April 8th, 2022

 Good Morning Parents, Guardians and Students:

Optimist Club of Littleton Essay Contest

Riley Cottigias of Newton Middle School is the second-place winner in our Optimist Club of Littleton Essay contest this year. The Optimist Club honored Riley at the Optimist Club of Littleton weekly meeting at 7:00 am on Friday, April 8th. Riley was presented with a $250 cash award, medallion and certificate at the meeting. Congratulations to Riley.

Eighth Grade Information:

Did you know you can earn high school graduation credit this summer by taking driver education at the age of 14 and 6 months?

Go to https://littletonpublicschools.net/driversed. Classes are filling up fast.

SUMMER CLASSES:

30-hours Classroom Session A  6/6/2022 - 6/9/2022, Monday through Thursday; 8 AM – 4 PM  Littleton High School

30-hours Classroom Session B  6/20/2022 - 6/23/2022, Monday through Thursday; 8 AM – 4 PM Littleton High School

30-hours Classroom Session C 7/11/2022 - 7/14/2022, Monday through Thursday; 8 AM – 4 PM Littleton High School

30-hours Classroom Session D 7/25/2022 - 7/28/2022, Monday through Thursday; 8 AM – 4 PM  Littleton High School

PTO Is Looking for Volunteers for the 2022-2023 School Year:

• Vice President: this role is a sit-and-watch role to prepare you for the following year as president. You show up to meetings and ask all the questions you need to take over for the 2023-2024 school year. There are lots of documents to share to make for an easy transition.

• The President's role is not too involved and has some fantastic perks. 

• 3 meetings a month -- 1 with the District's PTO Presidents Council (the District superintendent [Ewert] & an LPS Board member also attends), 1 with Mr. O'Tremba just before the PTO meeting and finally the PTO meeting. 

• The Newton PTO board is fantastic and pretty self-sufficient, so this role mostly entails making the agenda, running the meeting and letting them do their stuff. 

• This is a great way to really feel like you're a part of these quick middle school years, get to know the school principal and District superintendent, and is a bonus on a resume.

• Annual fund outreach and communication coordinator: help promote and share the status of the annual fund campaign by writing blurbs for Mr. O'Tremba to include in the weekly email.

• 7th Grade Celebration Coordinator: New next year will be grade level celebrations to help build class community. We need someone to work with our VIPS coordinator to plan the one for 7th grade.

• Community Relations Co-Coordinator: work with our returning coordinator to support the LPSF Stride and the spring Shred-a-Thon.

• Members at Large: join us for meetings and be in the know!

*Ideally members will also attend meetings online or in-person, but we understand that may not always be possible.

Thanks and have a great weekend.

James O’Tremba

Principal, Newton Middle School