Bulldog Nation Insider- 10/14/24

Happy Sunday Bulldog Nation Families,

I hope that you had a wonderful Fall Break! School is back tomorrow and it's Picture Day!!! Don't forget to wear your "freshest" School Uniform, and come ready to Smile!

We have an action packed week including sending our Boys Basketball team to the Final 4 Playoff game on Tuesday at Santa Rita High School at 6:15PM. Come out and cheer them on, but just a heads up that there is a $3 spectator fee.

On Wednesday, our PTSO is hosting our very own Parent Social Media/Cyber Safety Awareness Night at 6PM. If you would like assistance with helping your child navigate social media safely, please come. There will be pizza provided.

Our New HVAC Cooling Towers have been delivered (They are certainly TOWERS) and the HVAC contractor APS will continue to install them. Thank you for your flexibility and patience with drop off and pickup these past few weeks. Also, some exciting news is that our New Marquee was installed over Fall Break. It still needs some finishing touches, however it is really exciting to have a working Marquee finally! A huge thank you to TUSD voters, as the Marquee was funded from our Bond. Check out the progress across TUSD on the bond webpage.

A huge thank you to our Mansfeld Families for making benchmark testing dates a priority. Our 7th Grade students outperformed every other school in TUSD on the 1st Quarter Math Benchmark. We not only have the largest 7th grade in TUSD, but also the highest average math score across all TUSD schools for 7th grade math!!! Way to go, and nice work achieving our quest! We will have a Grade Level Party & Free Dress Day on Thursday, October 24th for 7th grade! Our other grade levels did well, and I look forward to sharing the results at our Bulldog Belief Assemblies on Friday.

Also, the City of Tucson is resealing the roads around Mansfeld and making sidewalks ADA complaint. See the information below, as this may impact drop off & pickup. Thanks again for your patience and support.

Finally, we will be having Free Small Group Tutoring Afterschool beginning soon, through a partnership with Arizona Department of Education, called Study Smart. If you are interested in this for your child, please email Mr. Reed. See the flyer below for more details.

Yours in the service of education,

Luke van Schie, Principal

Monday- Fall Picture Day. 8th Grade CogAT (UHS) Testing.

Tuesday- Boys Basketball Final 4 Playoff Game @ Santa Rita HS @ 6:15PM- ($3 Spectator Fee)

Wednesday- Parent Social Media/Cyber Safety Awareness Night- 6PM- Dinner Provided

Thursday- Site Council 4:30PM & PTSO 6PM- Library, Advanced Band & Orchestra Concert 6:30PM

Friday- Dollar Free Dress Day ($1 to Wear Free Dress- STUCO Fundraiser), Bulldog Belief Assemblies

Saturday- Cross Country City Championship- Fort Lowell Park 8AM

• October 14th - Fall Picture Day- Must Wear Uniform

• October 14-18th - No Afterschool BOOST Program

• October 14th - CogAT Testing- 8th Grade

• October 15th - Boys Basketball Final 4 Game @ Santa Rita @ 6:15pm $3 Spectator Fee

• October 16th - Parent Social Media/Cyber Safety Awareness Night- 6PM

• October 17th - Site Council 4:30PM & PTSO 6PM- Library

• October 17th - Advanced Band & Orchestra Concert 6:30PM

• October 18th - Dollar Free Dress Day ($1 to Wear Free Dress- STUCO Fundraiser)

• October 19th - Cross Country City Championship- Fort Lowell Park 8AM

• October 19th- Football Parking Fundraiser- PTSO

• October 19th - Cross Country City Championship- 8AM- Fort Lowell Park

• October 23rd - PD Day- No School for Students

• October 24th - Awards Night- 6th Grade 6PM, 7th Grade 6:30PM, 8th Grade 7PM

• October 24th - Free Dress 7th Grade & Grade Level Party- Q1 Math BM 1st Place

• November 2nd - Bulldog Saturday 9AM-12Noon

• November 25-27th - No Afterschool BOOST Program

• November 28-29th - Thanksgiving Break

Any events that are BOLD are new events to this newsletter.

The City of Tucson is resurfacing the streets surrounding Mansfeld. Please see the information below from the City of Tucson, and please be patient and allow some extra time for drop-off and pick-up during the resurfacing.

Mansfeld is Elevating our Game this year with STEM+ Quarter Projects! During quarter one students participated in a STEM+ quarter project in each of their classes! We saw some amazing projects!

Tucson High is offering an Open House Wednesday, Oct. 30 from 5:30-7:30 for all interested families! See their flyer attached below for additional details and information. Or contact Mariel Hall to learn more.

8th grade parents, it's not too late to sign your student up for this year's Washington DC trip. Also, it's a good time for 6th and 7th grade parents of students interested in going to start submitting tax credits towards their student's trip. Contact Mr. Brungardt or Mr. Weber for details or to answer questions.