Powell Daily Announcements: May 2025

Monday, May 19th

May 19, 2025

Students, please check with your family to see if you have any outstanding school fees. If you do, you will not be able to get your yearbook when they are distributed on Wednesday.

Students, please be aware that during Chromebook check in, you must turn in a SCHOOL ISSUED CHARGER. If you lost your charger, you are not to buy one off of Amazon and turn that in. You will still be charged $25 for a missing charger if you turn one in that has been bought from a 3rd party such as Amazon.

Attention Pumas,

Tomorrow, Tuesday, May 20, will be the Semester CORE card drawing. For this, all CORE cards turned in throughout the semester are put back in the mix! Turn in those CORE cards by the end of the day TODAY for a chance to win some pumarific prizes!

Last week you were told if you have a yearbook waiting for you. Please see your CorePlus teacher if you missed that information. But what if you’re not on that list?!? You can still buy a yearbook this Wednesday morning after the announcements you can get in line by the front office. you must have a check or cash for $45, we can not accept credit cards to purchase a yearbook. You will stand in line at the front office on May 2st to buy a yearbook. It is a first come first serve basis. Once the books are sold out, we will not have any more books. Again, if your name isn’t on the list your CorePlus teacher has, you can still buy a book while supplies last this Wednesday morning for $45. No yearbooks will be given out or sold until Wednesday. Bring a sharpie or pen for yearbook signing!!!

The Arapahoe Library district hopes to spark your imagination with an event-filled summer reading program coming soon. Starting on June 2, visit your favorite Arapahoe Library Location to pick up your Summer Reading activity guide, free water bottle and book to keep (while supplies last). See the Arapahoe Library District website for more information and news on upcoming events.

The Littleton Police Department is hosting their annual Jr. Police Academy for Middle School Students. The half-day camp will run from June 23rd to June 27th at Mission Hills Church. Spots are limited to this free camp, so register today using the link on the main page of the Powell Middle School website. See Officer Fisher if you have any questions!

Fitness Finals are complete! Strong to the Core, winning the Plank Championship for the girls was Sami Stephan with an astounding 8:02 hold! Luke Stengel held strong at 5:42 for the boys…both with Ahhhhhmazing form! Way to go you two!

Great job to all the P.E. students who worked their hardest this year. Your body will always be thankful 😀 Keep up the fitness & fun over the summer and let’s crush some records next year!

Thursday, May 15th

May 15, 2025

Attention Pumas,

Tomorrow, Friday, May 16, will be the last weekly CORE card drawing of the year. Next Tuesday, May 20, will be the Semester CORE card drawing. For this, all CORE cards turned in throughout the semester are put back in the mix! Turn in those CORE cards for a chance to win some pumarific prizes!

Come join us for our FINAL Soccer Club tomorrow after school today!

Congratulations to our Push-Up finalists as they killed it in this event! Literally pushing their way to the top was Andrey Pummel with 45 push-ups and Parker Brown with 56 push-ups. Way to leave it all out there as you end your Powell P.E. experience!

Don’t forget that there is no basketball club tomorrow. We will see you all on the court next school year!

Friday, May 16th

May 16, 2025

Attention Pumas,

Today will be the last weekly CORE card drawing of the year. Next Tuesday, May 20, will be the Semester CORE card drawing. For this, all CORE cards turned in throughout the semester are put back in the mix! Turn in those CORE cards for a chance to win some pumarific prizes!

Yesterday during CorePlus, you were told if you have bought a yearbook. Please see your CorePlus teacher if you missed that information. But what if you’re not on that list?!? You can still buy a yearbook next Wednesday morning when everyone else gets theirs. you must have a check or cash for $45, we can not accept credit cards to purchase a yearbook. You will stand in line at the front office on May 2st to buy a yearbook. It is a first come first serve basis. Once the books are sold out, we will not have any more books. Again, if your name isn’t on the list your CorePlus teacher has, you can still buy a book while supplies last next Wednesday morning. No yearbooks will be given out or sold until next Wednesday. So plan on getting in line to buy a book next Wednesday morning.

