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Calendar
Weekly Update
Week of September 24th
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Open House: Thursday, September 28th
Please consider ordering a chicken BBQ dinner (5-6 pm) to help support the 8th grade trip to Washington DC this spring. We could really use your support. ALL orders need to be in by Monday - there will be no extra meals available night of. Chicken BBQ order form.
Middle School
Office Updates
From Ms. Amodeo
The Middle School Open House is this Thursday, 9/28, on the schedule below. We hope to see you all there.
Office Updates
From Mr. Megivern
September is rolling along at T-burg Middle School. We’ve reached the end of the proverbial honeymoon phase, as students and staff seem to be making adjustments and settling in. Friendly reminder: We do not allow students to have caffeinated drinks in school. Only water is permitted. Thanks as always for your support.
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).
Science: Thank you for supporting your students in their nightly sky observations. We do this for three more weeks, so please help keep up the momentum. Ready to be impressed? Ask your kiddo what causes day and night. Ask them what our shadows can tell us about time of day, and how that relates to the position of the sun in the sky and the rotation of the Earth. Ask about sundials and moon phases.
ELA: This week students visited the MS library to learn more about its procedures but most importantly what it has to offer. Students also picked out their first 5th Grade JRB to have completed independently in the next 4 weeks. Students were able to decide if they would be reading this book by chapters or pages and set a weekly goal to meet the 4 week deadline. Students are encouraged to read and enjoy this book in order to add it to their in class Books Read List for the whole year. Also we are starting a new class text next week titled, Front Desk. Please check out the linked letter to families with information regarding this novel: Front Desk Parent Letter.
Math: This week we learned how to use exponents to denote powers of ten and how to multiply and divide those numbers. We also practiced how to read and write decimals to the thousandths using standard, word, and expanded form. Looking ahead to the coming week we will be comparing and rounding decimals. Students have also been enjoying some friendly competition to get the high score on digit.party in their free time, can you beat their score?
Social Studies: This week we looked at G.R.A.P.E.S., a system we will use to study different civilizations throughout the year. Ask your 5th grader if they remember what each letter stands for in the acronym.
Band: 5th grade band students should have gotten their instrument choice and a supply list. Please ask your student for these papers and then let me know if you have any questions about renting an instrument or purchasing supplies. I assume you will rent an instrument UNLESS you contact me.
6th Grade
6th grade planner(please bookmark this link)
Social Studies: Students have created amazing autobiography islands and they are so fun to see. We spent the week talking about what is on a map and different types of maps. We looked at current events in class on Friday.
Math: Students have learned some new vocabulary this week-variable, expression, equation and commutative property. We will be writing expressions and equations next week.
Science: Students spent last week analyzing data of temperature and elevation. We looked at how elevation impacts temperature and why.
ELA: Six word memoirs were completed this week and they look great. The students are really into Lightning Thief and they do not want to stop reading. They should be annotating while they read! They are looking for challenges and responses in chapter 4. We are going to start looking at allusions to myths next week.
Band: Mrs. Posegate’s Lesson Schedule Lessons are off to a great start! We have one big assignment this week - a Family Practice Agreement. Please read this over with your student, fill it out, sign and return.
7th Grade
7th Grade Digital Planner (Please bookmark this link.)
Science: The week finished with a lab practical on science skills. Students got to show off their knowledge and use science equipment around the room. Everyone now feels more prepared for multiple hands-on labs this year! Next week we will begin a unit on the Diversity of Life.
ELA 7: This past week we read an article about Rosh Hashanah, and it served as a springboard for our own self-reflection about what is important in our lives. We created a one-pager about what is important to us. This coming week we will explore making inferences and supporting them with text details.
Math: Next week we’ll dive deeper into our projects with both Math 7 and Pre-Algebra. Our project work will include working with calculating the overall cost of materials for our events and our unit prices. As part of this, we’ll learn about the constant of proportionality. Pre-Algebra will also get introduced to Scientific Notation. Our classes will be taking the IXL diagnostic in small bits of time during this week and next.
Social Studies: This week we continued to study Pre-Columbian Native American cultures! We learned that Native American groups developed unique cultures based on their geographic locations and we ended the week with a deep dive into the Northeastern region, studying the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
7th World Languages (Ms. Cederstrom)- This week, students were introduced to the numbers 1-13, how to ask for and give their age, and how to say “I have”. Students were also given a basic overview of how to look words up online. We will be starting The “Box of Awesome” Project this week. Please remind your student to bring in an empty box (cereal, cracker, shoe, etc.) for this project.
Chorus: 7th Graders are starting chorus lessons this week! 7/8 Chorus Lesson Schedule/Groups - week of 9/18
Music: We have been having such a great time playing musical genre kahoot and listening to/discussing music from different genres. We are getting ready to complete an assignment where students choose a genre and artist they are unfamiliar with to research.
7/8 Band: Lots going on! An e-mail went out Thursday (3 times because Mrs. Robertson should know better than to send out important info at the end of the week) with a lot of important information. Some links to that info are below. Please see e-mail for more detail.
