Wildcat Weekly

Hello, Wildcat Families and Students!

Thank you, families for taking the time to fill out our Fall Feedback Survey! I appreciate all of you! I will be reviewing this information along with our team to continue to assess the needs and expectations of our students, staff, and parents.

TUTORING HAS STARTED! Right after school until 3:45. Students report to the teachers' classroom right after school.

MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH MRS. JANIKOWSKI

TUESDAY AND THURSDAY MATH ONLY WITH MRS. TOSCANO

• The end of QUARTER 1 was last week. Progress on grades are posted on Aeries. Parents, please check Aeries for updated grades. PROGRESS REPORTS WILL NOT BE MAILED HOME.
• Lunch clubs have started, and students are excited!
• Thank you to Mrs. Cortez-Rojo and Mr. Hinchliff for organizing the Cultural Night! It was an amazing event!

• Our Show Choir and Guitar students will perform at the Bonsall Fall Festival this Saturday, 10/28/23!

• 2:00 Sms guitar ensemble

• 2:10 Sms show choirs
• 2:20 BES 3rd graders (recorders)

PARENTS: Please check your student's planner for homework due or what your student did in class. Your student has also listed his or her reading and math STAR scores in the back of the planner. Please ask them about this!

Our Fall Feedback Survey is now open for Parents and Guardians! Please consider filling out our feedback form to help us improve and add to the fantastic things we have at Sullivan!

Please download the Parent Square APP for the most updated information about Sullivan!

THIS WEEK:

• 10/31 - Student Dress up Costume Day
• 11/1 - NON-STUDENT DAY/ Teacher Professional Development Day.
• 11/2 - Fall Sports Pep Rally

• Lunch on the Lawn: November 9 - Thursday

  Lunch A - 10:24 to 10:54

  Lunch B - 11:20 to 11:50

Next Week and beyond:

• 11/17 - Turkey Trot
• 11/20 - 11/24 Thanksgiving Break NO SCHOOL

• Congratulations to our coaches and athletes on the very successful Fall Seasons!
  Winter sports will be Boys' Basketball and Girls' Soccer.
  Tryouts will be:

  
  

  Monday, Nov. 27- 3:00- 4:15pm Lunch A

  Tuesday, Nov. 28- 3:00-4:15pm Lunch B

  Wednesday, Nov. 29- Invitation Only

  * If your student makes the team they will have to be cleared on the Home Campus Website in order for them to participate in the season.

  
  

  
  

  The first games are 12/12 and 12/14

Respectfully,

Angie James, Principal ~ Click to email.

Sullivan Middle School

Please contact the office with any questions you may have!

Important Links:

DISTRICT CALENDAR.

Your Super Excited Principal

Angie James, Principal ~ Click to email.

Sullivan Middle School

Mrs. Ledri was chosen to win a grant from CalRTA for our Yearbook class. The California Retired Teachers Association is a group of retirees that chooses a few teachers yearly to award grant money to their classes and programs. Mrs. Ledri and Sullivan's Yearbook class was chosen as one of the recipients this year. Thank you CalRTA!

The students were VERY excited about our Haunted House, trick-or-treating, Dancing, Carnival Games, and food!

Thank you, parents, for volunteering your time and food for our Wildcats. This is one of our most costly dances because of the Haunted House, but our Wildcats love it and look forward to it every year! We wouldn't be able to make the magic happen without our families and all you do for us. THANK YOU!

Thank you to Mrs. Cortez-Rojo and Mr. Hinchliff for organizing the Cultural Night, and thank you to Mrs. Leonor Rodriguez! It was an amazing event!

Students from both the high school and middle school presented their projects about the different cultures and countries they picked as their topic of focus. We also had different cultural dances represented by the elementary, middle, and high school students.

Thank you, families, for your attendance!

Congratulations to our coaches and athletes on the very successful Fall Seasons!

Winter sports will be Boys' Basketball and Girls' Soccer.
Tryouts will be:

Monday, Nov. 27- 3:00- 4:15pm Lunch A

Tuesday, Nov. 28- 3:00-4:15pm Lunch B

Wednesday, Nov. 29- Invitation Only

* If your student makes the team they will have to be cleared on the Home Campus Website in order for them to participate in the season.

The first games are 12/12 and 12/14

Hello all,

At the meet, one word to sum it up...fantastic. The determination, desire, competitiveness, and team spirit/support that was on display were wonderful to see. I saw a lot of proud parents (and brothers and sisters) as you should be. Cool temps, a flat but varied course, and runners that pushed themselves led to a significant number of new Personal Best times, some of which were light years ahead of posted times at the start of the season. I can't believe how far some of them have come over the last 9 weeks in terms of fitness, belief, and confidence.

