Spencer Butte Middle School Eugene

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SPENCER BUTTE SPARTAN UPDATE



March 11, 2022


Coming Events:

March 17th ----------------------------------------------No School, Trimester Grading(middle/high)
March 18th ----------------------------------------------No School – Planning/Professional Development
March 21st - 25th --------------------------------------------No School – Spring Break
March 28 ----------------------------------------------Classes Resume; beginning of of 3rd trimester
April 4th ----------------------------------------------Track Season Starts

MASK MANDATE ENDING
Beginning Monday March 14th, masks will become optional in all 4j schools and school buses. Spencer Butte fully supports and defends all choices made by students and staff regarding mask choices. We strongly encourage families to speak with their students and remind them to always be respectful to others.

TRACK
The track season will begin on Monday, April 4th!! Our staffing for coaches is contingent on application numbers, so please turn in applications asap! We are looking forward to an exciting, fun, and successful season for all of our athletes. Students may pick up registration/information packets in the office, there is also a PDF of the paperwork attached to this email. All students are invited to participate regardless of ability to pay. If you have any questions regarding participation or scholarships, please contact our track program operations coordinator, Heather Acharya ([email protected] or 541-790-8300), in the front office.

SPRING FORWARD!
Daylight Savings is this weekend! Don’t forget to set your clocks ahead!

SEHS AVID FOR INCOMING FRESHMAN
Applications for the AVID 9 program at South Eugene High School are now available for all incoming 9th grade students. AVID is a program that supports students in achieving academic success in high school while preparing them for admission to college. Applications can be picked up from Josh Livie, SBMS AVID Teacher, or in the SBMS front office. Applications can be submitted online or using a paper form (see attached) which can be turned in to Josh Livie or to the SBMS front office. Applications must be turned in or submitted no later than Friday, March 18. Additional information about AVID is available on the South Eugene High School webpage. If you have any questions or would like to discuss the SEHS AVID program, please contact Laura Queirolo, SEHS AVID Teacher, at [email protected].

LEARNING PATHWAY EXTENSION
In light of the decision to shift to optional masking, the district is providing families an opportunity to change between learning on-site at school and online at home if they prefer. Families may submit an online request until March 14. The changes will take effect after spring break. To submit a pathway change, go to https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdu-R8fEZP3q4KxXKro56ssXLe2fEsq-DsaalUbzj-svnYlGA/viewform

DODGE FOR A CAUSE
As a parent, are you interested in joining the Spencer Butte Dodgeball team to support the Relief Nursery? Participants must be 18 years or older, and have proof of vaccination status or a negative COVID test within 72 hours of the tournament. The tournament will take place on Saturday April 2nd 12:00-6:00pm. If you are interested, please reach out to Margaret Albright by March 14th at 541-790-8300 or [email protected]

4J Online/Onsite Learning Change Request Form (2021–22) Este formulario también está disponible en español: https://forms.gle/nVqBkhMnNGJd8hzi7 ---- LEARNING OPTIONS: There are three learning pathways available to 4J students this school year. Students may request to change between these programs at the change of term. • In-Person School: On-site le...

SPENCER BUTTE SPARTAN UPDATE



February 18th, 2022


Coming Events:

February 21st ----------------------------------------------No School – Presidents’ Day
February 28th ----------------------------------------------Deadline for Learning Path Change/Request
March 1st ----------------------------------------------South Eugene High School Forecasting Webinar (zoom)
March 3rd -----------------------------------------------7 p.m. - All Bands Concert
March 17th ----------------------------------------------No School, Trimester Grading
March 18th ----------------------------------------------No School – Planning/Professional Development
March 21st - 25th --------------------------------------------No School – Spring Break



ONSITE OR ONLINE? REQUEST CHANGES NOW FOR GRADES 6-12
Deadline February 28: Middle and high school families may request a learning location change for spring term. Change Request Form
Families of 4J middle and high school students have until Monday, February 28, to request a change between in-person and online school programs for the third trimester.
There are two learning pathways available to 4J middle and high school students this school year: attending their regular school in-person full-time, or Eugene Online Academy for asynchronous online learning. The third trimester begins Monday, March 28.
To request to change your middle or high school student’s learning pathway for the third trimester, please complete and submit the request form by Monday, February 28th. Submit a separate form for each student.
ONLY complete the form if you want to request a change. Families who want to continue with their student’s current enrollment do not need to respond.
(Elementary schools operate on a different calendar with two semesters. An opportunity to switch learning pathways was provided to elementary school families before the start of the second semester, which began on
January 31.)

