Wednesday, January 31st

Wednesday, January 31st


Good luck to Powell's 7th-grade boys basketball teams as they travel to play the Goddard Vikings after school today.


Congratulations to Naomi Davis and Abbi Jenson for earning 2nd and 3rd place in the Littleton Elks American Essay Contest! They will be honored at a luncheon in February where they will be given their award.


7th graders today is the day. The final deadline to register for next fall's Washington DC trip has finally arrived. If this is the first time you are hearing about it then boo to you, but come by room 3066 and check in with Mr. Genson to figure out your next steps. Get it done 7th graders and we will have an amazing learning experience next October.


It was a great day to be a Puma last night as our 8th grade boys basketball teams swept all three road games against Euclid Middle School!

Our A team started the night off with great intensity. Jacob Laderer and Cole Troup gave the Falcons a lot of trouble with their tough defense while Miles Upah and Nash McMonigle crashed the boards hard. Bennett Smith played cool and composed the entire night and our Pumas came away with a 45-33 victory.

Powell's B team picked up where the A team left off. Tully Becker went crazy on defense with a team high 7 steals! Adrian Neville showed power and smarts and Weston Tjelmeland played his best game of the season collecting rebounds, steals, and assists along with his 6 points. These boys worked together in their 28-11 win.

Our C team came alive in the 4th quarter with important 3-point buckets by Milo Bonnema and Caleb Wright. Christian Flores was all over the boards with 7 rebounds and our C team won 23-17. This amazing group of young men consistently show hustle, teamwork, and sportsmanship every time they step on the court!

Tuesday, January 30th

Tuesday, January 30th

Can you spell "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"? Well, it means "really good" and that is what our 3 students who qualified for the district spelling bee are! Congratulations Mira Sedhom, Allaire Anderson, and William Gleason! Out of 300 district participants, they will represent Powell on February 8th at Newton Middle School! Join me in wishing them the best of luck!

Good luck to our 8th grade boys basketball team as they take on the Falcons at Euclid after school today.

Monday, January 29th

Monday, January 29th


Good luck to our 8th-grade boys basketball team as they take on the Falcons at Euclid after school today.

Friday, January 26th

Friday, January 26th


Hello Pumas. This is No Place For Hate’s Racial Awareness Week. I am Sannvi from No Place for Hate and we want to raise awareness of people with different races and backgrounds.

Today we are talking about diversity which means a wide range of human differences within a group, organization, or society. This can include differences in race, ethnicity, gender, religion, and more. A truly diverse environment respects and values these differences, creating a culture of inclusion where individuals from all backgrounds are recognized, respected, and given equal opportunities.

Thank you for listening to our announcement and remember that you matter


Unified basketball is here! Please turn in your pink parent permission forms and yellow emergency contact cards to the envelope on Massie's door, 1041 this morning!
We look forward to having our FIRST practice during tutorials today! Meet in Massie's room is you were claimed. 1041. We look forward to seeing you there!


The gym last night was electric during our 8th Grade Boys A team basketball game against our rivals from Newton Middle School! After 3 hard-fought quarters, we needed a 4th quarter comeback and Merrick Franks and Jacob Laderer stepped up to lead the Pumas to a 38-36 victory. Merrick scored 8 of his 14 points in the 4th quarter! The team effort behind rebounds and steals was key to the Pumas keeping this game close. Our next two games are on the road, but we hope you come out to our last regular season home game on Monday, February 5th.

Our B team also found themselves behind in the 4th quarter and started their own comeback led by Cayden Whitney, Kaiden Vaughn and Matthew Reynolds. Unfortunately our Pumas came up a little short this time, but we look forward to our rematch next week! Marshall Pool grabbed 5 rebounds and Caleb Tritz led the team in steals.

You might be wondering if our C team needed a 4th quarter comeback last night as well. That was the theme of the evening for all our teams! Gabe Mendoza led this comeback scoring 9 of his 19 points during the 4th quarter. He had a huge game! Henry Smith and Caleb Wright also added important baskets that quarter, but we came up just 4 points short at the buzzer.


It was a great night of basketball for all our teams! We have some pretty amazing Pumas!

Thursday, January 25th

Thursday, January 25th

Hello Pumas, this is No Place For Hate’s Racial Awareness Week. I am Emerie from No Place for Hate and we want to raise awareness of people with different races and backgrounds of our school.

