NMSHS PANTHER POST

Nederland community,

I am up at Copper Mountain Ski Resort for the Colorado State skiing championships. The Nederland team has over 25 participants between Alpine and Nordic competitors.

Over the past 20 years I have been fortunate to see students compete in a wide variety of athletic state championship competitions. Today is a first for me. But it isn’t for Ned. We have a strong tradition of skiers in our town and we will continue to support and field excellent teams. Well I’m out to the slopes to watch our girls compete in the Slalom event and the later I’ll be heading over to the Nordic events. Go Panthers!

Have a great weekend,

Gavan

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Celebrations

• Congratulations to HS Alpine & Nordic for their hard work at the CHSAA State Championships the last two days. As of yesterday, Nederland was 7th Place for Women’s, and 7th Place for Men’s (both Alpine & Nordic results combined). Some notable Panther performances from yesterday included Trinity LeBlanc placing 26th in Giant Slalom, Cedar Shupe placing 33rd in Giant Slalom, and Mackenzie Weber placing 33rd in Skate. Here are (soon to be) updated results for the entire Championship. You all have worked hard and should be very proud of yourselves. Congratulations, Panther Skiers!

• Good luck to HS Basketball next week. Regular season ends tomorrow and they are competing in the “District Tournament” beginning Tuesday 2/21 to help decide who gets an automatic berth to playoffs. There is a good chance that we will have a home game on Tuesday, beginning at 5:00 pm, but we won’t know for sure until final results are announced on Monday. Stay tuned to Tuesday’s morning announcements!

• Skylar Abookire performed great at All State Choir at the Buell Theater on Saturday. She was part of the Treble Choir, and she did fantastic. Well done, Skylar!

Upcoming Events

-Fri. 2/17 9:30 am HS Alpine Slalom STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS @ Copper Mtn (Ore Deal)

-Fri. 2/17 2:30 pm HS Nordic Classic STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS @ Frisco Nordic Center

-Sat. 2/18 11:30 am HS Basketball League Tournament vs. Loveland Classical @ Twin Peaks

-Tues 2/21 4:00 pm First Yearbook Meeting - all welcome to attend!

-Tues. 2/21 5:00 pm HS Basketball District Tournament Round 1 @ TBD

-Fri. 2/24 TBD HS Basketball District Tournament Round 2 (if win on Tues) @ Skyline HS

-Sat. 2/25 4:30 pm HS Basketball District Tournament Champion (if win on Fri) @ Skyline HS

-Sat. 2/25 8:30 am HS Nordic Sprint Championships @ Steamboat Touring Center

-Mon. 2/27 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm HS Track & Field First Day of Practice

-Mon. 2/27 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm HS Girls’ Soccer First Day of Practice

-Mon. 3/6 MS Girls’ Soccer First Day of Practice

-Wed. 3/8 MS Boys’ Soccer First Day of Practice

Announcements

• The first yearbook meeting is Tuesday February 21st after school from 4 pm to 5:30 pm in the cafeteria. Anyone interested, please come. If you have any questions, contact Yearbook Sponsor Jeanine Thurston.

• High School Spring Sports Registration is open! Sign up for Track & Field and/or Girls’ Soccer. The first official day of CHSAA practice is Monday, Feb. 27. Track will practice from 4 pm to 5:15 pm, and Soccer will practice from 4 pm to 5:30 pm.

• Attention High School Girls Soccer! Off-season soccer workouts & conditioning start Mon. Feb. 13 from 4 pm to 5 pm in the athletic hallway. Bring athletic clothes and tennis shoes, as well as some warm clothes to go outside if needed There will be two weeks of workouts (Mon. Feb. 13 - Fri. Feb. 17 and Tues. Feb. 21 - Fri. Feb. 24). The first official day of practice is Mon. Feb. 27. Contact Coach Alberto Gonzalez with any questions.

• Attention High School Students: Track & Field Coach Gavin Coombs is hosting winter workouts in the weight room for any interested high schoolers on Thursdays from 4-5 pm. Come on in and get your workouts in.

