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Hello, West Jeff Middle families. This is your Weekly Wednesday Update for March 13, 2024.
Upcoming Dates
Through March: PTA School Supplies Drive
March 11 - 15: Spirit Week
March 14: PTA School Store at lunches
March 18 - 22: Spring Break; classes resume Tuesday, March 26
March 28: 6th grade Honor Roll assembly, 10:30 am
March 29: Coffee with the Counselors, 8:45 am
March 29: 7th/8th grade Honor Roll assembly, 10:45 am
April 2: 8th Grade Continuation planning meeting, 5:30 pm online
April 2 - 4: CMAS testing, 12:45 pm dismissal
School News
Our girls' basketball teams recently placed first and second in tournament play. Way to go!
There are two days remaining in our sixth and seventh grade-sponsored Spirit Week:
Thursday, March 14: Jersey Day - represent your favorite team
Friday, March 15: Wacky Clothes Day
Students will want to check the lost and found, located across from counseling, for any items they may have misplaced. Unclaimed items will be sorted and either discarded or donated to charity during spring break.
There will be no school for Spring Break March 18 - 22. Monday, March 25 is a staff development day, so classes will resume on Tuesday, March 26.
Families of students that will be recognized in short Honor Roll assemblies for Trimester 2 grades will receive a notification via SchoolMessenger the week of March 11th. A GPA of 4.0 is recognized with Gold Honor Roll; a GPA of 3.9-3.5 is recognized with Silver Honor Roll. Families are welcome to attend.
Thursday, March 28: 6th grade, 10:30 - 11:10 am
Friday, March 29: 7th/8th grade, 10:45 - 11:10 am
Our sixth grade students have entered their elective course choices for the upcoming school year directly into Infinite Campus. Families may view a list of elective classes in their student’s Google Classroom for their science class. Information on the elective selection process for current seventh grade students will be communicated soon. Please contact Mr. Keane at [email protected] with questions.
Our next Coffee with the Counselors will take place Friday, March 29th from 8:45 - 9:45 am in room 109 on the subject of interpersonal relationships and the neurodivergent brain with a guest from the Colorado Center for Neurofeedback & Peak Performance. While this topic may appeal especially to families of students that have been identified as gifted and talented, neurodivergent learners, or living with ADHD, all are welcome to join for this engaging conversation. Please complete the Coffee with the Counselors RSVP form if you plan to join us!
Our students will have 12:45 pm dismissal on April 2, 3, and 4 for CMAS testing. Testing dates and subjects are as follows:
April 2 - 4: CMAS ELA and Math testing for students with standard time, CMAS ELA only for students with extended time accommodations. All students will be dismissed at 12:45 pm. Buses will run at 12:45 pm.
April 9 - 11: CMAS Math testing only for students with extended time accommodations, and makeup testing for any students that missed a previous testing session
April 16: CMAS Science testing for 8th grade students
For CMAS questions, please email Amy Baker at [email protected] or Justin Squires at [email protected].
The draft minutes from the February School Accountability Committee meeting are available on the school website. The next meeting will take place on Monday, April 22 at 4 pm.
Students that eat school lunch, please have your student ID ready to scan the barcode in the lunch line. If you need a replacement ID, please email Mrs. Baker.
Students that have formed teams for the Jeffco Middle School Battle of the Books should be reading the books and taking notes in preparation for our school competition.
Individual counseling services with Resilience 1220 therapists are now being offered at our school during the school day. If your student already works with a Resilience 1220 therapist and you are interested in your student meeting during the school day, please reach out to your therapist directly. If you are interested in beginning services with a Resilience 1220 therapist during the school day, please reach out to Melissa Shute at [email protected].
Jeffco students have access to telehealth visits at school or at home through the district’s partnership with Hazel Health. For more information and to complete the consent form, please visit https://getstarted.hazel.co/district/jeffcopublicschools#how-hazel-works.
Adult family or community members available at the beginning or end of the school day to help keep the drop-off and pickup of students safe and well supervised are invited to volunteer with our Watch D.O.G.S.! Please contact our Lead WatchDOG, Daniel Tucker, with any questions at [email protected].
Drop Off and Pick Up Reminder
We have worked very hard to try and make the drop off and pick up as smooth as possible for you. This has been streamlined by having cars enter WJMS by coming down Stansbery St, allowing for the line of cars to move straight into our parking lot and freeing up the intersection for the busses to swing out of our driveway.
There has been a recent uptick in reports that cars are coming down Barnes and turning left into our lot, cutting in front of the line of cars attempting to follow the process we have asked of everyone. If you are coming down Barnes, please take a right down Stansbery St and join the line. The best way to accomplish this is to turn on Fisbeck Ct, just behind the post office, and join the line on Stansbery from the rear.
Thank you for following this traffic pattern so that everyone can get through as smoothly as possible. We understand the traffic can be frustrating, but this process has worked the best given the constraints of the neighborhood.
PTA News
The next School Store is coming up tomorrow, March 14 during lunches. Students may pay with cash, card or Google/Apple Pay. Nothing is over $5 and all proceeds benefit the PTA which goes right back to helping students! Check out the flier of new items for more information.
Our PTA is sponsoring a school supplies drive through March to restock classroom supplies. If you would like to support this initiative, please consider making a monetary donation or committing to pick up supplies from the list. There are bins at school to collect items. Thank you!
