House B Classroom Norms

To start Trimester III, House B students answered the question, what behaviors create a positive classroom environment?  Their answers and what they believe is most important to make our classrooms positive and productive are reflected in the wordle linked below.

http://www.wordle.net/gallery?username=House%20B

STAR Reading Assessment

PLEASE CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK:

https://rpnb4.renlearn.com/trial76jt

Humanities Media Literacy Articles

Digital Footprint:
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/how-robb-lewis-is-helping-web-users-erase-their-digital-footprint-with-justdeleteme-website-20140308-34e1v.html

Facebook & Free Speech
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Facebook+%26+free+speech%3A+what+rights+do+workers+and+students+have+to...-a0330678201

Trimester 2 Student-Led Conferences

Milton Town School District

42 Herrick Avenue, Milton, VT 05468-3097

(802) 893-3210 Fax: (802) 893-3213

www.mtsd-vt.org

HOUSE B

February 19, 2014

Dear House B Families,

It is hard to believe that we are nearing the end of second trimester of the school year.  That means it’s time for the second round of Student-Led Parent Conferences!  We know that you discuss school and learning with your child on a regular basis.  We invite you and your child to participate in this opportunity to have a more formal and structured discussion about 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 is proposing for the final trimester of the year. These goals encompass lifelong learning skills and the Habits of Mind students are striving to achieve in our Middle School: flexible thinking, preparedness, citizenship, persistence, and precision.

We are scheduling conferences on the evenings of Tuesday, March 11th and Thursday, March 13th from 4:00PM to 7:00PM in the school’s library.  While all teachers will be present during the conferences, please remember that not every teacher will be able to check in with you like in a traditional parent-teacher conference.

We look forward to seeing you at this important event!

Sincerely,

Karen Allard - Consulting Teacher

Greer Krembs - Science

Francine Lemnah - Math

Josh Roof - Humanities
Ellen H. Taggart - Humanities

Additional members of House B who may not attend the conferences but are available via email and phone:

Paul Curtiss - Theater Arts, House B Advisor

Maria Gordon - Special Educator

Tami Koester - Speech Language Pathologist

Amy Macbeth - MMS Special Education Evaluator, House B Advisor

Please complete and detach the section below, and return to your child's advisor.

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*Please indicate your FIRST and SECOND choice for a conference time. We will confirm the scheduled time of your conference.*

____ 4:00–4:30pm on Tuesday, March 11

____ 4:30-5:00pm on Tuesday, March 11

____ 5:00-5:30pm on Tuesday, March 11

____ 5:30-6:00pm on Tuesday, March 11

____ 6:00-6:30pm on Tuesday, March 11 

____ 6:30-7:00pm on Tuesday, March 11 

____ 7:00-7:30pm on Tuesday, March 11  

____ 4:00–4:30pm on Thursday, March 13

____ 4:30-5:00pm on Thursday, March 13

____ 5:00-5:30pm on Thursday, March 13
____ 5:30-6:00pm on Thursday, March 13

____ 6:00-6:30pm on Thursday, March 13
____ 6:30-7:00pm on Thursday, March 13

____ 7:00-7:30pm on Thursday, March 13

Student: ___________________________________________________________

Attendees: _________________________________________________________

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

___________________________________________________________________

MMS Science in the Media!

     Last week MMS had our first Science Fair and it was definitely a success!  Many community members, families, teachers, and judges attended to support the hard work that our students did.  Thank you to all of you for your efforts in making it possible.  In Science this week we are writing reflections and I have heard students describe a lot of valuable lessons, as young scientists and learners.

     Our exciting event was captured on video by two local media organizations: WCAX and LCATV!  Use the links below to watch the video clips.

WCAX, aired on Sunday, February 16th:
http://www.wcax.com/story/24733508/sunday-science-milton-middle-school-science-fair

LCATV:    http://www.lcatv.org/program/mms-science-fair
Airing on:
1 Friday February 21, 2014 at 3:30 AM
2 Saturday February 22, 2014 at 3:30 AM
3 Sunday February 23, 2014 at 6:00 PM
4 Sunday February 23, 2014 at 8:15 PM
5 Monday February 24, 2014 at 12:00 AM