Wildcat Weekly

BELONG ~ BELIEVE ~ ACHIEVE

Hello, Wildcat Families and Students!

As we observe Veterans Day, I want to take a moment to reflect on the importance of this day and what it represents. Veterans Day is a time to honor and express our gratitude to the men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces. Their bravery, sacrifice, and dedication have played an integral role in the freedoms we hold dear.

At Sullivan, we encourage students to learn about the contributions of veterans and to understand the significance of this day. We are proud to support and recognize the service of veterans in our community and beyond. It is a valuable opportunity to teach our students about respect, patriotism, and the importance of service to others.

This Veterans Day, let us all take a moment to thank the veterans in our lives and reflect on the freedoms we enjoy, thanks to their service. We are grateful for their commitment and proud to honor them.

Thank you for supporting this important occasion and for helping instill these values in our young learners.

Thank you to Mrs. Jankowski for organizing our Essay Contest for Veteran's Day and congratulations to Sage Brewer for writing a heartfelt and an amazing essay!

**This WEEK**

Our Wildcats had a very busy week academically and socially!

• Wildcats have an opportunity to share their opinions with Ms. James! The Wildcat Council will have our first meeting this Wednesday during both lunches. I will be meeting with different students every two weeks and listen to glows, grows, and input about how to best meet the needs of our students.
• Dr. Golly and our Executive Cabinet will be walking through Sullivan's classrooms to observe first hand the amazing learning and teaching going on in our classrooms!
• Mrs. Gresbrink has started meeting with our Wildcats about grades and creating Academic Plans to help bring up failing grades before the end of the semester.

Important Links:

DISTRICT CALENDAR.

Proud Principal,

Angie James, Principal ~ Click to email.

1. NO SCHOOL MONDAY 11/11 to observe Veteran's Day.

2. Dr. Golly and Cabinet visit SMS Classrooms!

3. Wildcat Council meets with Ms. James this Wednesday during lunch 11/13.

4. Dr. Golly hosts the Superintendents Advisory Council at SMS on Friday, 11/15.

5. BEF Poinsettia Sale: Nov 4 to Nov 27

2. Wildcat Luncheon on Wednesday 11/20.

3. Board Meeting on Wednesday 11/20.

4. Indigenous Day Events on Thursday and Friday 11/21 and 11/22.

5. Thanksgiving Break 11/25-11/29.

After school tutoring can be for any subject. I just ask that the students please come prepared. It'll be every Thursday from 2:45-3:45 unless I have to cancel for whatever reason. Please let students know my expectations when arriving.

Thank you and have a great night,
Veronica Toscano
Norman L. Sullivan Middle Math teacher
veronica.toscano@bonsallusd.com

Saturday Academy is open to all SMS students. Please take advantage of these opportunities to get caught up on your schoolwork, study and prepare for tests, and enhance their learning. Saturday Academy is also used to clear up an absence and/or tardies! Learners will be credited for their presence. Research shows students who come to school are more successful. When a student falls behind or has an excused or unexcused absence, your student is encouraged to attend Saturday Academy to get caught up.

It is a positive environment focused on support. Saturday Academy helps all students achieve success!

Saturday Academy dates are as follows:

December 14th

Saturday Academy is from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm.

Students need to sign up in advance.

Students must check in at the front of the school by 7:55am.

WHAT YOUR STUDENT SHOULD BRING:

• Charged Chromebook

• School work

• Snack

• Water

We thank you ahead of time for working hard to plan your vacations, appointments, and other important events when school is not in session. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Laura at (760) 631-5209 or Laura.Vera@bonsallusd.com

Best Regards, Laura Vera
Attendance Registration Clerk
Norman L. Sullivan Middle School
(760) 631-5209 Ext. 1301
laura.vera@bonsallusd.com

CONGRADULATIONS SUPERSTAR WILDCATS!

ROAR Awards: 4 students per grade level are picked by the teachers at each grade level. The students that are picked are chosen because they represent Sullivan's Character Traits of

R - Responsible

O - Organized

A- Can Do ATTITUDE!

R- Resilient

Parents are invited in the morning to help recognize and honor their Wildcat for this accomplishment. We have a light breakfast with juice, coffee, and water offered for our Wildcats and Families during this time in the morning.

The students receive:

1. Front of the lunch line pass

2. Get out of school 3 min early pass

3. Parents get a placard so you can drive up to the top, past the gates to pick up your Wildcat right at the front, ROCKSTAR STATUS!

This event happens once a month and the passes are good everyday for that entire month!

This Thanksgiving, Love on Your Back (LOYB) is hosting a gift card drive with the goal of providing each family with a $20 Walmart gift card, allowing them to purchase a meat of their choice. Currently we have 47 families in our program. LOYB will be supplying all the fixings for the side dishes.

If you’d like to donate, please drop off a $20 Walmart gift card at the front office in an envelope labeled “LOYB.” We also accept Venmo and check donations.

Thank you for your support in making this Thanksgiving special for our families!For check donations
LOYB
3597 Kellington Court
Oceanside, CA 90256

Winter Sports Tryouts are November 18th!

**Your child may tryout without being registered on Home Campus, but if they are selected for the team, they MUST be cleared by Friday, Nov. 29th, or their spot on the roster will be in jeopardy. Please have a plan to get them a sports physical NOW so you are prepared! Dr. Richard Uhler in Temecula, can do physicals for $40. He will get you scheduled within a day or two! His phone number is: 951-693-9678

**Attention parents**

There will be practices 4 to 5 days a week after school. The games will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with parents being responsible to pick up their child and take them to the game or arrangements with other parents can be made.

Boys' Basketball Tryouts will be divided by alphabetical order this year by last name! Please see the details below:

A-L- Monday, Nov. 18th- 3:00-4:15pm

M-Z- Tuesday, Nov. 19th- 3:00-4:15pm

First-round cuts will be posted on Wed., Nov. 20th (no tryouts this day)

Those making the first, cut will have an additional tryout on Thursday, Nov. 21st from 3:00-4:15 pm

There may be a final tryout on Friday, Nov. 22nd if needed!

Girls' Soccer Tryouts will be on Monday, Nov. 18th and 19th on the upper field from 3:00-4:15pm. If more dates are needed, they will be added!

Any questions please email me: andrea.breuninger@bonsallusd.com

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.

Thurs., Dec. 12

Tues. Jan. 7

Thurs., Jan. 9

Tues., Jan. 14

Tues., Jan 21

Tues., Jan 28

Wed., Jan. 29

Tues., Feb. 4

ZAP(Zeros Aren't Permitted) started last week with students being assigned to after school from 2:45 to 3:45; ZAP sessions on Tuesdays and Wednesdays to give our Wildcats the opportunity to make up classwork and homework. If your student is assigned, they will bring home a ZAP reminder.

Parent Liaison: Leonor Rodriguez

Welcome to another school year 2024-2025/Bienvenidos a otro año escolar 2024-2025

Mensaje de la Cordinadora de Enlaces Comunitario

The Bonsall Unified School District and I welcome you back to school for the 2024-2025 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 2024-2025.

• Workshops at the district office #4
• BUSD all school's schedule
• Next board meeting
• 3RD. Annual Car Show at BHS
• 3RD. 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)
• 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/6uy9r

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

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:

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

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.

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.

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

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