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Everitt Family Newsletter

~ For Everitt Families: September 29, 2023 ~

Everitt Family Newsletter ~ For Everitt Families: September 29, 2023 ~


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Dear Everitt Families:

Happy Friday, Everitt families!


Can you believe that it is almost October?!


October holds some of my favorite family events at Everitt. Our first music concert of the year, family conferences, Everitt Information Night, Wheat Ridge High School homecoming (and our first assembly of the year) and Fall Festival (which includes performances of Zombies: the Musical performed by our Musical Theatre classes) are right around the corner. I would recommend that you put these events on your family calendar -- you won't want to miss them!


Thank you for supporting and believing in your neighborhood school. It is our privilege to partner with you!


Amanda


Amanda Pouliot, Principal

Everitt Middle School

303.982.6288

Amanda.Pouliot@jeffco.k12.co.us

https://everitt.jeffcopublicschools.org/

Attendance Awareness Month

As we settle into the new school year, we are excited to share that September marks Attendance Awareness Month. One of our goals this year is to provide extraordinary student experiences by making student attendance a priority. Across Colorado and the country, student chronic absenteeism is on the rise.


What is Chronic Absenteeism?

Chronic absenteeism means missing 10 percent or more of the total enrolled days during the school year for any reason. This works out to approximately 2 days per month. It includes excused, unexcused, out-of-school suspensions, and in-school suspensions that last more than one-half of the school day. Colorado ranks sixth highest absenteeism rate in the country.


Currently, Everitt Middle School has an attendance rate of 90.6%. We believe we can do better for our students to be successful in school and beyond.


Why Does Attendance Matter?

  • Research demonstrates a strong connection between student attendance and academic performance

  • Regular attendance allows students to establish and nurture relationships

  • Students who get to school each day have a better chance of learning and succeeding

  • Research shows that students who miss two days of school per month can struggle with reading and this may lead to social-emotional stress

  • When your student misses school they also lose valuable learning time, can fall behind in their school work and as a result, it’s difficult to catch up

  • Students chronically absent in kindergarten and 1st grade are much less likely to read at grade level by the end of 3rd grade

  • By 6th grade, chronic absence is a proven early warning sign for students at-risk for dropping out of school

  • By 9th grade good attendance can predict graduation rates even better than 8th grade test scores

We understand some absences are unavoidable due to illness or family emergencies but we also know that students who miss too much school, even occasionally, can fall behind academically or socially.

Tips to Support Families

Here are a few helpful tips to help support regular, on-time attendance:

  • Make sure your student is getting enough sleep

  • Limit the use of electronic devices in the bedroom

  • Set out clothes and backpacks the night before so your student is ready to go in the morning

  • Establish a set morning routine to support getting out the door on time

  • Only keep your student home if they are truly sick

    • Keep in mind complaints of a stomach ache or headache can be a sign of anxiety and not a reason to stay home; If your student is experiencing anxiety about school, let us know so we can offer additional support to them

  • Talk to your student’s teacher, counselor or other parents in the community about what has worked for them to motivate their students to attend school

  • Avoid scheduling vacations and doctor’s appointments when school is in session

  • Have backup plan for unexpected situations

  • If there are challenges in getting your student to school, please contact our school or Family Response Service Team (FRST) for support


Our staff will be working on incentives for students and classrooms to encourage and celebrate good and improved student attendance. We will have a drawing for prizes at the end of the month and will include all students who have 90% attendance and above.


If you need additional support, please don’t hesitate to reach out to your student's counselor or any administrator so we can create a plan to better support your student. We believe that regular attendance is a key factor in your student’s academic progress and overall growth. Let’s continue to work together to emphasize to our students when they show up, students can thrive!
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What's Happening Next?

10/2 ~ October Count Day


10/4 ~ Picture Retakes


10/4 ~ PTA/SAC Meetings 6:30/7:30 pm


10/10 ~ Music Department Fall Concert @ WRHS 5:30-7:30 pm


10/11 ~ Everitt Information Night 5:00-6:00 pm


10/13 ~ Everitt Band performs at halftime during WRHS Homecoming Game


10/17 ~ Family Conferences 4:15-6:30 pm


10/18 ~ Family Conferences 4:15-6:30 pm


10/19 ~ NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS - Staff Development


10/20 ~ NO SCHOOL


10/27 ~ Hat Day $1 Sea Camp Fundraiser


10/27 ~ Family Fall Festival 5:00-7:00 pm


10/27 ~ Zombies Musical 5:00 & 6:00 pm

Everitt Student Newsletter

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Please enjoy the first edition of the 2023-24 Everitt Student Newsletter here!

Cell Model for 7th Grade Science

Everitt Bell Schedule 2023-2024

Our Area Nurse, Mary, and Health Room Aide, Cindy, teaching staff about health issues.

