Middle School
Weekly Update
Week of December 17th
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Calendar
12/18: Fire Safety Day
Save the Dates for Winter PTO Events!
1/10/24: PTO meeting @ 6 pm in the Elementary School STEAM room
1/12/24: Middle School Roller Skating Party 6:30-8:30 pm Elem. School. $7 admission includes skate rental ($5 if bringing own skates). $1 snacks & drinks for sale.
2/9/24: Middle School Ice Skating (PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED at tburgpto.com) 3-5 pm at Cass Park Rink. Bus transportation from MS to Cass Park at dismissal, students must be picked up by 5 pm. $10 per student. Register at tburgpto.com.
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Office Updates
From Ms. Lomax
Congratulations to Mrs. Posegate, Mrs. Robertson, Mr. Mullarney, and all of the middle school chorus and band students who played in our winter concerts last week. It was wonderful to see our students’ musical abilities grow from 5th grade all the way up to 12th grade.
On behalf of the middle school community, I wish all of our families a happy holiday season and restful break. See you in 2024!
From Mr. Megivern
This Monday, Dec. 18, is Fire Safety Day at the middle school. The Trumansburg Fire Department will be on campus delivering a lesson and demonstration on putting out grease fires. Thank you in advance to T-burg Fire!
On Wednesday, Dec. 20 we’ll have another You Rule card random drawing, where students who earned a You Rule card this past month will have a chance at a Byrne Dairy gift card, courtesy of the T-burg PTO. Two per grade level will win!
School Nutrition
We are pleased to announce that all school meals are now free for Trumansburg CSD students. Our district has been granted the mid-year community eligibility provision (CEP), a federal and state grant subsidy that covers the expense of student meals. We are more than ecstatic to provide free nutritious meals to our student population, alleviating the financial burden on our families. Additional items beyond the daily meal will still be available for separate purchase should students so desire. Many thanks to our school lunch personnel who work tirelessly to provide our students with nutritious and appetizing meals. Their commitment is essential to the education and overall health of our student body. Thank you for the positive impact you make every day. We look forward to seeing all students in the lunch line!
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5th Grade
5th Grade Daily Planner (Please bookmark for your use). Please check your students’ take home folders and planners with them daily.
ELA: This week students worked on writing their Motel Essays for our final project. We learned about an effective strategy to write an effective introduction paragraph called HIT and worked on effective topic & closing sentences. Projects will wrap up next week!
Science: Our chemistry unit opens with a lot of vocabulary: mixture, solution, dissolve, solvent, solute, physical property, screen, filter. Asking your kiddo about these terms and using them in conversation is a great way to help them learn and remember them.
Band: Mrs. Posegate’s Lesson Schedule Wednesday lessons will not meet this week due to holiday activities. Please keep practicing! Most 5th graders started to learn “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” this week in preparation for our Twinkle Celebration in February.
THRIVE: After-school tutoring is in progress. Fill out this form to sign-up.
6th Grade
6th grade planner (please bookmark this link)
Social Studies: Wow! Students have been busy in social studies. Students finalized their paragraph about the pros and cons of the agricultural revolution. Students began exploring Mesopotamia. We wrote messages in clay to practice Cuneiform. We will dig deeper into Mesopotamia next week.
Math: Last Friday we took a quiz on solving equations and writing expressions. Our work with expressions and equations is starting to wrap up. We will continue this week to look at equations and tables, and we will also incorporate some graphing into the mix. When we come back from break, we’ll look at inequalities to finish up the unit. Also, it seems we are handing out more and more pencils everyday. Please check with your student to be sure they have what they need.
Science: This week we wrapped up our weather & climate unit. Students began the new state science investigation on weather & climate that is required of students before they take the 8th grade science exam. They will finish that up before we head off on break next week. The trout are getting bigger and actually “look like fish”. We will spend some when we get back making closer observations of our trout and learning about how they adapt and survive in their natural habitats. We will also start our next unit by looking at what is happening in the Himalayas. Have a well deserved break!
ELA: We have been working very hard in ELA class. Students have been writing their theme essays. They will revise and edit their essay next week to turn in by Tuesday. Students continue to read their Hero’s Journey book and will complete their book and finish their final assignment by Wednesday. Many students have been reading other Hero’s Journey books or are reading the next book in the series. For the month of December students have also been practicing gratitude by writing in a journal on a daily basis-three things they are grateful for.
Band: Congrats on a fabulous Winter Concert! I’m so proud of you! No 6th grade lessons this week. There will be an option to play carols on Wednesday morning and we WILL have band rehearsal.
