Blevins Bulletin

Hello Blevins Families,

We've had another great week at Blevins, especially so with the return of Bruin Club. We have seen an incredible number of students join our many available clubs, Monday through Thursday, this week. If your child is interested, there is a one-time Permission Form available in our front office.

I'd like to invite you to a Community Engagement event in the Blevins Auditeria on Wednesday, 2:40-4:40pm, regarding the mill levy ballot measure. Superintendent Brian Kingsley is specifically visiting Blevins to acknowledge the challenges we faced last year regarding district planning and to explain the mill levy. Please feel free to join us. If you would like to learn more about the mill levy, please visit this site: https://www.psdschools.org/community/2024-mill-levy

Thanks for your continued partnership and support of our Blevins Bruins! Please never hesitate to reach out to me and the rest of the team.

Proudly,

Joe Zappa, Principal

Monday, September 23rd:

• NO SCHOOL/Staff Professional Learning (Blevins Front Office Closed)

Wednesday, September 25th:

• Parenting a Middle Schooler Presented by Bruin Club 6:00-7:30 (Information Below)

• It is very important to have your student in school during this time so your student and Blevins are accurately represented. If you have any questions or concerns, please call Melisa Zaug in the front office at 970-488-4044.

Friday, September 27th:

• 3rd Annual Canvas Classic (Information Below)

Monday, September 30th- Friday, October 4th (See Below)

🎈🎈 Friday, October 4th:

• Give Next to CSU 9:00-12:15
• School Dance $5.00 3:00-4:30
• SAVE THE DATE: 1st Annual Bruin Bash 4:30-6:30 (Information Below)

Monday, October 7th:

• Picture Re-Take Day

Thursday, October 10th:

• 8th Grade to Career Exploration Day @ CSU 10:00-2:00

Bruin Club at Blevins Presents-Parenting a Middle Schooler!

Join Blevins Middle School and Bruin Club for a night of education and resources!

Get ready to explore the key social and emotional changes your child will face in grades 6-8. This presentation will give you practical tips on what to expect, how to support your child, and ways to strengthen your connection during these pivotal years. We’ll also cover the influence of smartphones and social media on students, equipping you to navigate these aspects with confidence.

September 25, 2024

6pm-7:30pm

Blevins Middle School

This event is for parents/guardians. If you need to bring your student or other children, free childcare will be available during the event at Blevins.

Let us know you are coming here: https://forms.gle/AQA2oS8SxiNGL8Q17

Dear PSD community:

At their Aug. 27, 2024, meeting, the Poudre School District Board of Education voted unanimously to refer a mill levy question to the Nov. 5, 2024, ballot. This mill levy, if approved by voters, will provide $49 million per year to improve and extend the useful life of the district’s school buildings and will allow the district to reprioritize more of its general fund for the recruitment and retention of teachers and staff, classroom resources, career and technical education, and neighborhood schools.

To ensure that our community has factual information about this mill levy, the district will host a series of community information sessions in September and October. These are open to the public and anyone who wishes to come learn more about the ballot measure and how it would impact the PSD system and our community are welcome. Each session will share the same information.

Information sessions will take place:

• Monday, Sept. 23, at 6 p.m., Poudre High School Theater, 201 S. Impala Dr., Fort Collins
• Thursday, Sept. 26, at 5:30 p.m., Fossil Ridge High School Performing Arts Center, 5400 Ziegler Road, Fort Collins
• Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 6 p.m., Timnath Middle-High School Auditorium, 4700 Prospect Road, Timnath
• Thursday, Oct. 3, at 5:30 p.m., Wellington Middle-High School Auditorium, 2856 Cleveland Ave., Wellington
• Wednesday, Oct. 9, at 6 p.m., Rocky Mountain High School Theater, 1300 W. Swallow Road, Fort Collins
• Tuesday, Oct. 15, at 5:30 p.m., Fort Collins High School Theater, 3400 Lambkin Way, Fort Collins
• Thursday, Oct. 17, at 5:30 p.m. at the Future Ready Center inside Foothills mall

The information sessions are being offered for transparency purposes only; these are not campaign events.

Simultaneous interpretation and translation via the district’s Instant Language Assistant (ILA) devices will be available at all sessions. If you would like oral interpretation, please bring wireless headphones that connect to your device to listen to the presentation.

For more information about the mill levy measure, including support and opposition statements, please visit the 2024 Mill Levy webpage on our website: https://www.psdschools.org/community/2024-mill-levy.