Students, with one week left of school, please make sure to turn in all Library books ASAP. There will be no more checkout starting today, and any books not turned in before the last day of school will be marked as lost and charged to your Infinite Campus.

Wednesday, May 14th

May 14, 2025

Students, please check with your family to see if you have any outstanding school fees. If you have any outstanding school fees, you will not be able to get your yearbook.

Attention Pumas,

This Friday, May 16, will be the last weekly CORE card drawing of the year. Next Tuesday, May 20, will be the Semester CORE card drawing. For this, all CORE cards turned in throughout the semester are put back in the mix! Turn in those CORE cards for a chance to win some pumarific prizes!

Come join us for our FINAL Soccer Club tomorrow after school tomorrow!

Fitness Finals are ending quickly and fiercely! Come take a look at the PE board in the locker room hallway and see all of the Top 10 athletes in their events. Jump Rope winners are as follows:

For their last time Jumping as Pumas, Addi Bow and Trace Taylor took the 3 minute championship with 471 jumps and 517 jumps respectively! For the 7th grade 2 minute jump, Harper Dickes jumped 285, while Reece Muller hit 381! Lastly, our 6th graders did not disappoint with their 1 minute jump championship going to Maelyn Schweid at 168 jumps and Asher Neville at 162! That’s some speedy footwork by all! Stay tuned for tomorrow’s, sun’s out funs out winners of the Push-Up Finals!

Student council would like to announce their elections for the 2025-2026 school year. For Co Presidents please congratulate Jack Bednorz and Brooklyn Railsback and for Vice President please congratulate Lexi Foulger. They are excited and already working on plans for next year. Congratulations Jack, Brooklyn and Lexi - we look forward to your leadership!

Tuesday, May 13th

May 13, 2025

End of the year choir concert 6-7pm - 7th and 8th grade

Attention Pumas,

Eighth grade students, if you auditioned for the continuation speeches yesterday, please come to Ms. Jayasanker’s room for a moment at the beginning of lunch today to hear who this year’s speakers will be.

Student Council’s last meeting of the year will be tomorrow, Wednesday at 8:30 in room 3040. See you there.

Monday, May 12th

May 12, 2025

We hope to see you at Skate City 6-8pm TONIGHT.

Hey 7th Graders!

Do you want to read the morning announcements for Powell next year?

See Mrs. Linnick in the front office to sign up for an audition during the last couple weeks of school! You’ll get a chance to try reading the announcements!

6th Grade Track! Due to the weather cancellations, we will have 1 makeup track practice this week. Come to the last track practice of the season on Tuesday after school. Plan on fun water games!

Attention Pumas,

Come support our 8th grade girls and boys volleyball teams after school today in the main gym as they face one another in a couple matches! Good luck!

Friday, May 9th

May 9, 2025

Mark your calendars for the last Skate City event of the year, Monday from 6-8pm

Hey 7th Graders!

Do you want to read the morning announcements for Powell next year?

See Mrs. Linnick in the front office to sign up for an audition during the last couple weeks of school! You’ll get a chance to try reading the announcements!

Yesterday was a fantastic way to end the school day with 2 great Mile races!! The boys started it off with 14 of 17 runners earning a PR! Merrick Zier pushed his hardest to win the race with an astounding time of 4:58, just 2 seconds shy of the record. Way to fly Zier! The ladies killed it with 11 of 15 earning their PRs, while it was a race to the finish between Olivia Simpson and Hamden Schweid. In the end, Hamden closed in and won with her best time of 6:45! Great run girls!

So much thanks to our Puma Community for coming out to cheer all of these runners on. It was truly something special.

Next Wednesday is our Thespian Troupe induction ceremony here at Powell starting at 6:30pm. All Thespians are welcome to attend! If you have previously been inducted, attended ThesCon, in a past show, or not, please join us for a night of recognition and celebration!

Thursday, May 8th

May 8, 2025

Hey Pumas,

Today is the day you’ve all been waiting for…it’s the Student Appreciation Ice Cream Social! See you there from 3:45 - 4:45 on the westside concrete patio!

Tomorrow morning will be the last day of Friday Morning Basketball Club. Set your alarms and come play basketball together one last time this school year!

Hey 7th Graders!

