Keep calm and carry on. If a

bully strikes, a kid's best

defense may be to remain

calm, ignore hurtful remarks,

tell the bully to stop, and

simply walk away. Bullies

thrive on hurting others. A

child who isn't easily ruffled

has a better chance of stay-ing off a bully's radar.

Don't try to fight the battle

yourself. Sometimes talking

to a bully's parents can be

constructive, but it's general-

ly best to do so in a setting

where a school official, such

as a counselor, can mediate.

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Did you know that 25% of public

schools report that bullying

among kids happens on a daily or

weekly basis? And that 1 in 5

high school students report be-

ing bullied in the past year?

The good news is that because

bullying has made national head-

lines, schools and communities (and even celebrities) are taking

a strong stand against bullying.

You can do your part at home,

too. Here are 5 smart strategies

to keep kids from becoming

targets — and stop bullying that

has already started:

Talk about it. Talk about bully-

ing with your kids and have

other family members share

their experiences. If one of

your kids opens up about

being bullied, praise him or

her for being brave enough

to discuss it and offer uncon-

ditional support. Consult

with the school to learn its

policies and find out how

staff and teachers can ad-

dress the situation.

Remove the bait. If it's lunch

money or gadgets that the school bully is after, you can

help neutralize the situation

by encouraging your child to

pack a lunch or go to school

gadget-free.

Buddy up for safety. Two or

more friends standing at

their lockers are less likely

to be picked on than a child

who is all alone. Remind

your child to use the buddy

system when on the school

bus, in the bathroom, or

wherever bullies may lurk.

Ms. Belinda Tummons, the

Stucky Middle School counselor,

organized events with students

throughout the month to stomp

out bullying. Storm Time stu-

dents wrote positive words to

add to a school-wide chain to be

unveiled later in celebration of

“Together Against Bullying” cam-

paign in October.

Center: 8th grader Samantha

Lopez thinks over what words to

5 Ways to Bully-Proof Your Kid

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

6th Grade

News 2

AVID News 2

7th Grade

News 3

8th Grade

News 4

Spanish News 5

Library News 5

6th Grade

Pictures 6

School House

Rocks, Jr. 7

Choices Fair 8

Calendar 10

Barnes &

Noble Book

Fair 10

Storm Time Stomps on Bullying

W I C H I T A P U B L I C

S C H O O L S

Stucky Storm Watch N O V E M B E R 1 , 2 0 1 7 N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 7

F A L L

B R E A K

N O V . 2 0 - 2 4

The

write on her anti-bullying chain

links during Storm Time.

Right: 8th grader Jaylen Hard-

well, 7th graders Jaden York and

Troy Rayborn, and 8th grader

Julien Moore work in Storm

Time on the anti-bullying chain.

P A G E 2

Caption describing

picture or graphic.

6th Grade News Mathematics

It’s that time of year in

math when we dive into

ratios! We just finished

topics that included fraction

and decimal operations,

which align nicely with the

overarching concept of

ratios. A ratio is simply a

comparison of 2 (or more)

quantities. Below is a link

to a15 minute video about

ratios. In the next few

weeks, you can expect to

see assignments involving

writing, reading, comparing,

and solving ratio problems.

https://

www.khanacademy.org/

questions/where-do-we-use

-ratios/kafb_4079879

See picture below left:: Mrs.

Fergel’s students exploring

attributes of different 3

dimensional figures.

English Language Arts

Sixth grade language arts

just finished their first unit

over relationships. Stu-

dents learned how to find

evidence within the text to

support the overall idea

that relationships impact

life experiences. The next

unit will focus on heroes,

fictional and real. Students

will make connections with

their text to understand

that anybody can be a hero.

Science

Mrs. Medlam’s 6th grade

Science classes used their

observations skills and

Practices of Science to

complete a lab on the For-

tune Teller Fish of the

South China Seas. We have

also explored mystery

chemicals and cabbage juice

to enhance are measure-

ment skills. Our next topic

is density.

The sixth grade students in

Mrs. Overstake’s science

class are finishing the chem-

istry unit this week. We

have learned about the

parts of atoms, the periodic

table of elements and how

molecules are formed. We

have learned about the

differences between chemi-

cal and physical properties

and chemical and physical

changes. The students then

spent several days in the lab

performing experiments to

actually cause the changes,

and wrote lab reports

about the observations as

the changes occurred. We

are finishing the unit by

making ice cream, and dis-

cussing the changes we

observe before the stu-

dents get to eat their prod-

uct.

