Blevins Bulletin

Hello Blevins Families,

It’s been a great first week back from Fall Break, and I want to thank our students and staff for returning with such positive energy and focus. This time of year can be busy, but our Bruins have shown they’re ready to finish the semester strong.

This week, students completed their Winter MAPs assessments in Reading and Math. These assessments are an important tool that helps us understand how students are growing and where we can provide additional support. We use this data to guide spring support course placements, as well as to make meaningful instructional adjustments that benefit all learners. Thank you for encouraging your students to do their best.

I also want to give a special shout-out to our music classes as they gear up for their performance outside Josephs’ Hardware tonight. Their talent and enthusiasm always bring warmth to a cold evening and they represent Blevins with pride!

Have a wonderful weekend, and thank you for all you do to make Blevins such a strong and connected community.

Proudly,

Joe Zappa, Principal

Friday, December 5th:

Selected Band students perform @ Joseph's Hardware Winter Festival 6:15

Monday, December 8th:

6th, 7th & 8th Grade Wrestling Open Mat 2:15-4:15 (Gym 100) (More Information Below)

Tuesday, December 9th:

6th, 7th & 8th Grade Wrestling Open Mat 2:15-4:15 (Gym 100) (More Information Below)
Beginning Band Concert 7:00pm (Blevins Auditeria)

Wednesday, December 10th:

Eerie Academy Rehearsal 3:00-5:30

Thursday, December 11th:

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

Friday, December 12th:

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

Monday, December 15th:

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:

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

Thursday, December 18th:

6th, 7th & 8th Grade Wrestling Open Mat 2:15-4:15 (Gym 100) (More Information Below)

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

Congratulations to the following students for being chosen as our November PAWS Students-of-the-Month. Students get to enjoy a Pizza Lunch!

6th Grade:

P-Ella Quinn

A-Abraham Pena

W- Ruth Milburn

S-Noah Katers

7th Grade:
P-Laurel Bruggeman

A-Emily Hickman

W-Paola Hernandez Garcia

S-Hannah Nixon

8th grade:
P- Cali Bell Luvene

A-Harmony Schell

W-Kevin Brown

S-Ryder Bowers

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

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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