirm receipt of consent. For any other questions, please reach out to Kyliegh Fox, School Psychologist, at kyliegh.fox@bonsallusd.com.
LOVE ON YOUR BACK
About Love On Your Back
Love On Your Back was founded by Carol Wood, a teacher who taught in the Bonsall School District for 32 years. Upon retirement, Carol started the non-profit organization, along with the help of many others, to address the issue of Bonsall students who may have minimal access to food. The backpack program supplements food for low income families or children whose families are in crisis. These students rely on free or reduced breakfasts and lunches at their schools. Love On Your Back supplements these children by filling backpacks with nutritional food to last over the weekend when they are not in school. It is our belief that children need proper nutrition in order to learn. The goal of Love On Your Back is to fill that need for any student in the Bonsall Unified School District who is food compromised. No child should go hungry.
If you want to register for our program, please do so at your child's school in the front office. All children in the family can be registered on one application.
PARENT VOLUNTEERS
Hello AMAZING Wildcat Families!
Welcome to the 2024-2025 School Year. As you know we are always needing Parent volunteers. The Volunteer Packet must be completed every school year. If you already have the Lifescan (fingerprints) with BUSD, you do not need to get new ones. If your TB test is over 3 years old, we will be asking you for an updated negative TB Test result. You will need both of these extra forms along with the volunteer form to volunteer on campus or on field trips where you will be or could be alone with students. If you would be open to being a driver for sports, we will need all of the above and the drivers form.
I've attached all the forms to this email. Please feel free to complete them and scan them back to me..
Please let us know if you have questions. You can reach our AMAZING OFFICE MANAGER, LINDA PIPE at linda.pipe@bonsallusd.com
Thanks for all you do,
Sullivan Middle School
Secured Campus Information
ATTENTION PARENTS!
Only emergency vehicles, buses, those with handicap placards, and those with other special placards have access to the upper lot, emergency lane closest to the front of our schools. You will need to show your placard to Campus Security.
We ask that If you have a parking pass because your student received the ROAR Award for that month you may continue to have access to the upper lot at the end of the school day. Please do not park in the bus lanes or block the handicap spaces.
This decision to enforce our existing parking lot plan aligns with the recommendations of our community safety partners and will increase our ability to maintain a safe and secure site:
- When dropping students off, please use the lower levels of the parking lot.
- When visiting either the middle or the high school office, please park in the lower levels, bring your ID to the front, and check in with the appropriate staff.
Gates accessing the upper lane will continue to be closed to secure the campus. We appreciate your partnership and support in our efforts to provide the highest levels of safety for our students
Lunch and Breakfast
Lunch news: Lunch is free for the 24-25 school year!
Exciting news!: Students will be able to eat for free during the 23-24 school year!
CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM NUTRITION SERVICES and lunch menu.
LUNCH ON THE LAWN DATES!
Lunch on the Lawn!
Sullivan Middle School hosts a Lunch on the Lawn monthly for parents and families to eat lunch with their students on campus. Parents and families are welcome to bring lunch, chairs, or a blanket and eat lunch on the front lawn of Sullivan. Parents will be asked to check at the Welcome Booth before entering the campus.
Here are the dates for Lunch on the Lawn:
September 20 - Friday
Lunch A - 10:27 to 10:57
Lunch B - 11:13 to 11:43
October 11 - Friday
Lunch A - 10:27 to 10:57
Lunch B - 11:13 to 11:43
November 22 - Friday
Lunch A - 10:27 to 10:57
Lunch B - 11:13 to 11:43
December 13- Friday
Lunch A - 10:27 to 10:57
Lunch B - 11:13 to 11:43
January 17 - Friday
Lunch A - 10:27 to 10:57
Lunch B - 11:13 to 11:43
February 14 - Friday
Lunch A - 10:27 to 10:57
Lunch B - 11:13 to 11:43
March 14 - Friday
Lunch A - 10:27 to 10:57
Lunch B - 11:13 to 11:43
April 11 - Friday
Lunch A - 10:27 to 10:57
Lunch B - 11:13 to 11:43
May 16 - Friday: LAST LUNCH ON THE LAWN
Lunch A - 10:27 to 10:57
Lunch B - 11:13 to 11:43
Sullivan Middle School
Website: https://sm.bonsallusd.com
Location: 7350 West Lilac Road, Bonsall, CA 92003, USA
Phone: 760-631-5209