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12/12: 5-12 Winter Chorus Concert @ 7:00 PM in the HS Auditorium

12/14: 6-12 Winter Band Concert @ 7 pm in the HS Auditorium

Middle School

Office Updates

From Mrs. Lomax

I hope that all of our middle school families enjoyed a restful break filled with gratitude.

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!

What’s for lunch? Check My School Menus

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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.

Marking Period 1 Report Cards went home on Friday, November 17. In order to better understand our grading system here in the middle school, there are two links attached to use for your reference: MS Success Skills Rubric & MS Academic Rubric

ELA: This week students worked more with figurative language and focused on idioms. We also practiced responding to various events in our novel by using the Say Something reading strategy and Emoji Reactions. We will be finishing our novel up when we come back from Thanksgiving break!

Social Studies:This week we continued to learn about the Mayan civilization. We focused on their Politics, Economics, and Social Structure. We also learned about their calendar and hieroglyphic writing system.

Science: Has your student shown you stellarium-web, the website we used to see stars and constellations? It. Is. Awesome. After Thanksgiving we will have a big astronomy wrap-up, then switch to chemistry. Woot!

Band: Mrs. Posegate’s Lesson Schedule 5th grade band students should be able to perform Hot Cross Buns and Mary Had a Little Lamb for their families! Ask for a performance! :) We are learning a 5 note scale and also how to read real musical notation in our Making Music Matter method books. Most students are on Lesson 1 or 2. Please encourage short, frequent practice sessions. Thanks for your support.

Chorus: 5-12 Winter Chorus Concert is 12/12 @ 7:00 PM in the HS Auditorium

THRIVE: After-school tutoring is in progress. Fill out this form to sign-up.

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6th Grade

6th grade planner (please bookmark this link)

***Students are in need of pencils-please make sure your student has pencils for school. Check their backpacks!!

Social Studies: We have begun exploring paleolithic and neolithic time periods. Students discussed what makes humans human. They also played a simulation game to see if they would survive that time period. Ask your child if they survived and why. On Monday we celebrated Diwali with rice pudding and chai tea made by the Localvore room. Some students loved it.

Science: We are finishing up our unit on weather. Students have been recording the weather every day and trying to see patterns in the weather. We looked at what meteorologists use to predict weather. We had a lot of fun on Tuesday when we investigated our elvins (trout babies). Ask your student why they do not have mouths yet.

ELA: We began the week discussing themes of Lightning Thief. We moved into Joseph Campbell’s work on a “Hero’s Journey” and how most books and movies follow this structure. Students picked their hero’s journey free read book that they will start reading after break. Students will be setting a reading calendar and completing assignments for their book.

Band: Mrs. Posegate’s Lesson Schedule 6 - 12 Winter Band Concert is 12/14 @ 7 pm in the HS Auditorium

All Band students should practicing regularly on their concert music - Power Rock, American Landmarks, A Festive Fanfare

Chorus: 6th Grade starts chorus lessons in Marking Period 2. MP2 Lesson Schedule / MP2 Lesson Groups

5-12 Winter Chorus Concert is 12/12 @ 7:00 PM in the HS Auditorium

THRIVE: After-school tutoring is in progress. Fill out this form to sign-up.

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6th graders investigate elvins

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 studied celery plants to learn about the transportation of water and how water exits through the stomata in leaves. Don’t forget that weekly practice is assigned the first school day of the week and due the last school day of the week.

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 in Math 7 we learned about Box & Whisker Plots, ending with an open notes assessment to help students understand the importance of saving their materials and using them for support. In Pre-Algebra, we worked more with our transformations of shapes in addition to our Box & Whisker plot work. Our week also concluded with a short assessment. Our Box Plot work in all classes involved getting our own data with push-ups and jumpking jacks. t After break we’ll begin our very hefty Equations and Expressions Unit. It will be very important to attend each day for this unit, as the work builds quickly and layers on itself.

