Wildcat Weekly

BELONG ~ BELIEVE ~ ACHIEVE

Hello, Wildcat Families and Students!

Thank you for all of our families who joined us at the Padres game, Board Meeting to watch our Wildcats sing, Lunch on the Lawn, and our Plume and Brew fundraiser over the last couple of weeks! Also, thank you families for helping your Wildcat participate in our first Spirit Week. We had so many creative students show off their spirit attire!

• As a reminder, Sullivan will not be accepting third party deliveries for any students. Lunch on the Lawn is for Parents and guardians to spend time with their Wildcat during the school day and enjoy lunch together. I have schedule this once a month so families could make plans to attend as many as they would like. Please refer to the student and parent handbook for more information or you may call the office. Thank you in advance.
  

• We need 2 parents for our School Site Council: Please check the information below for more details! I have fixed the nomination form and it should be accessible now. Thank you parents!

• ZERO PERIOD PE HAS STARTED!

• Thank you families for helping with the pick up and drop off of our Wildcats! We appreciate you!

• Please make sure to check out the lunch clubs and sports calendar for upcoming events.

• Attention parents, we need your help with checking your Wildcat's computer at home!

We have updated our online alert system to help us monitor inappropriate computer usage to help keep our students and school safe. Administration has been receiving alerts over the weekend about inappropriate usage on the school computers. Please know that any words that are searched and can be considered a threat alert the program to send us the information. For example, so of the video games the students are looking up have threatening words which alert the system and school. We need your help to monitor this at home. Thank you in advance for your help.

Information and To Do's for families:

1. Students should only be doing homework on the Chromebooks. Please check your students computer.

2. Grades are being updated at minimum of every two weeks (THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE LATE WORK). Please make sure to check Aeries for grade updates. You can also email the teachers from Aeries.

3. 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.

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:

DISTRICT CALENDAR.

Proud Principal,

Angie James, Principal ~ Click to email.

1. ROAR Awards are on Wednesday from 8:00 am to 8:40 am. Parents should have received an invitation.

2. End of nominations for Parents for SSC: Tuesday October 1, 2024.

2. Cross-country Meet:

3. Volleyball Game:

Thurs. 10/3: Woodland Park Middle

4. Flag Football Game:

Thurs. 10/3: Woodland Park Middle

5. Early Release Day every Friday. School is out at 1:15 pm.

1. College Week: October 7- October 11: Spirit Week and lunchtime activities.

2. Tuesday: October 8: Home games for Volleyball and Flag Football.

3. Friday: October 11: Lunch on the Lawn

4. NO SCHOOL: Monday October 14.

5. October 17: End of 1st Quarter

6. October 28- Nov 1: Spirit Week and Red Ribbon Week.

7. Wednesday October 30: Halloween Dance and Haunted House.

We are in need of two parents who would like to serve on our School Site Council for the 24-25 school year. The term is a two year commitment unless you have an eighth grader.

Each year, we elect teachers, parents, students, and, classified members to our school council. The SMS School Site Council (SSC) is an elected body with the vital role of overseeing the School Plan, ensuring it supports the goals of the school and district, and periodically assessing the program's effectiveness.

The nominations will be open from 9/18/24 until 10/1/24. I will then send out a vote the following week from the nominations.

PLEASE CLICK HERE: https://forms.gle/Vrp37kNF67Tq1vop7

Thank you in advance for your consideration!

Meetings will be on Monday's from 3:00 to 4:00
October 22, 2024
February 10, 2025
April 7, 2025
May 19, 2024: Finalize the School Site Plan for the 24-25 School year.

Parents and Guardians,

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Youth suicide is a preventable public health problem, and educators and schools are key to prevention. Together we can Take Action for Suicide Prevention by knowing the signs for suicide, finding the words to check-in with someone we are concerned about, and reaching out to resources. This week our counselor Ms. Gresbrink, went into classes to discuss suicide prevention.

Visit www.suicideispreventable.org for more information.
I have also included a link below to NAMI, an organization that works to ensure individuals, friends and families shift public perception, spread hope and share vital information to people affected by suicide. Their goal is ensuring that individuals, friends and families have access to the resources they need to discuss suicide prevention and to seek help.
https://www.nami.org/Get-Involved/Awareness-Events/Suicide-Prevention-Awareness-Month-(SPAM)
Together we can help those in need!

Grades are updated every two weeks. Please check here for grade updates and information.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LINK ON YOUR COMPUTER:

https://bonsallusd.asp.aeries.net/student/LoginParent.aspx

Hello all on a lovely Fall afternoon,

I've attached the recap of the race results from San Elijo Middle School. As expected, and as the runners had a race under their belts along with additional practices, the per mile times are starting to drop for the majority of runners. They understand how to run a race in terms of pacing, when to hit the 'go' button and pick things up, and the determination/competitiveness juices are ramping up (and watching the final straight with full-on sprints to overtake other runners...yep, the competitive juices are flowing.) Along with the team spirit and encouragement they are giving each other -it's good to see.

