MGM 6th Grade House News
March 1, 2018
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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
Counselor:
Laura Stockdell-lstockdell@lexington1.net
House Leader
Tracey West-twest@lexington1.net
Content Area Teachers:
ELA
Claire Calcina- ccalcina@lexington1.net
Mindy Matthews - mhmatthews@lexington1.net
Matt Bonte'- mbonte@lexington1.net
Social Studies
Courtney Garrison -cgarrison@lexington1.net
Ryan Miles - rmiles@lexington1.net
Sarah Huey-Clowney - shuey-clowney@lexington1.net
Science
Patrick Burnett- pburnett@lexington1.net
Sara Loper - sloper@lexington1.net
Dr Jessica Quinton - jquinton@lexington1.net
Math
Megan Freiburger - mfreiburger@lexington1.net
Amber Chavis- achavis@lexington1.net
Ashley Seats - aseats@lexington1.net
Tracey West-twest@lexington1.net
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- rbanderson@lexington1.net
Chorus - Auggie Gil- agil@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 - Erin Hamner - ehamner@lexington1.net
French - Cheikh Fall - cfall@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- Manuel Vasquez mvasquez@lexington1.net
Exciting Learning Happening this Week
Miss MGMS Pageant
Miss MGMS will take place on Saturday, March 9 at 7:00 at RBHS. The MGMS Pageant is our school's largest fundraiser for Relay for Life and has allowed us to raise over 40,000 for Relay since it began! Any questions: contact Amy Long (aalong@lexington1.net).
MGM Counseling Department
SAVE THE DATES
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.
Spring Field Studies
March 22- Atlanta Trip
6TH GRADE UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS
Choice Board project #3 due Friday, March 8th for a formative grade.
MATH: Grade Level: Quiz- Les. 7.1 and 7.3 Tues. Mar. 4
Chapter 6 RETAKE-Wed. Mar. 6
Accelerated Level: Chapter 7 Summative- Friday, Mar 8
SCIENCE: See SchoologyWeather Maps Quiz will be on Thurs. Mar. 7
Check out the new 6th Science Twitter to see what's happening in our classrooms. Follow us @ScienceSquad4
SOCIAL STUDIES: See Schoology
WORLD LANGUAGES: Click here for a link to all WL updates.
" Reminder to Early Bird students/parents that class begins at 7:25 everyday unless otherwise stated in an email from Ms.Hamner. Students who need to make up assessments in the morning with other teachers need to get approval from their Immersion teachers first. If they are not in class or receive too many unexcused tardies, they are considered absent. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the WL Department Chair (Jessica Stolebarger) at jstolebarger@lexington1.net "
ENCORE:
iCivics: 6th - 8th grades: Wednesday 2/13/19 is our ‘Citizens Who Care’ day. A special thanks to all those who have graciously signed up to donate for our special day!
ESOL February 11- February 28
ACCESS testing
All ESOL students will take their annual language
February 22nd is the last day to order a personalized yearbook. If you want to guarantee your copy, please order yours today!
PTO Updates
Sign up using the link below to receive emails from MGMS PTO. We will share information about our meetings, events, volunteer opportunities and more! Register Here Please contact us at mgmsptogators@gmail.com if you have any questions.
PTO FUNDRAISER
Thank you for sharing your children with us each day! We are looking forward to another great year!
MGMS Passages
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