In the Middle Gazette
Middle School News for the Month of April
ANNOUNCEMENTS
MS CMAS Testing schedule
April 17 6, 7 and 8th Grades. Math Units 2 & 3 and ELA Unit 3
April 19 6th Grade will not attend school. Please work virtually!
7th Grade SS Units 1,2 & 3
8th Grade Science 1, 2 & 3
Calling all 8th grade students!
Check out this FREE Summer STEM Camp, July 13th-20th at the University of Wyoming campus in Laramie.
The UW Teton STEM Academy is a 1-week STEM camp for 9th-11th grade students from Wyoming, and it is FREE.
This is an excellent opportunity to explore STEM through hands-on discovery!
More information and applications are available at http://wyomingspacegrant.org/STEMcamp/.
Application deadline is Friday, April 12th. Apply today!!
Questions? Contact Dr. Chip Kobulnicky at chipk@uwyo.edu or 307-766-6150.
Talent Show
Do you have amazing special talents? Then sign-up for the Talent Show. Our Talent Show will be held on April 19th from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. We would love to see all the wonderfully talented students and teachers we have here at Springs Studio.
Rehearsal/audition on Wednesday, April 17th at 3:30 for middle school/elementary or Thursday, April 18th at 3:30 for high school. If you cannot make it to the screening yet still want to be in the show, please email Mr. Mogensen at kmogensen@d49.org.
If you are submitting art, we need it by April 18th the end of the school day with your name and grade on it.
NoCO Expanding Your Horizons Conference
Foster the success of middle school girls in STEM - join us for the NoCO Expanding Your Horizons conference!
NoCO EYH will be held at Colorado State University on April 6th, 2019 from 9 AM to 3 PM.
Young women in grades 6-8 will participate in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) activities in fun and empowering setting, working with successful women professionals from Northern Colorado and Wyoming. Girls can sign up individually, or educators can contact us about bringing groups. Registration opens March 1. Registration is first-come, first served and the fee is $10 for the day (lunch and goodie-bag included). Full scholarships available. We also offer a concurrent Parents & Educators program. Visit our website for more details: http://nocoeyh.wixsite.com/home or email NOCOEYH@gmail.com with your questions.
We hope to see you there!
- The 2019 Northern Colorado & Wyoming EYH Planning Committee
CSU Girls STEM Day at Ft Collins
If you are interested in science, technology, engineering or math, this is the conference for you! Make plans to attend this fun-filled day designed specifically for 6th-8th grade girls. Colorado State University (Ft Collins) is where the action will take place. Registration opens March 1. Don’t wait to register. Workshops fill up quickly! Transportation will not be provided for SSAE students. Click on the link below for more details!
Middle School End of the school year celebration at Summit Interquest (bowling alley)
Who: All Middle school staff, students and their families are invited to attend.
When: May 6, 2019
Transportation: Transportation will not be provided
Time: 11:30am - 1:30pm
Where: Summit Interquest.
1180 Interquest Blvd Colorado Springs, C0
Cost: $15.00 per middle school student
$20.00 per additional family member
Activity package includes:
Lunch- 2 slices of cheese pizza + soft drink
One $10.00 arcade game card
One hour of bowling + shoes
Schedule of events
11:45 am -12:00 am Arrival at Summit
12:00 pm -1:00 pm Bowling Lanes Bowling
12:15 pm -1:00 pm Bowling Lanes Pizza
1:00 pm -1:45 pm Arcade One, $10 Arcade Card per participant
Deadline to submit permission slip and monies: April 29 by 3:00 pm
Please let Mrs. Mooney know if you are requesting gluten-free pizza!
Click on the link below to access the permission slip.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18ASo-T1gGisr6gVKFizmAm7AFKFS0xqQBZW_ZT5yOUs/edit?usp=sharing
Yearbooks on sale now! $20 each
$20 each, while supplies last!
Whats Going on in the Classroom?
English
We will be getting some useful test-taking strategies and gaining a good grasp of what to do on the big test days!
Along with strategy is also content. Students will be looking at content that will be helping them with their studies. 6th graders are working on understanding the plot, and its structure. 7th grade is looking into how figurative language impacts writing and how to inform others of a topic that they are passionate about. 8th grade is working on how voice, tone, and mood are essential to a piece of writing. Particularly with identifying them and then creating them.
Towards the end of the year, we will all be revisiting Think CERCA and taking our end of the year benchmark.
Math
All students will take their Math state testing the week of April 15th. On Monday, May 6th we will have our final Star360 testing session of the year. Then we will wrap up Math testing with our final ALEKS cumulative exam on Monday, May 13th.
Students can look at the state testing website practice exams at any time by clicking here: CMAS Practice Site then choosing their content area and grade level. They will want to practice in the Computer-Based Practice Item Sets. While this site is only a representation of the types of questions students may see, we encourage them to become familiar with the tools (calculator, ruler, navigation, etc.) within the online exam.
As a reminder, students will need to complete their grade level ALEKS courses to a minimum of 85% progress mastery in addition to their regularly scheduled coursework in Schoology to earn a passing grade for 2nd semester Math. Please contact Mrs. Danford with any questions.
Science
Thanks to everyone that attended the 1st SSAE Middle School Science Exhibition on March 11, 2019. The event was a great success. The students enjoyed showing off their displays and inventions as they discussed what they learned about various topics regarding human survival in extreme living conditions.
Fashion that is out of the world!
PBL.....It's all about learning at SSAE!
What's shaking in Plate tectonics?
Meteorites! Yikes!
It's all about clean air!
Which one is the coolest?
Social Studies
6th - Economy, Trade, and International Trade Organizations
Building off previous lessons concerning economies, students will work in groups of three and receive an International Trade Organization to research, study, and present. After identifying the member nations in the trade organization, each group will design an Economic/Natural Resource Map and create a data table listing the member nations and the following information: Government type, Economy, Natural Resources, and GDP.
7th - War Crimes\Genocide Case Study - What are War Crimes? How did the Holocaust happen? Have other cases of genocide occurred in history? Working in groups, students have received a war crime - genocide case in history in order to research, evaluate, gather data, and understand the historical significance. Lastly, each group will design a presentation and teach the lesson to the class.