Folks, The recent school shooting incident in Florida has left many of us reeling from yet one more mass shooting spree involving students. The reverberations are being felt across our country and your children may be feeling anxious, frightened, or uneasy about...
In the World Language classes, our Grade 6 Spanish students continue to describe their family with appropriate adjectives. Now, they are adding a few more verbs such as “ir a” “venir” and expressions with the verb “tener.” Grade 7 is learning possessive adjectives,...
Good news! Every Middle School Student will be receiving their FitnessGram Reports this upcoming week. Students were previously evaluated utilizing five different wellness assessments to determine their different levels of fitness. They will be asked to reflect on...
In Studio Art 6 our Earthship PBL is well underway. Students have drawn out the floor plans for their Earthship houses and transferred them onto foam core bases. They are now building up the interior and exterior walls with cardboard and plastic recyclables. Students...
Our Lead Advisory Group, along with Dr. Mirangela Buggs, recently facilitated a professional development day with the Middle School faculty focusing on engaging in difficult conversations. In break out small groups, HomeBase advisors had the opportunity to discuss,...
Contributed by Grade 6 Dean Tasha Urbanowski One of the easiest ways we can all "go green" is to compost our food waste. If we just throw them away, food scraps clog landfills and add to greenhouse gas emissions -- and we waste valuable nutrients that could be going...
Last week, our very own Director of Technology Mr. Trevor Shaw was the featured presenter at our MS Assembly. His topic? Social media and technology, of course. Mr. Shaw stressed three points when using social media: 1. Be nice, 2. Think about Privacy, and 3. Stay...
Grade 6: We really enjoyed seeing so many parents and teachers at our Food and Identity Unit Celebration this past Thursday. It was a great way to culminate the unit, and students enjoyed sharing their work with adults in our community. In addition to sharing their...
Folks, In the last two issues of MS Messages, I shared with you six tips to help you work with your young adolescent on organization skills. I hope you found this information helpful and interesting. In this issue of I’d like to remind us all about the uneven growth...