Mavericks Team Update
April 10, 2017
Announcements
May 10 the school will have a weather assembly hosted by KMBC. Students present 95% of the days in April may receive incentives!
It is also crucial that your student is present daily; we are reviewing concepts for the MAP test so that all of our students can score proficient or advanced! We are here to help in any way possible to help our students meet both the attendance and MAP score goals, so feel free to contact us or the office if needed.
MAP test for 8th grade will be May 1-4. Why does the MAP test take 4 days for 8th graders?
In 8th grade, students take the MAP test over:
Mathematics (including a performance event)
ELA (including a performance event requiring students to write an essay)
Science (including a performance event)
This week's important dates (other event dates for the rest of the year are listed further down in this newsletter):
April 11: Track Meet @ Staley High School
April 12: Swim meet @ Belton
April 13: Track @ Oak Park
April 14: Yearbook Order Forms and Money Due to the office
Mavericks FIELD TRIP Coming Soon!
Students MUST turn in the permission slip NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, APRIL 28.
Due to scheduling, we cannot accept permission slips after this date. Students are also receiving permission slips in Science class today, and may retrieve permission slips from their Science teacher later if needed. A copy of the permission slip can also be found here.
What did we do in class today?
Math: Today students will take an online MAP prep review, answering MAP-like questions on the computer.
ELA: Today students are reviewing concepts from the MAP review they worked on last Friday.
Social Studies:Students will finish essay about the Causes of the Civil War. Students are also working on Anchor Charts for the Causes of the War
Yearbooks available for purchase
EDP
Upcoming Dates to Remember
April 11: Track Meet @ Staley High School
April 12: Swim meet @ Belton
April 13: Track @ Oak Park
April 14: Yearbook Order Forms and Money Due to the office
April 19: Swimmers end of season celebration
April 20: Swim championships @ Gladstone
April 24: MAP testing begins for 6th and 7th grade only
April 25: Spring Band Concert (7 pm) in the Eastgate Auditorium (all three bands will combine in the end to play “Cake by the Ocean"!!)
April 28: Maverick Field Trip (to the College Basketball Experience) Permission Slips Due
****May 1-5: 8th Grade MAP Test (All students will test every day from the 1st to the 4th) Attendance is crucial!****
May 4: Talent Show! 6:30pm - 8:30pm @ Eastgate Auditorium
May 6: Band - Greater KC Solo & Small Ensemble Festival at Lincoln College Prep Academy
May 9: Spring Choir Concert 7pm - 8pm @ Eastgate Auditorium
May 11: NO EARLY RELEASE Students will be released at 3 pm
May 17: Competitive Drama 4:30pm-8pm
May 18: NO EARLY RELEASE Students will be released at 3 pm
May 18: Last day for EDP
May 19: 8th Grade Dance 6pm - 8pm at Eastgate
May 23: Last day of school! Students released at 11:15pm!
Contact Information
(816) 321-4204
Jessica Nolin, Science
(816) 321-5829
Troy Sielaff, Social Studies
(816) 321-6137
Leslie Goodwin, English Language Arts
(816) 321-4691
Additional Resources and Links
E-Campus (Blackboard) Username - student lunch number, password- student's birthdate (MMDDYYY)
I-Ready The I-Ready program provides students with lessons and assessments to strengthen their knowledge Math and ELA concepts. The Math and ELA teachers use this program in class frequently, and will use the students' scores on the assessments that follow the lessons in their grade books. We strongly encourage students working on lessons at home if possible. The student username is the student's ID #@nkcschools.org (123456@nkcschools.org, for example) and the password is the student's birthdate (MMDDYYYY).
PowerSchool Be sure to sign up for a Parent Portal account! From this account you can view student's grades and attendance. Don't have a parent portal account? Contact the EGMS office to obtain one.
Scholastic Scholastic Reading Clubs allow parents and students to order book and other items at an affordable price. If you use Mrs. Goodwin's classroom code, N8ZDY , when you check out, you earn free books for the ELA classroom! Want to write a check? That's fine! Simply write the check to Scholastic and turn it into Mrs. Goodwin. Monthly paper catalogues are available in Mrs. Goodwin's room as well.
Eastgate Middle School Calendar
Eastgate Middle School Website