S T U C K Y S T O R M W A T C H

understand. Their peers, in groups

of 4-7, listen as the presenter iden-

tifies their point of confusion about

the topic of their question. They

then work together to question the

presenter and remind them of re-

sources where they can find help.

The college Tutor facilitates the

conversation. All students take

In the AVID Elective class students

learn the value of collaboration in

learning. Twice a week college

students lead AVID students

through the “tutorial” process.

Individual students present a ques-

tion that they are struggling to

notes and reflect on their own

learning. These collaborative study

groups create habits for rigorous

learning in preparation for college

and career.

Email Rachel Wysong or Kris Ehling

for more information about your

student joining the AVID program.

AVID Creates Collaborative Study Groups

Left: L to R:

Anyia Grant,

Annabelle Breault,

Malaya Tindall

Right: Briley

Lennen and

McKenzie

Shifflett

See more 6th

Grade pictures

on page 6.

7th Grade News

P A G E 3 N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 7

Social Studies

In Social Studies, students have

begun their first DBQ of the

year. DBQ stands for Docu-

ment Based Question. Students

are given an essential question

and a series of supporting docu-

ments. Through analysis and

discussion, students will use the

documents to support their

argument about the ques-

tion. This DBQ asks students

“What is the Most Important

Consequence of Climate

Change?” This project culmi-

nates with a 5 paragraph essay,

written entirely in class. Ask

your student about the conse-

quences they have identified so

far!

7th graders in Mr. Butler’s social

studies class show off their land

use and resources posters in the

pictures below. Students were

assigned a “plot of land” and a

“million dollars” to invest to

turn snow areas into ski slopes

and jungle areas into animal

reserves or deserts into spas

and oil drill areas.

English Language Arts

Seventh grade Language Arts

classes are working on a cour-

age unit. Students are respond-

ing to questions such as what

courage is, in what ways cour-

age defines character, and what

situations might cause an indi-

vidual to act courageously.

Students are also beginning a

review of basic grammar skills.

Above: AVID Tutor,

Brooke Bair listens during

a Tutorial.

Left: An AVID Tutorial.

Below: A tutorial pre-

senter identifying her

question and point of con-

fusion.

Continued from page 2 “AVID Creates Collaborative Study Groups”

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8th Grade News Mathematics

In Math 8 students are ex-

ploring and justifying the

relationships between an-

gles and sides in a triangle.

They establish the Triangle

Sum Theorem and use the

theorem as they explore

the relationship between

interior angle measures and

the side lengths of triangles.

Students identify exterior

angles and remote interior

angles of triangles and ex-

plore the relationship be-

tween these angles. They

then will be practicing ap-

plying the theorems.

Algebra students have been

talking about functions and

their matching tables and

graphs. We will continue

this conversation and start

adding slope intercept form

and point slope form.

Social Studies

8th grade Social Studies has

been working on their se-

mester DBQ (Document

Based Questions.) Each

student had to decide

which principle of the Dec-

laration of Independence

was most important to

them. They chose between

Equality, the right to Life,

Liberty and the Pursuit of

Happiness, Consent of the

Governed, or the right to

Alter or Abolish the Gov-

ernment. Additionally, stu-

dents have been studying

Taxation without Repre-

sentation and the factors

that lead to the Revolution-

ary War.

English Language Arts

One of my favorite units to

teach is the fear unit. Just

in time for Halloween, stu-

dents are learning about

the type of fear your mind

can conjure up when things

go bump in the night. We

will read stories such as

“The Hitchhiker” by Lucille

Fletcher and “Tell Tale

Heart” by Edgar Allan

Poe. Students will do a

variety of things such as

power points, writing a

newspaper article about a

“murder” and making

tweets about a scary road

trip!

Eighth Grade students are learning about all the taxes

and proclamations the King is imposing on the colonists

and why they got angry enough to start a revolution.

S T U C K Y S T O R M W A T C H

Spanish News

P A G E 5 N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 7

Eighth grade students are

almost done reviewing all that

they learned last year. The will

soon start chapter 3B. In this

chapter they will extend their

food vocabulary to dinner foods

and healthy choices. They will

use all of the grammar and vo-

cabulary that we have been

reviewing, plus the new vocabu-

lary to ask and answer ques-

tions about their eating and

exercise habits. Now that we

will be starting a new chapter,

8th grade students will no longer

have vocabulary logs. They

should expect one to two

homework assignments per

week but will continue weekly

quizzes.

Seventh grade students

have started chapter 1A which

is about identifying what they

like to do. They will be able to

ask and answer verbal and writ-

ten questions regarding their

personal preferences when we

are done with this chapter.

