MGM 8th Grade House News
March 8, 2019
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NYC/Philly 8th Grade Trip Meeting
MGMS ROBOTICS TEAMS - Help them fundraise!
The MGM Robotics teams were on fire again this season, with all three teams advancing to state. The Gator Gears team earned 2nd place at state and will be traveling to the Arkansas Razorback International Robotics competition.
We are raising money to send the team to represent MGM in May at this international competition. Please consider making a donation through our GoFundMe page and passing this on to others in the Lexington community. Thank you for supporting our Robotics teams!
8th GRADE PASSAGES - Save the dates! April 2, 3, and 5
What is Passages? A Passages presentation is an opportunity for students to reflect upon their learning and demonstrate readiness for the next phase of their educational experience...high school. EL Education Schools provide this experience and opportunity to eighth grade students to help them improve upon public speaking and to prepare them for student-led conferences. This year, students will present their Passages in front of a panel. The panel will consist of teachers at MGMS and across the district, administrators, and community members. Passages is an important opportunity that empowers students to speak of their growth and progress as a learner.
8th GRADE PASSAGES PANELISTS - WE NEED YOUR HELP!
We Need YOU!!
MGM will begin their annual 8th-grade Passages presentations and we need you to be a community panel member!
A panelist listens to 8th-grade students share their middle school experience and provides feedback on their journey going forward to high school and into a future career. Please consider serving and being a part of this impactful learning experience for our students. Use the link below to sign up and feel free to pass this link on to other business and community leaders interested in serving in our school.
Meadow Glen Middle School
2019 8th grade Passages
April 2, 3, and 5
1:50-4pm
The goals of Passages for all students are to:
prepare and deliver a formal presentation demonstrating academic achievement and growth.
use evidence from their work to demonstrate mastery of the learning targets.
explain successes and failures in order to learn from them.
connect habits of scholarship to academic achievement.
communicate progress, set new goals and elicit necessary support.
engage the audience using techniques such as body language, voice, and tone to build interest and involvement.
arrive on time and dress professionally.
Questions? contact Ashley Holmes aholmes@lexington1.net
Spanish Cultural Night Survey
Relay for Life - Fill a Water Bottle
Can you imagine the impact we could have as a school if EVERY CREW could fill a water bottle for Relay for Life?
Bring your dimes to CREW and fill up a water bottle for Relay for Life.
9th Grade Course Selection
8th grade parents and students:
Course selection changes end March 14th!
Please be sure you are all set with your high school course selection. Any questions regarding proper levels, i.e. honors vs college prep, should be addressed with your 8th-grade teacher.
Change requests can be sent to the MGM school counselors. Thank you.
MGM Counseling Department - Follow us on Twitter: @mgmcounseling
BE A FAN - Support MGMS Special Olympics Atheletes
MGM PTO NEWS
See upcoming PTO dates:
* Ongoing - keep saving your used ink and toner cartridges
Encore News
Week of March 11
One Act plays are coming up!
March 25th and March 27th (8-2) 10:30am "13 Reasons NOT to Be in A Play"
March 26th and March 28th (8-1) 9:45am "The Bottom of the Lake"
We hope you can join us!
Early Bird Students
8TH GRADE UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS
ENGLISH I: See Schoology for individual updates
PRE-ALGEBRA: 6.1-6.3 quiz on Monday, 3/11
ALGEBRA I: 9.1-9.4 quiz on Monday, 3/11
GEOMETRY: Quadrilaterals Summative Wednesday
SCIENCE : Check individual Schoology Teacher pages for updates.
Test for Duggan and Lin Tuesday
SOCIAL STUDIES: Unit 5-1 Agricultural Economy Quiz is Friday 3/15
WORLD LANGUAGES: Please click on the link to view assessments.
Teacher Contact Information
Please contact your child's teacher if you have any questions or concerns.
Administration:
Dr Bill Coon - bcoon@lexington1.net
Dr. Kyle Meetze - kmeetze@lexington1.net
Jamie Powell-jpowell@lexington1.net
Alisa Long- aklong@lexington1.net
House Leader
Ashley Holmes aholmes@lexington1.net
8th Grade Core Teachers
Please see the attached information for 8th grade core teachers. Each content area also provided tips for success in these classes.
Encore Teachers
Drama - Rachel Cooper - rlcooper@lexington1.net
Orchestra - Jennifer Mann - jmann@lexington1.net
Dance - Megan Viazanko- mviazanko@lexington1.net
Dance - Kara Corley - kccorley@lexington1.net
Band - Melanie Winn- mwinn@lexinton1.net
Art - June Collins - jcollins@lexington1.net
Art - Beth Maddox - bmaddox@lexington1.net
Chorus - Augie Gil- agil@lexington1.net
STEM - Cliff Roberts - cjroberts@lexington1.net
ICIVICS - Melody Shafer - mshafer@lexington1.net
Outdoor Ed - Phillip Thomas - pthomas@lexington1.net
Outdoor Ed - Stephen Harmon - srharmon@lexington1.net
Outdoor Ed- Abby Chisholm - achisholm@lexington1.net
PE - Candice Cobb - ccobb@lexington1.net
PE - Ben Anderson- rbanderson2@lexington1.net
Digital Design - Ryan Panter - rpanter@lexington1.net
Supplemental Math - Ann Bennett - abennett@lexington1.net
Academic Seminar LA - Susan Myrick - smyrick@lexington1.net
Math RTI - Trisha Hamilton - thamilton@lexington1.net
ELA RTI - Rayna Kleckley - rkleckley@lexington1.net
Academic Seminar LA - Jennifer Williams - jbwilliams@lexington1.net
World Language
Latin - Jessica Stolebarger - jstolebarger@lexington1.net
French - Dr. Todd Spaulding - tspaulding@lexington1.net
French - Erin Hamner - ehamner@lexington1.net
French - Cheikh Fall - cfall@lexington1.net
French - Catherine Pontens-Alemu - cpontens-alemu@lexington1.net
Chinese - Na Zhang - nzhang@lexington1.net
Chinese - Susan Wang - ywang@lexington1.net
Chinese-Natalie Lukity - nlukity@lexington1.net
Spanish - Samantha Simmons - ssimmons@lexington1.net
Spanish - Valentina Salomon msalomon@lexington1.net
Spanish - Hilda Duarte - hduartegomez@lexington1.net
Spanish - Filder Segura - fsegura@lexington1.net