Parent-Student Handbook


 

 

Middle School Specifics

 

Middle School Schedule

Advisory on Monday and Wednesday
Homeroom 8:00   -   8:05   Period 5 11:37 -  12:22
Period 1 8:05   -   8:50   Lunch 12:22 -  12:40
Period 2 8:53   -   9:38   Recess 12:40 -  12:56
Period 3 9:41   -  10:26   Period 6 12:59   - 1:44 
Break 10:29 - 10:46    Period 7 1:47   - 2:32 
Period 4 10:49 -  11:34   Period 8 2:35 – 3:20
      Dismissal 3:20

 

Middle School Calendar
2011-2012
Updated 7-2-11

August 2011 December 2011 April 2012
September 2011 January 2012 May 2012
October 2011 February 2012 June 2012
November 2011 March 2012  

 


August 2011
Aug 20 9:00 - 3:00 pm 6th Grade Mandatory iPad Training (or 8/29)
Aug 22 9:30 am – 12:00 Faculty Work Week Begins andpm
MS students help with classroom readiness – meet in Tenvold
Aug 25   1:30-3:00 pm New Student Orientation – meet in Science Room
  3:00 – 4:30 Ice Cream Social and Open House
Aug. 29 9:00 - 3:00 pm 6th Grade Mandatory iPad Training (or 8/20)
Aug 30   First Day of School
  10:30 am All School Assembly
Aug 31 3:25-4:30 After School Sports Begins - Coed Football and Girls Volleyball begins – Give permission slip to Ms. Walker

 

September 2011
Sept 1 1:45 pm Room Parent Meeting in Tenvold
Sept 5   Labor Day - No School
Sept 6   Classes Resume
  8:30 am PIA Meeting and Student Council Election Introduction at Town Meeting
Sept 7 6:45-9:00 pm Middle School Back to School Night – Meet in Tenvold Center
Sept 9 7:30-9:30 pm Welcome Back Social - in Tenvold Center
Sept 11   Walnut Festival Fun Run
Sept 12-16   Student Council Election and Campaign Week
Sept 13   Student Council Petitions Due to Head of Student Council
Sept 14   Green and White Day
  7:30 am First Day of Math Counts in Math Lab
Sept 16 8:15 am Student Council Election Speeches in Tenvold Center - Student Vote in Tenvold Center
    Trustee Visit Day and Board/Faculty Dinner
Sept 17   Walnut Festival Twilight Parade
Sept 19   Elect Class Representatives in Homerooms
Sept 20 7:00 pm First Meeting of Student Council
    Sixth Grade Outdoor Trip Parent Information Night in Science Lab 
Sept 21   Picture Day
    Eighth Grade High School Orientation Night in Tenvold Center
Sept 22   Walnut Festival Kid’s Night – No homework night in Middle School
Sept 29   Mid-Quarter Progress Reports sent home with students


October 2011
Oct 3-7   Sixth Grade Outdoor Trip (Matt Shargel, Casey Selover, Jaime McCarthy, and Alisha Walker to chaperone) Lead chaperone:  Matt Shargel
Oct 3-7   Civil War Week Begins (Mike Sandberg, Debbie DeMaria, Cora Davidson, Jason Davis, Christiane Brinkerhoff, and Laura Bramble to lead) Lead teacher:  Mike Sandberg
Oct 4-7   Eighth Grade Shakespeare Trip to Ashland (Marianne McBride, Janis Jones, and Bill Miller to chaperone) Lead chaperone:  Marianne McBride
Oct 6 3:00-7:30 pm Civil War Reinactors and Civil War Dinner
Oct 7 10:00-3:20 pm Civil War Battle at Equestrian Center
Oct 10 6:00-7:30 pm Middle School Parent-Student Book Club - Book Title:  Cracker:  The Best Dog in Vietnam in Room 3
Oct 12   Green and White Day and Spirit Activity at lunch
Oct 15 9:00-2:00 Campus Work Day
  9:00 - 3:00 pm Standardized Test Prep Class for High School Admission Testing
in Rooms 1-2   
Oct 17   Girls Basketball/Boys Lacrosse Begin
Oct 20 7:00 pm 8th Grade Japan Meeting for Parents/Students Hosting Students from Kita City, Japan in Tenvold Center  Lead Chaperone:  Alisha Walker
Oct 21 7:30-9:30 pm MS Halloween Social Tenvold
Oct 25 7:00 pm DC Parent Trip Information Night – 7th Grade Tenvold  lead chaperone:  Janis Jones
Oct 28 8:00 – 4:30 pm Quarter Ends and Sixth Grade Conferences Only in Tenvold Center – No Middle School Classes – Hand out Grade Reports at Conferences – Post all grades as ready
Oct 31 8:00 – 4:30 pm 7th Grade Conferences Only in Tenvold Center – No Middle School Classes - Hand Out Grade Reports at Conferences


