Mark your calendars for March 8 & 9. Student-Led Conferences are the week before Spring Break, which is later in the year than in the past. Middle schools will hold conferences Wednesday and Thursday of that week. Then there is no school for students on Thursday, March 9 and Friday, March 10. Spring break is March 13-17.

Use the sign-up links below to sign up for a time. Your time slot will be designated by homeroom teachers, but you will be able to visit any teacher you need to see.

Are you interested in Track or Soccer? Sign-ups for those sports have been emailed out and QR codes are hanging up in the office for you to sign up. Sign-ups are open until Monday, March 6th. If you have any questions, please reach out to Ms. Aggen.

Buffett counselors are visiting classes during the next few weeks to talk to students about their elective course choices for next year. Students will rank their options, but they may not get their top choices because of course popularity. Rank ordering of the other classes will become very important. If you have questions about their choices and options, do not hesitate to call or email Buffett counselors.

5th grade: maraleigh.lewandowski@ops.org

6th grade: bryce.thull@ops.org

7th grade: kathy.janata@ops.org

We have two meetings left before we depart:

1. Mandatory Student/Parent Meeting on Thursday, February 23 @ 6pm in the Buffett Library
2. Student Meeting on Tuesday, March 7th from 3:10-4:45 on the Stage (Mr. Miller's Room)

If for any reason you are unable to make the Student/Parent on Thursday, please let me know.

This section of the bulletin will highlight one story featuring Buffett Bobcats staying true to these values.

On Saturday, February 4th and Sunday, February 5th, Buffett music students participated in the OPS All City Music Festival at the Holland Performing Arts Center. Band and Strings students performed on Saturday and Choir students performed on Sunday.

Congratulations to the following students who participated in the festival:

Band:

Margo M, Ella C, Reagan S, Jack C, Adylenne R, Isabel V, Harper C, Natalia M, Kaylin C, Colin, K, Elsie H, Luke B, Blake B

Choir:

Sophia N, Harper O, Daphne E, Tori P, Ava S, Abigail A, Ryan B, Kadence B, Samuel D, Maddie F, Ana G, Chad H, CeCe H, Kaleb H.S, Kamri H.S.

Strings:

Colin K, Ashlyn O, Linden C, Lilly H, Madison W, Jade L, Theo J, Alexis P, David B, Evan F, Victor R, Kate A, Emma F, Oren S, Anna B, Mackenzie S, Carson R, Nya M, Violet T, Cole H, Cameron S.

Buffett's Robotics team competed last weekend at a local competition. The team meets twice a week every week to prepare for these competitions. We are proud to say that our Buffett teams will all compete in the state Robotics competition. Congratulations!

Robotics Team: Greta H., Chase K., Jay O., Silas R., Mia B., Alexis B., Fredrick C., Tristan C., Ziv B., Tyler F., Camden K., Nina J., Brayden J., Joseph K., Jacob K., Connor V., Gianna P., David B., Aiden N., KaVon H., & Payton C.