Everitt Family Newsletter
~ For Everitt Families: October 22, 2021
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Dear Everitt Families:
Happy Friday!
We are about half way through the semester and it's a great time to check on your students' grades and help them get caught up on any missing assignments. Click here for Infinite Campus, a place where you can access those grades and find out what needs to be completed.
We are a little shorter-staffed than normal in the cafeteria. As a result, our lunch options are a little more limited and the staff is unable to sell snacks to students. Please see below for the revised lunch options for next week.
Please join us for our Fall Festival next Friday, October 29th from 4:00-6:00 pm. Our Sources of Strength students have planned fun games, booths, and costume competitions for the whole family! If you would like to volunteer or to provide some goodies for the evening, we'd love to have your help! Here is a link to sign up to help.
We had our first Everitt Information Night for 5th grade families this week. It was wonderful to have the energetic and excited 5th graders in the building. We will continue to do tours for interested families on Wednesdays from 1:15-1:45 pm. If that time does not work for you, please call the main office and we will schedule a tour at a time that works.
This morning, we had our monthly, scheduled fire drill. The students were amazing! They were quiet and safe and we were all back in the building within 5 minutes. Then, around 9:30, the alarm sounded again. The students were again wonderful and patiently waited for a resolution. We discovered that there was a glitch in our water system which we were able to quickly reset. An adventure-filled morning but one that demonstrated how amazing Everitt students are!
Students may wear costumes on Friday, October 29th. The costumes must follow the dress code — no masks, blood, weapons, etc. Just wait until you see the staff costumes — they are paw-sitively awesome!
Thank you for supporting and believing in your neighborhood school. It is our privilege to partner with you!
Amanda
Amanda Pouliot, Interim Principal
Everitt Middle School
303.982.6359
Amanda.Pouliot@jeffco.k12.co.us
Important Updates Here!-- Please Save these Dates!
Tues, 10/26 Choir Concert @ WRHS 7:00 pm
Thurs, 10/28 Band/Orchestra Concert @ WRHS 6:30 pm
Fri, 10/29 Fall Festival 4:00-6:00 pm
Weds, 11/3 PTA and SAC 6:30 and 7:30
2021-2022 Bell Schedule
Things Happening at Everitt!
Q and A
It's finally fall!
Playing PIT in Finance class and trading those commodities
PTA - November 3rd
Lunch Options
Here are the lunch options for next week:
Friday 10/22
Chicken strips + roll
or
Yogurt meal (yogurt, string cheese, and ZeeZee bar)
Monday 10/25
Crispy chicken sandwiches
or
Cheesy breadsticks
Tuesday 10/26
Pizza
or
Chicken taquitos
Wednesday 10/27
Hamburger / Cheeseburger
or
Yogurt meal (yogurt, string cheese, and ZeeZee bar)
Thursday 10/28
Pizza
or
Yogurt parfait + granola
Friday 10/29
French toast sticks
Yogurt meal (yogurt, string cheese, and ZeeZee bar)
Healthy Kids Colorado Survey
Everitt has been selected to participate in the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey (HKCS) this fall. Here is some information regarding the HKCS.
- The HKCS collects anonymous information from Colorado students in 6th to 12th grades about health-related attitudes and behaviors, including: unintentional injuries and violence; mental health; school safety and physical fighting; tobacco, alcohol other substance use; physical activity and nutrition; and risk and protective factors.Our survey is scheduled for October 27, 2021. If you do not want your child to participate, please use the link below to opt your student out by October 26, 2021.
- In 2019, about 100,000 students participated from over 500 middle and high schools in Colorado.
- The survey is anonymous and voluntary. All families can opt-out of the survey using THIS FORM. The survey is also voluntary for students.
- To see the survey tool click HERE. To learn more about the survey click HERE.
- If you or your student need immediate mental health support please contact Colorado Crisis Services at 1-844-8255 or text "TALK" to 38255
Shots for Tots and Teens
Sign Up to Help with the Fall Festival!
Milk Caps for Moola!
Attention 8th Grade Families
Can you believe it is time to start thinking about high school already?
Wheat Ridge High School is holding virtual information sessions on Monday, November 15th through Thursday, November 18th. The link can be found on the WRHS website starting on November 15th.
There will also be an in-person open house on Thursday, November 18th from 6:30-8:00 pm. Come meet administration, counselors, teachers, coaches, students and parents!
You can also schedule a shadow day beginning on October 25th. See the WRHS website for more information about how to sign up.