November 2011
Nov 1   Contra Costa Food Bank Food Drive Begins
  8:30 am PIA Meeting
  8:00 am End of Quarter Celebration for Middle School Homerooms – Room parents bring a snack to homerooms
Nov 2   Picture Make-up Day
  7:00 pm Grade Trip Night in Tenvold Center
Nov 4 8:00 – 4:30 pm Eighth Grade Conferences Only in Tenvold Center – No Middle School Classes - Hand Out Grade Reports at Conferences
Nov 5 8:30 - 12:15 pm Open ISEE Testing for High School Admissions in Tenvold Center
Nov 11   Food Drive Ends
Nov 13 11:00 am Japanese Visitors Meet 8th Grade Host Families in Tenvold Center
Nov 15 8:30 am Japanese Visitors Welcome Assembly
Nov 16   Green and White Day, Spirit Activity at lunch
    Board of Trustee Meeting
Nov 17 7:00-8:30 pm 8th Grade Elizabethan Skit Performances Tenvold Center
Nov 18   Goodbye Assembly for Japanese Visitors
Nov 21-25   Fall Break
Nov 21   8th Grade Family Goodbye Dinner for Japanese Visitors at home of an 8th grade family
Nov 22   Japanese Visitors Depart in AM from Seven Hills – early am
Nov 28   Classes Resume


December 2011
Dec 3 8:30 -12:15 pm Open ISEE Testing for High School Admissions in Tenvold Center
Dec 6 8:30 am PIA Meeting
Dec 7   Green and White Day - Spirit Activity at Lunch
Dec 9   Mid-Quarter Progress Reports
  7:30-9:30 pm MS Social
Dec 12   Start of Study Week for 7th and 8th Graders – No tests or quizzes in any 7/8 classes - Study for Winter Assessments
Dec 14   7/8 Grade Winter Assessment Finals English and History – Noon Dismissal for 7/8 grade only
Dec 15   7/8 Grade Winter Assessment Finals Science and Math– Noon Dismissal for
7/8 grade only
  6:00 pm Board of Trustee meeting in Tenvold Center
Dec 16   Assembly Schedule for MS - Noon Dismissal
Dec 19-Jan 4   Winter Break

 

Research Paper Begins in Earnest for Eighth Grade – History-Science-Foreign Language – 15 minutes max of homework – English moves to 60 minutes per night and Math remains at 30 minutes after winter break

 

January 2012
Jan 3   Professional Development - Faculty In-Service - No school
Jan 4   Classes Resume and Boys’ Basketball Begins
Jan 9 6:00-7:30 pm Middle School Parent-Student Book Club Book Title:  The Princess Bride in Room 3
Jan 10 8:30 am PIA Meeting
Jan 11   Green and White Day - Spirit Activity at Lunch
Jan 12 8:15 am MS Tour by Current 4th and 5th Grade Families – meet in the living room
Jan 16   No School - MLK Birthday
tba 12:30-3:00 5th Grade Visits to MS (Scott Espinosa-Brown to take nine students at a time for a walk-thru)
Jan 19   Course Descriptions Due
Jan 20 10:50 am Geography Bee in the gym
Jan 22 8:30 -12:15 pm Open ISEE Testing for High School Admissions in Tenvold Center
Jan 24 7:00 pm Parent Lecture Series – Denise Pope
Jan 26   Board of Trustee Meeting
Jan 27   End of the Quarter - Grades Due - Please Post Ready – Report Cards mailed to parents


February 2012
Feb 4 8:30 -12:15 pm Open ISEE Testing for High School Admissions in Tenvold Center
Feb 7 8:30 am PIA Meeting
  1:45 PM Spelling Bee in the gym
    State of the School Address Town Meeting
Feb 8   Green and White Day - Spirit Activity at Lunch
Feb 10   MS Valentine Social 7:30 – 9:30 pm
Feb 17   No School – President’s Holiday
Feb 20   No School – President’s Holiday
Feb 21   Girls’ Softball Begins
Feb 23 6:00-9:00 pm Board of Trustee Meeting in Tenvold Center


