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1 Advertising in this newsletter does not imply endorsement by Poudre School District. SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Page 1 O C T O B E R Home of the BRUINS Blevins Middle School 2101 S. Taft Hill Rd Fort Collins, CO Phone PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES Blevins has scheduled Parent/Teacher Conferences for Tuesday & Thursday evenings, September 30th and October 2nd from 4:30pm - 8:00pm. We encourage parents to utilize this time to come and conference with your students teachers. In order to accommodate as many parent conferences as possible each night, we recommend that parents attend the night that applies in the following guide. If the recommended guide does not work for you, please attend on the night that is most convenient for you. Attendance line Last name A J attend Tuesday, September 30th Last name K Z attend Thursday, October 2nd Fax Office Hours 7:00AM - 3:30PM Conferences will be limited to 7 minutes each. If more time is required, staff will be happy to schedule additional time at a later date. Principal David Linehan dlinehan@psdschools.org Assistant Principal Rick Overton roverton@psdschools.org

2 Page 2 B L E V I N S M i d d l e S c h o o l N e w s l e t t e r O C T O B E R Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri **ALL ATHLETIC GAMES 3:30pm 6 OCTOBER CALENDAR September 30 P/T Conferences 4:30pm-8:00pm 7 Tennis Tournament 1 7th Football vs. Boltz 8 2 P/T Conferences 4:30pm-8:00pm V Preston JV Softball 1 vs. Lincoln 3 Magazine Turn-In Day JV Softball 1 vs. Lesher 1 JV Softball CLP 9 10 Magazine Prize Day V Softball vs. CLP 8th Wellington V Softball Pigtail Game PTO 6:30pm 8th Lesher th Football vs. Wellington 15 7th Football vs. Lesher 22 V Softball Tournament School Dance 7pm 9 pm NO SCHOOL! th Football vs. Lesher 7th Lesher 8th Grade Symphonic Lesher Nordic Invitational Boy s Basketball Begins 8th Football vs. Lincoln 7th Lincoln No Costumes allowed on Halloween!

3 Page 3 B L E V I N S M i d d l e S c h o o l N e w s l e t t e r O C T O B E R NOVEMBER CALENDAR Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri 3 **ALL ATHLETIC GAMES 3:30pm PTO 6:30pm Choir/Orch Concert (All Grades) Blevins Science Fair 7th Boys Lesher 8th Boys BB vs. Lesher 24 Band Concert (All Grades) 25 7th Boys BB vs. Kinard 8th Boys Kinard Science Fair Viewing 7th Boys Wellington 8th Boys BB vs. Wellington Science Fair Awards th Boys Preston 8th Boys BB vs. Preston 7th Boys BB vs. Lincoln 8th Boys Lincoln Thanksgiving Recess NO SCHOOL!

4 Page 4 B L E V I N S M i d d l e S c h o o l N e w s l e t t e r O C T O B E R BRUIN STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES There is still an opportunity to send your child to Spain for spring break Mr. Cormia and Mrs. Steeples, working with Explorica International, will be leading an educational tour across southern Spain, including Madrid, Seville, Granada, and a day trip to Morocco! jsteeple@psdschools.org or fcormia@psdschools.org for more information. Join us May 2015 on the Green River in Utah for the experience of a lifetime. Float for 5 days and 4 nights in true wilderness accompanied by 20 of your best-friends-to-be. With your teacherchaperones you will traverse Class II and III rapids, study geology and ecology, and explore historic sites, all while having the time of your life. An informational meeting held Thursday November 6th, 2014 at 6pm at Blevins and will feature a slide show from the 2011 and 2012 raft trips, a presentation about Goals4Youth, and question/ answer session with chaperones, Tom Schachet and Amy Currier. This is truly the adventure of a lifetime, so don t miss out! This trip is run through GOALS 4 Youth and is not a PSD or Blevins sponsored event.

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6 Page 6 B L E V I N S M i d d l e S c h o o l N e w s l e t t e r O C T O B E R BRUIN SPORTS Boys Basketball Information: Boys basketball tryouts begin on October 27th for 7th and 8th grade in Gym 101 (Time: TBD). Every athletic participant MUST have a physical examination by a physician and insurance to try-out, practice, and compete in a sport. The physical form must be ON FILE in the office before he/she is eligible to practice. A student may not engage in any practice session until this procedure is completed. The physical forms are valid for a year from the examination date. It is advisable to arrange physicals well in advance of the sport in which your child is interested in. Please note: Athletic Physical forms are available on the Blevins website or in the Blevins Office. They will not be available in the physician s offices. The athletic fees for are: 7th & 8th grade - $75/sport, Family Maximum - $300/family Athletic and School Insurance Information: PSD insurance does not cover student injuries due to accidents at school or during schoolsponsored activities, such as field trips. A voluntary accident insurance program is available through Nationwide and serviced by K & K Insurance Group. If you don t have other insurance, this plan may be a resource to consider. Even if you have other coverage, this plan can help fill expensive gaps caused by deductibles and copays. All Athletes are required to have insurance in order to participate in athletics. Please visit the below website for more information.

