Colt Connection

February 2014

Dorothy McElhinney Middle School

35125 Briggs Rd.

Murrieta, CA 92563

(951) 304-1885

February 2014

2/1 Color Guard Competition in Bellflower 2/2 Dancefinity Competition at Temescal Canyon High School 2/3 Music Fundraiser at Panda Express 2:30PM—8:30PM 2/4 WEB Meeting in G102 12:15PM Green Team Meeting 8th Grade lunch in E118 2/5 Green Team Meeting 6th Grade Lunch E118 2/7 Renaissance Rally—MPR 6th Grade 11:43AM—12:43PM 7th Grade 10:26AM—11:26AM 8th Grade 9:05AM-10:05AM ASB Dance MPR 6th & 7th Grades 3:30PM –5:00PM 8th Grade 5:30PM—7:00PM 2/8 Math Counts Competition CA Baptist University Color Guard Competition San Marco 2/10 Jog a thon for PE Begins Monologue Competition for Drama MPR 4:00PM—7:00PM Dancing Valentines go on sale From 2/10—2/12 DMMS Basketball Try-outs—Gym Times TBA 2/13 Dancing Valentine’s Delivered ASB Assembly Times TBA WEB Valentine’s Bingo for 6th Grade 3rd Block 2/14 & 2/17 No School—Presidents’ Day 2/18 8th Grade Students Registration for MVHS 2/19 8th Grade Girls Self Defense Class during PE Band Booster’s General Meeting and Elections MPR 2/20 PTSA General Association Meeting Staff Lounge 6:00PM 2/22 Saturday School 8-11:00AM MPR Drum Line Competition at Centennial HS 2/24 PE Fundraiser begins Jersey Mikes on Clinton Keith 2/26 VMHS Meeting for 8th Grade in the MPR during PE classes District Chorale Festival MMHS 9:00AM—1:30PM 2/27 Astronomy Club D212 during lunches 2/28 Leading the Way Lunches—Library Principal: Howard Dimler hdimler@murrieta.k12.ca.us (951) 304-1885 x3699 Assistant Principal: Tom Patane tpatane@murrieta.k12.ca.us (951) 304-1885 x3698 Counselors: Diane Guillen ~ M—Z dguillen@murrieta.k12.ca.us (951) 304-1885 x3688 Jodi Spoon –Sadlon~ A—L jspoon –sadlon@murrieta.k12.ca.us (951) 304-1885 x3687 Christine Wood ~ 1/2 day PM cwood@murrieta.k12.ca.us (951) 304-1885 x3689

DMMS Soccer Teams

These two teams will be going to Warm Springs Mid-

dle School on Friday, January 31st to play against the

champions from the other 3 Murrieta middle schools.

Girl’s Team : SWAT Boy’s Team : Black Thunder

Chelsee Duran Noah Duran

Madison Bennion Mathew Yang

Kiley Sandow Matthew Burke

Gracie Bowers Andres Villanueva

Kaylee Covert Carson Adams

Amanda Meichtry Rodrigo Alvarez-Meilon

Annemarie Thompson Nathan Nguyen

Cole Shaffer

Dorothy McElhinney Middle School

Ac�vi�es and Clubs 2013-2014

Art Club – Gavi!, Fridays 6th

Grade Lunch, E104

Astronomy Club – Dauenhauer- Last Thursday of the Month, all lunches , D212

Band Tutors from VMHS - Gordon, Wednesday 3:15-4:45PM MPR, OCD, CHOIR

Basketball - Patane, Tuesdays 4:30PM – 6:00PM, Thursdays 5:30PM – 6:30PM GYM un�l March

Basketball DMMS – Patane, February TBA

Cheer Club – Caldera, Des Robert, Tues. G102 and Thurs. MPR 3:25 – 425PM

Coffee & Tech Tips – Williams, Staff on Tues. 3:30PM – 4:30PM F203 , Parents on Wednesday 8:00-9:00AM, F203

Color Guard – Gordon/Stout, Tues. MPR & Thurs. Gym 3:30 -5:30PM, Fridays 8:00AM Gym

Community Kids/Interact – Hernandez, Thursday, 8:10AM -8:45AM 6, 7, 8 Grades Drama Room

Drum Line – Gordon/Stout, Tuesday Quad & Thursday, 6:00 – 8:30PM , Gym Friday 8-9:00AM, Gym

