med o gram upcoming events: january 2019
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UPCOMING EVENTS: PTM MEETING January 9, 5:30pm Media Center RESTAURANT NIGHT— 5 & DINER January 15, 10am—10pm PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES January 15, 16 KIDS UNDER THE INFLUENCE—DISTRICT PROGRAM Madison Center of the Arts January 15, 6:00pm—7:00pm HALF DAY January 16, 12:05pm MLK DAY — NO SCHOOL January 21 BOOKFAIR January 25—Feb. 1 RESTAURANT NIGHT — 5 & Diner January 15, 10am—10:00pm TCT, 2:10pm Release January 30
January 6– Med-O-Gram Publication 16 – Half Day 12:05pm Release 7 – School Resumes 21 – Martin Luther King Day,
School Closed 9 – PTM Meeting, 5:30pm, Media Center 25 – Feb.1 – Bookfair 6:30 TBD 31 – TCT Day, 2:10pm Release 15, 16 – Parent Teacher Conferences
February 1 – Med-O-Gram Publication 18 – Presidents’ Day, 6 – PTM Meeting – 5:30pm, Media Center School Closed 6:30 – Internet Safety Presentation 21 - Meadows’s Got Talent
7 - All About Meadows (5:30pm Simis) (Get your talented stu dent practicing – try
outs in Early Feb.) 6, 13, 27 – TCT Days – 2:10pm Release
March 1 – Med-O-Gram Publication 15 – Half Day, 12:05pm Release 6 – PTM Meeting – 5:30pm, Media Center 18-22 – Spring Break, 6:30 – Opioid Awareness Presentation School Closed 6, 27 – TCT Day, 2:10pm Release
April 1 – Med-O-Gram Publication 6 – Spring Social - 3 – PTM Meeting – 5:30pm, Media Center ADULTS ONLY – So FUN!! 3, 24 – TCT – 2:10pm Release 8-18, 22-23 – School Testing 19 – Spring Holiday, School Closed
May 1 – Med-O-Gram Publication 1 – PTM Meeting – 5:30pm, Media Center 1, 8, 15 – TCT Days – 2:10pm Release 6-10 – Teacher Appreciation Week 9 - 8th Grade Community Project Night, 6pm 22 – Student Last Day – Half Day, 12:05pm 8th Grade Commencement
MED-O-GRAM JANUARY 2019
Happy 2019!!!
DID ANYONE RESOLVE TO BE MORE INVOLVED? We can help!! Please plan to attend our January 9th PTM Meeting either in person in the library or on Facebook as live feed – 5:30 – 6:30. At 6:30pm special Madison Parent Recom-mended speaker, Taylor Rodriquez will address self esteem and good study habits. Join us for this important discussion.
Here are the other dates to put in your calendar. Hope to see you soon!
Leeann [email protected]
Hello and Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday – filled with family, friends, and lots of good cheer. Our schedule has changed for TCT days only to allow for a later lunch.
P1 8:30 – 9:10 P2 9:13 – 9:53 P3 9:56 – 10:36 P7 10:39 – 11:19 P4 11:21 – 12:01 P5 12:04 – 12:43 P6 12:46 – 1:26 P8 1:29 – 2:10
GRADE LEVEL UPDATES: 5th Grade: Language arts completed their informative writing CPA. Science just finished a research project on invasive species in the United States. Social Studies classes are learning about Colonial America and the events that lead to the American Revolution. Math classes just recently finished decimal operations and will begin fractions in January. 6th Grade: Science: In December we are wrapping up the Weather and Water Unit. To do so, we are combing all the knowledge that we have learned thus far about weather and water to create a 3-D Water Cycle project. The students are working in groups to demonstrate the processes that are taking place around us everyday. They have also been challenged to investigate how the human consumption of natural resources impacts the water cycle and depict this in their projects as well. They are doing a great job! In January, we will begin our Diversity of Life Unit, in which we will explore cells, microorganisms and multicellular organisms. This is a really fun unit as well. We love 6th grade Science! Social Studies: Students will present their Country Reports in a Parade of Nations on Friday, Dec. .21st. We are also exploring Ancient Egypt. In Mrs. Bradley's class students carved their name in a Cartouche using the ancient Hieroglyphic alphabet. We will be completing the unit on Ancient Egypt when we return from winter break. We will then move into our exploration of Ancient India. Also, students will begin to learn about ancient Rome and Greece; and Ms. Whitney's classes will read selected chapters of The Odyssey. English Language Arts: Students are reading Esperanza Rising and focusing on the five elements of literature which are character, setting, conflict, plot and theme. We also continued reading selected excerpts from Studysync. Students also completed the district benchmark which focused on Explanatory Essay writing. Math: Throughout December, 6th graders have learned about Pre-Algebra. We’ve discussed concepts like varia-bles and how they show up in the real world. Demonstrating how to use mathematical operations to solve for an unknown number has been a new way to look at math. In class, we’ve used Algebra Tiles to illustrate how to build and solve one-step equations. In January, we move to two-step equations and begin our next IB project. 7th Grade: Science is finishing up Earth Science and moving on to Ecology! We will be learning about animal adaptations and environmental changes! Social Studies is finishing a unit on the Civil War and presenting projects. Math is learn-ing about integers, equations, and systems of equations. Language Arts is doing presentations about a memory that students wrote about in an essay. AEP language arts is doing presentations on utopias and dystopias. Continued on next page….
