Message
to Parents of 8th Grade Students
The 8th Grade Class
Night and Dance will be held on Saturday, June 7, 2008. Class
night will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the High School Gym and the dance will
immediately follow at the Middle School Gym from 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. To
allow everyone to enjoy this event, we ask that all students abide by the
following guidelines.
We are still in need of donations for the dance. Please
check out this
link and consider helping us out. We want to make this dance a
memorable occasion for all eighth graders as they enter high school next
fall.
The National Junior Honor
Society induction will take place on
Wednesday, May 14, at 7 p.m. in the Schalmont Middle School LGI Room.
On May 19, NJHS will begin selling paper kidney's for $1 to support the
National Kidney Foundation. They also will walk in the
NKF Kidney Walk on Sunday, June 1, at 11 a.m. If you would like to make
a donation or walk with NJHS, please contact one of the club advisors,
Mrs. Gandrow and
Mrs. Bingham.
Environmental
Club Designs Topiaries
On Tuesday, May 6th, the Environmental Club participated in a Topiary
Workshop led by Laura Mylac from Cornell Cooperative Extension. Students
learned about various kinds of topiaries and the many types of plants that
are used. We all made our own beautiful circle topiaries out of ivy to take
home. More pictures...
Laura Mylac also spoke with
our club in March to teach our students how to make dish gardens.
The many
workshops that the Environmental Club sponsors are paid for
through the money our club earns from recycling ink cartridges.
We are always in need of used ink cartridges.
The Schalmont Middle School PTO will hold its
next
meeting on Monday, May 19, at 7 p.m.
Click here to get more information about
the PTO and to contact President Theresa Chrysler
about volunteer opportunities at the MS.
MS
Colonial Day
Stop by to experience life in Colonial America on Tuesday, May 20,
anytime between 7:45 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. on the Schalmont Middle School
grounds. Come meet Ben Franklin and visit with American Indians, a fife and
drum unit, the Colonial militia, and British soldiers. Attendees can learn
Colonial games, Colonial cooking, how to march and drill with the militia,
and much more!
2008-09 School Budget Vote:
Schalmont Central School District residents can vote on a $41,550,000 budget
for the 2008-09 school year on Tuesday, May 20, from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
in the foyer of the Schalmont High School New Gym, 1 Sabre Dr. Voters also
will decide on a bus purchase proposition and pick candidates to fill two
seats on the school board.
More...
Congratulations to sixth-grader Beth Donnelly
on being selected by Capital News 9 to be the "Kid of the Week"
in recognition of the lifesaving call she made to 911 to help
her mom.
Click
here to view the broadcast.
3rd
Quarter
Honor Roll
Click here
to find out who earned a spot on the third quarter
honor roll, high honor roll and Principal's List.
Help
8th Grade Parents!!! We are in need of three or four pictures
from each student to use for the PowerPoint presentation at the 8th grade
dance. We are looking for pictures from birth to present or anywhere
in between those years. You can either bring the pictures into school
and place them in the box in the office or email them to Theresa Chrysler at
joshua24.15@ptcconnect.net.
Please, remember to write your name on the back of the pictures if you are
placing them in the box at the office so that they can be returned to you.
Questions? Please contact Debbie Lynch at 356-5866.
Holocaust
Survivor/Author Shares Story with MS Students
History
came to life for Schalmont Middle School students during a recent talk by
Marion Blumenthal Lazan, a Holocaust survivor and co-author of the
award-winning memoir Four Perfect Pebbles. Lazan shared a first-hand account
of Nazi Germany with seventh- and eighth-grade students. Her presentation
included messages about tolerance and the importance of positive thinking,
creativity and inner strength when working to overcome adversity.
More...
A New Newsletter for Parents
The
Classroom Connection newsletter is published and sent home several times a year. Each issue explores challenges faced by
today's middle school students and their parents. The most recent issue
focuses on how students make friends through
social networking and the Internet. You can
click here for articles on
other issues faced by modern parents.
Jazz Machine Entertains MS Students
Schalmont Middle School eighth graders recently enjoyed the music
of Sam Farkus and the Jazz Machine during an assembly in the high school
auditorium. The students heard all types of jazz sounds from the group,
whose members include Sam Farkus (guitar), Michael Wicks (bass), Cliff
Brucker (drums), Peter Lamkin (piano), Tony Sporanza (trumpet), and Keith
Pray (alto sax). The performance was made possible thanks to the support of
the Schalmont MS PTO and the Schenectady Musical Union.
NJHS Raises Funds for St. Jude's
Congratulations to the National Junior Honor Society on raising $926 during
this year's Math-A-Thon. The money will support
St. Jude's Children's Hospital. Thank you to all those who participated
in the event.
MS Collects Pennies for Patients
Congratulations to the Sabre
Service Club on the success of their Pennies for Patients drive, which
raised $700 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Schalmont Middle School
students donated thousands of pennies and other loose change to the cause.
Mr. Vosburgh's and Ms. Deming's homerooms both earned an ice cream party for
their exceptional support.
Mark
Brown, a QSP Reader's Digest motivational speaker, enthralled
6th and 7th grade students with his recent assembly teaching
tolerance, respect and understanding of others and acceptance of the
differences in each of us. His presentation was
engaging and inspiring to both students and adults.