Golden High School is holding an open house on November 10th from 4:00-6:00 pm. There will be a student panel in the gym at 4:15 and 5:15. Come learn about sports, clubs, teachers, electives, and tour the GHS campus.
Everitt Information Night and Tours!
Our next Everitt Information Night (formerly Jump to the Middle) will be on December 1st from 5:30-6:30 pm and will be virtual. It will be a time to hear from a student panel about what being an Everitt student is like, to hear from the 6th grade teams and elective teachers about what classes are like, and to hear from administrators and counselors about what Everitt is like as a whole. Please let your friends and neighbors know!
Our administrators and Sources of Strength students will provide tours to interested families from 1:15-1:45 pm through the rest of the semester. You can call the main office at Everitt to sign up for a time or you can just come and we will accommodate you!
That's okay, you can still view it here. If you have any questions, please reach out to our librarian, Ashley Ferraro, via email at: ashley.ferraro@jeffco.k12.co.us
Free and Reduced Lunch Applications
- School fee waivers
- Reduced admission fees to museums and other programs
- Comcast Internet Essentials
- Utility assistance
- Transportation assistance
Qualifying for free and reduced lunch also helps our school to receive extra funds and resources!
Apply online at www.schoolcafe.com or reach out to us for a paper application.
GT Family Book Study Groups
Battle of the Books!
From Our Nurse: At Home Screening for COVID-19
Any student diagnosed with COVID-19 or who is a close contact of a COVID-19 case should not go to school and should isolate or quarantine according to public health recommendations regardless of current symptoms.
If your child is experiencing any potentially life-threatening symptoms, please call 911.
Symptom Screen:
If any of the following symptoms are present, keep the child at home, inform the school of symptoms, and reach out to a health care provider about COVID-19 testing and next steps for treatment.
- feeling feverish, having chills, or temperature 100.4 degrees or higher
- new or unexplained persistent cough
- shortness of breath
- difficulty breathing
- loss of taste or smell
- fatigue
- muscle aches
- headache
- sore throat
- nausea or vomiting
- diarrhea
- runny nose or congestion
Clubs and Activities
Our clubs are off to a great start!
Students are always welcome to join a club already in session! There is a description of each club and more information about joining on the Everitt website.
Here are the clubs and their meeting days:
Girls on the Run - Mondays 2:30-4:00
Junior Optimists Club - Mondays 2:30-3:30
Mariachi Band - Mondays 2:30-3:30
After School Help for 8th Graders (run by all 8th grade core teachers) - Mondays 2:25-3:15
Art Club - Tuesdays 2:30-3:30
Jazz Band - Wednesdays 2:30-3:15
Theatre Guild - Thursdays 2:40-4:00
6th Grade Game Club - Thursdays 2:30-3:30 (except for the 2nd Thursday of each month)
Green Team (Climate Change Club) - Thursdays 2:30-3:30
School of Rock - Thursdays 2:30-3:30
Middle School Sports Program
I hear that we are currently looking for a couple of volleyball coaches!
Student Celebrations!
Montravius W. - Montravius is working hard in art class!
Mackenzie W. - Mackenzie works hard, is creative and helpful, takes risks in her learning, helps others and is a positive leader and friend. She rocks!
Makenzie E. - Makenzie brings fun wherever she goes. She is positive, kind and friendly to everyone.
Lily, Wisdom, Anthony, Van, Nathaniel, Sophia - You were amazing at the Everitt Information Night! Thank you for serving on our student panel. You are confident, articulate, kind, and wonderful representatives of Everitt.
Zach M. - Thank you for being kind and helpful to a student who was struggling. You make Everitt a better place!
Amber V. - Thank you for helping clean up in the cafeteria after breakfast and keeping our school clean.
Everyone! - Thank you for your amazing behavior during our fire drill today. We were out of the building and in our lines in two minutes.
Erin H. and Jaelyn B. - Thank you for so clearly and thoughtfully describing the work of Sources of Strength in our Everitt Information Night. You made us all so proud!
The 8th Grade Principal's Council - Thank you for demonstrating strong leadership skills, respect for each other's voices, and a desire to make Everitt a better place in our conversation this week! I'm proud of you!
Everitt Middle School
With foundations of equity and excellence, Everitt empowers and inspires our students as individuals, lifelong learners, and creative critical thinkers to engage in authentic learning and contribute meaningfully to their communities and their world.
Email: amanda.pouliot@jeffco.k12.co.us
Website: https://everitt.jeffcopublicschools.org/
Location: 3900 Kipling St, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033, USA
Phone: 303-982-1580