March 2012
Mar 2   Mid Quarter Progress Reports Handed Out to Students
Mar 5 6:00-7:30 pm Middle School Parent-Student Book Club Book Title: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks in Room 3
Mar 6 8:30 am PIA Meeting
Mar 14   Green and White Day - Spirit Activity at Lunch
    Heritage Society Luncheon
Mar 16   MS Conferences 6th Grade Only – Grade Reports Given Out – No School
Mar 19   MS Conferences 7th Grade Only – Grade Reports Given Out – No MS only
Mar 22 6:00-9:00 pm Board of Trustee Meeting in Tenvold Center
Mar 23   MS Conferences 8th Grade Only – Grade Reports Given Out – No School
Mar 29   Evening of the Arts-Open House
Mar 30   Grandparents/VIP Day – Early Dismissal, Quarter Ends – Post grades as ready

 

April 2012
Apr 2-6   Spring Break – No School
Apr 10 8:30 am PIA Meeting
    Welcome Back and End of Quarter Morning Snacks For Homerooms
    Track and Field Begins
    Start of Poetry Month
Apr 11   Green and White Day - Spirit Activity at Lunch and
  7:00 pm DC Trip Info Night for Seventh Grade Parents in Tenvold Center
Apr 13 7:30 – 9:30 pm MS Spring Social
Apr 16 6:00-7:30 pm Middle School Parent-Student Book Club Book Title:  The Hobbit in Room 3
Apr 17-19 8:00-11:00 pm ERB Testing – Test on Tuesday and Wednesday , Thursday – Finish in Math/PE Classes
Apr 19 7:00 pm Research Paper Night in the Theatre
Apr 21   School Auction
Apr 23   Start of ERB Test Make-ups
Apr 26 6:00-9:00 pm Board of Trustee Meeting in Tenvold Center
Apr 28 -
May 4		   7th Grade Trip to Washington DC Lead chaperone:  Janis Jones
Apr 30 -
May 4		   Astrogation Week for Sixth Grade Lead teacher: Matt Shargel

 

May 2012
May 1 8:30 am PIA Meeting
May 4   Rocket Launch
May 9   Green and White Day – Spirit Activity at lunch
May 10   Mid Quarter Reports – Hand out grade reports to students
May 18   Community Service Hours Due
May 21   Start of Teacher Appreciation Week –
  3:25-5:00 pm Graduation Speech presentations to Teachers in Theatre
May 22   Town Meeting – Some Awards Handed Out
    Student Council Lunch for Teachers
May23 8:15 -12:30 pm Sixth Grade Medieval Feast (Casey Selover, Scott E-B, Mike Sandberg, and Jason Davis to organize) Lead teacher: Scott E-B
May 24   Board of Trustee Meeting
May 25 12:30 Teacher Appreciation Lunch – Assembly Schedule – Early Release Day
May 28   No School – Memorial Day
May 29   Professional Development – Teacher In-Service - No School
May 30   Start of Study Week (Prepare to Advance Week) for 7th and 8th Graders – No tests or quizzes in any classes - Study for Final Assessments
May 30 8:15 am Awards at Town Meeting in Theatre – This will be a longer town meeting due to awards
  7:00 pm DC Trip Night in Theatre

 

June 2012
June 1   Alumni Day Honoring Graduates - Alumni Luncheon
  2:00 pm Yearbooks handed out to 8th graders at
  7:30-9:30 End of Year Bar-B-Que Swim Party and Dance. Yearbooks handed out to 6-7 grade at dance
June 4   7-8 Grade MS Finals - English and History - 7-8 Grade Dismissed at Noon,
    Course Descriptions Due
June 5   7-8 Grade MS Finals – Science and Math - 7-8 Dismissed at Noon
June 6 8:15-9:00 am End of Year Town Meeting in Theatre,
  8:50-9:15 am 8th grade to attend LS Green and White Assembly
  1:00-3:20 pm 8th Grade graduation Practice (Scott E-B and Marianne McBride to lead)
    Green and White Day – No spirit activity
June 7 8:30 am Farewell and Promotion Assembly in gym
  9:30-10:30 am 8th Grade Graduation Practice (Marianne McBride and Scott E-B to chaperone)
  10:30 am Dismissal for 8th Grade
  9:30-11:00 am Boat construction for 6-7 grade regatta
  11:00 - 11:45 Regatta
  12:00 pm Dismissal for grades 6-7
  4:30 pm Graduation
June 8   Teacher In-Service, No school, Grades Due - Please Post Ready
June 9 12:00-3:00 pm Alumni Function
June 12-16   Teacher Work Week