October 14th, 2022

 Good Afternoon Parents/Guardians and Students:

Halloween:

This year for Halloween students will be able to dress in costume for the day. Our Newton dress code needs to be followed. Students can wear makeup, however no masks covering their faces are allowed, we need to be able to identify all students. Students are also not allowed to bring any weapon facimilies. If you have any questions regarding a costume please feel free to contact any administrator.

Please note we are not hosting a Halloween Dance.

PBIS CODE SHOP: 

We need parent volunteers to join the PBIS Committee in helping kids spend their CODE Cards at the CODE Shop.  We need you once a month to join us in rewarding kids for the good things we catch them doing.  Students can redeem CODE Cards for food, candy, passes to get out of school or class early, to go to lunch early, Newton gear, and many other things we have not even thought of yet.

Parent volunteers will collect CODE Cards from students and hand them their item of choice. 

Click on the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080548aaad2ba7fb6-code4

Yearbook Announcement: Good News, we have sold 385 yearbooks.  Bad news, that is less than half of our student population.  Don't miss out, click on the link below to order your yearbook.  Enter our school code 7571 or search for Newton Middle in the search bar.

https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/?event=general.displayLanding&jobnumber=7571

Newton Middle School After School Activities:

Just a reminder to all parents and students. If a student is out ill or out for any other reason for the entire school day they will not be allowed to participate in after school activities. We have had several students show up for after school activities who have not been in school for the day and then we need to send them home. If you have any questions please let me know. Thanks for your assistance.

PTO Information:

To give back to our teachers during next week's conferences, PTO is hosting a Potluck dinner on Wednesday October 19th. We would love support from our parents! We are looking for crockpot soup donations as well as salads and supplies. Please see the Sign Up Genius to see how you can help. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080545aaac2faafe3-soup

The PTO Annual Fund

We hope you've already learned about the PTO Annual FundDrive. We're on our way to reaching our goal! You can check out the Newton webpage for monthly updates on the scrolling screen. If you'd like to contribute, it's not too late. We are recommending a donation of $150 per family – less than a dollar-a-day that our students are in school. EVERY GIFT COUNTS!

For additional information and how you can contribute please check out this link.

NMS can earn bonus points with these Street Smarts offers:

Earn triple points in OCTOBER that's 15 points per dollar spent when you dine or see a movie in October. Includes all restaurants, eateries specialty foods (excludes Whole Foods) and the movies, when dated and submitted 10/1-10/31/22. Submit receipts online: shopandlog.com/southglenn. 

SPOOKY STREETS: Friday, October 21, 4:40-7:30pm. To credit NMS take a photo of your family during this fun family celebration of all things Halloween and earn 1,000 points per person. Upload here: Street Smarts Events

Run The Stride 

Join us for the 27th annual Stride supporting the Littleton Public Schools Foundation! 

Last year, Newton won an award for the largest participation gain from the previous year in the middle school category!  This brought $1,000 directly back to Newton. Run or walk again with us this year to benefit Newton and all LPS schools!

Date: Sunday, October 30th - costumes welcome (and gift cards for best elementary, middle, and high school costumes)

Register at RuntheStride.com

Reach out to your Newton Stride captain with any questions and stop by the Newton tent on race day for a participant gift card drawing!  1 entry for participating, 2 if you wear Newton gear or a costume. 

Stride Captain:

Leslie Suh: lesliesuh@me.com

Newton Knight Out:

Our next Restaurant Knight is on Tuesday, 10/18 at Fajita Pete's at 7300 E Arapahoe Rd in Centennial. 

* 10% of sales all day (12 - 8 pm) will go to Newton 

* They offer order pickup and delivery (no dine-in option) 

* Orders can be placed online, through their app, or by calling 720-708-6158.

Have a great weekend.

James O’Tremba

Principal, Newton Middle School