Do you want to read the morning announcements for Powell next year?

See Mrs. Linnick in the front office to sign up for an audition during the last couple weeks of school! You’ll get a chance to try reading the announcements!

6th Grade Track! Due to the weather cancellations, we will have 1 makeup track practice. Come to the last track practice of the season on Tuesday next week. Plan on fun water games!

In P.E. we finalized the 20 minute run post test and here are our overall Winners with a capital W!. 6th grade goes to Laine Nix at 9.75 laps and Drezen Frasier at 11.5 laps. Great push you two! 7th grade goes to Emme DeFelice at 9.5 laps and Silas Folk at 13.25 laps. Now that’s flyin’!

Lastly, before these 2 go on to do bigger and greater things, they were leaving it all out there on the track their 8th grade year at Powell. Olivia Simpson took 1st with 10.5 laps while pushing just a bit ahead of Emery Hanson. Merrick Zier not only won the event this year, but set an astounding record with 14 killer laps!

Ms. Bowlen needs Laine Nix & Emme DeFelice to the gym for a quick picture right now!! Thank you!

Qualifying Milers, remember, today is your day to shine and get your best time of the year! After Block 7, head to the locker room to change if needed and then head straight to the track to check in with Ms. Bowlen!

Last night our 8th grade boys volleyball traveled to Mountain Ridge to play them in their final normal season game. Both teams took away wins and were able to have fun doing it. James Martin had some really great serving streaks and all of the boys made it fun with their dance moves on the court. B team also won in 2 sets! Rex Marshall had a 7 serve serving streak and Santiago Grado Caraveo played defensively all around the court. Great job, everyone! Tonight, our A team will be heading to Highlands Ranch high school to play in their end of season tournament, good luck guys!

Wednesday, May 7th

May 7, 2025

Dining for $$s - Mici all day

Mark your calendars for the last Skate City event of the year. Monday May 12 6-8pm

No Place for Hate will take place in Ms. Boehmler’s room today after school.

Hey 7th Graders!

Do you want to read the morning announcements for Powell next year?

See Mrs. Linnick in the front office to sign up for an audition during the last couple weeks of school! You’ll get a chance to try reading the announcements!

Tuesday, May 6th

May 6, 2025

No Place for Hate will take place in Ms. Boehmler’s room tomorrow after school.

Hey Pumas, please remember that Language Arts and Math classes are completing i-Ready testing for the remainder of this week and into next week as well. Please be quiet and respectful in the hallways, especially when you are dismissed to and from lunch. Thank you for being community-minded in the hallways!

Congratulations to Powell’s Battle of the Books Team! Out of the seven middle school teams, Powell came in third! Great job to Charlie Gienapp, Lydia Gelroth, Shaun O'Donnell and Anna Tin! They did an amazing job!

Last night our boys volleyball teams played in a rematch against Cimarron! A team played so well together and took a win in 2 sets. Ethan Van Gemert had a really great serve streak and Davin Scholl played big at the net! Our B team unfortunately ended with a loss, but they didn’t give up! Mason Shipman had serves that were hard for the other team to return and Devin Vigil got some great passes. Great job guys!

There is Glee Club today after school in the choir room!

Monday, May 5th

May 5, 2025

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream - especially when it is dished up by Powell staff members. Come join us this Thursday, May 8, from 3:45 - 4:45 for the Student Appreciation Ice Cream Social located on the westside concrete patio. Have your parents complete the RSVP on the main Powell website to let us know you’re attending. We need the RSVP completed by 3:00 today!

No Place for Hate will take place in Ms. Boehmler’s room on Wednesday after school.

Tonight is our last home game for boys volleyball with a rematch against Cimarron Middle School! Come to the main gym after school to support!

SAGA club members…today is the LAST SAGA meeting for this year. Join us to celebrate Cinco de Mayo and spend time with the 8th graders before they move on! See you at 3:30 in room 1041!

Congratulations to the 9 Powell students whose poems were recently selected to be published in “A Celebration of Poets” from the Creative Communication Spring 2025 Writing Contest! Only a select number of entries submitted nationwide are invited to be published in their poetry anthology.