SPENCER BUTTE MIDDLE SCHOOL BANDS CONCERT
The Spencer Butte Bands concert will be held on Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 7:00 P.M. in the Spencer Butte large gym. The concert is free, and masks are required to attend. Seating will be in the bleachers (and some folding chairs). Families/friends will sit in groups together, and 3 foot distance markers will be taped so groups may distance from one another. The concert will last an hour or less.
Questions? Please email Steve Robare [email protected]

THANK YOU LOX, STOCKS AND BAGEL COMPANY
We want to give a big shout out of appreciation to the owners and staff at Lox, Stocks and Bagel Company, located in the Safeway shopping complex at 40th and Donald. For those of you who don’t know, this is a small, locally owned company, that makes the most incredible New York Style bagels. Today, a group of our students took a walking field trip to the bakery for a tour, and each student was able to create their own bagel! If this wasn’t amazing enough, the owner himself delivered the bagels to the school when they were done baking.
If you haven’t visited Lox, Stocks and Bagels yet, stop in and try some delicious bagels and support a great local business!

RED CROSS BABYSITTING TRAINING COURSE AT THE YMCA
Eugene Family YMCA is offering a Babysitter’s Training Course for students ages 11 and up on Saturday, February 26th. This class will be held at the Eugene YMCA, 2055 Patterson St, from 9:30 am – 4 pm for those 11 years and older. The cost is $90 for members and $100 for non-members. (financial assistance is available) See attached flier for details. Contact: [email protected]
YMCA TEEN NIGHT PROGRAM: MIDDLE SCHOOL MADNESS!
Who: 6th - 8th Graders
Cost: $5/ Y Members - $10/ Community Members
March 11, April 15, May 13
Drop off is 7-7:30, Pick up is 11:00 pm
Where: Eugene Family YMCA
What: An opportunity for middle school students to safely get together with peers, play gym games and Wii, enjoy snacks, and arts and crafts!

ROSE’S CHILDREN THEATRE PRODUCTION OF FROZEN
Rose Children’s Theatre is heading to the stage for the first time in 2 years, with their production of Frozen Jr. Thirty-one kids from 6 - 9th grade have been working diligently to bring Elsa, Anna and the magical land of Arendelle to stage. There will be 5 shows from February 24th – 27th at the Wildish Theater in Springfield. Tickets available https://rosechildrenstheatre.org/ Livestreaming will also be available during several shows.

FOOD FOR 4J FAMILIES
The FOOD For Lane County mobile food pantry is open to all 4J families in need of assistance, regardless of where your students go to school or where you live. The FFLC Mobile Pantry visits a 4J location every Wednesday afternoon through February. Questions? Please call 541-790-6880. Learn more: 4j.lane.edu/2021/12/mobile-food-pantry-makes-4j-school-stops
Food pick up is from 2:30pm – 4:00 pm
Upcoming dates for food pick up:
February 23rd; 4J District Office, 200 N Monroe St

Mobile Food Pantry Makes 4J School Stops Eugene School District 4J is partnering with FOOD For Lane County to provide 4J families in need with weekly access to the local food bank’s mobile pantry.

SPENCER BUTTE SPARTAN UPDATE

February 11th, 2022

Coming Events:

February 21st --------------------------------------------No School – Presidents’ Day
March 17th --------------------------------------------Trimester Grading
March 18th --------------------------------------------No School – Planning/Professional Development
March 21st-25th --------------------------------------------No School – Spring Break

WE WILL HAVE A SPRING TRACK SEASON!!
Stay tuned, more details to come soon!

YMCA TEEN NIGHT PROGRAM: MIDDLE SCHOOL MADNESS!
Who: 6th - 8th
Cost: $5/ Y Members - $10/ Community Members
When: Feb 11, March 11, April 15, May 13
Drop off is 7-7:30, Pick up is 11
Where: Eugene Family YMCA
What: An opportunity for middle school students to safely get together with peers, play gym games and Wii, enjoy snacks, and arts and crafts! See attached flyer for more details.

ROSE’S CHILDREN THEATRE PRODUCTION OF FROZEN
Rose Children’s Theatre is heading to the stage for the first time in 2 years, with their production of Frozen Jr. Thirty-one kids from 6-9th grade have been working diligently to bring Elsa, Anna and the magical land of Arendelle to stage. There will be 5 shows from February 24th – 27th at the Wildish Theater in Springfield. Tickets available https://rosechildrenstheatre.org/ Livestreaming will also be available during several shows.

