Mead Middle School Weekly Update:
Education Foundation
Tribute to Teachers is just that – A Tribute to honor top teachers from every school in the district. Please nominate teachers who have done/are doing a tremendous job at helping students achieve to the best of their abilities. Everyday, teachers, paras, counselors, administrators, support staff, bus drivers and other district employees are giving their best to build a world class school district with world class education.
The Education Foundation for the St. Vrain Valley seeks to honor over 150 teachers with Encore awards and select 4-6 of the very best nominees to receive Spotlight Awards. This year, King Automotive as a Tribute to Teachers sponsor, is providing to one of the Spotlight winners, a new car lease for 12 months and a second new car lease to be shared by the other Spotlight finalists on a monthly basis. King Automotive’s generosity is greatly appreciated and becomes an additional means by which to say thank you to teachers. While we can recognize only a few from each school, we seek to pay tribute to all of your accomplishments on behalf of each student in a St. Vrain Valley School.
The Education Foundation for the St. Vrain Valley also uses this event to raise funds for the Classroom Grants we award each fall to help teachers be even more creative and innovative in your classrooms. This year we awarded over $48,000 in such grants. We received requests totaling over $170,000. Our goal is to make Tribute to Teachers the best it has ever been and raise enough support so that we can double the number of classroom grants we award next year.
Nominate a teacher for an Encore Award. See these flyers:
Flyer English, Spanish
Encore Awards English, Spanish
Parent and Community Update Night:
Please see the attached flyer for our Mead Feeder Parent and Community Update night. We hope you can join us.
Friday, March 4 Video Announcement
Parents of 6th & 7th Graders – Registration for Next Year
6th graders will be given their registration papers for next year’s classes on Wednesday, March 9.
7th graders will be given their registration papers for next year’s classes on Thursday, March 10.
They need to be signed and turned in by Thursday, March 17.
We will begin scheduling students for classes for next year. It is important that we get the sheets signed and returned, otherwise students may not get the classes they want.
PAC Penny War Fundraiser is coming!
The PAC is running it’s only whole school fundraiser from March 7th – March 11th. This year’s fundraiser will be a penny war between all advisory classes.
-Classes get 1 point for each penny in their container.
-Classes can put silver coins or paper money in OTHER classes advisory containers to subtract points.
-The winning grade level will get ice cream from the PAC
-The winning advisory will also receive a prize.
-Our goal is to raise $6,000 for our PAC.
-10% of all profits will go to Mead High School’s Frank’s Battle Benefit.
Please support this event. The PAC supports all sorts of special events and activities in the school. A few examples are:
-All School Dances
-The Dinner Theater
-Library Books
-Jr. Solar Sprints
-Math Counts
-Technology
-Teacher Dinners for Conferences
Upcoming Events:
Spring Testing April 12-22, 2016
All students will be taking the PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) tests for English language arts (ELA) and math.
In addition, 8th graders will take the CMAS (Colorado Measure of Academic Success) test for science.
The testing window will be April 12-22, 2016. Attendance is vital during this time. We wanted to let you know early so that appointments and vacations are not scheduled during these days.
We have attached a schedule of when the tests will be administered to students.
Thanks in advance for your understanding and cooperation.
Spring Testing Schedule
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https://www.facebook.com/MeadMiddle
We do collect Box Tops for Education as well as Milk Caps from Longmont Dairy. Please turn those into the office.
Mead Middle School PAC News:
Hey Bulldogs,
-Apparel is available for ordering online at shop.fishesstreetwear.com You can find a link to our school in the menu. We also have Mead Middle Trucker Hats and the Fitted Flat Bill Hats available for purchase in the office.
-The next PAC meeting will be on March 14th at 5:45 in the library. Cupcakes will be provided:)
Bulldog Den Update:
NOT ABLE TO GET YOUR KIDS AFTER SCHOOL?
Mead Middle School has an after school ENRICHMENT program called Bulldogs Den that begins at 2:50-6:00 pm in the Cafeteria. We are open Monday-Friday (when school is open). We provide snacks, homework time, activities, games, free-time, and friendships. Bulldogs Den provides a safe place for them to grow and enjoy networking with other students.
Mead Middle School Track
Track sign ups going on now! To sign up go to our website under athletics, track. There is a link to the registration form. Track practice begins Monday March 7 from 3:00 – 5:00.
Tennis Club:
This Friday, March 4th will be a 15 min informational meeting for tennis club. Meet at the table outside the Main Gym. If you can’t attend but still want to play see Mrs. Servold during your lunch.
With the weather being so nice, we are going to put tennis club on the calendar a little early this year. Beginning March 14th we will meet each Monday and Tuesday through April 26th. We will meet from 2:50-4:20, please have rides available by 4:30. The first meeting will be in my room (#205) after that we will meet on the courts south of the middle school.
For Clubs and Athletics, please check out the calendar of upcoming events.
Kim’s Corner:
Hello Parents,
The Power in Words:
How much have you really thought about the power in the words that you use? This is something I frequently discuss with students. When they describe themselves, their experiences, their expectations, their moods, they often don’t recognize the power and influence these words can have on how they navigate their world.
Words I hear often from students when describing their emotional state:
Anxious Panicky Depressed Suicidal Worried Overwhelmed Stressed
Is their choice of words accurate? Sometimes. However, while students certainly can feel this way, what I try to teach them is the power these words can have on their self concept, belief system and how they view their situation. How do these words contribute to their perception of reality? For those who are truly experiencing anxiety or depression, we address next steps to learn how to cope and move with it and through it. For now, let’s focus on vocabulary.
Consider the words “anxious” and “worried”. The simple act of changing the vocabulary we use can change our thoughts and perceptions. By changing our thoughts and perceptions, we can change our experience. How might someone approach a situation differently if we replace the words anxious and worried with words that hold less negative energy? For example, instead of saying “I’m anxious/worried about what is going to happen”, saying “I’m thinking about what is going to happen”, or “I’m curious about what is going to happen” takes on a different feel, and removes the stressful tone of the words anxious and worried, while also altering the perception of the experience!
There is a concept found in psychology and sociology called the self-fulfilling prophecy. What one expects to happen, or tells oneself is happening often becomes the reality. If you roll out of bed telling yourself your day is going to be terrible, odds are it probably will, as you have set the tone and expectation for the day. Keep telling yourself you are anxious or depressed, and you will likely continue to feel that way.
Change our words, change our perceptions and our experiences. How will you practice this language shift with yourself and your child to see the impact?
As always, please call if you have questions or would like to learn more!
Coming up next, a more in depth look at anxiety.
Kim Styles, LCSW
MMS Interventionist
Kim Styles is our Mental Health Counselor and Interventionist. Periodically she will be sharing information about mental health issues facing middle school age students.
Please look at the district website for any flyers for sports, fundraisers, etc that are approved by the district. Here is the link to the flyers.
MYSA
Career Development Center (CDC) Open House