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Art News Congratulations to all the students with artwork se-

lected to be displayed for the Mix and Match Art

Show in the Double Classroom Gallery at Read more...pg 5

Spring Events

Read more...pg 2

High School Shadow Days All three LPS high schools host eighth graders for on

-site visits. Dates and phone numbers are listed for

additional information Read more...pg 4

GT News The GT 7th grade exploratory for 2nd quarter allows

students to learn about architecture in theory and

practice. After researching different architectural

Read more...pg 6

T H E F A L C O N

F L I E R

Euclid Middle School, Littleton Public Schools

After School Activities Information about after school events is on the daily

announcements that are made every morning. There

are bulletin boards in the cafeteria and posters Read more...pg 3

PTO News Julie Hopson

PTO President

euclidptopresident@gmail.com

Missed any newsletters? Please

check out the PTO Website!

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T H E F A L C O N

F L I E R

Euclid Middle School, Littleton Public Schools

2016-2017

February 1

Euclid Accountability Committee

3:30 - 5:30 P.M.

February 2

District Jazz Band Festival

Goddard M.S. 5:00 P.M.

February 9

Academic Risk Conferences

4:30 - 7:30 P.M.

District Band Festival

AHS 7:00 P.M.

February 15

PLC Late Start Day

Classes begin at 9:54 A.M.

February 16

PTO Meeting

9:30 - 11:00 A.M.

February 20

President’s Day

March 1

Euclid Accountability Committee

3:30 - 5:30 P.M.

6th Grade Musical

7:00 P.M. Gym

March 2

All School Party

2:45 - 4:15 P.M.

March 6

District Orchestra Festival Concert

LHS 7:00 P.M.

March 7

District Choir Festival Concert

7:00 P.M. TBD

March 10

Non-Student Day

Teacher In-service

Mark Your Calendars with these Dates

March 2

All School Party

2:45 - 4:15 P.M.

March 10

Non-Student Day

Teacher In-service

March 23

Arena Conferences

4:30 - 7:30 P.M.

March 27 - 31

Spring Break

April 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14

CMAS Testing

April 24

Non-Student Day

May 11

8th Grade Party

2:45 - 4:15 P.M.

May 24

Falcon Flash

May 25

Continuation

1:00 P.M. Gym

May 26

8th Grade to Elitch Gardens

Last Day of School

You can see all of the activities at Euclid by going to

http://euclid.littletonpublicschools.net

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EUCLID AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

Euclid Intramurals

By Clint Borel, Intramural Director

8th Boys Basketball:

8th grade boys season is underway and the high fliers at Euclid are doing great! Mark

your calendars for February 25th and come support the Falcons in the district tourna-

ment @ Goddard. Special thanks to the coaches Steve Coll and Jordan Fidler.

7th Boys Basketball:

7th grade boys open their season at Euclid on January 30 vs. Goddard, come and sup-

port our Falcons! Special thanks to 7th grade coaches Paul Howe and Clint Borel.

Upcoming Sports:

7th and 8th grade Girls Volleyball and 6th grade Track & Field

EUCLID AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

Interested in other sports and activities? Click here to see what other district approved opportunities are available.

How do I get involved?: Information about after school

events is on the daily announcements that are made every morning. There are bulletin boards in the cafeteria and posters announcing starting dates are displayed in the halls. Watch here for announcements about new clubs and activities. Club fee is due at the beginning of attending one club. After the initial payment, the club fee includes unlimited attendance at any clubs.

Soccer Club: Come play soccer at 7:00 AM on Thurs-

day (6th Grade) or Friday (7th & 8th Grade). Open to eve-ryone! See Ms. Fidler or Mr. Mena to get the purple form so you are ready to play. Meets: Thursday or Friday 7:00 - 7:45 AM Room: Gym Sponsor: Ms. Fidler or Mr. Mena

Brain Bowl: Six student teams competed in the Brain

Bowl Metro Tournament on January 21, 2017 at Heritage High School. Teams advancing to the next level will con-tinue meeting as needed, coordinated with sponsors. Meets: Thursday 2:50 - 4:10 PM Room: 0292 and 0297 Sponsor: Mrs. Neufeld and Mr. Tuke

Technology Student Association - TSA Club: Do you love building or engineering? Technology Student Association (TSA) is a club where students build projects for the state TSA competition held downtown each winter. All projects are robotics or wood-based. Meets: Tuesdays 2:50 - 4:10 PM Room: Wood Tech/Modern Tech labs Sponsors: Mr. Grimes or Mr. Biddulph

Spelling Club: Seventh grader Henry Mansfield won the

Euclid Middle School Spelling Bee, held in December. Henry beat sixth grader Isabella Cole by a narrow margin in the final round. Watch the Falcon Flyer for announce-ments regarding any EMS students who qualified for the LPS District Spelling Bee on February 8 at Powell at 3:30. Spelling Club is finished meeting for this school year.

