Middle School
Weekly Update
Week of May 21st
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Calendar
5/25-5/29: no school
6/1: 7/8 Band & Chorus Concert
6/2: Service Day
6/8: 5/6 Band & Chorus Concert
6/21: 8th grade Moving-Up Ceremony
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Office Updates
From Ms. Amodeo
To everyone who participated in Friday’s Walk & Bike to School Day: great work! Getting a little bit of exercise in the morning helps us all to be ready to work and learn.
Save the Date! The 8th Grade Moving-Up Ceremony will take place on Wednesday, June 21st, at 6:30pm, in the Elementary School Auditorium.
If you are wondering about the effects of technology and social media and how to support your child(ren), you are not alone. These issues are in the news. Check out two interesting, recent articles: How Parents Can Actually Help Teens Navigate Social Media; Managing Screen Time Is a Family Matter
More Bike/Walk to School Photos
Service Day: Volunteers & Donations Needed
We will hold our annual Service Day on Friday, June 2nd (rain date: June 16th). This is a great opportunity for our middle schoolers to help out the school and wider community! We are looking for parent volunteers to help us on June 2nd. If you are interested, please contact Gail Brisson at gbrisson@tburg.k12.ny.us.
One of our activities will be to organize clothing donations so that we can have a stock of clothes for students who need them. If you would like to donate, please send in items with your student or bring them to the main office & let them know to give your donation to Ms. Brisson.
Donation Guidelines:
- All clothes must be in very good condition. No rips or stains, please.
- Clothing must be appropriate for middle schoolers.
- New, packaged socks and underwear are welcome!
- Limit of 1 bag of clothing per student.
- Questions? Email Gail Brisson at gbrisson@tburg.k12.ny.us
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)
Charge Chromebooks, bring pencils & water bottles, check planners. Wash, rinse, repeat. Thank you.
Science: On Monday & Wednesday 5th graders are visiting the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Sapsucker Woods This follows last week’s lessons on habitat, biodiversity, and citizen science. Each child also received a field guide to birds of North America, provided by Kids Discover the Trail. Ask to check it out!
ELA: This week students took their reading iReady spring diagnostic. It was wonderful to see so many students taking their time to show their growth over this school year! Also in class we continued to read our historical fiction novels and work through several literature circle jobs to experience all aspects of Literature Circle Group Work!!!! Students should still be bringing this book home each night (along with their log) and back to school each day. Please take the time to ask your 5th grader about what is currently going on in their historical fiction book daily (these stories are filled with amazing real-life adventures)!
Social Studies: This week we examined the geography of the Americas. We spent time looking at North America, South America, and Central America.
Band 5: 5/6 Band & Chorus Concert is June 8th at 7:00 PM in the HS Auditorium
6th Grade
6th grade planner (please bookmark this link)
Please remind students to bring a reusable water bottle to fill up at school. Students need pencils! Please send your student in with a few pencils! Healthy snacks are a great idea to send in with your student, they are growing at a rapid rate.
Band: 5/6 Band & Chorus Concert is June 8th at 7:00 PM in the HS Auditorium
7th Grade
7th Grade Digital Planner (Please bookmark this link.)
Science: Only one of our 12 chicken eggs hatched, but little Batman is getting a lot of attention! Our wheat and popcorn seeds have germinated in petri dishes, and this week we will continue watching as the seeds grow stems and roots. We will continue our study of genetics, and we will have a chance to do our first Punnett squares.
ELA 7: We finished reading the novel All the Broken Pieces this past week. We are writing an essay about how the author develops the theme in the novel. We are thinking and writing about topics such as family, change, feeling like an outsider, stereotypes, and other big ideas. The essay is due Wednesday. And, 7th graders rocked iReady reading!! Way to go!
Rattenborg’s Small Class ELA 7: We are continuing our study of All the Broken Pieces and writing our second essay of the year. The class gained more than 200 participation points since December and has earned a trip to Not My Dad’s on May 24th. We will go during 8th period and each student will be treated to a free junior cone.
Music: We have learned so much on guitar! Students now can play an impressive list of chords. We are having fun playing songs we all know that use these chords. We have discovered that many songs use the same set of chords and we can play them all! We will continue our work on these chords (with a playing quiz coming soon), and will add a few more before learning how to play electric bass.
7/8 Band: Congratulations to all students who participated in the NYSSMA Solo & Ensemble Festival this past weekend! Everyone worked so hard and sounded great! We will be shifting our focus to concert music leading up to our Spring Concert on 6/1.
7/8 Lesson Schedule 5/22- 5/26
8th Grade
Rattenborg’s Small Class ELA: We are finishing our study of Hello, Universe and practicing writing paragraphs. We will be moving on to researching and reading about our own topics related to survival as we get closer to summer. The class gained more than 200 participation points since December and has earned a trip to Not My Dad’s on May 24th. We will go during 6th period and each student will be treated to a free junior cone.
Algebra: In our 3 day week, we’ll focus on some of our bingo topics. Check out our agenda here. The agenda gives you the date of our Regents and visibility into expectations of homework for the week.
Math 8: Math 8 will wrap up Scatterplots and Trend Lines. We will then begin our big end of year project that includes a review of all topics throughout the year.
ELA 8: Students continue to prepare for interviews, pinning down a date to connect with their interviewees and tailoring questions to their subjects’ background and area of expertise. Wednesday-Friday, students will wrap up our Holocaust unit by reading about, distinguishing, and discussing free speech vs. hate speech, using the Skokie Case to drive our instruction. On Friday, students will learn the story of Oskar Schindler and will begin writing an essay about the conditions and ideologies that made The Holocaust possible.
*Back-work for The King of Mulberry Street will no longer be accepted after this week.
Social Studies: This week we analyze a variety of primary & secondary sources that explain the Executive Order 9066 and its impact on Japanese Americans. Was this unconstitutional? We will also review for the WWII quiz.
Health 8:
7/8 Band: Congratulations to all students who participated in the NYSSMA Solo & Ensemble Festival this past weekend! Everyone worked so hard and sounded great! We will be shifting our focus to concert music leading up to our Spring Concert on 6/1.
Washington, D.C. Trip: Only 17 days until departure! Please get your trip forms (Rules of the Road, Device Policy, and Health) in tomorrow! There are still a few missing. Reminder that the bag check will be on Tuesday night - June 6th from 7-8 pm in the MS gym. You must bring all of the items you plan to take packed in your bags. No additional items can be added on Wednesday morning.
Clubs & Activities
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Theater Camp
Did you love being part of the MS Drama club productions? Wish you could do more? Try Mrs. Lewis’s theater camp this summer!! HERE is the info and form to sign up.
Clubs & Activities
Modified Athletics
Modified Athletics are designed for students in grades 7-8 who wish to participate in the following sports:
Fall Season: September 2023-October 2023
Boys & Girls Cross Country: September 2023-October 2023
Football: Late August 2023-October 2023
Boys Soccer: Late August 2023-October 2023
Girls Soccer: Late August 2023-October 2023
Winter Season:
Boys Basketball: October 2023-December 2023
Volleyball: October 2023-December 2023
Girls Basketball: January 2024-March 2024
Wrestling: January 2024-March 2024
Spring Season:
Baseball: April 2024-June 2024
Softball: April 2024-June 2024
Outdoor Track and Field: March 2024-May 2024
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Community
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
IT Help: help@tburgschools.on.spiceworks.com or 607-288-2821 (Monday - Friday 8 am to 4pm)
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