Chorus: Chorus lessons: MP2 Lesson Schedule / MP2 Lesson Groups
THRIVE: After-school tutoring is in progress. Fill out this form to sign-up.
7th Grade
7th Grade Digital Planner (Please bookmark this link.)
Please remind students to bring pencils, their Chromebook charger, and a water bottle to school.
Science: This week we learned about photosynthesis! Students set up experiments with different variables related to photosynthesis and collected data on barley plant growth. On Thursday we took a break from plants and a guest speaker from Cornell came to discuss comparative anatomy. Students got to see dissected lamprey, sharks and pigeons.
Rattenborg’s Small Class ELA 7: Please see the 7th Grade Digital Planner for live updates on what we are doing in class and what HW is assigned.
Math 7 & Pre-Algebra: This week we wrapped up our work with combining like terms with an all day progressive Monopoly game - see the video . Each period worked for different things; period 1 solved problems for property and money, 3rd worked to swap for sets and for money, and period 5 and 7 also completed problems for purchasing houses and hotels. Period 9 worked to roll and they had to pay out the money as they landed on those houses and hotels. Later in the week Math 7 continued work on 2-step equations and writing equations for real life scenarios while Pre-Algebra moved to solve multi-step equations and and equations with variables on both sides. Students are self-assessing their success skills and will be individually conferencing with me next week as we do some station work to end 2023
Chorus: MP2 Lesson Schedule / MP2 Lesson Groups 5-12 Winter Chorus Concert is 12/12 @ 7:00 PM in the HS Auditorium
Music: Music: We started our work on the 1st draft of the final project this week. We will continue that work next week as well as working on a little holiday activity!
7/8 Band: CONGRATULATIONS ON A WONDERFUL CONCERT! We will be spreading holiday cheer playing some holiday music for classrooms around the building this week. Please remember your instrument for band rehearsals and if you would like to participate in our caroling activity.
7/8 Band Lesson Schedule/Groups- week of 12/18
8th Grade
Parents: Reminder--Students should be emailing their teachers when absent -- that way they can know what was covered in class. Also please follow the below steps to check assignments in your child’s Google Classrooms.
Algebra: Students worked on solving linear systems. Methods included graphing, substitution, and elimination. Students will take a test on monday and spend the rest of the week starting their exploration of inequalities and systems of inequalities.
Math 8: Students worked on calculating slope and rate of change given data in different formats. We looked at graphs, coordinate points. Data tables, and word problems. Students will have a test on Tuesday this coming week.
Science 8: This week students learned about energy transfer in relation to phase changes.
Regents Earth Science: This week, students learned about the different landscape regions of New York State. We are finishing up our unit on Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, and Landscapes. The Unit test will be Tuesday 12/19.
Kotler’s ELA 8: Today, as a class, we finished reading The Giver and discussed various interpretations of the ending. Tomorrow we will analyze the book’s theme. Wednesday is word study (suffix - “ology”). Thursday, students will write an essay response to analyze and support how Jonas (The Giver’s protagonist) changes throughout the story (and is therefore a dynamic character). Friday, students have earned a “free”, fun day! (slay-day!).
Social Studies: To wrap up our unit on immigration, we had Ithaca Welcomes Refugees here to talk about the services they provide refugees from. Our area is assisting refugees from Ukraine, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Cuba, among others. We also started a new unit on the Progressive Era and our focus this week was on women’s suffrage.
Chorus: MP2 Lesson Schedule / MP2 Lesson Groups
7/8 Band: CONGRATULATIONS ON A WONDERFUL CONCERT! We will be spreading holiday cheer playing some holiday music for classrooms around the building this week. Please remember your instrument for band rehearsals and if you would like to participate in our caroling activity.
7/8 Band Lesson Schedule/Groups- week of 12/18
Health 8: This week included lessons on puberty and reproductive systems. Next week, classes welcome guest presenters from Tompkins Co. Advocacy Center and the high school’s Natural High Club. Also, students will have a brief assessment on puberty and reproductive parts and functions
Student Council
Clubs & Activities
Yearbook
We will be selling Candy Cane Grams during the lunch periods on Monday and Tuesday. Students can buy a candy cane gram for 50 cents for a friend, sibling, or adult. Candy canes and messages will be delivered on Wednesday.
There will be a Holiday Spirit Day on Wednesday! Come dressed in your favorite seasonal/holiday garb and celebrate the last day before break.
Next Student Council meeting will be Tuesday January 9th. We will start planning the next dance, a possible tubing trip to Greek Peak, and maybe even a schoolwide talent show to happen sometime before our Feb. break. Stay tuned for more details.
You must sign up for the late bus with Mr. Begeal or Ms. Salib by 1:00 PM on Tuesday.