Green Team: Are you interested in environmental issues

and activities? Join the Euclid Green Team! We an-nounce our meeting dates via the daily bulletin and email. We meet on Tuesdays or Thursdays at 3:00 pm in room 1116, usually once or twice a month. Our first February meeting is February 7th. Sponsors: Mrs. Bradbury & Ms. Remkus

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PARENT CONFERENCES--A LOOK AHEAD Please mark your calendars for Parent Conferences that

will be held Thursday, February 9 from 4:30 to 7:30 P.M.

Conferences for 6th and 7th grade will be student lead

and will be facilitated by CORE teachers. 8th grade will

have arena conferences held in the cafeteria. These

conferences are a 10 minute drop in and unscheduled.

Euclid staff members are available for informal

conferences at any time during the school year. Parents

can initiate a conference by calling a teacher's voice mail

number or the counselor who works with your student.

COLORADO MEASURE OF ACADEMIC

SUCCESS (CMAS)

This year the State of Colorado has combined all of our

testing, including PARCC, testing under the umbrella of

CMAS. All of our testing will be done the students

individual Chromebooks. Please help remind your child

each night to fully charge their Chromebook so they are

ready during testing. They can also bring their chargers

to school those weeks in case they need to use them.

Testing this year has been set for the week of April 3rd

and April 10th. It is very important that your student

be in school during this critical testing time. Please

mark your calendars. If you have questions regarding our

Standardized Testing Program, please call Student

Services at 303-347-7810. Thank you.

REGISTRATION FOR THE 2016-2017

SCHOOL YEAR

Counselors will begin to register current 6th and 7th grade

students during the weeks of April 17th and April 24th. At

this time your student will bring home registration

materials related to grade level course offerings. Please

review these materials carefully with your child. It is

important for students to make appropriate course

selections for the next school year. It is recommended

that parents assist their student(s) with these choices.

Parents indicate their input and approval when they sign

the registration card. This signed registration card must

be returned to the Student Services Office for processing.

Student Services will publish specific dates in the March

Newsletter as to the deadlines for returning the

completed registration card. Counselors will also visit the

elementary schools to register current 5th graders the week

of March 20th. Please call Student Services at 303-347-

7810 if you have questions or information for us.

8TH GRADE PARENT- HIGH SCHOOL

INFORMATION

HHS-Registration Information Night (REQUIRED

FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS). Tuesday, February

7 at 6:00 pm in the theater. Students will be able to

register for classes immediately following the

presentation. A walk-in registration will be held on

Saturday, February 11 from 8-11 am in the library and

Tuesday, February 14 from 3-5 pm.

LHS-Highlights of Choice Night and Registration,

(REQUIRED FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS).

February 2 at 6:30 in the forum. The makeup date is

March 7 at 5:30 p.m.

AHS-Freshman Registration Night, Monday, April 17th

at 6:00pm.

Website http://www.litttletonpublicschools.com/ and go to

level transition and click on the specific High School.

STUDENT INFORMATION

If you have made any changes to background information

such as changes in address, phone number (work and

home), health and medication, or emergency contact

person(s), please contact the school so that your student's

records will be correct.

REMINDER There is no school on Monday, February 20th for

President’s Day.

Student Services News Counselors: Mel inda Morris : 303 -347-7820

Tara Kolker : 303 -347-7819

Anne Keely , Secretary: 303 -347 -7810

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Art News By Tammy Andersen

Congratulations to the art students representing Euclid at

this year's Littleton Public Schools District K-12 art show

at the Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Commu-

nity College. Student artists include Bella Johnson, Olivia

Rowley, Marissa Sirois, Asher Stephan, and Russell Wat-

son.

Congratulations to the Euclid art students with their water-

color landscape on display in the library. Student artists

include: Madisyn Adas, Liam Begly, Sean Crecelius, Milo

Hauer, Aidan Johnson, Aris Larson, Sophia Luem, Eden

Morgan, Mallory Mullen, Alicia Rivas, Katie Schultz, and

Aviva Smith.

Congratulations to the Euclid art students with their ce-

ramic work on display in the main hallway. 6th Grade

Ceramic Suns: Ava Antolinez, William Baker, Rhiannon

Barnett, Boden Broyles, Addison Doyle, Madelynn Shep-

ler, Annika Sokol, and Talon Valdivia. 7th Grade Coil

Pots: Sofia Calderon, Trenton Forsberg, Mackenzy Gip-

son, Sophia Hopson, Ella Kates, Skyler Kennedy, Chloe

Kovaka, Jayce Letson, Andrew Mack, Zoe Mackey, Liam

Martin, Andrew Nguyen, Nidia Romero, Lillie Rudnik,

Genna Rump and Annabella Williams.

Congratulations to the Euclid art students with work on

display in the main office areas for the start of next

year. Participating artists include: Jordyn Coats, Daisy

Crowell, Gabby Fuentes Yanacheak, Jillian Hurley, Bella

Johnson, Kache Kingston, Grace Paquette and Annika

Sokol.

