Blevins Bulletin

Hello Blevins Families,

We had another fantastic week at Blevins, and I want to start by celebrating our 6th grade Band students for their incredible concert on Tuesday night. This was their first-ever performance, and they absolutely rose to the occasion. Their confidence, teamwork, and musicianship were on full display. A huge congratulations to our students and to our Mr. Sachtleben for guiding them so well.

Our boys’ basketball teams wrapped up their regular season this week with strong games against both CLP and Lincoln. We’re proud of their grit and sportsmanship, and we’re excited to cheer them on as they head into the playoffs next week. Go Bruins!

In some very exciting news, OtterBox awarded Blevins $10,000 through an OtterCares grant! We intend to use these grant funds to modernize our Media Center. This space will become an innovation center for our students to collaborate and create projects using brand new tools such as 3D Printers, Cricut devices, digital drawing tablets, lazer engravers, and more! Our hope is to have these devices available to our students before the school year is over, and we can't wait.

Last week’s Winter MAPs results are in, and we are thrilled to share that our students demonstrated excellent growth in both Reading and Math. The majority of our grade-levels and subject areas indicate that our Blevins students are growing at rates above the national average, compared to other schools using MAP assessments. This is a testament to the hard work of our students, the dedication of our staff, and the support of our families. We will continue using this data to refine instruction and ensure every Bruin is on a strong path for the spring semester.

Please join us for a combined PTO/SAC Meeting and Dinner this Tuesday from 5:30–7:00 PM. This is a great opportunity to connect, learn more about our school, and continue building the strong partnerships that make Blevins so special.

One more fun and meaningful week until Winter Break. Let’s finish the semester strong!

Proudly,

Joe Zappa, Principal

Friday, December 12th:

Football Family End of Season Banquet 5:00-6:30 in the Blevins Auditeria (Information Below)

Monday, December 15th:

Winter Spirit Week- Crazy Sock Day
6th, 7th & 8th Grade Wrestling Open Mat 2:15-4:15 (Gym 100) (More Information Below)
Eerie Academy Dress Rehearsal 3:00-5:30

Tuesday, December 16th:

Winter Spirit Week- Pajama Day
PTO/SAC Meeting 5:30-7:00 (Blevins Collaboration Café/Room 221)
🎭Eerie Academy Performance 7:00 in the Blevins Auditeria (Information Below)

Wednesday, December 17th:

Winter Spirit Week- Winter Gear Day

Thursday, December 18th:

Winter Spirit Week- Fuzzy Clothes Day
6th, 7th & 8th Grade Wrestling Open Mat 2:15-4:15 (Gym 100) (More Information Below)

Friday, December 19th:

Winter Spirit Week- Ugly Holiday Sweater Day

December 22nd- January 5th: NO SCHOOL/Winter Break

From Coach Paddy Turner:

The VERY long overdue football banquet will take place on Friday Dec 12th at 5pm - 6:30pm. We will hold it in the cafeteria and celebrate our season as a family! Please BYO food and drinks. Plenty of awards to be announced! Look forward to seeing you there

Congratulations to the following students who have Artwork representing Blevins at the Creative Endeavors art show at the Foothills Mall.

Kara Tater

Shahad Alawami

Alas Cheesman

Delaney Schuh

Alex Padilla

Laurel Bruggeman

Avery Johnson

Elijah Bryan

Envy Scurry

Violet Knox

Killian Greenwood

Reese Glasser

Brennan Seeboth

Katerina Rockwood

Bri Pighetti

Daniel Shepherd

Mayar Getlawi

Alexandrin Peterson

Harmony Schell

Bryar Cunnigham

Vala Nelson

Paola Hernandez Garcia

Canyon Jones

Here is the work in a photo album if you want to see it online.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/2Fw5mhSwSXyTxwyY8

Thank you to our entire school community for your continued support! we are so grateful for our teachers, staff, students & parents who make up our fabulous community.

We will be celebrating our wonderful teachers and staff from December 15–19. Festivities will include a morning coffee cart on Tuesday, December 16, hosted by Cups, and we’ll wrap up the week with a holiday cookie exchange—see below for more detail:

Tis the season to celebrate our wonderful Blevins teachers and building staff with some holiday goodies! Blevins PTO will be hosting a holiday cookie/treat bar on Thursday, December 18th. The PTO will provide boxes, and Blevins staff can take home a box of cookies to enjoy with their families.