8th Grade: Science classes are studying the chemical reactions of both synthetic and natural resources. In order to physically test these reactions, students made polymers, which is a fancy word for slime. Thermoenergy will be the next unit, and students will be creating a device that either emits or contains energy. Barbie dolls have been bungee jumping in Math class with the help of students’ calculations on height, weight, resistance, and distance. With the glass walls, it has been an interesting sight! Next week students will get an integer review, since integers seem flee from the minds of students like thieves in the night! If you want to help out at home, ask your child about integers and marvel at the response. All Social Studies classes are finishing up government and moving on to World War II after winter break. Both English classes are focusing on expository writing, after having finished novel studies and media comparisons. Wednesday guided studies are now devoted to the IB Community Project. Students are able to work with their groups on research and development of their service learning projects — a major grade in social studies classes. Exploratory: Digital Design 5/6: 5th & 6th grades participated in Hour of Code along with millions of others around the world on December. 5th. 6th grade has focused on photo editing and 5th grade has spent time learning coordinates in spreadsheets. PE 7/8: All 7th and 8th Grade Physical Education classes have been participating in Flag Football and Softball. Upcoming sports include Badminton and Paddle Ball. PE 5/6: All 5th and 6th grade students are completing our jump rope projects and a basketball unit. IB criterion are being done for each activity. We are finishing with some lead-up activities and just for fun activities. Spanish 7/8: Students are learning to identify and describe food items. They are using verbs (conjugating them correctly) to order food and drinks. They are also learning about the food pyramid used in Latin America. Spanish 5/6: 5th grade finished working on the verb “Ser” in the present tense and being introduced to asking and telling time. 6th grade is working on learning and using stem changing verbs in the present tense and verbs with irregular “Yo” forms. We are all looking forward to a successful second semester. Thank you for your continued support! Sincerely, Pat Carney M.Ed Principal Madison Meadows Middle School (602) 664-7601
Extraordinary Learning for All
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Becki Williams, LMSW Meadows Social Worker 602-664-7630 [email protected]
FROM BECKI...
Open Enrollment for NEW students: Visit the district website at: https://madisonaz.org/enrollment/ The Open Enrollment form will be live on Saturday, December 1st. Parents will be able to click on the available link and also submit online.
8th Grade Commencement Committee Here at Meadows, we do a lot to celebrate the 8th grade graduates. This includes a special field trip, dance, awards ceremony, commencement ceremony, panoramic picture of entire class, commencement pictures, a memory USB, a student designed t-shirt and more! None of this is possible without the help of our volunteer parents who do all these extra things for the students! We can use volunteers for many different things but here is a list of the main needs:
• Accounting Chair: Keeps track of payments and budget Theresa Rink! • Field Trip Chair: Confirms reservations, gets sunscreen and water bottle donations, prints flyers for
sun safety Bridget Bell! • Volunteers’ Chair: Gets volunteers for commencement ceremony and dance. Becky Nieto! • Picture Day Chair: Sends notices out about picture day, provide clothing options if needed, help on
picture day Needed! • Dance Lead: Oversees 8th Grade Commencement Dance Needed! • Food Lead: Collects food for dance by donations and budget, help set up at dance Needed! • Dance Photo Lead: Reserves photo booth for dance, help get ready at dance Needed! • Awards Event Chair: Orders certificates, fill in student information, set up parent sign in table at as-
sembly. Needed!
• Theme/T-Shirt Chair: Order and arrange design for Commencement shirts. LeiLani Ward!
8th grade parents are not allowed at the dance, so 7th grade parents this is your chance to see what it's all about! Also 8th Grade parents will want to be able to enjoy commencement so we need other grade level parents to help on commencement day! Please contact me with any questions you have, all help is greatly appreciated! A committee meeting will be scheduled for later this month! Please come get an idea of what it's about, give your input and see where you can help! Bridget Bell 8th Grade Commencement Chair [email protected]
ATTENTION 8TH
GRADE PARENTS!!
Hey Students...
7TH GRADE WINTER WONDERLAND DANCE
Friday, January 18 3:45 to 5:00pm
Music, cold refreshments & selfie booth will be featured
Tickets & Permission slips required for entry
Bring cash for refreshments (less than $10)
Parents welcome to volunteer. Please contact [email protected]
Students must be picked up no later than 5:15pm by parents
Sponsored by Student Council
SPORTS NEWS!!