Chorus: MP2 Lesson Schedule / MP2 Lesson Groups 5-12 Winter Chorus Concert is 12/12 @ 7:00 PM in the HS Auditorium

Music: We finished up our Kahoot Quiz this week. Students created the questions, and then played the game as a quiz.

7/8 Band: Almost everyone has now completed their Personal Practice Assignment. Ask your child to see theirs! Everyone has lots to practice as we move closer to the concert! 5-12 Bands Winter Concert is 12/14 @7pm in the HS Auditorium

7/8 Band Lesson Schedule/Groups- week of 11/27

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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: This week we finished up looking at linear functions. Topics included rate of change, graphing, and explaining the context of various parts of an equation. After vacation we will move onto graphing linear inequalities and systems.

Math 8: This week we finished up our unit on rigid motion. This involved translating, reflecting, and rotating a figure around the coordinate plane. Students worked to use accurate language in their descriptions when explaining their thought process. After break we will explore non-rigid motion through dilations.

Science 8: We have been looking at energy transfer in materials. Your student should be able to explain to you how and why your drink cans would get cool when placed in a cooler full of ice.

Regents Earth Science: We have been learning about physical and chemical weathering and the process of soil formation. When we return from break we will begin looking at the erosional processes on earth.

Kotler’s ELA 8: Reading chapters 4-9 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. Students should be reading outside of class, following along with their ind. reading questions. Wednesday, students had time to find an independent reading book for MP2, as well as work on their independent reading project (for the books read during MP1) -- ind. reading projects are due 12/12. Thursday, students took a look at characters in The Giver, distinguishing between flat & round characters and status and dynamic. Friday, students had a creative writing activity and time to update ePortfolios.

Social Studies: We wrapped up the week by finishing our unit on Big Business & Labor. Our final assessment was hexagonal thinking. Students made connections (in the shape of hexagons) with terms such as monopoly, industrializing, laissez-faire, labor union, capitalism. Students picked 3 different connections to explain with details & examples.

Chorus: MP2 Lesson Schedule / MP2 Lesson Groups 5-12 Winter Chorus Concert is 12/12 @ 7:00 PM in the HS Auditorium

7/8 Band: Almost everyone has now completed their Personal Practice Assignment. Ask your child to see theirs! Everyone has lots to practice as we move closer to the concert!5-12 Bands Winter Concert is 12/14 @7pm in the HS Auditorium

7/8 Band Lesson Schedule/Groups- week of 11/27

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Google Classroom for Parents

Looking for your student’s assignments? Follow these steps:

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Student Council

Clubs & Activities

Yearbook

We will begin our annual Canned Food Drive after the Thanksgiving Break. Our Middle School Student Council works in conjunction with our local food pantry to provide much needed food during the holiday season. All donations are appreciated, but please be sure your donations are not expired food items and are non-perishable.

Next Meeting will be Tuesday 11/28. Snacks will be served!

You must sign up for the late bus with Mr. Begeal or Ms. Salib by 1:00 PM on Tuesday.

PTO

Please note: We have combined Facebook pages and we now have a new URL - please be sure you follow this PTO page on Facebook or visit our events page for the most up-to-date information.

Drama Club

The Spring Musical Season has begun! Please see the Drama Club website for more information .

Upcoming Meetings:

• Parent Meeting November 30 6 pm in the Chorus room and via Google Meet
  
• On Stage Cast Mandatory Info Meeting November 30 at 3:30 OR 5 pm in the Chorus room
  

(Students may stay with the directors until the 6 pm parent meeting. We will play theater games.)

Auditions 12/7 & 12/14 You will sign up for a time.

Ski Club

The ski bus is almost full for the MS/HS (grades 7-12) program. If you are interested, please get your pass soon!

Yearbook Club will meet in the Media room (Next to the Tech room) on Thursday, November 16th, 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:

November 6th and 30th

December 7th & 21st

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.

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Community

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Community

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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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