Sincerely,

Poudre School District

Bruin Club is excited to share our Fall 2024 club schedule! Clubs will begin on Monday, September 16th 2:25-5:00pm and will run until December 12th. Please note that clubs with an asterisk* require a separate field trip form signed by a parent/guardian before students can participate as they will be off campus. Students will receive these field trip forms on the first day of programs. This after-school program, which is funded through the 21st Century Community Learning Center grant, Cohort X, offers students homework help, enrichment clubs, and community connection opportunities, while giving them a safe place to build relationships with other students. New this year: all students will have to have a “Permission to Participate” form turned in before participating in Bruin Club.

Fall Session Club Schedule

Homework Help (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)

eSports (Monday, Thursday)

Art Club (Tuesday)

Improv (Wednesday)

Music Club (Monday)

Mountain Biking* (Tuesday)

Kindness Club (Wednesday)

Chess (Thursday)

Video Announcements (Monday, Tuesday)

Weightlifting (Wednesday)

Launch Skateboarding (Thursday)

Creative Workshop (Monday)

DnD (Dungeons & Dragons) (Tuesday)

Cooking (Thursday)

Hiking Club* (Monday)

Lego Robotics (Tuesday, Thursday)

Questions: please contact Izzy Crume at (970)657-6612 or icrume@psdschools.org

October Count is coming on OCTOBER 1st!

(PSD's count window is Sept. 24- Oct 8.)

What is October Count? It is simply making your student count in our education system. Per the Colorado Department of Education:

“The Student October Pupil Enrollment collection contains student enrollment information as of the pupil enrollment count date. This information is used to determine the school demographics, number of students in instructional programs, free and reduced lunch counts, and distribution of school finances across the state.”

Its very important to have your student in school during this time so your student and Blevins are accurately represented. If you have any questions or concerns, please call Melisa Zaug in the front office at 970-488-4044.

“8th graders, do you want to travel? There are a few spots remaining on the Boston and New York trip. Don’t miss out on this once in a lifetime trip! If 5 more students enroll, Mr. Bourland gets to join us! All that is due upon registration is the $95 enrollment deposit. If you need support with the cost, there are opportunities provided through EF to help make it more affordable, but these are only accessible once your student is registered.

You can enroll for the trip and save your spot here: www.efexploreamerica.com/2794420AY

Hello 8th Grade Families!

Your 8th grader will brought home a permission form for the 8th Grade Career Exploration day hosted at CSU. Blevins students will attend this event on Thursday, 10/10/24 from 10:00am - 1:30pm. Please review and sign the permission form so it can be returned to your student's 8th grade English/Language Arts teacher as soon as possible. This is a great opportunity that is provided to ALL 8th graders throughout the district. More information will be sent out closer to the event.

If your student did not receive this permission slip, they can see Mrs. Zaug in the Front Office to get a copy or there is a form attached as well!

If you have any questions, please reach out to Anna Burris, 970-488-4091 or annab@psdschools.org.

¡Hola familias de 8º grado!

Hoy, su estudiante de 8º grado llevará a casa un formulario de permiso para el día de Exploración de Carreras de 8º grado que se llevará a cabo en CSU. Los estudiantes de Blevins asistirán a este evento el jueves 10/10/24 de 10:00 a.m. a 1:30 p.m. Por favor, revise y firme el formulario de permiso para que pueda ser devuelto al maestro de Inglés/Artes del Lenguaje de 8º grado de su estudiante, lo antes posible. Esta es una gran oportunidad que se brinda a TODOS los estudiantes de 8º grado en todo el Distrito. Se enviará más información cuando se acerque la fecha del evento.

Si su estudiante no recibió la hoja de permiso, por favor dígale que se acerque a la oficina del frente y le pida a la Sra. Zaug una copia.

Si tiene alguna pregunta, comuníquese con Anna Burris, 970-488-4091 o annab@psdschools.org.