• Middle School Volleyball Players: Tues. 2/21 - Fri. 2/24 4:00 - 5:30 pm is our MS Volleyball Camp hosted by the High School Volleyball Team. Cost is $40, and scholarships are available. Contact Nicole Zotti to sign up for the camp

• Hey Parents! YOU know that “You Look Good in Stripes”! CHSAA is covering ALL costs to get started officiating and is streamlining the process for signing up. Become an official today. There is a shortage, and your help is crucial to continuing to have high school sports.

• As many of you have noticed, we installed sports cameras at our field and in our gym over the summer. We had some extensive technical issues with getting the cameras online that the IT Department and NFHS Network had to work together to fix. We finally think (fingers crossed!) that the tech issues have been fixed! Watch our High School Basketball (and other high school games) by subscribing to the NFHS Network! When you subscribe, some of that money comes back to the school to support our athletic programming. This is great for family members who live far away to watch live or just for you to go back and rewatch a game. Many other schools are using this platform too so you can also watch some of the away matches. Subscribe today!

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Virtual College Fair: Get started on your college vision through an online virtual college fair coming up through NACAC (National Association for College Admission Counseling) February 19, March 19 or April 23. Just drop in on Zoom sessions offered by hundreds of colleges and explore your options. Hear about student life, majors and programs, financial aid, scholarships, and more, plus ask questions and text chat with admissions representatives. Register here for your link to a virtual college fair.

Need a high school credit recovery class? BVSD online is taking registrations for session 2 through March 14. Credit recovery session 2 runs March 20 - May 1st. Sign up here: https://online.bvsd.org/course-information/high-school-course-offerings

MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT

NAMI Boulder County - National Alliance on Mental Illness - Free classes and Support Groups

Mental Health Partners, Nederland

Reslilience 1220 - For young people ages 12-20 who reside in the mountain communities west of the Denver metro area in Colorado. Individual counseling and group counseling services provided by registered therapists.

Stronger Without - Struggling with substance use, numbing? Denver Health has created a youth support site with several resources including mental health apps, coping skills, artistic creativity, breathing, self-care, activities and group support.

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You can email all photos to jeanine.thurston@bvsd.org

In addition - we are adding photos for all the sports, arts, and events that happen at NMSHS. If you have any great ones that we can consider adding into the yearbook, forward those to me as well with what sport they are from (Middle School or High School).

Thank you so much!!!

Jeanine Thurston

Yearbook Sponsor NMSHS

jeanine.thurston@bvsd.org

Photos to: jeanine.thurston@bvsd.org

OR if you have Dropbox folders to share please send to fototails@gmail.com

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We wished our amazing staff a very Happy Valentine’s Day by delivering some delicious treats for them to enjoy on Tuesday morning!

We hope they know just how much we love and appreciate them! ~ The Panther Parents PTA and NMSHS families

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TeamWorks Summer Youth Employment Opportunity: Summer is just a few months away and TeamWorks is a local Nederland organization that recruits and employs Nederland-based youth. The Crew Member application is going to be opening on February 1. The position is geared for 16-20 year olds who want to spend the summer outdoors, make $18/hour, build community across the Front Range's geographic divide, explore and develop their relationship to the land, and do meaningful hands-on stewardship projects with their team. Reach out to TeamWorks for more information.

CU Denver Summer Camps - CU Denver hosts a variety of CU Lynx summer day camps for high school students. Animation, audio production, comic book creation, photography, murals, music, film making, and immersive arts are some of the focus areas of these summer programs. See the CU Lynx site for an application. Scholarships are available through CU’s website.

Construction Girl Summer Camp: Construction GIRL© is committed to helping girls learn about financially sustainable careers in transportation and construction. We are currently accepting applications for Career Week for GIRLs / Summer Camp 2023! See their flyer for details.

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Our school community is committed to providing a safe educational environment where all members of our community are treated with respect. As we continue to work on creating more inclusive spaces of belonging, we want to make sure our students and families know about and have access to the BVSD discrimination reporting form. The form can also be accessed under the "Help for Students" tab located at the top banner on every BVSD webpage.

Completed forms are submitted directly to the District's Equity Compliance Officer who then connects with the reporting party and works to make sure appropriate next steps are taken.

If you have any questions about the form or making a report, please contact Elizabeth Francis

Equity Counsel/Title IX Coordinator, Boulder Valley School District at 720.561.8091 or elizabeth.francis@bvsd.org.

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