Hi Parents,
We have some important events coming up...

1.  CONFERENCES: Tomorrow night is our first round of conferences.  If you
cannot remember your time, please email me.  We will meet in room 100 and
102.  Since we have 4 parents every 20 minutes and we are on a rotation,
it is imperative that you are on time.  Unfortunately, we will not be able
to accommodate late arrivals.  We look forward to meeting with you.  It is
up to you whether you bring your child or not.

2.  MAGAZINE KICK OFF: Tomorrow morning, we will kick off the schoolwide
annual fundraiser for magazine sales.  This is one of the only ways we
make money for our team.  

3.  VETERAN's DAY ASSEMBLY: Friday at 9:00 will be our annual assembly
when we honor our veterans and public servants.  Our team will be
performing a song about peace written by Max Parker and produced by Darren
LaPointe.  In addition, we will be "sending off" one of our parents,
LoRee's dad, Officer Shelton Thomas as he will be deployed to Iraq for a
year.  We have a special slideshow for him and will be giving him a basket
of goodies.  If any of you want to send in something for the basket, we
are taking donations (candies, books, etc).  Finally, Josh Marks will be
playing God Bless America on his guitar.

4.  TABLE Of PLENTY: We will be serving and preparing a meal for the soup
kitchen in Berwick on Wednesday, November 18.  If you would like to
volunteer, please email.  We leave from school at about 3:00 and finish up
at the church by 6:15.  We have a sign up and because there is so much
interest from students, we pick out of a hat.  We serve four times, so
hopefully everyone that wants to will be abe to participate at some point.

Hi Parents,
Three important pieces of information...
1.  H1N1- Blue packets are coming home today with paperwork to be returned
to receive the H1N1 vaccine.  Please read the information and call Mrs.
Doran, the nurse, if you have any questions.  They must be returned by
October 20.

2.  SILENT AUCTION/RAFFLE: On Saturday, October 24 from 9-3, we will have
a silent auction and huge raffle to benefit our very own Max! He lost his
house in a fire last month.  We really hope that you can stop by the
school between 9-3 next Saturday to help out his family! (I know they are
still looking for donations if any of you have ideas...)

3.  IMMIGRATION PANEL: We kicked off our Immigration Unit today.  As part
of our unit, we invite people that have immigrated to the United States. 
Do you know anyone that would be willing to talk with our students about
their experience coming to America? We had a wonderful panel last year. 
We need them at 9:00 next Wednesday, October 21.  Please let me know.

Finally, next Friday is our Immigration Day.  Students simulate going
through Ellis Island.  Then, they present their display boards, eat, and
dance.  I will send another email next week detailing what the students
will need.  You are invited to come in...  

 

Hi Parents!

A few notes...

Thanks for sending in all the great snacks for NECAP testing.  We have one
more day to go!!

We raised close to $5,000.00 last Saturday!! Terrific!!!

Finally, I have posted pics on the website.  Check out how busy we have
been, and we are only through one month of school.

Please email any questions or comments that you may have.  Remember, no
school on Friday or Monday and progress reports will come home next
Friday, the 16th and the Level System will start the following Monday.

Thanks,
Justin

A quick look ahead...  Immigration Unit starts next week.  Also, we are
planning a local legend and lore field trip on October 30.  Details to
come soon! 

Hi Parents,
Today, we hosted a visitor from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.  For
the past eleven years, our school has participated in the annual walk to
raise funds for blood cancer research.  Over the past decade, our school
has raised close to $60,000!!! The eighth grade will once again
participate in the walk.  After learning about blood borne pathogens, we
handed out pledge sheets for next Saturday.  The Light the Night walk will
take place next Saturday, October 3 at York Beach Ball Field.  The
registration is at 5:00.  The walk starts at 6:30.  

Students received pledge envelopes today.  We do NOT promote door to door
solicitation.  Several students took cans to be placed in businesses.  We
will email more details as the date approaches, but we wanted to give you
a "heads up" that students will be collecting pledges.  We hope for a
strong turn out for the 2009 walk.

Please email if you have any questions.  Have a great weekend!!

Hi Parents,
Words cannot express how proud we are of our students for their behavior
today.  I actually lost count of the number of compliments we received
from Pease Greeters, troops, and veterans.  There were smiles, tears, and
feelings of gratitude! The division we welcomed home today came from Iraq
after a year there.  They lost four soldiers while serving.  Our students
were able to ask questions and have general conversations with them.  This
trip has set the tone for our year.  I encourage you to have a
conversation with your children about their experiences.  We can all agree
that this was a powerful day.

We all hope to see you at Open House this Thursday.  The laptop meeting is
from 6:00-6:30 and our Open House is from 6:30-7:30.  We will address you
as a group briefly with important details about our team and then we will
be in our rooms for you to informally drop by and meet us. 

If today is any indication, I am confident that this will be a great year!
If you have any questions or comments, please reply.  See you on Thursday.

Mr. Roy

I will have pictures posted of our trip soon.

Hi Parents,
We are excited to be able to provide an opportunity for our students.  On
Tuesday, a flight of troops are returning from overseas and landing at
Pease.  We will greet them as they come home.  As part of this trip, we
will discuss the meaning of democracy and world peace.  We plan to take
video footage and pictures and use technology to create a multimedia
presentation.  Today, your children are bringing home a permission slip. 
There is no cost for this trip.

Please understand that these flights change on a regular basis.  There is
a good possibility that we may not even go if the times are changed.  I
will keep you updated as to the change in plans.

We have attended flights in previous years and we feel very strongly that
this powerful experience will set the tone for the year.  If you have any
questions, comments, or concerns, please do not hesitate to send me an
email.

Thanks,
Mr. Roy

PS  We have our Open House next Thursday at 6:30.  We look forward to
meeting you.  Also, school pictures are on Tuesday.  We will take the
pictures and then depart for our trip.

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summer.  I have created a giant email list for our new team.  Some of the
addresses were difficult to read, so if you could please respond back
letting me know you received this email.  Also, if you would like another
email address on the list, such as work or another personal account,
please let me know.  I will add you.   We value a strong line of
communication between home and school.  It is our experience that eighth
graders do not always communicate as much as they should, especially about
school, so we use this system as a way to keep you all "in the loop".  Our
team is very involved with many different projects in the community and in
the classroom, so parents have found this email system very useful in past
years.

Please book mark this website:
www.teacherweb.com/ME/MarshwoodMiddleSchool/8White

I am in the process of updating the site now.  The list of supplies and
upcoming important dates are listed.  As the summer winds down, we are
looking forward to an exciting start with our new community! We hear great
things about this group...

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions, concerns,
or even a comment. Enjoy the remaining few weeks of vacation! 
Thanks,
Mr. Roy
Team Leader