Quist ROYALS Weekly News
September 12, 2023
RISE To The Crown
Royal Families,
I hope you can all join us for our first Royal Parent Engagement Network (PEN). Our guest speaker is Shelly Mahon and she'll be presenting the Recipe for Resilience.
WHEN: Wednesday, September 13, 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: Quist Library
MORE INFORMATION
Recipe for Resilience with Shelly Mahon
Research tells us that parents are the #1 source of a child’s resilience.
So how do we give that to them?
In this interactive conversation, we explore what resilience looks like for you and your family. We’ll dig in to specific strategies that will empower you to go home and apply what you’ve learned. You will see that resilience is in each and every one of us, it simply needs to be grown and nurtured.
Shelly Mahon Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drshellymahon/
Dr. Shelly Mahon has over 20 years of experience working with youth and families. With a Phd in Human Development and Family Studies, she has dedicated her life to helping parents understand what their child needs, making resources available, and creating supportive environments that promote health and well-being. She is the parent of two grown children, and spends her free time cycling, skiing, and running around in the woods with family and friends.
With appreciation,
Justin McMillan
Principal
Quist Middle School
Announcements
Upcoming Events
September 13 : Royal PEN featuring Shelly Mahon, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
September 13: Royal PTO meeting 6:30-7:30 p.m.
September 14: 8th grade DC trip meeting, 6:30 p.m. in the library.
September 19: Kick Off - Day Of Awesomeness Fundraiser Assemblies
September 21: 2024 Dominican Adventure Zoom meeting
Do you like to travel? Do you want to explore new places, try exotic foods, and help local communities in a Caribbean paradise? That's right, Quist is going to the Dominican Republic! RSVP and join us on Zoom next Thursday, September 21 at 6:30PM to find out more about our 2024 Dominican Adventure! All grades are welcome! You can ask Señora Gallop for more details or find the RSVP link on the virtual announcements page. Here is the RSVP link.
September 22: "A Night In Paris" dance sponsored by WEB, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Attention 6th grade families
6th grade is sponsoring a World's Finest Chocolate fundraiser to help offset costs for our Outdoor Education trips. 6th grade families were contacted directly about this. Permission slips go home today. No chocolate sales are allowed to be made during the school day.
Pick Up Reminders
We will no longer be calling students down in advance of a parent pick-up. We value learning and instructional time as our scholars are Rising to the Crown. Please make sure you arrive in plenty of time to pick up your student. We will call them down when you get here.
Also, as a friendly reminder, parents picking up their student early need to be in the building at 4:15 p.m. or we will not be able to call the student down.
Chromebook Reminders
Now that classes are in full swing, students are utilizing their Chromebooks a lot. Please help remind your child that they should be bringing their Chromebook AND charger to school EVERYDAY. If your child has lost their charger they need to pay for their charger ($30) before they can receive a new one. Also, we have seen an uptick in the amount of broken chromebook screens. Please remind your student to be responsible when using their chromebook and carrying it in between classes. There is a fee involved with any chromebook repair from $70-$350.
Whole Child Needs Assessment Information
Dear Parents & Guardians,
As a District we are always looking for ways to make sure we are meeting our student’s needs and helping them to grow and develop into the best version of themselves; now and in future years. Each school has had representatives working on how to best capture the needs of students across the system and to respond to these needs and areas of growth most effectively.
We wanted to give you information about an upcoming assessment (survey) that students across the District will be taking. It is called the Whole Child Needs Assessment; and it will be completed by all students during a weekly advisory or homeroom session in the near future. This diagnostic set of questions provides counselors and building leaders with specific proactive information about individual students who may need support in any number of areas (1:1 with counselors, referrals to outside support or groups in schools to learn coping skills) and will drive future resource allocation based on student needs that vary across levels and schools in 27J.
We have included the questions for you to view for the Whole Child Needs Assessment below:
Secondary: Whole Child Needs Assessment - 6th-12th Grades
We have given this assessment for the past several years in 27J. Prior to that, students took a similar assessment called the Adams County Youth Initiative Survey, which asked similar questions but students remained anonymous, therefore, it was not possible to provide individual students with support based on the information collected. Following the administration of the Whole Child Needs Assessment, school staff will be reaching out to individual students to assess how to provide the support at the level that best fits that student and their unique needs at the individual, group and whole school level.
As a parent/guardian we ask that you review the questions that will be asked of your students and we hope you will agree that the information garnered from the survey is valuable and necessary to support you students. However, as a parent/guardian you always have the right to opt your student out of the Whole Child Needs Assessment (WCNA). If you wish to opt your student out, please contact your schools counselor directly prior to the WCNA administration window.
If you have any questions regarding the Whole Child Needs Assessment, please contact your student’s school counselor.
Thank you - Administration
Sports News from Mr. Steinbach
We are off to a wonderful start with all athletics. We are so proud of our student athletes.
This week's games:
9/12 "A" team volleyball at home, "B" team at Stuart Middle School 5pm
9/13 Football at Quist 5pm
9/14 "A" team volleyball at Bromley East "B" team at Quist 5pm
It was brought to my attention that a pair of Nike Air Max 270s all white were stolen out of the PE locker room. If you see these shoes or your child has any information about what happened, please have them contact me at dsteinbach@sd27j.net.
Go Royals!
Cell Phone Policy
No Cell Phones - 8:35 a.m. - 4:37 p.m.
In the interest of our student's health, safety, and education, we will require every student to leave his or her phone turned off and in their locker or leave them at home. Students must keep their turned off phones in their locker or at home between 8:35 a.m. and 4:37 p.m.
This also includes lunch/recess.
We feel this decision will support our goal to build and maintain a positive school culture and community for our students. Like many schools in the U.S., we are struggling with school bullying and student distraction with cell phones.
Science and research supports students who do not have the freedom of accessing their phones during school hours, are more engaged socially and academically. https://www.awayfortheday.org/research/
There is also growing concern about the long-term impact of cell phone/technology use on brain development and healthy social emotional development.
We realize this decision may make some families nervous, however parents can communicate to their child any time of day through the front office. Students will be able to access their phones at 4:37 pm
Violations to device expectations are as follows:
Mr. McMillan will give a reminder/warning at the start of every day during announcements.
After that, the device will be confiscated by the staff member and turned in to the office. Parents will have to pick up the device in the office.
Get Access to IC
Parents please log in to Infinite Campus and update any outdated information for your student. This includes, address changes which includes proof of residency, phone number, new emergency contact, etc. Please update student information before Sept. 15th.
To learn more about how to use Infinite Campus and how to set up your parent portal you can access the following links, Instructions-English/Instructions-Spanish. There is also information on the Infinite Campus Mobile App. Link to Mobile App Instructions-English/Mobile App Instructions-Spanish