Middle School
Weekly Update
Week of January 8th
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CONTENTS
Calendar
2/8: 5th grade band informance; 7:00 in the gym
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Office Updates
From Ms. Amodeo
Welcome to 2023!
We were happy to welcome back students on Tuesday and host them for a successful dance on Friday night. Thank you to the members of the Student Council for organizing the fun.
As we are now in the last three weeks of the second marking period, it's a great time to check in with your student and their teachers about current progress and missing assignments, and to arrange for extra help after school on Tuesdays.
School Nutrition
Though school meals are no longer subsidized for every student, free and reduced-priced meals are available to those who qualify. The application can be found HERE.
To add funds to your child’s school lunch account, you can use our online system at MySchoolBucks or you can send a check directly to the TCSD Food Service Department. Students may always pay cash if they choose to as well.
What’s for lunch? Check My School Menus
5th Grade
5th Grade Daily Planner (Please bookmark for your use)
Please help your 5th grader remember to charge their Chromebook and to bring a water bottle.
Science: This week we wrapped up the first part of “Mixtures and Solutions” by learning about extracts, drinking tea, and having a quiz. Thanks to everyone who sent in tea! Teams have also been working on a Black Box Challenge. Ask your scientist about the process for teams to create models of the inside of a black box that they observed, but could never open.
ELA: Happy New Year! This week in ELA we visited the library where we were challenged to choose a new genre free read book in honor of the new year. Students test drove their books on Thursday in order to commit to reading a book by February 3. Every Friday, students will need to turn in an assignment completed outside of class that reports on events or what they learned in their book via google classroom. They will have a Choice Board to help direct their ideas on what to report. Students received a bookmark to plan out their reading in order to stay on track each week and this can be found in their NEW FREE READ BOOK!
PLEASE encourage students to be reading at home to stay on track with this new book. We invite you to ask about what is happening with their book or new things they have learned. Conversations about reading are important ones that could happen as the day is winding down. Thank you for your support.
Social Studies: This week we continued our research on the Aztec civilization. We also had an opportunity to create a small Pre-Columbian Art Museum in our classroom using artifacts on loan from the Johnson Museum of Art.
Band: We will have an “Informance” (a low key performance and sharing what we’ve learned) on Wednesday February 8th at 7 pm in the the Middle School Gymnasium. Students should be practicing about 3 times per week and working on Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
6th Grade
Band: Lessons are back in full swing. Please encourage practicing at home about 3 times per week. If any student wants extra help I’m available during Tu/Thur after school and tutorial time. Students can also use our practice rooms to practice during study halls. We will be getting new concert music this week!
7th Grade
7th Grade Digital Planner (Please bookmark this link.)
Science: We will continue our Microscope studies throughout this week. Students are encouraged to use their planners to keep track of lab completion. If your student’s planner is sitting at home, please send it to school with them!
ELA 7: What an incredible week! We went to the library Monday, and we have been reading all week. Each class, we read for ten minutes, then we write and talk about our reading. It is exciting to watch students excitedly share their first lines and other parts of their books. Each student has set a reading goal for homework. Please encourage your 7th grader to work towards meeting their independent reading goal. Each ELA class is also working toward a class goal.
Music: Please make sure to bring a CHARGED chromebook to class. We have started creating our own music in BandLab! This week, we will be completing the assignment ‘BandLab Scavenger Hunt’ during class time. If students are absent, or don’t finish it during class, they will need to finish up on their own.
7/8 Band: We are turning our focus to rhythm for the next few weeks! Students will be working on playing and labeling some tricky rhythms during lessons and rehearsal, getting ready for an upcoming rhythm assessment. We will be doing team-building exercises and going back to some basics during rehearsal in preparation for new band music coming soon!
8th Grade
World Languages: Ms. Cederstrom: Ms. Cederstrom’s students have been putting the finishing touches on the group stories that they started writing before break. We will be using these student-generated stories and comprehension questions to practice for the performance assessments scheduled for next Thursday and Friday.
7/8 Band: 7/8 Band: We are turning our focus to rhythm for the next few weeks! Students will be working on playing and labeling some tricky rhythms during lessons and rehearsal, getting ready for an upcoming rhythm assessment. We will be doing team-building exercises and going back to some basics during rehearsal in preparation for new band music coming soon!
Clubs & Activities
Student Council
Our next meeting will be announced soon & will happen after school in room 306. Hope to see all interested students - we have a lot of things to plan.
Any student who needs to ride the late bus needs to fill out a late bus form by 1:30 on the day they want to ride. Contact advisors Bill Begeal or Nadine Salib to get signed up for the bus.
Yearbook
Our next meeting is scheduled for: January 12th at 2:45 in the Media Classroom
We have a MS Yearbook google classroom code, staff application and a Remind sign up packet your student will bring home once they have attended a meeting.
If your child attends a meeting and needs to ride a bus home they MUST complete the weekly google form emailed out by Ms. Magee, no later than noon of the meeting day.
Questions? Email Tammy Parker tparker@tburg.k12.ny.us or Lisa Magee lmagee@tburg.k12.ny.us
To order a yearbook go to www.YearbookOrderCenter.com and use the order number 18914
If you would like to submit pictures to possibly be used in our yearbook please go to
http://www.hjeshare.com and enter the word “doig” in the school code box to upload from your computer or get the HJeshare App and upload right from your phone!
Clubs & Activities
Troubadour
Happy New Year! I On December 22, hard copies of the 2022 Winter Issue of the Trumansburg Troubadour were delivered to each school to be sent home with students. The Winter 2022 Trumansburg Troubadour is available online as well. We are so proud of our contributors and are excited to share their work with the community.
Please note, a new 2023 Creative Issue of the Troubadour will be published this January. For students who would like to contribute to this or the Spring 2023 Trumansburg Troubadour, please have them contact trumansburgtroubadour@gmail.com.
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Building Contacts
Main Office: Brenda Everhart, 607-387-2825
Attendance: Lauren Conners, 607-387-7551, x1425
Nurse's Office: Julie Carpenter, jcarpenter@tburg.k12.ny.us (preferred) or 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
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