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ALTONA

MIDDLE SCHOOL

HOME OF THE RATTLERS, EST. 2006

4600 Clover Basin Drive, Longmont, CO 80503

Phone: 720 - 494 - 3980

2010 John Irwin School Of Excellence!

2010 Distinguished Governor's Award!

Designated a 2010 Colorado "School to Watch"

Important Upcoming Events

11/2 - 7:00 PM, Altona Rattler's Den: Signs of Suicide Presentation

We are planning on presenting a class to all 7th and 8th grade students concerning students in crisis. First, we would like to show you our presentation so you are able to talk with your students and understand our consistent message. How all of us can A.C.T. Unfortunately we have had some student crisis situations this year and we are taking a proactive approach to teach all of our students what to do if in need or how to help students in need.
We hope you can make it.

11/3 - 4:00-7:00 PM, The Radisson Conference Center: School Expo

The Times-Call is once again sponsoring the School Choice Expo. Altona will have a table for inquiring minds!

11/8 - 6:30 PM, SCHS Library: Superintendent's Feeder Update

This is an opportunity to hear from Don Haddad regarding the entire feeder system.

11/28 - 6:00 PM, Altona Rattler's Den: Parent Update/Open House

This event is open to current Altona parents, those in 5th Grade and parents interested in open enrolling to Altona. Mr. Mehsling will give a brief presentation on Altona's performance and many other aspects regarding the school. Classrooms will be open and Mr. Mehsling will take questions from parents preparing to send their students to Altona Middle School.

12/1-1/16 - Open Enrollment Window!

If you are interested in open enrolling your student at Altona next year, its time to start planning!! Please attend the Parent Update night. You can also stop by and see Mr. Mehsling at the School Choice Expo. By clicking the Enrollment & Registration Link you can access necessary paperwork regarding the open enrollment process. Below is our schedule of school tours. R.S.V.P. with Sue Greulich, our registrar. Please contact Pat Glassner if you would like to meet with Mr. Mehsling.

Counselor Lead Tours:

12/6 - 10:00 AM, 12/8 - 2:30 PM, 12/12 - 2:30 PM, 12/14 - 9:00 AM, 1/6 - 2:30 PM, 1/12 - 9:00 AM

Student Lead Tours:

Every Tuesday during the Open Enrollment Window at 1:30 PM

Joseph R. Mehsling
Principal
Altona Middle School

Altona Middle School’s Mission:
Altona Middle School is a place where each individual student will create their own opportunities through Core, Enrichment, and Extracurricular achievement! Educators, parents and students have an equal responsibility to prepare every Altona student to be a leader and obtain key 21st century skills such as self-reliance and academic competence so they are able to thrive in an increasingly complex world.

Altona Middle School’s Vision:
“The middle level educational program in St. Vrain schools must develop a clear academic focus which prepares students with learning skills to make their high school experience successful. This must be done through all instructional activities. The middle level educational program must be structured in such a way that students who need more basic skill development receive it, even if some content or enrichment opportunities are limited, for those students, in order for this to occur.”

Standards-Based Education:
Our school is a standards-based school. Standards-based education is not a new fad, nor is it a reconstruction of past attempts at educational reform. Standards-based education is a system for teaching and learning that focuses on students becoming proficient in clear, measurable standards. For students and teachers in the day to day teaching-learning process, standards-based education means teaching and learning with the “end in mind”.

Student Enrollment:               635
Approximate class size:                       32
School hours:                                      The Office is open between: 8:00 & 4:00

ABOUT THE WEBSITE

The Infinite Campus Link provides a Parent Portal for viewing Grades and receiving messages.

Virtual Campus will direct you to your student's courses, where teachers will publish their daily/weekly agenda, and post additional learning links, resources, online textbooks (if available), course syllabi, papers, etc.

Both Infinite and Virtual Campus have many more features that some teachers exploit.

Altona Middle School has received four John Irwin Awards of Excellence and our first Governor's Distinguished School Award from the State of Colorado.

DON'T TREAD ON ME!

(Grades 6-8)

Joseph Mehsling, Principal

Jake Leyba, Assistant Principal

Pat Glassner, Principals' Secretary

Jennifer Philips , Counselor

(M - Z, All Grades)

Matt Erickson , Counselor

(A - L, All Grades)

Sue Greulich , Registrar

Lisa Mansfield , BuildingSecretary

Cindi Burch , Attendance Secretary

Melanie Mann Health Office

Fax # : 720-494-3989