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Gate/Important Dates 2

Immunizations 4

Powder Puff Info 6

Sports Schedules 10

Volume 1, Issue 1 August 31st, 2013

WELCOME TO OUR NEW STAFF MEMBERS

Tami Stoudt (Librarian/Media Specialist)--Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in history, a Master's Degree in Linguistically Diverse Education and a K-12 Teacher Librarian endorse-ment all earned at UNC. Taught English and reading at two middle schools, and was a librar-ian at Eaton Middle School, Windsor Middle School and Grandview Elementary School, and is now back at WMS. Replaced Jim Hutchinson PhD. who is pursuing a career in post-

secondary education.

Shallane Mullison (School Counselor) – bachelor of arts degree in Psychology and Sociology, with a minor in Business from Colorado University of Boulder. Masters of science degree in school counseling from the University of Phoenix.

My name is Erika Houtchens. (Resource Teacher) I knew I wanted to be a teacher since I was in the first grade. I grew up in Casper, Wyoming and moved to Colorado to attend college at the University of Northern Colorado. After graduating with my BA in Psychology and K-12 Spe-cial Education teaching license, I taught for five years at a high school in Greeley. I loved UNC so much that I went back for my MA in School and Community Counseling. After being a high school counselor for the last five years, I am excited to return to the classroom at Windsor Mid-dle School. I am passionate about educating students, and I look forward to a great school year.

Kate Duff (life skills teacher)- Bachelor of Science in Social Studies Education from Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas. Masters Degree in Special Education Teaching from Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas. Taught in a high school diploma recovery pro-gram for Southeast Kansas Education Service Center (Greenbush) in Lansing, KS. Taught Life Skills at Ottawa High School in Ottawa, KS. Taught Life Skills at Spring Hill High School in

Spring Hill, KS.

Jim Osborn (Assistant Principal/Athletic Director) With the beginning of the 2013-2014 school year, I will embark upon my 19th year in public education. Thirteen of these years have been spent as a classroom instructor at the high school level, teaching biology, physics, earth sciences and coaching. For the balance of my career, I have been the Assistant Principal of Valley High School in Gilcrest, CO. I received a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science from CSU and worked several years in industry before returning to the classroom and pursuing certification in secondary science instruction. The bulk of my graduate work was completed at UNC where I earned an M.A. in Educational Leadership. My wife Kristy and I reside in Berthoud and are the parents of two, Lindsey and Ben. Lindsey lives with us at home and Ben is currently at-tending Montana State in Bozeman. When not attending to professional responsibilities, much of my time is spent outdoors. I enjoy water activities, hiking and traveling to new destinations.

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WMS GATE PROGRAM For those new to Windsor schools, GATE stands for Gifted & Talented/Enrichment in our district. Stu-dents are placed in my explanatories based on educational needs, with our goal being to advance their ability, creativity, and task commitment. All WMS students are invited to sign up for Chess Club, Geography Bee, Spelling Bee, Math Counts, Lego League and other special activities. Be sure to listen to morning announce-ments and watch the school web page for dates of upcoming events. This quarter my GATE 6th, 7th, and 8th graders in I-Search classes will be answering the question, “What makes a strong civilization, to what makes a strong citizen.” They will research ancient civilizations to pre-sent day constitutions in order to gather a base of knowledge to create their own civilization. They will in-clude the arts of theater, architecture, free trade, politics, and more in their iBook presentations. Students will also meet with mentors at UNC theater and political science department while exploring campus life.

In 6th Grade my reading classes use their logical, critical reading skills to chart character growth and watch for red herrings in their novels. We enjoy reading classic stories as we compare literature that stands the test of time with modern literature of today. To give the students a deeper understanding of the Western Hemisphere countries they will be reading “The Cay’ and Up Front magazines that tie into their social stud-ies curriculum.

Next quarter Ms. Brunner will sign teach a sign language class in which studentswill explore the culture and language of the deaf community during the explore block rotation for 6th, 7th and 8th grade. Students will work to gain the skills needed to communicate in a second language. They will then prepare lessons to present for the preschoolers and build conversation skills so they can ask questions of our hearing impairedguests by the end of the quarter. WMS Chess Club is in its 21st year; we hope to have over 60 participants. Practice/game time is during lunch on Wednesdays in the lunchroom starting second quarter. Win or loose each chess club member is giv-en a free raffle ticket and the chance to win chessboards and T-Shirts. Contact Ms. Brunner at 686-8200 x3000 if you are willing to help. Chess Club members are given a pass to the front of the lunch line on Wednesday. I welcome help with any of these projects and look forward to a year of learning with my students and com-munity mentors.

