Cougar Call

Hello Ishi Hills Families,

Well, Spring is here, and so are allergies. Even though it feels like our COVID cases have slowed to a crawl, it is best to check your student for COVID when they show the signs. Most likely it will just be allegies, but it is better to be safe.

Along with Spring comes warmer weather. Please remind your student to continue to follow the dress code as stated below. We, at Ishi, appreciate your support in this matter.

It is great to see student working together and getting a long. It took us a while, but our school climate is more positive and calmer. As you might know already, we are going to have a Spring Fling as a reward for the safety challenge of 30 days. Once the dance committee has final details of time and place, we will send out information. The students are soooo excited!

Here are a couple of great phrases that go alone with a school of kindness:

1) Do the right thing... Even when no one is looking

2) Have a great day or not...the choice is yours

Have a wonderful rest of the school year!

Sincerely,

Renee Henderson

Warmer weather is upon us and the staff here at Ishi Hills would like to remind parents and students of the appropriate attire for school. If you do not want to be dress coded at school then you need to follow these simple dress code rules!

Appropriate clothing includes, but is not limited to:

• Shorts and skirts at least mid-thigh length (as determined by arm and fingertip length with the fingers in a relaxed position.

• Shirts or tops that cover midriffs and don’t display cleavage. Straps at least 2”wide.

• Shoes (including sandals) with a back or back strap.

• Ripped jeans top holes must be a fingertip length (no skin showing above the appropriate length)

• Shirts/Tops with spaghetti straps, tank-tops with large armholes, halter tops, strapless or barebacked dresses, shirts or tops that display cleavage.

Inappropriate clothing includes, but is not limited to:

• Clothing/hats/beanies/ headbands depicting drugs, alcohol, tobacco, profanity, vulgarities, or gang symbols.

• Oversized or sagging pants that interfere with normal school activities.

• Shirts/Tops with spaghetti straps, tank-tops with large armholes, halter tops, strapless or barebacked dresses, shirts or tops that display cleavage.

• Clothing which allows underwear or bare midriffs to be displayed at any time.

• Skirts, shorts or pants with holes, shorter than arm and fingertip length with the fingers in a relaxed position are not permitted.

• Sandals, slides, house slippers, or flip-flops without a back strap.

• Bandanas or Do-rags

• Pajama pants/tops

The school principal or designee will make the determination regarding any questionable clothing. Students wearing inappropriate clothing will call their parent/s immediately. If the parent is not available to immediately bring a change of clothes, the student will be returned to class, eliminating loss of instruction time and they will wear school provided clothing (if available). Borrowed school clothing must be returned clean to the school the next day.

Spring Break is April 11th - 18th, school will resume on Tuesday April 19th.

April 27th is a Minimum Day School dismissal is at 1:15 pm

Do you have any blankets lying around that you have no use for anymore? Consider donating them to a worthy cause and help out our homeless pets! We are accepting donations of dog and cat food, wet or dry as well as collars, leashes and toys.

Drop off at Ishi Hills Middle school anytime between April 4th-29th during school hours 8:30am-2:30pm (reminder spring break is April 11-18th so there will be nobody on campus to gather the donations).

Every year I have the honor of choosing two staff members to honor through Butte/Glen County ACSA. Please celebrate with us as Jennifer Hunter is classified of the year, and Ashley Bolstad is certificated of the year!

Ishi Hills would like to welcome our new Librarian Kristen!

Students please return any books that are overdue, so that you can start checking out new books.

Congratulations to all of our March Students of the Month! Keep up the great work!

6th Grade

Hailey Elerding-Holmstrom

Wyatt Snow

Grayson Gramps

Zavien Eaves

7th Grade

Layla Vaimaona

Kendal Headley

Riina Zulkoski

Max Oropeza

Kayden Romero-Valdez

Nathaniel Hernandez-Jackson

Angela Lansdon

8th Grade

Zahmir Martin

Ethan Leonard

Graceanne McFall

Izabel Keck

6th Grade

Mia Barnes

Emily Corona

Boston Draper

Emma Duran

Grayson Gramps

Margaret Howard

Patricia Howard

Bianca McIntosh

Anthony McLane

Aarav Patel

Carlos Sandovol

Elizabeth Spradlin

7th Grade

Hailey Barnes

Braydon Bowers

Gianna Brown

Marquis Causey

Sadie Chanh

Evan Hemstalk

Tyler Landucci

Madilyn O'Neil

Lawrence Paton

Catherine Touch

8th Grade

Sullivan Bergstrand

Johnathon Hernandez-Jackson

Richard Steele

6th Grade

Kirra Bice

Ethan Bowers

Drew Clark

Daisee Dillon

Ethan Duncan

Zavien Eaves

Madilynn Gramps

Aiden Tucker

Addison Brady

Owen DeHoff

Sarah Floyd

Grace Hutcheson

Jackson Leonard

Isabella Lopez

Jayden Mitchell

Allison Akins

Johanna Murillo-Diaz

Cristian Romero

Joshua Stubbe

Everett Taylor

Bevileen Lee

Matthew McCuin

Blake Morgan

Laisha Soria

Chloe Brake

Colton Carribou

Brian Cooksey

Marley Crabtree

Kaleakailani Garske

Connor Kelley

Christopher Qualls

Freddy Bluford

Colsen Johnson

Kylie Pope

Jewely Sikes

Ayden Estrada

Steven Shaw

Steven Weigert Jr.

Avery Weigert

7th Grade

Cherisse Trinidad

Issac Felix

Kayla Garcia

Kendal Headley

Morgan Hyatt

Lucy Lefebvre

Aubrey Murray

Kassidy Smith House

Layla Vaimaona

Libby Borene

Marissa Estes

Novili Fain

Tanner Goodman

Makayla Graham

Pierce Meisner

Zavaan Pope

Lexi Kennedy

Payton Love

Leeland Norwood-Marte

Lillian Ruttan

Evan Smith-Cook

Remmi Blazewick

Kayden Romero-Valdez

Araceli Soria

Trenton Wood

Sierra Edwards

Sophia Harlan

8th Grade

Kennedi Clingman

Keolakupaianaha Garske

Christine Leal

Colton Bice

Amelia Kuentz

Ethan Leonard

Graceanne McFall

Taylen Regur

Leonardo Gomez-Burgos

Hunter George

Wesley Russo

Kelsea Cudlip

Ethan Tyler

Camren Carribou

Lillian Marsh

Our staff compared our quarterly referrals to our quarterly interventions. We noticed a direct corrilation between peak days in behavior followed by peak days in interventions to support behaviors. We also noted that our incidents are decreasing as we move into the end of the year. Students are treating each other with kindness, which make our climate more positive and calm. We are so proud of them!