Middle School
Weekly Update
Week of May 28th
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Calendar
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
hope that all of our middle school families enjoyed the extended, sunny Memorial Day weekend and took some time to remember and be grateful for those who have served our country.
This week kicks off the last month of school, which is packed with events of learning, celebration and appreciation. On Wednesday, our 7th graders head to the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge; Thursday night kicks off the spring concert season with performances by the 7th and 8th grade band and choruses; and Friday is our annual Day of Service during which students and staff will work together to give back to our school and community.
It's an exciting week at the middle school!
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: Living Systems has gone from Earth systems to ecosystems to nutrition and delivery systems, and now we’re in the final stretches. This week we will wrap up circulatory and respiratory systems, including an interesting activity to calculate lung capacity. Next week we turn to our final topic: the nervous system.
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.
Social Studies: Students have started the last unit of the year! We will be exploring and researching a topic of interest to students about Medieval times. Students will be writing an essay about their topic and completing a hands-on project to show off their knowledge.
Math:. Students started their statistical projects. They developed a statistical question and collected data. They will be creating histograms, dot plots and frequency tables with their data.
Science: Students continue to look at weather patterns. We are now exploring large weather events and how air masses move.
ELA: Students finished letter to congress. They will be getting mailed out next week. Students will be finishing New Kid this week. Students have enjoyed reading a graphic novel in school. We have had great discussions about a lot of hard topics. We will be starting a new book that supports Medieval times learning in social studies.
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.)
Here is a link to the letter about our field trip to Montezuma.
Please remind students to bring a water bottle and pencils to school every day!
Science: Between our field trip to the Montezuma Audubon Center on Wednesday and the service day on Friday, we will have only two days to pursue our study of genetics. Students will learn to use Punnett Squares to predict the probability that offspring will inherit all sorts of interesting traits.
ELA 7: We finished writing our thematic essays about themes in the novel, All the Broken Pieces.
Rattenborg’s Small Class ELA 7: Students wrote essays about the Vietnam war and its impact on characters in All the Broken Pieces. We will be finishing up the book next week.
Math: We have finally made it to MEMORIAL DAY! We are almost through with school this year. So, we are starting to wrap up our final topics of study. In Pre-Algebra, we are learning about the slope of a line and how it’s used for creating lines. In Math 7, we are getting into our unit of Geometry. These are topics the kids will see again in 10th grade Geometry!
Music: We are going to be getting ready for our first playing quiz on guitar! Students will play the chords we have learned in class for a quiz grade. We will then move onto learning a little electric bass.
7/8 Band: Our concert is Thursday, 6/1 at 7pm in the HS Auditorium. Please have your student check the lesson schedule carefully when coming back from the long weekend as many lesson groups are meeting on different days. Band rehearsals after the long weekend will be Tuesday 5/30 & Thursday 6/1 (different from normal) to give us some more time together before the concert. Remind students to bring their instruments on these days for rehearsal!
8th Grade
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!! 6/21 @ 6:30 -- The Moving Up Ceremony and 6/22 @ 11:10 -- The 8th Grade Parade
Algebra: We are in our final 9 days of classes. We have a lot to pack in to these days!! Our first review session is Wednesday May 31st at from 6:45 - 8:30. Please read the details.
View our agenda for the week.
ELA 8: Students are wrapping up their learning of The Holocaust, culminating their studies to answer the essay prompt, “what conditions and ideologies made The Holocaust possible”. We’ve read about Anne Frank, Oskar Schindler, and the conditions surrounding post-WWI Germany. We’ll begin these essays together tomorrow (due Fri. June 2nd). Students are expected to be conducting interviews outside of class. Interviews - audio, video, or transcript - should be added to ePortfolios by Wed. May 31st.
Rattenborg’s Small Class ELA: We are working on reading fluency and comprehension as students read individual books about a time period and significant historical event of their choosing.
Social Studies: Students have the opportunity to extend their WWII knowledge. They can choose between a Mission US simulation on Japanese American internment camps, accompanied by a primary source slide show OR doing research on a topic of their choice.
7/8 Band: Our concert is Thursday, 6/1 at 7pm in the HS Auditorium. Please have your student check the lesson schedule carefully when coming back from the long weekend as many lesson groups are meeting on different days. Band rehearsals after the long weekend will be Tuesday 5/30 & Thursday 6/1 (different from normal) to give us some more time together before the concert. Remind students to bring their instruments on these days for rehearsal!
Washington, D.C. Trip: 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
PTO
Need childcare during the race? Class of 2026 volunteers will be available in the Elementary School Gym for a small donation – you may drop off children ages 4 and up. We hope to see you on June 3rd! Race proceeds support the Trumansburg PTO and the Trumansburg Education Foundation!
Our Next Middle School PTO Meeting is Tuesday 5/30 @ 6:30 on zoom--register here
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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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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.
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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