Lesher Middle School

Congratulations to Aiden McCarthy, Quinlynn Hunt, and Riley Crockard for being recognized as Lesher's Rotary Students of the Month. We are so proud of you and what you bring to Lesher. Great job!

Please mark your calendars! The 2023 CMAS Assessment window is March 27th – April 28th. All students will take 3 English Language Arts assessments and 3 Mathematics assessments. Additionally, 8th graders will take 3 Science assessments.

Please see the tentative calendar below for when each of these assessments will occur. As you plan ahead, we would greatly appreciate you doing your best to avoid morning appointments or other student absences on these days. With some limited individual student exceptions, we will generally be done testing by lunchtime each day.

The state assessment system, Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS), is designed to measure student mastery of Colorado’s academic content standards. Colorado’s academic content standards indicate skills and knowledge necessary to prepare students for success from early school readiness to postsecondary competencies, reflective of both workforce readiness and 21st century skills. Student progress toward these outcomes is measured through CMAS, which provides information to teachers as they incorporate the content standards in their daily instruction. CMAS results are also used for school and district accountability.

We will send a more detailed and specific calendar of testing days as we get closer to our testing dates. If you have questions about the CMAS assessments, please contact Deana Kochis, School Assessment Coordinator, at dkochis@psdschools.org or (970) 472-3854.

Saturday 3/4

District Wrestling Meet @ FCHS

Science Olympiad @ Fossil Ridge HS

Monday 3/6

3:30 Varsity/JV Girls Basketball vs. Lincoln (@ Lesher)

Wednesday 3/8

3:30 Varsity/JV Girls Basketball vs. TBD (@ Lesher)

Student Led Conferences 3:15pm-6:15pm

Spring Break

3/11 - 3/19

Planner Powerball

Tiffany Gutierrez Cuevas

Chloe Hale

Trash Powerball

San-Jay Bell

Henry Halvorsen

Ronaldo Potenciano Madrid

No Tardy Powerball

Chaz Michelle Fastabend

Isaac Perina

Thomas Cinabro

Why You're Awesome

Annika Zuniga

Angie Sherpa

Kylie Lienau

Hello Lesher Parents,

We'd like to wish another huge congratulations on winning 1st Place in Chessmates' Middle School Team Division in February! We're celebrating all things lucky this month with our Pawns and Leprechauns Chess Tournament on Saturday, March 4th!

In this event, we will be awarding Team Trophies to the top three scoring schools in addition to providing participants their Chessmates Rating to keep track of their progress.

Tournaments are a great way for your child to implement the skills they have learned and play with new opponents from other schools.

Location:

CEC High School

4424 Innovation Drive

Fort Collins, CO 80525

Start Time:

Players must be checked in by 8:30 am

Tournament Registration and information can be found here:
https://chessmatesfc.com/tournaments/

To learn more about how our tournaments work visit this page:

https://chessmatesfc.com/how-a-chess-tournament-works/

We hope you and your player can join us and represent Lesher. See you there!

Thank you,

Benjamin Beavers

Families,

The beginning of Genius Week registration is paused as the district is standardizing all summer programming processes. Stay tuned! The Genius Week website is up to date so you can get organized and decide what classes your students want to take. Our course selection is better than ever, thanks to our awesome staff!

We cannot wait to have you join us the first week of summer vacation, May 30-June 2, 2023!

Contact me with questions.

Go Genius Family!

Lisa Crossland

lcrossla@psdschools.org

Hi! My name is Becky Knips and I am our Educational Technology Coordinator at Lesher. I was our computer science teacher for 14 years and am excited to help integrate technology throughout our classrooms this year! All students attended a laptop expectations session at the beginning of the school year, however students may need a few reminders mid-year of what they can and can’t do on their school-issued laptop while they are at home. Here are a few things you can look for at home on their laptop:

Yes - you can...

