This Week at Piper Middle School

🍎 Principal Anselmi's Corner

A school principal smiling in a hallway, wearing a blazer and scarf, with a colorful student mural visible in the background.

Pirates,

Next week welcomes a beautiful Fall break and parent/guardian teacher conferences. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about your student. Please follow the directions attached to sign up for a time.

The homeroom teacher should have reached out in regards to a student-led conference. Make sure to sign up for that! A conference planning sheet is attached below to help you keep track of teachers and times.

Don't forget about our first annual Literacy Night where we will provide an abundance of resources on how to support your student reading at home. Our raffle has many books and gift cards to be given away to those who attend!

Go Pirates!

Mrs. Anselmi

📆 Upcoming Events

🏀Oct 27 - vs. Basehor 7th H/ 8th A

Oct 28 Parent Teacher Conferences, Literacy Night, Parents Night OUT!

Oct 29 - Parent Teacher Conferences,

🏀8th Girls basketball @ Liberty Memorial MS

Oct 30 No school! Have a fun long weekend!

🤼Oct 31 - Wrestling at Lansing MS

📝 Recap from Site Council

Our Site Council met to discuss key updates, school goals, and how we can continue to partner with families to support our students and staff. Here are the main highlights from our meeting:

Instructional & School Goals

Academic Focus: Teachers are aligning classroom assessments directly with grade-level standard rigor to ensure all students learn at grade level or higher.
Positive Behavior Impact: Staff are prioritizing direct conferencing with students before applying consequences. Thanks to these efforts, office referrals are down 33% compared to this time last year
Teacher Support & Growth: Staff are participating in "learning walks" to observe peers and using self-reflection video cycles to continuously refine their instruction.

Parent & Community Engagement

Parent-Teacher Conferences: The council discussed ways to make future conferences even more useful for parents, including better Skyward signup guidance and possible literacy rotation activities during conference times.
Soft Launching a PTA: The district is beginning to soft-launch PTA groups. Potential focus areas include organizing school events, dances, family activities (like bowling), and teacher appreciation. Keep an eye out for a interest survey soon!

Quick Campus Updates & Q&A

Principal’s Honor Roll: Honor Roll announcements and celebrations are scheduled for next week.
Attendance & Student Recognition: Attendance incentives are showing great results in keeping students motivated!
Morning Drop-Off: Staff are working to streamline traffic flow; extra reflective vests and safety equipment are being ordered for traffic monitors.
One Crew, One Book: A new reading initiative is launching soon, along with parent book lists coming at Literacy Night.

🐐 This Week's GOAT

Ms. Friesen is always innovating in the classroom. She was the first to bring her classes to the library, and she continuously utilizes its resources to support student growth. Through immersive hands-on labs—such as crime scene analysis, sheep brain dissections, and blood spatter pattern evaluation—she turns fundamental skills into exciting, real-world learning experiences. Ms. Friesen is the GOAT!!!