Hello Charger Families!

We are rapidly approaching the end of Quarter 3 and Spring Break is near! There are only two and a half weeks left in the quarter. With that said, we need to make sure all students finish strong. One way we can do that is by making attendance a priority. Please make sure your child is here each and every day so that they get the most instruction and have a chance to complete all assignments. Students should be diligently checking FOCUS for grades and keeping up to date with all assignments. Parents, please support this endeavor by checking FOCUS with your students. Challenger would like to see as many students as possible attend the Quarter 3 celebration!

Aside from academics, our final sports of the year - golf and tennis - will be starting towards the end of the month. Both family Math Night and our next dance are also coming up, and we can't wait to see all of our student's smiling faces at these events.

We are so very proud of the students at Challenger Middle and their academic growth. If you see that your student is underperforming please feel free to call the school to schedule an appointment with his/her teachers. Student success - emotionally, physically, and academically - are our first priority.

Respectfully,

Stacia Winfree

Principal – Challenger Middle

Spring Break will be the week of March 20th-24th.

Relax and enjoy this time with your families!

We cannot wait to see you back and ready to learn Monday, March 27th.

Challenger is in need of PBIS reward items!

Item examples from Sams/Costco:

Airheads, Takis, Tootsie Pops, Hot chip variety pack, Fruit snacks, Pringles (small individual cans), Swedish fish (individual), Sour patch kids (individual), and small Slim Jims

Items can be donated to the front office and donators will be recognized in our following newsletter!

Celebrate Your School's Student Upstanders And Trusted Adults!

Join us for Say Something Week: March 13-17, 2023!

Each year, thousands of schools and youth organizations nationwide participate in Say Something Week, celebrating the importance of trusted adults and upstanders in your community!

Know The Signs. Say Something. Save Lives.

Our national Say Something Week creates a culture to prevent school violence.

Our girls and boys' soccer teams have had a wonderful season and worked so very hard both in practice and during games. We want to congratulate all soccer players on an excellent season!

We are all very proud of their growth and are looking forward to a strong finish of the season!

In Ms. Aulet's 8th grade Language Arts class, students got creative with blackout and spiral poetry creations! To make blackout poetry, students get a random page from a book and they have to black out the page, apart from a few words to create a poem. Spiral poetry is pretty much described by its name, students make a poem in a spiral shape. We loved getting to see the amazing poetry that students created!

A few weeks ago, NJHS took a trip to the Second Act thrift store, which raises money for domestic abuse shelters. Students were earning volunteer hours and helping organize and distribute donations.

Each year the Southwest Florida & Lee County Fair offers a space to display livestock, agriculture, crafts, and the like in a safe, family-oriented environment. Challenger participates by setting up a booth that is themed differently each year. Our theme this year was "Barn in the USA" and some of our classes decorated little furry friends based on different states. The fair runs from February 23rd - March 5th, make sure you stop by and check out our booth!

Our March bus driver of the month is Lourdes Padrom from 1943! We're thankful for her always being on time, both morning and afternoon! She is a great example of the Challenger spirit.

At the end of January, Challenger hosted a spirit night at Chick-Fil-A to raise money for our 7th graders! The spirit night was a HUGE success, and we wanted to thank everyone that came out to support us!!! We'll see you at the next one! 😊

Thank you so much NJHS and Ms. Spero for sponsoring the Valentine's bus driver appreciation! Another thank you to Ms. Williamson as well for helping organize the event. We were able to celebrate some very deserving staff members of our school with coffee, sweet treats, and goodie bags. We are super thankful for our bus drivers, and NJHS!

Our school psychologist, Ms. Linehan has created a resource for the month of March to better our mental health! It includes some fun health promotion videos for students to focus on mindfulness.

Click the link below to check it out!!!