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Yeti Families!

We are back after a restful Thanksgiving break. Hope you all had a great 10 days with your students and loved ones. We only have 3 weeks until our next long break. These three weeks are very important, families. Your students are wrapping up semester 1! 

Attendance and grades are of utmost importance as your students wrap up their semester. 8th grade families, we are getting closer and closer to continuation. On track attendance, grades, and behavior matter NOW. All of this data paints a picture of whether or not your student is eligible to Continuate. 

We have two BIG WINS at BVMS right now and they are both around attendance. Our current attendance rate is 90%; we are beating our attendance last year by 4%. This is huge! An even bigger win is our improvement with chronic attendance. Chronically absent students are students who have missed school by10% or more. Last year we were at 52% chronically absent students at this time of the year We are smashing this number as we have dropped down to 36% Chronically absent. We have one of the highest improvements in attendance in all DPS middle schools. Families, keep up the great work of getting your student TO SCHOOL. We love your little yetis and want to see them everyday. 

Every day I am continuously grateful to lead at BVMS. Let's make these next 3 weeks Yetitastic!

Mrs. Sutherland :) 

P.S. If you were unable to join us at our last CSC meeting, please click HERE to review our November minutes.

We’re are so #YETI proud of the progress our school has made and the positive changes happening every day. While we recognize the challenges of the other schools that occupied this building in the past, we are committed to building a new story—one of success, growth, and pride at the Henry Campus.

Your voice matters! We encourage all families to share their experiences and celebrate our achievements, like earning a “GREEN” rating on the Colorado School Performance Framework, back to back years! 

Together, we can show our community that Bear Valley Middle School at the Henry Campus is a fresh start with a bright future.

Thank you for being part of this journey with us!

Click HERE to help put a positive review!

As always, if you have any issues or concerns please email Principal Sutherland at rachael_sutherland@dpsk12.net

We’ve noticed an alarming increase in students bringing caffeinated drinks (Monsters, RedBulls, Soda etc) to school.  Caffeine affects young people’s sleep, focus, and heart rate, and it’s not appropriate for school hours.

We are asking for your support to not send energy drinks, caffeinated sodas, or coffee with your child. We also want to ensure that students are not selling, purchasing or allowing friends to provide them these drinks.

We appreciate your time talking with your child about why caffeine isn’t safe for youth and help us keep the school a healthy environment for everyone. 

Thank you for your support, we have included the below resources to review.

Nurse Katie’s Caffeine Presentation
The Effects of Caffeine on Kids: A Parent’s Guide
Caffeine and Children.

Bear Valley has been allocated 30 Christmas food baskets from the Sam Santos Christmas Basket Program.  These baskets will be available for pick up at Bear Valley on Saturday 12/20/25.  Once we get our delivery times we will send communication to the families so they can coordinate their pick-up time at school.

Please click HERE if your family could benefit from this resource.  Once we have 30 families signed up the form will be turned off to accept responses.

We’re so YETI excited to announce our 1st One Yeti, One Roar Day this Friday, December 5th.  We will shorten our class periods to allow 4 purposeful afternoon rotations that will run from 1pm-3:50pm

This December OYOR theme is “Kindness,” encouraging our students to practice standing up for others, spreading kindness and strengthen our caring community. 

We are excited to announce our next Spirit week starting Monday 12/8.  If students choose not to participate in each day's theme they are expected to be in perfect dress code.  If they are out of dress code a loaner will be provided and/or they will call to have a family member to bring in a change of clothes.  Exception is Friday since that will still be FREE dress!

We appreciate your help checking their fit before they leave each day!

Monday 12/8 = Old People Day!

Tuesday 12/9 = Nurse Katie Day!

Wednesday 12/10 = Mean Girls Day!

Thursday 12/11 = Winter Day!

Friday 12/12 = Pajama Day!

Please join us for our Winter Yeti Fest on Thursday 12/11 from 5:00-6:30pm!

** The night will start promptly at 5pm with our Band & Choir performances.

** After the performances we will have Visual Art & ELD student work on display.

** Coach Matt will be hosting an open Gym

** Coloring, Cookies and Cocoa in the Cafe to finish the night!

As reminder, all 8th grade families must participate in the DPS Choice application process to be placed in their desired high school for the 26-27 school year.  The SchoolChoice timeline has changed! For the 2026-27 school year, the Round 1 window will open on Dec. 2, 2025 at 10 a.m. and close on Jan. 20, 2026 at 4 p.m. Families will be notified of placement results in late February.

Current BVMS 6th & 7th graders DO NOT have to participate in this application process as you have automatically been reserved a spot for 7th and 8th grade for the 26-27 school year.

If you know of a family who is looking for their middle school for the 26-27 school year, please give them Mama Yetis number, 720-423-9663 or send them this Future Families website link that has our enrollment pamphlets for them to review and sign-up for a Student Council lead Open House tour in November, December or January!

Our #yetitastic Student Council is working hard to plan a magical dance for our Quarter 2 Celebration on Friday 12/12 from 5:30-7:00pm.

Students earn admission into this FREE event by meeting the below criteria:

1 - NO D's or F's

2 - NO ISS/OSS/lunch detention

3 - Completed Q1 & Q2 ICAP

Dancing, photo booth, crafts and yummy food will be provided!

My name is Becca Glosser and I am the Gifted and Talented Program Coordinator here at Bear Valley. I’m on campus on Mondays this year and I look forward to supporting the community. 

This year, we’ll continue to build on the strong foundation of collaboration that makes Bear Valley such a special place. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have questions about your student’s current identification status, our GT programming model, or to nominate your student for additional gifted and talented testing. rebecca_glosser1@dpsk12.net 

GIfted and Talented Family Series Monthly Spotlight (PDF)

• September 9th, 2025 - Supporting the Social Emotional Needs of GT Students - Supporting gifted kids' emotions: strategies for balance, confidence, and growth

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• October 7th, 2025 - The Value of Gifted and Talented Identification - Understanding GT identification pathways for the sake of equity for all DPS communities and your child’s potential.

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Registration(Google Form) for upcoming virtual events. Attend meetings virtually throughZoom(Link).

On October 3rd we will started hosting FREE dress Fridays. Our students have shown great responsibility so we will continue to offer this incentive throughout the year, every Friday. However, if we feel students are unable to meet the guidelines in the future we will stop offering this reward.