Student Reading Units

Hello Everitt Families,


We are so excited to dive into our reading units with the students. As we get started, we wanted to make sure you are aware of the ELA fees for books. We believe that in order to give the most effective reading instruction, it is essential that every student have their own copy of the text.


Our 6th graders are reading Ghost by Jason Reynolds. Our 7th graders are reading either Maze Runner by James Dashner or The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Our 8th graders are reading Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan.


These books will be for them to keep after the unit is finished. This allows them to annotate, interact with the text, and take ownership of the book. This fee also covers a second book for spring semester. In order for every student’s books to be covered, please ensure that you have paid the ELA $15 fee in Campus. If you are having trouble finding or paying the fee, please contact Debbie Dardano in the office at 303-982-1580.



Thank you! Everitt ELA Department

Mr. Y.'s New Fish Tank

Student and Family Handbook

Conduct Code Slides

Orchestra Performance in the Hall

Student Math Support

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How to support your students in math at home...

The following links contain information about what we are working on in math classes right now.


Sixth Grade

Sixth Grade (Spanish)

Sixth Grade Accelerated

Seventh Grade

Seventh Grade (Spanish)

Seventh Grade (Accelerated)

Eighth Grade

Eighth Grade (Spanish)


Algebra 1

Algebra 1 (Spanish)


Geometry

PTA CORNER

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PTA (PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION) CORNER:


Our focus is on building lasting connections between families, getting to know our student’s teachers, and creating opportunities to come together as a community, valuing our diversity and celebrating our differences.


Please mark your calendars for our next PTA meeting on Wednesday October 4th at 6:30 PM in the library and on Zoom.


Elementary School outreach:
We’d love your help in connecting with our elementary feeder schools so that they can learn more about Everitt. Sign up to attend an elementary school PTA meeting this fall or spring by emailing everittPTA@gmail.com, and we'll enter you in a raffle to win a $25 Starbucks gift card. We have already attended meetings at Stober, Stevens, Prospect Valley, and Peak this month. We’d love to have you assist with these important connection points!


In addition we can still use volunteers to attend our feeder elementary schools next month: Prospect Valley - Thursday 10/5 at 5:30pm, Maple Grove - Tuesday 10/10 at 6:00pm, and Stober - Wednesday 10/11 at 7:00pm


Join (or renew) your PTA membership TODAY!

Fill out the form HERE , and payment instructions are provided once the form is submitted. If you need assistance with dues, please email us at EverittPTA@gmail.com. Dues should never be a barrier to membership in the Everitt PTA Community.

Check out our PTA page for reminders, important dates and meeting minutes: https://everitt.jeffcopublicschools.org/family_resources/p_t_a , and join our FaceBook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everittpta

We'd love your ideas on more ways to bring the Everitt community together and look forward to learning from each other. Please feel free to send any questions or suggestions to the PTA at EverittPTA@gmail.com or to me directly at dan.b.weinstein@gmail.com or 720-291-1435.

Thank you,
Dan Weinstein (PTA President)

CLICK HERE! To Join our Everitt PTA Facebook Page
Connection and up-to-date information available here for all Everitt Families and Staff.

Everitt Middle School Sports

EVERITT CLUBS

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Some of these clubs may change due to student interest and students are always welcome to start a club by asking a staff member to be their sponsor. We are always also looking for parents/guardians who are willing to support a club. Please reach out to Amanda Pouliot if you're interested in leading the following clubs.


Clubs looking for sponsors:

Spanish Club



Monday:

French Club (Pouliot - Conference Room)

Tri-M (Music Honor Society - Letendre - Orchestra Room)

Jazz Band (Reardon - Band Room)

Cross Country Team (7:40-8:40 am - Meet at the flag pole)

Strength and Conditioning (Bauer/Scales - Small Gym)

Girls on the Run (Niemeyer/Burg/Mitchell/Ritchie - Niemeyer's Room)

GSA (Burt - Burt's Room)


Tuesday:

Floor Hockey (O'Connor - Large Gym)

Theatre Guild - Actors (Pouliot/Adducci/Powers - Powers' Room)

Fiber Arts (Knitting, Crocheting, etc. - Gallagher - Gallagher's Room)

Book Club (Widtfeldt/Gordon - Widtfeldt's Room)

Upcycling Fashion Club (Allen & Cannon - Cannon's Room) ***NEW CLUB***


Wednesday:

Mixed Martial Arts/Taekwondo

Junior Optimists Club

Sammy's Buddy Program - (Choi/SBP - Choi's Room)

Builder's Club (Maikranz/Kiwanis - Meet in the lobby)

Cross Country Team (7:40-8:40 am - Meet at the flag pole)

Cheerleading (Pineda - Meet in the Choir Room)