Want to see the most up to date athletic schedules, click below:

https://www.psdathletics.org/page/show/3194418-middle-school-athletic-schedules

Preseason Camp: **No preseason camp**

Tryouts: 10/21/24-10/23/24 2:35-4:10pm in Gym 201; There will be a total of 36 athletes assigned to the 4 teams (18 V/JV, 18 C1/C2)

• Students must have a hard copy of the Physicians Certification form on file in the Front Office.
• Students must have paid the athletic fee. Payment can be made through Schoolpay at https://psdschools.schoolpay.com or cash and check payments can be made in the Front Office. If it is a cut sport then you would pay to tryout then be refunded if your student doesn't make the team.
• Students must have completed the online registration at https://www.psdathletics.org/msreg or complete and return registration packet to the Front Office.
• Remember to bring basketball shoes, athletic clothing and a water bottle.
• Cuts will take place on 10/23/23
• Please pick up promptly at 4:10pm

Varsity/JV Schedule
Varsity/JV Coach-Trey Cormia fcormia@psdschools.org

C1/C2 Schedule
C1/C2 Coach-Ken Hartley khartley@psdschools.org

"Starting with the 2024-25 school year, student transportation for all athletic events will be one-way only, meaning district busses will only be taking athletes to the competition sites. Parents/families will be responsible for ensuring that their athletes are picked up from the competition sites. Please contact Athletic Director Scott Schreiner with any questions or concerns."

Silver Cards are required to participate in all sports. To obtain a Silver Card, students will need to complete the following 3 steps:

1. Students must have a hard copy of the Physicians Certification form on file in the Front Office.
2. Students must have paid the athletic fee. Payment can be made through Schoolpay at https://psdschools.schoolpay.com or cash and check payments can be made in the Front Office. If it is a cut sport then you would pay to tryout then be refunded if your student doesn't make the team.
3. Students must have completed the online registration at https://www.psdathletics.org/msreg or complete and return registration packet to the Front Office.

This is going to be a great year at Blevins, and our Yearbook team is working hard to capture all of the important memories. Every year we sell out of books, so if you want to make sure your student gets one, order them today! Order yours at jostensyearbooks.com.

Show your Bruin Pride for the 2024-2025 school year

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Welcome to a new school year, parents and guardians!

Student Services has researched and gathered information to help support your students throughout high school. Our goal throughout the year is to share a variety of tools to help overcome common adolescent challenges. Technology has influenced all of us greatly and as students are rapidly growing, we wanted to provide you with some context on how to support their brain development at this very critical time. Here is an article we found helpful: The Teen Brain: 7 Things to Know

We want to help you help your students build resilience to thrive.

Some of the topics you can look forward to this year are as follows:

· September: Introduction to Building Resiliency

· October: Guest Speaker Dr. Brian Mesinger: Teaching and building resiliency

· November: Emotional Vocabulary

· December: Exposure/Brain Development

· January: Habits and Brain Development

· February: Self care, Self Acceptance, Inner Critic

· March: Regulation, Be in the Moment

· April: Executive Functioning

· May: Healthy Summer Choices

Please note that as a RMHS Student Services department, we are not trying to promote or support any one particular person, news source or entity. We simply want to share articles, information and tools that we have found helpful in our work with students and families.

This article covers how technology has influenced the way we look at mental health. Please read this article to help you and your student partner together as our society faces more mental health challenges. How Anxiety Became Content

Thank you for taking this journey with us!

The RMHS Student Services Team

7:10-7:25 Breakfast Served (for those who want it)

7:30 Period 1 Starts

2:25 School Ends

Joe Zappa, Principal

970-488-4001

jzappa@psdschools.org

Dusti Sanger, Assistant Principal

970-488-4002

dsanger@psdschools.org

Scott Schreiner, Assistant Principal/Athletic Director

970-488-4036

scotts@psdschools.org

Michele Trujillo, Office Manager

970-488-4004

mtrujill@psdschools.org

Kirsten Bovbjerg, 6th/7th Grade Counselor

970-488-4010

kbovbjerg@psdschools.org

Anna Burris, 7th/8th Grade Counselor

970-488-4091

annab@psdschools.org

Erin McCain, Academic Dean* & School Counselor

*Guidance for academic supports for Blevins students

970-488-4009

emccain@psdschools.org

Junior lobos

3rd Annual Canvas Community Classic

September 27th @ Canvas Stadium

Free Admission to All PSD Students and Staff

FREE Kiwanis Fishing Derby

A Great Night of Lacrosse Fun with the PSD Stars!

The Health & Wellness Center at Lincoln Middle School, run by Every Child Pediatrics, is having a vaccine clinic on 9/11/24, 10/ 16/24, 11/20/24, and 12/18/24 from 9 - 5 at Lincoln Middle School for students who qualify for Vaccines for Children (VFC) vaccines or vaccines paid for through private insurance.

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