Spring View Middle School’s Newsletter ! A California Distinguished School V O L U M E
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Counselor’s News
2007-2008 Relea se tim e— 12:55 p.m.
Spring View is hosting the Parent Education Night on April 10, 2008, regarding “Dangers of Over-The-Counter Medications, Prescription Drugs
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and Ecstasy .” Christy Crandell, Parent Outreach Coordinator for Rocklin
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Unified School District, and Officer Chris Osborne, Rocklin Unified School
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District’s School Resource Officer, will be leading the discussion. We hope to
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see you there!
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February 15 & 18 President’s Day
INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Calendar of
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Events Site Council
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Meeting Scrapbooking
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Club Parent Alert
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Parent Project
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Mission/Vision
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Statements
Our Homework Intervention Program (HIP) is up and running! Sign up today to get your homework completed Monday through Thursday 3:15 – 4:00 p.m. Please contact either Jenny Sneed or Jeff Adorador at (916) 624-3381 or jsneed@rocklin.k12.ca.us / jgadorador@rocklin.k12.ca.us, if they can assist you in any way.
School Accountability Report Card Our School Accountability Report Card (SARC) is available online on our website. Please access this report by going to http://svms.rocklin.k12.ca.us and clicking on the link under the NEWS section. Copies are available on request.
8th Grade Promotion Dance Attention all 8th grade parents— the 8th grade Promotion Dance is Tuesday, June 3rd ! The first planning meeting is scheduled for February 6, 2008 at 7 p.m. in the Spring View Middle School Library. We hope to see you there! 7th grade parents are encouraged to attend, so you will know what to expect next year! If you would like to volunteer as chairperson, co-chairperson, or on the following committees: decorations, raffle/donation prizes, refreshments, or clean-up, please contact Mrs. Brewer at (916) 624-3381 or mbrewer@rocklin.k12.ca.us.
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December 24 – January 4
January — February 2008
Calendar of Events
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NO SCHOOL – WINTER BREAK
Girls Basketball Tryouts SVMS – Novice Wrestling Tournament Flex Day Wrestling – Buljan @ Spring View Wrestling - Spring View @ Twelve Bridges School Board Meeting (District Office) Career Day End of First Semester NO SCHOOL - Martin Luther King Jr. Day Wrestling – Spring View @ E.V. Cain Girls Basketball – Spring View @ Cooley Flex Day 100 Merit Activity & AR Celebration Wrestling – Silverado @ Spring View Girls Basketball – Cavitt @ Spring View Wrestling - Spring View @ Antelope Crossing Girls basketball – Spring View @ Granite Oaks Parent Education Night (Multi)
TBA 6 a.m. – 5 p.m. 12:55 p.m. release 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 12:55 p.m. release 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:00—8:00 p.m.
Wrestling – Cavitt @ Spring View 4:00 p.m. Girls Basketball—Olympus @ Spring View 4:00 p.m. Wrestling – Spring View @ Olympus 4:00 p.m. School Board Meeting (District Office) 7:00 p.m. Girls Basketball – Spring View @ Silverado 4:00 p.m. Site Council Meeting– (Office Conference Room) 3:45 p.m. Girls Basketball – Antelope Crossing @ Spring View 4:00 p.m. Wrestling – Eich @ Spring View 4:00 p.m. Girls Basketball – Spring View @ Eich 4:00 p.m. NO SCHOOL – LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY NO SCHOOL - WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY Girls Basketball – Buljan @ Spring View 4:00 p.m. Wrestling – Spring View @ Granite Oaks 4:00 p.m. School Board meeting (District Office) 4:00 p.m. Girls Basketball – Spring View @ Glen Edwards 4:00 p.m. Wrestling – Glen Edwards @ Spring View 4:00 p.m. Girls Basketball – Twelve Bridges @ Spring View 4:00 p.m. Wrestling – Spring View @ Cooley 4:00 p.m. Elementary School music tour 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
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Site Council Meeting
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008 3:45 p.m. Office Conference Room
Agenda Call to order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sabrina Murphy Site Council Members: Information:
Sabrina Murphy, Marcie Schwarz,
1. Leadership Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Student Report
Suzanne Laughrea, Coralie VanAlstyne,
2. Title 1/ELL Presentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janice Haynes
Lisa Webster, Patty Golditch,
3. Home Ec Presentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tori Hastings
Ms. Crawford, Mr. Flowers,
4. Special Education Presentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tobin George
Jenny Sneed, Jeff Adorador, Mike Kortright, Kristen Beck,
Action Items: 1. Approve Minutes of December 11, 2007 meeting. . . . Sabrina Murphy
Lynne Meiers, and Gayle Sheeks
Updates: 1. Review Calendar for Future Agenda Items. . . . . . . . . .Sabrina Murphy Community Input: This agenda item is included for the purpose of giving anyone in attendance an opportunity to ask questions or discuss non-agenda items with the Site Council.
Scrapbooking Club SPRING VIEW’S SCRAPBOOKING CLUB Students, parents and staff are invited to come create memory books using your photos and memorabilia. If you’re a beginner, there will be people ready to help you get started. On your first visit you will need to bring at least three pictures (4 x 6 or smaller). We will provide you with enough supplies to create a memory card using your photos.
COME SIGN UP TODAY AND JOIN THE FUN!