Thank you to the Rotary Club of Conifer! Our PTA was among the recipients of the 2024 Conifer Rotary Foundation grants to community organizations. Our PTA is matching the $2000 grant received to fund our educator grants program.
There will be an online meeting for 8th grade Continuation planning on Tuesday, April 2nd from 5:30 - 6:30 pm. To receive the online meeting link, please use the 8th Grade Continuation Planning Committee SignUpGenius. We will be picking a theme, decorations, food, games, memory board - whatever we think would make their big day special. Please email Brittany Smith at [email protected] with any questions you have before the meeting.
Join us for a night out at Urban Air on Thursday, April 25th from 4 - 8 pm. A portion of the proceeds will benefit our school. More details will be coming soon.
You can support our PTA while you shop with King Soopers Community Rewards! To designate our PTA as a recipient for donations based on your shopping, log into your King Soopers account, click on My Account and navigate down to Community Rewards, then search for West Jeff Middle School PTA. Contact our PTA with questions at [email protected].
Business owners, you can advertise your business and support the PTA at the same time! Check out our website for more information on becoming a fence sign sponsor.
Connect with PTA: PTA Website and PTA Facebook
Community News
Jeffco Public Schools is hiring! There are available positions in many areas for adults interested in working for Jeffco Public Schools. Learn more about available positions and apply online on the Jeffco Jobs Board at jeffcok12jobs.org.
We have an immediate opening at our school for an Independence Support Para Educator: Job 26181 - Para Educator - Independence Support 6th Various. The position is .875 FTE (7 hours/day) and starts at $19.13/hour.
Register now for Conifer's Got Talent: Conifer's Got Talent is calling for youth talent submissions by March 15! Scheduled for Friday, April 19, 2024 from 6 - 9 pm at Conifer High School, winning contestants will earn the opportunity to perform as opening acts for the 2024 EPRD Summer Concert Series at Evergreen Lake or at Buchanan Fields. Conifer's Got Talent is open to musicians, singers, actors, and comedians 18 years old and younger who are part of the greater Conifer mountain community. For more info, visit the Conifer's Got Talent website. Direct questions to [email protected].
Satos Run Club: Registration is open for a running club program open to students in the mountain area. Training sessions are every Wednesday and Saturday from March 27 through May 18. Please visit the Satos Run Club website for more information.
South Jeffco Football: South Jeffco Coyotes player evaluations for the 2024 football season will take place on Sunday, April 14 at the Columbine High School gymnasium. Registration is required and players should be prepared with sneakers and a water bottle.
Juniors Recreational Mountain Bike Program: Registration opens January 3 for a recreational mountain bike program in Conifer offered by Avout Racing. Practices will be held Tuesday and Thursday evenings starting April 16 for the spring season. Most practices will be held at parks in or near Conifer. Please visit the Inspire Juniors Rec Conifer page on the Avout Racing website for more information.
Mountain Predators Football and Cheer: Registration is open for the 2024 Mountain Predators tackle football and cheerleading season! First-year players may register for free using the code MYFNEW at checkout. Early Bird pricing ends April 30, 2024. Please visit the Mountain Predators website for more information and to register.
Summer Musical Theatre Camp: Registration is open for Ovation West Performing Arts and Mountain Youth Musicals’ summer programs at CenterStage in Evergreen. Programs for middle-school-aged students include Theatre Tech one and two-week sessions and a two-week session for students ages 12 - 14 by June 1 to perform scenes from Hadestown.
Jeffco Gifted and Talented Events: Jeffco Public Schools' Gifted and Talented Department is hosting the following upcoming events for Jeffco families:
Thursday, March 14: Gifted Students and Underachievement, 6 - 7:30 pm via Google Meet; free registration required to receive Google Meet link
June 3 - 7: SPARKS GT Enrichment Program at Everitt Middle School, cost is $205 plus class fees, registration opens March 1
Resilience1220 events: Resilience1220 is a local non-profit organization that provides free counseling sessions and support groups for young people ages 12-20, and community outreach and events that increase awareness of mental health issues. Some of their upcoming events:
March 13: Conversations & Connections: Parenting in the Digital Age, 7 - 8 pm, via Zoom
March 20: Sensitive Collective for Highly Sensitive People, 6 - 7 pm, via Zoom
March 28: Support after Suicide Loss support group, 5:30 - 7 pm, both via Zoom and in person at the Resilience1220 office (32003 Ellingwood Trail, Evergreen)
April 4: Stay Connected at Java Groove!, 5 - 7 pm at Java Groove, 28186 Colorado Hwy 74
April 9: Beyond the Rainbow, 6 - 7:30 pm, separate groups for youth and adult family members that are LGBTQ+ or allies, please RSVP to [email protected] by 10 am on the day of the event
Jefferson County Public Library events: Please follow the links for more information on upcoming programs at the Conifer branch:
Saturday, March 16: LEGO® ROOM!!!, 11 am – 3 pm
Saturday, March 30: Teen Dungeons & Dragons, 2 – 4 pm
Tuesday, April 9: Teen Time - Spheros, 4:15 – 5:15 pm
Saturday, April 13: Conifer Creation Station, 11 – 11:45 am