Weekly Wolf November 28, 201 4 We are back to early release Mondays! Students will have a 1:47 dismissal on Dec. 1st, Dec. 8th and Dec. 15th. NEWS Attention 8th Grade Students & Families It’s time to start planning for the transition to high school. Listed below are some important dates for your calendar: January 28th: East Counselors visit Language Arts classes to distribute course selection cards February 4th: 9th Grade Parent/Student Orientation at East High School from 6:00-8:30 p.m. February 5th: Course selection cards due in Language Arts class. February 11-12th: Students enter course requests into Career Cruising *Students who plan to attend a high school other than East, should let Ms. Dyer (School Counselor) know. 8th Grade Planning Conference There are still spaces available for those families that wish to sign up for an 8th Grade Planning Conference with Ms. Dyer, School Counselor. Conferences will be held in February and March 2015 and allow for you and your child to discuss future plans for high school and beyond. Please contact Amanda Dyer at 204-4374 or [email protected] to sign up for a conference. *****FIRST QUARTER HONOR ROLL***** Black Hawk Middle School recognizes excellence in school performance. One effort to do so is a formalized Honor Roll which is calculated at the end of each quarter’s grade reporting period. To be placed on the Honor Roll, a student must earn a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.2 or higher. In addition, High Honor Roll can be achieved by obtaining a 3.6 or higher GPA. High Honors 8th Grade High Honors Brian Barrera Hannah Duckert Thomas Knauff Jake Paulson Michael Thao Evelyn Betts Kaitlyn Fisher Nidas Kudzin Bailey Richards Tamia Thomas Kaitlyn Boehm Zachary Hanser Anthony Leuaxay Da'Jsha Riddle Yasmin Trammell Isaac Buell Josselin Ceballos de Santiago Blaipa Chang Emma Havens Brandon Hernandez Jayla Hogan Levi Madl Grace Rider Pacheng Vang Ian McCosky Annaliese Rishel Ross Wiedenbeck Kyler Mohammed-Linley Derek Romer Kelly Wood Donyae Davis Rachel Hughes Paris Morgan Bridget Schlichting Linda Wu Charles Dean Tyler Hull Molly Najdowski Cassandra Scholze Christina Yang Laura Dinh Miller Kimball Kylee Niebuhr Marissa Stewart Mai Tong Yang Carleigh Drill Skylar Kingery Amy Sharley Nunez Torrijos Touyer Thao Mai Yia Yang Linnea Drott 7th Grade High Honors Emily Alvarado Samantha Bessler Zarria Jones Audrey Kleiss-Garcia Xavier Madden Armon Myadze Anna Currier Lexander Lincoln Angelina Perez Megan Dieter Jordy Foueppe Manee Lor Grace Pietruszka Alexander Russell Keizan Sato Phetsana Souvannasone Cheenou Vang Caitlin Wayne Marcus Williams Esther Wolobah Joseph Yang 6th Grade High Honors Hannah Anderson Chifee Chang Sheridan Connor Zariah Gorman Nongnah Her Mackenzie Jones Allie Logan Benjamin Miller Desteny Mucino Meza Maggie Najdowski Brendan Nash Isabella Schafman Tanner Turek Abigail Williams Kekeli Yawo Honors 8th Grade Alexis Avila Rodriguez Ruben Elvira Andrea Hernandez Gwendolynne Looper Kyle Bakken Tatiana Bennett Dareese Brown Jaquan Brown Jadyn Dyreson Nawel Faouzi Yuepeng Her Savannah Hermanson Jorge Hernandez Angelina Holden Deja Laongoen Toua Lee Quin Logan Aissatou Ndiaye Bamidele Onabule Antonio Padilla Myquisha Ross Michelle Santos Lorenzo Kaleigh Smith Sarah Tarver Taylor Trott Quinette Wilson 7th Grade Chris Armendarez Kehinde Fadele Jazzmine Harper Kedric McIntyre Jocelyn Barlow Terriana Brown Kalleb Fischer-Brown Cali Garcia Katey Henkel Savannah Hill Kenesha Patterson Owen Pitz Kai Cattaneo Sean Garity Keonte Jones Jordan Puccio Joshua Cervantes Dulce Cuahuizo Aca Taliyah Garrett Myah Gudmandsen Lauren Liska Josephine Looper Taft Schrader Monica TapiaGutierrez Soua Thao Soua Thao Abigail ToxquiTecuanhu John Williams Neeva O'Grady-Byrne Joshua Porter Sarah Seymour Wa Thao Anthony Trujillo Alayna Tucker Jayden Turek Leylia Vang Aiden White John Wood 6th Grade Ruben Avila Kimberly Brown Alessia Dunning Joel Fenley Khatib David Gandjui Ariannea Harris Areeya Her Yeebee Her Darwin Herrera Matthew Hoffman Ava Keach Miles Kimball Ike Lavitschke Pacha Lee Angus Lincoln Grace McConley Infinite Campus App Many families are finding the Infinite Campus app a helpful tool. You can set it up to receive alerts when new assignments are entered or use it to check that your student made it to class on time. Information about the app is at this link on the MMSD website: https://www.madison.k12.wi.us/node/9962 School Improvement Plan Goals Focus on Family Engagement I’m thankful for all of you who could make it to our Parent-Teacher Conferences over the last two weeks. I’m especially grateful for Kelli Semrau, our after school coordinator, and our Family Engagement Team, who organized fun activities for our kids and families, including a community dinner on Tuesday. One of our School Improvement Goals is to create more opportunities for evening activities at school, and improve our two-way communication with you. We want to share all the good things happening at Black Hawk, and listen to your questions and concerns. You may always reach me via email at [email protected], or at 204-4361. Black Hawk Middle School Endowment Makes Grants Possible The Foundation for Madison’s Public Schools’ School Endowments provide each school with annual income that is used to fund creative and innovative programs and projects that are not funded within the core school budget. Recently 49 schools were awarded grants totaling $78,290. This year Black Hawk Middle School had $967.00 in endowment income available to use to make grants for imaginative programs and projects that propel student learning which can’t currently be funded through the core school budget. Our grants committee decided to fund the following projects using the available endowment income: Funds will be used to purchase sensory items for student use in the classroom (Theraputty, chewy items, sorting materials) along with four iPod Touch devices to be used to quickly collect student data on interventions. As we have more students engaged in interventions, we need quick, efficient, and effective ways to collect data that tells us how students respond to the intervention. This project will support our Mobile Intervention Team and Cross Categorical teachers to support students in the classroom with sensory items, and document interventions on a mobile device using google documents (google forms and google spreadsheets). If you have any questions about the School Endowments, please contact Mary Bartzen at 237-7723 or [email protected]. To donate to our school’s endowment, visit the Foundation for Madison’s Public Schools’ website at www.fmps.org. MSCR Regular Programming: Mondays are 1:50-5:00pm Tuesday through Thursday runs 2:50-5:00. No after school programming on Fridays. If you have any questions, please call Kelli Semrau at 204-4376. Warner Park Family Fun Nights An evening for family fun, featuring fitness classes, art demos and gymnasium activities, with Madison area families. Every second Friday evening of the month, from 5:30-8:30pm the Warner Park Community Recreation Center will be transformed into your family’s very own playground featuring fitness classes, art classes and demonstrations and gymnasium activities for all ages! For more information and future dates visit the website at http://www.cityofmadison.com/parks/WPCRC/programs/FamilyFunNights.cfm HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT BLACK HAWK? Donations for the School Store: We would love donations to our school store. Any new or slightly used items that are taking up space in your home, we will take (small lotions, body washes, stickers, small toys, pencils, pens, markers, crayons, ear buds, etc. etc. etc.). We would greatly appreciate any donations!! Working with students (possibilities include tutoring, mentoring, participating in a pen pal program) Participate in “Done-in-a-Day” activities (possibilities include presenting at the Career Fair, attending the Multicultural Potluck, participating in the Family Math Carnival, assisting with the Fun Run) School volunteer (possibilities include providing financial literacy training, serving as a classroom guest speaker, participating in planning outdoor educational opportunities, providing translation services) Financial support (possibilities include contributing to the school’s endowment, making a contribution to be used toward the purchase of things such as holiday gifts, winter outerwear, or new playground equipment) HOW TO CONTACT US Got a Question or a Concern? (204-4360) 1. Talk with your child’s teacher 2. Talk with the grade level student services team leader • Angela Baerwolf, 6th grade • Von Saunders, 7th grade • Amanda Dyer, 8th grade 3. Talk with Principal Sean Storch (204-4372). We are always happy to talk with you!