Weekly Update

We will start ELA State Assessments this week, due to track meets and Starbase the dates we can test are limited so it is important that your child is here on testing dates. We will do ELA on Monday April 8th and on Wednesday April 10th. If your child is not going to be at school those days please let the office know.

Mrs. Petrie our Art Teacher is asking for assistance in collecting some items. If you have any of the following please bring to the Middle School and we will see what creations our art students make!

The 3D Classes will be making 3D found object sculptures and we could use some material. If anyone has some of these things on this list aying around, we would love to put them to good use. If you have a collection of another item and are wondering if it'll work, the answer is probably yes!

Found Object Sculpture List

Plastic bottles / jugs

caps / lids

Plastic containers

Old toys

utensils

packaging materials

Glass Bottles/ Jars

Fabric scraps / old clothing

ribbons / lace

buttons

Old books

newspapers

magazines

Thin cardboard boxes

cardboard tubes

Old Game pieces

Pine cones

Soda can tab

Clothespin

old/retired sports gear/equipment

Old/broken fishing gear

broken small appliances

Don't forget to sign up for ASAP if your child is needing some extra help or time to complete their work. This 9 weeks we will be able to offer it 4 days a week to help students get caught up on missing assignments and get extra assistance and homework they might not understand.

The after school program is offered from 3:30-4:30pm.

Monday- Mrs. Kahler

Tuesday- Mrs. Patterson

Wednesday- Mrs. Patterson

Thursday- Mr. Hicks (Mr. Baker's student teacher)

If you would like your child to stay please fill out the form below.

5th Grade

All of the 5th grade students became little entrepreneurs during counseling time! As we study the Business Services Career Cluster, students had the opportunity to think of a "Shark Tank" pitch. We watched a short clip of the popular TV show, then they were set loose to think of a product that they would like to invent to solve a problem. There were some pretty great ideas! I would encourage you to ask your student about their invention!

6th, 7th, 8th Grade

Students are continuing to learn effective strategies in the area of Conflict Management. This was a unit we started a couple of months ago, and are now picking back up where we left off. During this unit, students will identify healthy ways to resolve conflict while they work to understand that having conflict is 100% normal and okay.

School Families

We also had School Families this week! This is such a great time at our school! The hallways and classrooms are filled with laughing and students and their teachers having fun. This week, we had a friendly family competition of paper airplane making.

Looking ahead...

Next week, I will be visiting 6th and 7th Grade classrooms to talk about enrolling for next year! Your student will be bringing home information about electives to choose from. Please look over this with your student and talk about what electives might be the best fit for them.

Track-

Records were broken at our first meet of the season at Silver Lake! Congratulations to Ezvin Griffin for breaking the 8th grade boys triple jump record with a jump of 39'5.5" and Dalton Foster for breaking the 8th grade boys 100m hurdles with a time of 16.41s.

Two meets this week, on Tuesday at JCN and Thursday we have our home meet. If you can help run an event please sign up with the link below.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0848A8AE2EA3FA7-mstrack6

The link below will take you to Revtrak so you can pay for any fees and add lunch money to your child's account.

If your child is in art this semester they will need to make sure the fee gets paid. Even if they were in art 1st semester there is another fee for 2nd semester.

Cost for Breakfast is $2.10- we start serving breakfast at 7:30 am

Lunch cost is $3.25- We are offering a hot meal, a sandwich and a salad option please make sure you let your child know what is on the lunch menu so they know what they would like when their teacher takes lunch count.

Monday- ELA State Assessments Day 1

Make sure your child has had a good nights sleep and a good breakfast.

Tuesday-

5th Grade to Starbase- Don't forget your lunch

Track at JCN starts at 2pm

High School Cheer Tryout Clinic at 6pm at the High School

Wednesday- ELA State Assessments Day 2

High School Cheer Tryout Clinic at 6pm at the High School

Thursday-

Track meet at Home- starts at 3pm

High School Cheer Tryout Clinic at 6pm at the High School

Friday- Late Start

Cheer Tryouts at 6pm at the High School