Green Team- 6th

Wednesday at Lunch, 8th

Tuesday, E118 Thompson,

Jazz Band –Cowan, Wednesday, 7:30 – 8:30AM, Band Room

Lunch Bunch – Rooney, Thursday, Lunches, C101

100 Mile Club – Anderson, Flores and Jones M, T,W,TH,F 8:15-8:45AM, Track

Magic the Gathering – Pinkham, Wednesday, 8:15-8:55AM, D112

Make a Wish/Interact – Hernandez, Wednesday, 7th

Grade 11:39AM- 12:10PM , Drama Room

Math Counts- Bonilla, Beyenhof, and Chisholm, Thursday, 8:00 – 8:45AM, F106

Peer Acceptance Club – Hernandez, Monday, 12:39 – 1:00PM Drama Room

Pep Band – Gordon Tues. and Friday 7:55-8:55AM, Band Room and MPR

Remote Control Car Club – Erickson, Thursday, 6th

Grade Lunch – Field

Remote Control Car Club – Erickson , Friday, 7th

& 8th

Grade and Parents 8:30AM – 9:00AM, Field

Running Club - Owens, Thursday 3:30 – 4:15PM, Bus Loop Starts in November

Soccer – Johnson, Tuesday, 6th

Grade Lunch Gym

Stacking Cups – Gavi!, Wednesday, 6th

Grade Lunch, E110

Student Venture Tues. during lunches, Nuez 6th

D114, Hernandez 7th

Drama Room, Dauenhauer 8th

E110

Volleyball - Gajecki, Tues. and Thurs. 8:00 – 9:00AM, Gym

WEB – Guillen, First Tuesday of the Month 12:15 - 12:45PM, MPR

Young Writers’ Guild - Chenard, Wednesday 8:15AM– 9:00AM, E119

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ATTENTION 8th GRADE PAR-ATTENTION 8th GRADE PAR-ATTENTION 8th GRADE PAR-ATTENTION 8th GRADE PAR-

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Counselor’s CornerCounselor’s CornerCounselor’s CornerCounselor’s Corner

With many of our students arriving back to campus after the winter break with new devices and tab-

lets, we felt it timely to focus on sharing information regarding technology and safety. With technol-

ogy all around us and constantly changing, it is important for parents and students to stay on top of

how to be safe in our 21st century cyber-world. To better support both DMMS parents and students

we have added multiple articles and links on our webpage to provide you with up-to-date, valuable

safety information. Information includes: How to Set Up Parental Controls on Devices & Comput-

ers, A Parent’s Guide to Social Networking Sites, Preventing & Responding to Cyberbullying, Cell

Phone Safety, A Family Cell Phone Contract and information about a Summer Tech Camp.

Visit our school webpage, under Counseling or click on the link below, and then click on the Internet

& Cell Phone Safety link on the left side.

http://www.murrieta.k12.ca.us/domain/2513

Ms. Cruise, our Guidance will be out until April and we have Mrs. Beadles covering for Ms. Cruise.

Mrs. Beadles can be reached at the same number and extension (951-304-1885 ext. 3690) as Ms. Cruise.

Traffic Control/Watch Dogs We are looking for her members to help with either morning or a0er-noon traffic control. If you are inter-ested, please contact Assistant Prin-cipal Mr. Patane through the general school phone number or email.

Parents - please join us for a Common Core Math

Informational Meeting in our Library on Wednes-

day, 3/12/14 from 6pm-7pm.

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Community and District Flyers

You will now be able to find the community flyers on

our DMMS web page. All the flyers that have been

district approved are posted on the main page of our

web site. Go to the main page and the flyers link is

posted under District News & Announcements then

click on the Approved Flyers link.

The Renaissance Movement

Student recognition for many years has tended to focus on top students. Although we

will continue to reward and recognize our top students at Dorothy McElhinney Middle

School, this semester we will broaden our recognition program to include students who

have taken action to improve our school. The students do not necessarily have to be top

students, but must clearly have made a difference on campus. This broader form of

recognition has been practiced in some local middle and high schools for several years.

Later this month, 2/7 we will hold our first Renaissance Rally which will be engaging

and student centered. The Renaissance Rally will be held in place of the traditional

Honor Roll assembly later this month. Students will be presented with Honor Roll

certificates by administration in their first period classes.

Office and School Hours

Gates open 8:00AM

School Begins 9:05AM

School Ends 3:14PM Tuesdays—

Fridays

Early Release 1:55PM Mondays

Office Hours

Mondays 8:15AM—2:55PM

Tuesdays—Fridays 8:15AM—3:45PM

February 14TH & 17th NO SCHOOL

Presidents’ Day

Astronomy Club – we will be mee�ng in D212

2/27 New members welcome, please bring

your lunch and join us.

8th Grade Parents SAVE THE DATE: “Incoming Freshman Student/Parent Night”

Murrieta Valley High School - March 10th at 6pm in the Gym, Students interested in the IB program meeting at 5 pm in

the library.

Vista Murrieta High School – March 3rd at 7-9:15pm in the Gym

Murrieta Mesa High School – March 10th at 6pm in the Gym

WEB

The next WEB mee�ng is scheduled for Tuesday, 2/4/14.