I've attached the official race results below. Take a look at their mile pace times and the continual improvement over the course of the season. Some shout-outs from the Championship:

• Sienna -who finished 6th out of 95 runners and ran a 7:05 pace (I'm sure it was the new shoes!) and medaled yesterday.
• Jackson- he ran all season in the 8th-grade category. Set a new mile PR of 6:26, finished 14th, and beat his course time from last year by 1:02! He also medaled.
• Madison - she ran, by far, her best pace of the season and has dropped her pace time from 11:37 to...wait for it...9:35!!!
• Cass ran her PR and beat her course time from last year by 22 seconds.
• Olivia beat her previous best time by 30 seconds per mile!
• Emmanuel -ran his best pace for the season and beat his last year's course time by 2:07!
• Faith -not just a sprinter. Dropped her pace time from 8:47 per mile to 7:42 yesterday (and had the red face to go with it.) All grit and determination down the final stretch. As I said to her, a bit like running in quicksand at the end, but she didn't disagree!
• Elijah, Alex, Danny, and Quiyi all dropped significant time off their efforts last year -in a couple of cases, over a minute.

The final aspect of all of this is that the course was the longest of the season at 2.0 miles = runners ran further, faster = very hard to do.

Three important final points before signing off:

1. Please turn in uniforms to Linda at the front office so I can get them all turned in and not have to chase.

2. Off in the future, I know, but there will be a meeting in May for CC next year.

KIddos will be provided with a training schedule for the summer to:

a.) get a head start on the season

b.) improve their fitness

c.) critically, reduce the injury issues caused by growing and trying to ramp up fitness for the season.

3. Banana bread. Enjoy. My mother was a wonderful cook (had to be with five children, including 3 boys with hollow legs), and the smell of this in the house when growing up was 'ahhh/mmm'! Let's just say that Linda and Kennet couldn't understand why I wasn't making extra for them on Thursday, and then I would watch it all disappear in 60 seconds at 7:15 a.m. on Friday.

Take care, everyone, and I'm sure I'll see you all around campus and at events!

Thank you for your hard work and dedication, Wildcats, and thank you, parents, for your support!

Coach Pipe!

Hello Wildcat Families!

I am excited to work with our new and returning staff and parents on the School Site Council.

The purpose of the SSC is to conduct a comprehensive needs assessment, including an analysis of verifiable state and local data, provide recommendations related to the school's Title I program, and participate in developing and approving the school's SPSA.

Parents:

Tisha Tokarz

Lindsay Jones

Beth Klopfenstein

Certificated Staff:

Michael Donnellon

Terry Breckenridge

Megan Foxley

Classified Staff:

Linda Pipe

Barb Turley

Liz Diaz

Meeting dates:

December 4, 2023

February 16, 2024

May 6, 2024: Finalize the School Site Plan for the 24-25 School year.

Thank you ahead of time for your support!
​Angie James, Principal
Sullivan Middle School

Thank you parents for making our Lunch on the Lawn a huge success! It was great to see all the smiling faces and parents being able to spend some downtime with their students!

Here are the other dates for Lunch on the Lawn:

November 9 - Thursday

Lunch A - 10:24 to 10:54

Lunch B - 11:20 to 11:50

January 19 - Friday

Lunch A - 10:27 to 10:57

Lunch B - 11:13 to 11:43

February 16 - Friday

Lunch A - 10:27 to 10:57

Lunch B - 11:13 to 11:43

March 15 - Friday

Lunch A - 10:27 to 10:57

Lunch B - 11:13 to 11:43

April 19 - Friday

Lunch A - 10:27 to 10:57

Lunch B - 11:13 to 11:43

LAST LUNCH ON THE LAWN

May 17 - Friday

Lunch A - 10:27 to 10:57

Lunch B - 11:13 to 11:43

Wildcat Families,

Thank you to all the families who have already participated in our SchoolStore fundraiser!

We are on our way to reaching our goal, but we need everyone's help to ensure our teachers get the essential tools to help our students succeed.

If your family has not participated, there's still time!

The kiddos have LOVED getting the participation prize of Sealife Wristbands!

This safe and easy fundraiser is 100% online, so there is no face-to-face selling, collecting money, or delivering products. Your child will receive a prize just for participating, and more prizes will be awarded when goals are reached.

Please help now. It really will make a difference.

Teachers love the Gift Cards being donated directly to your Advisory Teacher...Now THAT is having a DIRECT impact!