• Check your grades, PSD email, or work on homework
• Use Microsoft Teams to chat with a classmate about an assignment
• Play an educational game that a teacher has specifically assigned

No - you can’t...

• Use Microsoft Teams/Google Hangouts/email to have personal conversations or chats with friends
• Play games (Roblox, Minecraft, or other online games - unless specifically assigned by a teacher)
• Watch videos on YouTube or listen to music

We emphasize that school-issued laptops are to be used as a tool to learn. If you are wondering if what your child is doing is school-related, ask them to show you where it’s assigned or follow up with an email or phone call to that teacher. Google Classroom and StudentVUE/ParentVUE are great places to check what is assigned. Having your child use the laptop in a visible location can help minimize distractions and get work done.

Lastly, we have noticed many students coming in without charging their laptops. Laptops should be fully charged every morning. Having a nightly routine of plugging the laptop into the charger is helpful. We don’t have enough outlets in the classroom to support students charging their laptops at school.

If you have any questions about your child’s laptop usage, please reach out to me at 970-472-3840 or rknips@psdschools.org.

Attention 7th & 8th grade girls interested in playing softball this spring.

Please complete the pre-season survey at the link: bit.ly/leshersb23

Our pre-season begins in March! Contact Mrs. Weiss with any questions!

Registration Resources and Information

8th grader families, if you are considering an alternative high school, come visit an orientation at Centennial High School.

In order to be accepted into Centennial High School's program, you MUST attend one of the orientations below (both guardian and student).

In the meantime, 8th graders are advised to still complete a registration card for the high school in their attendance area.

Centennial Orientation: https://chs.psdschools.org/about-us/admission

Tuesday, January 31st 1:30 & 5:30pm

Tuesday, March 21st 1:30 & 5:30pm

Another date in July will be announced soon

Reach out to your counselor if you have additional questions.

Please follow this link to access the PSD High School Planning Guide

We would like to compile a spreadsheet of Lesher Businesses for our school and community to utilize. If you own a business, work for a business, or simply want the community to know about services you offer please fill out this form.

Hey Lesher community!

We are in need of family volunteers to serve as crossing guards in the morning (7:30-7:50) and afternoons (2:45-3:00) in the intersections of Stover/Prospect and Stover/Lake. If you're willing to volunteer your time please email our principal Don Kotnik at dkotnik@psdschools.org.

Thank you!

Club Rush was a HUGE SUCCESS! Thank you to Natasha Wilson, Krista Summers, and our WEB leaders for organizing this event for each grade level.

Please click here for all club information!

If you are interested in volunteering, please use this link to register: Volunteer Application

If you are already a registered volunteer, please follow the steps below to view volunteer opportunities:

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1. Log in to your Volunteer Portal through this link: Raptor Volunteer Portal

2. When logged in, click on Events within the Navigation Menu

3. Review the details of the Event you wish to sign up for and click “Sign-Up”.

Thank you for contributing your time and talent to PSD!

If you are a Morning Fresh Dairy customer, please bring in your rinsed milk, juice, cream, or other caps to Mr. Mayer and we will raise money for our field trips to Catalina Island, California. That’s right, Lesher Middle School earns money for every cap that is returned. Please turn them in to the box in the front office or send them to Mr. Mayer’s classroom (room 12). If you are interested in Morning Fresh Dairy, every new household sign up raises $25 for Lesher. Click here or ask Mr. Mayer (bmayer@psdschools.org) for more information.

Know someone who has gone out of their way to help someone? See someone picking up trash, helping without being asked, or being a positive role model? Staff and students can nominate students who demonstrate kindness to be entered into a drawing for prizes. See link below!

Be the Sunshine Nomination Form

Updated Bell Schedule

Please Click Here

Instagram @leshervikings

Website: https://les.psdschools.org/
Location: Lesher Middle School, Stover Street, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Phone: 970-472-3800
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LesherMiddleSchool
Twitter: @Lesher_MS