Today we are talking about Racism. Racism is the harmful belief that one’s race or skin color is better than another’s, and as a result, treating someone poorly based on their race. Racism can be further broken down into matters of systemic racism, structural racism, institutional racism, and more. We encourage you to speak out when you hear examples of this, ask questions, and gain more knowledge about the people around you!

Thank you for listening to our announcement and remember that you matter.


Come support our 8th grade boys basketball teams as they host the Newton Knights after school today. Let's fill the stands!


If you are interested in doing tech for the musical, please sign up for an interview time slot today. Go to the call board, which is the back of the stage door, and sign up for a slot, interviews take place next Tuesday but get a time slot today. While you are there, take one of the yellow slips of paper that has important information on it. Again, if you are interested in doing tech for the musical, get an interview time now. Tech involves lights, sound, construction and design. There is something for everyone!


Reminder to everyone who made it in the Dear Edwina cast, you have a read through today after school that you need to attend. Meet on the stage right after school.


Unified basketball is quickly approaching! Please turn in your pink parent permission forms and yellow emergency contact cards to the envelope on Massie's door, 1041 by FRIDAY morning.


We look forward to having our FIRST practice during tutorials on Friday!


Congratulations to our 7th Grade Boys Basketball teams who went to Euclid last night! All three teams showed a TON of improvement from our first games. Our A team fought a hard and close game, but ended up falling short 29 to 20. King Jordan dominated the boards and scored 6 points, while Landon Syers registered 5 steals.

Our B team showed a ton of hustle and led for a good part of the game, but ultimately fell 22 to 15. Max Braaten dominated on defense with 3 steals and multiple rebounds, while Ethan Van Gemert led the offense with 7 points.

The C team dominated from start to finish. It was a true team effort with Kai Budler, Blake Matney, and Leo Jurbala leading the offense to a 23 to 13 win! Go Pumas!

Wednesday, January 24th

Wednesday, January 24th


Hello Pumas. This is No Place For Hate’s Racial Awareness Week. I am Mira from No Place for Hate and we want to raise awareness of people with different races and backgrounds.

Today we are talking about being Culturally Responsive. Being culturally responsive means to be able to understand and consider the different cultural backgrounds of the people you teach, offer services to, etc. An example of being culturally responsive at school may be that we can share with one another our identities in order to learn more about one another. We are surrounded by people who have different races, cultures, genders, religions, and disabilities that we may not identify with but we can still be understanding and accepting of all of those things and reasons.

Thank you for listening to our announcement and remember that you matter.


If you are interested in doing tech for the musical, please sign up for an interview time slot today. Go to the call board, which is the back of the stage door, and sign up for a slot, interviews take place next Tuesday but get a time slot today. While you are there, take one of the yellow slips of paper that has important information on it. Again, if you are interested in doing tech for the musical, get an interview time now. Tech involves lights, sound, construction and design. There is something for everyone!

Reminders to everyone who made it in the Dear Edwina cast, you have a read through tomorrow after school that you need to attend. Also, if you are interested in getting feedback, there is a tutorial that you can sign up for.

MathCounts will meet TODAY after school. These are our last 2 meetings before our competition in February.

Attention NJHS Members. TODAY is the deadline for the NJHS Scholarship. Please double check your emails and accounts to ensure that all final submissions and recommendations have been completed. See Mrs. Jay with any questions.

Last night our 8th Grade Boys C team played 2 games against Options Middle School and our Pumas came away with 2 wins! In both games, every single player on the team recorded rebounds, steals and points. Keegan Mead had his best games of the season with a combined 10 points and 7 rebounds. Christian Flores celebrated his birthday by grabbing 12 rebounds and blocking 3 shots. Bryce Simon hit the boards with 14 rebounds and Caleb Wright led all scorers with 21 points. Gabe Mendoza was a solid leader on the court scoring 16 points and 8 rebounds and Henry Smith continues to lead the team in steals with 8 last night! Great games Pumas!

Good luck to our 7th grade boys basketball teams as they travel to Euclid today to take on the Falcons.

Tuesday, January 23rd

Tuesday, January 23rd


Student Council reps, we will have our next meeting this Wednesday at 8:45 in room 3040.


