KPMS Newsletter
King Philip Middle School
January 16, 2023
This Week at a Glance
Announcements & Reminders
In-School Scholastic Book Fair: Jan 23 - 27
Get ready! This year's Book Fair is going to be epic! We've turned up the volume with more fun, more choices, and more excitement—so kids will arrive curious and leave bolder, prouder, and stronger than ever before. Here's what you need to know about our upcoming Fair:
Every dollar you spend will benefit our school directly.
You can sign up for Book Fair eWallet—a convenient digital payment account, so your child can shop the Fair cash-free. Grandparents, friends, and others can contribute to the eWallet to help build your home library.
Fair Dates: 1/23/23 – 1/27/23
Book Fair Homepage: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/kingphilipregionalmidsch
We can’t wait to see your child at the Fair!
Ross Cannon
King Philip Middle School’s Book Fair Chair
MCAS Testing - Save the Date!
Grade 7
- English Language Arts
- Session 1 - Thursday, March 30
- Session 2 - Tuesday, April 4
- Mathematics
- Session 1 - Tuesday, May 9
- Session 2 - Wednesday, May 10
Grade 8
- English Language Arts
- Session 1 - Tuesday, April 11
- Session 2 - Thursday, April 13
- Mathematics
- Session 1 - Tuesday, May 2
- Session 2 - Thursday, May 4
- Science
- Session 1 - Thursday, May 11
- Session 2 - Friday, May 12
For Grade 8 Families - Curriculum Information for KPRHS
Please see the links below for King Philip Regional High School Curriculum Information from KPRHS Principal, Dr. Mobley.
- KPRHS Curriculum Night Update (includes recording from 1/16/2023)
- Note: on February 7, 2023 at 7:00 pm Dr. Mobley and the KPHS Department Heads will host another Virtual Curriculum Night - the Zoom link is included in the update above.
- Original Announcement - KPRHS Curriculum Night & Coffee Chat Information
- Curriculum Night Slideshow
- Course Override Form
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Mobley at mobleyl@kingphilip.org.
Attention all Students Who Have Applied to Tri-County
Ms. Barry will hold an Information Session about Tri-County Interviews on Thursday, January 19th, during S.A.T. This will take place in the auditorium, and all students who have applied to Tri-County should attend. At the meeting, Ms. Barry will talk about the interview process as well as when the interviews will take place. If you have any questions, please see Ms. Barry in the Guidance Office.
KPMS Yearbooks
If you are interested in purchasing a yearbook, go to jostens.com and enter 'King Philip Middle School' in the 'Find my School' field. If you need financial assistance or have any questions about the yearbook or how to purchase one, don't hesitate to contact Mr. Cannon, the yearbook advisor, at cannonr@kingphilip.com.
If you have been receiving promotional emails from Jostens and would no longer like to receive these emails, you are encouraged to use the 'unsubscribe' button at the bottom of the email.
Family Wellness Resources for January
From Dot Pearl, Director of Wellness for Norfolk, Plainville, Wrentham & King Philip Schools:
This month's Wellness News includes information about a parent/caregiver education virtual presentation on Addressing Family Stress for the region; as well as other opportunities and highlighted resources.