Music Boosters coffee sale info and order form
Music Boosters Scholarship (money is available for student musical endeavors!)
8th Grade
Algebra: Algebra students are finishing up their unit on the building blocks of algebra. This week, that involves multiplying polynomials and translating english into math.
Math 8: In class we are finishing up our unit on exponent notation and moving into reviewing the basics of solving equations for a single variable.
ELA 8: Monday & Tuesday are running on a 1-hour delay for students to complete the iReady reading diagnostic. Students will conference with me later this week, to help analyze Students this data (along with DIBELS’ reading fluency) to help set ELA goals for the year. Students continue to read Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen (ch. 4-10 this week).
Social Studies: This week students unpack the Historian’s Toolkit. We will review and practice terms such as: primary/secondary sources, reliability, credibility, corroboration, and context.
8th World Languages (Ms. Cederstrom): This week, students reviewed and deepened their knowledge of how to talk about their identity by planning out their “Box of Awesome”. They will be putting their boxes together this week. We can’t wait for you to check them out at Open House this Thursday!
Chorus: 7/8 Chorus Lesson Schedule/Groups - week of 9/18
7/8 Band: Lots going on! An e-mail went out Thursday (3 times because Mrs. Robertson should know better than to send out important info at the end of the week) with a lot of important information. Some links to that info are below. Please see e-mail for more detail.
Music Boosters coffee sale info and order form
Music Boosters Scholarship (money is available for student musical endeavors!)
8th Grade D.C. Trip
8th graders - Plans for this year’s Washington DC trip are underway. The dates for this year’s trip will be June 12-14th. Our hope is that ALL 8th graders will be able to attend this year’s trip. There will be a meeting with all 8th graders to present the trip, behavior expectations for the year, and ways that you can help with the trip. If you have any questions see Mr. Begeal in room 306.
We need your help! We need to sell more chicken BBQ dinners! We need to have all orders in by Monday at noon and we are short our minimum #. Even if you are not planning to attend the Open House event on Thursday 9/28 - you can still order a BBQ dinner - (they are all packaged to go) - and pick it up at 5pm to take home. This fundraiser helps to support the 8th grade trip to DC and this would be a great way to help us out and save you from having to cook that night! If you haven’t already please use this link to order some dinners for Thursday. Thanks for your consideration.
Also - the PTO is looking for 8th graders willing to volunteer to babysit during PTO meetings. PTO will donate money towards the 8th grade trip for the volunteer shifts.
STEAM Salsa Challenge
In STEAM class, we kicked off our Salsa Challenge with a salsa and tomato tasting. Students are developing their own recipes and logos for their product. Next week we’ll make test batches of our salsas and give each other feedback for improvement.
Farm to School
The Harvest of the Month is tomatoes, so we held a tomato tasting in the cafeteria. Students tasted Sungold tomatoes as well as other cherry tomatoes. Sungolds, with their bright yellow color and sweet taste, were the favorite.
Want to know more about Farm to School? Look for our table at Open House on Thursday!
Clubs & Activities
Student Council
Athletics
Hey 8th Graders! Interested in running for Student Council President/Vice President? Get a running mate and see Mr. Begeal or Ms. Salib for an election packet. We need strong leadership with good ideas that will help make our Middle School an even better place to be. Student Council meetings will start the first week of October - afterschool.
The first Student Council meeting will be held on Tuesday October 3rd after school in room 306. All students are invited and encouraged to attend as we begin planning our annual Spirit Week and dance. We will also start gathering ideas for the year ahead. Hope to see you there.
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.
The Winter Season for Modified Sports will start on October 23, 2023 for Modified Boys Basketball and Modified Girls Volleyball. Registration on Family ID will open on Monday, September 25, 2023. You can find more information on our Athletics homepage at tburgschools.org; just click on the basketball towards the bottom of the page and look for a big blue box titled Winter Sports Sign-Ups. There you will find specific information important for registration.
Modified Boys Basketball will be coached by Michael Rocco (mrocco@tburg.k12.ny.us) for 7th grade and Andrew Burton (aburton@tburg.k12.ny.us) for 8th grade.
Modified Volleyball will be coached by: Rebecca Dann (rdann@tburg.k12.ny.us) and Zoe Golden (zgolden@tburg.k12.ny.us)
Please feel free to email coaches for sport and team specific information
PTO
First PTO Meeting of the year:
Wednesday September 20th at 6:00 PM in the Elementary School STEAM room. Free childcare and free pizza will be provided! Please join us!
Questions? Please email tburgmspto@gmail.com
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Ski Club
Ski Club information will come out soon. In the meantime, mark your calendars! There will be a Ski Swap at Greek Peak on October 6th.
Community
Youth Theatre Forum
- Tuesdays from 4:30-6:30pm from Sept 26 - December 12
- FREE and we’ll have a meal at every rehearsal
- Open to anyone in 7th-12th grade (or if not in school, of equivalent age)
- Meets at the Tompkins County Public Library
- Want to be involved but don’t have a way of getting there? Contact us and we can help brainstorm options.
- SIGN UP
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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