School-Sponsored Activities or Organizations
- WEB (Where Everyone Belongs)
- Math Counts
- Lego Robotics
- Bruin Club
- Science Olympiad
WEB
Contact: Monica Jankow (mojankow@psdschools.org), Rachel Bednar (rbednar@psdschools.org)
Where: Library
Day and Time: Home Room
"Where Everyone Belongs": 8th Grade leaders can apply to be in this club in the Spring of 7th grade. WEB leaders help our incoming 6th graders feel welcome and included in our school community.
Math Counts
Contact: Lon Holder (lholder@psdschools.org)
Where: Room 230
Day and Time: Mondays, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
If you like to creatively solve unusual math problems, and like to be around other people who enjoy doing the same, come join the Math Counts team! We meet on Mondays after school, until 3:30, in Mr. Holder's classroom. We enjoy math puzzles and riddles, and exploring different ways to solve the same problem.
There is an area-wide competition we participate in at the UNC campus each year, we're getting team T-shirts you get to keep, and the team picture will be in the yearbook. The season lasts until the area competition, which is in mid-February. If this sounds interesting, come check out one of our meetings, or talk to Mr. Holder about whether it would be a good fit for you!
Lego Robotics
Contact: Ken Hartley (khartley@psdschools.org)
Where: Room 206
Day and Time: Tuesday and Thursday, 2:30-4:00 p.m.
Students participate in First Lego League, which guides them through STEM learning and exploration, allowing them to apply their skills in an exciting competition while building habits of learning, confidence and teamwork skills along the way.
Bruin Club Winter Session Information
Bruin Club is excited to announce our Winter 2026 schedule! Clubs will begin on Monday, January 12th, and run through Thursday, March 12th. A revised Spring 2026 schedule (March 23rd – April 22nd) will be shared in March.
Important Reminders and Updates:
- This session, Bruin Club will be ran out of the Auditeria. All students should report there if they plan to attend Bruin Club that day. All students must be signed in prior to 2:45pm, or they will be unable to attend.
- All students must be picked up by 5:00 p.m. If you anticipate being late, please notify us at (970) 657-6612 no later than 4:50 p.m.
- Bruin Club is an extension of the school day, and students are expected to follow the same rules and expectations set in place by PSD's Student Code of Conduct. Cell phones may be used, but only in a safe and appropriate manner. If a student is unable to use their phone responsibly, they may lose the privilege of having it during the program.
- Bruin Club will not operate on 2/19. A reminder text will be sent out prior to Bruin Club closures.
To Participate:
- To participate, all students must have a completed 2025–2026 Permission to Participate form on file. Forms are available in the front office, can be downloaded and emailed to icrume@psdschools.org, or returned in paper form to the front office. Forms are due at least 24 hours prior to attendance. A separate form is required for each student.
Winter Session Club Schedule:
Monday: Homework Help, eSports, Craft Club, Boston/NY Trip Prep
*Must be signed up and attending the Boston/NY Trip during Spring Break in March 2026
Tuesday: Homework Help, Dungeons and Dragons, Mind and Motion Challenges, Science Olympiad
Wednesday: Homework Help, Dungeons and Dragons, Cooking, Improv, Odyssey of the Minds
Thursday: Homework Help, eSports, Cozy Hobby, Engineering Exploration (GEMS), Science Olympiad
Parenting a Middle Schooler:
Join us for an engaging session on building healthy, sustainable relationships and strengthening self-awareness to support middle schoolers’ wellbeing and resilience. The event will take place on January 22, 2026 from 6pm-7:30pm at Blevins Middle School. We hope you’ll join us for this valuable opportunity to learn, connect, and grow alongside other families. To hold this event, we require a minimum number of attendees. If this minimum is not met, the event may be cancelled, so please be sure to RSVP to help us plan accordingly.
Questions: If you have any questions regarding Bruin Club, please contact Izzy Crume at (970)657-6612 or email icrume@psdschools.org.
Odyssey of the Minds
Contact: Izzy Crume (icrume@psdschools.org)
What’s Odyssey of the Mind? It’s an amazing extra-curricular enrichment that fits beautifully with the PBL program at Blevins. Odyssey is a creative problem-solving program for kids in Kindergarten through College where teams of up to seven members learn to think outside the box, work together to develop creative solutions to broadly defined problems, and eventually present their solution in an eight-minute performance. Odyssey of the Mind teaches 21st-century skills that students need to be successful today and in the future. Children learn to think and work creatively with each other while applying innovative approaches. Children develop skills to communicate clearly and effectively plus respectively collaborate with others.
Science Olympiad
Contact: Kristi Mutter (kmutter@psdschools.org)
Where: Room 249
Day and Time: Tuesday, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
We’re excited to announce that Science Olympiad is back at Blevins! Our school has a proud tradition with this nationally recognized program, having earned many local, state, and even national awards over the years. Science Olympiad is a competitive science club where students explore STEM through teamwork, challenges, and problem-solving.
Students already signed up for Bruins Club may attend Science Olympiad during that time. Students not in Bruins Club may either join Bruins Club (permission slip required) or arrange for pick-up at 3:30.