7th grade Battle of the Books-
The final battle has arrived! This Wednesday, November 18th at 9:00 A.M. is the 28th annual Battle of the books for our 7th graders. They have done such a fantastic job of reading the past several weeks and their hard work will pay off. Thanks for encouraging the reading!
Conferences
Who: You
What: Parent-Teacher Conferences Open House
Where: St. Joseph High School Student Center
When: Thursday, November 19th, 2015 from 12:30 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. and 5:30P.M. - 8:30 P.M.
How: You get in a line to meet with each teacher for 2-5 minutes each
Wrestling
Please go to this link if your son/daughter is interested in wrestling: http://www.sjschools.org/images/District/Community%20Cork%20Board/Wrestling.pdf
EDP's
7th graders developed their Educational Development Plans in Social Studies classes on Friday with the guidance of their counselors. EDP's are completed via CareerCruising.com http://public.careercruising.com/en/, and include a Learning Styles Inventory and a Career Interest Inventory. The counseling department is encouraging students to access Career Cruising and share their EDP with their parents.
UPTO-
Our wonderful UPTO met last Thursday and are once again going to be providing a dinner between afternoon & evening conferences four our teachers. They also sponsored the purchase of a book for the counseling department. Our UPTO will also soon be sending email invitations to the Honors breakfasts that take place on December 1st (6th grade), December 2nd (7th grade), and December 3rd (8th grade). The honors breakfasts begin at 7:15 A.M. and finish around 7:45 A.M.ish.
United Way Hat Day-
Tomorrow (November 17th) will be a Untied Way Hat Day. Students may pay $1 to wear a hat and the money will go towards the SJPS United Way drive. They will give the money to their 1st hour teacher.
Social Media
Would you like a little more information about some of the apps your son/daughter has on their phone, iPad, etc.? Here are a few apps with explanations about each to better inform you what some middle school and high school students are using and communicating with. It is always a good idea to occasionally check your son/daughter's devices to see what they are doing, how they are communicating, and to see if they are responsibly communicating with others. This week I will feature 3 apps, and in the future a few more.
Kik
https://d1pmarobgdhgjx.cloudfront.net/parenttip/PT_CMSE_Kik.mp4
Snapchat
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/facebook-instagram-and-social/what-should-parents-know-about-snapchat
https://d1pmarobgdhgjx.cloudfront.net/parenttip/PT_CMSE_Instagram.mp4
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/facebook-instagram-and-social/what-should-parents-know-about-instagram
Thanksgiving Luncheon
Our ladies in the kitchen made an absolutely delicious Thanksgiving luncheon for our students last week. The special luncheon took tons of preparation and the students and staff really appreciated the tasty meal. The picture below is of Ben Anderson, Josh Terry, and Andy Blomgren who voluntairly asked if they could help clean-up after the meal was over. :)
Community Corkboard
Have you visited the SJPS Community Corkboard lately? Here is a link if you have not : http://www.sjschools.org/sjps-parents/community-cork-board-district
Planetarium Night-
On Monday, November 23rd Mrs. Francis will be hosting “Dawn of the Space Age” at 6:30 P.M. in our Upton Planetarium. The October showing was a great success! This show is geared for 6th graders and up. Here is the link to the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgYhrrYV-5Q
Quotes of the Week:
"Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.”- Thomas Jefferson
“Being politically correct means saying what’s polite rather than what’s accurate. I like to be accurate.” - Robert Kiyosaki
See you at conferences Thursday afternoon or evening,
Mr. Mandarino
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