7 Page 7 B L E V I N S M i d d l e S c h o o l N e w s l e t t e r O C T O B E R MUSIC DEPARTMENT EVENTS Upcoming Music Events: October 24th: 8th Grade Symphonic Lesher Nordic Invitational November 13th: Choir/Orchestra Concert (All Grades) November 18th: Band Concert (All Grades) December 8th-10th: Musical Tech Rehearsals December 11th: Musical Dress Rehearsal December 12th: Musical Performance at 7:00pm December 13th: Musical Performance at 5:00pm Blevins School Dance Our first school dance of the year is scheduled for Friday, October 10 th from 7pm to 9pm. Doors will not open until 7pm, so there is no need to be early. The dance will end promptly at 9pm, and Blevins requests that students be picked-up at that time. Entry to the dance is $5.00 and a school ID is required. Students must also be in good standing, and all school rules apply. Those students who have yet to receive their school ID will be allowed to attend.

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9 Page 9 B L E V I N S M i d d l e S c h o o l N e w s l e t t e r O C T O B E R Blevins Yearbook We have an amazing year ahead of us at Blevins Middle School, and our yearbook will capture all the big events of the school year. Order your 2015 yearbook today. We have sold out the past two years! This year the cost is as follows: from September 6th December 31st: $32 and then from January 1st sell-out: $37. Order TODAY! You can place your order for the yearbook at jostensyearbooks.com or with Mrs. Caskey in the Blevins front office. You may pay with cash, check or credit card. Thanks for being a part of our yearbook tradition! Please Gabby Wymore with any questions at gwymore@psdschools.org. Sports and Activity Photos Needed! Does your son or daughter participate in sports or activities outside of Blevins? Would you like them to be recognized for their accomplishments? This year's yearbook will have two pages covering students who participate in sports and activities outside of Blevins. Ms. Wymore a picture of your child/ ren participating in their outside Blevins activities or sports or upload it to replayit.com. Please photos or questions to Gabby Wymore: gwymore@psdschools.org. SPORTS IDEAS: Lacrosse, Skiing, Snowboarding, Hockey, Martial Arts, BMX, Motorcycling, and City rec sports, Fencing, Trap Shooting, Equestrian, Dance, Cheer, Archery, Hiking, Camping, Boating, and Hunting. ACTIVITIES IDEAS: Girl/Boy Scout, Youth Groups, Mission Trips, Young Life, Baby Sitting, Volunteering, Instruments, Plays, Singing, Work, Sewing or 4-H.

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11 Page 11 B L E V I N S M i d d l e S c h o o l N e w s l e t t e r O C T O B E R Blevins STEM Program Heidi Lovaas and the STEM Program are in need of some volunteers for field trips, the Science Fair and Science Olympiad: If you are interested in helping or would like further details, please contact Mrs. Lovaas at hnutter@psdschools.org. Chaperones are needed for the following field trips: * 6th Grade Lory State park Field Trip, October 16th * 8th Grade Red Fox Meadows Field Trip, October 20th -24th Science Fair: We are looking for adults working in specific fields to serve as a mentor to some of our 8 th grade students as they begin to work through their science fair projects: * A veterinarian is needed to work with a student interested in looking at the bacterial count differences in various aged dogs. This student would need guidance in working with animals and collecting saliva samples. * A gastroenterologist is needed to work with a student interested in studying weight gain due to changes in bacterial populations in the body affected by the intake of sugar substitutes. * An atmospheric researcher/enthusiast is needed to work with a student interested in studying how historical weather patterns can aid present day prediction * An optometrist is needed to work with a student interested in the effects of wearing an eye-patch on eyesight. * A battery researcher is needed to work with a student interested in the repurposing of a car battery to power household appliances. * A mentor is needed to work with three to four students interested in testing various football helmet designs and their effectiveness Science Olympiad: We are looking for adults to help coach some events for our team (s). This would mean getting together weekly to help students learn an event and build a device to test at competition in March and April. The specific events are as follows: * Simple Machines this event has team members learning how simple machines work, practicing the use of calculations associated with simple machines, and constructing a class 1 lever to use to determine the mass of an unknown massed object. * Air Trajectory this event has team members designing, constructing and calibrating a device capable of launching projectiles into a target. * Bottle Rocket teams construct two rockets made from 2-liter bottles designed to stay aloft for the longest time without deploying any kind of recovery system. * Bridge Building teams design and construct the lightest weight bridge to hold 15 Kg. * Elastic Launched Glider teams design, construct and tests an elastic-launched glider to achieve the maximum time aloft * RoboCross teams design and build a robot capable of performing certain tasks on prescribed field * Wheeled Vehicle teams design, and build a vehicle that uses elasticity as its sole means of propulsion to travel a specific distance and around an obstacle as quickly as possible and stop as close as possible to a finish point.

12 Page 12 B L E V I N S M i d d l e S c h o o l N e w s l e t t e r O C T O B E R United Nations Essay Contest

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