Middle School Minute
From the Principal's Desk....6/2/23
May SOM, COM and Readers/Writers of the Month
Students of the Month: Grade 5: KBistany, NVadaro; Grade 6: ASabia, CMcLaughlin; Art: SRamirez; ELA: ACardone; LOTE: KHertz; Math: MDominquez; Music: LWest; P.E.: ABrennan; Science: LGiarrizzo; Social Studies: BFalco; Technology: CGabrielson
Readers of the Month: POrtalani, MAyala, JSzczepanik, JOakes, EHugh, MStaudt
Writers of the Month: NDigiglio, KHnat, JFrank, BPancir, CLaroque, SAzim
Citizens of the Month: JGross, DZahara, AGenovese, EWesnofske, KHnat, AKearney, EMazzara, and ARossi
Community Outreach and Service Club Award Breakfast
Grade 5: S.Dubey, L. Dubey, L. Epshteyn, A. Glandorf, K. Hafner, P. Kassebaum, J. Ortolani, S. Ranieri, A. Soral
Grade 6: A. Anzaldi, S. Schuler, I. St. George, J. Stoma
Grade 7: L. Caravello, C. Enxuto, N. Hart, M. Kelly, C.Laraque, A. Mankuta, M. Palukuri, L. Robert, G. Santos, A. Santos, A. Soral, R. Zaman
Grade 8: K. Betro, G. Candurra, S. Epshteyn, G. Florio, M. Lenz, M. Lockhart, N.Patel, Z. Stone, O. Szczepanic
Grade 7 Musical Themes
Mr. Sheedy's 7th grade General Music class has been spending much of the 4th quarter “coding” music using a program installed on their laptops called Sonic Pi. Sonic Pi is a live coding environment based on the programming language Ruby. It was designed to support both computing and music lessons in schools, developed by Sam Aaron in the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory.
Initially, the students learned to program basic notes and rhythms for songs such as Mary Had a Little Lamb and London Bridge. The video link shows that (with a little help from snippets of more advanced code that they modified) the students created soundtracks for videos, and drum beats and even learned how to import their own sounds to use in sampling loops. You can hear some of the experimentation that the students employed to achieve creative sounds, fitting them into their projects in ingenious ways.
Upcoming Dates
6/7 - 6/8 PTO Father's Day Sale - Cafe, all lunch periods
6/14/23 Flag Day
6/15/23 Middle School Final Exam Testing Schedule begins Grade 7&8 - see website
6/21/23 Grade 8 Moving Up - 11:00am - 12:00pm - South Lawn
6/21/23 Grade 8 Moving Up Dance - 6:30PM - 9:30PM