Middle School
Weekly Update
Week of November 27th
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Calendar
11/29: Picture Re-take day
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Office Updates
From Ms. Amodeo
We have noticed that, at times, drop-off and pick-up has become hectic in the front parking lot. For the safety of all, please keep in mind the following guidelines:
- Use only the right lane of the circle for drop-off/pick-up so that others can exit and keep traffic flowing.
- Pull forward as much as possible in the circle.
- Encourage your child to quickly exit the vehicle.
- Consider entering campus via South Street to avoid congestion.
- Drive slowly at all times.
We enjoyed seeing you at parent-teacher conferences this week and hope you and your family had a restful and rejuvenating Thanksgiving Break.
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.
ELA: Last week in ELA we were busy! Students independently practiced gisting individual chapters from our novel to summarize a section of the text. Then, they wore their ‘teacher hats’ to design their own challenge questions for others in the class to answer. Finally, we ended the week with a fun, festive Reader’s Theater titled, “The Mystery of the Vanishing Turkey” to help practice our fluency skills! What a great week it was!
Band: Our concert is coming up FAST! The 5/6 Band and Chorus concert is Thursday December 8th at 7 pm in the High School auditorium. Please encourage your student to practice their concert music regularly! :) Band 5/6 Lesson Schedule Link
6th Grade
6th grade planner (please bookmark this link)
Social Studies: Students completed an amazing project on water scarcity. They created beautiful images that are hung up in the hallway.
Math: We explored the following questions: What makes an equivalent ratio? How do you know if ratios are equivalent? How can you model ratios?
Science: We have started to “dig” into the layers of the earth. Students began exploring Earth's layers. We began looking at how far humans have dug into Earth. If we have not journeyed that far how do we know what the center of Earth is like?
ELA: We are finishing Lightning Thief! Students will be finishing the book this week. We also started exploring what a theme is. What makes a theme? What themes are in Lightning Thief and Cronus myth?
Band 6: Our concert is coming up FAST! The 5/6 Band and Chorus concert is Thursday December 8th at 7 pm in the High School auditorium. Please encourage your student to practice their concert music regularly! :)
7th Grade
7th Grade Digital Planner (Please bookmark this link.)
Math: What a week before break! Pre-Algebra has had to work at a much faster pace for us to catch up to where we need to be, but I think we’ve got there. Firstly, our long awaited second unit test will be coming up the week after break! Wow! Second, we’ve gotten a few quizzes in as well. Math 7 has been taking its time to practice adding positive and negative numbers. It’s going very well! They also had a quiz the week on the 18th about it. Woo hoo!
Music: Students completed a graded assessment called ‘A Song You Like- Part 2’ this past week. This was in preparation for our final project of the unit which we will start working on after Thanksgiving! Students have been learning about and practicing using musical vocabulary to talk about what they hear when they listen to a song, and why they like it. AND… drum roll please…. The winner of the Russell I. Doig MS Favorite Song Bracket is… ‘Renegade’ by X Ambassador.s The MS Media Club will be working on a lip sync mash-up video to ‘Renegade’!
7/8 Band: The 7/8 Band & Chorus concert is Tuesday, 12/13 at 7pm in the HS Auditorium! Students who did not complete their assessment on ‘Dark Ride’ this week will need to be prepared to play it at their lesson the week we come back from Thanskgiving. Challenge: Play your concert music for at least 3 different people! Pets can count:) Recordings of all concert music are posted on Google Classroom- play along with the recording!
STEAM: This week we completed our engineering Windmill Challenge. We will begin our Agriculture unit and compete in the NYS Mac and Cheese Challenge after the Thanksgiving break.
8th Grade
ELA 8: Students continue their reading of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. This week, they are writing predictions using the CLEAR paragraph graphic organizer.
Social Studies: This past week we continued to look at the changes & impacts that westward expansion had in the late 1800s, with a focus on Native Americans. I will be sharing a few Nearpod presentations with students that have a variety of sources to analyze, video clips to watch, and 360° images to explore. We ended the week with a quiz.
Science 8: We have been studying the properties of gasses and the influence of energy on the motion of the particles in gasses. Students worked really well and cooperatively this week in our investigation of the heating and cooling of gasses. They even got some great pictures to add to their portfolios. It would be helpful if students had an ample supply of PENCILS for class.
Regents Earth Science: We have been studying weathering and erosion. Students have learned about the different kinds of weathering, the formation of soils, and the four main types of erosion. We will continue our studies of erosion and landscape development after the break.
7/8 Band: The 7/8 Band & Chorus concert is Tuesday, 12/13 at 7pm in the HS Auditorium! Students who did not complete their assessment on ‘Dark Ride’ this week will need to be prepared to play it at their lesson the week we come back from Thanskgiving. Challenge: Play your concert music for at least 3 different people! Pets can count:) Recordings of all concert music are posted on Google Classroom- play along with the recording! 7/8 Lesson Schedule 11/14- 11/18
Clubs & Activities
Student Council
Our next meeting will be Tuesday, November 29th 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.
Ski Club
The opportunity to sign up for 7-12 ski club is coming to an end! We have had such a great outpouring of interest in ski club this year that our bus is full. We will close online purchases on Tuesday 11/22. If you are interested in getting a program pass and can provide your own transportation, please email nsalib@tburg.k12.ny.us and I can help arrange that purchase with Greek Peak.
PTO
It is that time of year!! 'Give the Gift of T-burg' - Help support PTO and Trumansburg businesses by buying local gift cards for the holidays. Last year we sold over $8,000, keeping that money right here in our community.
20% of all sales go to PTO. Order deadline is December 9
Shop now: https://tburgpto.com/shop/
Follow us on Facebook to stay up to date with all of our events: https://www.facebook.com/tburgmspto
Community
Recreation
YOUTH WINTER BASKETBALL CLINIC
Saturday morning basketball clinic for boys and girls in grades 4-6.
Time: 10:30 am - 11:45 am
Program Dates: December 3rd - February 11th
Location: Trumansburg middle school gym (Programs will not hold clinics during winter break)
Basketball Clinic Fee: $55 Registration is open until December 3rd
YOUTH BASKETBALL LOCAL TRAVEL PROGRAM
Boys and girls team travel basketball program for players in grades 4-6. There will be two practices during the week and games on Saturdays in Trumansburg and the surrounding communities.
Current team options:
Girls: 4th grade & Girls 5th/6th grade
Boys: 4th grade; 5th grade; and 6th grade
Program Dates: Practices begin the week after Thanksgiving
Locations: Practices--Trumansburg elementary school. Home games --Trumansburg middle school gym (No practices during the winter break).
Fee: $85 (Scholarships are available)
For more information please contact Will Glennon, Recreation Director at recdirector@townofulysses.gov
Registration for recreation programs will be online through RecDesk. If you have not created an account on RecDesk, please create a family account first, then you will be able to register for winter recreation and future recreation programming.
Building Contacts
Main Office: Brenda Everhart, 607-387-2825
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
Paul Rhudy, 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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