A couple of other issues to comment on:

• Sickness -there is a respiratory 'thing' going around (I lost count at 8 of the kiddos having it). The key will be to ease them back into things when they feel better. Their bodies are still in recovery mode and easing in, rather than throwing them into training, is the best approach to get them back to normal.
• Head, shoulders, knees and toes. At last count there were 6 runners with sore knees and kneecaps and a 5-6 with ankle and shin nags. There are multiple causes: a.) strength of their quads to ensure the knee is tracking correctly, b.) growth -basically their joints, or joint, catching up to the rest of their body and coping with growth. There are a lot of ligaments, cartilage, and tendons that all have to cooperate/play nice, and grow at the same rate and often they don't (I have very un-fond memories of the aches and pains when I was growing.) So, we do wall-sits and step-ups to strengthen their knees, make sure their shoes are properly tied so feet aren't wiggling around (hard to believe but true) and monitor how they are feeling. As with any ankle, knee, and muscle issue -Ice (cubes in a sandwich bag or a bag of frozen peas) on the area for 15 mins, off for 15 mins and do this 3-4 times per day. Gentle stretching and gentle massage of the area, and ibuprofen. The key is consistency.

Our next meet is this Thursday at San Marcos Middle School. Early release at 2:00, the race order will remain the same -8th Girls, 8th Boys, 6/7 Girls, and 6/7 Boys. The first race will start at approximately 4:10. Please let me know in advance if your student isn't running as I have to submit rosters by Tuesday evening and if your student needs a ride as we have a couple of parents who are approved (HUGE thank-you.)

Lastly, I'm really enjoying the Friday am practices (I know, royal pain) but there was a great buzz with the 20+ kids that attended. We looked at the race results from the prior day (they were still amp'ed about the meet), the mist kept things nice and cool, a nice, gentle stretch to get the ya-ya's out, Wildcat Laps in reverse (to change things up) and post practice banana bread. The chatter and socializing is great to see so thank you for going through the unpleasantness of an early start...

Have a great week,

Ennis

VOLLEYBALL:

Thurs. 10/3: Woodland Park Middle

Thurs. 10/10: Double Peak Middle

Thurs. 10/17: San Elijo Middle

Thurs. 10/24: Valley Center

Cross-country:

Thurs. 10/3: San Marcos Middle

Thurs. 10/10: Valley Center Middle

Tues. 10/15: Double Peak Middle

Practice

Monday - Thursday: after school from 3:00 - 4:15 pm.

Friday early morning practice: 6:15- 7:30 am

FLAG FOOTBALL:

Thurs. 10/3: Woodland Park Middle

Tuesday, 10/8: Heritage Junior High

Thurs. 10/10: Double Peak Middle

Thurs. 10/17: San Elijo Middle

Thurs. 10/24: Valley Center

Football will practice Monday through Wednesday from 3 to 4:30pm.

All players must be cleared on Homecampus.com by this Friday. Please go to the Sullivan Website - sm.bonsallusd.com to Athletics and complete the Homecampus.com registration including uploading the Athletic Physical Form. Students not registered on Homecampus.com including Sport Physical, will not be allowed to practice on Monday, 9/16 and may be at risk of being cut from the team.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE FOR ALL INFORMATION REGARDS SPORTS.

CLICK HERE FOR A PDF OF STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS OF WHAT IS NEEDED AND HOW TO UPLOAD YOUR ATHLETES INFORMATION.

CLICK HERE FOR A PDF OF THE SPORTS PHYSICAL.

We are so fortunate to have many sport opportunities for our Wildcats! As part of our program I have listed some information about all of our sports to help families understand the commitment involved and expectations.

• Coaches will determine practices. Most varsity sports will practice everyday after school and JV can be everyday or a few times a week.
• Parents will need to pick up their student and drive them to the games and pick them up from the games. We currently do not have transportation for our sports teams.
• Mrs. Breuninger, the middle school and high school athletic director, has done a great job of ordering new sports equipment, gear, and uniforms. There is no cost to play, but we have been asking parents for donations to help with the cost of our sports program. Thank you in advance.

If you can be a driver to away games, please make sure you complete the volunteer packet, including TB test and fingerprinting and the transportation form. We are always looking for drivers for MS sports as we do not have bus transportation. You must be a cleared driver in order to transport any other student than your own - EVEN IF YOU NORMALLY CARPOOL OR ARE A CONTACT WITH THAT STUDENT - as this is a school sanctioned activity.

Please contact Office Manager, Linda Pipe if you have questions about volunteering and drivi

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 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

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.

o Student Authorization

o SPANISH - Student Authorization

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.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION!

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

• Download Bonsall Unified School District Transportation Private Driver Registration Form (field trips, sports, performances, etc.) (1).pdf

• Download SMS Volunteer Packet (4).pdf

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

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.

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.

As a reminder, Sullivan will not be accepting any third party delivery for any students. Lunch on the Lawn is for Parents and guardians to spend time with their Wildcat during the school day and enjoy lunch together. I have schedule this once a month so families could attend as many as they would like or could attend. Please refer to the student and parent handbook for more information or you may call the office. Thank you in advance.

Here are the dates for Lunch on the Lawn:

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

Website: https://sm.bonsallusd.com
Location: 7350 West Lilac Road, Bonsall, CA 92003, USA
Phone: 760-631-5209