KPMS Honor Roll - Trimester 1
Grade 8
HIGHEST HONORS
Alexandropoulos, Rihanna; Amidon, Marina; Beatty, Anna; Bollu, Shreyas; Bonaceto, Brianna; Bostrom, Benjamin; Bouffard, Garrett; Brideau, Julia; Chavers, Olivia; Cleverdon, Ashley; Cordahi, Jad; Costa, Mia; Coutchie, Tessa; Davis, Benjamin; Dawe, Amelia; Diamond, Jake; Flaherty, Madisen; Ford, Robert; Forrester, Aidan; Freeman, Lilian; Gebhard, Alexandria; Greaney, Ashlyn; Greenberg, Quinlan; Hatami, Nathanael; Hollowell, Isla; Houlding, Hayden; Hoyt, Elijah; Hughey, Luke; Hunt, Hollis; James, Liam; Karavasileiadis, Angelina; Kelley, Katelyn; Keswick, Caitlin; Kuzmeskas, Carly; Lagasse, Jamie; LaPlante, Molly; Lewis, Courtney; Mahoney, Faelyn; Maksakova, Arina; Marrone, Ryan; McDuff, Tayla; McHugh, Grace; Michenzie, Emily; Miles, Eric; Modena, Alice; Morgan, Ella; Moriarty, Bella; Morris, Emily; Moses, Sebato; Muse, Molly; Newcom, Lauren; Noonan, Ava; O'Brien, Rylie; Pasquantonio, Nova, Rose; Podzka, Kathryn; Polce, Kyle; Quinn, Abby; Roach, Henry; Salguero, Menfhis; Senthil, Kumar, Sangeetha; Shrivastava, Aarit; Soares, Grady; Soifer, Cole; Sperling, Kellan; Sreenath, Swathi; Steck, Erin; Talat, Daania; Townsend, Adeline; Ward, Brayden; Wistran, Ashley; Ye, Anran; Young, Angela.
HIGH HONORS
Antonellis, Ryan; Arriaga, Andy; Babbitt, Pearl; Balunos, Donnelle; Barry, Emmette; Beachkofski, Liam; Beck, Erin; Becker, Jack; Borden, Michael; Boucher, James; Boucher, Jack; Bourdeau, Olivia; Brown, Marleigh; Burke, Adrian; Callahan, Jordyn; Campbell, Paige; Cardona-Ortez, Brianna; Cecere, Tyler; Cederbaum, Bailey; Chard, Colin; Charland, Avery; Chisholm, Harrison; Chmielewski, Shane; Cleasby, Olivia; Collins, Kayla; Collins, Natalie; Collins, Owen; Connolly, Kerin; Crosbie, Gavin; Crowley, Nathan; Da Silva, Laura Valentina; D'Aiello, Alexander; Davis, Michael; DeCarteret, Ty; Donahue, Kelly; Donegan, Ellie; Dow, James; Edmunds, Max; Foley, Zachary; Fox, Lilliana; Giampa, Ava; Grace, Erin; Gross, Zara; Harlow, Katelyn; Hasson, Alida; Henderson, Maddock; Hickey, Alexandra; Hull, Leah; Hurwitz, Owen; Ibrahim, Rita; Jacobs, Hadley; Jacobsen, Emily; Jamgochian, Iver; Joseph, Michael; Jusczyk, Malia; Kane, Addison; Kavanah, Rowan; Kolluri, Tanmayee; Kwiatek, Noah; Labell, Alex; Labriola, Matthew; Laight, Olivia; Lawler, Brendan; Lawrence, Kiera; LeBlanc, Molly; Leite, Christian; Lombardo, Charles; Loomer, Owen; Loughlin, Rose; Lutfy, Thomas; MacDonald, Andrew; MacDonald, Brayden; Marchand, John; Marchand, Ryan; Marshall, Luca; Mason, Oscar; McCrave, Mallory; McDonald, Ella; McKillop, Rylan; Michienzi, Rebecca; Mollica, Wesley; Montfort, Taj; Moon, Charlie; Moore, Matthew; Morneau, Andrew; Mros, Leila; Mucciarone, Gia; Mui, Brendan; Mullaney, Victoria; Murk, Cameron; Murphy, Benjamin; Murphy, Lucy; Murphy, Molly; Nelson, Erik; O'Neil, Amie; O'Sullivan, Teagan; Parenteau, Berkley; Parker, Brodie; Pauline, Marissa; Pollender, Darcy; Pompei, Abigail; Raymond, Lucas; Reynolds, Liliana; Richard, Cooper; Richard, Drew; Rohrs, Donovan; Rosario, Julian; Ruiz, Jemma; Saenz, Alex; Schweitzer, Neila; Simmer, Brayden; Sisti, Olivia; Smith, Benjamin;
Sullivan, Addison; Sullivan, Ryan; Tammineni, Tanvi; Van Hoesen, Max; Vasconcelos De Souza, Maria Clara; Waldner, Ryleigh; Walker, Julia; Wells, Hunter; Wetmore, Julia; Whalen, Brody; Wolff, Ethan; Wolloff, Paige; Yanni, Mia.