PTO
Join us for our annual fundraising dinner at Hazelnut Kitchen. It will be on Saturday January 20th at 6:00 pm, and we are taking reservations now! Be sure to sign up soon if you’d like to come - limited spots available! Sign up here.
Middle School Roller Skating Party Friday 1/12 6:30-8:30 pm in the Elementary School Gym. $7 admission includes skate rental. ($5 if bringing your own skates). $1 snacks, drinks, pizza by the slice for sale. Volunteers are needed - please sign up at tburgpto.com
Middle School Ice Skating Session Friday 2/9/24 from 3-5 pm at Cass Park Rink
$10.00 per student includes one-way transportation, admission, and skate rental. (If unable to pay online, or if cost is a barrier please email info@tburgpto.com or call the school to get a message to the PTO.) The bus will leave at 3pm from the bus loop. Please pick your student up from Cass Park no later than 5pm. Pre-registration required! tburgpto.com
Please be sure to follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/tburgpto
Yearbook Club will meet in the Media room (Next to the Tech room) on Thursday, December 7th, from 3-4:00pm.
*Students who ride the bus will be dismissed at 3:35pm to get on the late bus. Students getting picked up/walking home will be dismissed at 4pm.
Any student participating in Yearbook Club who needs to ride the late bus must email advisors Lisa Magee or Tammy Parker by 12:00pm on the day of the meeting -OR- sign up on the goldenrod paper copy outside of room 211 or in the Counseling office (also by NOON the day of the meeting).
Meeting Dates:
January 11th & 18th
February 1st, 15th & 29th
March 7th, 26th & 28th
Order your Middle School Yearbook Now!
Click YEARBOOKORDERCENTER and use school code 18914
Middle School Yearbook wants your pictures!!
Do you have some great pictures of Trumansburg Middle School Athletes in action?
If you would like to share these with the yearbook club please follow the instructions below
To upload an image from your computer:
1. Go to the Herff Jones Eshare page at http://www.hjeshare.com
2. Enter ‘doig’ into the school code box
3. Fill out the information box using student’s information, and agree to the terms and conditions
4. Click ‘browse images’ and select your pictures
5. Preview your image, and then tag the image with the student's name, and grade in their respective boxes. Then add the subject/event in the description box.
Or you can get the HJeshare App and upload right from your phone using the same instructions.
Clubs & Activities
Drama Club
Modified Athletics
Thank you to everyone who auditioned! We loved hearing you! The Call Back list has been posted to the website. Call Backs will be from 3 - 4:30 in the chorus room on Monday 12/18. Modified Volleyball players will do call backs on Tuesday 12/19.
Registration for Modified Girls Basketball and Modified Wrestling will be open on December 4, 2023 and will remain open until the season begins on January 3rd for 7th and 8th grade students only through Family ID. Please email me if you have any questions about Athletics at tbeam@tburg.k12.ny.us and Nurse Campbell if you have any medical questions at ccampbell@tburg.k12.ny.us . There will be a parent meeting for these teams on January 5th from 5:30-6:30 pm in the high school library where you will get to meet with me and the coach!
Washington, D.C. Trip
Ski Club
We are still looking for 8th grade volunteers to help provide child care during the ES/MS PTO meetings. Donations will be made towards our trip fund by PTO. Please see Mr. Begeal if you could donate some time to help out.
The ski buses are officially FULL. Therefore, any student wanting to get a program pass will have to provide their own transportation. Please contact Erin Kaplan with questions for the K-6 program, and Nadine Salib for the 7-12 program.
Community
Track Club
Did you think you missed the deadline for signing your child up for Youth Indoor Track? Do you know someone that has a 3-8th grader that would be interested? It’s not too late, and there are 2 different sessions depending on grade level. 3rd-5th graders attend from 1-2pm. 6th-8th graders attend from 2-3pm. Click this link to register. https://ulysses.recdesk.com/Community/Program
If you have questions, please reach out to
Lara DeSantis: laradesantis1@gmail.com
Bryce DeSantis: bdesantis@tburg.k12.ny.us
Building Contacts
Main Office: Brenda Everhart, 607-387-2825
Attendance: Lauren Conners, 607-387-7551, x1425
Nurse's Office: 607-387-2827
Student Services Team: 607-387-7551 ext. 1449
Bryce DeSantis, School Psychologist
Lisa Magee, Administrative Assistant
Brian Cobb, LCSW, Social Worker
Claire Valletta, Guidance Counselor
IT Help: help@tburgschools.on.spiceworks.com or 607-288-2821 (Monday - Friday 8 am to 4pm)
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