Parents-

It has been brought to my attention that as some students are walking home or to the playground or just around town they are picking up the little bottles of alcohol that people have thrown on the ground and are trying to sample them to see if there is anything left. While we encourage our students to clean up and pick up trash that they see on the ground it is important that they do not try sampling anything that they find on the ground as that is dangerous. Please have a conversation with your children about this.

It is also being reported that when students are playing at the playground or park after school hours and outside of school they are not being very kind to each other. It is important that students treat each other with respect inside AND outside of school please have conversations with your children about this as well.

This week, students in grades 6-8 began learning about Character Dares through CharacterStrong, our Social-Emotional Curriculum. The CharacterDare is described as a workout for our hearts and enables us to actively practice and enhance skills such as kindness, patience, and respect. Our Character dare for the upcoming week is: Sometime this week, Introduce 1 person you know to another person they don’t know.

We would also like to extend an invitation to all families to join us in taking up these challenges whenever possible. We are excited to discover the positive impact that these shared challenges can have on our students, families, and community.

REMINDER- IF a student is going to be going for a school sponsored activity or Field Trip, it is THEIR responsibility to get their assignments from their teacher ahead of time. They are still expected to get it turned in at the same time as everyone else, there are no extensions on school work missed from activities.

Chromebooks should stay at school on game days if students do not have any homework. They should be locked in their locker room locker or their hallway locker. Monday-Wednesday students do have a study hall during part of their advisory in the morning so they will be able to work on things during that time. IT is their responsibility to make sure they have their Chromebook and do not leave it at another school.

Volleyball-

Monday at Riley County all games are played at Riley County High School in the North Gym

Tuesday the girls are invited to sit as a team and cheer on the High School players at home- game starts at 5pm.

Thursday we play at home against Royal Valley

Saturday B Team Tournament at Home- more information will be sent out later

Football-

Thursday at home against Royal Valley- should be playing a full B team game followed by an A team game.

Cross Country-

Wednesday at Tonganoxie

Thursday at Royal Valley

League will be on Oct. 3 at Perry

Coach Williams is waiting to hear back on the shirts, she will let you know as soon as she does.

8th Grade Parent Recognition for Volleyball and Cross Country Participants will be on Monday September 30th at the Middle School. Recognition will be held in between the 7A/8B match and the 7B/8A, I would highly recommend that parents be here by 5:15 for recognition.

ALL parents will be admitted for free to the volleyball game.

8th Grade Parent Recognition for Football will be on October 15th- This will be held between the B an A team games.

Cost for Breakfast is $2.25- we start serving breakfast at 7:30 am

Lunch cost is $3.50- Salads and sandwiches are offered every day but Late Start Days

Extra Milk is $0.50

Monday-

Volleyball at Riley County 7A and 8B start at 4:30pm with 7B and 8A to follow

Wednesday-

Cross Country at Tonganoxie races start at 3:30pm

Thursday-

Cross Country at Royal Valley races start at 4pm

Volleyball and Football at home against Royal Valley

7A and 8B start at 4:30 followed by 7B and 8A

B team starts in football followed by A team

Saturday- B Team tournament at Home, games start at 9am

Parents please put this on your radar that the Middle School Game and Dance Night will be here before you know it. This will be on November 1st- volunteers will be needed to make this event successful. Please reach out to the booster club if you are interested in helping out.

5th and 6th grade is from 6:30-8pm and 7th and 8th grade is from 8-10pm.

For those who would like more information on the Bond I have included the website for you to learn more.

There will also be a Town Hall meeting this Wednesday September 25th at the Middle School at 6:30pm