Sunday, March 29, 2015

SPECIAL EVENT REMINDER: MMS ART SHOW THURSDAY 4/2/15

Hello Parents, Community members, and Students,
Our students are excited to share special projects inspired by their recent study of people who have had to struggle for their human and/or civil rights. Each student is working hard to create a piece of original art (which includes music, dance, spoken word, as well as visual arts) that expresses the struggle for equality. They will share their artwork on Thursday, April 2, 2015, from 5:30-7:30 at Milton High School. Each student's schedule will be similar in structure to the science fair, in which they will have a certain block of time when they need to be present with the artwork, and then a time to explore the art show. The art show will culminate at 7:00 in the auditorium with closing remarks by a special guest.

Please help your student be ready for this event by making sure their art is nearly complete for Monday, March 31, 2015. We will use the next few days for fine tuning, giving and receiving feedback, and practice. Students who have fallen behind will be asked to stay after school in the following days for extra help.
Thank you for your support. We look forward to seeing you at the art show.  

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Dear House B Parents,
Below, you will see the student led conference sign up sheet that went home with every student. Please return the copy that went home with your child ASAP, so that we can confirm your conference time. We look forward to seeing you.


Milton Town School District
      42 Herrick Avenue, Milton, VT 05468-3097 (802) 893-5400
HOUSE B


March 11, 2015
Dear House B Families,
It is time for the second round of Student-Led Parent Conferences! The 2014-15 school year will soon be over, and this is an excellent time for you to see your child’s growth and progress. We know that you discuss school and learning with your child on a regular basis.  We invite you to participate in this opportunity to have a more formal and structured discussion led by your child, to reflect on his or her successes, challenges, and growth during this trimester.
At the Student-Led Parent Conference, your child will share a portfolio of artifacts of his or her learning – work from each class that he or she has thoughtfully selected to demonstrate learning and growth.  In addition to these artifacts, your child will discuss reflections on successes and challenges in each academic area, and the goals he or she set for the second trimester of the year. These goals encompass both lifelong learning skills and the Habits of Mind that students are striving to achieve in our Middle School: flexible thinking, preparedness, citizenship, persistence, and precision. In response to your feedback, we are holding all of the conferences in one space this session, which eliminates teachers moving from one room to the next. While all teachers will be present during the conferences, please know that the purpose of the conference is for your child to share his/her learning experience with you, unlike a traditional parent-teacher conference. It can be difficult for each teacher to visit each conference. If you have specific concerns or questions that go unanswered please contact your child’s teachers.
We are scheduling conferences on the evenings of Wednesday, March 25, and Thursday, March 26th from 4:00PM to 7:00PM in classrooms 212 and 213.  We look forward to seeing you at this important event!
Sincerely,
Debbie Chanin - Consulting Teacher Josh Roof - Humanities
Greer Krembs - Science Ellen H. Taggart - Humanities
Francine Lemnah - Math


Additional members of House B available via email and phone
Karen Allard- Math consulting teacher and House B Advisor Tami Koester - Speech Language Pathologist


Please complete and detach the section below, and return to your child's advisor.
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*Please indicate your FIRST and SECOND, and THIRD choices for a conference time. We will confirm the scheduled time of your conference.*
____ 4:00–4:30pm on Wednesday,March 25 ____ 4:00–4:30pm on Thursday, March 26
____ 4:30-5:00pm on Wednesday, March 25 ____ 4:30-5:00pm on Thursday, March 26
____ 5:00-5:30pm on Wednesday, March 25 ____ 5:00-5:30pm on Thursday, March 26
____ 5:30-6:00pm on Wednesday, March 25 ____ 5:30-6:00pm on Thursday, March 26
____ 6:00-6:30pm on Wednesday, March 25 ____ 6:00-6:30pm on Thursday, March 26
____ 6:30-7:00pm on Wednesday, March 25 ____ 6:30-7:00pm on Thursday, March 26
____ 7:00-7:30pm on Wednesday, March 25 ____ 7:00-7:30pm on Thursday, March 26


Student: ______________________________  Attendees: ______________________________________________________

Best way to confirm the conference time (email or phone number): _____________________________________________

Monday, March 9, 2015

BOSTON SURVEY LINK  (For 8th Grade students only)

Saturday, March 7, 2015

New Information Regarding Humanities!!

Greetings,
       Our current unit of study, Power to the People, culminates with an art show at the Milton High School on April 2nd. The exact time is TBD, but it will be after school, in the evening hours. We are very excited for our students to have this opportunity to share their learning with their families and the community.
      To prepare for the art show, in addition to class time, students will need to use time outside of class to complete their assignments. There are three separate, but related products that students are working on:

  • A short, research paper about a person or organization that made a significant impact on a group's struggle for equal rights.

  • An artistic representation of a group's struggle (most students will probably choose to represent the struggle that they included in their research). This can be any type of art: visual, written, spoken/sung, performed, or digitally composed.

  • A written artist's statement that explains both the artistic process and how the art relates to the struggle for equality.
Please let us know if you have any questions. Also, if you would like to help out with the art show, please email or call us for further information. Thank you in advance.