Middle School Newsletter
May 26, 2017
A message from Principal Lowndes (Snap chat selfies are so much fun!)
Thank you to the 945 responses on our End of Year Wishes for staff. Let's try to break 1000 responses! Your last chance to include your wishes for your teachers - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfrv-3-fefb1RM2c4UG1Z7-QvIozbHilahBZ8c_ELF8VqQU5g/viewform?c=0&w=1
Teachers/staff will be on summer vacation June 12 - July 21. If you need immediate assistance, please visit our website at www.gacyber.org or if that does not offer the assistance you need, please call 404-334-4790 Ext. 211 as administrators will monitor the MS voice mail throughout the summer.
If you are looking for a way to keep your student(s)' brain active throughout the summer, please read below!
Please enjoy this end of year video - https://safeshare.tv/x/rTnSVP1aLBc
Have a great last day and happy summer!
First day of 17/18 GCA school is Monday, August 14th!
Enjoy those "dog" days of summer!!
EOG/EOC Scores and Retest Information
Further information will be updated on our website as well - http://www.gacyber.org/forms--resources.html
For 8th graders who did not meet the state requirement in ELA and/or Math, a retest will be offered at the GCA office in Atlanta, June 19 - 21. This is OPTIONAL. You will receive an email if your student is eligible for the retest with more details the week of May 30th.
Make sure to note your 2017 - 18 intent!!
Student Information Changes or Withdrawals During Summer
Please make sure to review/complete the Student Information Change - http://www.gacyber.org/uploads/1/0/2/0/10208267/student_information_changes_11.10.16-fillable.pdf
This can also be found on our website under Counseling- Forms/Resources - http://www.gacyber.org/forms--resources.html
Withdrawal of your student from June 10th – July 23rd, please contact our Middle School voice mail – 404-334-4790 Ext 211. Before or after that date, please contact your homeroom teacher.
Summer outings available!
Registration for June events State Park days
https://goo.gl/forms/EmVl9fV97CypY5Rt2
Teasers
July will be Where the Wild things Go-Zoos and Animal programs
August will be Children's Museums and Museum toursContact person - Tonette Price- 404-334-4790 Ext. 145 tprice@k12.com
Calendar of events - www.calendarwiz.com/gva
Looking for summer resources?!!
SCIENCE - http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/
MATHEMATICS -Online Math Practice
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/online_practice/index
Middle School Math Games:
http://www.math-play.com/Middle-School-Math-Games.htmlSOCIAL STUDIES -https://www.ixl.com/social-studies/
https://kids.usa.gov/teens/index.html
Summer Reading Recommendations!!
Summer is a great time for reading while relaxing! Below is a suggested reading list for middle school. These books are not part of the curriculum for the upcoming school year, but are stories you can enjoy while keeping your reading skills sharp during the summer.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle
Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Ben and Me by Robert Lawson
The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
The Cay by Theodore Taylor
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
The Door in the Wall by Marguerite Angeli
Dragonwings by Lawrence Yep
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Patterson
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
War Comes to Willy Freeman by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
White Fang by Jack London
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Congrats to our GA Reader of the Year participants!
Student Spotlight
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6rP2-ZFwzhtT2E0S1dzemUtcTg