Skyview Middle School 6350 Windom Peak Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO 80923

Telephone: 495-5566 District Web Site: www.d49.org

Attendance Line: 495-5560 FAX: 495-5569

2/3 Spirit Week—Comfy Clothes Day

Valentine Gram Sales Begin

6th Girls Basketball @ CMJH (3:30 PM)

A/B Girls Basketball @ Grand Mountain (3:30 PM)

2/4 Spirit Week—Throw It Back Tuesday

Japan 2021 EF Tours Meeting (6:00 PM)

2/5 Spirit Week—Be a Hero

A/B Girls Basketball vs. Mountain Vista @ Skyview (3:30 PM)

2/6 Spirit Week—My Country Tis of Thee

Picture Day

A/B Girls Basketball @ Watson (3:30 PM)

2/7 Spirit Week—RED Out

Heartbeat Dance (3:30 PM—5:30 PM)

Skate City Night (6:00 PM)

2/8 Saturday School—by invitation (9:00 AM—Noon)

2/10-13 Book Fair

2/10 A/B Girls Basketball vs. Fox Meadow @ Skyview (3:30 PM)

2/11 Wrestling vs. Horizon @ Skyview (3:30 PM)

2/12 Girls Basketball Playoffs—To be determined

2/13 Wrestling @ Janitell (3:30 PM)

Student-Led Parent-Teacher Conferences (4:00—8:00 PM)

Valentine Gram deliveries

2/14 Parent-Teacher Conferences (8:00 AM—Noon)—NO SCHOOL

for students

2/17 Presidents’ Day—DISTRICT CLOSED

2/18 Chipotle Fundraiser (5:00—9:00 PM)

The Viewpoint February 2020

Events (continued)

2/20 Wrestling vs. Sproul @ Skyview (3:30 PM)

PTSA Meeting (4:30 PM)

SAC Meeting (5:30 PM)

2/22 Saturday School—invitation only (9:00 AM—Noon)

Wrestling Black & Blue Tournament (Time TBA)

2/24 Wrestling @ Watson (3:30 PM)

2/26 Wrestling vs. Carson @ Skyview (3:30 PM)

2/27 Wrestling @ Cheyenne Mtn. Jr. High (3:30 PM)

PTSA Meeting

February 20th - 4:30 PM

SAC Meeting

February 20th - 5:30 PM

Heartbeat Dance Friday, February 7th

3:30—5:30 PM

Tickets will be sold during lunches only

beginning February 3rd

Cost is $3.00.

Parents and Guardians, Please make plans to join us for our next round of conferences on February 13th and 14th. These conferences will be STUDENT LED and will follow this schedule: Thursday, February 13th: 4:00pm - 8:00pm Friday, February 14th: 8:00am - 12 noon Students have been working on their digital portfolio which digitally houses examples of their work. They will also be filling out a reflective script to help guide the conference. Teachers will be available for short conversations. *Note: There will be several teachers who will not be present for the February 14th conferences due to a conflict with zone interviews. If your child has one of these teachers, and you need to speak to them, please make sure to sign up for a return call when you come in for conferences.

Buy your Valentine's Day themed stuffed animal grams!

Each gram is sold with a bag of popcorn, and will be delivered to the person’s Advisory class on

February 13th.

Grams are $4 each but there’s a limited stock so buy yours now !

Make sure when you purchase your gram, you know the person's Advisory class as well as their first

and last name

Congratulations to the following students in Mrs. Welch’s class for

advancing to the next level of

“The Hardest Math Question” Scholastic Contest.

Carter Heck

Samuel Chavez

Lacey Moore

Caroline Adams

They are now in the running for a brand new laptop and $5,000 for college

OR a brand new tablet computer and $500 for their teacher’s classroom.

8th GRADErs/PARENTS

8th Graders are assigned to the high schools by their address listed in

PowerSchool. If you need to verify your address, please call our Registrar,

Mrs. Marry at 495-5579. If you have an address change, please bring in

proof of residency documentation (utility bill, lease, etc.). If you are

planning to attend a school that is NOT your home boundary school, please

contact that school for their School of Choice process.

The Book Fair will be open in the Library

2/10-2/14!

This year the fair will be open during Parent Teacher Conferences for parents to shop for

themselves or their children. Students (without parents) are not allowed to come to school for the

book fair on the afternoon/evening of the 13th or during the day on the 14th. Students are welcome

at the fair during school hours Monday-Thursday.

The fair has a new payment method available! Ewallet eliminates the need for parents to send

students to school with cash, a blank check, or a credit card. For more on ewallet click the link~

https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/articles/ewallet.html

If you would rather shop from home click on this link between 2/7 and 2/17~

https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?

method=homepage&url=skyviewmiddleschl

I hope to see you at the fair!

Mrs. Johnsen

Thursday, February 6th

Order forms have been sent home. You may also order online:

Mylifetouch.com

Picture Day ID: EVTW8WDZT

February is American Heart Month. Our focus this month is teaching children healthy

habits that can last through adulthood. According to the American Heart Association, a

heart-healthy diet from an early age lowers cholesterol and if followed through

adolescence and beyond, should reduce the risk of coronary artery disease in

adulthood.

All children older than 2 years should follow a heart-healthy diet, including low-fat

dairy products. For children between the ages of 12 months and 2 years with a family

history of obesity, abnormal blood fats, or cardiovascular disease, reduced-fat milk

should be considered.

Coronary artery disease begins in childhood, so that by the teenage years, there is

evidence that plaques that will stay with us for life are formed in most people.

Cardiovascular disease, listed as the underlying cause of death, accounts for nearly

836,546 deaths in the US. That’s about 1 of every 3 deaths in the US.

• About 2,300 Americans die of cardiovascular disease each day, an average of 1 death

every 38 seconds.

• Cardiovascular diseases claim more lives each year than all forms of cancer and

Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease combined.

Cardiovascular disease can be prevented through a healthy lifestyle. Regular exercise,

control portion sizes, healthy body weight, eating more fruits and vegetables, and no

smoking or vaping.

Health News—Continued

Skyview Families,

I would like to update you on an issue that has been occurring at Skyview. Students are texting

their parents and telling them that they are sick and need to go home. Parents then come to pick

up their child and the Health Room never knows that they left. If your child texts you that they are

not feeling well, PLEASE direct them to the health room PRIOR to come picking them up. There

are a number of reasons why this is important.

First, we can evaluate your child and perhaps we can treat them so that they can stay in school.

Second, if we evaluate them, we know what brought them in to the health room. I check attend-

ance logs and illness logs so I can see if there is an illness coming from a particular area. This is

important because we can deep clean those rooms and I can try prevent an outbreak. Lastly, it is

against our technology policy for children to text during the school day. We will never deny your

child from contacting you and we will do this on behalf of the child

I also monitor children that continue to come to the health room to see if there is an illness pat-

tern. This also may assist the doctor when treating your child. My goal is always to keep your

child healthy and safe and I cannot do this without your cooperation. It is really important to let

us know when your child is ill. With the number of flu cases that we have seen in El Paso County

and with the CDC monitoring the Coronovirus, we have to have a plan and be able to keep stu-

dents healthy and safe. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Erika Radcliff, RN, BSN

eradcliff@d49.org

719-321-9835