Spry Newsletter
June 7th
Spry Events
June 7 - Spry Evening of Jazz @ WSHS (7:00 pm)
June 10 - Spry 7/8 Treble Chorus Concert (Mixed Girls) @ WSHS
June 11 - 6th Grade Chorus Concert @ WSHS
June 12 - Spry Merit Society Ceremony @ WSHS 6:30
June 15 - Student Council Seabreeze Trip (optional)
June 19 - Modified Sports Parent Informational Night (6:30 pm)
June 20 - Last day of classes 6-8
June 21 - End of Q4 Marking Period
Announcements
- Are you interested in joining the Varsity Gymnastics team? Did you know that the gymnastics team is open to both females and males? If you are interested and want more information, reach out to: Stacy Julian stacy4305@gmail.com
- All 6th, 7th, and 8th grade girls who are not already planning on playing a fall sport and would like to learn a lifelong skill, please come see Mr. Sabs and learn more about girl’s golf. There is no experience necessary and there are no weekends involved.
- Attention all 6th , 7th , and 8th grade boys interested in playing football in the fall, there will be a free mini-camp Monday, June 10th to Thursday June 13th from 3:30 to 5:30 here at Spry. Go to the cafeteria after school and a coach will meet you there to go outside. You will need to get your own ride home. Please see Coach Keiser, Coach Rapone, or Coach Turner if you have any questions.
- Any 6th, 7th, or 8th grade boys interested in basketball camp please see Mr. Spadoni in room 127. The camps will run in July and sign-ups are starting now, who knows, you could be the next Steph Curry or Kawhi Leonard.
- Attention 7th and 8th graders, who wants to go to Seabreeze?!?! Our annual student council trip to Seabreeze is coming up soon, Saturday, June 15th. Tickets cost 20 dollars and are available to any Spry 7th or 8th grader. Permission slips are on the 7th and 8th grade Google classrooms now, you can print one out and return it with your payment to Mr. Armstrong, Mrs. Gillen or Mrs. Zenkel no later than Wednesday, June 12th. There will be paper copies of the permission slips in all three house offices and the main office as well. Don’t miss out, come get your summer!!
- All library books are due today and should be returned, unless you have made individual arrangements. We will start checking out summer reading on Monday, June 10th.
- Volleyball! Girls' volleyball! Any girl interested in playing Modified or JV volleyball this Fall, please come to the after school meeting on Tuesday, June 11th in room 225, Mr. Majka's room. If you are unable to attend, stop by to see Mr. Majka for information.
Chromebooks
Dear Families,
As part of our Transforming Learning through Technology initiative, student devices are replaced every three years. All current Webster CSD students in grades 6-8 will turn in their current Chromebook on Thursday June 20th during lunch periods. We will also be handing out a free book to each student courtesy of our PTSA and Webster Teachers Association.
Students are expected to return their assigned Chromebook and charger.
The 'Outsiders' Day
Builder Club at Expressive Beginnings
2019-2020 Schedule
Washington DC
8th Grade Year End Testing Information
8th Grade Science (not Living Environment students)
The performance portion of this State Assessment (not a common core exam) is on Wednesday, May 22nd during the students science class. The written portion of the exam will be on June 3rd. This will occur during the morning of the school day like we do for Math/ELA Testing. This is not a common core test and has remained generally consistent over the years. A couple questions have come up about opting out. While I encourage students to take this assessment, the decision for any opting out of Middle Level State Exams is up to families. You can send any questions or opt out communication to Mr. Baehr at: james_baehr@webstercsd.org.
8th Graders taking the Foreign Language Assessment (Spanish, French, German).
This assessment is on Friday, June 21st. Our 8th graders taking a foreign language will take their normal bus to Spry in the morning on the 21st. Once testing is complete (~10:15 am), buses will be transporting students home for Summer Break! There is no testing or school for our 8th graders the following week.
Regents Exams
For those student taking Regents Exams, we will be sending a letter home with students soon outlining the plan for those days. Living Environment is on June 18th, Algebra is on June 19th, and Geometry is June 21st. Students will report to Spry as normal on the 18th and 19th. Those taking the regents exams will eat lunch early those days and we will be busing them over to Schroeder for the 12:00 pm exams. Again, more details in the letters coming home soon. Geometry is at Schroeder on the 21st in the morning (8:00 exam), so the small group of students that this effects will take their bus in the morning to Schroeder. We will be busing them back to Spry after the Regents so they can take their Foreign Language Competency Assessment with their teacher. A letter will be sent home with these students detailing this.