Dungeons and Dragons (Decker/Newell - Newell's Room)


Thursday:

Fiber Arts (Gallagher - Gallagher's Room)

Floor Hockey (O'Connor - Large gym)

Chess Club (Yankoviak - Yankoviak's Room)


Friday:

Theatre Guild - Crew (Pouliot/Powers/Adducci - Powers' Room)

Book Club (Herr - Conference Room)

Mountain Biking Club (Miller/Mallory/Braun - Meet at the flag pole)

Girls on the Run (Niemeyer/Burg/Mitchell/Ritchie - Niemeyer's Room)

Strength and Conditioning (Bauer/Scales - Small Gym)

Yoga (Piane - Meet in the lobby)

Cosmetology Club (Martin - Meet in the lobby)


Students are welcome to join clubs that are already in session.

Junior Optimist Club

CELEBRATIONS!

Karmyn B. - Karmyn has been helpful with other students by showing the how to set up and use tools while I am helping other students in the classroom.


Mila J. - Mila's kindness can light up a room. Often times, Mila is the first to say hello with the biggest smile and wave. Mila takes positive risks in class by offering ideas that contribute to our thinking. It has been an honor to watch Mila develop into an incredible leader and musician in class!


Xzavier G. - Xzavier has worked very hard to improve his attendance and achievement in STEM! It has been an incredible change and it has made a big difference!


Hope A. - Hope does a phenomenal job in STEM! She is a positive role model, works hard on all her assignments, and participates in class discussions! She can always be counted on to help others and go the extra mile!


Charley S. - Charley is a true leader with whom we can go to for creative ideas in musical theater. I love Charley's passion for theater and how is shows in the work done. I'm so grateful to have Charley in class!


Emmy P. - Emmy is a blast to have in yoga club. She loves to try new things and is not afraid to laugh at herself. You have a beautiful backbend and I love seeing you try your best everyday.


Elijah C. - Eli did an amazing job uplifting the entire 7th grade class and leading them in a cheer for Sources of Strength. Eli always shows up to PE with a positive attitude and includes others. Eli always helps others in class and switches teams to ensure that there are even numbers and even level of competition.


Makayla Q. - Dulce and Makayla have been thinking of ways for students to be represented during Hispanic Heritage Month. They are amazing community builders!


Tryston D. - Tryston was engaged and on task during the ICAP lesson with the counselors. Despite many distractions that could have pulled Tryston off-task, he remained focused on the lesson, was engaged in the class discussions, and he completed the 4 required assignments.


Avelina N. - Abbey always asks the deeper questions for understanding. She thinks beyond the surface understanding and strives to find other connections. She is not afraid to question her own thinking as well as the thinking of her peers.


Quincey D. - Quincey models exceptional work. She strives for academic excellence in everything that she does. From her questions, to her responses, to any project she attempts.


Allena H. - Lena is kind, hardworking and respectful. She works hard to be successful and gives her best effort on everything she attempts to do. She is a class leader.


Adleigh E. - Adleigh models exceptional work. She strives for academic excellence in everything that she does. From her questions, to her responses, to any project she attempts.


Liam D. - Liam always comes to class with a positive attitude and a willingness to do his best on any task. He leads by example, showing students how to be a respectful, successful student.


Dulce A. - Dulce and Makayla have been thinking of ways for students to be represented during Hispanic Heritage Month. They are amazing community builders!


Katarina N. - Kai brings a unique perspective and a depth of understanding to class discussions. She is always willing to share her perspective and thinking.


Kieren C. - Kieren is always very thoughtful in her responses and always brings a deeper understanding to the topics we are discussing.


Eduardo J. - Eduardo is a leader in the classroom. He is very respectful and works hard to turn in quality work.


Ayjah J. - Ayjah works hard to focus and complete classroom assignments at the highest quality. She is a leader in the classroom through her work ethic and attitude.


Kateley M. - Kateley puts forth her best effort in everything she does in class. She comes to class with a positive attitude, ready to complete any task. She consistently exceeds expectations.


Marley W. - Marley started saxophone this year and she's killing it. Her tone is beautiful and she's making really great progress!


Julianna G. - Julianna just started the flute this year and has been working so hard! She's making great progress! Nice work!


Wisdom D. - Wisdom has started flute this year and is working so hard. Her progress is amazing and she's doing most of it independently. Nice work!

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Everitt Middle School

With foundations of equity and excellence, Everitt empowers and inspires our students as individuals, lifelong learners, and creative critical thinkers to engage in authentic learning and contribute meaningfully to their communities and their world.

Email: amanda.pouliot@jeffco.k12.co.us
Website: https://everitt.jeffcopublicschools.org/
Location: 3900 Kipling St, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033, USA
Phone: 303-982-1580

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