They should expect homework

at least once per week, so

please be on the lookout!

They will continue to have a

quiz (either spoken or written)

every Tuesday.

The sixth grade students

are starting a new quarterly

rotation. We will be going over

classroom rules and expecta-

tions. While students are only

in Spanish for a quarter, they

will have weekly homework to

study for at least an hour, log it,

and have a parent sign the sheet

verifying that they have studied.

They will have a quiz every

Tuesday which can be a combi-

nation of speaking, listening, or

writing. Please encourage your

child to study Spanish outside

of class.

The last week of October

seventh and eighth grade stu-

dents will be learning about the

traditions of Día de los muertos

or Day of the Dead. Don’t be

fooled by the name! This Latin

American pre-Hispanic holiday

is not about celebrating death.

Rather, it celebrates and re-

members the lives of loved

ones who have passed. It is

similar to Memorial Day in the

United States. Students learned

about the symbols and tradi-

tions of the Día de los muertos

particularly in Mexico.

Reminder: Every week your

child should be studying their

vocabulary for at fifteen

minutes each day. It is very im-

portant that they study and

practice outside of class.

Sunday, December 3, 2017

from 1-5 p.m. In Store pur-

chase, café purchases, cheese-

cake purchases and online pur-

chases can all help Stucky, as

long as you mention our name,

Stucky Middle School, at the

register at time of purchase. We

will have students from AVID

to wrap gifts. National Aca-

demic League (NAL) will be

participating and Mrs. Coats is

trying to brainstorm an event

through her PBL students. It is

always nice to go to our local

bookstore and see familiar faces

outside of school and enjoy the

atmosphere and knock out

some of your holiday gift list.

See page 10 for more details.

Mary Sumner, Library Clerk

Hello Stucky! I wanted to give a

thanks to all the patrons for

their purchases at the Scholas-

tic book fair. This enabled us to

receive $656.66 worth of books

for our library.

We have another great oppor-

tunity to support the library

with our annual Barnes & No-

ble Book Fair. We are set for

Barnes & Noble Book Fair Set for Dec 3

Left: Mr. Tyner's 6th

hour performing skits about

Types of Government.

Can you identify the type of

government being acted

out?

P A G E 6

Left to Right , Top to Bottom:

Josh Edwards is pleased with his molecule!

Callie Lemuz and BryJohn Carter Taylor are excited about the chemical changes.

Caleb Jackson and Ti'nya Summers working on their experiment.

Kayla Wooten, Sayge Trimmel and Natalie Dang model the goggles they wear during the chemistry lab.

Lauren Perry and Fisher Oakley watch for chemical changes.

Cooper Oakley and Alan Mustafa carefully read the directions before a chemistry lab.

Arturo Jackson and Dawson Tran concentrate on their molecule model.

Dedra Brinkly and Sammye Jenkins built a model of a sugar molecule.

Jeremiah Blackwell and Xander Wilder preparing their chemicals.

Trevor Bryant and Michael Rogers discover that it takes two pairs of cooperating hands to build this molecule.

Jadyn Wells and JuTralin Allen add the final marshmallow atoms to their molecule.

Derrick Turner and Koda Warren writing their observations.

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P A G E 7 N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 7

P A G E 8

S T U C K Y S T O R M W A T C H

P A G E 9 N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 7

As we prepare for the 29th annual district “Choices Fair,” recognizing the many choices offered

through our magnet programs, we also want to celebrate other opportunities available for our fami-

lies and students in Wichita Public Schools. We believe that opportunities such as our Career and

Technical Education programs in high schools, our programs such as Advancement Via Individual De-

termination (AVID), Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC), and Parents As Teachers

(PAT), to name a few, should also be highlighted at this event. These opportunities, in addition to

magnet choices, provide a rich diversity of educational enrichment and support for our students and

families.

This year, in an effort to shine a light on the many Choices and Opportunities offered by Wichita

Public Schools, the district has rebranded the name of what we once called “Choices Fair” to ……

A Showcase Of Choices and Opportunities

For

Wichita Public Schools

The Showcase is scheduled for

Wednesday November 8, 2017 at Century II Exhibition Hall from 5:30-8:00 pm.

The 2018-19 magnet applications are now available to all. The deadline is December 15, 2017.

Magnet applications are available at www.usd259.org/magnet

Applications should be submitted directly to the Magnet office via;

Hand delivery

U.S. Mail (903 S. Edgemoor, Wichita KS 67218)

Email to magnet@usd259.net

Magnet Programs and Enrichment Opportunities

Official Calendar of Events

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dar below to see the most

current calendar of events.

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