Thank you to all the 6th and 7th graders who participated in our Unified Informational Meeting. Please turn in your pink parent permission forms and yellow emergency contact cards to the envelope on Massie's door, 1041.
8th graders interested in participating as a partner in Unified, please come to Ms. Massie's room during CORE+ this week.
Reach out to Ms. Massie if you have any questions!



Hello Pumas. This is No Place For Hate’s Racial Awareness Week. I am Peyton from No Place for Hate and we want to raise awareness of people with different races and backgrounds.

Today we are talking about Intersectionality (Inter-sec-tion-ality) It is the interconnected nature of social categories such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group. Some people may have overlapping forms of discrimination or disadvantages. People may experience discrimination through their identities including multiple forms of discrimination at the same time. No matter your identity everyone is the same on the inside no matter what you look like. We are all people and should be treated equally.

Thank you for listening to our announcement and remember that you matter.

Monday, January 22nd

Monday, January 22nd

Hello Pumas. This is No Place For Hate’s Racial Awareness Week. I am Caley from No Place for Hate and we want to raise awareness of people with different races and backgrounds.

Today I want to talk about racial stereotypes. A stereotype is an assumption about what someone will do or how they will behave based on what social groups they belong to, such as race. Stereotypes are dangerous as they can lead to prejudice and implicit bias, including racial stereotypes of white people, black people, or any other race; gender stereotypes; or other stereotypes based on characteristics people can’t control. Stereotypes may not be intended to be negative, but they can come off offensive. Stereotypes can be very inaccurate, because it is judging someone based on their looks. We want you not to think that people of a certain race all meet certain criteria and not stereotype people, no matter if these stereotypes are positive, neutral, or negative.

Thank you for listening to our announcement and remember that you matter.


Attention members of SAGA club. Our meeting will be moved to tomorrow, Tuesday, January 23 instead of Wednesday. Can't wait to see you!

The cast list is posted on the call board and on Mrs. Enley's website for Dear Edwina. Congratulations to all who auditioned! We have a very talented group of students here at Powell and this is going to be a great show! Please plan to attend our first rehearsal this Thursday after school if you made it in the show!

Magic: The Gathering Club will meet in Mrs.Blake's room after school today. All experience levels and decks are welcome!

Student Council reps, we will have our next meeting this Wednesday at 8:45 in room 3040.

Congratulations to the 2 Powell students whose poems were recently selected to be published in “A Celebration of Poets” from the Creative Communication Fall 2023 Writing Contest! Only a select number of entries submitted from across the nation are invited to be published in their poetry anthology.
Congratulations to the following Pumas:
Cleo Hebener-Moyer for her poem “Where I’m From”
T. Landgren for her poems “The Comfort of the Beach” and “The Golden Fall”
Congratulations to these and all of our Puma writers who entered the contest!
If YOU are a writer who would like to consider entering your writing in contests or submitting it for possible publication, Creative Communication’s current Poetry Contest deadline is April 4, 2024. Please see Mrs. Jordan for more information.
We are so proud of all of our Puma authors!

Friday, January 19th

Friday, January 19th

Please congratulate Danica Girouard, Esme Anderson, Grace Murphy, Scarlett Garofoli, Jordan Whipple, Rene Schell, and Jay Garvey. Their artwork is featured in the LPS district art show. The art show is in the Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College. The show will be up from January 17th through February 8th.

Wednesday, January 17th

Wednesday, January 17th


Attention MathCounts Members: We are only a few weeks away from our competition. We will meet today after school to practice in Mrs. Donda's room. Please be sure you have notified Mrs. Donda if you would like to register to compete.


Homework club for 2nd semester is starting today after school! No need to sign up, just show up. Join us every Monday and Wednesday for a productive space to get things done!

Friday, January 12th

Friday, January 12th

Auditions time slots for Next Wednesday are full. No one else can audition on that day. We did open up another day of auditions for TUESDAY next week. If you are still considering auditioning for the musical, you must hurry down to the call board to sign up. Don’t wait and let that day fill up too!

Let's give a big shout out to our 8th grade boys basketball teams as we swept Goddard again last night! A team kept their composure and played disruptive defense to pull away for their win. Nash McMonigle went crazy with the amount of points, steals and rebounds he tallied, way to be everywhere Nash! The A team combined for 40 rebounds with every single player on the team contributing. Miles Upah and Jacob Laderer caused a lot of problems for the Goddard offense as they struggled to get the ball past our two solid guards. Great win A team.

