GOLDEN HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIVE COURSE REGISTRATION

Feb 13- GHS will present to team Pikes Peak (12th) and team Sand Dunes (13th) students about course registration. Expect to see documents coming home about this process on these dates.

Feb 19- GHS students will speak with all 8th grade students during their WIN time about High School 101. Students will get the opportunity to ask their burning questions to the experts at the school- the students!

Feb 28- GHS registration materials are due. Students will turn in registration materials to their ELA teacher! (Kralik or DiLorenzo)

Contact counselor, Linda.Jelinek@jeffcok.12.co.us if you have questions!

Yearbooks are for sale! Please make sure to order your yearbook for the 2024-2025 school year. Yearbooks are $25 and can be purchased on Infinite Campus Parent Portal via Jeffco student fees or please bring $25 into the main office.

The yearbook needs your photos! Are you an active member of the Golden community or do you enjoy being out and about it Golden? If so, please share photos of our Bell students in the Golden Community. Please share them here.

Here are this week’s Bobcats of the Week, as nominated by teachers and staff members weekly from each grade. Students are nominated based on consistent or exceptional R.O.A.R. (Respectful, Optimistic, Accountable, Responsible) behavior. 😊

6th GRADE: Milena Spichiger for being Respectful and Jackson Lee for being Accountable.

7th GRADE: Caeli Roetting and Santiago Jaquez Loya for being Optimistic.

8th GRADE: Ella Buhlig and McKenna Robinett for being Respectful.

Hazel Health Network-online Mental Health Support

This free counseling service is Jeffco-supported and very quick to get started.

Parents or your student's grade-level counselor can make a referral by clicking the link above. Many Bell parents have used this service and have great feedback.

Your School Counseling Team:

6th grade: Lindsey Leigh- Lindsey.Leigh@jeffco.k12.co.us

7th grade: Kathy Cochran- Kathy.Cochran@jeffco.k12.co.us

8th grade: Linda Jelinek- Linda.Jelinek@jeffco.k12.co.us

SELS: Danielle Swanson - Danielle.Swanson@jeffco.k12.co.us

You're invited to share your profession!

On February 25, 2025 7th grade students will attend a career fair at Evergreen Middle School. This is Bell’s 2nd year participating, and we’d REALLY like to bring a Golden faction of professionals to represent our mountain region and grow this event this year.

If interested in participating as a professional and sharing about YOUR career, please complete the sign up LINK below OR contact 7th grade Counselor, Kathy Cochran at Kathy.Cochran@jeffco.k12.co.us

Event Options and Sign Up

Event flyer

• *February 14 * NO SCHOOL FOR ALL STUDENTS IN JEFFCO - Teacher Work Day
• February 17 Presidents’ Day – No School
• February 21 Meet & Greet -Librarian & Instructional Coach (how do we support students & teachers) 8:30-9:30 am
• February 24 PTA Meeting - 5:00-6:00 Virtual (link will be sent
• February 25 Private Bell Skate Party 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Skate City Arvada
• February 27 In-Person Parent/Teacher Conferences 4:00 - 7:00 pm

Hello Bell parents,

I want to remind all of you of this month's Parent Academy that is going to be held on Feb 20th from 6:pm-8:00 pm in the Golden High School Library. This month's Topic is going to be Internet safety and signs of trafficking. The presentation will be put on by Cheezo; a special unit within the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office that specializes in these types of cases. It will be extremely informative and helpful I hope to see you all there.

- Officer Dan Hyde - School Resource Officer (Golden Police Dept.), Golden High School

April's topic is going to be "how to overcome life's challenges with a positive attitude". For this, I'm bringing in America's Got Talent fourth place winner and golden buzzer winner Mandy Harvey. Mandy completely lost her hearing while she was a vocal music education major in college and taught herself how to sing again through very impressive means. There's a lot more to the story but she overcame her challenges to the point she finished fourth overall on America's Got Talent, received the golden buzzer from Simon Cowell, and has recorded several of her albums. She has authored a book, sang the national anthem before a NY Giants game, and been on multiple talk shows including The Steve Harvey Show, Good News, and several others. She is a phenomenal inspiration and talent and could make an impression on a lot of young people's lives. (and adult's lives as well) Kids will be allowed to attend this Academy.

Admission is free but it is a ticketed event so get your tickets while they're available. Information to obtain tickets is located on the flyer attached. I hope to see you there.

Structural Engineering Institute - Graduate School Chapter at Colorado School of Mines is going to offer more FREE tutoring for Bell students. If your students are interested in getting extra support in their math course, including homework help, studying for assessments, and general direct tutoring instruction, are welcome to attend. Sessions will be held every Monday and Thursday from February 3rd through April 24th. Sessions are from 3:30 - 5:30 PM in McNeil Hall in Classroom 214 on the Mines Campus. The address of this location is 1400 Maple St, Golden, CO 80401. Attached is a navigational guide for helping determine the location and where drop-off can occur.

If you’re interested, please fill out the corresponding forms found here in advance of every session to help prepare adequate staffing. The registration for each session will close 24 hours before the scheduled start time. Priority will go to those who register ahead of time. Please arrange your own parking and pick up, as the program does not arrange transportation.

They would also like to reiterate that it is best if students bring their homework/classwork or textbooks so they can accurately identify what problems that students need help on.

See more important information about this program here. Please reach out with any questions!

Spring MSSP Sports (run by Skyhawks Sports): SOCCER & TRACK AND FIELD

Registration opens Friday, January 24 @ 8am.

• Soccer practice will be Mon/Weds after school, March 26 - May 21.
• Track and Field practice will be Tues/Thurs after school, March 27 - May 22.
• Games and Meets will take place on the same days as practice, just later in the evenings, starting around 4, ending by 6:30/7.
• In some cases, an early release may be necessary, especially for the final Track meet of the season.

To sign up, go to register.skyhawks.com. Enter your zip code to find the programs closest to you. For more information and questions, contact askcolorado@skyhawks.com.