Blevins Bulletin

Hello Blevins Families,

I hope that you had a wonderful Winter Break! We are thrilled to kick off a new semester with our Bruins. The spring semester is an exciting time in which we see academic and emotional growth from our students, while also gearing up for their future. High school registration is just around the corner for 8th grade students, while 6th and 7th grade students will be registering for next year's classes in February. Please don't hesitate to reach out to our counseling team, or anyone in the office, should you have questions.

We are getting ready for Girls' Basketball and Wrestling season. Please encourage your child to try something new in being a part of these athletic programs. Girls' Basketball is for 7th and 8th grade students, but Wrestling is available to all! Contact Ms. Dahl, our athletic secretary, if you have any questions about getting started.

Take a breath after the sprint we've had into the new year. We can't wait to see our Bruins again next week!

Monday, January 12th:

Winter/Spring Bruin Club Starts 2:25-5:00 (Important Information Below)
7th/8th Grade Girls Basketball Tryouts 2:35-4:05 (Gym 101) (More Information Below)
6th/7th/8th Grade Wrestling Season Starts 2:45-4:15 (More Information Below)

Tuesday, January 13th:

7th/8th Grade Girls Basketball Tryouts 2:35-4:05 (Gym 101) (More Information Below)

Wednesday, January 14th:

7th/8th Grade Girls Basketball Tryouts 2:35-4:05 (Gym 101) (More Information Below)

Monday, January 19th:

NO SCHOOL-Martin Luther King JR. Day

Thursday, January 22nd:

RMHS Counselors @ Blevins to visit with 8th Graders about 9th Grade Registration 9:30-10:00
Parenting A Middle Schooler Information Event 6:00-7:30 (More Information Below)

Monday, January 26th:

9th Grade Registration Info & Q&A Session for students and parents at Rocky 6:00-7:00 pm

Tuesday, January 27th:

PTO Meeting 5:30-7:00 (Collaboration Café Room 221)

Bruin Club is excited to announce our Winter 2026 schedule! Clubs will begin on Monday, January 12th, and run through Thursday, March 12th. A revised Spring 2026 schedule (March 23rd – April 22nd) will be shared in March.

Important Reminders and Updates:

This session, Bruin Club will be ran out of the Auditeria. All students should report there if they plan to attend Bruin Club that day. All students must be signed in prior to 2:45pm, or they will be unable to attend.
All students must be picked up by 5:00 p.m. If you anticipate being late, please notify us at (970) 657-6612 no later than 4:50 p.m.
Bruin Club is an extension of the school day, and students are expected to follow the same rules and expectations set in place by PSD's Student Code of Conduct. Cell phones may be used, but only in a safe and appropriate manner. If a student is unable to use their phone responsibly, they may lose the privilege of having it during the program.
Bruin Club will not operate on 2/19. A reminder text will be sent out prior to Bruin Club closures.

To Participate:

To participate, all students must have a completed 2025–2026 Permission to Participate form on file. Forms are available in the front office, can be downloaded and emailed to icrume@psdschools.org, or returned in paper form to the front office. Forms are due at least 24 hours prior to attendance. A separate form is required for each student.

Winter Session Club Schedule:

Monday: Homework Help, eSports, Craft Club, Boston/NY Trip Prep

*Must be signed up and attending the Boston/NY Trip during Spring Break in March 2026

Tuesday: Homework Help, Dungeons and Dragons, Mind and Motion Challenges, Science Olympiad

Wednesday: Homework Help, Dungeons and Dragons, Cooking, Improv, Odyssey of the Minds

Thursday: Homework Help, eSports, Cozy Hobby, Engineering Exploration (GEMS), Science Olympiad

Parenting a Middle Schooler:

Join us for an engaging session on building healthy, sustainable relationships and strengthening self-awareness to support middle schoolers’ wellbeing and resilience. The event will take place on January 22, 2026 from 6pm-7:30pm at Blevins Middle School. We hope you’ll join us for this valuable opportunity to learn, connect, and grow alongside other families. To hold this event, we require a minimum number of attendees. If this minimum is not met, the event may be cancelled, so please be sure to RSVP to help us plan accordingly.

Questions: If you have any questions regarding Bruin Club, please contact Izzy Crume at (970)657-6612 or email icrume@psdschools.org.

As part of our District’s ongoing review of digital tools and software platforms, District IT staff have adjusted student chat features in Microsoft Teams and Google Workspace to better support instructional use and compliance with District expectations. PSD’s Principal Advisory Group came to consensus on this change at their December meeting.

As of Monday, December 22, students will no longer be able to self-initiate direct chats or video conferences in these platforms. Students will continue to have access to use chat and collaboration features within teacher-managed and rostered course spaces in both platforms.

These changes do not impact staff-to-staff communications through MS Teams or Google chats.

What’s changing:

Microsoft Teams Chat will be disabled for all students.
Google Chat and Spaces will be disabled all students.

What remains available:

Messaging within Rostered Teams (teacher managed).
Communication features in Google Classroom including class comments/streams.

Timeline:

The changes began to go live on December 22. Policies are applied district-wide, verified, and services will update automatically as policies and permissions propagate across platforms and devices.

What teachers should do:

Use rostered Microsoft Teams or Google Classroom for student messaging.
Continue to set, model, and communicate expectations to students on where and how to post, share work, and communicate.

Happy New Year!
A huge thank you to the parents who helped make our teacher appreciation events before Winter Break such a success. On Tuesday before break, we were able to celebrate our teachers and staff with a Cups Coffee Cart, and it was greatly enjoyed. Then on Thursday, parents contributed to our Cookie Exchange for teachers and staff—thank you for all the delicious treats that were such a hit!

PTO is also excited to support our 6th grade class with a mini-grant to purchase additional books. This will allow students to take home required reading texts, addressing a need that was brought to us by a parent. If you have feedback or ideas that can help make Blevins an even better place, please reach out to PTO or join us at an upcoming meeting.

Next PTO Meeting: January 27, 2026 | 5:30–7:00 PM

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

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

The PSD Board of Education is sponsoring the showing of the updated Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital Age (2025) film. The film identifies ways schools and caregivers can help young people navigate technology use and overuse. The audience for the film is primarily parents and their pre-teen to teenage children.

Date: 1/28 at Rocky Mountain High School, 6:00 – 8:30 PM