October 28th, 2022

 Good Evening 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. This includes no pajamas. 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 facsimiles. If you have any questions regarding a costume please feel free to contact any administrator.

Please note we are not hosting a Halloween Dance.

Newton Knight Out:

Last Restaurant Knight for 2022! Wednesday, 11.9.22 at Parry's Pizza Southglenn from 5-8 pm. 20% of sales will be donated to Newton. 

Be sure to mention Newton Middle School when you dine in or order food for pickup!

Book Fair:

The Scholastic Fall Book Fair will be at Newton Middle School, Monday, October 31st thru Friday, November 4th.  All are welcome!  We will have some great books for sale.  Please come to our book fair and grab all your books for this fall! Proceeds from the fair help to buy books for our library!!

The online fair will begin on 10/31/22 and go thru 11/13/22.

Take advantage of the new cashless and convenient eWallet payment system by visiting our online store at http://www.scholastic.com/bf/newtonmiddlecentennial.

Finally a big thank you to all of the volunteers who have signed up to help, especially our coordinator, Eva Seal, for working with Ms. Lawler to bring back this fun event.

The PTO Annual Fund:

It's not too late to help Newton PTO support our teachers and school by contributing to the PTO Annual FundDrive. Donations this year help support funding for the additional full time school psychologist, teacher appreciation, Reading Counts, CODE cart awards, teacher grants and out-of-pocket reimbursements and more.

From your phone, just go into your Infinite Campus app (where you check your student's grades) click on the three bars in the left corner > Fees > Optional Payments > Add to cart. It defaults to $150, but you can change it on the payment page. Just click the amount box next to the red x and type in whatever amount you decide. Then Submit Payment and you're done. It's that easy! EVERY GIFT COUNTS! 

Check the Newton website for monthly updates on reaching our goal. Thank you!

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

Arapahoe High School Freshman Showcase:

Please see the attached flier regarding the event on Wednesday, November 2nd.

LPS Community Event:

We are excited to invite you to a very special opportunity for LPS parents and staff on the evening of November 3rd, 2022.  

LPS has partnered with Challenge Success, an organization affiliated with Stanford University to help families and schools create a more balanced definition of student success.  

Students often report they feel pressure related to grades, test scores, awards, state championships, and college scholarships as the sole measures of success. But this can overshadow other key developmental tasks like figuring out who they are, what they care about, exploring a wide range of life opportunities and building resiliency skills.

In this presentation, you will learn how to establish a healthy environment for your child, reduce academic stress without sacrificing achievement, and increase your child’s resilience, creativity, and well-being.  It is applicable for parents of children in any grade level.

Through our multi-year mental health research project with Dr. Anna Mueller and review of our annual student and parent surveys, we know this is an important issue here in the LPS community.    

 

We highly encourage parents with students of all ages to take advantage of this special opportunity!

The Well Balanced Student

Facilitated by Laura Easley from Challenge Success

Thursday, November 3rd, 2022

6:30-8:00pm

Littleton High School Theater

199 E. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, CO 80121

Have a great weekend.

James O’Tremba

Principal, Newton Middle School