May 10th, 2019

Good Afternoon Parents and Guardians:
Happy Mother’s Day to all of our Newton Mom’s. I hope your day is very special. We appreciate all that you do!

Please see the message below from Ms. Rahne regarding Teacher Appreciation:
Are you wishing you knew how to say thank you to your child's teachers?  Well how about a free ticket on Frontier Airlines.  Click on this  link and nominate Newton Middle School- let's see if we can win tickets for all the teachers at the school!  It takes less than one minute but has to be done by tonight!  Thanks for your time and consideration!

Last Week of School
Please find our last week of school schedule here. All events are on the schedule including our recognition and awards day for 6th, 7th and 8th grade. 8th grade recognition and awards is combined with continuation. Please access all information on the link to our website that is listed in the next paragraph. Eighth grade continuation parking and dress code information is attached.

2019-2020 Registration
All registration information for next years sixth, seventh and eighth grade students is posted on the front page of our website. This information will include information regarding schedules, fees, locker set up day etc. for the 2019-2020 school year. 2019-2020 Registration is here.

New Drop Off Procedure For Students
Beginning on Monday, May 13th we will no longer have our students standing outside of the building in the morning to wait for the first bell to ring. Students who are dropped off by parents in the northwest parking lot by the fire station will immediately go into the north courtyard between B and C wings to wait for the bell to ring. Students who are dropped off by buses or parents in our east parking lot will go directly into the building and will report to our courtyard that is located between A and B wing.  We will have adult supervision in both courtyards.

We will no longer allow students access in the morning into the main office. Our walkers who access the main entrance in the morning can access at either the north entrance or the south entrance to go into the courtyards with all other students. Our front doors will now be locked in the morning and the only access to the main office will be through the buzzer system. If students arrive early to meet with a teacher they will need to enter through the main entrance and access the buzzer system.

We continually review and revise our safety protocols here at school. On Wednesday morning I met with our SRO, another member of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s department, my administrative team and spoke with my director regarding the safety concerns of students standing outside in the morning before school and we decided to make these changes. This will go into effect on Monday morning and will continue in the fall when we resume school.
I will also meet with our SRO and our administrative team when school is out to review our fire drill procedures and how and where we evacuate the building for our fire drills.

Have a great weekend and again……...Happy Mother’s Day!
James O’Tremba
Principal, Newton Middle School