Thunderbird Update
"Where all Thunderbirds Thrive"
Week of October 14, 2024
Thunderbird Families,
Congratulations to Ms. Suggs and the Zia Middle School Volleyball A-Team for finishing the season undefeated and winning the Middle School Championship! Also a big shout-out to both B-Teams who had outstanding performances both in regular season and in the playoffs! Ms. Stewards team came up short in the B Team Championship, but fought hard to the end. Way to represent Zia both on and off the court ladies!
Zia is hosting Dia De Los Muertos Festival on November 1st from 6:30-8:30 and is in need of candy donations. Students can drop off bags of candy with their advisory teacher or donations can also be dropped off in the front office. Advisory class with the most candy donations will win a pizza party! Thank you in advance for helping make this fun family event a success and we hope you are making plans to attend!
We will have an evacuation drill and awards assembly on Friday. Awards assembly will recognize students with a 3.0-3.49 and 3.5-3.99 GPA with no D's or F's, as well as our 4.0 students. We will also recognize students that had perfect attendance this first 9 weeks.
Zia will practice a full evacuation drill on Friday, October 18th @ approximately 9:15 to Mesilla Elementary. A full evacuation drill is defined as the practiced evacuation of school buildings; which includes all campus areas, as though there were an actual fire, chemical exposure, bomb threat or other emergency, with the goal of a safe and orderly assembly of all evacuees at pre-determined locations. Students will leave all belongings at school; however, they may carry a water bottle. We will walk along the north side of University to the intersection with Hwy 28, cross to the south side of university through the east crosswalk, then cross Hwy 28 through the south crosswalk and continue along the south side of University to Mesilla Elementary. Our staff will wear safety vests for visibility and the Mesilla Marshal's office will assist with traffic control. In order to test our communication systems, we will also send messaging via Remind as part of the drill.
Overview of the Weeks Activities...
- Progress reports will be sent home Tuesday, October 15th. Please sign and return to advisory teacher.
- ZMS Football hosts PMS, Tuesday, October 15th...Kick-off @ 4:45.
- Beginning Ensembles Concert, Tuesday, October 15th @ 6:00.
- Band Concert, Thursday, October 17th @ 6:00.
- Awards Assembly, October 18th
- Full School Evacuation Drill, October 18th
- BUG Tutoring will resume the week of October 21st (next week).
Hope you all have an amazing week! Go Thunderbirds!
Sincerely,
Tisha Apodaca
Principal
Music Performances
8th Grade Girls Basketball Tryouts!!!!
Accepting candy donations in the front office!
All Athletic Tickets must be purchased on GO FAN!
BUG Tutoring will resume the Week of October 21st!
Take advantage of FREE Online Tutoring 24 hours a day!
Progress Reports
Progress reports will be printed and sent home through advisory every other Tuesday. They are due with PARENT/GUARDIAN signature by Thursday. Please see exact dates below.
October- 10/15, 10/29
November- 11/19
December- 12/10
January- 1/21
February- 2/4, 2/25
March- 3/25
April- 4/8, 4/22
May- 5/6, 5/20