Go to https://www.schoolstore.net/sid.t?0000277453 to show our valued teachers your support.

Thanks
Norman L Sullivan Middle School

P.S. Family participation is the key to our success, and we are counting on you!

We discussed fundraising opportunities and fun events to start planning for our Wildcats and discussed classroom/ teacher needs for this school year.

Please check out our membership information. You can help by donating or signing up for any of our events.

Thank you for your support!

Click here to sign up!

Your student should have received the Wildcat Planner with the student handbook in the front. Please help your student by checking for homework and classwork completed every day. This is what Sullivan is using to help our Wildcats stay organized and another way for teachers and school to communicate with our families.

Parent Liaison: Leonor Rodriguez

Welcome to another school year 2023-2024/Bienvenidos a otro año escolar 2023-2024

Mensaje de la Cordinadora de Enlaces Comunitario

The Bonsall Unified School District and I welcome you back to school for the 2023-2024 school year.

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El distrito escolar unificado de Bonsall y yo les damos la bienvenida de regreso a la escuela para el año escolar 2023-2024.

• Workshops at the district office #4
• BUSD all school's schedule
• Next board meeting
• 2nd. Annual Car Show at BHS
• 2nd. Annual Multicultural Night at SMS
• Breakfast and lunch menu (all schools)
• Safe storage of firearms state memorandum (Spanish included)
• Local library resources
• Local health resources
• Local food pantry resources
• BUSD Hiring website and contact information
• Joining PTA Information
• BEF information
• Transportation information
• Public Health Updates from the County (COVID updates)
• Pictures from our 1st. Bike Parade
• My contact information (all information is in both languages, English and Spanish)

Thank you all for your support. Please continue to send me referrals of parents and students who need support and assistance in any area. Our goal is to assist, support, and guide parents and students to a successful education.

Please access Leonore's newsletter at the following link: https://www.smore.com/bcrsh

BUSD Families,

The California Department of Education passed legislation this past July that all school districts must remind parents and legal guardians of all students in the Bonsall Unified School District of their responsibilities for keeping firearms out of the hands of children as required by California law. Please take a moment to review the memo below.

California Law Regarding Safe Storage of Firearms Memorandum 2023-2024

Ley de California Sobre el Almacenamiento Seguro de Armas de Fuego 2023-2024

Exciting news!: Students attending school on campus can eat for free during the 23-24 school year!

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM NUTRITION SERVICES.

• Bonsall Education Foundation: an amazing organization that has been helping our students and teachers buy supplies needed by offering grants to our teachers for supplies needed in the classrooms.

Click HERE to donate or to get more information about BEF

• PTO: Sullivan's Awesome PTO is a parent-teacher organization (PTO) that gives parents and teachers the opportunity to work together to supplement and enrich the educational experience. "We want to make our school a great place for our kids to thrive!"

Your $10.00 Membership goes toward fun events, such as the color run, for our students!

You may click on the QR code below or bring a check into the office.

Bonsall Education Foundation

The Bonsall Education Foundation (BEF) is a 501c3 non-profit organization to help fund schools in the Bonsall Unified School District. Our mission includes the following:

Support Our Students Program (SOS)

After-School Enrichment Opportunities

Bonsall Sprouts Garden Program

Giving Tree

Dale Costa Memorial Scholarship and Thomas Flanagan Memorial Scholarship

BEF’s primary focus is fundraising for district educational programs that would otherwise be unavailable to students. We produce several large fundraising campaigns/events throughout the year, however patron donations can be made at any time.

​BEF accepts donations for any of our programs , at any time throughout the year!

Click HERE to donate or to get more information about BEF

ATTENTION PARENTS!

We are excited to announce that we extended our safety and security for all staff and students by installing a fence around the front of our school! Visitors will be required to bring ID and check in at the Welcome Booth before anyone is permitted on campus.

Only emergency vehicles, buses, those with handicap placards, and those with other special placards have access to the upper lot, emergency lane closest to the front of our schools. You will need to show your placard to Campus Security.

This decision to enforce our existing parking lot plan aligns with the recommendations of our community safety partners and will increase our ability to maintain a safe and secure site:

• When dropping students off, please use the lower levels of the parking lot.
• When visiting either the middle or the high school office, please park in the lower levels, bring your ID to the Welcome booth, and check in with the appropriate staff.

We appreciate your partnership and support in our efforts to provide the highest levels of safety for our students

https://www.smore.com/a8dn9

Contact Ms. James here.

Website: https://sm.bonsallusd.com
Location: 7350 West Lilac Road, Bonsall, CA 92003, USA
Phone: 760-631-5209