Picture Day Tomorrow

Look sharp! School photos will be taken on Thursday, September 29.

Schwan's Fundraiser Orders Due 9/30

The proceeds from this event will go to the 8th Grade Boston trip.  You can order from your student using the order forms that were in their packet or you can do it online at www.schwansfundraising.com/ and use campaign ID # 36454.  Orders can be picked up on Sunday, October 9th, at 26 Bombardier Road.

6-8 Reconfiguration Meeting

The Middle School Reconfiguration Committee is holding a public informational forum to discuss details and questions you might have about the middle school reconfiguration.

MES Library - Wednesday, October 12 at 6:30pm - Light refreshments served

We hope you will join us!

For more information, please contact Libby Johnson at 893-3210 x1110

9/27 Humanities Update

Hello everyone,

We're off to a great week full of excellent discussion as we begin to explore the many histories out there regarding one of our most controversial historical figures, Christopher Columbus. By using interactive reading strategies, students are examining two different nonfiction texts about him and comparing and contrasting the stories that they tell. This is an exercise that I want students to become comfortable with as it will form the basis for a long-term project that we will be undertaking - rewriting a U.S. History textbook. More on that later...

As we gear up to begin our first book unit, the students have been learning about the road to the American Revolution in order to set the context for the novels we will be reading. I will send along an update with reading assignments when the time comes.

For Tuesday, students were to have come to school having read all of chapter 1 of A Young People's History of the United States with the interactive reading symbols.
For Thursday, students should have their Venn diagrams of the Columbus readings complete.
For Friday, students should be done with their portion of the American Revolution timeline.

Thanks for your continued support of our students~
Ms. Fabri

Science 9.20

Our first unit of study in science this year is Inquiry and the Scientific Method. Today, students explored the question, "what makes a good testable question?" We will continue this work tomorrow. No practice is assigned tonight.

Maths 9.20

7th Grade
Students are well into learning about mathematical similarity and scale factor in the unit called "Stretching and Shrinking." Today, students summarized their learning so far by completing Mathematical Reflections  2 on page 37. This assignment is due at the beginning of class on Wednesday.

8th Grade
Students are well into learning about surface area and volume of three-dimensional shapes in the unit called "Filling and Wrapping." Today, students were assigned a Self-Paced Learning Checklist to guide them through Investigation 2, where they will practice and refine their skills with surface area and volume of rectangular prisms (boxes). Students will need to complete some homework each night this week in order to complete the learning tasks by Friday's deadline.

Schwan's Food Fundraiser

Dear Families,

Last Friday, your student received a fundraising kit for Schwan's Food.  The proceeds from this event will go to the 8th Grade Boston trip.  You can order from your student using the order forms that were in their packet or you can do it online at www.schwansfundraising.com/ and use campaign ID # 36454.  Orders can be picked up on Sunday, October 9th, at 26 Bombardier Road.  All order forms need to be in by September 30th.

Thanks,
Joe Smith
jsmith3@mtsd-vt.org