We ask that each person donate $2.00 to help offset the cost of the food and drinks. Please turn in your money when you sign up to attend in the main office the week of each meeting. We will meet in the library from 3:30—7:30 p.m. on the following dates: February 22nd
March 14th
April 18th
May 16th
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PARENT ALERT Dear Parents: Should you drug test your teen? We all want to believe that things haven’t changed that much since we were growing up but the reality is they have. Today, our schools have drug detection dogs, school resource officers and on some campuses, metal detectors. Ultimately, it is the responsibility of us as parents to make sure our kids are safe and drug free. The most powerful reason to implement a random drug testing policy in your home is that it gives your teen an acceptable excuse to use with their peers when the opportunity to use drugs or alcohol is presented. Note, I did not say if. The words, “my parents test me” are powerful in getting your teen’s peers to back off or providing your teen with an excuse to say “no”. Drug testing gives your teen a chance to prove they are trustworthy. Kids who have nothing to hide – hide nothing. Unfortunately, drug and alcohol use is one of the things that teens lie about. Because adolescent brains and bodies are not fully developed, substance abuse can progress very rapidly. Early detection is your best chance at successful intervention. You can find drug test kits at your local drug store, on the Internet and at the Rocklin Police Department. Here in the Rocklin Unified School District, if you contact your student’s counselor, they will give you a voucher for a free drug test kit you can get online. To begin, talk with your teens. Tell them how much you love them and that you will do anything it takes to keep them safe, including random drug testing. Make sure your teen knows you have zero tolerance for drug or alcohol use and what the consequences would be. A refusal to take a drug test equals a positive result. A positive test should always result in an assessment by a drug treatment counselor. For most substances, the detection time will be approximately 24-48 hours. Do not let your teen know ahead of time that they will be tested. Random is key. The best time to do a drug test is when your teen wakes up in the morning after they have been out the night before. Have a same sex parent observe the urine collection if possible. If not, have your teen use your bathroom and wait outside the door. It is important to remember that some teens will go to great lengths to cover up a drug problem. Reward a negative test and take action on a positive test. Teens don’t like it when we ground them or take away their privileges and they probably won’t like being drug tested either. However, sometimes making unpopular decisions is part of being a good parent. Save a life – drug test your teen! Mark your calendar for upcoming parent education nights on the following dates:
Dangers of Over-The-Counter Medications, Prescription Drugs and Ecstasy April 3 – Rocklin High School – 7-8 pm April 10 – Spring View Middle School – 7-8 pm Sincerely, Christy Crandell Parent Outreach Coordinator, Rocklin Unified School District Christy Crandell is a Parent, Anti-Drug Advocate, Author of Lost & Found: a Mother and Son Find Victory over Teen Drug Addiction, Founder of StopTeenDrugAddiction.com FOR MORE INFORMATION, HELPFUL RESOURCES & CONTACT INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT www.stopteendrugaddiction.com
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PARENT PROJECT®
Helping Parents and Teens Survive The Adolescent Years Learn Skills To: Reduce Family Conflicts Set Appropriate and Effective Limits Improve School Performance Identify Exposure to Drug and Alcohol Use ……...AND MUCH MORE
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January 9th – March 5th, 2008 February 26th - April 22nd, 2008 April 9th – June 4th, 2008 September 10th – November 5th, 2008 October 14th – December 9th, 2008
Parent involvement, the key to behavior change with difficult, strong willed adolescents: The PARENT PROJECT© an award winning national curriculum designed for parents of difficult and strong willed adolescents. This program teaches parents how to implement boundaries and be consistent with disciplinary interventions. Parents practice in class what they learn as facilitators coach parents in developing new skills. Parent Project includes self-support groups in which parents work together to develop effective parenting strategies.
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Reducing family conflict. Improving school performance and attendance. Identifying and intervening with drug and alcohol abuse. Interceding with negative peer associations (including inappropriate dating relationships and/or gang involvement). Helping parents set effective, applicable limits.
The PARENT PROJECT© format is highly structured and its goal is to teach a structured philosophy to parents: •
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Presented in an educational format, parents are trained by certified facilitators utilizing a 180-page workbook, “A Parents Guide to Changing Destructive Adolescent Behavior”. Parents receive twenty-six hours of instruction and support, all for a modest cost equal to the fee of about two clinical hours of counseling. Parents may repeat the course at no charge, allowing them to absorb and practice the information fully.
Vision Statement
Marjorie E. Crawford, Principal Martin B. Flowers, Assistant Principal
5040 5th Street
Spring View Middle School is dedicated to preparing all students for their futures by providing each student with the knowledge, confidence, and selfesteem to continuously develop as an individual; maintain a productive work life, and cooperatively participate in a culturally diverse democracy as an effective and informed citizen.
Rocklin, CA 95677 Phone: 916-624-3381 Fax: 916-624-5737
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safe environment where all are encouraged to achieve excellence.
How you can help Spring View Middle School…………. Printer cartridges will be collected throughout the year. Please send your used cartridges to school with your kids. They’ll be collected in the office. You can learn about this program at cartridgesforkids.com Box Tops for Education can be delivered to the office. Funds from these go directly to the associated student body. They also make donations if you’re registered and shop at more than 200 affiliated stores. Please visit boxtops4education.com for more information and to register. Grocery stores donate anywhere from 1% to 4% of your purchase price if you sign up. If you shop at Albertsons and already have a club card, you can register it at Albertsons.com. To register a Safeway club card, go to escrip.com. For BelAir and Raleys, go to raleys.com and click on the “Your Lifestyle” and “Quality of Life Card” links. Please contact the office or your local store if you don’t have internet access. Target will donate up to 1% of purchases made using the REDcard SM as part of their Take Charge of Education Program. It’s easy to register your card by logging onto Target.com/tcoe, by visiting the kiosk in a Target store or by calling 1-800-316-6142. Please designate Spring View as your school to receive this donation. If you bank at Washington Mutual, please register your ATM card and they will make a donation to Spring View. Visit your branch or register at wamoola.com. Every time parents, students, and school supporters use our Back to School ID Number - 70115240, Office Depot will provide credits equal to 5% of the qualifying purchases for Spring View to use for FREE SUPPLIES!