Parents, I want to thank you to all of you that have reached out, emailed, called, etc… while our school has been grieving this week over the loss of our student. Our mental health team has shown exceptional strength to provide support to our students. Our teachers did an amazing job of taking care of each other and providing appropriate care and support to the students, as they needed it. It’s been a terribly difficult week, especially in 8th grade, and I just wanted to really just say, Thank you to all of you that dropped an email or sent a note or stopped to send your support! We appreciated it!
Picture Day is coming up!
Picture Day is this TUESDAY Sept 10! More information will be coming home soon about Picture Day!
Celebration of Life for Lillee Wilkins
There will be a private funeral for Lillee’s family next week. There will be a Celebration of Life at the Salvation Army this Tuesday Sept 10 from 4:30-6pm. It is being requested that ALL students interested in attending be accompanied by a parent as it will be an emotional experience and they want to make sure the kids are supported by their parents. It is going to be an Open House experience where people may come and go anytime between 4:30 - 6pm. Again, it is requested that children interested in attending be accompanied by their parent(s).
8th Grade Track
Please come watch your 8th graders at Newton on Wednesday Sept 11 for their next Track meet! The 8th Grade girls won their first meet of the season 79-36 over Goddard, while the Boys track team beat Goddard 87-34. Way to go!!
7th Grade Track
Please come watch your 7th graders at Newton on Monday Sept 9 for their FIRST Track meet!
Beauty and the Beast Musical (Performers and Tech Crew)
The show is rolling along…. It’s so great to see all of the students involved. We have 81 students in the musical and an additional 44 students on the Tech Crew! Love seeing so many students showing out for this fun experience!
Brain Bowl
Our next Brain Bowl Club is this Tuesday (Sept 10) after school until 4:40. More information is available on the Newton website and bus riders have a late bus available. Students from 6th, 7th and 8th grade are all welcome to participate! Reach out to Mr. Collins if you have any questions! It’s never too late to join!!
Our next PTO Meeting is this Wednesday
Please consider attending the next PTO meeting in September. It will be at 7:30pm at Newton on Wednesday Sept 11. We look forward to having you! Here is a google meet link to join remotely
PBIS
PBIS is looking for donations of items to go in the CODE shop for student rewards. Here is a link to a sign up genius if you are able to contribute and support our PBIS and students! We have a lot of items that we are still hoping to get in for our students. Please be sure to drop off by Monday Sept 16th with the CODE Shop for students happening on Thursday Sept 19th. Reach out if you have any questions and THANK YOU for supporting our PBIS! We are around 50% signed up, so we could use a bunch of support! Again, IF you signed up to bring something, please drop it off in the main office on or before Monday Sept 16th! Thanks!!
STUCO
Our next STUCO Meeting is THIS TUESDAY, Sept 10. Please be on the lookout for emails of how you can support our students here at Newton. Reach out to Mrs. Sutton or Mrs. Jenkins with any questions.
NJHS
Our FIRST Mandatory NJHS Meeting of the year will be this MONDAY Sept 9. Please attend. Reach out to Ms. Keirns or Ms. Seavall with any questions.
Clinic Information:
How Sick is Too Sick for parents seeking guidance for when an ill student should stay home or return to school after an illness. This also has guidance for Covid
Flag Football
There have been many questions and emails about "Flag Football Club". I am excited to announce that the Flag Football Club will be back this year but we won't start until Wednesday October 2nd from 3:30-4:30. There will be late buses available for students. If the fall does not work for your student, I will also be offering a spring season of the club as well. If you have immediate questions or comments please contact Ms. Seavall or visit the Newton Middle School website under the clubs site for more information. I hope to see your students on October 2nd.
Kickball
The kickball tournaments are ending this week. We will start with our traditional Reading Blocks and Knight Time classes next week, starting on Monday September 13. 8th Grade Umpires rocked it!!
Assemblies
We have a 6th Grade Assembly at the end of the day, this Friday! Should be a lot of fun!!
High School Visits for current 8th Graders:
Yes… this time has come to start prepping our 8th Graders for High School!
Arapahoe High School Info:
Welcome to the 2024-2025 school year! Arapahoe High School continues to be a leading school in the south Denver Metro area focused on our excellence, tradition and innovation! As your current 8th graders, the Class of 2029, start exploring their high school options we hope they will consider our storied institution to Become A Warrior!
AHS is excited to announce the dates for our popular Shadow Day program. This is an incredible opportunity for current 8th grade students as Shadow Days provide a unique perspective for future warriors to experience the Arapahoe High School culture alongside current Warriors. We continue to encourage parents/guardians to participate in the day with their children. While students are observing classes, parents will have the opportunity to ask questions of our principal, Mrs. Natalie Pramenko, and take a tour of our building.
Shadow days will take place on Sept 19, Oct 4, Oct 24, and Nov 12, with options for either a morning or an afternoon session. The capacity for each session is 60 students. Students will only be able to bring a maximum of 1 parent to the shadow day. Feel free to sign up for your shadow days here!
Additionally, our Freshman Showcase will be on October 30th from 6:00 - 8:00 pm.
Littleton High School Info:
Littleton High School, home of the Littleton Lions, is delighted to welcome eighth graders from Newton Middle School to visit LHS. Our visits are specially designed with both large- and small-group sessions for parents (with LHS administrators) and 8th grade shadows (with LHS students). There will be ample time to ask questions, get answers, experience our school culture, and tour the campus. Families arrive by 9:15 am and are dismissed by 11:30 am, allowing students to return to school and not miss an entire day. Our tour dates are October 1, October 15, October 29, November 12, and November 19. Sign up on our website here.
Heritage High School Info:
We want the chance to share our love of Heritage High School with your students. We look forward to meeting you and sharing what we think makes Heritage such a special place to be! Go Eagles!
Shadow Calendar & Sign-Up
SHADOW DAYS FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR:
- Tuesday, September 24, 2024 8:15-10:15am
- Tuesday, October 8, 2024 8:15-10:15am
- Tuesday, October 15, 2024 8:15-10:15am
- Tuesday, November 5, 2024 8:15-10:15am
Wednesday, November 6, 2024- SHOWCASE NIGHT- 6pm, all are welcome, no reservations required!
- Tuesday, November 19, 2024 8:15-10:15am
- Tuesday, December 10, 2024 8:15-10:15am
- Tuesday, January 14, 2025 8:15-10:15am
- Tuesday, February 11, 2025 8:15-10:15am
- Tuesday, March 11, 2025 8:15-10:15am
- Tuesday, April 22, 2025 8:15-10:15am
Next week’s schedule:
Have a great and restful weekend! And as always, please remind your children to charge their Chromebooks! Students that are habitually forgetting chrome books and forgetting to charge chromebooks will likely have a consequence if this continues…
Best,
Brian Wyckhuyse
Principal
Newton Middle School
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