Congratulations to the following Pumas:

Arizona Myers for her Favorite Topic Poem about Hockey

Lillee Larson for her Six Room Image Poem, “The Mountain House”

Ella McCabe for her Where I’m From Poem

Brianna Baker for her poem about Adoption

Harper Friedman for her Favorite Topic Poem about Her Dog

Maddi Jenson for her Six Room Image Poem about Beaches

Gracie Koenig for her poem, “Grapes”

Annalicia Hernandez for her poem, “I Wish I Were a Man”

T. Landgren for her poem, “Whispers in the Dark”

Congratulations to these and all of our Puma writers who entered the contest!

Friday, May 2nd

May 2, 2025

Attention 8th graders interested in auditioning as a continuation speaker. Auditions will be held on Monday, May 12th in Ms. Jayasanker’s room after school..

Ice cream, ice cream, who wants some ice cream? Hopefully, it’s you! Come join us next Thursday, May 8, from 3:45 - 4:45 for the Student Appreciation Ice Cream Social located on the westside concrete patio. Have your parents complete the RSVP on the main Powell website to let us know you’re attending. It needs to be completed by 3:00 on Monday!

Mark your calendars for the last Skate City event of the year. Monday May 12 6-8pm

Last night, our boys volleyball teams played Sagewood Middle School! Both teams took away wins last night and played great! There were lots of good serving streaks and the boys were able to set up lots of 3 touches throughout the sets. Great job, guys!

Our last home game will be on Monday with a rematch against Cimarron Middle School. Be sure to come out and support if you are able!

Wednesday, April 30th

Apr 30, 2025

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream - especially when it is dished up by Powell staff members. Come join us next Thursday, May 8, from 3:45 - 4:45 for the Student Appreciation Ice Cream Social located on the westside concrete patio. Have your parents complete the RSVP on the main Powell website to let us know you’re attending.

PRIDE Leaders - Our last meeting with the sixth graders is this Thursday, May 1, during CORE Plus. Please check Google Classroom for details about our meeting with the sixth graders this Thursday, May 1, and see Mrs. Blake if you have any questions. Report to your assigned sixth-grade classroom at the beginning of CORE Plus, ready to have a great time with your PRIDE groups!

Soccer Club is tomorrow on the field after school. See you there!

Last night our boys volleyball teams played Cresthill Middle School! Both teams are really showing improvements and did an awesome job last night. A team won in 2 sets with Ace DeBolt getting multiple serving streaks, Max Braaten getting lots at the net, and Tareq Fraiser was able to set our hitters while also getting multiple kills.

B team also won, but in 3 sets! Henry Turner was able to play defensively in the back row which helped get multiple touches, Jacob Tin had lots of great serves, and Mason Shipman was able to send over some balls that were hard for the other team to return.

Great job, guys!

Be sure to come out and support our 8th grade boys volleyball team in their game after school against Sierra Middle School!

Thursday, May 1st

May 1, 2025

Attention 8th graders interested in auditioning as a continuation speaker. Auditions will be held on Monday, May 12 and 13 in Ms. Jayasanker’s room after school..

Hey Pumas,

Who’s craving ice cream? If it’s you, join us for the Student Appreciation Ice Cream Social a week from today on the westside concrete patio. It’s everyone’s favorite event! Have your parents complete the RSVP on the main Powell website to let us know you’re attending.

Soccer Club is today on the field after school. See you there!

Please remember, there is a mandatory Battle of the Books Club meeting today after school! Our competition is Monday May 5th! Please check Google Classroom for announcements.

Last night our 8th grade volleyball teams played Sierra Middle School! Our A team took away another win last night. Joe Black had some really great kills and Ruben Petrie wasn’t letting anything hit the floor. The whole team worked together really well and fought til the end. B team unfortunately ended in a loss, but not without a fight. Paxton Cole had really great serves that helped the team and Brandon Acker hustled all over the court. Great job you guys!

Be sure to come support our teams in yet another game tonight here at Powell against Sagewood Middle School!

Attention 6th grade track! We will have our last 2 practices next week on Tuesday and Wednesday. Stay attentive to announcements as the weather looks rainy. See you then!