Please sign up to make or purchase cookies or treats and deliver them to the Blevins office by 8am on Thursday, December 18th. We invite you to bring them in the day before if that is more convenient.

Any plates / trays that you bring in can be picked up at the end of the school day (2:30pm) on Friday, December 19th. Please label them.

Thank you for helping if you can!

LINK: https://signup.com/go/LBfeShC

Here's how it works in 3 easy steps:

1) Click this link to see our SignUp on SignUp: https://signup.com/go/LBfeShC

2) Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like.

3) Sign up! It's Easy - you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on SignUp.

Note: SignUp does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact me and I can sign you up manually.

Our next combined PTO (Parent Teacher Organization) and SAC (Student Accountability Committee) meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 16 at 5:30 PM in the Collaboration Café. We hope to see you there!

School — or should we say “ghoul” — is in session!

Along the shores of Lake Eerie (no, not that Lake Erie) lies Eerie Academy, a school known for its acceptance of the unusual, the mysterious, the ghoulish and grave. And for the students of Eerie, every day is a lesson in spooky studies! With three witches who brew up the perfect potion, along with the conjuring up of a theater ghost and some hysterical school announcements, Eerie Academy will send chills up your spine while tickling your funny bone.

Eerie Academy is a frighteningly fun school filled with ghosts, ghouls, vampires, and of course, the scariest creatures of them all...teenagers!

Tuesday, 16 December 2025 at 7:00 pm in the Blevins Auditeria

There is no charge for admission, but we appreciate donations!

Tryouts: January 12th-January 14th 2:35-4:05 in gym 200

Team Assignments will be posted January 15th

Students must have a hard copy of the Physicians Certification form on file with our Athletic Secretary Becca Dahl 488-4007.
Students must have paid the athletic fee. Payment can be made through Schoolpay at https://psdschools.schoolpay.com or cash and check payments can be made in the Front Office. If it is a cut sport then you would pay to tryout then be refunded if your student doesn't make the team.
Students must have completed the online registration at https://www.psdathletics.org/msreg or complete and return registration packet to the Front Office.
Remember to bring basketball shoes, athletic clothing and a water bottle.
Please pick up promptly at 4:10pm in the west parking lot.

Game Schedule

Varsity/JV Coach-Trey Cormia fcormia@psdschools.org

Open Mat

Open mat will be held on the dates below 2:45pm-4:15pm in the Blevins Auxiliary Gym.

Mon. 12/8
Tues. 12/9
Thurs. 12/11
Mon. 12/15
Thurs. 12/18

*Please bring a water bottle, tennis shoes, shorts/sweatpants. Please bring inhalers, if needed.

Official Practices

Official Practices will start 1/12/26 from 2:45pm-4:15pm in the Blevins Auxiliary Gym. This is a non-cut sport available to 6th, 7th and 8th grade students.

Students must have a hard copy of the Physicians Certification form on file with our Athletic Secretary Becca Dahl 488-4007.
Students must have paid the athletic fee. Payment can be made through Schoolpay at https://psdschools.schoolpay.com or cash and check payments can be made in the Front Office.
Students must have completed the online registration at https://www.psdathletics.org/msreg or complete and return registration packet to the Front Office.

Wrestling Schedule

Tim Arnesen Coach tarnesen@psdschools.org

Bruin Club Families,

As we approach the end of our fall session, we want to share some important updates about Bruin Club:

Bruin Club enrichments will end on Thursday, November 20th.
The weeks of December 1–4 and December 8–11 will be homework help only.
NEW THIS YEAR: Students must sign up in advance to attend these two December weeks using this form.
- Due to space limits, there will be a cap on the number of students who can attend. Families will receive a confirmation email on November 21st if your student is able to participate.
- During these final weeks, students are expected to actively work on homework throughout the session.

Bruin Club End-of-Session Survey

To help us continue improving and growing our programs, we ask that families please take a few minutes to complete our short survey below. Your feedback helps us plan meaningful enrichment experiences for students.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Izzy Crume at icrume@psdschools.org or (970) 657-6612.

Thank you for your continued support and have a wonderful holiday season!

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