Ruth Brunner

WMS GATE Teacher

(970) 686-8200

Teen Night at the Rec Center Sept. 6th

PTAC Meeting Sept 9th

Watch D.O.G Meeting Sept 10th

Picture Retakes Sept 17th

Powder Puff FB Sept 27th

Orchestra Concert Oct 1st

Band Concert Oct 2nd

P/T Conferences Oct 8th/15th

Teen Night at the Rec Center October 11th

6-8th Choir Concert October 14th

6th Band/Orchestra Oct 16th

No School Oct 18th

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IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS Joni Heiden, RN, School Nurse Lisa Penate, RN, School

Immunization requirements continue to expand and change from year to year. On January 17, 2007, the Col-orado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Board of Health approved additional vaccine require-

ments. The following immunizations will be required prior to the beginning of the 2012-2013 school year:

Preschool, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th grade students will be required to have one varicella (chickenpox)

vaccine or documentation that they have had the disease.

Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students will be required to have two doses of varicella

(chickenpox) vaccine or documented disease history from a health care provider.

Preschool - 12th grade students will be required to have the Hepatitis B series (three immunizations at ap-

propriate intervals).

Kindergarten-12th grade students will be required to have two MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccines.

Preschool students are required to have one MMR.

Preschool-12th grade students are required to have DTaP/ DT/Td and OPV/IPV vaccines. Please refer to

minimum requirements for specific grades in each health room.

Students entering 6th through 12th grades will be required to have a Tdap vaccine.

Preschool students are required to have the Hib (Haemophilus Influenza type b) vaccine. The number of dos-

es required depends on the student’s current age and the age when the Hib vaccine was administered.

The Hepatitis A vaccine (series of 2 immunizations) is highly recommended in Weld County but not required

for school entry.

Medical, personal and religious exemptions are available in each health room. A medical exemption must be signed by your child’s physician; personal and religious exemptions may be signed by parents. Please call

Joni at 686-8075 or Lisa at 686-8076 if you have questions about these requirements. Thank you.

The Windsor-Severance Fire Depart-ment has asked that we DO NOT use their parking lot for any of our school activities. This would present a problem for them in the event of an emergency. Thanks for your at-

tention to this!

FIRE STATION PARKING ART AND TECHNOLOGY MATERIALS FEES

Students participating in either art or industrial technology are to pay a $3.00 art materials fee or $5.00 shop materials fee for the costs of supplies and materials. We ask that fees are paid at the beginning of each quarter that the student is in that class. Thanks for your attention in this

matter!

ADDRESS CHANGES

Please notify us of address, phone number, or other relevant information changes on your stu-dent so we can make sure our

records are accurate. Thanks!

The Middle School website is www.weldre4.k12.co.us and once you are on the district website, click into the middle

school button.

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Below is a list of website resources for students and parents on drug and alcohol awareness.

Drug Abuse Resistance Education www.dare

Drug Free AZ www.drugfreeaz.com

Join Together www.jointogehter.org

National Inhalant Prevention Coalition www.inhalants.com

National Institute on Drug Abuse www.nida.nih.gov

New England Inhalant www.inhalantabusetraining.org/

Abuse Prevention national.html.

Training session for parents about inhalant abuse

Office of National Drug www.medicacampaign.org

Control Policy www.antidrug.com

www.freevibe.com

U.S. Department of Education www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS

The Parent Teacher Association www.pta.org

The Partnership for a Drug Free America www.drugfreeamerica.org

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration

www.samhsa.org

RESOURCES FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL AWARENESS

BOXTOPS FOR EDUCATION!

It is time once again to begin collecting BoxTops for Education! This program, sponsored by General

Mills, has helped schools earn extra money for many years. As part of the 6th grade fundraising effort, we

use these funds for field trips and other activities throughout the school year.

This year, the program has grown again! You’ll find BoxTops coupons on many new brands in the gro-cery store, including General Mills, Pills-

bury, Green Giant, Totino’s, Progresso, Kleenex, Ziplock and Gold Medal products. Look for the poster in the front hallway with all participat-

ing products. Also, watch for special bonus BoxTops on back to school items and your grocery reciepts. Help us double our reward and start

clipping now!

We also have a student reward program. Neatly clip 30 Box Tops. Write the student name, Connections teacher and number of labels

on the bag or envelope of BoxTops. Bring the BoxTops to Ms. Miller, 6th grade math teacher; room 608. The student will receive a large candy

bar as a reward! If the student is in 6th grade, they will also win points for their section 1 class. The 6th grade class with the most points at the end

of the year wins a pizza party!

There is also a new program for parents! It is called the BoxTops Boosters. Register online at www.Boxtops4education.com. We will

receive points for each booster we register, resulting in Bonus BoxTops.

Please, help make this our best Box Tops year yet! Thanks for your support! For further information, please contact Ms. Miller through Windsor

PROJECT A+ FROM TYSON FOODS

We have an exciting opportunity to raise as much as $12,000 for our school this year! We are taking part in a na-

tional fund-raising program sponsored by Tyson Foods, Inc. It is called Tyson® Project A+™. As a participating

Project A+ school, we can raise money for books, field trips, computers, improvements to our buildings — any-

thing we want. All we have to do to participate is clip and save Project A+ redemption labels from Tyson products

that feature the Project A+ logo. Each label we collect is worth 24¢ for our school!