Our Powell B team found themselves in a close game all night, but key 3 point baskets by Adrian Neville and Marshall Pool solidified their victory. Dylan Pearson and Matthew Reynolds led the team in rebounds while Shaun McNatt and Caleb Tritz racked up the steals. This win was truly a team effort by our B team. Well done B team.

Our C team rounded out the night with a commanding victory. Henry Smith was full of energy, hustle and awareness all night long with rebounds, steals and points. Bryce Simon, Jaxson Matthiesen and Gabe Mendoza all hit the boards with a combined 20 rebounds while Christian Flores and Keegan Mead played tough defense and led the team in steals. Way to get 2 victories this week boys!

All students that had STEM or Woods during 1st semester need to visit the Woods or Metals room to pick up all projects. Please pick up your projects by the end of TODAY!

Thursday, January 11th

Thursday, January 11th


Here's an important announcement about musical auditions:

There is a sign up sheet on the CALL BOARD which is the back of the stage door. You must have a time slot in order to audition. IF YOU MISSED THE MUSICAL WORKSHOP HELD ON DECEMBER 21, YOU MUST GO TO MRS. ENLEY'S WEBSITE, WATCH THE VIDEO AND READ THE PACKET THAT WAS HANDED OUT THAT DAY. This responsibility is on you to get all the information you missed and be ready to audition.

Audition time slots for Next Wednesday are full. No one else can audition on that day. We did open up another day of auditions for TUESDAY next week. If you are still considering auditioning for the musical, you must hurry down to the call board to sign up. Don’t wait and let that day fill up too!

There will be a Musical Prep this Thursday from 3:40 to 4:45, on the stage. We will help you practice the song for auditions and answer questions about auditions. Please plan to attend if you are thinking about auditioning for our musical.

All students that had STEM or Woods during 1st semester need to visit the woods or metals room to pick up all projects. Please pick up your projects no later than THIS Friday.

Congratulations to our 8th Grade Boys C team for their commanding victory over Options last night 53-17. It was truly a team effort as every single C team player scored. Jaxson Matthiesen led the team in rebounds with an amazing 8 rebounds! Henry Smith and Gabe Mendoza played tough defense with a combined 10 steals. Well done Pumas and good luck to all 3 8th grade teams tonight against Goddard!

Wednesday, January 10th

Wednesday, January 10th


Here's an important announcement about musical auditions:

There is a sign up sheet on the CALL BOARD which is the back of the stage door. You must have a time slot in order to audition. IF YOU MISSED THE MUSICAL WORKSHOP HELD ON DECEMBER 21, YOU MUST GO TO MRS. ENLEY'S WEBSITE, WATCH THE VIDEO AND READ THE PACKET THAT WAS HANDED OUT THAT DAY. This responsibility is on you to get all the information you missed and be ready to audition.

Auditions are on Wednesday, January 17th. Go to the Call Board TODAY to get a time slot!

There will be a Musical Prep this Thursday from 3:40 to 4:45, on the stage. We will help you practice the song for auditions and answer questions about auditions. Please plan to attend if you are thinking about auditioning for our musical.

All students that had STEM or Woods during 1st semester need to visit the woods or metals room to pick up all projects. Please pick up your projects no later than THIS Friday.

Tuesday, January 9th

Tuesday, January 9th


Here's an important announcement about musical auditions:

There is a sign up sheet on the CALL BOARD which is the back of the stage door. You must have a time slot in order to audition. IF YOU MISSED THE MUSICAL WORKSHOP HELD ON DECEMBER 21, YOU MUST GO TO MRS. ENLEY'S WEBSITE, WATCH THE VIDEO AND READ THE PACKET THAT WAS HANDED OUT THAT DAY. This responsibility is on you to get all the information you missed and be ready to audition.

Auditions are on Wednesday, January 17th. Go to the Call Board TODAY to get a time slot!


There will be a Musical Prep this Thursday from 3:40 to 4:45, on the stage. We will help you practice the song for auditions and answer questions about auditions. Please plan to attend if you are thinking about auditioning for our musical.



The Advanced Cooking Club begins this afternoon in room 3040 after school. See you there.