FOOD FOR 4J FAMILIES
The FOOD For Lane County mobile food pantry is open to all 4J families in need of assistance, regardless of where your students go to school or where you live. The FFLC Mobile Pantry visits a 4J location every Wednesday afternoon through February. Questions? Please call 541-790-6880. Learn more: 4j.lane.edu/2021/12/mobile-food-pantry-makes-4j-school-stops
Food pick up is from 2:30pm – 4:00 pm
Upcoming dates for food pick up:
February 16th; ; Cal Young Middle School, 2555 Gilham Rd
February 23rd; 4J District Office, 200 N Monroe St

Mobile Food Pantry Makes 4J School Stops Eugene School District 4J is partnering with FOOD For Lane County to provide 4J families in need with weekly access to the local food bank’s mobile pantry.

MIDDLE SCHOOL MADNESS: Middle schoolers take over the Y to socialize, be physically active, play new games and have FUN!

Register NOW for Middle School Madness at your Y on Friday, Feb. 11: bit.ly/YMiddleSchoolMadness

SPENCER BUTTE SPARTAN UPDATE

January 28th, 2022


Coming Events:

January 31th --------------------------------------------- Deadline for School Choice Enrollment
February 1st, 6:30 pm -------------------------------------Parent Education Session – Internet Safety
February 21st --------------------------------------------No School – Presidents’ Day

SCHOOL CHOICE
In Eugene School District 4J, every school offers an excellent education for our students. Students may enroll in their neighborhood school at any time, or may request to enroll in a different 4J school provided there is space available. School choice requests will be accepted in an order determined by lottery.
To be included in the lottery, 4J residents must apply online by January 31 (4j.lane.edu/choice). Non-district residents must apply between March 1 and 31. All students who want to obtain a transfer must apply, including new incoming siblings and students who have moved but want to stay enrolled at our school.
Learn more & apply: www.4j.lane.edu/choice

UNEXCUSED TARDIES, NEW POLICY
Unexcused tardies are continuing to grow into a bigger and bigger disruption for our teachers and classes. Starting Monday, January 31st, there will be a new policy implemented as a penalty for students with chronic tardiness. Twice a week, there will be a lunchtime detention for students who have accrued three or more unexcused tardies in that school week. The detention will be located in a reserved classroom, following all Covid guidelines, and supervised by one of our teaching staff.

PARENT EDUCATION SESSION - INTERNET SAFETY - Feb 1st 6:30 pm
Roosevelt Middle School has invited Spencer Butte to partner in a parent education session about Internet Safety this Tuesday, February 1st at 6:30p.m. Our presenter will be Yuki Roberts, the School Program Director from Ophelia's Place in Eugene and a Spencer Butte parent. We have worked with Ophelia's Place for years to provide parent, student, and staff trainings and student pro-social groups and all of their work is consistently excellent. We encourage all parents to attend, even if your child is not yet engaging with social media. To join the meeting, use this Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/9366455771

PARKING LOT SAFETY, AFTER SCHOOL PICK UP
There have been some concerns with cars pulling up too close to one another when waiting for students after school. Please make sure to leave ample room between your car and cars around you, so we can see students passing through, and allow every car to pull out safely. As a reminder, we also have the parking lot east of the school for cars to park and wait.

SITE COUNCIL
Site Council is up and running at Spencer Butte! Meetings take place on the second Thursday of every month at 8:00 a.m., everyone is welcome to join. We are meeting via Zoom due to Covid. We are currently working on three site goals: Ways to measure and improve our culture and climate, making sure all students have equitable access to what they need, and increasing our community partnership and outreach. If these sound like themes that you would like to collaborate on, let us know! Contact Poppy at [email protected].

SBMS KINDNESS PLAYLIST PROJECT
Scan the QR code (see as attachment) as many times as you want to enter songs for our playlist. Please help us create a playlist to distribute to our community. Our goal is to collect songs of multiple genres, for multiple age ranges and for multiple purposes. Please complete the following google form with your song title suggestions.
Make sure you list the Song title, Artist, Category and what song means to you?

FOOD FOR 4J FAMILIES
The FOOD For Lane County mobile food pantry is open to all 4J families in need of assistance, regardless of where your students go to school or where you live. The FFLC Mobile Pantry visits a 4J location every Wednesday afternoon through February. Questions? Please call 541-790-6880. Learn more: 4j.lane.edu/2021/12/mobile-food-pantry-makes-4j-school-stops
Food pick up is from 2:30pm – 4:00 pm
Upcoming dates for food pick up:
February 2nd; A.T.A., 1650 W. 22nd Ave
February 9th; Roosevelt Middle School, 500 E 24th Ave
February 16th; ; Cal Young Middle School, 2555 Gilham Rd
February 23rd; 4J District Office, 200 N Monroe St

CAMPUS SAFETY TEAM
The district has eight full-time campus security and safety officers. Here at Spencer Butte, we are lucky enough to have Alex Nordstrand and Adrian Swartz supporting our staff and patrolling our campus.

