April 1st, 2022

 Good Evening Parents, Guardians and Students:

CMAS TESTING INFORMATION:

We will begin our CMAS testing schedule on Monday. We are conducting one test per day over the next two weeks. I will provide the link to the schedule and the opt out form to this email. If you are choosing to opt your student out I need the opt out form returned to me as soon as possible. I need this before we begin testing on Monday morning. If you choose to opt out your student I am requesting that if it is at all possible to please keep your student home until after the testing schedule in the morning. We will resume regular classes, according to the testing schedule each day.

If your student is testing please help remind them to be well rested and prepared for the testing. I have asked our teachers to limit the amount of work and homework given during the testing period. Please remind your student to bring their Chromebook to school each day, fully charged and ready to go as we have a limited supply of chromebooks available to check out

If you have any questions regarding the testing please do not hesitate to contact me or Mrs. Huck as she is supervising the testing.

Newton Knight Out:

We have our LAST Knight out coming up next Monday, April 4th. Parry’s pizza in SouthGlenn has asked us back because our last community night with them was when we had horrible weather. They have really supported our Newton community so let’s rally for this last Knight out of the year and order take out or stay and dine in.  A portion of their sales will be donated back to us between 4:30 PM and 8 PM. Make sure to mention Newton!!

NMS Apparel Store is Back!

We will again be opening a school store for Newton apparel. Please access this link, the store will be open until midnight April 10th.

Seventh Grade National Junior Honor Society Information:

7th graders, if you are interested in joining NJHS next year and have at least a 3.5 GPA, you have been invited to participate via your grade level Google Classroom - please check the stream.  The deadline is Monday, April 4th.  NJHS is an optional, year long service club.  If you have questions, please see Ms. Omdahl.

Cyber Safety Workshop:

We wanted to make you aware that the district Cyber Savvy Parent Workshop is back this year. It will be held on April 12th at Powell Middle School. Here is a link on the LPS Newsroom Page at: https://littletonpublicschools.net/newsroom (click on the Cyber Savvy Parent Workshop banner) for additional information.

Yearbook Staff for 2022-23:

As 6th and 7th Grade students are registering for their classes for next school year, the yearbook advisers will be accepting applications to be a part of the 2022-23 Newton Yearbook staff.  Students choose the theme and design elements, take the photos, write the copy and create the layouts for the book that tells the story of the year at Newton. Yearbook is open to any student who will be a 7th or 8th grader next school year.  Yearbook takes place during Knight Time and is not a separate class but takes the place of a student's Study Halls, Homeroom and Knight Time Enrichments.  To access the application, click on the following link: https://forms.gle/dUBEGxdxxC2ZZS3z7 visit the 6th or 7th Grade Google Classrooms or contact Mr. Atherton or Mrs. Svigel.

Come join us as we tell the Knight's Tales of Newton!

University of Denver Society of Women Engineering Group Information:

My name is Breigh Roszelle and I am faculty at the University of Denver and am reaching out on behalf of our Society of Women in Engineering group. I'm contacting middle school faculty at nearby schools to let you know about an awesome event next weekend.

Our DU SWE Chapter is hosting an event called G.I.R.L.S. with Gadgets (Growing Inclusive Reach and Learning in STEM) on April 9th from 10 am to 2 pm in the Engineering and Computer Science Building on the DU campus. This FREE event is aimed at female identifying middle school aged students and allows them to experience hands-on programming with current engineering and computer science students, as well as engineering professionals. Participants can register using this link: https://bit.ly/3vFEdUJ

Thanks and have a great weekend.

James O’Tremba

Principal, Newton Middle School