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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"

Colorado Middle School Principal Of The Year!

Important Upcoming Events

2012-13 New to Altona 6th, 7th & 8th Grade Parents –
Mark your calendar, April 30th is the day for the 2012-13 Student and Parent Orientation!
It’s a big day and one we look forward to each year. We know some of you may miss this, so please feel free to contact us, and rest assured all of the information presented that day will be available online, or sent home.

9:30-11:30 - Incoming 6th Grade Orientation (Including Open-Enrolled Students) at Altona –
Rattler’s Den
Presentation
Concerts
Tour
Lunch

Incoming new 7th and 8th Grade Students, Math Diagnostics/Registration (Anytime between 2:30-5:00) –
Check-in at the Main Office
We have all new students take the Glencoe Diagnostic exams. Each exam takes roughly 30 minutes and depending on your student they may take multiple exams.

To all New to Altona:

6th (not Blue Mtn or Eagle Crest), 7th and 8th grade students and parents:

Registration Worksheets will be available all day on 4-30. These forms are also currently on our web site. http://ams/Registration%20Worksheet%201213.pdf

Use these Worksheets to request your students elective class choices for 2012-2013. After filling them out, please hand them to any Altona staff member and we will
do everything possible to honor your requests.

4:00-6:30 Band & Orchestra “Petting Zoo” –
Performing Arts Wing
This is an opportunity to meet the Altona Performing Arts teachers and check different instrument options.

Altona Music Information Sheet

7:00 Parent Orientation Self-Guided Tour –
Rattler’s Den
I’ll provide a presentation about Altona in general, and the 6th grade transition in particular. I and the Administrative team will be available for questions.

Current 6th & 7th Parents and Students –
Online Registration via Infinite Campus will occur before the end of the year. We will let you know as soon as you may proceed. Like last year, due to State budgetary issues we are receiving our Staffing Plans and other budget-related planning tools later than normal.

Summer school information will be posted soon!

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 Riley , Registrar

Lisa Mansfield , BuildingSecretary

Cindi Burch , Attendance Secretary

Melanie Mann Health Office

Fax # : 720-494-3989