Congratulations to the Euclid art students with work on

display in the art room display case. Right now we are

featuring a wide variety of work. 6th Grade Ceramic

Suns: Jace Aiken, Carter Dorsch, Ashley Le Compte,

MacKenzie Parus, Sophia Sitter and Eden Tripp.

6th Grade Foil Relief: Aislyn Barnett, Farrah Carlile, Saw-

yer Cowles, Claire Cozard, Amiyah Martinez, Miles

Mino, MacKenzie Parus, Andrew Rasmussen, Rose Ri-

stea, Alicia Rivas, Sophia Sitter, Emily Smith, Mirek

Soucek and Adrianna Valdez.

7th Grade Carving: Emilee Cirbo, Jovina Gladu, Ian

Jorgensen, Henry Mansfield, Isabella Molina, Karma

Rome, Ethan Spilsbury, and Russell Watson.

8th Graders - Can you lend a hand?

Thanks to Mr. Leudke, the Green Team, and NJHS, we

now have a recycling container for cans & bottles in the

lunchroom! But, we need your help! Our student leader

needs 8th graders willing to help empty the container at

the end of their lunch period, and it takes two students at

a time, but it's super quick! If you'd like to earn service

hours and Be Real tickets/treats, please email Mrs. Brad-

bury at jphelps-bradbury@lps.k12.co.us, or Ms. Remkus at cremkus@lps.k12.co.us. We will get you started!

7th Grade Coil Pots: Russell Watson.

7th Grade Gargoyles: Elle Berendt, Lynsey Claybough,

Henry Mansfield, Isabella Molina, Andrew More, Sofia

Quiroga and Tania St John.

8th Grade Silk Paintings: Joe Amaya, Daisy Crowell,

Amy Gianetto, Bella Johnson, Sam Johnston, Grace

Paquette and Destinee Sarmiento.

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GT News

By Valerie Grenawalt

NJHS

The National Junior Honor Society is a national recogni-

tion program that honors students who excel in the five

key areas of scholarship, leadership, citizenship, charac-

ter, and service. Euclid Middle School provides NJHS

students with an opportunity to engage in collaborative

service in the community, metro area and world.

All sixth and seventh graders who achieved a GPA of 3.75

or higher for first semester received a letter inviting them

to apply for membership in the National Junior Honor

Society. Applications for membership were available in

the Student Services office. Applications will be due Feb-

ruary 2, 2017 for consideration and evaluation by our

school committee. Students will be receiving a letter ad-

vising them as to whether or not their application was ac-

cepted by early April. The induction ceremony will be

held on the evening of April 27, 2017.

Summer Enrichment

Euclid families have found the Summer Enrichment Pro-

gram at UNC to be a high quality experience for gifted

learners. Check the following link for information on

their program: Summer Enrichment Program (SEP).

Email Val Grenawalt at vgrenawalt@lps.k12.co.us if you

would to speak with other parents whose students attend-

ed the SEP.

LPS Gifted Services

Littleton Public Schools sponsors various mini-

symposiums on current topics in gifted education. All

parents and teachers are welcome to attend. Watch the

Falcon Flyer for announcements concerning these

presentations.

The LPS Gifted and Talented Advisory Council studies

current issues in gifted education and make recommenda-

tions to the school board regarding gifted services in our

district. All parents are welcome to attend.

We would like to thank our EMS representatives to the

GT Advisory Council, Pam Iken and Robyn Tripp, for

their involvement at the school and district level.

Littleton Association of Gifted and Talented (LAGT),

our local GT affiliate of the Colorado Association for

Gifted and Talented, sponsors periodic programs as well

as a state conference. Watch for announcements of these

events or check the organization website at

www.coloradogifted.org.

Enrichment Activities

Join in! Check the “Euclid After School Activities” sec-

tion for additional information on the many clubs offered

at Euclid. Clubs sponsored by gifted services include

Brain Bowl and Math Counts.

SHOW YOUR SCHOOL SPIRIT! We have ordered a limited quantity of Spirit Wear items that you can purchase. We will have items on display

during lunches beginning Tuesday, February 7th . QUANTITIES ARE LIMITED SO BE THE FIRST TO

COME BY!! See Mrs. Rand in the attendance office with any questions. The order form is attached so you can

see what we have available!

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Join Gary Hein,

Euclid Middle School Principal,

for coffee and information about

Euclid Middle School.

October 4, 2016

November 9, 2016

January 26, 2017

9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Final Conversation

April 6

7:00 p.m.

Parents of Incoming 6th Grade Students

Euclid Middle School Year 2017-2018

COFFEE AND CONVERSATION

Conversations are identical in content and include:

Overview of the school academic program

Presentation of elective and exploratory program

Review of programs for Gifted and Talented

Information on a safe learning environment

Explanation of exemplary math acceleration program

Overview of the Student Activities Program (Intramurals/Clubs)

Question/Answer session

Tour of the building

This session is especially helpful for parents who are still undecided about where to educate their middle school child.

Although a R.S.V.P. is helpful in order for us to provide refreshments,

you are most welcome as a drop in visitor. You may R.S.V.P. to 303-347-7811.