Wildcat Weekly

Hello Wildcat Students, Staff, and Families!

I hope everyone had a wonderful break and ready for school tomorrow!

We have many exciting events going on over the next few week so please make sure to mark your calendars. We will be holding tryouts for boys' soccer on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week with the team being announced on Thursday. Girls' basketball tryouts will start next Monday 3/4. We also have our Art Show submissions due by March 15 and the show will be on 5/1.

Sullivan parents are vital partners in our school community. We have many opportunities for our parents to be involved at SMS and help provide feedback to inform our programs. Be sure to watch announcements for the School Site Council, English Language Advisory committee, the Native Learner Advisory Committee, and our PTO meetings.

Thank you to all the parents who provided feedback through out surveys over the last month! We appreciate your input.

Lastly, On March 11 during the school day and on March 14 in the evening SMS and BHS will be holding a combined LCAP forum for parents to provide feedback on BUSD'S planning and programs for the upcoming years. A separate flyer will be distributed later this week with the times and locations. Please plan to attend, as we look forward to your input.

We are Wildcats! Have a great week!

• BONSALL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: SOS (Support Our Students) Fundraiser. Our amazing Bonsall Education Foundation is raising money to help our teachers and students. We are asking all parents to donate $25 per student for teacher grants to help buy supplies and project materials for our teachers to use with our amazing students! Please consider donating to Sullivan's SOS fund!

Gratefully,

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

Please contact Ms. Laura to clear or report an absence by calling Sullivan at (760)631-5209 or emailing Mrs. Vera @ laura.vera@bonasallusd.com

TUTORING:

ALL SUBJECTS: MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY

This Week:

• 6th grade Camp Presentation, Tuesday February 27.
• Boys' Soccer Tryouts Tuesday and Wednesday 2/27 and 2/28. Team will be announced Thursday 2/29.
• Leadership Assembly for our Wildcats hosted by Mr. Frazier, Wednesday February 28.
• Ms. James and Mrs. Gresbrink visit Bonsall Elementary to talk about Sullivan and electives! Wednesday, February 28.
• 8th grade- Panorama Picture, Friday March 1.

Upcoming:

• Girls' basketball tryouts start Monday March 4.
• Career Day, Wednesday March 6.
• Art Show Submissions due March 15.
• 7th grade- SDSU, Monday, March 18.
• Lunch on the Lawn, Friday March 22.
• Spring Break 3/25 to April 2.

I would like to welcome John Norton, who will be serving as Sullivan's Assistant Principal, replacing Mrs. Hernandez. We also have a few newer but not brand new additions to our family, Jennifer Gilmer and Javier Hernandez, who are both serving as paraprofessionals at Sullivan Middle! Welcome to the SMS Family!

Greetings SMS Family,

My name is Mr. John Norton and I am the new administrator at SMS supporting Mrs. James and the team. Thank you all for a great first few weeks! One thing you will learn about me is that I love being an educator. I am beyond excited to serve the Bonsall community and uphold its values and high expectations. I have a little over two decades of experience leading staff and families while designing and implementing student learning in Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego County. I have had the honor to serve students in California and abroad from preschool to college as both a teacher and an administrator, during which I have earned two master’s degrees in education. I currently oversee our Expanded Learning Division which supports our before and after school programs, after school enrichment offerings, our BUSD Farm, the Animal Science Internships at Rawhide Ranch, School Safety for the district, and more. I know that I can be a valuable team member in supporting students and faculty while embodying the elevated expectations that Bonsall Unified resonates throughout the district.

Being brought up in a military family, having traveled all over the world, I bring a plethora of cultural and educational experience to this position. I am also a proud parent of a high school student and a college student. I love dogs and horses, camping, and exploring off grid in the backcountry. If I'm not in the mountains you'll find me at the beach, on the soccer field, or taking an adventure. Don't even get me started on good food and live music... :)) I look forward to being part of the team here at Sullivan... Go Wildcats!!

"I am a paraprofessional for the mild to moderate special education program at Sullivan Middle School. I have been working here since the beginning of October and I enjoying working with the kids and the staff. I am a mother of a 17 month old little boy who is my whole world and most of my free time is spent chasing him down and keeping him from getting into trouble. I love going to the beach and doing craft projects when I have the time. I do lots of crocheting and I am learning how to do bead work and paint."

~Jennifer Gilmer

“Hello Wildcats!! My name is Javier Hernandez and also know as Mr. Javi. I am part of the Room 39 team. Here’s a little bit about myself. My favorites sports to play are volleyball and soccer. I enjoy watching anime and playing videos games on the PS5 or Nintendo switch. I love being an educator and seeing the endless potential of each student. I’m glad to be a part of the SMS community and have been welcomed from the very start. If y’all ever see me around feel free to say hi and I’ll say it back!”

SMS 6th grade students studied the development of civilization in Ancient China. They learned about the major philosophies, physical geography, and leadership that shaped the culture. While doing so, students worked in teams we called ‘dynasties’ to earn ‘civil service credit’. They sat together, completed projects together, and found ways to honor their dynasty in service of their empress or emperor (teachers). The group with the most civil service credit won a seat at the Mandate of Heaven tables at the China Banquet where parents generously donated to have the feast catered by Panda Express. On the day of the banquet, all 6th graders were invited to join in the ASB Leadership class for some fun and games while parent volunteers and teachers set up the festive banquet. Mrs. Ledri’s art classes made Chinese lanterns that hung above the banquet, and a custom painted dragon that stretched the length of the 6th grade wing. It looked awesome, the food was great, and the fun was legendary.

The Bonsall Education Foundation is beginning its Support Our Students (SOS) campaign today through February 26th. 100% of your tax-deductible donation goes to the school site of your choice.

1. Go to www.bonsallschools.org or to the QR code on our flyer.

2. Select your school site.

3. Choose the amount to donate and receive your tax donation letter.

4. Each school is notified of the amount raised.

5. Teachers make requests for needed items in their classrooms and principal approves.

If every family contributes to this campaign, our classrooms have the needed enrichment materials that our students need.

Thank you!

BEF Board Members

We will start our Boy's soccer and Girls Basketball tryouts when we return from the February break. Please make sure your student has his or her physical completed and uploaded.

Here is the link to the physical form and how to upload the information:

https://sm.bonsallusd.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=373781&type=d&pREC_ID=841238

• 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.

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!

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/fpjb2

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:

March 22 - 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

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.

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

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

Contact Ms. James here.

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