This year, our goal is to collect a total of 1000 redemption labels so that we can help defray costs for our overnight

camping trip to Estes Park in the spring. Our school’s Tyson Project A+ coordinator is Ms. Miller. These count just as box tops for a candy bar

only you need to turn in 10 for the candy bar. Once we collect a minimum of 100 labels, we’ll submit them to Tyson Foods. Then we’ll be on

our way to meeting this year’s goal! Please help us out — and ask your friends, neighbors and relatives to help, as well. Please clip and save Ty-

son Project A+ redemp-tion labels from various Tyson products. Then drop them off at the office during regular school hours.

If you’d like more information about the Tyson Project A+ program, please contact Ms. Miller through Windsor Middle School at 686-8200 or

check out the Tyson Project A+ Web site, http://ProjectAPlus.tyson.com.

BACK TO SCHOOL SAVINGS FROM SAFEWAY

We are also collecting Back to School savings points from Safeway as well. You should get a receipt with a total amount that can be credited to

our school. Please check Safeway for the details. THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT! The 6th grade team.

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CROSS COUNTRY 2013

Date/Time

Sept. 4 - 3:30

Sept. 7 -TBA

Sept. 11 - 2:30

Sept. 20 - 3:00

Sept. 27 - 2:00

Oct. 4 - 3:30

Oct. 9 - 2:30

Meet Name

R2J Invt. 3K

St. Vrain Invt.

Walt Clark Pre Con.

John Martin Invt.

Sweetheart Invt.

Windsor Invt.

NCAC Conf.

Location

N. Lake Park Loveland

Lyons H.S.

Fairgrounds Park Lvlnd

Ft. Collins H.S.

N. Lake Park Loveland

Eastman Park Windsor

Fairgrounds Park Lvlnd

Boys Basketball open gym 3-5 Oct 7th

Boys Basketball Tryouts Oct 8-9-10

Mission Statement:

Windsor Middle School:

Time for learning…

Time for character…

Time for excellence

Vision:

Windsor Middle School

fosters a safe, welcome

environment for young

adolescent learners where

diversity, flexibility, and

inclusiveness are the values

that drive our purpose of

high achievement for all.

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FOOTBALL 2013

WMS Football Schedule 2013

Thursday August 29 Windsor @ Fort Morgan

Tuesday September 5 Windsor @ Resurrection Christian

Thursday September 12 Windsor @ Milliken

Thursday September 19 Windsor @ Severance

Saturday September 21 Resurrection @ Windsor JV

Thursday September 26 Platte Valley @ Windsor

Saturday September 28 Severance @ Windsor JV (9:00 a.m.)

Thursday October 3 Weld Central @ Windsor

Thursday October 10 Eaton @ Windsor

September games begin at 4:00 p.m., October games begin at 3:45 p.m.7th grade plays first , 8th grade plays second game.

SWIMMING 2013

September 4 Windsor vs. Lucile Erwin 3:30 p.m. Location: Loveland High School

September 11 Windsor @ Estes Park 3:30 p.m. Location: Estes Rec Center

September 18 Windsor vs. Severance 3:30 p.m. (Hm.) Location: Windsor High School

September 25 Windsor vs. Valley 3:30 p.m. Location: Windsor High School

September 28 JV Conference Time: TBA Location: Thompson Valley High School

October 2 Windsor vs. Walt Clark 3:30 Location: Windsor High School

October 4 (Conference) Varsity Diving TBA Location: Mountain View H.S.

October 5 (Conference) Varsity Swimming TBA Location: Mountain View H.S.

Fill out and return by Wednesday, September 4th for a chance for a $5.00 towards your lunch account.

Student Name_________________________________ Grade__________________________

Parent Signature______________________________________________

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VOLLEYBALL 2013

September 4 Windsor vs. Con Ball 3:30 p.m. (Hm.) Game order (8th, 6th, 7th)

September 9 Windsor @ Lucile Erwin 3:30 p.m. Game order (7th, 8th) No 6th grade game.

September 11 Windsor @ Severance 3:30 p.m. Game order (7th, 8th, 6th)

September 16 Windsor vs. Bill Reed 3:30 p.m. (Hm.) Game order (7th, 8th) No 6th grade game.

September 18 Windsor vs. Walt Clark 3:30 p.m. (Hm.) Game order (6th, 7th, 8th)

September 23 Windsor @ Con Ball 3:30 p.m. Game order (8th, 7th) No 6th grade game.

September 25 Windsor vs. Lucile Erwin 3:30 p.m. (Hm.) Game order (8th, 6th, 7th)

September 30 Windsor vs. Severance 3:30 p.m. (Hm.)Game order (7th, 8th) No 6th grade game.

October 2 Windsor @ Bill Reed 3:30 p.m. Game order (7th, 8th, 6th)

October 7 Windsor @ Walt Clark 3:30 p.m. Game order (7th, 8th) No 6th grade game.

October 9 Pig Tails TBA

October 12 Final 4 6th @ Windsor, 7th @ Erwin, 8th @ Ball