Meadows' Athletics is halfway through the Winter sports season! The season will be over by the end of January and then Spring sports will begin practicing in February. Spring sports are: Boys' & Girls' Track & Field (no cuts); Varsity & JV Baseball; Varsity & JV Softball; and Boys' Volleyball. Infor-mation about Spring Sports tryouts will be posted near the end of Jan-uary. Our Winter teams current records are: Wrestling, 4-1; Flag Football, 4-0; Girls' Varsity & JV Basketball are both 5-0; Boys' JV Basketball, 4-1; and Boys' Varsity Basketball is 2-3. Varsity & JV Cheer will compete for the Conference Championship on Saturday, February 2nd at Sunnyslope High School. Peter Samuel Athletic Director
TEACHER APPRECIATION: August Treat Leeann Spangler September Treat: Lois Malone October Treat: Bruce Thomas Fall Conference Meals: Lisa Coughlin December Treat: Lois Malone
COOKIES FROM HOME:
MEADOWS/SIMIS HOLIDAY PARTY
Thelma Alvarado Kelly Luba Duane Aul Laurie McClimon Melissa Boydston Jean McDade Chuck Carter Becky McKay Kim Choukalas Kathryn Major Susie Daoust Lois Malone Margi Ellis Rebecca Nieto Monica Fales Heather O’Toole Jeff and Pam Frye Coculana Swart Rick Gillis David and Lori Takeuchi Toby and Chris Goodfarb Angela Talbot Mitra Khazai Julie Watters Emily Doell Klugman Patty Wubker
Our Sponsors:
Blue Orthodontists CANE’s Chicken
Meadows Dads’ Club Meadows PTM
Our Hosts:
Philip and Leeann Spangler Case
MEADOWS VOLUNTEERS
WE SUCCEED WITH YOU!!
Amy Adkins Susan Healy Fawn Becker Angela Jaramillo Yolana Blanco Pam Kasovac Rendee Combs Shannon Kavanagh Deanna/Dahlia Concholar Lindsay Kittler (Huxtable) Katherine Corcoran Kelly Luba Robin Cotto Ashley Lupica Alissa Cowan Kristy Matock Sadie Jo Smokey-Crews Radha Pappas Janey Crook Shelley Parnell Darla Denetdale Renee Reiman Debbie Diaz Melissa Smithson Tracey Dryer Leeann Spangler Kelli Duarte Lori Takeuchi Jennie Elser Angela Talbot Monica Fales Brooke Turley Araceli Garces Gina Van Buren Elena Garcia Kerrie Wallace Lupe Garnica Dionne Washington Cathy Giza Naomi V Chris Goodfarb Anne Elizabeth Hamilton Patty Wubker, Chair
ACTIVITY FEE Every school year each family is asked to pay a $50 Activity fee for each of their students. Over the course of the school year this fee covers field trips, demonstrations, special guest visits, bus transportation to off campus events, assemblies and other school wide and grade level events. The Activity fee applies towards your Arizona Tax Credit and must be paid to participate in field trips including the cost of the 8th Grade Water Day and Sunscreen/Hydration lesson associated with this field trip. This is a $50 tax credit donation. Ways to donate: On-Line: To pay the $50 per student activity fee online: www.madisonaz.org Hover over where it says “PARENTS” and then click on “PAY A FEE” Scroll to the bottom of the page and click where it says “online” under the School Activity Fee section Click on “Make a Donation” School: Madison Meadows; Activity: General - general We do not have access to view online payments, so please make sure you forward the tax credit confirmation email to [email protected] Please include your student’s name(s) and grade level(s) in the email. In Person: Come in to Madison Meadows Office. Donations can be made by credit card or debit card in the office.
TAX CREDIT Don’t forget us…. Remember, as we get closer to 2018, you may make your tax credit donation to Madison Meadows and support your children’s classrooms! Ways to donate: On-Line: www.madisonaz.org (Follow steps as listed above) In Person: You may bring the form below and your donation to the school donation site of your choice in person or to the Madison District Office at 5601 N. 16th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85016. By Mail: Print the form from the link below and return along with your check to the school of your choice or to the District Office address below: http://madisonaz.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/tax-credit-web_9-2015.pdf Mailing Address: Madison School District Attn: Tax Credit Program 5601 N. 16th Street Phoenix , AZ 85016 Be sure to keep your receipt(s) for tax purposes. The students of Madison School District thank you for your support!
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PTM MEETINGS: Meetings will be in the Media Center at 5:30pm. Here are our scheduled dates:
January 9 February 6 March 6 April 3 May 1
Together we can make a difference!
PTM BOARD:
President Leeann Spangler, [email protected] Co Vice President Dionne Washington, [email protected] Co-Vice President Theresa Rink, [email protected] Treasurer, Accounts Payable Lori Takeuchi, [email protected] Treasurer, Accounts Receivable Melissa Boydston, [email protected] Recording Secretary Chris Goodfarb, [email protected] Communications Secretary Nicole Lynch, [email protected]
PTM MISSION STATEMENT: PTM’s mission is to provide support to our children, our faculty, staff, administration and our parents for the betterment of the educational process and social environment of Madison Meadows Middle School. PTM needs your involvement to meet our mission! Check out our volunteer and committee page on the PTM website. We have a variety of ways to help! www.meadowsptm.org