COVID - KEEPING OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF SAFE
Thank you to all of our families for keeping your student(s) home when they are ill, and letting the school know about any sickness in a timely manner. This is the best way we can keep everyone at the school safe and healthy. Feel free to contact the school office if you have any questions about symptoms, quarantine, testing, and other illnesses. Please make sure to inform the school office, either by emailing [email protected] or calling our attendance line at 541-790-8325, about each day your student will not be attending so their excused absence can be recorded correctly.

Mobile Food Pantry Makes 4J School Stops Eugene School District 4J is partnering with FOOD For Lane County to provide 4J families in need with weekly access to the local food bank’s mobile pantry.

SPENCER BUTTE SPARTAN UPDATE



January 21th, 2022


Coming Events:

January 28th --------------------------------------------- No School – Professional Development
January 31th --------------------------------------------- Deadline for School Choice Enrollment
February 21st --------------------------------------------- No School – Presidents’ Day


UNEXCUSED TARDIES, NEW POLICY
Unexcused tardies are continuing to grow into a bigger and bigger disruption for our teachers and classes. Starting next week, there will be a new policy implemented as a penalty for students with chronic tardiness.
Twice a week, there will be a lunchtime detention for students who have accrued three or more unexcused tardies in that school week. The detention will be located in a reserved classroom, following all Covid guidelines, and supervised by one of our teaching staff.

COVID - KEEPING OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF SAFE
Thank you to all of our families for keeping your student(s) home when they are ill, and letting the school know about any sickness in a timely manner. This is the best way we can keep everyone at the school safe and healthy. Feel free to contact the school office if you have any questions about symptoms, quarantine, testing, and other illnesses. Please make sure to inform the school office, either by emailing [email protected] or calling our attendance line at 541-790-8325, about each day your student will not be attending so their excused absence can be recorded correctly.

SCHOOL CHOICE
In Eugene School District 4J, every school offers an excellent education for our students. Students may enroll in their neighborhood school at any time, or may request to enroll in a different 4J school provided there is space available. School choice requests will be accepted in an order determined by lottery.
To be included in the lottery, 4J residents must apply online by January 31 (4j.lane.edu/choice). Non-district residents must apply between March 1 and 31. All students who want to obtain a transfer must apply, including new incoming siblings and students who have moved but want to stay enrolled at our school.
Learn more & apply: www.4j.lane.edu/choice

School Choice and Transfer Information The online system is currently accepting requests by 4J residents. All eligible requests submitted by the Jan. 31, 2022 deadline will be included in the school choice lottery.

SPENCER BUTTE SPARTAN UPDATE



January 7th, 2022


Coming Events:

January 17th ----------------------------------------------No School – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 21st ----------------------------------------------No School – Staff Work Day
January 28th --------------------------------------------- No School – Professional Development


SCHOOL CHOICE
In Eugene School District 4J, every school offers an excellent education for our students. Students may enroll in their neighborhood school at any time, or may request to enroll in a different 4J school provided there is space available. School choice requests will be accepted in an order determined by lottery.
To be included in the lottery, 4J residents must apply online by January 31 (4j.lane.edu/choice). Non-district residents must apply between March 1 and 31. All students who want to obtain a transfer must apply, including new incoming siblings and students who have moved but want to stay enrolled at our school.
Learn more & apply: www.4j.lane.edu/choice

PHONE AND NETWORK ISSUES
Spencer Butte and most of the 4J School District experienced intermittent phone and internet issues throughout this entire week. We apologize for any families who were trying to contact us during these times, and, as a result, received delayed communication from the school.

School Choice and Transfer Information ** 4J resident transfer request lottery: The school choice online request system will not accept requests as of Saturday, January 1, 2022 due to a technical issue. The vendor is now updating the system. Please check back on Saturday, January 8, 2022. We will share the link to the transfer request fo...

Classes resume tomorrow, Tuesday January 4th! We can't wait to see our students again, happy 2022!!

Last day of playing dress up the admin, and finally Friday!!!
Have a wonderful and safe Winter Break, SBMS families! See you in 2022