Art by Julia Englehart, Grade 8. Presented at the 2010 Art Show.
The Middle School report was read by Gwenn Klose.
- Art Show Winners – Congratulations to the high school and middle school art departments for organizing the art show at Hamlet. Our students had amazing pieces in that show. Congratulations to Dana Savakis, our middle school purchase award winner, and Devon Riegel, our honorable mention.
- Power of the Pen– Congratulations to Devon Riegel and Samantha Spear who will be representing Chagrin Falls Middle School in state Power of the Pen competition. Larry Richmond has served as their coach this year and the students have done a great job.
- Achievement testing – Middle school students participated in statewide testing during the last week of April. All our students worked very hard. Thank you to the PTO and the board of education for providing ice cream sundaes as a reward for the students’ hard work. The middle school also sponsored a skating party as a celebration for completing the week of testing.
- Class trips – Our eighth graders traveled to Washington, DC on May 10-12. The trip was a great experience for all the students and the behavior was exceptional. Seventh grade students traveled to Cleveland on May 13 for an extended day trip. We visited the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, science museum, took a tour on Lolley the Trolley, and spent the evening at the playhouse watching “Grease”.
- Rolling Thunder – A group of Vietnam Veterans visited our eighth grade classes on May 14 to discuss the war in Vietnam and their experiences as soldiers and veterans. This was a follow up activity of our trip to DC.
- New Staff Members – Welcome to Mr. Curtis Howell who will be moving from Gurney to the middle school next year. He will be teaching science and math. We are currently interviewing for a new Algebra I teacher who will be splitting their time between the high school and the middle school. We are so excited about the new additions to our already great staff!!
- Literacy Day – We are looking forward to our Literacy Day on May 25. We have two visiting authors presenting that day. The students are currently working on books to present to Gurney book buddies. Gurney 2nd and 3rd graders will be traveling to the middle school in the morning. Each of our students will read their book to the elementary students and the elementary students will read their favorite book to our middle school students.
- Congratulations to Mr. Todd Thombs who has been given the Outstanding Mathematics Professional Award by the Greater Cleveland Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
- A big thank you to the PTO for the great luncheon during Teacher Appreciation Week.
- A huge thank you to Mary Donley, Laura Fricke, and Becky Borden for being the middle school PTO reps this year. They have done an outstanding job and we have all benefited from their work!!
The Middle School report was presented by Laura Fricke.
- We held an after- OAT Sundae Celebration this month.
- Held on Wed., April 28th
- Thanks to our guest scoopers Board of Education members Mary Kay O’Toole, Anne Thomas, Karen Wise & Liz O’ Neil
- Teacher Appreciation
- MS Hospitality provided a Fiesta lunch on Friday, May 7th
- Many thanks to our AWESOME Hospitality co-chairs Karen Ostanek & Jill Andrews and their committee members for a great year!
- Internet Safety Presentation/Discussion
- Thursday May 20th, 7:00pm in the MS library
- Encore presentation to the parents of what their MS student recently learned
- Open to all Chagrin parents
- MS Literacy Day
- Tuesday May 25, 2010
- 8:20-10:50 am
- Gurney 2nd & 3rd graders will visit the MS and share a book & snack with a 7th/8th grader
- Organized by the MS Library Staff, Lori & Amy
- Volunteer support provided by PTO
- Tuesday May 25, 2010
- 8th Grade Promotion
- Ice Cream Social, DVD and Dance Committees are hard at work
- Large photos featuring 8th grade students will be for sale by silent auction at promotion. You can preview these photos here on the PTO website.
