Cache La Poudre Middle School

Cache La Poudre Middle School is an amazing little school located on the edge of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Our small size of 400 students and staff has allowed us to become a community of learners where every student is known and valued as an individual. Our dedicated staff has committed themselves to an innovative teaching style and spirit which embraces the future but still respects our past traditions.

Cache La Poudre Middle School is a school where respect, rigor, relevance, responsibility and relationships drive learning.

CLP Newsletter

The newsletter is published every quarter. We will be publishing the newsletter online this year. If you would like to receive the next newsletter via email please submit your information here.
4th Quarter (Spring 2009) Newsletter

New Bell Scheule

After the past year of planning and discussion to transform to the middle school, our staff and the District have created our new schedule for next year. There are numerous changes based on varying needs. The first difference is our start time. We will be starting our day at 7:30 am in order to accommodate changing transportation needs. With the 9th graders being at the high school and their changing start times, we will need to adjust our day. Pick-up times for students will not change much if at all but the time that they are dropped off at school will be closer to the start of the day – less time waiting for their first class of the day.

The second new part of our schedule is the advisory period. This will be time during the day for the students to meet is small groups with one of their grade level teachers. Activities will be varied and will include study skills, organizational strategies, assemblies, team competitions and building protocols to name a few.

The other main change is the Extended Learning Opportunity (ELO) time at the end of the day. Tailored to each student’s needs, we will be providing both intervention time to support students in their learning and enrichment activities to extend their interests and abilities. The first quarter this fall, all students will start with a guided study period during this time in order for the staff to assess student needs and interests.

With all of last year’s planning and organization, the CLP Middle School staff is excited and optimistic for the fall. Have a great summer and we look forward to seeing you all in August. - Skip Caddoo

Magazine Sale Fall 2009 - Sept 17-29, 2009

We raise funds to buy “extras” for the kids – a grades incentive program, refreshments at the dances, CSAP breakfasts, snacks, and one large item each year, voted on by the kids. Please support all of our fundraising efforts!

We will be offering over 800 magazine titles and 80 gift and food items all delivered directly to the purchasers home by the U.S. Postal Service.

More Information and Frequently Asked Questions

2009-2010 CLP Middle School Bell Schedule

The daily bell schedule for the 2009-2010 academic school year.
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2009-2010 CLP Middle School Parent Orientation

Please contact us if you missed the orientation on February 12, 2009.
This evening was required for all incoming 6th and 7th grade parents to come and gather information for next year along with meeting your student’s teachers! More Information and Links to Presentations

6th Annual Europe Trip 2009 - Italy...

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As you may have heard CLP is planning an amazing trip to Europe this summer for our 8th and 9th graders. This trip will also be open to former CLP students who are sophomores in good standing. The trip will last for 8 days and be led by CLP teachers.

June 8-15, 2009

Venice, Florence, Rome

Trip Information

National Geography Bee Final - Results

The final to determine CLP's representative to the regional and then state competition was determined on Friday, December 12th.Congratulations to the following students for reaching the final round of the school wide National Geographic Bee. All twelve students gave their best effort. We had two students who went onto the Championship Round: Jacob Monzingo and Abi Peterson. Abi Peterson was able to persevere after a tie breaker round to win the CLPJH 2008 Geography Bee. Congratulations to all who participated! The finalists were: Josh Adams, Garrett Smoyer, Natalie Weaver, Garrett Mueller, Matt Thompson, Kelsey Rayder, Andrea Carney, Daniel Cecil, Jacob Monzingo, Zachary Seitz, Abigail Peterson and Chase Bottger.

Sam’s and Wal-Mart Select Teachers of the Year

Two teachers were recognized by local companies recently for their outstanding contribution to their students and schools.

Amy Goldstein, special education teacher at Cache La Poudre Junior High, was selected by Wal-Mart for Teacher of the Year. Russ Brown, social sciences teacher at Poudre High School, was selected as Teacher of the Year by Sam’s Club.

Candidates for Wal-Mart and Sam’s Teacher of the Year are nominated by students, parents or community members. Goldstein and Brown each received $100 gift cards for themselves, and each of their schools were awarded $1,000.

Teachers Receive Grants

Congratulations to Mary Richmond who received LSI logic grants to purchase equipment and materials for her classroom. Mary Richmond received $1,500 for her integrated project; "Earth, Air, Fire and Wind".