HONORS
Duffy, Jake; Fitzgerald, Elin; Keleher, Liam; McNamee, Ryan; Morando, Francesca; Roche, Michael; Troutman, Chase; Zimmerman, Kaylee.
Grade 7
HIGHEST HONORS
Anderson, Benjamin; Astin, Adrian; Babbitt, Phoebe; Barton, Amelia; Bernier, Michael; Bishop, Sabrina; Burke, Shannon; Canty, Catherline; Caravaggio, Anthony; Cardoso, Ryan; Carone, Gavin; Cemerski, Andrey; Cervantes, Aeson; Charland, Tyler; Civilinski, Colby; Coffin, Brendan; Costantino, Olivia; Dang, Jordon; Derfler Murphy, Liam; Desrosiers, Matthew; DuBois, Rachel; Faille, James; Fisher, Ashton; Fitzgerald, Cadence; Godfrey, Alayna; Guasch, Elianna; Hall, John; Hamilton, Norah; Hartford, Jacob; Howitt, Madison; Jones, Sophie; Kania, Daniel; Kavanah, Addison; Keighley, Sadie; Kosar, Charlotte; Kouame, Amari; Kozik, Landon; Kozik, Rylan; Lee, Payton; Lefebvre, Ella; Lopes, Julia; Mandel, Mia; Mansour, Moreen; McGourthy, Anna; McLaughlin, Dennielle; McManus, Caitlyn; Morales, Alani; Musial, Mary; Palson, Maxwell; Pandit, Suneel; Patel, Heer; Petrillo, Gabriella; Pettit, Anna; Pruell, Emerson; Reilly, Adelyn; Richard, Lily; Ritchie, Lauren; Roach, Matigan; Sanford, Kaylee; St. Laurent, Madalyn; Steidel, Lyra; Taylor, Finn; Tezber, Sophia; Thomas, Emily; Tully, Olivia; Weiblen, Emma; Wilayeh, Diana; Wilson, Madison.
HIGH HONORS
AlSara, Muhja; Anderson, Riley L.; Andrews, Annabelle; Astorino, Claire; Bacon, Chloe; Barletta, Elizabeth; Bass, Taylor; Bobulis, Isabella; Brenneis, Aidan; Burns, Emma; Byda, Gavin; Cannella, Noelle; Carty, Tristan; Cemerski, Luka; Cereno, Shaine; Chalmers, Brady; Chapin, Madison; Ciavola, Jason; Connor, William; Covel, Lorelai; Cox, Ronan; Curran, Annabelle; Dangelo, Tess; Darling, Colton; De Medeiros, Julia; De Souza, Victor Emanuel; DeBaggis, Maxwell; Doire, Cooper; Dolan Bourke, Owen; Dumay, Zion; Ebert, Lucas; Eck, Brennan; Evans, Kyle; Evans, Meghan; Faford, Cole; Farrell, Jack; Ferreira, Zachary; Finnegan, Gavin; Fisk, Garrett; Flynn, Mallory; Franciosa, Marco; Frazier, Vivian; Garland, Nathan; Ghostlaw, Lucy; Gill, Ryan; Gilmore, Joseph; Guinan, Aisling; Hamilton, Noah; Hanf, Courtney; Haviland, Matthew; Herlin, Delaney; Heslin, Sage; Hodgman, David; Hostetler, Jacob; Howitt, Reese; Huot, Hallie; Idahosa, Iwinosa; Jasset, Gianna; Jelloe, Louis; Johnson, Madison; Kania, William; Keays, Mia; Kelly, Edward; Kennedy, Jacoby; Kracher, Kayla; Kunicki, Addison; LeBlanc, William; LeFleur, Connor; Letscher, Austin; Liptak, Reilly; Llaga, Joel