MGM 7th Grade House News
February 15, 2019
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Washington, D.C. Trip
All payments that are still owed need to be made as soon as possible.
On Thursday afternoon students received an email with their chaperone and group for Washington.
Please make sure you are checking the weather in D.C. for next week and helping your child to pack appropriately.
If you have not finished making payments please do so at www.grouptravelllc.com/payments.
Please email akerbis@kent.edu with any questions.
Miss MGMS Pageant
Miss MGMS will take place on Saturday, March 9 at 7:00 at RBHS. Pageant application are now available in the school counseling center and are due on Monday, February 18th. 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).
Girls on the Run
Parents of INCREDIBLE girls! Are you looking for an afterschool program that helps with self-esteem, making friends, and dealing with stress all within an activity-based framework? Joy! Optimism! Gratitude! Empowerment! Your girl can build all of this along with a healthy mind and body through Girls on the Run, Heart and Sole! Contact Coach Fischer at rfischer@lexington1.net or find more information online at "gotrcolumbia.org."
Early Bird Students/Parents Reminder
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:
Davis Myers- dmyers@lexington1.net
House Leader
Amanda Hammill ahammill@lexington1.net
Content Area Teachers:
ELA
Andrea Roberts- aroberts@lexington1.net
Melanie Wells- mwells@lexington1.net
Joyce Perkins- jperkins@lexington1.net
Science
Taylor Fralick- tfralick@lexington1.net
Regan Moore- rwmoore@lexington1.net
Mary Harbaugh- mharbaugh@lexington1.net
Math
Bill Rogers- brogers@lexington1.net
Rebecca Fischer- rfischer@lexington1.net
Tammy Hardy- thardy@lexington1.net
Social Studies
Amanda Hammill- ahammill@lexington1.net
Derrick Price- dwprice@lexington1.net
Amanda Kerbis - akerbis@lexington1.net
Ben Jackson- bjackson@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- rbanderson2@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 - Dr. Todd Spaulding - tspaulding@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
Manuel Vasquez mvasquez@lexington1.net,
Hilda Duarte hduartegomez@lexington1.net,
Filder Segura fsegura@lexington1.net
MGM Counseling Department
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.
7TH GRADE UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS
MATH: See Schoology
SCIENCE: See Schoology
SOCIAL STUDIES: See Schoology
WORLD LANGUAGES: Click here for a link to all WL updates.
Encore: See Schoology
Nine Students will be participating in the Region Band Clinic Friday February 22 - Saturday February 23.
6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Semester Choirs- After School Rehearsal: Friday, Feb. 22; 3:45-5:30pm in the MGM Choir Room
DRAMA: (ALL GRADES): All One Act plays have been cast and rehearsals have begun! Super excited to get work on putting these performances together for the end of March. Specific dates will be announced next week.
ESOL February 11- February 28
ACCESS testing
All ESOL students will take their annual language proficiency levels in all 4 domains - listening, speaking, reading and writing.
February 22nd is the last day to order a personalized yearbook. If you want to guarantee your copy, please order yours today!
MGM Robotics
The MGM Robotics teams were on fire again this season, with all three teams advancing to state. The Gator Gears team earned 2nd place at state and will be traveling to the Arkansas Razorback International Robotics competition.
We are raising money to send the team to represent MGM in May at this international competition. Please consider making a donation through our GoFundMe page and passing this on to others in the Lexington community. Thank you for supporting our Robotics teams!
Gator Gears Robotics to Arkansas
Other awards this season:
Swampbots- 1st Place Champions (regionals)
RoboGators- 1st Place Robot Performance, 2nd Place Champions (regionals), Mechanical Robot Design (state)
Gator Gears- 1st Robot Design (regionals), 2nd place Champions (state)
PTO Updates
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See upcoming PTO dates: