It is hard
to believe that we are halfway through the 3rd
marking period. There have been many activities that have
supported student learning over the first half of this school
year. Meade Middle has been selected to host two extremely
important summer programs. The first annual Maryland State
Department of Education Summer Chinese program will be held from
July 7-25. The program is designed as an introduction to Chinese
for students in grades 4-6. Additional information regarding
this program can be found on the official MSDE website. Meade
Middle will also host the first annual Gateway to Technology (GTT)
program for students in grades 6-8. The GTT program is also
being funded by MSDE. It is intended for current Meade Middle 6th
and 7th graders.
On
Wednesday, February 27, we offered the first of a series of
Homework Help sessions. The sessions are facilitated by some
of our teachers on a voluntary basis. The objective of the
Homework Help session is to assist both students and parents
in completing homework assignments. These sessions support our
School Improvement Goal #3 of increasing parental involvement.
Each session will operate on a drop in basis from 5:30 p.m. to
7:30 p.m. Snacks and drinks are provided. The next session will
be held on March 18.
Wednesday,
March 26, our math department will sponsor our second annual
math night. Math night is a night of fun and games for all
ages. Students and parents are invited to come compete in
friendly mathematical competition against each other. Prizes
and dinner will be available.
Lastly,
please make note of the dates for MSA testing. The MSA in Math
will be administered Wednesday, April 2, and Thursday, April 3.
The MSA in Reading will be Tuesday, April 8, and Wednesday,
April 9. Student attendance during testing is extremely
important.
We are in
need of parents to provide snacks and bottled water to serve as
an incentive and a form of nourishment to students during
testing. Your financial contribution would be greatly
appreciated. Contributions can be forwarded to Ms. Mia Smith,
PTSA President. You can feel free to contact the main office as
well.
SAFE & DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS
SERVICES UPDATE
My
name is Vikki Carter and I am the Substance Abuse Prevention
Specialist for the Safe & Drug-Free Schools project. I have the
pleasure of serving the students, staff, and parents of Meade
Middle School twice a month. I have completed teaching drug
abuse prevention lessons to all 7th grade students
and our lessons have gone very well. Students are receptive to
these prevention lessons and usually have many questions.
Drugs are
the number one killer in America and children have easy access
to drugs, especially tobacco and alcohol, beginning in the
middle school years. Drug prevention is especially important
for teenagers because the brain of an adolescent is not
completely developed until 22 years of age. Because the
brain is not finished developing until the age of 22, the
process of addiction happens much faster for adolescents
than for adults, so any experimentation puts them at-risk to
have an addiction problem. In our society, the media gives
children messages about drugs, and they give our children the
wrong messages. As a parent, you can help your children by
talking to them about these media influences on their choices.
Talk with your child about healthy ways of dealing with stress
and let them know that they can talk to you about their
problems.
Parents can
help their child by talking to them about drugs. Ask them what
they know about drugs and talk with them without
lecturing. Teenagers talk with their peers about drugs and tend
to get incorrect information about drugs from their peers. If
your teenager knows that they can talk to a parent about drugs,
they are more likely to get accurate information. These seem
like simple things that parents can do and they are simple. I
am always surprised to hear some of the myths and misconceptions
that adolescents have about drugs. You won’t know what myths or
misconceptions your child might have about drugs unless you talk
to them.
I am
available to talk with parents with questions or concerns and
can be contacted on my cell phone at #443-603-4841 or via email
at
vacarter@aacps.org. . If you think that your child might
benefit from talking with me individually or if you would like
your child to participate in one on my “Children of
Alcoholics/Addicts” groups, please contact me or contact your
child’s school counselor.
Academic Excellence
Congratulations to the
following students for achieving academic excellence and making
the honor roll for the second marking period.
Principal's
Honor Roll
6th
Grade
-
Trishna Chowdhury, Amanda
Clevinger, Akintomiwa Falodun,
Sarah Hayes,
Duwa-E-Zhera Jafri,
Connor Jones,
Sindy Lemus-Hernandez,
Horizon Logan,
Johanna Lozano,
Yoann Mouzannar,
Daniel Spruill, and
Kellianne Venit.
7th
Grade
-
Ashton Anthony, Zsanae' Bracy,
Hunter Cox,
Phylesia Fralin,
Mary Gad,
Anchalee Lowmack,
Karan Patel,
Stephen Reading,
Edgardo Vera-Vera,
Chanel Viator,
Danielle Villeneuve,
Jennifer Wagner,
Sarah Walsh, and Jason Ziegler.
8th Grade
-
Gabriella Damewood,
Monique Dodd,
Kathleen McPartland,
Karen Million,
Palak Patel,
Houman Qadir,
Christian Unkenholz,
Imani White, and Caitlin Youse-Reese.
Honor Roll
6th
Grade -
Emily Anzueto,
Jaylen Avery,
Ariel Ayala-Delgado,
Avery Baker,
Batu Balimtas,
Delonte' Barnes,
Frank Barreca III,
Michael Booth,
Logan Brentzel,
Derrick Butler,
John Caldwell,
Samantha Carpenter,
Tatia Craft,
Nicole De Vos,
Cassidy Dennis,
Devin Dixon,
Joshua Grabinski,
Yamile Guraieb,
Selena Ha,
Lauren Hall,
Bianca Hammond,
Karen Harris,
Michael Hazelton,
Maria Hernandez-Escamill,
Myesha Hicks,
Samantha Higgins,
Alicia Hill,
Kiyana Hill,
Stacey Hug,
Monique Jackson,
Samuel Johnson,
Alexis Jones,
Abubakarr Kargbo,
Nicole Krug,
Ryan Louden,
Diana Lucas,
Franklin Mai,
Brandon Mason,
Breanna McCallum,
Ashley McFate,
Alex McIntosh,
Justin McNeill,
Giana Miles,
Asha Modali,
Alexia Moorman,
Brittany Nau,
Stephanie Oghomienor,
Carrie Ohanyerenwa,
Victoria Ortiz,
Cristell Ortiz-Arreola,
Niya Otis,
Chad Otsuji,
Crystal Parks,
Rebecca Patterson,
Anthony Paul,
Ashly Pineda,
Emmanuel Pratt Jr.,
Megan Reyda,
Rachel Richardson,
Christine Rivera,
Paulo Roldan,
Samantha Ross,
Myles Sanchez,
Chelsea Scott,
James Sherwood,
Eric Simms,
Jonathan Smith,
Meaghan Smith,
Javonte Stansbury,
Alana Stevens,
James Talley,
Elizabeth Thomas,
Tiffany Tindal-Pagan,
Ngoc Chau Tran,
Valencia Tynes,
Tanairi Vera-Vera,
Kevin Villeneuve,
Tierra Wallace,
Ammoni Weaver, Marquell
Wildeman, and
Mark Woodard.
7th Grade
-
Adnan Ajanah,
Jamie Au,
Jessica Avila,
Mekah Baker,
Elyse Blume,
Lauren Boyd,
Bethany Brent,
Aaron Broennimann,
Tara Constantine,
James-Warren Cooke,
Addison Craig,
Leah Dorsey,
Joel Fadojutimi,
Abigail Ferguson,
Darius Flanders,
Kevin Fonseca,
Sarah Fortner,
Victoria Gerry,
Wilber Gonzalez-Piecho, Dana
Grindstaff, Jacqueline Griswold,
Deysha Hall,
Kadeem Holland,
Tecora Jenkins,
Andre Johnson,
Ashley Johnson,
Jenny Kintaro,
Ashley Laing,
Shaleah McQueen,
Raymond Myers Jr.,
Christopher Najera,
Fabrice Nicolas,
Mihir Patel,
Travis Platt,
Pricilla Polanco,
Melyssa Quan,
Guillermo Roldan,
Luis Samayoa Jr.,
Gregory Scott II,
Patrick Shepard,
Shimara Smith,
Elizabeth Spearman,
Kendra Spruill,
Susan Tarabishi,
Jessica Wayson,
Gregory Wheatley Jr., and
Selina Williams.
8th Grade
- Shah Alam,
Laterria Arizola,
Imani Bailey,
Kaan Balimtas,
Aminata Barrie,
Kurtis Boulter,
Dikiara Brinson,
Sean Bruno,
Tatiuna Carroll,
Evelin Castro,
William Cooke,
Desirae Corry,
Christopher Crawford,
Alyssa Cruz,
Sarah Daniels,
Gennifer Duncan,
Gladis Faiz,
Shannon Gierl,
Mark Groom,
Briana Hamlett,
Brian Hammond,
Jordan Harper,
Matthew Harris,
Colleen Harrison,
Lytease Industrious,
Matthew Jacobsen,
Ghalib Jama,
Guadalupe Jimenez,
Lyasha Johnson,
Rosa Johnson,
Caleb Martinez,
Seth Martinez,
Maxim Mouzannar,
Cory Otsuji,
Helen Park,
Andres Perez,
Lesly Pinto-Cordon,
Diamond Quigley,
Brady Rock,
Darius Samsingh,
Hailey Sekula,
Nathan Seter,
Samia Shahid,
Aletta Smith,
Tiffane Smith,
Jung Hwa Song,
Georgina Sorto,
James Taylor III,
Heidi Thiele,
Jazmine Thomas,
Jesse Thompson,
LaVonne Tynes,
Coldon Viator,
Deisha Ware,
Courtney Williams, Taylor Williams,
Chenelle Witty,
Antoine Wright, and
Megan Yeardley.
6B Students of the Month for January
Congratulations
to the following 6B students for making “Student of the Month”
for January.
Emily
Anzueto, Bravlio Avalos, Delonte Barnes, John Caldwell, Samantha
Carpenter, Jessica Costlow, Thomas Crouse, Charles Deinlein,
India Eady, Kisean Fields, Ariel Gutierrez, Thomas Hange,
Karen Harris, Alicia Hill, Duwa Jafri, Chelsea Jarrell, Angel
Jordan, Abubakarr Kargbo, Deshaun Lewis, Johanna Lozano, Kevin
Mayfield, Tyrell McSee, Asha Modali, Victoria Ortiz, Niya Otis,
Nicki Parker, Anthony Paul, Kathyana Philippe,
Jada Powell, Jelani Prue,
Rachel Richardson, Myles Sanchez, Shapre Savoy, Chelsea
Scott, Sade Simon, Meaghan Smith, Gabrielle St. Luc, Tiffany
Tindal-Pagan, Kalita Waters, and Yokimah Williams
Math
Night is back!
Parents, students
and families, Come join in on all the fun on Wednesday, March
26, from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Meade Middle School will host its
second annual Math Night. It is an evening of fun for the
entire family. The cafeteria will be set up with a variety of
fun filled math games. Pizza, drinks and cake will be served.
Door prizes will be given. Bring the whole family, young and
old, out for just $1 per person. Flyers will be coming home
during the month of March. Please return it to your math
teacher. We look forward to seeing all of you on Math Night.
If you would like to be a volunteer on Math Night, please email
Ms. P. Miller at
plmiller@aacps.org.
News
from Team 7B
Greetings
from Team 7B! We would like to congratulate the following
students who were selected as students of the month for
January: Georgia Bussink, James Cooke, and Isaiah Richardson.
Keep up the good work; you make us proud! With the cold and flu
season upon us, please remember that it is important for
students to be present in school whenever possible. When an
absence is necessary, obtaining, completing, and turning in
make-up work is essential to student success. Advisory periods
on Tuesdays and Thursdays are ideal times for students to catch
up on make-up assignments. Finally, if you haven’t done so
already, please complete and return an “Email Student Progress
Reports—Consent Form. This form authorizes teachers to send
informal progress reports (grade sheets) to parents via e-mail.
The forms may be obtained in the main office or from teachers.
From
the Language Arts Department
Several
students participated in the Young Author’s Contest by
submitting original short stories or poetry. We would like to
congratulate Batu Balimtai of Mrs. Boyce’s sixth grade class for
his original short story “The Aliens of Juhaptu” which won
second place. Way to go Batu! Congratulations to all those who
participated. Keep up the good work!
Eighth Grade
News
The teachers
of eighth grade would like to take this opportunity to recognize
our students’ many accomplishments during the second marking
period.
Students of the Marking
Period
We had many
students who stood out in November and December as positive role
models for their fellow students. These Students of the Month
successfully displayed the characteristics of B.A.R.K. –
Being prepared and ready to learn, Acting
responsibly, Respecting others and themselves, and Keeping
safe by sometimes re-thinking through situations that would be
wrong choices! These nominated students are: Ms.
Gilbertson – Kevin Chacon, Ms. Towne – Morgann Kirby, Ms. Pitaniello – Christine Baierlein and Brooke
Blasy, Ms. Sayers – Asia Randolph, and My’Isha Bryant, Ms.
Beynon - Dylan Devine and Rosa Johnson, Ms. Ruchti – Aminata
Barrie and Juan Concepcion-Rodriguez, Ms Swiggett – Davon
Manigault and Adam Raymonds, Ms. McCallister- Guadalope Jimenez
and Gladis Faiz, Ms. Thon – Taylor Williams and Darius Samsingh,
Ms. Espinas- Keshia Tracey and Crystal Williams, Ms. Harris-
Kaan Balimtas and Gabrielle Moleski, Ms. Queen – Jeffrey Hunt
and Matthew Jacobsen, Ms. Lentz – Juan Concepcion-Rodriguez and
Kailey Muffley. Congratulations to these students!
Perfect Attendance
Many of the
eighth grade students achieved perfect attendance in the second
marking period. The students were:Alonzo Abraham, Shah Alam,
Ebony Alexander, Fathima Ali, Devante Allen, Raven Anan,
Christine Baierlein, Kurtis Boulter, Victor Bravo, Desiree
Bruce, Andrew Butler, April Byers, Tolabi Campbell, Tatiuna
Carroll, Andre Cassell, Evelin Castro, Paris Coates, William
Cooke, Desirae Corry, Jonnie Dang, Sarah Daniels, Tori Davis,
Chelsea Dennis, Jacob Drummey, Craig Felder, Victoria Gambrah,
Kevin Gamez-Rodriguez, Shannon Gierl, Mark Groom, Jordan Harper,
Matthew Harris, Colleen Harrison, Jeffrey Hunt, Lytease
Industrious, Matthew Jacobsen, Dionna Jerman, Rosa Johnson,
Philicity Jones, Rayshawn Jones, Kiana Knight, Larry Lowery,
Darnell Lynch, Trevaughn Mahone, Davon Manigault, Kathleen
McPartland, Shannon Meader, Gabrielle Moleski, Waltron Moody,
Destiny Morning, Maxim Mouzannar, Naimah Muhammad, Buban Ndeta,
Daivon Nixon, Dejon Odom, Whitney Parham, Helen Park, Palak
Patel, Imani Peterson, Lesly Pinto-Cordon,
Justin Poland, Asia Randolph, Adam Raymonds, Brandon Ridenour,
Brady Rock, Darius Samsingh, Hailey Sekula, Nathan Seter,
William Smith, Jung Hwa Song, Georgina Sorto, Mariah Stevenson,
Alec Sweatman, Andrew Taylor, Jazmine Thomas, Trenell Turner,
La’Vonne Tynes, Zachary VanAcker, Nina West, Imani White, Shamar
White, Crystal Williams, Kenton Woodard, and Antoine Wright.
Cold and flu season is a tough time of year, so what an
outstanding accomplishment being here every day!
Honor Roll
Many eighth
grade students earned their way onto the Principal’s and Honor
Roll Lists in the second marking period. What an accomplishment
to earn all A’s and/or B’s! The 8th Grade Team is
very proud of these students whose names are listed elsewhere in
this newsletter.
Congratulations, Eighth Graders, for a great second marking
period!!!!!!
2007-2008
All County Band and Orchestra
Congratulations to three Meade Middle School musicians who
auditioned and were selected to participate in the 2007-2008
Mid-Level All County Band and Orchestra. Eighth grade
violinist, Kathleen McPartland, seventh grade clarinetist, Sarah
Walsh, and 6th grade trumpet player, Conner Jones
represented our school as superior performers among this select
group of students from across Anne Arundel County. They
attended several intense rehearsals in order to prepare for a
spectacular musical concert event that was held at Lindale
Middle School on Saturday, February 9, 2008.
Bravo
Kathleen, Sarah and Conner!
News from the PE Department
The Meade
Middle School Physical Education Department would like to
welcome you to the second semester of the 2007-2008 school
year. We hope this semester is a healthy and successful one for
your student.
At this
time we would like to make you aware of a change in our physical
education policy. At the beginning of the school year we were
allowing students to wear any color T-shirt and shorts that were
appropriate to be active in for physical education to increase
our student participation in class. Under the suggestion of our
administration to comply with our school uniform policy we ask
that students either purchase a Meade Middle School P.E. uniform
for $18.00 (Meade Middle School gray T-shirt $8.00
and Meade Middle School black mesh shorts $10.00)
or wear black shorts with a plain white
or gray T-shirt. If you have any questions
regarding this change please feel free to contact Mr. Edwards or
Miss Herget at (410) 674-2355. Thanks for your understanding
and support.
Just a
reminder - intramural basketball permission forms are being
handed out during your child’s physical education class. These
forms need to be signed and returned before your child can
participate in the after school intramurals.
Campbell
Labels/Box Tops for Education
We are
collecting Campbell Labels and General Mills “Box Tops for
Education” coupons. With your help the school can purchase
educational equipment and/or items for the children. Please
have your child drop off the labels and coupons in the Campbell
Soup box located in the Volunteer Coordinator’s office. Mr. Bob
loves to give out bulldog bucks to students for the labels and
coupons.
Calendar
of Events
Mar.
20–24 – Easter/Spring Holiday/School closed for students and
teachers
April 2 & 3 – MSA Test
Administration –Math
Friday,
Apr. 4 – End of 3rd Marking Period; two-hour early
dismissal
April 8 & 9 – MSA Test
Administration – Reading
Apr. 22-May 13
– MSA Science Test – 8th Grade
Wednesday, Apr. 23 – Report
Card distribution
Friday, May 9 – Interims sent
home
May 19-22 –
High School Assessment
Monday, May 26 – Memorial Day;
School Closed
Tuesday, Jun. 3 –Chorus Spring
Concert, 7:00 p.m., Cafetorium
Wednesday, Jun. 4 –
Instrumental Spring Concert, 7:00 p.m.,
Cafetorium