Michael; Lomuscio, Samantha; Lopes, Liliana; Lubin, Esther; Lussier, Kellan; MacEachen, Mark; Marella, Brian; Marella, Chad; Marks, Charlotte; McEvoy, Joseph; McHugh, Patrick; McLeish, Annie; McNulty, Michelle; Melise, Brayden; Miller, Evan; Montfort, Noa; Moore, Shaelyn; Murray, Cheyenne; Murray, Jason; Napier, Caroline; Nardelli, Nicholas; Neelon, Patricia; Nichols, Madeline; Niedzwecki, Emma; Obin, Christopher; O'Brien, Chad; O'Brien, Nora; O'Brien, Turlough; O'Connell, Declan; O'Donnell, Molly; O'Hara, Konnor; O'Neil, Lily; Paulhus, Jacob; Payne, Tyson; Pedro, Jordan; Pontes, Anna; Poynot, Jesse; Quintal, Leah; Quintin, Ava; Reda, Emerson; Robinson, Isla; Rogers, Luke; Rose, Paxton; Routh, Matthew; Sesay, Nadia; Silva, Eriana; Simone, Ewan; Sweeney, Molly; Talat, Hadee; Turner, Ava; Valkov, Preslav; Visser, Colin; Wainwright, Olivia; Wambolt, LeaAnne; Weineck, Elizabeth; Whiting, Savanah; Wilson, Jack; Woodward, Mackenzie; Wynn, Jillian; Zaffalon Godoi, Gabriel.
HONORS
Armour, Jacob; Atakian, Vanessa; Beaulieu, Isabelle; Borst, Hadley; Brown, Christopher; Cardona Medrano, Natasha; Castaneda, Kevin; Chorney, Jacqueline; D'Andrea, Benjamin; Foley, Elliott; Green, Kylie; Guasch, Katalina; Heinselman, Brayden; Holmes, Carter; Host, Abigail; Janssen, Penelope; Kemble, Brynn; Loring, Allison; McGowan, Colleen; McNeil, Robert; McRell, Peyton; Nichols, Eleanor; Poska, Drew; Stephenson, Christian; Willette, Nicholas; Wosny, Ryan; Zahner, William.
Interested in Helping the PTSO?
The PTSO could always use more help and volunteers throughout the year. Please send us an email if you are interested in being involved! We could not continue to support the school without your help...thank you! Your time and monetary donations have been instrumental the past year.
Email: kingphilipmsptso@yahoo.com
From Food Services
KPMS Main Lunch
Tuesday, January 17 - Stuffed Crust Pizza, Bacon Ranch Chicken Patty Sandwich, Corn, Bacon Ranch Chicken Salad or Wrap
Wednesday, January 18 - Sals Cheesy Garlic Breadsticks w/Marinara Sauce, Crispy Chicken Patty Sandwich, Buffalo Popcorn Chicken Salad or Wrap
Thursday, January 19 - Asian Chicken Rice Bowl w/Broccoli & Carrots, Southwestern Chicken Patty Sandwich, Crispy Chicken Caesar Salad or Wrap
Friday, January 20 - School Baked Pizza - Cheese, Bacon, Pepperoni, Veggie; Fish & Chips, Coleslaw, Salad– Chef’s Choice
Served Daily: Cheeseburgers, Hamburgers, Veggie Burgers, Pizza, Sandwiches, Vegetarian Salad, Vegetarian Wrap, Yogurt Parfait
Served daily with all meals: Fruit, Juice, Vegetables
Important School Dates
- Monday, January 23 - Friday, January 27 - Scholastic Book Fair, KPMS Library
- Wednesday, January 25 - Early Release (11:00 AM), Teacher Professional Development
- Thursday, January 26 - Progress Report Grades Available on Infinite Campus
- Wednesday, February 8 - Early Release (11:00 AM), Teacher Professional Development
- Monday, February 20 - Friday, February 24 - No School, February Break
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King Philip Middle School
Website: https://www.kingphilip.org/middle-school/
Location: 18 King Street, Norfolk, MA, USA
Phone: 508-541-7324
Principal, King Philip Middle School