WEB Leaders should always wear their WEB shirts. Our

annual 6th

grade/WEB Valen�ne’s Bingo ac�vity will take

place on Thursday, 2/13/14 during last block. Leaders will

be asked to bring in 5 boxes of Valen�ne hearts to be used

as markers for the Bingo game.

Athle�c Department News

Wednesday, Feb. 19th

-8th

Grade Self Defense for Girls class during Physical Educa�on-Alterna�ve dates for boys TBA

Monday, Feb. 24 through Friday, Feb. 28th

- Jersey Mike’s for the Athle�c Department. Mrs. Mikolich will be distribu�ng

coupons for free sandwiches with a dona�on in the PE Classes with a dona�on to benefit the Athle�c Department. Jer-

sey Mike’s is the new shop that just opened on Clinton Keith. Tell your friends and family!

MATH COUNTS

The following will be the students that will

represent DMMS at the MATHCOUNTS

Chapter Competition on Saturday, February

8th at California Baptist University in

Riverside:

Joemar Black

Jack Cline

Robert Cline

Chase Kodama

Blake Lindemeyer

Ronan Mansour

Victoria Morison

Jake Romans

Eileen Si

Sean Utley

DMMS Health Office News

ATTENTION 6th

GRADE PARENTS!

AB354 Requires Tdap Shot for 7th

Graders

All students entering, advancing or transferring into 7th grade will need proof of an adolescent whooping cough

booster immunization (called “Tdap”) before starting school. This requirement applies to all public and private

schools. The requirement was signed into law in 2010.

In 2010, California experienced its worst outbreak of pertussis in more than half a century, with more than 9,000

confirmed cases and 10 infant deaths. The immuniza"on requirement is intended to help reduce the spread of

whooping cough among California’s youth. Most children are fully protected prior to entering kindergarten

because of the DTaP vaccine, a vaccine made for younger children. However, protec"on to these diseases wears

off and preteens and teens may be at risk for catching this dangerous disease without a booster.

The Tdap requirement affects all incoming 7th

grade students in California, so it’s important to avoid the back-

to-school rush and to get our children vaccinated now. Tell other parents with children in the 6th

grade about

the requirement and encourage them to schedule the shot early, before summer. Your incoming 7th

grade

student WILL NOT be able to register without proof of the Tdap booster, so get it early and avoid any delays

in registra�on!

Remember, in addi"on to the Tdap booster, there are several important vaccines recommended for preteens

and teens including the meningococcal vaccine, a second chickenpox shot (if they never had chickenpox

disease), and the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine series. Everyone older than six months old is recommend-

ed to receive a seasonal flu vaccine.

The California Department of Public Health and the California Department of Educa"on have been working

collabora"vely on this important measure. Informa"on on the Tdap requirement, including informa"on on

where to get free or low cost vaccines, forms, and FAQs are available at www.ShotsForSchool.org.

Thank you DMMS parents!

Lisa Ellio9 RN, MSN

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the health office at DMMS:

(951) 304-1885

Health Technician- Rhonda LaVigne ext. 3693; School Nurse- Lisa Elliott RN, MSN ext. 3692

Music Department News

01/31 – Color Guard/Drum Line Dress Rehearsal/

Parent Mee�ng @ 6pm in the gym.

02/01 – Color Guard Compe��on @ Bellflower

High School

02/03 – Family Night Out @ Panda Express

(Murrieta Hot Springs/Winchester next to Al-

bertson’s) from 2:30-6:30

02/08 – Color Guard Compe��on @ San Marcos

High School

02/08 – Applebee’s (Murrieta) Pancake Breakfast

8-10am $10/�cket

02/15 – Drum Line Compe��on @ Temescal

Canyon High School

02/19 – Music Dept. Boosters general mee�ng

and elec�on in MPR

02/22 – Drum Line Compe��on @ Centennial HS

in Corona

02/26 – District Choral Fes�val at MMHS

03/01 – Color Guard Compe��on at Riverside

King High School

*Monday, February 3, from 2:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Panda Express in Winchester Square, 39112 Win-

chester Rd., Murrieta

Guests may bring in the flyer (a9ached) or use

their smart phone

20% of the sales will go to the Music Department

*Saturday, March 8, from 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Applebee's Pancake Breakfast in Murrieta

Tickets will be available for purchase soon at

$10 a person

If your 6th grade student has al-ready had their TDAP shot that is required for 7th grade enroll-ment, please provide a copy to the Health Office! No need to wait for next year! TDAP (pertussis) booster is required for all 7th

GRADE students before start-ing school.

PTSA News

DMMS PTSA will be having its General

Association Meeting on February 20th at

6:00pm in the Staff Lounge at DMMS